Wheel House

[Fishdude]

Hi all

Just wondering if anyone knows a place in Montana which sells wheel houses. Or perhaps someone you know may have one for sale.


Thanks

[fishin mt]

ive yet to see one in montana

[bighof]

Maybe if you ask gamedog real nice he will build you one like his....

[Trexzeus]

check out feather-lite trailers. They make a wheelhouse package. I believe there is a dealership in the northwest part of the state

[shantybum]

Do we get enough ice in Montana to justify a wheelhouse? Seems to me that one would get little use. Am I wrong?

[albo]

It would work if you only fished at the Silo's on Canyon Ferry

[Mt.Bucket]

ther is a fella up in Choteau who makes them, get a hold of Iceholer he has met him knows the prices and such. The fella who makes them is going to put one on Frances to show. Buy local....

[Tinker]

http://www.icecastlefishhousesmfg.com/  Check these out, they even have an "RV addition" that you can use in the summer as well.  That one may be what justifies it for the wife!!

[andercee]

I saw one on craigslist a while ago.  You'll have to make your own or drive out to the dakotas probably though.

[shantybum]

Gamedog,
 So what do you consider safe ice to be pulling a wheelhouse with a 4x4 out on to? How thick? I have not been to every lake in Western Montana, but have yet to see ice thick enough to drive a truck onto. And, I haven't seen a wheelhouse on any of the lakes I have fished either. When you get ready to pull one out on the ice, let me know, I want to watch. (from a distance)

[Tinker]

Gamedog,
 So what do you consider safe ice to be pulling a wheelhouse with a 4x4 out on to? How thick? I have not been to every lake in Western Montana, but have yet to see ice thick enough to drive a truck onto. And, I haven't seen a wheelhouse on any of the lakes I have fished either. When you get ready to pull one out on the ice, let me know, I want to watch. (from a distance)

In ND seems like they get braver every year.  12" of good clear ice will hold a 3/4 ton truck and a pretty big ice house.  Have seen it many times.  Me I prefer 16 to 18 of clear ice and really don't like to be the first out.  Dad and I were on 14" last christmas with no worries, but he knows and was watching the local lake and there were bigger rigs out there as well.  A couple years before that we were on 12" with a full size 1/2 ton, but we had the knowledge of the guy that lives on the lake and he was already driving out to his big permanent house.  Without the added info we probably wouldn't have done it.

[Aaron072]

I've seen 1 ton crew cab diesels on lake mary ronan numerous times
one guys got a 10 by 12 shed on skids he pulls out there and leaves on the ice

[shantybum]

That's awesome! All my family is from the Detroit area, and I've been there and seen their kind of ice fishing. I would love to have an Ice Fishin RV to set down on the ice, shoot, I would probably spend all winter out there. The problem is, I haven't seen any ice around here (western MT) that I would consider driving on. I wish the Noxon Reservoir would freeze up a little better, that would be within driving distance. I guess I'll have to check out your side of the state some time.

[Benjfire]

Hi all

Just wondering if anyone knows a place in Montana which sells wheel houses. Or perhaps someone you know may have one for sale.


Thanks

Don't know exactly where you live, but I seen Walkers Bait down in Shoshoni, Wy by Boysen Reservoir had a couple last year!