Using a 8 X 16 Yetti to haul a snowmobile?

[Loon]

Any of you guys putting a sled in your fish houses with ramp doors?

If so, did you put ski guides down and just deal with them sticking up 1/4" or maybe build the rest of the floor up to make them flush?

Just put them on the ramp door and not worry about the carbides tearing up the floor? I will be most likely Rhino lining the floor. Maybe just touch it up every fall?

Ski skins for loading and unloading?

I know Caliber makes some transition pieces for the ramp and also the gap between the ramp and the trailer.

Also: Did you incorporate a T-bar style tie-down? Drill a hole through the floor and the frame and have a nut welded to the bottom for the tie down bolt? Traditional tie downs to all 4 corners?

Melting snow a problem? I suppose knock the majority of the snow off before you load would be good practice.

Any help or pointers would be appreciated.

[RiverChuckNorris]

I haul my sled in my 8x16 ice castle. At first, I tried a few different things to protect the door/flooring but found nothing that worked well and wasn't a pain.

Been just running the sled up into the house as is for the last 2 seasons and other than some light marks on the beaver tail, no real damage to speak of. I have rubber flooring in my house as well and it's held up great.

No need to tie the sled down either that I can see. I've trailered it all over MN and never had the sled move around.

You will get a bit of a gas smell inside sometimes (depending if your sled is a leaker) but any smell from a prolonged time in the trailer always dissipates quickly as soon as I take it out.

I think a guy could over-engineer some various solutions but I can't say it's really needed based on my experience thus far.

[fishwater]

No need to tie the sled down either that I can see. I've trailered it all over MN and never had the sled move around.

Not securing the sled in a trailer is an accident waiting to happen IMO.

My buddy has a Yetti that he hauls his sled inside. He has a T-bar ski clamp and uses hyfax type ski-skins.

[randerson]

How bout using one of the 2 wheel sled dolly roll it in and roll it out don't have to worry about the door or floor getting scuffed up

[dougger222]

We just got back from Devils with the 20ft Dreamshak and we used it to haul two sleds and it works quite well. One sled was a two up the other was a regular one. We had a couple feet to spare. I put those 2x2ft rubber connecting pieces down first and drove the sleds right in. Before we left put a tarp down to help contain the melted snow and mud and such.

My house has a carpeted floor and hauling an atv with it has never been an issue but for hauling sleds would like a rubber style floor instead. The rubber mats did work well though.

[RiverChuckNorris]

How bout using one of the 2 wheel sled dolly roll it in and roll it out don't have to worry about the door or floor getting scuffed up

Stupid things are a pain with the open space between the floor and beaver tail as well as the hole covers. Then again, maybe it's user error

[RiverChuckNorris]

Not securing the sled in a trailer is an accident waiting to happen IMO.

My buddy has a Yetti that he hauls his sled inside. He has a T-bar ski clamp and uses hyfax type ski-skins.

Just relaying my real-world experience. Barring going into the ditch, I'm not sure I can envision, nor have I experienced, a situation where a 500 lb sled is flying around and/or causing any damage....

[Loon]

I was thinking maybe a couple sheets of plywood between the wheel wells with a beveled edge and ski guides that I could take out when I want to fish out of it.

When pricing out enclosed snowmobile trailers a Yetti shell isn't that much more money when you only haul one sled and an Otter.

Fishing out of the Yetti would be a distant 4th reason for buying it. It would serve as an enclosed trailer mostly. Off season storage of winter gear next. Sleeping quarters for snowmobile/portable excursions 3rd.

[Redlineracer12]

I was thinking maybe a couple sheets of plywood between the wheel wells with a beveled edge and ski guides that I could take out when I want to fish out of it.

When pricing out enclosed snowmobile trailers a Yetti shell isn't that much more money when you only haul one sled and an Otter.

Fishing out of the Yetti would be a distant 4th reason for buying it. It would serve as an enclosed trailer mostly. Off season storage of winter gear next. Sleeping quarters for snowmobile/portable excursions 3rd.

The plywood idea sounds pretty good, what will you use to keep the plywood from sliding on the floor? I guess one person could stand on the plywood to keep it from moving until the skis are on it.

When I first bought mine that's exactly why I bought it. It wasn't much more money than a nice enclosed snowmobile trailer and way more useful. I haul with it less than expected, mainly because I am taking it with because I plan on sleeping, and if I plan on sleeping I like to have the truck with anyways, no need for a wheeler.

I camp in it way more than I imagined I would, so I don't get any off season storage out of it (also a thought when I first bought it).

[kevineng]

I bought an unfinished yetti as well and will be finishing the interior this summer/fall, does anyone back the sled in? I'll have the rubber floor and planned on putting ski guides down, but didn't want the guides running the whole length of the house. Soooooo, why not back it in and only have a few feet of ski guide at the rear of the house, which in my case the guides will be underneath the bench seat/table area any way, and shouldn't interfere with anything else.

I would imagine a guy would have to put guides on the ramp as well, my door has some sort of non slip coating and the carbides will chew that up in no time.

[Loon]

That is a really good idea. I wonder how it would pull with the sled on the tail like that.

Put the portable in first way up front with 2 batteries and some cabinets and it would probably be okay.

And if the ramp is too steep you can always drop the house down and level it out.

Thanks!