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I don't post much on here but have watched your post on several of your builds. Looks great and I enjoy your post about them Thanks, LRG!

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Posted

LRG, Accidently deleted your PM. It says your box is full so I cant send you one. Have a few more questions for you!!

Should be good to go now.

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Sorry still can't. Says your private topic is full..

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Sorry still can't. Says your private topic is full..
If you have 5 replies in a PM conversation you have to start a new one. Just send him a new PM not related to the other one and it should work.
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Yep I did try that and it still wouldn't let me. Still pretty new at the posting part.

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Awesome job on the build! Can't wait till next years! haha

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Any more details yet on your outside rattle reels

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Sorry for the delay.

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Inside is an electronic reel, and single mantle propane lantern.

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The blue cold weather cord on the right side runs back to an outlet on the house, and then is connected to the inside buzzer. These ran all winter on a 20# tank. Never had any issues with the holes freezing up, all the way down to at least -20. The only time I turned the lantern off the lowest setting was when it was windy.

Posted

Nice invention. Did you come up with this idea?

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Now that's American ingenuity! Sweet set up LRG. Any chance you retired from engineering? wink

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Nice invention. Did you come up with this idea?

Definitely not mine. I wish! It is made by Fish_Alert Co. out of the Alexandria area.

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Now that's American ingenuity! Sweet set up LRG. Any chance you retired from engineering? wink

Haha...far from an engineer! I am working on a wireless setup for these, but I have no idea if/when they'll be done. I had it almost figured out last year, but I'm missing one key piece and can't seem to track it down.

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cool idea but what is the purpose of them?

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I would imagine better than a tip up becuase you don't have to constantly monitor the flag. And also don't have to worry about freezing the tip up to the ice and losing it.

I'd have to worry about getting it run over by snowmobilers and such but looks like a real nice set up.

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How many of those boxes do you have? If you have more than one is there a way to know which one has the fish when the buzzer goes off in the house?

Posted

In that same regard, if you had more than one going, it would be nice to have a beacon light on the outside of it to make them more visible and then if you got a bite the light could change to flashing or something...

Posted

cool idea but what is the purpose of them?

Nothing (except a flasher) has helped me catch more fish than these boxes. I hate tip ups. They are always frozen, or stuck, or you forget to check the flag every 5 minutes, etc.

These give you 24 hours of tip up fishing, with none of the drawbacks. The holes never freeze. You know instantly when you get a bite. You never have to check for a flag. You have a place to keep your hands warm if the fish is slow to take line. The light is built in.

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How many of those boxes do you have? If you have more than one is there a way to know which one has the fish when the buzzer goes off in the house?

2 last year, adding another 2 this year.

Each box has a LED light on the buzzer inside the house, so you know which is which.

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In that same regard, if you had more than one going, it would be nice to have a beacon light on the outside of it to make them more visible and then if you got a bite the light could change to flashing or something...

I am testing a small red LED clearance light on the outside of the box, just in case you forget which box is which. It hasn't been a problem. I am hesitant to add anything with flash that will attract more attention from the "monkey-see, monkey-do'ers".

There is red and white reflective tape on all sides of the boxes, plus the propane tanks. There is no way to not see them. If a snowmobile hits one, they will be going WAY too fast, WAY to close to my fish house.

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Nothing (except a flasher) has helped me catch more fish than these boxes. I hate tip ups. They are always frozen, or stuck, or you forget to check the flag every 5 minutes, etc.

These give you 24 hours of tip up fishing, with none of the drawbacks. The holes never freeze. You know instantly when you get a bite. You never have to check for a flag. You have a place to keep your hands warm if the fish is slow to take line. The light is built in.

oh ok cool

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I cant find any info online about these. .. Do you have a link by chance?

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I cant find any info online about these. .. Do you have a link by chance?

He doesn't have a website. I will check to see if these are for sale to the public and let you know.

Posted

Very nice Ice House!! Whats the Total Price of Material?

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I'm not sure. I have about 35 receipts I haven't tallied. I wouldn't sell it for $25k, and probably not $30k either. I may add it up someday, but for now I don't really want to know.

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again nice house....

DId you ever sell your other house? the 8x14 plus V..right

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again nice house....

DId you ever sell your other house? the 8x14 plus V..right

That was an 8x12+v. Sold it back in May.

Posted

What kind of furnace did you use? I am looking at a blower type for my next house not sure which is best. I have an Empire vented wall heater in my current one.

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Suburban SF25F. I like the forced air, some don't. They make noise and use power, but provide more even heat and don't take up a 5' wall section. I have a generator, so the power use doesn't really matter. My (2) 6-volt batteries should last 3 days if I were to go without the generator.

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Jake, you do realize the blower ones(Suburban) require electricity to run. Everybody I know went back to your old style or at least a small direct vent when they didn't want the noisy fan going or their generator running.

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LRG

I have been following this thread with great interest. I was wondering do you install the siding using a butt joint or do you overlap them some?

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