alumalite fish house

[Stilly]

Anyone have any experience with these? Can they be towed easily with a snowmobile as advertised? Looking for a way to fish my old mans home lake (no ice roads) in a hardsided shack using a snowmobile to tow it around with. Not a fan of portable tents. Thanks.

[huntercj]

I got a alumalite 6.5 x 12 with the v front in april. I haven't had it out on the lake but when I picked it up 2 of us pushed it on my snowmobile trailer I thought we would have had to winch it. When we got it home pushed it by hand on hard packed snow. I have talked with other people that use them on remote lakes and have been told they pull easily behind a snowmobile. I have been working on mine last few days and have pulled it behind my snowmobile up to garage and around the yard pulls easily. I will no more when I get up to my cabin plan on using it lake of the woods on the ontario side of the lake. There are no ice roads or snowmobile trails up there plan on pulling up to 25 miles one way. SO far I am impressed on how lite it is.

[bak2MN]

I have the 8x10 non v and have had the same experience around the yard. I definatly believe my 800 summit will pull it anywhere I want to go! Make sure you have the plastic runners on the skis if you get one. It will make a big difference!

[huntercj]

Yeah I have the plastic on the skis I think that's a must. I am pulling my alumalite with a 2015 Polaris 600 widetrack. Mine is unfinshed exepct for a shelf in the v and stereo and a 12 volt plug for charging stuff also painted the foam white.

[vman11]

New to me this year is an 8x18 flat nose on 3-20' skids. I too had them put UHMW plastic on the skids.

When working on it in the yard this fall I was able to pull it around with a 1995 Honda Fourtrax 300. That was on gravel/grass.

This weekend I pulled it with easy with my chained Polaris Ranger on LOTW. The ice was rough and there was little snow but never did it pull hard. We pulled it up and over the sand point with no problem.

I have the same plan as huntercj - hit remote ice spots on LOTW. To compliment the fish house I picked up a Jeep Wrangler and a set of American Track Truck Dominator tracks. With the way it pulled behind the Ranger this weekend I'm pretty convinced the Jeep will tow it anywhere I choose.