Use For A Hub Shell - Just The Shell?

[Getanet]

Posted this on the HSO forum too, but FishingMN seems to have more fishing activity right now:

 

I have an insulated Eskimo Quickfish 3i, or maybe I should say had one. On my last ice fishing trip of the year some of the poles got tangled, and since it was getting later in the afternoon and I wasn't even set up yet, instead of taking my time, I did what any red-blooded American would do and pulled and swore and pulled even harder until I snapped one of the poles. I know those can be replaced, but this past weekend I was trying to get it set-up in my yard to find out what year mine was (2015 has different length poles than all other years) and low and behold it's really hard to get a hub set up when one of the poles is broken. So I wrestled around in my yard with it, broke a few more poles and gave it a few Hulk Hogan leg drops for good measure.

 

Anyway, does anyone have any ideas for what you could do with a hub shell - or does anyone in the South Metro want an insulated hub shell?  The shell is fine, no rips or tears, maybe some dirt/mud on it from our wrestling match. Otherwise it's going in the trash.

[PRO-V]

Use it for a wheeler cover.

[leech~~]

Sell it as a replacement to someone on C/List. 

 

Did you look into replacement poles?

 

https://www.geteskimo.com/Parts/Structure/1728

 

 

Edited April 5, 2019 by leech~~

[Wanderer]

Not laughing that it happened to you; just how you described it!

 

Yah, first thing I would do is see how much a new frame would run and if you can get one.  I’d think the “canvas” would be worth more than the frame.

[papadarv]

Contact Eskimo, you may have a pop up with older hubs that need a change order. I had the larger 949I, 2013 version, where the poles failed to rotate in the hub during set-up or take-down causing the poles to break. Got worse in really cold temps. Eskimo sent hub update kits and new poles at no cost. 

Following year I still had issues with the hubs in addition to poles punching through the bottom of the hut. I sent a detailed email of the issues with photos to Mark Ruppel, than Pres. now CEO, a few days later a brand new, new version 949i showed up on my front porch. Great Company, fantastic Customer Service! 

[mrpike1973]

Hello all, I needed to get a replacement under warranty from eskimo a QF3I  I took the old one and cut it into squares for a floor in my hub house it is wonderful keeps you very warm my wife loves it I got about 3 floors worth if you will it works great dont throw it use it if you can

[mrpike1973]

OOPS my mistake I thought the hub was bad not the poles yes get ahold of Eskimo it might be cheaper to buy the frame

[leech~~]

9 hours ago, papadarv said:

Contact Eskimo,

 

Darn good idea!

 

Did you look into replacement poles?

https://www.geteskimo.com/Parts/Structure/1728

yesterday at 02:23 PM by leech~~

[Getanet]

Thanks Leech. I did look into replacement poles on Eskimo's website. That's how I found out that one year, 2015, they used poles that were a half centimeter shorter than every other year they've built them. I was trying to get my hub set up in the yard, so I could find the tag that would indicate which model year mine was. After breaking a few more poles I think I need to decide what I want in a house now that my kids are older and would hopefully want to join me.

[leech~~]

Well it sure looks easy in the videos!