Another skid house question

  • Derf
    Posts: 4
    January 30, 2021 at 5:47 pm #2010708

    Greetings all,
    I have been planning out a skid house for Mille Lacs next season.

    Is it worth considering one of the aluminum skid houses? I would want an 8×16 and it would be kept at a resort.

    Are the aluminum houses not build for the tough conditions ML dishes out compared to a stick frame house?

    Are the Aluminum houses too light for the high winds and more theft prone?

    Any advice would great.

    Thank you

    Ashford
    Rochester area
    Posts: 21
    February 3, 2021 at 11:08 am #2011813

    If banked in well shouldn’t go anywhere.
    Run a cable through tow hooks and using a tie plate bolt to ice.

    IceNEyes1986
    Harris, MN
    Posts: 1296
    February 3, 2021 at 12:14 pm #2011848

    If leaving it at a resort, why so small? Just curious. If you plan on them moving it and storing it, I’d definitely go with a 12×16 or 10×20 IMHO.
    I’m not sure of your plans but 8×16 gets small after a weekend.

    gizmoguy
    Crystal,MN
    Posts: 756
    February 3, 2021 at 1:28 pm #2011873

    The banking and un-banking will be hard on .040 aluminum. It is soft and will damage easily. Spray foaming will make it stronger. I have a new Triton hybrid snowmobile trailer. You just touch the aluminum siding and it dents.
    I just built a custom stick fish house with steel siding to studs and had it spray foamed. Still the bottom 24″ is done with 3/4 plywood for durability. I also put tar paper behind the plywood so the spray foam wouldn’t stick to it. The plan was for me to be able to replace a lower panel if damaged. Not if but when.

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    Blaine
    Posts: 4330
    February 3, 2021 at 1:53 pm #2011881

    Gizmoguy, Nice looking house, when we going fishing?

    tindall
    Minneapolis MN
    Posts: 1104
    February 4, 2021 at 8:33 am #2012043
    gizmoguy wrote:

    The banking and un-banking will be hard on .040 aluminum. It is soft and will damage easily.

    I’ve never seen a commerically made house that doesn’t have diamind plate on the bottom section for this reason.

    Derf
    Posts: 4
    February 5, 2021 at 4:29 pm #2012473

    Thank you all the replies.

    Originally I was considering an 8×16 so it would be easier for me to move. After talking with a few resorts on ML some won’t let you move your house. The resort needs to move it. Because of this I am now looking at a 10×16.

    I am also looking at shell wheelhouses but they are considerably more expensive. I may look in to buying a 8×16 frame and have someone frame it up for me. Framing is not something I am good at. I can wire and do the interior work.

    If anyone has anymore thoughts let me know.

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