Getting houses off up north

  • kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    February 23, 2014 at 7:04 am #1357089

    Drove by knife lake yesterday. Looks like those boys have a huge challenge getting the houses off the lake.

    I know if I don’t ever get another snow machine stuck again it will be too soon. My old body is hurting today. 3+ foot of snow in most areas we tried to travel.

    puddlepounder
    Cove Bay Mille Lacs lake MN
    Posts: 1814
    February 23, 2014 at 7:20 am #1390861

    I’ve got 5 foot drifts in my yard, 3 foot drifts on my roof, I can’t imagine what it like out on the lake around the fish houses. Wilderness warmth has been pulling houses all night. Jerry Brandt, as of Saturday, had 150 houses left to pull. We got snow!

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    February 23, 2014 at 8:12 am #1390872

    We were on Knife last weekend and you couldn’t travel off the roads very far in a truck and that was before the snow.

    My brother and I are resigned to stay off the lakes until it gets warm and we can leave the shelters behind. The problem is, I imagine once these lakes start to thaw it is going to get messy.

    Outdraft
    Western Wi.
    Posts: 1149
    February 23, 2014 at 8:30 am #1390885

    I seen a few shacks in the Amery Wi area that had drifts up to there windows, if they had a plowed road i couldnt see it, man i gotta think most will have there work cut out for them, i wish them all good luck

    jerry b
    western WI
    Posts: 1506
    February 23, 2014 at 9:34 am #1390903

    I talked with a guy on the ‘Croix this morning, said he paid $200 to get a guy to come out and bust a road to his shack so he can start chipping it out. I’m already seeing signs of slush on the ice where they’ve plowed. This new snow must be pretty heavy. jerr

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    February 24, 2014 at 9:37 am #1391172

    Some pics from last weekend.


    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    February 24, 2014 at 10:31 am #1391193

    I feel for anyone with a house still on the lake this year. Hope it goes well for you. Think I would be getting on them now and hoping it was before the water comes up on the ice.

    Fife
    Ramsey, MN
    Posts: 4046
    February 24, 2014 at 11:03 am #1391210

    We were on Prior Lake Sunday and watched a guy plowing a road to his house. It took him 3 hours to make it 1/4 mile. There was one plow truck and another truck to pull him out everytime he got stuck.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    February 24, 2014 at 11:22 am #1391229

    Anyone surprised they haven’t extended the deadline or is the prevailing thought it is only going to get worse?

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13478
    February 24, 2014 at 11:27 am #1391233

    I think in some ways it will get worse. Historically, when it snows in March, you get the heavy wet crap. With the tons of weight yet to come, there will be a lot more slush on top of the ice. Dang hard to tow anything in slush

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    February 24, 2014 at 11:32 am #1391238

    Yeah, that’s kind of what I was thinking. I’ve heard ome places are already getting slushy despite the cold because the snow is so heavy. And it isn’t like the snow that is there now is going to blow off or evaporate, if anything it is just going to “cement up” more.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18625
    February 24, 2014 at 11:50 am #1391249

    We created our own problem this weekend. Fished deep snow in the morning and figured the area out. Went back that afternoon and it was flooded under the snow. Game over. Found out by driving a sled straight into it..
    we ruined a large area by drilling holes.

    ______________
    Inactive
    MN - 55082
    Posts: 1644
    February 24, 2014 at 12:20 pm #1391257

    I did the same deal. Found fish on Friday night, went back Saturday and basically sank the sled to the bottom of a slush trap I created with the previous days holes. It was not pretty. I’m sure I used up my limit of profanity for 2014 already..

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    February 24, 2014 at 12:26 pm #1391260

    There’s real life examples of why it cannot be extended. Maybe the silver lining is a lot of Minnesota lakes get some artificial cribs this year.

    Pun, sort of intended.

    Brian Hoffies
    Land of 10,000 taxes, potholes & the politically correct.
    Posts: 6843
    February 24, 2014 at 2:28 pm #1391297

    What you will have is chunks of wood broken off of these houses floating after ice out. Every year there is wood and garbage all over the lakes that have the highest concentration of fish houses.

    Lazy slobs is the term that comes to mind.

    buck-slayer
    Posts: 1499
    February 24, 2014 at 3:28 pm #1391308

    I’m sure I used up my limit of profanity for 2014 already..

    Hope your not a golfer.

    shefland
    Walker
    Posts: 497
    February 25, 2014 at 12:28 pm #1391570

    I know a guy, got ours off today, thanks to my neighbors tucker sno cat otherwise it would be brutal, here on Leech

    PB2
    Posts: 329
    February 25, 2014 at 2:48 pm #1391598

    Quote:

    I know a guy, got ours off today, thanks to my neighbors tucker sno cat otherwise it would be brutal, here on Leech

    Big difference in getting a wheel house off versus a big skid house.

    chomps
    Sioux City IA
    Posts: 3974
    February 25, 2014 at 5:09 pm #1391636

    looked up the song, Cold Winter in Clevland,Dead Guy Blues? sounds like one of my favorites Tommy Castro!

    brunn
    Andover, MN
    Posts: 138
    February 25, 2014 at 9:49 pm #1391716

    For some reason, that video reminded me of the old Night Driver video game.

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