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  • Richard V.
    Somewhere over the rainbow
    Posts: 2596
    February 5, 2011 at 11:46 pm #1302376

    After pulling my Medium Otter Cabin back to the truck I am pretty much pooped and don’t look forward to loading it so I usually don’t take it with me. Today, I was coming home from fishing and thought if I put the back end of the sled on my tailgate first it might be easier than putting the front end, since my first obstacle when putting the front end on first is the hifax runners. I was thinking that if the back end was in the tailgate the hifax runners would already be on the tailgate.

    How do you load your shelter when you are by yourself?

    Eric Pomplun
    janesville, wisconsin
    Posts: 480
    February 5, 2011 at 11:52 pm #934046

    i put the back end up on the tailgate, then go to the front of the shack and lift the shack up and then push it back into the bed of the truck. and i do the same thing with unloading it, i put the front end on the ground then swing the back end onto the ground.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22538
    February 5, 2011 at 11:55 pm #934048

    I have an X2, but the concept is the same…. back of shack up on the tailgate lip, then lift & push at the same time from the front end. Be sure to be pushing before you lift… or it may slide right off the tailgate not that it ever happened to me

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    February 6, 2011 at 12:02 am #934052

    Quote:

    I have an X2, but the concept is the same…. back of shack up on the tailgate lip, then lift & push at the same time from the front end. Be sure to be pushing before you lift… or it may slide right off the tailgate not that it ever happened to me

    I’ve had mine do that many time to me. I usually get happier with every try.

    finman
    Posts: 277
    February 6, 2011 at 12:23 am #908048

    I use a set of ATV ramps that I made out of 2×10, with aluminum brackets that fit on the tailgate, no lifting, just push.

    mark-bruzek
    Two Harbors, MN
    Posts: 3875
    February 6, 2011 at 12:28 am #908049

    Ive got the Lodge, bit longer and I load the fromt first as i leave all my heavy stuff in the rear of the slead. My Cabin was much more difficult being shorter which i loaded the same.
    As lame as it sounds I have been thinking as I loose my young man strength I will have to start using my old man strength and buy or make one of those platforms that slips into the reciever hitch. -Mark

    Randy Rowell
    Rockland Wi
    Posts: 66
    February 6, 2011 at 12:41 am #908050

    I use a length of 2×6 as a ramp. Keeps my Yukon from falling of tailgate while picking up the front.
    Randy

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5649
    February 6, 2011 at 1:43 am #934062

    I unload the heavy stuff…Auger, propane tank/heater, Vex. Then I pick it up and set it in the back of the truck.

    Jesse Krook
    Y.M.H.
    Posts: 6403
    February 6, 2011 at 2:20 am #934071

    I have an old retired friend that ice fishes the Croix exclusively and he installed a winch system with rails and ramps in the back of his pick-up, it’s really cool and he has zero lifting. I am hoping to meet up with him sometime and get some pics and a brief story behind the design

    ozzyky
    On water
    Posts: 817
    February 6, 2011 at 2:32 am #934072

    Same as mentioned in the first couple posts. Otherwise these tall snow banks are firming up nicely and you can back your tailgate even with them and drag the shack on that way too.

    buzzer
    Garnavillo Iowa
    Posts: 542
    February 6, 2011 at 2:35 am #934073

    I have a magnum otter lodge load front first with a long rope I use pull push and lift methood works for me but a board ramp might be in the near future works for me but I’ve had days where the sled goes bang and other words come out of my mouth

    Josh Runksmeier
    Pequot Lakes, MN
    Posts: 279
    February 6, 2011 at 11:37 am #934100

    Quote:

    I unload the heavy stuff…Auger, propane tank/heater, Vex. Then I pick it up and set it in the back of the truck.

    X2

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    February 6, 2011 at 2:55 pm #934149

    Quote:

    I use a length of 2×6 as a ramp. Keeps my Yukon from falling of tailgate while picking up the front.
    Randy

    x2

    -J.

    lunzer
    Burnsville, MN
    Posts: 160
    February 6, 2011 at 3:05 pm #934153

    Quote:

    I have an X2, but the concept is the same…. back of shack up on the tailgate lip, then lift & push at the same time from the front end. Be sure to be pushing before you lift… or it may slide right off the tailgate not that it ever happened to me

    Ditto. But be careful of your cover scraping on the ground. I may end up looking more like swiss cheese like mine. Its about time to get patching!

    TD Ramrod
    Menomonie, WI
    Posts: 50
    February 6, 2011 at 9:20 pm #934248

    I reach over the top of my WILD 2 shack and lift in onto the trunk of my car, strap it down and go. Everything cant always be so easy.

    shaley
    Milford IA
    Posts: 2178
    February 7, 2011 at 12:21 am #934286

    Quote:

    i put the back end up on the tailgate, then go to the front of the shack and lift the shack up and then push it back into the bed of the truck. and i do the same thing with unloading it, i put the front end on the ground then swing the back end onto the ground.

    Ditto with my 3 man Eskimo…

    panfishchasers
    North Branch, MN
    Posts: 24
    February 7, 2011 at 2:27 pm #934556

    This year we added an ATV and ATV trailer to our ice fishing arsenal. It’s so nice sliding my Otter lodge up onto the ATV trailer compared to the pick up that I’ve been taking my trailer to the lake all year. I’m not sure if i’m lazy or smart.

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