Tie Breaker

Hello all,
I need a opinions and a tie breaker.

I have posted about a skid house on Mille Lacs in an earlier post. My better half wants a wheelhouse. I like a skid house on ML.

I am all for a wheelhouse. But I am worried about seasons of deep snow, slush and late ice. Having a season of deep snow really limits having a wheelhouse.

We would use the house a few times in the summer.

The skid would be kept on ML at a resort. The resort we are looking at does not allow summer use.

I am not sure about spending money on a wheelhouse based on MN winter’s unpredictably.

We had a wheelhouse until a few years ago and sold it because it was too small and uncomfortable to spend a weekend in.

The skid would be a 10×16.

The wheelhouse would be a 8×17.

Any opinions would we welcome.

Thank you

Core Ice makes several hybrid models (combining both wheels and skids)

Models

Might be a viable option for you.

You want us to settle a tiebreaker with you and your wife I’m picturing how that would go in my household, gee honey the guys on the internet don’t agree with you so I win the tiebreaker. Now I’m living in my fish house, full time

To the original question, I think you answered it yourself. We plan to use it a few times in the summer but we can’t use the skid house in the summer. So, how important is using this outside of the 7 or so weeks in Jan/Feb?

Is a skid house easier to move in deep snow and slush? I would think either way you are going to need a plowed road in these conditions.

Firstly, going with what your wife wants is never a bad option.

Secondly, guys use wheel houses all the time in deep snow, the resorts keep the roads usable all season so that would never stop me.

Thirdly, using it a few times in the summer is nice too so that’s another plus for it.

Must be a newly wed, hasn’t learned how to pick his battles yet.

Wheel house keeps you mobile and you can go to lakes that you can actually keep fish! Crazy concept I know but I like to eat fish every now and again. Wheel house and don’t look back!

Honestly this is a funny one…..my wife wants a nice new ice house…..I don’t want it.

Wut???? lol

With a wheel house:
Need a truck big enough to pull it.

You’ll be about a week later or 2 later, depending on the ice conditions, compared to a skid house.

A plow isn’t necessary, but it certainly will make a difference where you fish. Resorts won’t maintain your driveway without paying for a season pass. Sure, they have pre plowed spots, but they are all stacked next to each other. But I guess that’s a wheel house thing. They seem to like to be stacked on top of each other.

Lastly, Can’t pull a boat behind a wheel house..
Just my 2 cents. #SkidHouseForLife

IceNEyes1986 wrote:

With a wheel house:
Need a truck big enough to pull it.

You’ll be about a week later or 2 later, depending on the ice conditions, compared to a skid house.

A plow isn’t necessary, but it certainly will make a difference where you fish. Resorts won’t maintain your driveway without paying for a season pass. Sure, they have pre plowed spots, but they are all stacked next to each other. But I guess that’s a wheel house thing. They seem to like to be stacked on top of each other.

Lastly, Can’t pull a boat behind a wheel house..
Just my 2 cents. #SkidHouseForLife

Core Icehouses are hybrids that have wheels and skis, best of both worlds.

But you are gonna pay for it, not cheap.

Dutchboy wrote:

Must be a newly wed, hasn’t learned how to pick his battles yet.

Hah….my thoughts exactly.

Get both and be done with it.

Why pay for something you can only use 2 to 3 months? Or why keep it at a place you can only use it 2 or 3 months? Sounds like a huge waste of money.
Either get a wheelshack you can use 12mo or keep a skid at a place you can use year round.

Not my money tho…

When my wife said to me she was open to getting a Yetti my jaw just about hit the floor. Take a win and get the wheel house

mark-bruzek wrote:

Why pay for something you can only use 2 to 3 months? Or why keep it at a place you can only use it 2 or 3 months? Sounds like a huge waste of money.
Either get a wheelshack you can use 12mo or keep a skid at a place you can use year round.

Not my money tho…

Would definitely get a toy hauler model and AC installed so it could be used year round and used as a trailer.

Get a wheelhouse AND QUICK! Before your wife changes her mind . You could probably find a place on Mille Lacs to keep it at for winter/summer use, and still have the option to take it elsewhere.

If your wife is proposing you spend more money on an outdoor hobby like fishing, there are a few things I would consider doing right from the beginning:

1. Slap yourself and make sure it isn’t a dream.
2. Buy her something nice for even making the suggestion.
3. Have her call my wife and start a friendship. It could only help me down the road.
4. Go with her suggestion.

buckybadger wrote:

If your wife is proposing you spend more money on an outdoor hobby like fishing, there are a few things I would consider doing right from the beginning:

1. Slap yourself and make sure it isn’t a dream.
2. Buy her something nice for even making the suggestion.
3. Have her call my wife and start a friendship. It could only help me down the road.
4. Go with her suggestion.

I could not agree more!!

buckybadger wrote:

If your wife is proposing you spend more money on an outdoor hobby like fishing, there are a few things I would consider doing right from the beginning:

1. Slap yourself and make sure it isn’t a dream.
2. Buy her something nice for even making the suggestion.
3. Have her call my wife and start a friendship. It could only help me down the road.
4. Go with her suggestion.

Yeah what he said. Best advise ever given ever!

Wheelhouse 100%

You can get a full service seasonal pass at a Mille Lacs resort and pay the exact same fee as you would a skid house.

Leave it on the lake, and they’ll keep your access open, just like a skid house.

The huge benefit would obviously be being able to tow it north before Mille Lacs’ ice is ready. As well as summer use if that’s your thing (you’ll want A/C and possibly an RV edition).

Wheelhouses make for a great hunting camp if you hunt too…..

I’m trying to picture all these guys having to beg to buy something and there wives saying no
If you want something and can afford it dont you just buy it?

If you are dedicated to mille lacs I would rather sit in a skid house but put it at a resort for summer use as well.