I ended up picking up a 6515 wheel only. It was a new 2023 model and I got a good deal. So far I have been really impressed on how warm it stays and how little propane it uses. It is amazing how light it is which makes it easy to drive thru snow. If my truck can make thru the trailer will make it as well. I put my boat seats in it for day time fishing which makes it really comfortable.
It has to be a starting lithium battery first and foremost. Iconic makes them and a few others. The one I own is a 125 AH and it will put out 1100 CCA. It is over kill but I would rather go big then to be sorry later. My motor is a 60HP and is long out of warranty. I plan to charge it with my 10Amp NOCO at the end of the day.
This is off of the website that sells them: This battery can be used as a starter battery for 250 hp Yamaha or Mercury motors
I would say the first outfit needed to pay for all of that equipment. What they can do and what they should do is always up to you. The biggest thing is who is paying ? If your insurance is really good they might be trying to milk them but if there are out of pocket cost I would really question the dentist.
Did they gold plate them.
I thought it was kinda of a high price but I was not sure what they cost new when they were around. My guess would be $75-100
There is a guy on Ice Fishing Minnesota named Sheldon Lunde that is selling a like new one for $300 or B.O.
I have that same gauge CM. I need to leave it out to measure snow instead of the top railing of the deck 
Around Carlton we received about 4″ overnight. The wind has picked up so some of the new snow will be on the move.
Is there any of you lucky retired fellas not enjoying retirement?
I retired kinda quickly due to the fact I was at a funeral for a good friend who was a roommate for a number of years in our youth. While there chatting with a bunch of old friends we were missing a friend. Come to find out that he had a massive stroke and died that morning. Another bud who was a old roommate gone. I went into work on Monday and thought is this any way to live. Went and told my manager that I needed to retire now. I was 66 so it was not early. The first few months I could not get myself to do anything. Now I have lots of little projects that I nibble at when I want. Picked up a wheel house and have plans to fish with some with my other retired buds. Seems like I always have something to but not always productive. I love that everyday is Friday !!
Do you know if the seller created his address label from Paypal or did he label it himself ? He might have got something messed up and now no one knows where its at if it is addressed wrong.
Agreed. Did I miss the price somewhere?
$35,000
He could also throw his Strikemaster thoughts in that same thread as well.
You more then likely will not lose any ice unless the snow pack is gone. Even then it takes more then 2-3 days to have an affect.
They still make the 6512. I am looking at a 6515 or a 6519.
Gong on Year 3 with a Core skid house. No issues! After coughing up the dough, you won’t have any complaints imo
What model do you own ?
All I heard about core is they had warranty issues, not taken care of….
This is what I am looking for but need to know more. Leaking, cracks, or stuff that doesn’t work the way it should.
I parked behind my truck and it was still moving me a bit. Looks like we have a couple more days of this wind before it calms down.
One pic is showing.
If the Lithium Ion battery is not rated for starting there should be no reason to jump it. My Iconic Lithium battery is rated for 1100 cranking amps and is 125 amp hours. This is made for starting motors and should not be confused with a normal Lithium like a LiTime 100 amp hour. Those are made for trolling motors or solar.
Look at Darren do a Alpha Ion 10″ real test.
The thing that I read thought we would have warmer then normal temps till the end of February and then it would start to be more snowy. Works for me !!
I have never had that problem but I always make sure to set it down on the snow so the throttle side is up.
Things have cooled down since sunrise. We are at -29 in Carlton and Chisholm is at -35
Maybe the line is kinked between the shutoff valve and the faucet.
Thanks B-man !! Kinda thought thats what was going on.
I search Amazon for Audew Jump starter and came back with nothing. Are you talking about the Andeman which is on sale for $53.99. The same Noco is $299 
There a SAE2 plug. Put that into Amazon and you will see them with a inline fuse as well. I have Noco charger and use those on most all battery’s that I own.
I get what your saying Matt but my grip is what are getting for our boat license vs what we get for our fishing license. Too much tax and nothing to show for it.
The State of Minnesota requires sales tax to be collected by businesses selling boats. Minnesota Sales tax rate on boats is 8.125%. Boat Trailers are taxed at 6.875%.
So your $50,000 boat cost you $4125 in tax for your boat and $350 for the trailer. You would think we should get a lifetime license for the boat for that price.
I just feel we are not getting our moneys worth for what we are paying in to the state.
MN state park pass and boat tags are still the best deal on anything in the state.
Do you guys typically keep your pitchforks right next to the keyboard or do you have to run out to the barn every time you get riled up? And if it’s the latter aren’t you exhausted yet?
There are around 800,000 registered boats in Minnesota and look at the price increase per boat. I have not seen many improvements so where is all the money going ? Most of the boat access’s were built in the 60s so its not there and stocking has not changed all that much.
