I GOT A FISH HOUSE!!! (sorta) Designed/Built my own drop axle system! Pt.1 [FISHING THINGS EP. 3]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ธ.ค. 2020
- I've recently acquired a hunting camper, that was built off a pop-up camper frame, and I converted it to a drop axle fish house/camper. Watch all the way through if you want to know how to do this. Enjoy!
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cool nice work
Chris....if you could make a drop axle trailer, that could haul a side x side, and fit inside a residential 3rd car garage........buddy.......I could sell all you could make! No one sells (that i know of) a trailer that will fit inside a 7' tall 8' wide garage, WITH a sxs on the trailer. With roll cage most sxs are 6' tall or better. Add trailer height.....you're done. Using your crank technology to lower the trailer when you get home, put that in the garage and that's a winner. I have a few dozen deer hunting buddies that would upgrade from ATV to sxs but cannot due to the garage/trailer limitations.
Genius idea! I’d be happy to build one for ya to test out and promote it to your buddies. I’ll be making my new social media soon for the channel, and then we can talk more about it. 🙌🏻🇺🇸
Well done! I am looking for ideas to build my own from scratch. Thank you for sharing!
Nice work! Like the switch-a-winch idea especially.
Very cool invention
Best video I've seen on this subject. Thanks.
Awesome video man. Very detailed. I really appreciate you sharing your ideas. Keep it up!
Thanks a ton man. 🙌🏻 Interior video will be up soon. I appreciate you watching. Good luck fishing!
Nicely built. Would definitely buy a pre made kit for a couple ideas I have bouncing around my head. Great work.
awesome job...well done...tight lines
Did an awesome job here. Wish I had the supplies to do this myself lol
Genius!
There are a lot of good ideas here, well done Chris.
Thanks man! Just wait for the next one we’re building right now! Check my 2 latest videos!
Man, that was dope! I really need to learn welding... then I could finally do projects I dream of
Awesome work man
Wicked, gonna fab one of these up. I’m thinking a bigger cabin and tandem !!!
Dude. Nice. Well thought out build. This is the first video I've watched on converting a trailer to drop down, but I really like your ideas. The words my wife hates to hear: "I'm being inspired for a new project."
great job! really like the idea of using the winch on both sides! will be making some heavily influenced from yours soon!
Thanks for watching, and hell yeah! I’m happy I could throw some ideas your way, good luck and have fun!
Love it man keep up the good work
Thanks man! 🙌🏻
Well done
Awesome video! I just built a skid shack but now I want to build one of these!
This video needs more likes
Nice job
Nice build! Ran across your build searching drop deck trailers. I am going to build a trailer mounted powder coat oven. Mostly so I can put it outside the shop when unused. Might use your design or variation of it.
Nicely done,💯
Thanks homie. 👌🏻👌🏻
Once the galvanized coating wears off it will rust for sure.
love the build! Subbed
OK Chris I'm new to your channel, thanks for the laugh. I will be watching your fish house build from start to finish thanks for the tips ahead of time. And I can definitely relate to the ridiculous price there getting for these fish houses.
Very awesome video! By far this has been one of the best custom Icehouse videos I've seen so far. I really appreciated the detail in each of the videos in this series and really like that design for the custom drop. Its pretty simple and looks easy enough to take care of. I'm located in Michigan and usually use a pop up but got my first look at icehouses out on Devils Lake North Dakota and have wanted to build my own since. Looking forward to seeing more videos from your channel! I'm a small channel as well that has a bit of everything and I like making people laugh. Cheers brother
Have you broke a leaf spring yet
How much did everything cost? I’m gonna do this to mine.
Great build. I stopped using those wire wheels when flapper discs came out, they have no wires to fly out at you, so don't end up all over the garage waiting to get under your finger nail when you don't expect it 😭
Man that setup is clean!! I have a crank down setup on my little house that definitely needs some leaf springs. No suspension right now and it makes me nervous pulling it down anything that’s not perfect pavement. Lots of bouncing and pressure on the welds. I like that system you came up with there on your axle... similar to Ice Castle but not exactly the same. I might have to do something similar! Awesome video!!
Thanks a ton man. 🙌🏻 It wasn’t too hard to build either, you could probably copy this system for the most part and add some leafs on your set up. I spent like $60 bucks in steel and that was about it. Good luck fishing this year. 👍🏻👍🏻
Do you have measurements on your steel for the drop axle? Lengths? I’m planning on doing about the same with an old utility trailer we have.
Great videos by the way. Keep it up.
Hate the "music", but love the great explanations of how/why you did things. One of the best how-to videos I've seen. (Aside from the gripe about the music, of course.)
very nice set up. congrats on your new system./
Thank man! It’s just a small little rig, but it’s a perfect starter I think. Hope to make some good memories in it this year.
That is sweet!!!!! I have a old camper trailer and want to put a drop axles on it but haven't found a system that's easy and simple. Would love for u do do mine for me. I can't weld at all. Keep ur video coming they r awsome!!!!
So, I have been researching how to make a combination car rotisserie and trailer cause its 90 miles to the sandblast and epoxy primer joint. Your wheel mechanism gave me all I needed to go out and rip up the old snow mobile trailer and make it happen. Thanks for the great vid.
That’s awesome!! Glad I could help. Thanks for watching the channel. 🤘🏻
sending beer lol
This Video inspired me to start my own, I'm starting with an old 14' bumper pull trailer. I have it down to the frame an am tying to figure out the drop axle. What size bar stock and pipe did you use?
Hell yeah!!! I’m pumped that I was able to motivate you into doing a build. My barstock was 1-3/4” bar stock (for a 17’ I would just go with a 2” bar stock), and the pipe was a 1/8” bigger because I shoved a piece of Galvanized pipe between them as a bushing to soak up the grease and create a longer lasting pivot point. If you watch towards the end of the video I explained how I did that part! Best of luck to you, and have a blast! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Interesting project, nice design and work! I'd have watched this video just for the jokes. You're a pretty good comedian too! Thanks for the video!!!
Thanks a ton! 😁 I appreciate the support. Also, there’s a lot of my smart ass humor in part 2, 3, and coming soon 4 lol thanks for watching.
@@ThingsChrisDoes I did some binge watching on your channel and enjoy the humor. I live on the west coast in Mendocino, CA but just got home on Monday from a 10 day stay at Lake Vermilion, MN. I've gone up there the past 4 winters to fish through the ice. Searching for videos about ice fishing shacks was how I found your channel. I also go up to the lake other times to fish and to do projects around our little cabin. Maybe I'll bump into you one day. Thanks again Chris & Best Wishes !
@@noyopacific that’s friggen awesome! I suppose the climate difference is a fun surprise compared to California lol I’m happy I could humor you while you were here in MN! I’m always out and about around MN, so if you ever see my big white Ram when you’re here, just wave me down! Thanks again for the support. 💪🏻💪🏻
Thumbs up dude. I the redesign. Gotta watch the rest but maybe a hook at the top to lift the wheel off the ice?
I subscribed just because of all the swearing. Love realism and not softy speak.
😂🙌🏻💯
Nice, do you have a parts list of size tubes, pipe and pivot shaft? Save a guy a lot of time trying to figure out what tubes fit over what and order wrong parts. Thanks
Happen to remember what grade steel you used for the round bar stock? Planning on building one myself for WI and going to use your videos as a guide!
Nice work. How did you determine where the stationary leaf spring mounts and the tube that the leaf spring slides through go? Im looking to build something similar and wondered how critical this is.
Thank you! 🙌🏻 As far as the mounting point, I just sort of set it on the bar so that the center of the leaf spring (top of the arc) was within 3ish inches from the spindle shaft. Then I gave it that little 2” lift so that it would mimic the force of an axle pushing up on it in the middle. The tubing is 2x2x11ga steel, so the inside is around 1.5 - 1.75” and the leaf spring slid right through. Hope that helps!
would have measurements on all material that used for drop axle. I'm planning on doing one on my shack. Well do video. Keep up the good work.
Yep, been there, done that, with a wire wheel!
Great build.... new sub!!!
Thank you, I appreciate it. 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Nice job! When packing a bearing, flip it around. Much quicker.
Also needs to pack through to the other end, not the rollers beside.
My parents have a small single axle cattle trailer that I thought about converting into a fish house. Just wanna know estimated cost for the drop system design you did
Do you remember what kind and brand of spindles you used on your build and where you got them
Was wondering if you made the video of parts list and making of drop axle?
What bar stock did you use for axels? Or what grade steel?
I kinda have the same set up on my fish house but mine doesn't have leaf springs just has pivot arms wonder if you had any idea how I could add winches to raise and lower it cuz it hard to do by hand cuz its heavy
Right on man! You could copy my design here and weld up a tube for the winch to slide into, or you could do the permanent style winch, that goes down to a pulley, and then up to your drop arm. Either way you would just get it cranked down far enough to put the pin back in like you would when you're raising it by hand. The hook loops i got are rated for 2200 lbs each, and the pivot shaft takes some of that static pressure off the hook loop anyway, so anything in that ball park would be fine. Hope that helps, good luck!
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Good build, great video. Chris if you put the wide side open side of the bearing(flip it over) it will pack faster and fuller.
Thank you! 🙌🏻 I’ll definitely take your advice on that, what you said makes more sense to me.
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What type of winch is that? Mine on my shack if I let go when cranking down it free spools and I don’t like that one bit haha
Oh I know what ya mean! Lol then it smacks your hand when you’re trying to catch it, when it’s -10 outside. This one would do the same thing though, I just don’t let go of it. I’m sure they make one that has a reverse lock though.
Awesome build. I have an old pop up trailer that I would like to do this too. Could you please send me the measurements on the steel also. Can't wait for inside remodel video.
Thanks a ton man! Yeah, the main drop arm (with the spindle and pivot shaft in it) was 2x3x3/16”, and the top bar that stuck out past the tire for the winch to hook on, that was 2x2x11ga. Then I used the scraps from the 2x2 to make the other hook mount for the winch. Hope this helps. 👌🏻 The inside is coming soon, just about done!
Just posted part 3 inside build!!
Hey Chris. Did you use 7018 rod for your welds?
Hey! Honestly don’t remember, but I’m pretty sure I used 6011 rods because that’s what I usually have at the farm.
Fair enough man, thanks for the response. And awesome job with this, it inspired me to build one from frame up.
Also, even sicker job on the new one! Holy smokes!!
You inspired me. Would you ever build a full set of the drop axle system and winches for someone? The design is genius. I feel like you could easily pull the full axle off and keep out of the elements while it’s out also.
Thank you for the support! 🙌🏻😁 I’d build some for somebody again yeah, I love building shit. This design is super strong and simple, very easily removable. I love it.
I would also love for you to fix my mess of a drop down. Like you said they didn't do the bar stock through the frame and yes its bent into house
What is the size of your shack? I have an old trailer I am converting and the size looks to be about the same.
Do you have a design slip of all the measurements I could get
A free floating bushing is an old trick. A lot of older car engines had free floating wrist pins between the piston and the con rod. Because they were free to rotate, they did and distributed the wear. Not so much any more because of better lube. Free floating creates circular wear more or less evenly around the bushing. A fixed bushing will create a matchng surface under load that has a bigger contact area but more back and forth slop. Like most engineering, competing advantages require informed decisions. The solution depends on the expectations in service. Here, service is predictable.
Hey is there any way I could get the measurements/plans for this please
Yep! It was a 6x10 box, dinette benches were about 40” long I believe. Enough to seat 2 people side by side, and sleep side by side when it was in bed mode. 4 holes is all I had room for. That’s about it man, she wasn’t anything special.
Hey man just seen your videos and I have to say I'm impressed with what you did definitely subbing I heard you live in Minnesota which county I live in mille lacs county
Thanks for the support!! I’m not too far north of you actually!
What spinal did you use where can a guy get them?
I used a 3500lb spindle/hub kit off EBay. It’s way overbuilt for how light my house is. Thing weighs less than 2000lbs, but I plan on going all over with it, so I figured I’d beef it up to handle anything I pull it through. Here’s the link! www.ebay.com/itm/292202212137
Mine axel wad through the frame and was still bent when I got it.
Can you share the dimensions and how long everything was so I can try this on one of my trailers.
How long did this take you? And if you had to do it again, how quickly could you do it?
Building and filming took about 2.5 months, but now that I’ve been there done that, I could probably whip it out in about a month. 👌🏻
Should be interesting to see how long the leaf spring setup last.
Mine has almost 1000 miles and 5yrs… still working amazing!
Been pulled for many miles so far and they’re still going strong!
Where did you get your metal where you only paid $60 for all of it? I'm trying to find bar stock and just that is over $100
the galvanized is only on the surface of the pipe. now that it's a moving part it will wear through the coating . it's better than steel on steel. but maybe it would be better if you use a solid non ferrous metal as the bushing ?
That’s a great comment. I was wondering how long the zinc coating would hold up before it would need to be replaced, but it honestly still moves smooth as butter! I don’t know when I’ll have to change it out to be honest lol I guess we will see if she makes it through another winter and bumpy ice roads.
@@ThingsChrisDoes its probably going to last a long time you did a really good job
Get a bearing packer no mess Way better it squeezes it right through
How did you get the nose of the trailer on the ground?
I had to collapse the jack, and set it down by hand, which won’t work on the ice. I still have to weld up a bracket to raise the jack up so I can lower the nose with that.
This thing is super light though, so lifting the nose up is pretty easy.
Is all that work just to have the shack be on the ice and not have the distance to pull a fish out of a hole?? Cant yiu just use some pvc pipe to slide down your hole to the ice hole?? Thinking out loud.
Where u at in Minnesota? I need help building out my fish house I just bought lol. U look like u need a new video idea 💡
U wouldn't happen to have a parts list?
I haven’t put one together yet no, but I plan to make a separate video going over all of it. I’ve had a lot of people ask for the size/specs of steel and shit, so I figured I’d make a video just on that. What part are you looking for though?
Mainly the spindle and support pieces
Oh okay, the spindle I got is a 3500# spindle kit off eBay I’ll see if I can find the link. Then the main drop arm (with the spindle and pivot shaft in it) was 2x3x3/16”, and the top bar that stuck out past the tire for the winch to hook on, that was 2x2x11ga. Then I used the leftover scraps from the 2x2 to make the other hook mount for the winch. Hope this helps. 👍🏻
Here’s the link for the spindle bro! Fits 5x4.5 wheels.
www.ebay.com/itm/292202212137
@@ThingsChrisDoes thank you, you're the best.
Put my axel all the way trough
That would be even better! 💪🏻
@@ThingsChrisDoes really a badass set up you are building!
@@ThingsChrisDoes I also have the one winch but it’s a big steering wheel so if the winch brakes it won’t spin really fast and bust my hand. I also have a safety chain set up for if the leaf spring brakes.
Thanks man! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 The one winch is all you need in my opinion. I just subscribed to your channel too, always nice to see some good new fishing spots.
Dude why is your gun pointed towards you???😂
Just noticed 😂 probably got bumped when I was moving shit around and I didn’t pay attention. Stupid me.
Great video ! Thanks for sharing 👍
Bro... We should be friends.... And you should help me do this to my camper/ice house lol
Hell yeah lol how far into your build are you??
@@ThingsChrisDoes I was 2 days away from buying something like what you had started with, then the seller cancelled. Someone offered more money so I can't fault them for taking a better deal. So I'm still looking for one. Saw you were in MN and I was like HEY ME TO! and this dude does a bunch of the same stuff that I like doing! So, the home state connection and shared interests got me to sub. Deer hunting is coming up so even if I found something today I probably wouldn't get to working on it until December. I love your crank down system! S M R T!
@@amazontrish Hell yeah, thank you for the support. 🙌🏻🙌🏻 I hope you find something to get started on. Deer hunting is getting close so stay tuned for some stand prep, and some hunting content coming soon then. Good luck this year! 👌🏻😎
@@ThingsChrisDoes we have 35 acres in sandstone with open stands everywhere but we need to build some enclosed elevated stands that we can put a little heater in and keep dad out of the elements. At almost 70 it's difficult for him to get into his stand. Gotta keep the old man comfortable. But, also gotta get decent enough weather to build and also cut some trails to get the wheelers through.
Please make more videos
Thanks for watching I appreciate it. 🙌🏻 Part 2 is up on the channel, part 3 coming very soon. The interior turned out siiiiiiiick!
Just posted part 3!!
I had a wire stuck in my forehead
Oof lol you know how it is then. Them little buggers are mean!
Oh aeh der bud
Anybody else bothered by the pistol sitting there aimed at him in the beginning?
God! It's sooooooooooooo long. I just don't have the ability to concentrate on these long vids. Thanks for making a good video but please realize there is a part of your audience that wants vids that are shorter.
Anyone else cringe when he was welding against the shed’s siding?
I even did man 🤣 I didn’t film it, but it crossed my mind as I started, so I dropped the welder and looked up quick to make sure it didn’t fuck up the paint. It’s all steel siding so it held up, but it sure scared me for a second.