I GOT A FISH HOUSE!!! (sorta) Designed/Built my own drop axle system! Pt.1 [FISHING THINGS EP. 3] 

cool nice work

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.

Best video I've seen on this subject. Thanks.

Awesome video man. Very detailed. I really appreciate you sharing your ideas. Keep it up!

Very cool invention

awesome job...well done...tight lines

Did an awesome job here. Wish I had the supplies to do this myself lol

Nicely built. Would definitely buy a pre made kit for a couple ideas I have bouncing around my head. Great work.

Wicked, gonna fab one of these up. I’m thinking a bigger cabin and tandem !!!

Man, that was dope! I really need to learn welding... then I could finally do projects I dream of

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!

Genius!

Awesome work man

There are a lot of good ideas here, well done Chris.

Love it man keep up the good work

Awesome video! I just built a skid shack but now I want to build one of these!

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.

Well done

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.

Nicely done,💯

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.

Nice job

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

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!!

love the build! Subbed

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 😭

very nice set up. congrats on your new system./

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.)

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!!!!

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!!!

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.

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.

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.

Thumbs up dude. I the redesign. Gotta watch the rest but maybe a hook at the top to lift the wheel off the ice?

Great build.... new sub!!!

This video needs more likes

Once the galvanized coating wears off it will rust for sure.

Nice job! When packing a bearing, flip it around. Much quicker.

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!

Yep, been there, done that, with a wire wheel!

sending beer lol

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

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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.

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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.

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

Should be interesting to see how long the leaf spring setup last.

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 ?

Was wondering if you made the video of parts list and making of drop axle?

Get a bearing packer no mess Way better it squeezes it right through

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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

Do you remember what kind and brand of spindles you used on your build and where you got them

Mine axel wad through the frame and was still bent when I got it.

What bar stock did you use for axels? Or what grade steel?

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

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

Can you share the dimensions and how long everything was so I can try this on one of my trailers.

Hey is there any way I could get the measurements/plans for this please

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

Put my axel all the way trough

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 💡

How long did this take you? And if you had to do it again, how quickly could you do it?

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.

What spinal did you use where can a guy get them?

Hey Chris. Did you use 7018 rod for your welds?

How did you get the nose of the trailer on the ground?

U wouldn't happen to have a parts list?

Dude why is your gun pointed towards you???😂

Bro... We should be friends.... And you should help me do this to my camper/ice house lol

Please make more videos

I had a wire stuck in my forehead

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?

Oh aeh der bud