homemade shanty ? (pulling thru snow)

[muggs]

I have one of those man-made (plywood and T-111), collapsible style shanties. I used 2 x 4’s and metal conduit for the sled runners, which works really good on clean ice, but once the snow cover gets about 6”-8” deep it’s almost impossible to pull (the front digs into the snow and stops it).

I’m trying to come up with idea on how to get around this problem. I’d like to just temporarily attached something to the bottom of it that could be removed when I’m ready to fish. I was thinking old skis or something??

Anyone who has a shanty like this run into the same problem?? Any ideas?? Thanks for any help guys.

[billkay]

The old skis sound like a great idea. You might be able to mount them inn such a way that you wouldn't have to remove them.

[Tominator]

How about an old plastic sled, one of those flexible ones?

[muggs]

How about an old plastic sled, one of those flexible ones?

Yeah, I've thought about an old sled and I think that could work.

I also posted this question on a few fishing forums, and so far the best idea came from a guy with the same style shanty. He built a conduit frame that's about 12" high. He just places the shanty on top of that, so it's elevated above the snow and only the conduit frame makes contact with the ice.

He said it works great, but I don't have any welding equipment, so I'm not sure I can make it. If I was able to get access to the 3-D design room at CSU, I could make a sweet frame. They have the equipment to roll metal at various curves, copper wired torches, arch welders, plasma cutters...really a great workshop... but I'm not sure they'd let me use it if I'm not enroll there.