Cabela's Deluxe Ice-Shelter Kit?

[MRJ]

Does anybody have any experience with Cabela's Ice shelter kit or offer any advice? Is the plywood you supply the actual bottom or does it fit into a plastic sled base? It looks pretty good but you cannot see the details in their catalog picture. Any infor would be appreciated. Thanks.
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[Kent]

I am quite certain that the plywood that you supply is the floor, and also what you would drag it on. I considered one of their kits when I purchased my Shappell last year. I didn't get one because dragging one by hand (I don't have a snowmobile or a four wheeler) with the weight of that plywood floor was more than I wanted to attempt.
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[kj]

My long time fishing and hunting partner has 2 of them. They are 5 x 6 if I remember right and about that tall. The fabric is heavier than the Shapell that I have, very roomy and very well built. You have to supply the bottom. It is not all that heavy and folds into a 5' x 3' x 3 inches thick size. Very stable in a wind storm (had it out in several, including one at the gorge and one at fish lake which blew the others over). He made a small sleigh to place it on mounted on two old ski's he bought at a yard sale. It pulls really easy. However, we have snowmobiles and that makes it easier yet. I was going to buy one this winter until I saw the Eskimo Quick Flip III and bought it instead. For the cost and the quality, I'd not hesitate. He used 1/2 inch painted chip board with a 10 inch hole cut in 2 of the corners and 2x2's around the perimeter to hold the fabric in place.
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[MRJ]

Sounds encouraging. Thanks. MR. J.
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[MRJ]

How easy is it to pull with plywood on the bottom or have you made some type of sled for it?
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