for those that spend their spare time in hunting camps. i built a hunting camp on three sleighs that are 4 ft x 8 ft. the walls were pre built in my garage and transported to the site on the sleighs. took less then four hours to bolt the floors together and assemble the walls. we hauled the sleighs in to the site with my snowmobile and needed my quad to haul them up a hill for the perfect view. i dropped a few pictures into my page for those that are interested in it.

 

kewl deal.....there is a roof on there isn't there?

so, since it looks cold out there, do you hunt from it or do you camp in it? how do you keep warm?

 

Looks like it would be pretty cozy! Just wondering what the benefits are to such a structure vs. a wall tent?

 

Sorry I found myself much more interested in the photo your wife gave you. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] Too bad for the photo shop job on it. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

elkbow, we will camp out and hunt from the camp, olso quad and snowmobile from there . Yes the camp has a roof and i will be putting tin on it soon. it was about -18 c and it did warm up to -11c that day. we have a wood stove to heat it up and it is quite comfortable when the fire gets going good.
wayback40, there is no real advantage over a tent except to replace my tent would be about $1000.00. and i had excess to the wood. tents dont fare well in snow and it is a hassle to keep the snow cleaned off , been there and done that one winter. tents do have the advantage of being easy to move.camps do tend to be warmer at -40 c.
fishslab
yep the photo would not pass inspection untill it was edited.

 

Where would a person find an unaltered version of #4? Just want to get a better look at the cycle and the white block is distracting me. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

Did you or are you going to insulate the cabin? Seems like it would heat up well with a decent stove. What kind of wood stove did you install?

 

(um, me too[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img])

 

I bought a 18" tin heater, they had a 30" also in stock but it was too big for a small camp, i prefer the 24".
it will be ok i guess, have used one in a wall tent and it was ok in the fall. the stick length is about 10 to 12 " in the 18" stove . a real pain to stoke at night , the sticks have to be small in dia approx 3" or split into small pieces to be able to get it filled to last any length of time. i dont think i will insulate the camp unless it is extra cold. maybe a layer of board inside to create a air space.
sorry about the white slab, but i cant get it published without it.

 

Is it easy to take down? Or is it left up indefinitly? (I'm talkin about the camp now)

 

i believe it would take two people about 2 hrs to take it apart, i think that a well packed snow trail to the new location would come in handy to move it in the winter. a bad *** quad in the summer might work out. i believe the three sleighs that make up the floor would be about 500 lbs each when loaded. iwould prefer moving it in the winter,