Tell us about the box who built it for you is it aluminum or something different

Nice setup!

You can't get a radiator? I the tunnel cooler will be fairly useless on glare ice and on windswept ground. Other than that looks like a sweet deal. Should pull through the overflow no problem.

The aluminum box I ordered Amazon 98 buck 24x17x17 fit perfect used the rack that came with it that bolts in to tunnel. Cut it apart and bolted it through box and in to tunnel. Install face shield on front windshield have used for years and hold up well and block wind well . Also installed ice scratchers cables and bogey wheel kit to save the slide. If I have a over heat problem they make a kit to add bigger heat exchanger and I still have my 550 lxt for spring time . But I trap close to the Yukon here in interior so most the time it is supper cold and normally lots of snow.

Thanks I would have never thought to look on Amazon for that

Gettin the cabin fired up for trapping season. Got about half the line set and found a wolf kill with some good sign. Let the games begin.

Fired up is definitely the right term here

V.. I don’t know that you haven’t done this but I added an aluminum box to my last sled like you have, a good engineer I happen to know helped me layout the bolt connections. He said the most important thing was putting butyl tape strips between the connecting points/edges.
Said it would eat any unfelt vibration and impact that would crack aluminum. Worked great.

Osky

Looking forward to seeing your catches!

Well it has started first check of the season with wolf gear out. No big packs through but picked up 4 and a Wolverine. Had wolf #5 but I screwed it up in all my years this was a first I forgot to crimp the snare end . It was strug tight and no wolf . Also a first was we had a big bait Cache to use for later and always put some 4s around them in case a Wolverine comes by . Well pulled up and had a black wolf jumping around. He was hitting it pretty hard so I just 10mm him quickly. Was -35 most the time with wind .

Now that is one heck of a good start! Hope that it continues for you!

Great start to your season! Any idea how long that black had been in the #4?

I would say a day or 2 by the snow on the ground. It was a good catch but it was just a Bridger so was not set up for wolf . We had 2 number 4 there and a marten foot in other so what I think happened is we caught a marten and it was jumping around and the wolf went after it and got caught. Was pretty impressed on the 4 holding him. He was jumping around and lunging pretty good and all I had handy was my 10mm so I just dropped him quick . After shooting many different animals on trap line with the 10mm I would never count on it fo bear protection I am shooting Underwood Extreme penetrators and hard cast and I am not impressed. Normally I don’t shoot them My trapping partner carries are dispatch gun but I was not going to wait.

Nice start.Congrats.Love the wolverine.

Yeah, I pack a 44 magnum and I've shot a couple black bears with it, and even the "big magnum" I wouldn't depend on for bear protection, especially a grizzly. Only pistol I've ever shot that I thought would be decent bear medicine is a 454 Casull (or a Contender with various rifle chamberings) but you may as well pack a rifle as lug any Casull I've ever had ahold of around.

I've shot black bears with a 10mm without any issues. Any center-fire rifle is a better choice than a handgun though

I own a bear bait company and spend a ton of time around lots of bears . I only pack a hand gun for when if one is chewing on my leg or visiting me in my tent . 99 percent of the time I am packing a 458 socom it is devastating to a bear . Last year I built a 460 Rowland because over the years I just was not impressed with the 10 . 2 years ago I pulled up to a marten set and a lynx’s was snacking on 1 and it took off so I smoked it with the 10 and it still did not die. Granite I shot it in the brown star fish but still you think it would of done it . Dispatch it with a 22 mag . Shot 3 wolves ,caribou, lynx, beaver , and 2 Wolverine with it so far not impressed. Had a friend shot a moose with one multiple shots It did die by blood loss over time . All wolves hade no pass through . I only pack the 10 on the snow go because I don’t want to loose the Rowland if it falls off in snow on the trail . I like the 1911 frame it is comfortable to shot and not as heavy as a 44 .

My 44 is a Taurus Ultralite, so it is super light to pack, and because it has rubber grips that fit my hands very well it is comfortable to shoot. A friend of mine has the Smith and Wesson version with wood grips, I shot it three times and didn't want a shoot it any more, those wood grips hurt. I to like the 1911 frame, they are just comfortable to shoot. I hunt hounds and guide, I bought the 44 and started packing it years ago after I did have a bear chewing on my leg. If I am actually planning on shooting one, or have a client that is that I may have to back up, I pack my Guide Gun in 45/70, but the 44 is one me from the time I get dressed until I get home. Over the years I've shot a couple bears with it, because it is what I have on hand and have used it to finish crippled bears. I've also shot a deer and an elk with it. It works, but there is not a lot of knockdown there, unless you brain them it is about like a bow, they will eventually die of blood loss. On the trapline I pack a 22 or a 22 mag for dispatch and the 44 usually stays home in the winter.

I am surprised the 10mm was not a pass through on the wolves. Thats actually shocking.

Nice catches!