I bought a fish trap voyager replacement tent directly from the clam corporation (6x8') for $50 (light house, lets light in), built my own sled from plywould and two by fours and used black abs pipe from menards (with elbows and all) for the poles (pvc pipe cracks at below freezing, abs doesn't become completely brittle until -40degrees). Bought velcro at the walmart craft area to extend the velcro fasteners in the tent (since my poles were bigger diameter than the metal poles it comes with) and bungies to hold the poles together. I just piece it together, takes about 10 minutes. It weighs less than a voyager and costs less than $150. It doesn't flip over but all I have to do is partly take it down (the part that goes over the ice), and slide it to a different spot. You wouldn't know that is wasn't a real voyager once it is set up. They also sell the suitcase style tent replacements but they were $75. You could build a complete floor then but it would be heavier since my sled is only 6' by 40". I am not a shop type guy, never took shop in highschool and had no problem. It helped that you can download the schematics for the huts at the website also. Its kind of hillbilly but it is sweet.
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