Walk-in cooler with cool bot materials

[onlybrowning]

Lots of good info here. You don’t need a Cool Bot. I did the same thing as this guy and works great.

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[BossGobbler2024]

any one seen these or know of any reviews online?

Ultra-Comfort Hunting Blinds

 

[Boarmaster]

Make sure you build it tall enough if you want to hang whole field dressed deer. Even with the rear leg shanks cut off they are surprising tall with their heads and racks still on.

 

[huntcookwrite]

if you don’t need a permanent location, the Koolabuck is pretty solid and a complete package. You can get it up and running in about 15 minutes and holds temps below 40 even in 80+ degrees and direct sunlight (like the buck I had hanging last week).

And at the end of the season it packs down pretty small where my wife barely notices it. I have the Jr. model.

Koola Buck Jr Portable Walk In Cooler |Koola Buck

Weighing less than 250lbs, the Koola Buck Junior is a compact solution to cooling and aging your hunt on hot summer days. Fits one elk or 2-3 deer!

www.koolabuck.com

 

[Customweld]

I built one in my shop that is 4x8x8. I framed the walls with 2x4's and used fiberglass insulation in between the studs and a vapor barrier on the inside wall. On both sides of the walls, I used 2" poly styrene panels and covered with 5/16" osb. I used a 12k btu with a Ranco temp controller.

 

[AKSandman]

I’ve been hanging moose in a setup like this for a number of years.
12x8’ dimensional (bldg materials) space 4” of hardboard foam (blue board or r tech) in the floor, walls and ceiling. Put two rails on the ceiling for rolling meat hooks.

Put the Chillbot and cooler anywhere in the walls and use a mobile blower fan to put a skin on your meat.

Lay a $5 tarp from Walmart on the floor before you hang meat. Either pull it outside in a rainstorm to wash it off or throw it away when you are done.

Use small wire hooks w/o rollers for backstraps and T/Ls

You can get foam pretty cheep by buying old roofing tiles and giving them a good whack with a framing hammer to get rid of the concrete.

Find a free exterior door on fb marketplace and you are about set except for 2xs and plywood.

 

[BossGobbler2024]

 

[BossGobbler2024]

This is my cool bot cooler. 5 x 8 x 8.5

 

[bigunit]

Looks good! We have one built that's quite similar. Have had 2 bull moose in it at once.

 

[Weldor]

Old thread, but nice job. A good walk in cheap is a ice delivery truck bed. The local ice factory usually has a few worn out trucks for sale .

 

[Bman5000]

I went with a used ice fishing tent for my cool bot controlled a/c setup with a freestanding rack inside. I used it in the field running on a generator for a warm fall hunt. Worked great hanging quarters from two big bulls. Then set it up in my garage when I got home to hang meat for a week before processing. Two weeks later it’s all put away in my shed. Pros: mobile, and out of the way when not using it.
Cons: a/c runs more than it would if it were better insulated.
Garage ambient was 80, inside the tent was around 40.