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pwall Senior Enthusiast

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Just down the road is a popular ice-fishing spot on the Ottawa River.

On a given day, there can be 30-40 vechicles on the ice....and a lot of them are trucks.

Guess it's colder here though.

 

In some places around here, they'll actually clear the ice so people can drive over it...basicaly an 'ice bridge'.

s-ten Enthusiast

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Everyone drives on the ice around here it is just normal. If you are smart generally it is fine, but once and a while something can just go wrong.

 

Bummer for that guy.

pwall Senior Enthusiast

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I do remember about 15years ago a truck went thru the ice....but only to the frame. Saw that on the way to work. Going home that day, there was a tow-truck with the truck connected to it...the tow truck also went thru the ice (up the the frame).

That combo sat there for almost a week until the ice hardern up.

It was weird looking seeing a tow truck pulling a tow truck out of the ice pulling a truck out of the ice.

I'm sure that cost the guy a bundle.

VMax2007 Senior Enthusiast

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Well, here in MN, we have a HUGE lake named Lake MilleLacs. It literally becomes a ice-fishing "town" in the winter. Paved roads, stop signs, parking lots, the whole works. The aerial view looks like a HUGE mobile home park with ice houses instead of mobile homes.

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My Uncle from Alaska told me that every year there is a sacrificial vehical in the spring that tells them that it is time to stop driving on the ice. He showed us some river crossing areas that would become shortcuts for the locals. He said that the ice would be melting and getting almost slushy, pushing there luck like a game. Then it would happen, a truck would go through the ice and let everyone know that the shortcuts were no longer available.

 

I would think slushy ice would be abig enough sign :dunno: .

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I would think slushy ice would be abig enough sign :dunno: .

 

 

 

I know, you would had thought common sense would had kicked into place with this guy as well! Its been "warm" (40) the past few days and it has been raining. I know I wouldn't be taking my truck out on the lake with that weather. Maybe I just think weird?!

 

Well its going to be about 5 degrees tonight, so it will begin to freeze again, then I'm sure another one will go through when it warms back up

C & A s Dad Senior Enthusiast

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Yea buddy, this news report is great info for me here in Mississippi. Now I know what to look out for the next time I want to drive on the ice. :banghead: Although it was a bone chilling 32 last night, we have been near 70 today. Brrrr, I just hate winter. :lol:

-Devil- Enthusiast

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Yea buddy, this news report is great info for me here in Mississippi. Now I know what to look out for the next time I want to drive on the ice. :banghead: Although it was a bone chilling 32 last night, we have been near 70 today. Brrrr, I just hate winter. :lol:

 

yeah tell me about it ... one night not to long ago in louisiana .. it got cold enough that i had to use my defroster for 5 whole minutes to see out of my front window ...

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I've been on a number of lakes this winter in MN with my truck, but 24"+ of ice tends to be where I like the ice to be at. :banghead:

Norseman Senior Enthusiast

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Yea buddy, this news report is great info for me here in Mississippi. Now I know what to look out for the next time I want to drive on the ice. :banghead:

 

ICE??? That stuff ya buy at the TOTE-SUM?? Why in the world would someone want to be drivin' on that stuff??

 

Although it was a bone chilling 32 last night, we have been near 70 today. Brrrr, I just hate winter. :eek:

 

Yup, and it was sunny. Just a daisy of a day. :lol:

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