Greencoachdog Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 (edited) Dr. Giesbrect is at it again! Floatation suit vs. Snowmobile suit Edited December 10, 2008 by GCD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitespinnerbait Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 One or the other wouldn't make a difference ....your going to the bottom anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F7Firecat Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Depends if your fishing go with the floater if your sledding go with a good snowmobile suit. I have a Riema Goretex suit and I wouldnt trade it for anything. -30 across the lake at 100 mph and I am toasty warm. Floaters get hard with limited movement in the winter also. just my opinion Bryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted December 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 (edited) One or the other wouldn't make a difference ....your going to the bottom anyways Watch the video! F7Firecat Posted Yesterday, 09:33 PM Depends if your fishing go with the floater if your sledding go with a good snowmobile suit. I have a Riema Goretex suit and I wouldnt trade it for anything. -30 across the lake at 100 mph and I am toasty warm. Floaters get hard with limited movement in the winter also. just my opinion Bryan Yeah, that pretty little sled suit of yours will make a nice anchor to drag you to the bottom when it fills with water and before your body even reaches hypothermic conditions should you ever happen to go thru the ice too! If you're taking your machine on the ice you need to wear a flotation suit!!! Not that I really care one way or the other... I just like to remind y'all of the horrible death y'all face when you do stupid stuff on the ice. Edited December 10, 2008 by Spiel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 That's okay GCD, natures way of thinning out the herd at 100mph. Love when they become missles, hilarious to watch.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babaganoush Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 and why do you find it hilarious when they go 100 mph????? im sure fisherman if you had a sled you would be puttin along at 1mph??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 and why do you find it hilarious when they go 100 mph?????im sure fisherman if you had a sled you would be puttin along at 1mph??? It's the ones that are oblivious or simply don't care about the dangers of not seeing huge pressure cracks or other bumps and lumps and get launched into the air, drive with expectations that you want to come home, not end up like humpty dumpty..and no I don't putt along, I keep it at the speed that I can see stuff comin at me. We hear of those Darwin awards every winter, want to be a statistic, fell free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 BWAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHACK BOINGGGGGGGGGGGGGG splat. Soundtrack to a snowmobiler smacking a pressure crack at 100 mph. Its not a pretty sight. Sleds are awesome machines, and its hard not to let them rip at top throttle, but do it when you are somewhere you know is completely safe if you must. A lake probably isnt the best place, because a pressure crack can appear in a spot where is wasnt a couple days earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douG Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 One or the other wouldn't make a difference ....your going to the bottom anyways How do you possibly figger your going to the bottom while wearing a floatation suit? I always thought that was the whole idea there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reelpro Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 The Mustang Ice Rider 2 peice suit is just as comfy and warm as any regular sleddin suit. a little pricey, but nice insurance. I've worn out 2 suits now, only went in the water once. that was actually down at Quinte in November. From a boat - no ice. They make great spring/fall fishing suits as well as winter. Better than lots of clothes and a bulky life jacket. Just got to try an keep the Walleye Poo off them, so ya look good sleddin. The Mustang do not stiffen up in cold like some others, or their older versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITEME Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Always carry an easy to get at Knife on your suit to cut away !!!!! who am i kidding always carry a knife. snow suits become one with the water floaters rise above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 How do you possibly figger your going to the bottom while wearing a floatation suit? I always thought that was the whole idea there. How clever of those floatation suit manufacturers eh!!! The snowmobile goes down but you stay up!... aint dat da cats azz!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F7Firecat Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 GCD, Pretty hard to go under doing 120 mph across the lake. Thats why I dont need a floater suit. I gave up ice fishing long ago, not my style..............boring actually. So you take your floater suit and go freeze your ass off looking for a some little perch, I'll be sure to suit up in my goretex and fly by you at 120mph and creat some wind chill for you in your cardboard floater suit. LOL And before the good ole boys from OFC gang up and cut me up Im outta here at 120 mph Bring it on boyz!! BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitespinnerbait Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 How do you possibly figger your going to the bottom while wearing a floatation suit? I always thought that was the whole idea there. Never heard of a case were a snowmobiler was rescued..... Hours , Days , later from wearing a floatation suit after crashing through the ice. Usually they crash through the ice when there the only ones out on early ice ,No one else around anyways ...Ya know what i'm saying Ehhhhhh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 And here I thought part of the fun of ice fishing season was dragging the bottom for corpses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reelpro Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 GCD, Pretty hard to go under doing 120 mph across the lake. Thats why I dont need a floater suit. I gave up ice fishing long ago, not my style..............boring actually. So you take your floater suit and go freeze your ass off looking for a some little perch, I'll be sure to suit up in my goretex and fly by you at 120mph and creat some wind chill for you in your cardboard floater suit. LOL And before the good ole boys from OFC gang up and cut me up Im outta here at 120 mph Bring it on boyz!! BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP Yup me an my floater suit will watch you roar by on the Cat. Then when it craps out like most of em do, I'll wave as I sail by at 125MPH on my SkiDOO. With my nice 2 dinner walleye's on board. EEEEEEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F7Firecat Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 LOL ya think so ehhhhhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike the Pike Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Well GCD I often wondered why so many die every year but no floater suit. The video clearly shows proof that one has a much better chance to survive. If I had a sled the suit would be on. Who says a floater suit is not warm. I bought mine one size too big with a couple of layers underneath I am often too hot. A good quality suit is warm, a base model bouy O bouy suit may not be warm. you get what you pay for. Why is it one can spend as much as $12 000 dollars on a speedy snowmobile and not spend an extra $500 on something that can saves ones life.Its the same as being in a boat without a PFD on your back. Pay now or die later.I would rather have the fighting chance with something that floats. My mom's husband is a Firefighter in Northbay and they have the lovely job of finding the dead bodies at the bottom of the lake he also told me about the snowmobilers that fall off at highspeed.Alot of mangled bodies. Why are some so stubborn Life is too short to be a hard head. Good on you Glenn to post this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 FLOATERS ARE HARD TO FLUSH 'DAWG. Uh, hope that helps. Sorry for the quickie reply, See you in a week.month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F7Firecat Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 BBBBBBBRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 BBBBBBBRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPP The last noise he makes before he thunders in, I would have thought it would sound more like, oh oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SlowPoke Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 If I had a sled the suit would be on. Guess which one is MTP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Is that when he was Michelle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted December 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 BBBBBBBBBRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP Did you even watch the vid in my initial post to this thread??? It made me cringe, and I don't even own a snowmobile nor do we have ice! I can hear me now..."I tried to tell 'im!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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