Trucks through the ice on Temagami

[irishfield]

I've been asked to remove the pics for copyright reasons and provide a link instead.

 

http://www.ottertooth.com/Temagami/News/newsbriefs-101.htm#ma19

Edited March 22, 2010 by irishfield

[tjsa]

One up here in the great white north on Lac Des Mille Lac is currently sitting in 30-40 ft. of water. He was trying to get close to another truck sinking when his broke through. Everybody is OK though, but I don't envy his bill to recover his truck.

[Terry]

wow

Pretty smart of someone to stick the wood under it

[irishfield]

wow

Pretty smart of someone to stick the wood under it

 

Both of these are on the ice road Terry.. were the ice was the thickest.. but of course first to go being bare !

[misfish]

Would one not think, with the milder then norm winter and temps, think these thing could happen?

The ice roads west of here are now closed too.

 

As you can see,the Ford made it.LOL

 

Long live FORD.

[Moosebunk]

5 days earlier I was blowing donuts right there. Guess they found the thin patch I burned.

 

lol.

[pike slayer]

i thank these brave souls for testing the safety of our ice with their expensive trucks, yous are true heros! thanks you!

[tjsa]

wow, good timing, Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel has an episode on right now about recovering a vehicle that fell through the ice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Joey]

Isn't that first pic right on the way to your place Wayne?

 

Crap, that does not look good. I hope he got out!!

 

Joey

[irishfield]

Nope.. down in the hub of the lake... right by the landing entrance to the lake from the access road.... nose of truck is sitting on bottom.

 

Yes he got out just before the nose went down... icefisherman that wasn't from the area.

Edited March 20, 2010 by irishfield

[purekgw]

dodges dont swim to well

[moose]

was talking to rick and pauline ic eis 16 inches of candle ice wont be long at all for brakup but they are calling for 10-15 cm of snow tonight real carpy travelling

[irishfield]

-13 tonight will tighten it up for anyone that needs to get off hopefully...

[SlowPoke]

5 days earlier I was blowing donuts right there. Guess they found the thin patch I burned.

 

lol.

 

Who is "Donuts"?

[irishfield]

[HTHM]

Who is "Donuts"?

That cost me snootfull of beer on my keyboard! It was worth it!

[Dara]

That ice sure looks black for driving around on. Oh well...I guess I'm just a chicken when it comes to that sort of thing.

 

We really don't have much ice for driving on around here to get used to it.

 

I bet somebody ended up with a load in their pants when it started to go down

Edited March 20, 2010 by Dara

[skeeter]

Who is "Donuts"?

 

 

and i was told that this was a family board !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

[archie_james_c]

Hmm....March 17th in one of the warmest winters we've had in years....better take the truck out to hunt some fish.

 

Hope they were tasty.

[TroutnMuskieHunter]

Wow....and to think I was driving that same road 2 weeks ago

[smitter]

I don't think your insurance policy would cover something like that.

[irishfield]

I don't think your insurance policy would cover something like that.

 

Actually.. it does. The ford was pulled out onto boards and driven away. The Dodge was pulled up the next day by Bartlets towing with their retrieval rack. Still a lot of ice there to hold the rack and truck..

 

http://www.ottertooth.com/Temagami/News/newsbriefs-101.htm#ma19

Edited March 22, 2010 by irishfield

[fishhunter]

I could Tell last weekend that was going to happen . The ice road did not look good at all. We stayed off the ice road when we went up the lake. It was black and wet

[archie_james_c]

. The Dodge was pulled up the next day by Bartlets towing with their retrieval rack. Still a lot of ice there to hold the rack and truck..

 

 

 

 

Whats an operation like that cost?

[irishfield]

That one was shallow and close to shore.. but I bet 20 hours.. 10 guys.. equipment... I'd guess 25 grand or so. Bartlets use to list the salvage costs on their website..