If you want good ice..

[irishfield]

When living on an island is a lifestyle.. you've gotta start with a good parking area and ice road trail end! lol

 

My neighbour at the lake.. getting the "insulation" off so the ice forms well from dock to the PPark so they can at least safely cross it before he starts on the ice road.

[BUSTER]

water ski has more than one use!

[irishfield]

Nothing that fancy Brad... 5/4 decking boards TEN feet long!

[kickingfrog]

Would snowshoes work? I would think they would be more manoeuvrable.

 

Either way it's not something I'm looking to do. ie I don't see myself owning an island in the near future.

[irishfield]

There's only an inch of ice there Rob.. So 6" board x 10 feet x 2 boards is a 10 square foot foot print / into 200 lbs = 20 lbs per square foot vs his boots would be 200 lbs per square foot if he can keep from lifting one up.. as then it's 400lb/sqft! lol Snowshoes.. I'd estimate even the biggest pair of old trappers I have at 5 or 6 square feet total for the pair..

Edited December 8, 2010 by irishfield

[Fang]

Is that this year Wayne on the big lake up north

 

I'm staying at home this year over Xmas to new years but maybe I should be planning to be a visiting relative and impose on the family up there.

[Joey]

Run, there's a bear behind you

 

Guess that won't work!!

 

Well hope he has it all done for when we come up ice fishing

[irishfield]

Is that this year Wayne on the big lake up north

 

I'm staying at home this year over Xmas to new years but maybe I should be planning to be a visiting relative and impose on the family up there.

 

 

Yes Paul.. Campfire Island beside the PPark. Behind it is frozen but as of yesterday they were still getting the boat to town from the front (channel) dock. Haven't talked to him today.. but I suspect that is frozen now as well, or will be before the weekend. Then he'll start on the ice road from town boat ramp to the island... pack... auger.. leave auger running to flood.. move 30 feet... repeat. A PITA.. but it makes a good road. Then he uses the ATV and plow to clear from his road to my dock for us. The difference between a prepped road and snow covered ice three years ago.. was 7" of ice everywhere... and the road was 23 inches thick.

[lookinforwalleye]

Small price to pay for livin in de islands mon!!

[irishfield]

A little behind in comparison to Dec 2008. This was the morning of the 22nd.. Leah and I driving over to the island to pick Doug and Anita up to go to Walter's funeral. Doug talking to Leah on the cell around Martin River.. "tell Wayne to turn the radio up before driving down the launch" !

[TroutnMuskieHunter]

He's livin' the good life Wayne....wish it was me up there

[irishfield]

We've given thought to it Steve... but we'd go crazy waiting for ice in and ice out... and man that looks like work, shovelling by hand! I'm too old for that... Then again I could buy a cheap airboat to get thru those time periods, but unfortunately they piss everyone off because you delay proper ice formation using one.

Edited December 8, 2010 by irishfield

[Joey]

unfortunately they piss everyone off because you delay proper ice formation using one.

 

 

Screw them, let them get their own airboat

[irishfield]

LOL Joey.. Other issue for me.. where to put all my crap ! The island would sink...

Edited December 8, 2010 by irishfield

[Terry]

nice to see the ice forming

[Nipfisher]

Wayne,

I'll be over to Bear Island from the end of the access road on Monday the 13th. Looks like I'll have my first airboat ride, and 1st trip to Bear Island.

[johnnyb]

HMmmmmmm....I'm off from the 23rd to the 5th.....early eyes on the big T???? HMMMMmmmmm indeed.... :D

[irishfield]

If the winds don't die down John.. it will be a LONG time before there is good ice beyond O'Connor Island..

 

Just talked with Doug.. he figures he should have two more inches of ice tonight and rip'd across that little stretch of ice with the sled this afternoon. Thinks he may take a rip to town tomorrow, but I told him not to get in too much of a hurry as I really do need him around to make a road for us!!

Edited December 8, 2010 by irishfield

[Terry]

Thinks he may take a rip to town tomorrow, but I told him not to get in too much of a hurry as I really do need him around to make a road for us!!

 

LOL

 

good thinking

 

LOL

[HTHM]

Why not use a packpack blower? They move snow quite well.

[irishfield]

Well this morning he has the sled sitting on the ice at the back dock... and has walked over to my place to check that my camp is secure. Now if the snow will just stay away... we can make ice!

[kickingfrog]

... we can make ice!

 

We? Is that like when my wife says: "we should paint the house"... "we should fix-up the basement" Sometimes in this house there is a lot of I in we.

 

I only ask, since I've not seen photos of Wayne standing on fence boards clearing new ice that is bare inches thick.

[irishfield]

We? Is that like when my wife says: "we should paint the house"... "we should fix-up the basement"

 

 

YES... it's Doug's job to build the road.. it use to be Walter's job.. but well he's gone so Doug was next in line.. it goes by age you know...

 

Now if we could juts get Walter's old JD dozer running again.. that is sitting behind his cottage on the next island..