Driving on lake ice

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I just read they found the sno-cat 65’ down with both occupants outside the machine on the lakebed. Sad deal all around....



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So sad to read that two lives were lost on such a beautiful frozen high altitude lake. Spent many days both camping and kayaking there.

https://cpw.state.co.us/icefishingsafety
 
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They don't want to drop there Ram's in the lake, so everyone keeps them home for MOM to drive.
Dropping through Minnesota lake ice with a Dodge pickup back in the early 2000's isn't something that people noticed then.

https://jalopnik.com/dodge-pickup-found-at-the-bottom-of-a-frozen-lake-looks-1753305940

Maybe if it is a Ram Power Wagon dropping into the lake, people would at least watch it?

Not that anyone would ever lie, but if one dropped it into the lake, and no one saw it go down, for insurance purposes it possibly could get "stolen" after it's just left out there. Hard to tell, if you can't see it.
 
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I know....it's not a PW but I just drove on ice for the first time this past weekend while up in Battersea, Ontario - 18" of ice all over the lake. That said, it was still a bit unsettling haha and a strange sensation to drive out to our friend's island when I'm only familiar with the trip via boat.

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The Ice Road Truckers dangers are drastically overdone and those professional truck driver issues and recoveries are all following a preplanned script. They are staged for a Hollywood style dramatic effect. Television audience appeal is for white knuckle dangers encountered miraculously just prior to an advertisement versus sitting there on the couch watching the pure boredom of a truck driver driving a maximum of some 25 MPH across some barren remote ice with nothing thrilling ever to see within the horizon. No tractor trailer truck has ever gone through the entirely monitored and maintained ice on those roads. Maintenance vehicles/tractors have had a few issues though. There's plenty of articles which support this.
 

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The Ice Road Truckers dangers are drastically overdone and those professional truck driver issues and recoveries are all following a preplanned script. They are staged for a Hollywood style dramatic effect. Television audience appeal is for white knuckle dangers encountered miraculously just prior to an advertisement versus sitting there on the couch watching the pure boredom of a truck driver driving a maximum of some 25 MPH across some barren remote ice with nothing thrilling ever to see within the horizon. No tractor trailer truck has ever gone through the entirely monitored and maintained ice on those roads. Maintenance vehicles/tractors have had a few issues though. There's plenty of articles which support this.
God I hate “reality” tv.
 

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Love the snorkel on that truck in the that picture with the 3 RAMS on the ice! Doubt it will help much though if it falls through.....but you never know....NOW I WANT ONE!
 
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