Had a buddy lose his through the ice a few years ago, he was going to clear an area for his kids skating rink.
Cost him a bundle to get it out and the insurance company said “you’re outta luck”
At first I though clearing a hockey rink but maybe driving over the ice to get to a property that’s more easily accessed from the water? Assuming there must be some construction nearby with the two excavators on-scene. That’s a lot of weight concentrated on a pretty small footprint. Hope the guy got out OK. If over deep water, one of those things would sink like a brick.
Rip rapping shoreline it went into about 20′ of water excavator there to pull the unit out from the depths not the first time this guy has done this. No one injured.
Yeah, have seen 1-tons with dualies and a 9′ plow tow a double axel trailer with dock sections and lifts across lakes before. A lot of dock deliveries happen that way in the winter.
Sounds like he made it out okay. Had a local guy drown 10 years ago when he broke through a farm pond. If you have a door on the cab and your bucket is up, it might turn into a coffin real quick.
Sounds like he made it out okay. Had a local guy drown 10 years ago when he broke through a farm pond. If you have a door on the cab and your bucket is up, it might turn into a coffin real quick.
That was my thought. That would really suck if bucket was up.