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I thought it was a good idea until my truck froze in.
 

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I ended up with 4 keepers and 1 hellova wrecker bill.
 

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Darn! I'm surprised it wasn't the front that caved in first. That's where all the weight is. Darn lucky you weren't trapped inside at the time.
 
You have to love ice fishing one of the only sports you can do outside all day and never have to worry about your beer getting warm:beer:

Now I'm trying to decide if your fish are pike or lake trout...
 
Darn! I'm surprised it wasn't the front that caved in first.
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The momentum from going 25 mph busted the ice, but the front end bounced over making room for the bed to drop in. The front end is actually resting on 8-9 inches of ice, over 2 x what is needed to hold a car.

The only reason it went through is because of the huge cracks that we didn't see. the ice was only around 2-3 inches thick in between the cracks.
 
I thought it looked a little familiar. That's a beautiful area, but I've never had any luck fishing there. I always catch squirts.

Hopefully you won't get much water damage with your truck, you really lucked out with the engine not submerging.

Good luck with it though!
 
Thats crazy man ....lol I thought bad things like that only happed tio me...Glad you werent hurt though....
-Matt
 
5 inches of ice is sufficient to hold a car???

... brother, you've been drinking too much Green Bay Packer brand Paint thinner. (Just kidding you!!) You said it was resting on 9 inches - over 2x the amount needed - that's maybe enough for an ATV according to the Fish and Game guys - but not enough for a truck.

I'm glad it didn't go all the way down - man that's expensive.

People don't realize that speed on the ice really can bust it up. I cringe when guys in MN fly 50-60 mph over the ice - yikes.

Ice fishing is truly a great sport. You guys from FLA don't know what you are missing. . .
 
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