Pics of how Vehicles are Recovered after going thru the Ice

[troutnmuskiehunter]

Some of you have seen this before when I posted it a couple of years back...JimW's post of a recent trip to Temagami reminded me of another vehicle recovery up there

A truck was traveling on Lake Temagami early in the season and broke thru the ice.....

The recovery team was also local and they had to wait a few weeks until the ice got thick enough to for them to travel on..

























Nothing like a good old honest day of work....

[Wallyboss]

Maybe they should let it hang for a day or so, to drip dry!!

[SkeeterJohn]

...and the guy got out and said "thank god i couldn't hold my breath much longer"

Good post interesting to see how they do it.. a little old school using some wooden posts and a block and tackle...

[mikemicropterus]

"License plate shows we have the right truck"

[Chevy Champagne]

wow thats awsome
thanks for posting steve

[JimW]

Great post TMH.

JimW

[wolfe]

I was just mentioning (in Jim W's thread) an episode I saw on Dirty Jobs where this guy has a patented scaffolding-type retrieval system to pull cars up from the depths after they plunge through the ice.

Neat pictures, TMH. Thx for putting those up.

W.

[steve2112]

Hi Guys

Could that truck ever be used again?

Steve

[plncrzy]

Hi Guys

Could that truck ever be used again?

Steve

Oh sure... just dry it off with a shammy, and shop vac, put in a new battery and away you go. .... kidding of course

[Dore]

Hi Guys

Could that truck ever be used again?

Steve

Well the frame will be ok ! The engine will need to be opened/cleaned and dryed out $$$$$.......... as for the electric part of the car ............ lets just say hes better of buying a new. As far as i've ever seen or heard of when a car goes down it's a write off.

Doré819