bringing in the ice harvest

[jsd245]

This is awesome Wally- I’m amazed you had enough ice to cut this winter. In CT We had no ice. 

[wallytoo]

6 minutes ago, jsd245 said:

This is awesome Wally- I’m amazed you had enough ice to cut this winter. In CT We had no ice. 

 

yeah, a few weeks ago, there was about 5" during a fishing derby.  on sunday, it was about 14 or 15" thick.  good enough to make ice blocks!

[jsd245]

3 minutes ago, wallytoo said:

 

yeah, a few weeks ago, there was about 5" during a fishing derby.  on sunday, it was about 14 or 15" thick.  good enough to make ice blocks!

 

[jsd245]

That cold snap did it. It was 8 below iN CT. Can’t imagine what it was up there. Did you every get any use out of those wheels you picked up? 
 

 

[wallytoo]

49 minutes ago, jsd245 said:

That cold snap did it. It was 8 below iN CT. Can’t imagine what it was up there. Did you every get any use out of those wheels you picked up? 
 

 

 

it was -20*F here for the one night.

 

i haven't needed the wheels yet, but it is nice to have some ready to go.  while some are rough, at least 4 are better than/equal to what i'm running now.

 

any progress on your truck?

[jsd245]

15 hours ago, wallytoo said:

 

it was -20*F here for the one night.

 

i haven't needed the wheels yet, but it is nice to have some ready to go.  while some are rough, at least 4 are better than/equal to what i'm running now.

 

any progress on your truck?

Not much progress on the one you saw- but something new is coming-- you'll see pictures soon. 

[wallytoo]

the only NH tv station has a program, NH Chronicle, that did a piece on the ice day this year.  the link is below - it's about 5 minutes long.

 

fwiw, my truck makes a very brief - 2 seconds - appearance at the 4:21 mark.  and, i'm in that same shot, as well as in the background of the interview just after that..

 

NH Chronicle ice harvest

Edited March 2, 2023 by wallytoo

[jsd245]

Love it Wally. Now that I have a running truck we should do some kind of Northeast get together. 

[wallytoo]

after not having ice harvest day in 2024, we were back at it today.  good clear 18" ice, blocks were 300 to 325 lbs each.  pretty mild day, high 20s (after about 8" of snow overnight).  filled the ice house, too, so a successful day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25 blocks on this load.  ended up getting a second load of 20 blocks to fill the ice house.  (the first load was roughly 8,125 lbs of cargo...)

[PT Moe]

Wow! That is some load in the old Dodge out on the ice. Once that real cold weather hit us all the lakes froze up nice and smooth and solid. What lake are you on? Big section of Sebago was still open as of last week. Thanks for sharing, great pictures.

[Eneto-55]

On 2/9/2025 at 3:14 PM, wallytoo said:

after not having ice harvest day in 2024, we were back at it today.  good clear 18" ice, blocks were 300 to 325 lbs each.  pretty mild day, high 20s (after about 8" of snow overnight).  filled the ice house, too, so a successful day.

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25 blocks on this load.  ended up getting a second load of 20 blocks to fill the ice house.  (the first load was roughly 8,125 lbs of cargo...)

Don't hit the gas too hard with that load - those 2x4's won't hold if you do a wheelie...  

Edited Monday at 09:21 PM by Eneto-55

[wallytoo]

1 hour ago, Eneto-55 said:

Don't hit the gas too hard with that load - those 2x4's won't hold if you do a wheelie...  

 

they work well enough to stop a single block if it slips back, and that's why it's there (to stop a single block, because the ramp from the lake has a significant bump right before reaching the pavement).  usually, the blocks freeze to the bed of the truck anyway, so it doesn't matter.  in fact, on the second load, three blocks weren't needed, so i raised the dump - but none of the three moved from the bed.  i had to climb the bed and give the one farthest in a little poke, and then all three slid out.

 

the 251 has nowhere near enough HP to impart any kind of wheelie on this 14K-lbs gvw truck, especially with 8,125 lbs of ice on it.  even with a load of over 4-tons, i still only needed 2nd low to climb the ramp (didn't use 1st low or high at all for the day).

[wallytoo]

7 hours ago, PT Moe said:

What lake are you on?

 

kezar.

[Eneto-55]

1 hour ago, wallytoo said:

 

they work well enough to stop a single block if it slips back, and that's why it's there (to stop a single block, because the ramp from the lake has a significant bump right before reaching the pavement).  usually, the blocks freeze to the bed of the truck anyway, so it doesn't matter.  in fact, on the second load, three blocks weren't needed, so i raised the dump - but none of the three moved from the bed.  i had to climb the bed and give the one farthest in a little poke, and then all three slid out.

 

the 251 has nowhere near enough HP to impart any kind of wheelie on this 14K-lbs gvw truck, especially with 8,125 lbs of ice on it.  even with a load of over 4-tons, i still only needed 2nd low to climb the ramp (didn't use 1st low or high at all for the day).

Sorry, I guess it was a poor joke.  I should have put in a smiley face or something.

[47 1.5 ton]

 That looks like a really neat event to do annually, wish we had ice that thick here. I always enjoy the pictures showing the old dodge on the lake and all the way to the ice house.  Thanks for sharing!