Thin Ice Truck Recovery from 40 feet of water, Bayfield County, WI - 3/3/2023

[@vickilynn2778]

That is incredible. Good job, and so glad the driver got out ok!

[@MeRiaNevaMynd]

Very impressive work!!!

[@AnthonyVanzant]

wow' great job' ,,,

[@mannylettyrod]

That’s crazy I now own this truck. I ended up buying it

[@buelowexcavating]

Will you get it in driving condition? Make a video on what it took to do it.

[@guymann4016]

Lies

Is it running yet. 🤣

[@mvpappas6046]

Oh My Goodness ! that's insane

[@rogertoaster9385]

Thank god this happened after truck month.

[@whatithink9917]

What lake?

[@johnevans1969]

Nice work 👏

[@thomasglessner6067]

Any idea of the cost of retrival?

[@Zooooom01]

Crew cab diesel heavy duty truck with a plow. Was the guy surprised 7,000 pounds on 4 points went through the ice?

[@briansimpson9371]

Before you drive out on the ice i always tell folks they might as well have a little fire on shore with your insurance papers first.....lol

[@micronicman]

I wonder how much that little evolution cost? Probably more than the truck itself. Glad to hear someone got it working again.

[@lightshipchief]

In 40' of water between $10,000 and $15,000. And typically that states Environmental Department will slap on another fine that can either be a flat fine, or a per day fine. Some flat fines I have seen are between $5000 and $10,000 and per days fines running from $250 to $1000 each day. If the vehicle goes through ice on a body of water regulated by the Coast Guard, they will typically hit the owner with a $10,000 to $12,000 fine. So yeah, an owner could be looking at a $40,000 bill. Plus if the owner had a loan on the vehicle, the bank is going to call in the loan, because the collateral for the loan was destroyed. If the vehicle insurance company refuses to pay for the loss because someone was stupid enough to drive on the ice, then the owner has to come up with that payoff pretty quick too.

[@randallfrank5682]

That was interesting to watch. It looks like the crew has done that kind of recovery in the past with lots of practice. My wife and I visited Bayfield, WI about 10 years ago in May the weekend before Memorial Day. We really enjoyed ourselves, stayed in the Harbor's Edge Motel (the only guests), took a boat tour of the Apostle Islands and Madeline Island and made some instant friends in a bar (Rain-something?) because I took a picture of a guy's license plate on his blue Mercury Bobcat that said "NOPINTO" that was parked on the street right outside the bar. The guy came out and said that he normally charges for pictures of his car. We settled on a couple of beers and when everyone found out that we were from Alaska, we couldn't buy anymore beers. It was a friendly group of about 7 or 8 people.

[@mond000]

Looks like an expensive recovery.

[@davidb5952]

Big Bucks.

[@sydrider6023]

It happens all the time in your area???

[@Supercharged111]

I'm always amazed that the lifting rig doesn't go through when supporting itself and a truck. Looks like it's of little consequence if it does with those floatie dealios off the sides.

[@iwejun]

@@Supercharged111 Those pontoon deadlines as you call them will have no problem keeping system above water.

[@robertdahse4569]

Wow, wonder what that cost

[@maxwebster7572]

Drain the oil and ash tray. She be good to go.

[@snowgorilla9789]

Guess it took a bit for the bump start

[@MichaelThomas-ps5qg]

And then the bill comes out,,, ouch😂

[@NonTypicalRacing]

Floating watermark is ruining your content...duuuumb af idea.

[@csaa1980]

@@NonTypicalRacing I watched it and barely even noticed it. Big deal.

[@NonTypicalRacing]

@csaa1980 annoying, merely the idea of it is annoying. I'd love to see the view analytics. Duuumb af.

[@csaa1980]

@@NonTypicalRacing then don’t use it on your channel.

[@NonTypicalRacing]

@csaa1980 well no, I never would, that'd be dumb af, remember?

[@csaa1980]

@ I know something else that is dumb af…complaining in the comments about something that probably has zero impact on the content. Cool video though.

[@leoverran311]

Why not just leave it??

[@Bagelskank420]

@@leoverran311 daily fines for having it in the lake.dnr doesn't want the oil gas and other crap in the lake

[@dyingfromthelying]

Truck for sale... Cheap!

Ya needed a no parking sign. 😁

[@Dog.soldier1950]

Why chicks live longer

[@Boogieshoes-s9o]

I don't think anyone should be allowed to drive truck or cars on the ice

[@northernshoreseawalls2454]

@@Boogieshoes-s9o it's stupid. All for a thrill. It's amazing how naive people are

[@MikeYurbasovich]

@@northernshoreseawalls2454 I don't think these people are chasing a thrill. They're fishing or enjoying other activities. Unfortunately, they didn't know the body of water or made some other mistake.

[@bobhunter3050]

Good reason Why ?,,,,,,, never drive on ice , NEVER !!!!

[@mikegodette6956]

I hope that the insurance claim is denied !!!! So that other people don't have there insurance rates go up to cover what stupid people Do.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Great work, but is it worth the bother? The vehicle is totalled anyway unless it's unscrupulessly sold to a victimized buyer. That's even if it will ever run again.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

@@joewoodchuck3824 it’s a legal requirement

[@sundancer3700]

Big daily fines, have to remove it. And insurance covers nothing when driving on ice, cant fix stupid.

[@intheshell35ify]

Hazardous waste. A bunch of nasty toxins will leak out over time. Carcinogen type stuff. If you can fish it out in a couple of weeks most of junk will still be contained.

[@NonTypicalRacing]

@joewoodchuck3824 no, it will get cut up and sold to collision repair shops. Most people don't really want all that fuel, oil, anti-freeze, pag oil, trans fluid, gear lube etc leeching into the water where our fish we eat, swim in. And where we swim and recreate in.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@sundancer3700 Never knew about a legal requirement. Learned something new.

[@notyou6950]

You Yanks always complain how we can’t drive here in the south. I think this is ironic because we are not crazy enough to drive onto ice no matter how thick it looks to be.

[@MikeYurbasovich]

I am a "yank". I never complain about southerners, they're some of the friendliest people in the USA. In Wisconsin, we only complain about people from Illinois.

[@thewhiteknight02]

Going ice racing in a few weeks. 🧀 🇺🇸

[@notyou6950]

@@MikeYurbasovich we get a lot of that from New Jersey and New York. Apparently they know how to drive a car best way and always say something if you take your time and stay at posted speed limit. Also, that extra space we like to leave behind another vehicle is somehow interpreted as a free gift for them to enter. Just for the record, there is no such thing in southern states that makes us give the other car priority in merging lanes from an entrance line on to main road.

[@MikeYurbasovich]

@notyou6950 I don't get new jersey drivers here much, but I see New York plates here and have learned to avoid them, they drive like the Chicago people as well. I see them rolled over in the ditch from time to time during winter months, thinking their land rover allows them to drive 80 on icy and snowy roads.

[@Hunterhunter-ir9nz]

@@notyou6950 actually, they have taken trains on the ice! A large engine weight 500,000# and that’s just the engine. It all depends on how cold it is and how long it’s been cold. And you can’t have any running water to weaken areas. Myself, I’d never take a motor vehicle on ice either, but!