Quote Originally Posted by skinner80 View Post
Definitely not doubting this story but . Like to see pics of it and know how thick the ice was to hold that vehicle going onto the ice that rapidly and holding.
Ice is surprisingly strong and the fact that it is floating on the surface basically gives it even more support. It does not take as much ice thickness as many would assume to hold up a vehicle. In Nebraska it is illegal to drive your car or truck on the ice but over in Iowa it's legal and as soon as the ice gets 8, 9, 10 inches thick guys are driving there pickups out on the lake routinely, common occurrence there! Too much room for error at those thicknesses...while it might hold you up whose to say one area might only have 6 inches. Now in Minnesota where the ice gets even thicker I've read they generally wait for 12 inches and the crazies go out on less. I've heard stories of guys driving on ice only to find out after the fact that they were on about 6 inches of ice. Crazy!