Making an ice rink

[jgrreed]

I'm in DV right now..... It is very sad. We didn't know him, nor did my Wife's family.

Apparently he had done it many times before, and it's been cold as all-get-out for over 3 weeks here (below -30), so I can't really find fault in what he was doing. Maybe the dugout was spring fed?? Who knows, just everyone be careful.

God Bless his Family and all those close to him.

-Jer.

 

[Rara Avis]

Guidelines...but as we used to discuss in Ice Rescue Class...NO ICE is absolutely safe...
Ice Thickness* Permissible Load
3 inches.............Single person on foot
4 inches.............Group in single file
7-1/2 inches.......Passenger car (2-ton gross)
8 inches.............Light truck (2-1/2-ton gross)
10 inches...........Medium truck (3-1/2-ton gross)
12 inches...........Heavy truck (8-ton gross)
15 inches...........10 tons
20 inches...........25 tons
30 inches...........70 tons
36 inches...........110 tons
*Solid clear blue/black and lake ice.
Slush ice has only half the strength of blue ice.
Strength value of river ice is 15 percent less.