Speaking of safety

colliehauler wrote:
How many people die in ice fishing accidents a year in your state? How many people die in vehicle accidents a year in your state?

I don't think ice fishing is dangerous, but that's a bit of an oversimplification.

We would also have to know how many people ice fish every year and how many drive cars every year before we could really compare the risk.

You know, "you're more likely to be attacked by a shark than win the lottery." Well, no, if someone NEVER leaves Kansas, and NEVER goes into the ocean, but plays the lottery daily, he or she is more likely to win the lottery than be attacked by a shark.

That's alot of money and effort just to get away from the wife!;)

I would just climb out one of the windows.

Some lakes here have shanty towns with all the ice fishing shacks organized in what looks like a small town. No different than a campground only you need to remove your shack by March 15. The people who fall through don't keep track of the ice conditions.

How many people die in ice fishing accidents a year in your state? How many people die in vehicle accidents a year in your state? Life has risks, just try to make informed decisions such as waiting until the ice will support the weight.

Ice fishing, wilderness skiing, snowshoeing, even snowmobiling can be Darwinism at it finest. The careless are self-eliminating.

Like many things in life, to do it involves a level of risk.

You could build one hell of a homemade ice fishing shack for $15,000.

I've never been ice fishing but a hatch sounds like a good idea to me. I've never drown while boating, but I still wear a life jacket while underway. Guess it's just my paranoia.

The truck that pulls it out there , I wonder if it has an escape hatch in the roof ?

hohenwald48 wrote:
I don't think many folks ice fish on 2 or 3 inches of ice. Everybody I know who lives up north and takes ice fishing serious say the ice thickness is measured in feet not inches Whole towns pop up on the ice and even 18 wheelers can travel on the ice. I doubt the weight of a TT will cause any issue at all.

I live in Michigan and no, 3 inches of ice is not good. I have also never seen anybody do test holes on the way out. It's often times word of mouth. My post was about the apparent lack of safety items pertaining to the TT mentioned. Everyone has a different comfort level and safety awareness so it seems like there would just be something in place just in case. You know, like an escape hatch in an RV that is very unlikely to catch on fire yet mine has one at both ends of the rig.

The building code for my house says place furnace vents etc X number of feet from any window. Generators say DO NOT operate within X number of feet of any window or door or air intake etc. Safe things are built with the thought of "What If", not "Nahhh, that wont happen" attitude.

I have broken through the ice on a snowmobile in an area that others had traveled. It wasn't deep but it sure was exciting. The guy behind me was in deeper water but got out. He lost his old Foxtrot snowmobile.

Again, it's just interesting that an industry with so little safety over-site and recalls because seat belts were attached to particle board floors wouldn't include at least one other escape route is amazing to me, but let the good times roll and hopefully on one ever has a problem. It is an RV why expect more.