bob-cat swimming

[Guest]

well my buddy called and told me he was on the ice with his 4x4 atv.
he said it was a blast.
then he thought it would be thick enough to hold his bob-cat, so he could take the snow off.
wrong wrong wrong!
he went swimming!
next time he said he would wait till it got 1' thick.
all i could do was laugh at hismistake.
i took him out today to show him how mush ice was really there.
vern

[Guest]

I think a Bobcat weighs about as much as my Suburban if I remember right. Not a wise decision. Did he recover it ok? Pretty sure they are around 3 tons.

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[Guest]

yes it got it out after putting a chain on the bottum and useing a tractor, so he went swimming twice.
ha

[Guest]

A bobcat is very heavy. I don't remember exactly but I think a 773 weighs in at about 8800lbs. That's a lot of weight in one spot. How much ice was there where it went through? I don't think I'd want to have one on ice less than 18".

[smartguy]

Didn't some guy die when his Bobcat fell through the ice on his pond about 4-5 years ago? I would never drive those on the ice - way too much condensed weight!

[Guest]

Crappie-doer, where does your buddy live that there is enough snow cover on a lake to warrant skid loader snow plowing? My 773 w/rubber tracks and a snow bucket tips the scales at 6900lbs, and oddly enough, the only guy I know that lives on a lake and owns a skid loader got himself terribly cold and wet once. I'll stick to terra firma thank you very much.