This red Ford pickup went thru the ice on Halverson Bay on Pelican Lake. More later.
The DNR reports that a person cannot judge the strength of ice just by its appearance, age, thickness, temperature or whether it is covered with snow or not. Strength is based on depth of water under the ice, size of the water body, water chemistry and currents, the distribution of the load on the ice and local climatic conditions.
The DNR’s recommended minimum ice thickness guidelines for new clear ice are 2 inches or less, stay off; 4 inches for ice fishing; 5 inches for snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles; 8-10 inches of a car or small pick-up; and 12-15 inches for a medium truck.
1/Submitted photo / Jim Nickel
2/Halverson Bay on Pelican Lake. BrainerdDispatch/Google maps
