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Originally Posted by pikergolf
In my younger years I remember the outdoor magazines would preach you had to have 2" for walking 3" for a snowmobile and 4" of hard ice for a vehicle. I always felt that was to little for a vehicle so I would drill a hole and if my hand could not span the ice, thumb to middle finger I was good to go. Just measured it 7.5". I haven't ice fished for years, but my gosh that looks skimpy, I don't think I would get on in a vehicle now unless it was 12 to 16 ins. I still remember years ago duck hunting, a guy was on Sauder with mess of whites so I went over to talk to him. After a few minutes of conversation he asked if I would mind backing up a bit, I gave him a puzzled look and he replied we're sinking. I looked down and we were indeed sinking, about an in. of water over about 1 1/2" of ice. Made excellent time back to shore.
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what magazine said its good for vehicles to drive on 4 inches of ice? they need a slap!