Perhaps put a quad in the back of the truck and travel on with that.
The ice is very active right now, and is not very thick. Then at night the temperature is not very cold, so any cracks that form do not re freeze very fast.
If it was say - 20 C at night, the active ice would heal very nicely, but that is not the case right now, and alot of places there are alot of cracks that should be a concern for a heavy truck.
Takes nothing to take the extra time to be careful.
When things go wrong, regret is too late even if it is just a front end dropping in.
Then the truck sits until the ice is strong enough for a rescue tow to drive out, which could be a week or more. Nut your truck is now frozen in, and it is alot of work to get out with chainsaws and matting.
This happened to a fisherman at Utikima, and it was a month before the company truck was pulled back up. Company had a heck of a time recovering the truck as there was no way to cut the ice under the front end of the truck. A Gin Pole setup was rigged on mats to lift the truck and ice block out because it was frozen down.
Not trying to scare you though.
In the words of the Immoral Werner Dorsch, the Good Lord sure hates a Coward.
Drewski
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