slot size on trucks?

[refteck]

Tthe one thing nobody mentioned was the enviromental fines! There was a guy a few years ago that sunk his truck while plowing a drag strip on the ottawa, he was close to shore and tried to get it out with his backhoe and guess what? Then there was two in the ice!

He was nailled with fines from everybody you can imagine and given so much time to pull them out, they ended up getting a crane from shore and pulled it out for him, I heard they ran the belts right through the windows and pulled it out of 3' of water that way. Rumors are his fines were about $30 000.

[trimmer21]

I used to recover stuff for folks that dropped outboards and snow machines in a lake or river. There were two of us that worked on the buddy system for safety. We charged $50/hr. and supplied all needed equipment (extra air tanks,lift bags,straps,tow straps). We worked for cash only and usually made enough to cover our scuba trip expenses for an entire summer. I'm not sure if divers still do that stuff,but,I'll bet they charge a lot more than we did.

[oldbill]

Apparently the slot size will be custom made to fit any truck make or model.

At 300 man hours you may as well get a new truck...

[raaaid]

had a friend years ago go through the ice at long point. he had the truck removed at his expense and tried getting the truck up and running again. he put a few thousand into it until he gave up. he brought the truck to the shop I work at and called his insurance company. in the end they paid out for the truck and would of paid for the recovery and repair bills if he had receipts to prove it. he paid the guys cash so he took a loss there.

as for reselling a flood vehicle in Ontario, i think they are still branding them irrepairable. i got a notice years ago that any flood or fire vehicle is branded irrepairable. with all the modules and electronics in cars these days it would be nearly impossible to repair properly once submerged. now the branding would only apply if the vehicle was reported to the insurance company, if no one knows then the branding would never come into play.

ive bought quite a few write offs for myself and family and repaired them at a fraction of the cost of new. all of them have zero warranty because the insurance companies notify the manufacturers that the vehicle was a total loss. im in the bodyshop business so its worth it for me but for someone to pay a shop to repair a total loss is not worth it these days because of high salvage prices.

[Pat32rf]

With the methods of encapsulation on the electronics now it can take more than a bit of water to damage a board. 18' is more than a bit however....9 psi for a week or so is different than three fow for a couple of hours.

[blasted_saber]

Ive got no sympathy for this guy, and I certainly dont 300 hours is unreasonable.

Pretty easy solution: Dont drive your truck on the ice, particularly in an area where this happens EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

[3Wheelerdude]

I called my insurance company, and YES covered on the ice. Lady mentioned its no different than if I am out in the woods (off the paved road) and a tree falls on the truck.

[seabast]

I called my insurance company, and YES covered on the ice. Lady mentioned its no different than if I am out in the woods (off the paved road) and a tree falls on the truck.

I believe that but make sure they don't make a difference between sliding off the road and breaking thru the ice and driving on the ice and breaking thru. I'm pretty sure some insurance will insure the first scenario without any issue but not the second.
Btw, what insurance do you use?
Thanks

[3Wheelerdude]

I believe that but make sure they don't make a difference between sliding off the road and breaking thru the ice and driving on the ice and breaking thru. I'm pretty sure some insurance will insure the first scenario without any issue but not the second.
Btw, what insurance do you use?
Thanks

Economical.
I specifically asked about Ice Fishing.