TacoT96
Member
What is the minimum ice thickness you would take a 2000# tractor onto?
I did a little test on ~3" to 3.5" ice (clear ice); it cracked a little while driving, but not while parked. I did not spend a lot of time on the ice as the wife was pretty nervous about it all & I didn't want to risk her wrath of sinking over $10K of tractor. Now before all you safety gurus start telling me how dangerous this was, let me tell you that I did calculate the risks; the water depth was around 4' - 6', so "if" the tractor had attempted morphing into a submarine, and I would not have exited the danger zone in time, I would have been able to perch on top of the ROPS and keep my feet relatively dry.
I did a little test on ~3" to 3.5" ice (clear ice); it cracked a little while driving, but not while parked. I did not spend a lot of time on the ice as the wife was pretty nervous about it all & I didn't want to risk her wrath of sinking over $10K of tractor. Now before all you safety gurus start telling me how dangerous this was, let me tell you that I did calculate the risks; the water depth was around 4' - 6', so "if" the tractor had attempted morphing into a submarine, and I would not have exited the danger zone in time, I would have been able to perch on top of the ROPS and keep my feet relatively dry.