A farmer who was transporting timber on the ice of a lake with his Ford 4000 tractor, sank 31 of january to seven meters deep.
People nearby resqued him and he is ok. A helicopter from the Finnish army took it as a drill to lift the tractor, so i think it become not to expensiv.
(We have roads on the ice of lakes during winter here in Finland but the ice was this time not thick enough, propobly because he drowe a little bit off the road. The ice is allways thinner where the snow is not disturbed.)
Here is videos from the lifting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-b9qxxRv48
http://media.almamedia.fi/id/157405.asx
And news in Finnish with pictures.
http://www.aamulehti.fi/uutiset/kotimaa ... deo/132060
Ford 4000 resque from a lake by helicopter.
Re: Ford 4000 resque from a lake by helicopter.
Hi,Grani wrote:The ice is always thinner where the snow is not disturbed.
Thanks for the great flick.
Does the snow insulate the ice and reduce the cooling of the water below the snow --> thinner ice? That is interesting.
Good of the Army to help out, exercises such as this are good training for the unexpected.
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Hhhmmmmm, 
The rescue of the tractor leaves me with a lot of questions? I'm curious as to why the tractor was left in that position when it so easily could have been left upright on its wheels. How will they get it back on its wheels now? If they just tip it, will it crash through the ice again????
Was it placed back into a place where another vehicle can reach to retrieve it? I would imagine it will be towed. I can't imagine a crane or tilt-tray truck would be used, for fear of breaking through the ice too.
Hey Grani, does the Finnish article explain any of the above??? (I envy and admire you guys that can speak more than your first language!)
Rick
The rescue of the tractor leaves me with a lot of questions? I'm curious as to why the tractor was left in that position when it so easily could have been left upright on its wheels. How will they get it back on its wheels now? If they just tip it, will it crash through the ice again????
Was it placed back into a place where another vehicle can reach to retrieve it? I would imagine it will be towed. I can't imagine a crane or tilt-tray truck would be used, for fear of breaking through the ice too.
Hey Grani, does the Finnish article explain any of the above??? (I envy and admire you guys that can speak more than your first language!)
Rick
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Regards,
Rick
Regards,
Rick
I can´t imagine how a helicpter would be able to rotate a tractor in the air and lower it on it´s wheels, of course any crane is out of question to turn it. I have not any information on what the next step is but I inform you when I know. I think they just tow it to shore by another tractor as it stands. The ice is slippery enough and the damage has allready happend.Meanderer wrote:Hhhmmmmm,
when it so easily could have been left upright on its wheels.Was it placed back into a place where another vehicle can reach to retrieve it?
Hey Grani, does the Finnish article explain any of the above??? (I envy and admire you guys that can speak more than your first language!)
Rick
I envy you guys who allways knows on what language you will say hi when you meet someone.
Yes it was fresh water. A lake named Kyröjärvi up northhenk wrote:Hello Grani,
Nice story and images. I hope this was a fresh water lake. If it was salt water they might as well tow it right up to de scraper.
http://maps.google.fi/maps?f=q&source=s ... 73643&z=13
The saltwater we have in the sea Gulf of Finland is not real saltwater but a mix of fresh and salt and in the northern part nearly fresh.
http://www.fimr.fi/fi/ajankohtaista/mtl ... mapWeb.jpg
