Truck Recovery in Alton Bay

DailyWolfeboro · 01-23-2010, 04:54 PM

There was a truck that went through the ice over in Alton the other night. Divers floated it to the surface this morning and then a wrecker truck pulled it out of the lake.

Video Here if it loads slow, click the HD button to make it standard definition.

The video is on my Facebook Daily Wolfeboro Fan Page. You don't need to be a member of Facebook to view it.

brk-lnt · 01-23-2010, 05:07 PM

Nice video, thanks for posting.

tis · 01-23-2010, 05:18 PM

Yes, thanks Daily, keep posting! I love it! What a shame for the guy that owns the truck though. That is why I never would go on the ice with a vehicle!

corollaman · 01-23-2010, 05:25 PM

This is why I would never take a vehicle out on the ice, you never know where there's a weak spot or a thin spot.

ITD · 01-23-2010, 05:26 PM

Ah, that'll buff right out....

Bear Island South · 01-23-2010, 05:43 PM

by the looks of the tailgate its looks to be an 09-10 Ford, I would guess insurance doesn't cover a dip into the lake

Diver1111 · 01-23-2010, 06:17 PM

Anyone know which diving outfit did the recovery?

lawn psycho · 01-23-2010, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bear Island South

by the looks of the tailgate its looks to be an 09-10 Ford, I would guess insurance doesn't cover a dip into the lake

It's defintely not a 2009/2010 model. Not that is really matters. I know the current F150 model quite well.....

Did it get stuck in the ice and then sink or did it plummet through and sink immediately?

Grant · 01-23-2010, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diver1111

Anyone know which diving outfit did the recovery?

Smart money says Tom & Dive Winnipesaukee.

Ropetow · 01-23-2010, 06:51 PM

First 4x4 through the ice. I see an upcoming torrent of puns....

DailyWolfeboro · 01-23-2010, 07:06 PM

Dive Winni was involved, but the two guys that went down were from the other side of the lake. Tom was on his way to Bonaire today for a dive trip. No cold water for him this week!

Bear Island South · 01-23-2010, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawn psycho

It's defintely not a 2009/2010 model. Not that is really matters.

it doesn't matter, it just looked like a newer model
my point was, it hurts more if you are still making payments

I hope the driver/passengers made it out safe

tis · 01-23-2010, 07:20 PM

I think insurance will cover it. At least a few years ago I asked my agent and he said ours does. Still, I wouldn't want to take the chance.

Lakesrider · 01-23-2010, 07:22 PM

I will reserve comment.

No I won't.

I'll just say...........

wadden · 01-23-2010, 07:46 PM

Does anyone know the ice thickness is in the Broads? We were on our snowmobile passing between Jolly and Birch Islands and there was no snow cover and we couldn't tell if the ice was really thin (scary)?

Arubaman · 01-24-2010, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tis

I think insurance will cover it. At least a few years ago I asked my agent and he said ours does. Still, I wouldn't want to take the chance.

Many insurance policy have an off the road clause, which does not cover you for off the road use, anyone traveling on the ice should check with there insurance agent, some offer an extra side policy.

AltnBay · 01-24-2010, 04:46 PM

Really Mr. insurance adjuster I only went through the car wash once,honest!!!!!!

Just Sold · 01-24-2010, 07:37 PM

Were in Alton did this happen?

BTW That is an older Ford F150. The wheels & tsllights tell me that.

DailyWolfeboro · 01-25-2010, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Just Sold

Were in Alton did this happen?

BTW That is an older Ford F150. The wheels & tsllights tell me that.

This was over off of Echo Point road in Alton Bay.

I put up a photo gallery here.

NoBozo · 01-25-2010, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DailyWolfeboro

This was over off of Echo Point road in Alton Bay.

I put up a photo gallery here.

Thanks for posting the photos. I wonder what that recovery operation Cost the owner ..and any Fines that may be levied. Do fines commence immediately or is there a grace period to get the truck out of the water? NB

jmen24 · 01-25-2010, 11:59 AM

I do not know about the costs involved with this happening, but a friend of mines father runs a repair shop and does up to meduim duty recovery. They were called to a truck that had sunk in a pond about 300yards from the road. The truck (brand new, less than a month) was started in the morning by the owner and the parking pin failed, the truck rolled out of the driveway, across the street, down an enbankment and into the pond behind his neighbors house. It took two wreckers and about 5 hours, total bill was just under $5,000. Pictures here http://www.loudongarage.com/gallery/recoveries.shtml It is the December 29, 2004 slide show.

I would have to think with fines and diving costs that that amount would at least double.

robmac · 01-25-2010, 12:10 PM

Very cool pics,glad nobody was hurt. I remember back in 95 losing my sled in lLake Francis it cost me $1500 to get my sled out and other than Inland Divers it was voluteers that helped. So I think that had to be about 5-10 times that. But I wasn't asessed fines because fish and game wouldn't let us try and get it out due to weather conditions untill the following day and the per day fine wasn't cheap.

DailyWolfeboro · 01-25-2010, 04:23 PM

I do want to point out that I have never seen this approach by the tow-truck company before.

Usually, if Dive Winni is in charge, the trucks/snowmobiles come out right-side up.

BoulderBronco · 01-25-2010, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DailyWolfeboro

I do want to point out that I have never seen this approach by the tow-truck company before.

Usually, if Dive Winni is in charge, the trucks/snowmobiles come out right-side up.

Thats what I was thinking. I'm not in the business but I've seen a number of recoveries. This one seemed a bit of a hack job.

lawn psycho · 01-25-2010, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoulderBronco

Thats what I was thinking. I'm not in the business but I've seen a number of recoveries. This one seemed a bit of a hack job.

If you listen to the video in the first post, you can hear saying something like, "oohhh, noo, there goes some tools"

Looks like this may be a good dive spot this summer to add to someone's tool collection.

gf2020 · 01-25-2010, 11:39 PM

So, did they flip it back over on to its wheels or did they drag it all the way off the ice on its roof?

Maybe they will run "cash for clunkers" again! That truck would be a great candidate.

nj2nh · 01-31-2010, 07:45 PM

How scary is that????

I wish whoever took the video and pics had just gone a little further over to the right. I could have seen my house! It was just out of the frame.

nj2nh

gtxrider · 02-01-2010, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Just Sold

Were in Alton did this happen?

BTW That is an older Ford F150. The wheels & tsllights tell me that.

It looks like it is almost into Peggy's Cove on the Eastern Shore.

rander7823 · 02-01-2010, 02:12 PM

Old Ford looking for Jimmy?

Sorry it is cold and I just couldn't resist

Argie's Wife · 02-02-2010, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rander7823

Old Ford looking for Jimmy?

Sorry it is cold and I just couldn't resist

Was it a Ranger or Explorer?

dpg · 02-02-2010, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gf2020

So, did they flip it back over on to its wheels or did they drag it all the way off the ice on its roof?

Maybe they will run "cash for clunkers" again! That truck would be a great candidate.

After it goes for a swim does it really matter if it was dragged?

Thought I've read here before trucks are generally covered if they go through ice but cars are not. Cars really have no business being on the ice however trucks are "recreational" vehicles or something to that effect.

LIforrelaxin · 02-02-2010, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Argie's Wife

Was it a Ranger or Explorer?

It was an F150.... looking at the pictures....

Now I have seen vehicles brought up before in a much cleaner fashion the this, which appears to have been done through brut force....

Ropetow · 02-02-2010, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Argie's Wife

Was it a Ranger or Explorer?

Neither. It was a Navigator that failed to locate the Armada.

Cobalt 25 · 02-02-2010, 10:06 PM

Sorry, Ropetow, but the truth of the matter is that a Mr. Maserati (a New Yorker currently living in Suburban Daytona) was foolishly chasing a Rabbit down a lakeside road instead of going to the Golf lesson where he should have been. His Focus was an adventurous Expedition, but instead, all this Intrepid Pilot got was a Hummer of a headache.

Peter

farmfooz · 02-10-2010, 09:23 PM

Mass plates...nuff said.

dpg · 02-11-2010, 11:55 AM

Why must this happen every year? People are stupid, just STAY OFF THE ICE WITH YOUR CAR...There, that was simple...

hilltopper · 02-11-2010, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dpg

Why must this happen every year? People are stupid, just STAY OFF THE ICE WITH YOUR CAR...There, that was simple...

Not that I'm 100% percent against driving a vehicle on the ice, but I do chuckle when I see a vehicle parked next to one of the bobhouses on Meredith Bay. If you parked that vehicle at the Town Docks lot, it would only be a 50 yard walk to your bobhouse. I realize the ice there is safe enough to drive on, but still...

Grant · 02-11-2010, 12:42 PM

Years of intense, government-subsidized research has revealed that fully 100% of vehicles that go through the ice are driven on ice.

tis · 02-11-2010, 04:30 PM

And that study cost you, the taxpayers, 2million to prove it!

Grant · 02-11-2010, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tis

And that study cost you, the taxpayers, 2million to prove it!

They'll pass it off to the Donor Towns...

01-23-2010, 04:54 PM	#1
DailyWolfeboro Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Wolfeboro, NH Posts: 46 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 4 Posts	Truck Recovery in Alton Bay There was a truck that went through the ice over in Alton the other night. Divers floated it to the surface this morning and then a wrecker truck pulled it out of the lake. Video Here if it loads slow, click the HD button to make it standard definition. The video is on my Facebook Daily Wolfeboro Fan Page. You don't need to be a member of Facebook to view it.

01-23-2010, 05:07 PM	#2
brk-lnt Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: South Down Shores Posts: 1,944 Thanks: 544 Thanked 570 Times in 335 Posts	Nice video, thanks for posting. __________________ [insert witty phrase here]

01-23-2010, 06:17 PM	#7
Diver1111 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Exeter NH Posts: 603 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,032 Times in 227 Posts	Truck thru ice-Alton Anyone know which diving outfit did the recovery?

01-23-2010, 06:51 PM	#10
Ropetow Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Rochester, NH / Bartlett, NH Posts: 322 Thanks: 228 Thanked 33 Times in 13 Posts	Warning First 4x4 through the ice. I see an upcoming torrent of puns....

01-23-2010, 07:46 PM	#15
wadden Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 77 Thanks: 19 Thanked 14 Times in 7 Posts	ice thickness Does anyone know the ice thickness is in the Broads? We were on our snowmobile passing between Jolly and Birch Islands and there was no snow cover and we couldn't tell if the ice was really thin (scary)?

01-23-2010, 05:18 PM	#3
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,724 Thanks: 752 Thanked 1,457 Times in 1,014 Posts	Yes, thanks Daily, keep posting! I love it! What a shame for the guy that owns the truck though. That is why I never would go on the ice with a vehicle!

01-23-2010, 05:25 PM	#4
corollaman Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 181 Thanks: 8 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	This is why I would never take a vehicle out on the ice, you never know where there's a weak spot or a thin spot.

01-23-2010, 05:26 PM	#5
ITD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 2,927 Thanks: 476 Thanked 691 Times in 387 Posts	Ah, that'll buff right out....

01-23-2010, 05:43 PM	#6
Bear Island South Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Southboro, MA Posts: 579 Thanks: 75 Thanked 384 Times in 170 Posts	by the looks of the tailgate its looks to be an 09-10 Ford, I would guess insurance doesn't cover a dip into the lake

01-23-2010, 07:06 PM	#11
DailyWolfeboro Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Wolfeboro, NH Posts: 46 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 4 Posts	Dive Winni was involved, but the two guys that went down were from the other side of the lake. Tom was on his way to Bonaire today for a dive trip. No cold water for him this week!

01-23-2010, 07:20 PM	#13
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,724 Thanks: 752 Thanked 1,457 Times in 1,014 Posts	I think insurance will cover it. At least a few years ago I asked my agent and he said ours does. Still, I wouldn't want to take the chance.

01-23-2010, 07:22 PM	#14
Lakesrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,129 Thanks: 380 Thanked 1,016 Times in 345 Posts	I will reserve comment. No I won't. I'll just say...........

01-24-2010, 04:46 PM	#17
AltnBay Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Alton Bay East Side Posts: 15 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Really Mr. insurance adjuster I only went through the car wash once,honest!!!!!!

01-24-2010, 07:37 PM	#18
Just Sold Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Suncook, NH, but at The Lake at Heart Posts: 2,615 Thanks: 1,083 Thanked 434 Times in 210 Posts	Were in Alton did this happen? BTW That is an older Ford F150. The wheels & tsllights tell me that. __________________ Just Sold At the lake the stress of daily life just melts away. Pro Re Nata

01-25-2010, 11:59 AM	#21
jmen24 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,139 Thanks: 223 Thanked 319 Times in 181 Posts	I do not know about the costs involved with this happening, but a friend of mines father runs a repair shop and does up to meduim duty recovery. They were called to a truck that had sunk in a pond about 300yards from the road. The truck (brand new, less than a month) was started in the morning by the owner and the parking pin failed, the truck rolled out of the driveway, across the street, down an enbankment and into the pond behind his neighbors house. It took two wreckers and about 5 hours, total bill was just under $5,000. Pictures here http://www.loudongarage.com/gallery/recoveries.shtml It is the December 29, 2004 slide show. I would have to think with fines and diving costs that that amount would at least double.

01-25-2010, 12:10 PM	#22
robmac Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nashua,Meredith Posts: 951 Thanks: 213 Thanked 106 Times in 81 Posts	Very cool pics,glad nobody was hurt. I remember back in 95 losing my sled in lLake Francis it cost me $1500 to get my sled out and other than Inland Divers it was voluteers that helped. So I think that had to be about 5-10 times that. But I wasn't asessed fines because fish and game wouldn't let us try and get it out due to weather conditions untill the following day and the per day fine wasn't cheap.

01-25-2010, 04:23 PM	#23
DailyWolfeboro Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Wolfeboro, NH Posts: 46 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 4 Posts	I do want to point out that I have never seen this approach by the tow-truck company before. Usually, if Dive Winni is in charge, the trucks/snowmobiles come out right-side up.

01-25-2010, 11:39 PM	#26
gf2020 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North of Boston Posts: 203 Thanks: 11 Thanked 35 Times in 28 Posts	So, did they flip it back over on to its wheels or did they drag it all the way off the ice on its roof? Maybe they will run "cash for clunkers" again! That truck would be a great candidate.

01-31-2010, 07:45 PM	#27
nj2nh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 529 Thanks: 80 Thanked 47 Times in 27 Posts	How scary is that???? I wish whoever took the video and pics had just gone a little further over to the right. I could have seen my house! It was just out of the frame. nj2nh __________________

02-01-2010, 02:12 PM	#29
rander7823 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 303 Thanks: 550 Thanked 40 Times in 24 Posts	Maybe it was looking for Jimmy? Old Ford looking for Jimmy? Sorry it is cold and I just couldn't resist

02-02-2010, 10:06 PM	#34
Cobalt 25 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 217 Thanks: 227 Thanked 36 Times in 20 Posts	Sorry, Ropetow, but the truth of the matter is that a Mr. Maserati (a New Yorker currently living in Suburban Daytona) was foolishly chasing a Rabbit down a lakeside road instead of going to the Golf lesson where he should have been. His Focus was an adventurous Expedition, but instead, all this Intrepid Pilot got was a Hummer of a headache. Peter

02-10-2010, 09:23 PM	#35
farmfooz Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meredith Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	license plates Mass plates...nuff said.

02-11-2010, 11:55 AM	#36
dpg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,595 Thanks: 153 Thanked 229 Times in 166 Posts	Why must this happen every year? People are stupid, just STAY OFF THE ICE WITH YOUR CAR...There, that was simple...

02-11-2010, 12:42 PM	#38
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,500 Thanks: 375 Thanked 230 Times in 124 Posts	Years of intense, government-subsidized research has revealed that fully 100% of vehicles that go through the ice are driven on ice. __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

02-11-2010, 04:30 PM	#39
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,724 Thanks: 752 Thanked 1,457 Times in 1,014 Posts	And that study cost you, the taxpayers, 2million to prove it!

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