Watch That Ice! A Notice from your Local Health Officer
Posted on: December 8, 2021 - 5:05pm
About this time of year Foresters often receive questions concerning the strength of ice. An ice Strength Table was published in "Forest Notes" of the American Pulpwood Association. It is as follows:
Ice Thickness in Inches / Permissable Load (clear, blue lake ice)
- 2 One person per foot
- 3 Group, in single file
- 7 1/2 Passenger car (2 ton gross)
- 8 Light Truck (2 1/2 ton gross)
- 10 Medium Truck (3 1/2 ton gross)
- 12 Heavy Truck (7-8 ton gross)
- 15 10 tons
- 20 25 tons
- 25 45 tons
- 30 70 tons
- 36 110 tons
Table is for clear, blue ice on lakes. Reduce strength values 15% clear, blue river ice. Slush ice only one-half the strength of blue ice. This table does not apply to parked loads.