MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
I`ve seen a couple of wheelers go through the ice ( all ended well) and what I observed is that the quad goes upside down with the tires at the surface floating or suspending the quad. If the flotation device isn`t deployed immediately I don`t see it happening as it would now be +- 4 ft below the water surface. And no it wasn`t me going through but in both instances lack of any reasonable amount of common sense.
So the wheels on a quad will keep it afloat?Dick
What if you tied an empty soda bottle, or a buoy onto the top cord? This way if the wheeler goes under the device will set itself off, and float to the surface for the machines rider to use?
Im not sure what force it would take to pull the discharge handle... I know the throttle kill switches pull out very easily.That being said, how many times have you forgot to unclip and pulled out the kill switch key on your boat... I do it a few times a season... now, back to the nebulus... how would that work?
That would suck to walk off your machine & forget you're tethered to the nebulus. You look back & see it deploy along with $450 as I'm sure these are good for one use only. Not sure of a simple solution to that but I'm sure with many minds thinking alike someone will come up with something.
As for personal flotation a PFD under your jacket is pretty simple.
Wonder if it will hold up a bob house
A buddy went through the ice on his wheeler this winter. A Polaris 330 - it DID NOT float. Went to bottom (7 FOW) and was somewhat bouyant there. A harrowing experience for him. I don't have to think about my wheeler floating at all - track system will surely take it directly to the bottom.I have looked at the Nebulus system - they make different packages - $$$$.I read an article about inflatable PFDs (not necessarily a great idea while ice fishing). The guy that has this blog wrote a bit on that.
I think zwiggles just did!! Well, the thing is, a PFD cant work if you are not wearing it. A standard PFD is pretty bulky to be wearing under a jacket, and I fear that an inflatable (which I use) would be hard to access and might not deploy properly under a jacket. With typical winter layers/jackets both are somewhat cumbersome to wear over as well... and I worry that with the weight of waterlogged clothing AND insulated bibs AND heavy jacket, would they be adequate. That being said I have used an inflatable in the past, but recently upgraded to floating (Striker) jacket and bibs. The jacket may come on and off but the bibs will be on 100% of the time.
Damned right!No helmets, no seat belts and camo all the way in NH And...Gov just passed the right to carry with no permit! This State is now moving in the right direction...take your liberal ideas and send them back to massachusetts where they belong.Nothing personal Mr Baker!