Author Topic: Using Riding Mower on the Ice (Read 11284 times)

GeckoGuy · « **on:** Jan 18, 2019, 09:09 AM »

Is it legal to take a riding mower out on the ice to tow a sled? With chains I think it would be a cheaper alternative to an ATV or snowmobile. I know you have to register and insure ATVs and snowmobiles but I don't think it's possible to register a lawn mower. Maybe just throw an SMV triangle on it?

Evil Tom · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 18, 2019, 09:28 AM »

Are you serious?

SeanP · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 18, 2019, 09:36 AM »

I have seen them on the ice........

Neil McCauley · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 18, 2019, 09:53 AM »

Just don't mow over any of my tip-ups.

fullThrottle · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 18, 2019, 10:28 AM »

I don’t think so. Ny state sees the lakes as part of the trail systems. You need to have a registration and insurance to be on the trail system with a motorized vehicle

Mack2 · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 18, 2019, 10:35 AM »

Quote from: fullThrottle on Jan 18, 2019, 10:28 AM

I don’t think so. Ny state sees the lakes as part of the trail systems. You need to have a registration and insurance to be on the trail system with a motorized vehicle

I see side by sides on the ice all the time... they are an unregisterable (is that even a word?) vehicle

fullThrottle · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 18, 2019, 10:41 AM »

Just because you see them doesn’t mean they are legal . On Some lakes officers are cool and only target people causing issues. Other lakes they set up shop and Wright tickets for everything. It would be cheaper to find a used atv then it would be to pay 2 tickets lol.

LP Steve · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 18, 2019, 10:50 AM »

With the way the ice is now it's probably easier to just walk. After the snow a lawnmower will be useless. It will however be fun to watch so let me know where you go so I can watch the unloading from truck bed.

Mack2 · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 18, 2019, 11:00 AM »

Quote from: fullThrottle on Jan 18, 2019, 10:41 AM

Just because you see them doesn’t mean they are legal . On Some lakes officers are cool and only target people causing issues. Other lakes they set up shop and Wright tickets for everything. It would be cheaper to find a used atv then it would be to pay 2 tickets lol.

Just got off the phone with my local DEC officer and according to him, and the region 7 office, side by sides are legal to operate on the ice, so I suspect a lawn mower would also be fine.

fullThrottle · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 18, 2019, 11:11 AM »

You can get insurance on a side by side. I don’t think you can on a mower. Run it and let us know the outcome lol

trapper2000 · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 18, 2019, 03:07 PM »

i.ve used my rider on the ice! DEC said it was a great idea ..... I dragged deer with it hauled my treestand with it ...it works till you get 4 inches of snow lol

GeckoGuy · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 18, 2019, 05:39 PM »

Thanks for all of the input. I will put some chains on it and see how much snow it will handle.

Dsportman · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 18, 2019, 07:11 PM »

I would run some v bar chains from tractor supply and give it a shot when the snow isn’t too deep it should work out fine.

Beerslushy · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 18, 2019, 10:30 PM »

I would absolutely laugh my a** off if I saw a mower on the ice! But then I would have to offer you a beer!

3300 · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 18, 2019, 10:51 PM »

use the plow on front of the mower. maybe add skies to the front wheels.

Woodsman · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 19, 2019, 08:07 AM »

Down sides would be deeper snow, slush beds, pressure cracks and rough entry/exit points.

P Meyette · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 19, 2019, 08:15 AM »

i used my golf cart till i got a utv

Jkoht · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 19, 2019, 09:11 AM »

Before my dad and I got atv's we had to use the riding mower for other jobs around the cabin. Of course ours is a craftsman with the removable deck so you gain a little clearance by dropping the mower deck. We used it for hauling deer put of the woods, and hauling trailer loads of dirt from a gravel pit back to our cabin. Never took it on ice but with chains I don't see why it wouldn't work up to a point.

bootstrap · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 19, 2019, 01:17 PM »

tony the drunk midget got a DUI amongst other violations by riding his mower on the ice. true story.

PerchEyes · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 19, 2019, 06:21 PM »

Years a go I witnessed a guy come out of Bernards Bay standing in sled and being towed by a rear tines rototiller.
Didn't move fast but it worked!

chilly-willy · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 19, 2019, 07:04 PM »

Don't see why not just remove the mowing deck to give more towing capacities..

milo44 · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 19, 2019, 07:16 PM »

15 yrs ago seen some guys come out on the ice with a home made machine...got out closer to us and stopped it got off and pulled the (handle bars) off which turned out to be the motor to there ice auger attached it to the auger and started drilling holes didnt move fast but pulled there sled and gear onto ice with one man driving it was pretty cool

DR.SPECKLER · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 20, 2019, 04:39 PM »

chains on back tires.it would work and has been done.

PoleJerker · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 20, 2019, 05:56 PM »

Quote from: bootstrap on Jan 19, 2019, 01:17 PM

tony the drunk midget got a DUI amongst other violations by riding his mower on the ice. true story.

Man in my hometown got a DUI while driving his in the summer from the bar . It's considered a motor vehicle.

Iceassin · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 20, 2019, 06:21 PM »

Used a golf cart once at an NAIFC tournament. Nothing fancy...no lift, chains, racks or baskets. Local news reporter talked to us a little about it out on the ice...she named us Team Caddyshack.

Jkoht · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 21, 2019, 09:47 AM »

Quote from: PoleJerker on Jan 20, 2019, 05:56 PM

Man in my hometown got a DUI while driving his in the summer from the bar . It's considered a motor vehicle.

One town over was a guy who got a DUI on his laz-y-boy recliner that he put an engine in. He drove it from home to the bar and got caught. The police auctioned the recliner off on ebay lol.

wildlifer100 · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 30, 2019, 07:53 PM »

these stories are great. I can't stop laughing. Someone put them in a book. I'll buy it.

badbrad2186 · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 30, 2019, 07:59 PM »

I know a guy that got a DUI on a motorized cooler

albo · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 30, 2019, 08:02 PM »

In Montana we can license 4 wheelers and side x sides to be street legal. As for the lawn mower, I am in, I have a 1972 Cub cadet with a solid cast iron rear axle, disc breaks and a true hydrostatic drive. Put on the snow blower and some chains and head out.

badbrad2186 · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 30, 2019, 08:07 PM »

Quote from: albo on Jan 30, 2019, 08:02 PM

In Montana we can license 4 wheelers and side x sides to be street legal. As for the lawn mower, I am in, I have a 1972 Cub cadet with a solid cast iron rear axle, disc breaks and a true hydrostatic drive. Put on the snow blower and some chains and head out.

I love that idea snow blow a path out someone pisses you off just bury them in snow lol

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