[AT] Ice harvest coming up next month

[Gene Dotson]

    I will see what I can find out about them. Only know they are built near 
Camden, Michigan. Some are also made in Wisconsin, all by Amish shops.

                    Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Dunlap" <jsdunlap at roadkill.org>
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Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Ice harvest coming up next month


> I'd like to see one of those. Do you know the manufacturer?
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Gene Dotson <gdotsly at watchtv.net> wrote:
>>
>> Ice houses are common in my neighborhood. I hauled a brand new to one of
>> my neighbors. They are built by the community in southern Michigan. A 
>> semi
>> truck delivered 4 of them in November. They are now insulated with 12 
>> inches
>> of expanding foam. They will keep ice up to 2 years with normal usage. 
>> They
>> are pretty light and 4 of us easily loaded a 12'x12' 10' house on my 
>> trailer
>> by tipping one end up and backing the trailer under and sliding it up on
>> planks. They are anchored down to prevent blowing away when empty.
>>
>> Gene
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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>> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 6:48 PM
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>>
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
>> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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>> > Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 4:18 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [AT] Ice harvest coming up next month
>> >
>> >
>> >> My Amish neighbors have their ice houses filled. Most cut 2 weeks ago
>> >
>> >
>> > Ice houses, now theres something I guess only the old folks remember, 
>> > well
>> > not really old because obviously I remember them and I'm not that old.
>> > ":-)
>> > My grandfather had a little log ice house built here on the farm many
>> > years
>> > ago and I can still remember as a kid having to help shovel snow into 
>> > it
>> > in
>> > spring before the snow all melted. I think sawdust was the main 
>> > ingredient
>> > to protect the ice/snow from melting through the summer. Handy since 
>> > the
>> > woodpile and buzz saw were within a stone's throw of the ice house.
>> > I think use of the ice house kind of trailed off after 1957 when the 
>> > first
>> > freezer came to the farm but it still saw some use keeping the cans of
>> > cream
>> > cool while waiting for the cream truck to stop by.
>> > Tractor reference: the roof of the ice house was steel panels made from
>> > the
>> > roof of the first tractor on this farm, the Rock Island Heider.
>> >
>> > Ralph in Sask.
>> >
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