The Wilcraft Ice Fishing Amphibious Vehicle | INVENTORS | PBS Digital Studios

Every year people risk their lives driving pickup trucks onto frozen lakes just to go ice fishing. If the ice is too thin, the truck can break through and sink. Tom Roering's invention, the Wilcraft, can drive on ice, and it floats in water. It provides a safe amphibious alternative for ice fishing, and is even available in a modified version for rescue personnel to use in saving a person who has fallen through thin ice.

You can see the original patent at http://www.google.com/patents/US7329161 and learn more about Tom's invention at http://www.thewilcraft.com/

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