Oh really? Cuz I see this all the time in the US states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, and upstate New York. I know a guy in Minnesota that does this even better then the video. He even sets up NHL style barriers with plywood.
im a Zamboni operator in Australia and i would give anything to be able to skate on my local pond and maintain it JUST LIKE THIS... You Canadians really are living the dream.
We never had those kinds of materials available to us growing up, so we just skated on whatever ice surfaces were available to us at that time; even ice covered pavement. LoL! That is some real dedication by this individual to make an elite outdoor skating venue for all to enjoy. There's nothing better than outdoor pond hockey. Cheers!
Hey, if you're having issues with the water not coming out the end of your "flood bar" as well as in the middle, angle your holes upward, at a 45. That will help stop gravity from dropping most of the water in the middle and get an even distribution down the full length of the bar. Keep up the good work!
Very clever input! Reminds me of the physics of a piano key weir. Trying to recreate open channel flow in a pipe with each hole being the spillway over the dam or infinity pool.
Wow….thats fucking awsome, i miss those days when i was a kid, playing hockey between town practices and games, on the local pond.Watching the video, seeing the sun go down, brought back lots of memories
@@historiclp4577yepp, we've spent the whole "winter hols" on our local pond playing from the morning til' late... I remember one of our buddy fixed tiny "led lights" on puck so darkness wasn't an issue anymore...😂😇🤔 Good ol' days...magical memories❤️
Neighbors on our canal made a push cart torch zambonie, one pushed and other carried propane tank and a beer. Love you guys doing it for the neighborhood kids, have a beer for me
I grew up with a child made skating rink that seemed to be 200 feet long but I'm guessing it was less than 50. We skated on it every winter here in northern Indiana. It doesn't get cold enough anymore and there was a house built on the property some time in the early 80s. Thanks for waking up good memories from my childhood. I really did have a great childhood.
my dad was a very craftsy construction worker my entire childhood. he built our bunk beds, desks, he built hutches for my bunnies, he created his own watering system for his massive veggie garden, he made stepping stones with us. this definitely feels like something he would have figured out how to do just so we could have some fun on the ice! thank you for providing a small sense of nostalgia purely by being so committed to building your own zamboni 🥰
@@simplyfundraisingcrm5537 Why's it gotta be kids? Grown ups play hockey too. That's kinda weird that you said that... you like watching children, do you?
This video brings back my memories 😊 Back in the day (80's) when winters in Poland were harsh and cold, pond rink was a favourite spot to hang out with schoolmates and enjoy ice hockey 🏒⛸️
Wow, how lucky to have someone like you dedicated to keep pond skating alive by providing rink-like ice quality with your inventiveness and devotion. The time to skate is now!
My father did this for our backyard rink. It was a 42” floor mop with a hose connected to it from the hot water tank. Brings back memories. Great job and dedication.
Nice job man. I've been trying to come up with a way to get hot water on my 1 acre pond. Never even thought about the trough heaters. You may have just solved all of my issues. Thanks.
That’s basically how we used to work on our indoor rink ice for hockey etc...then after each game or hr of skating we would get 5or 6 people with scrapers to clean the ice....worked like a charm...I’m glad to see you’re doing this ,..
Great job ! Only a Canadian could make a professional ice rink in the woods. I’m from Niagara Falls area. You may be a Canadian if you invent a homemade Zamboni from stuff from Canadian Tire.
Great job, I used to resurface an indoor rink with an Olympia 9 and it used 70 gals of hot water and took off about 1/16" of ice. Your setup is great and does almost exactly the same thing Cheers!
Awesome build, I used to love ice skating. I grew up on long blades. Goes back to 6th grade. I can still skate at 62. Lol. Thanks for the video. Be safe
It's wonderful that I came across your post by chance. I have a swimming pond of approx. 200 square metres where my grandchildren are currently skating and playing ice hockey every day. I live in Austria at an altitude of around 300 metres above sea level, so we only have ice for a few days in winter. But then we use it for hours every day. The pond is also cleaned every day and sprayed with (cold) water - you have given me a great way to improve my process. Congratulations and many thanks to you - you are a true "ice master"
It’s water on ice, it looks shiny because sun is reflecting on the water. You are basically just impressed about water, you can get some results by just drain water on the ice
@@Repz98 ok, well, I have an excavation company myself, and I see more than draining water over ice going on here. Everything about this video is impressive. It's not just the pretty ice. Ingenuity is impressive.
@@TheBattleBranchBoys I think we saw the same thing in the video. In my opinion its just a little water on the ice. Ofc, putting afford into remove snow, cutting a whole in the ice to pump out water, heat up the water, and drag a cart with a wet towel across the ice is amazing in itself, but the results wasnt so great in my opinion. I’m from Norway, I have some experiance with good and bad ice.
@@TheBattleBranchBoys I saw your channel. hunting, fishing, guns and bows, enjoying nature in general, and if my stereotype is correct, you did not vote Joe Biden :D ???
This guys work is to be adored, pond hockey is an acorn for some of the elite NHL, SHL and KHL other leagues I not mention. Super result from his own DIY zamboni.😀
I’m not even a big skater but this is one of my all time favorite TH-cam videos. I honestly come back to it every few months when I’m having a tough time getting settled at night. Idk why it just relaxes the fuck out of me.
Back in the early 70's in Pittsburgh we used to play hockey on the ponds in winter at the local golf course. 4 inches of ice was plenty back then. I remember how easy it was to lose your puck when it went off into the snow-covered sides of the pond.
As a kid growing up, I love watching the Zamboni going around the rink in recreation centers and during game intermission (watched my older daughter rode one once when she was young for being a winner of a contest I applied on her behalf). A very small amount of folks are blessed to have large outdoor pond that are large enough to freeze over (Victorian winters are usually too warm) but I haven't seen a homemade Zamboni before. Love the fact it is truly Canadian built with parts bought from Princess Auto and Canadian Tire (two places where I like to shop). Thank you for making this video. It was a fun watch.
I live in Florida and have never skated outdoors but I still watched the whole thing. Just in case, you never know when you might need to know how to make a zamboni.
As a northern Canadian 🇨🇦 myself living between HudsonBay & Sudbury & Callander (NorthBay) as a kid.. Almost every back yard had a home made skating rink built by every kids “dad” and every small town had main outdoor hockey rink with boards .. Like most northern Canadians what we lack in Money we more than make up for with our creative engineering instead… like this video demonstrates..👏👏 FYI for 🇺🇸..Princess Auto is Canada’s version of Harbour Freight.. especially if Crappy Tire price’s are too high .. Great video ., Cheers from HudsonBay 🇨🇦
Pond skating is the best! When it gets really cold, the ice is so fast it's incredible. We never worked the surface, but, somehow, it stayed pretty good. Evaporation? Rubber ice in the spring was pretty crazy. Great job on your pond.
This is great! I made a gas powered pump with an old sump pump and gas motor and a garden hose to resurface our pond here in Michigan. This is so cool!
Excellent work and dedication by this individual, I wish we had the consistent cold weather in my area to just have an ice surface in my backyard. In Southeastern PA you get freezing temperatures for a few days and you could get a warm up for a week.
You had me at Princess Auto! Makes me proud to be a Canadian. Canadian Tire, Marks Work Wearhouse (the old name) Dakota pants and Carhart! You hit all the marks. Well done eh! Great Dad! Happy New Year.
When i was little my dad and uncle would take us down to a old swamp and clear off a large area for us to skate on. This definitely brought back memories. We never had anything like that. Nice job!
Awesome! All we did on the farm was cut a hole, throw a garden hose in it and syphon the water onto the pond area. That worked good enough for us kids.. but now I'm 50, I'd do it this way ;)
I drove a Zamboni for a few years when I was younger was so much fun. That slushy mix is exactly how we filled the toe pick gouges from the figure skaters and the holes left from the deals in the bottom of the goals that hold them in place leave nice. I loved cutting for the college games was just a blast. The best time was give a kid a ride with his dad of course while I did my after game cut, biggest smiles from the kid and dad.
A lot of work but quite rewarding. That's awesome!! When we were younger, we used an old stop sign that was turned into a shovel. Worked well but kit that well👍👍🤙
Looks way better than the ice at my rink. Also now I know how to patch cracks in the ice, I wish this would be useful in Arkansas I’m totally jealous of your set up, it looks amazing
The slushy mortar intrigued me. Did you come across this by trial & error? What I mean is: Perhaps did you fix a crack with plain (liquid) water & compare it to a slush-mix repair? Perhaps the pre-established ice crystals in slush create a better, more durable bond (?). Very nice ingenious setup. Your efforts are sure to be appreciated.
Having been on this rink I think he went this route because the cracks are big enough that if you pour water you lose some so its not level. During this time of year that slush mix is frozen in a few minutes. Its works great for repairs during skates and before the zamboni. Its been a great winter because of his dedication to keeping this thing up.
Arena guys literally repair holes or damaged areas with snow/slush and a puck that they use to press it into the hole and smooth out the top by rubbing back and forth.
Well there's a man , as my own heart. Spent many nights out spraying my various "rinks" Looking up at the stars on cold winter nights. Some were passable. Yours is pinacale+. Thanks for sharing...
LOL at the dude at the end walking over the freshly laid water just before it could freeze solid. You did a better job then the AHL guys for my home team o the machines. They constantly miss strips.
Ordinarily, I'd think he needs a hobby, but it looks like he found one! The level of dedication is impressive, give this fella a cameo on Letterkenney!
That looks a lot better than what we used to do when we were kids in Minnesota. We would shovel off part of the lake and then just flood it but that looks much better
We've always had a hard time resurfacing when it's that cold but we always used the pond water directly without heating it up. That must make all the difference because our towels always froze up and became useless.
We did the same thing with our pond in Ontario. We cut a hole in the ice and flooded parts of it. Not as good as hot water, but skating on a fresh sheet of ice playing pond hockey is what we did back in the 50's.
I'm designing an ice grinder that with attach to the end of my cordless drill. We've had a zamboni for a couple of years now that's similar to your setup. My problem is when our rink is messed up because of wet snow that freezes before we can get it cleared.I think 4 60grit diamond grinding wheels might do the trick. Great video and setup.
You're lucky to have such a beautiful pond on your property. That's about the same size surface we used to build in our yard every year. We never used heated water but would fill garbage cans with cold water and dump them all at once. Worked great! Not as cool as your method though
I used to live on a pond and we would just ice auger a couple holes at either end and drop a sump pump in connected to a garden hose and just spray a new layer of water over the whole area. A heck of lot less messing around and pretty much ended up with the same result
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The level of his devotion and commitment to the sport is pretty impressive
Yah I have an ice rink in my backyard and it’s hard to maintain
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Scary, but cool. The shot is interesting for its uniqueness and unexpectedness. Come to me in Siberia.
Must be Canadian.
@@sentient02970 I would hope so. Canadians created that sport that Americans like play and think they own.
That was the most Canadian video I have ever seen
You know you've peaked as a Canadian when you own your own Zamboni.
Eh!!
We used to skate on nearby ponds here in upstate ny...rochester, but of course we kids had no zamboni.
Molsen Ale
Oh really? Cuz I see this all the time in the US states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, and upstate New York. I know a guy in Minnesota that does this even better then the video. He even sets up NHL style barriers with plywood.
im a Zamboni operator in Australia and i would give anything to be able to skate on my local pond and maintain it JUST LIKE THIS...
You Canadians really are living the dream.
@@mainframe9374 yea but compare the quality of life in Canada to Russia lmao aint worth the extra cold days
@@mainframe9374😂 ну ты посоветовал
@@BLOXERTimofeiсоветую как человек живущий в Канаде больше 10 лет)
@@timwenger7750 Most of what you heard about Russia is probably bullshit though.
@@mainframe9374Global warm 😂😂😂 Seasons change, it's normal
Its nice to know someone still appreciates skating on the pond!
We never had those kinds of materials available to us growing up, so we just skated on whatever ice surfaces were available to us at that time; even ice covered pavement. LoL!
That is some real dedication by this individual to make an elite outdoor skating venue for all to enjoy. There's nothing better than outdoor pond hockey. Cheers!
LOVE THIS GUY...TRUE CANADIAN...I HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS GROOMING AND CREATING TRAILS IN THE WOODS THAT WILL BE GONE IN THE SPRING
Awesome job Rudi! People don't often realize how much work goes into turning the home pond into a rink. You did a great job. Cheers!
Next to none.
Hey, if you're having issues with the water not coming out the end of your "flood bar" as well as in the middle, angle your holes upward, at a 45. That will help stop gravity from dropping most of the water in the middle and get an even distribution down the full length of the bar. Keep up the good work!
Very clever input! Reminds me of the physics of a piano key weir. Trying to recreate open channel flow in a pipe with each hole being the spillway over the dam or infinity pool.
Wow….thats fucking awsome, i miss those days when i was a kid, playing hockey between town practices and games, on the local pond.Watching the video, seeing the sun go down, brought back lots of memories
Just drill more holes on the ends.
@@historiclp4577yepp, we've spent the whole "winter hols" on our local pond playing from the morning til' late...
I remember one of our buddy fixed tiny "led lights" on puck so darkness wasn't an issue anymore...😂😇🤔
Good ol' days...magical memories❤️
Never played hockey, I was really good at pocket pool though, no one could ever beat me. Still undefeated to this day
Neighbors on our canal made a push cart torch zambonie, one pushed and other carried propane tank and a beer. Love you guys doing it for the neighborhood kids, have a beer for me
I grew up with a child made skating rink that seemed to be 200 feet long but I'm guessing it was less than 50. We skated on it every winter here in northern Indiana. It doesn't get cold enough anymore and there was a house built on the property some time in the early 80s. Thanks for waking up good memories from my childhood. I really did have a great childhood.
I bet u it’s frozen this winter
I used to skate on the Bronx River when I was a kid. Wish someone had a Zamboni then because it sure was bumpy.
It was -20F when I was there last winter…
@fatguyalwayseats Wednesday it's going to be 62° F here in Indiana. At least I haven't had to shovel snow the past few years.
@@rocketsurgery8337 you haven’t gotten any snow? I had to shovel my rental car multiple time last winter… I was in south bend.
my dad was a very craftsy construction worker my entire childhood. he built our bunk beds, desks, he built hutches for my bunnies, he created his own watering system for his massive veggie garden, he made stepping stones with us.
this definitely feels like something he would have figured out how to do just so we could have some fun on the ice! thank you for providing a small sense of nostalgia purely by being so committed to building your own zamboni 🥰
Let's see some skating on it after all that work! Nice job!
Agreed! This video is useless without kids skating on it. ;) ;)
@@simplyfundraisingcrm5537 Why's it gotta be kids? Grown ups play hockey too. That's kinda weird that you said that... you like watching children, do you?
Красавчик! Нашел силы, время и сотворил полезное. Многих лет жизни тебе!
Да. Не поленился. Явно весь день занимался этим.
Очень часто думал зимой, чтобы из местного пруда сделать каток, расчистив от снега, но ты приятель, подошёл основательно. Молодец!)) Удачи и здоровья!
such a nice comment from Russia
@@MrPat1953 we are all nice, dude
I absolutely love the ingenuity of the home made zamboni, so simple, yet so effective.
This video brings back my memories 😊 Back in the day (80's) when winters in Poland were harsh and cold, pond rink was a favourite spot to hang out with schoolmates and enjoy ice hockey 🏒⛸️
Brought back some nice childhood memories about how we used to play hockey on a frozen river. Great job on the pond!
Awesome video! Solid execution. Looks like a sick rink. I like when your homie comes out at the end and is visibly pumped.
Wow, how lucky to have someone like you dedicated to keep pond skating alive by providing rink-like ice quality with your inventiveness and devotion. The time to skate is now!
Молодец мужик!!! Дай бог ему здоровье и долгих лет жизни. Побольше бы таких людей и в мире был бы порядок.
а у нас в рф коробки то залить некому не то что пруд
@@raymondfernandez2075 какие коробки? Как можно залить коробку? Что-то ничего не понял))
@@Mr.Anderson... хоккейные коробки, которые во дворах домов есть!
@@ilHlamGEYdarovich я уже понял, спасибо 🙏
@@Mr.Anderson... хоккейную коробку
My father did this for our backyard rink. It was a 42” floor mop with a hose connected to it from the hot water tank. Brings back memories. Great job and dedication.
Nice job man. I've been trying to come up with a way to get hot water on my 1 acre pond. Never even thought about the trough heaters. You may have just solved all of my issues. Thanks.
I put two propane burners under my steel drum propane tank sits between my handle and the tank I also have the top of the tank insulated
I use them in my koi ponds. Doesn’t get hot but keeps it from freezing.
No need. Just auger a few holes and use a mop. This was major overkill
Question from a non-ice-making guy. Why use hot water?
Yeah man heaters are good for heating stuff……what were you thinking till you saw this…add ice cubes?
That’s basically how we used to work on our indoor rink ice for hockey etc...then after each game or hr of skating we would get 5or 6 people with scrapers to clean the ice....worked like a charm...I’m glad to see you’re doing this ,..
I'm not sure I've ever felt more Canadian. Thank you brother I really enjoyed this
Love how the homie shows up right when the work's done
and walks all over it
That is the most impressive home made zamboni ever just awesome.
Love it!.....maybe through an insulation blanket over your water tank though. Could help it heat up faster and stay that way longer.
even better....get a 200 quart cooler as the tank. It would keep the water hot for days
That hockey pond just got “hosed” Canadian style! Love it!
Great job! In Russia i have the same lake near my house and may be i do own skating ring like you! Thank you for this video🤝
Great job ! Only a Canadian could make a professional ice rink in the woods. I’m from Niagara Falls area. You may be a Canadian if you invent a homemade Zamboni from stuff from Canadian Tire.
Slowly I turned.......
@@stevegordon695 step by step...
and princess auto
@@RC-nq7mg it was the Princess Auto for me lol
Inch by inch
Great job, I used to resurface an indoor rink with an Olympia 9 and it used 70 gals of hot water and took off about 1/16" of ice.
Your setup is great and does almost exactly the same thing
Cheers!
I havnt played been on skates for nearly a decade but man oh man this video made me wanna go grab a pair of skates n play some good ol pond hockey
quit yappin and do it already
Awesome build, I used to love ice skating. I grew up on long blades. Goes back to 6th grade. I can still skate at 62. Lol. Thanks for the video. Be safe
As somebody that doesn't watch hockey, yes I will watch somebody cleanup a pond for hockey.
It's wonderful that I came across your post by chance. I have a swimming pond of approx. 200 square metres where my grandchildren are currently skating and playing ice hockey every day.
I live in Austria at an altitude of around 300 metres above sea level, so we only have ice for a few days in winter. But then we use it for hours every day.
The pond is also cleaned every day and sprayed with (cold) water - you have given me a great way to improve my process.
Congratulations and many thanks to you - you are a true "ice master"
Ok, guy from Oklahoma here. That is absolutely amazing. I can't believe you can make the ice so pretty with that. Loved the video.
It’s water on ice, it looks shiny because sun is reflecting on the water. You are basically just impressed about water, you can get some results by just drain water on the ice
@@Repz98 ok, well, I have an excavation company myself, and I see more than draining water over ice going on here. Everything about this video is impressive. It's not just the pretty ice. Ingenuity is impressive.
@@TheBattleBranchBoys I think we saw the same thing in the video. In my opinion its just a little water on the ice. Ofc, putting afford into remove snow, cutting a whole in the ice to pump out water, heat up the water, and drag a cart with a wet towel across the ice is amazing in itself, but the results wasnt so great in my opinion.
I’m from Norway, I have some experiance with good and bad ice.
@@Repz98 oh, well I'm not an expert. Lol looked nice to an okie!🤪
@@TheBattleBranchBoys I saw your channel. hunting, fishing, guns and bows, enjoying nature in general, and if my stereotype is correct, you did not vote Joe Biden :D ???
Молодец!!! Интересное устройство, простое и эффективное!
Well done!!! An interesting device, simple and effective!
The commitment, dedication, devotion...Wow.
Dude, you need to go into manufacturing and selling these! Good job!
This guys work is to be adored, pond hockey is an acorn for some of the elite NHL, SHL and KHL other leagues I not mention. Super result from his own DIY zamboni.😀
As Canadian as this is that’s amazing! Had a skating rink in the yard as a kid. This would have been so nice to have.
I’m not even a big skater but this is one of my all time favorite TH-cam videos. I honestly come back to it every few months when I’m having a tough time getting settled at night. Idk why it just relaxes the fuck out of me.
Back in the early 70's in Pittsburgh we used to play hockey on the ponds in winter at the local golf course. 4 inches of ice was plenty back then. I remember how easy it was to lose your puck when it went off into the snow-covered sides of the pond.
Dad's gettin'er done. I was hoping to see some vid of happy skaters at the end. Great job.
Boy, the local hockey kids must love this guy, a neighborhood hero.
"Snow mortar"
Yeup, dude grew up in an Eskimo village
It is rude to say eskimo, they are called Inuit my dear sir
I've seen the part you were talking about now. But it's not as exciting as the ice mortar that I imagined, which was some kind of projectile
Gotta watch the old Donald Duck cartoon for some snow artillery.
@@walktheearth8863 I call them "snow n-words"
@@salazam you need a Hobby and some education my dude
Its 43c here today this is a trip watching you trowel snow like mortar in the ice, cool setup thanks for sharing!
Oh im in Australia Perth, forgot to mention 😅
As a kid growing up, I love watching the Zamboni going around the rink in recreation centers and during game intermission (watched my older daughter rode one once when she was young for being a winner of a contest I applied on her behalf).
A very small amount of folks are blessed to have large outdoor pond that are large enough to freeze over (Victorian winters are usually too warm) but I haven't seen a homemade Zamboni before. Love the fact it is truly Canadian built with parts bought from Princess Auto and Canadian Tire (two places where I like to shop). Thank you for making this video. It was a fun watch.
I was lucky enough to have an uncle that drove a zamboni when I was little. I got to ride on it too, it's such a fun memory!
@@thirstfast1025 Knowing someone who drives ones makes it more enjoyable. Lucky!
@@mistress9sama :) Thank you! Have a wonderful weekend!
I live in Florida and have never skated outdoors but I still watched the whole thing. Just in case, you never know when you might need to know how to make a zamboni.
As a northern Canadian 🇨🇦 myself living between HudsonBay &
Sudbury & Callander (NorthBay) as a kid..
Almost every back yard had a home made skating rink built by every kids “dad”
and every small town had main outdoor hockey rink with boards ..
Like most northern Canadians what we lack in Money we more than make up for with our creative engineering instead…
like this video demonstrates..👏👏
FYI for 🇺🇸..Princess Auto is Canada’s version of Harbour Freight..
especially if Crappy Tire price’s are too high ..
Great video .,
Cheers from HudsonBay 🇨🇦
This is absolutely the most Canadian thing I've ever seen, I love it
100% most Canadian thing I've seen.
It could also be german or Russian thing
@@Nfl_fan_12 Not with the accent and supplies from Canadian Tire and Princess Auto...
Pond skating is the best! When it gets really cold, the ice is so fast it's incredible. We never worked the surface, but, somehow, it stayed pretty good. Evaporation? Rubber ice in the spring was pretty crazy. Great job on your pond.
This is great! I made a gas powered pump with an old sump pump and gas motor and a garden hose to resurface our pond here in Michigan. This is so cool!
Excellent work and dedication by this individual, I wish we had the consistent cold weather in my area to just have an ice surface in my backyard. In Southeastern PA you get freezing temperatures for a few days and you could get a warm up for a week.
Never seen such dedication to a pond rink... Where were you when I was a kid! Lol
Great job!
Good ole canadian boy. Loves his hockey
I learn more about the cold from you Kanuckistanians that I ever knew I could learn. Awesome!
You had me at Princess Auto! Makes me proud to be a Canadian. Canadian Tire, Marks Work Wearhouse (the old name) Dakota pants and Carhart! You hit all the marks. Well done eh! Great Dad! Happy New Year.
Carhartt is American, brother.
When i was little my dad and uncle would take us down to a old swamp and clear off a large area for us to skate on. This definitely brought back memories.
We never had anything like that.
Nice job!
Awesome! All we did on the farm was cut a hole, throw a garden hose in it and syphon the water onto the pond area. That worked good enough for us kids.. but now I'm 50, I'd do it this way ;)
I grew up playing on ponds just like that . This is so clever !!
I drove a Zamboni for a few years when I was younger was so much fun. That slushy mix is exactly how we filled the toe pick gouges from the figure skaters and the holes left from the deals in the bottom of the goals that hold them in place leave nice. I loved cutting for the college games was just a blast. The best time was give a kid a ride with his dad of course while I did my after game cut, biggest smiles from the kid and dad.
A lot of work but quite rewarding. That's awesome!! When we were younger, we used an old stop sign that was turned into a shovel. Worked well but kit that well👍👍🤙
What a slick little zamboni. Great job.
Привет из России! Классный каток!
Looks way better than the ice at my rink. Also now I know how to patch cracks in the ice, I wish this would be useful in Arkansas
I’m totally jealous of your set up, it looks amazing
Added to the list of things I never thought would be enjoyable to watch
Thumbs up man
Looks like a great place to have a skate
you did such a phenomenal job on this video and then.....we never got to see you skate on it!
The man…MADE …A …ZAMBONI!!! Bravo sir..just BRAVO!
The slushy mortar intrigued me. Did you come across this by trial & error? What I mean is: Perhaps did you fix a crack with plain (liquid) water & compare it to a slush-mix repair? Perhaps the pre-established ice crystals in slush create a better,
more durable bond (?).
Very nice ingenious setup. Your efforts are sure to be appreciated.
Having been on this rink I think he went this route because the cracks are big enough that if you pour water you lose some so its not level. During this time of year that slush mix is frozen in a few minutes. Its works great for repairs during skates and before the zamboni. Its been a great winter because of his dedication to keeping this thing up.
Arena guys literally repair holes or damaged areas with snow/slush and a puck that they use to press it into the hole and smooth out the top by rubbing back and forth.
This shows some real dedication..very impressive! Good job!
Вот есть же время, заниматься полезными делами.
Наверное, он в выходной день это сделал
1:05 “gotta watch the cord. I just leave the cord up in the tree” *cord immediately falls out of tree. Hahaha
Какая красота! Когда-нибудь я тоже буду так делать, главное чтобы глобальное потепление не слишком сильное было.
This is brilliant! Thank you for sharing this with us!!!
Отличная "Замбони", красивый лёд! Молодец парень!
Never skated on a pond before, but I do love skating on freshly Zamboni'ed ice. Must be real fun in your own yard!
Man, we needed one of these back in the day where we played hockey and skated.. this is a very cool idea!
You really put a lot of work into that pond. Hope it gets its use!
By removing water from the pond and lowering the water level, you weaken the ice by creating air pockets and removing the surface tension
This is awesome, the dedication is amazing. Love from Quebec ❤🇨🇦
Well there's a man , as my own heart. Spent many nights out spraying my various "rinks" Looking up at the stars on cold winter nights. Some were passable. Yours is pinacale+. Thanks for sharing...
This man loves his family. God bless him.
You should sell these! Incredible. Nice job
LOL at the dude at the end walking over the freshly laid water just before it could freeze solid. You did a better job then the AHL guys for my home team o the machines. They constantly miss strips.
I am impressed with the setup. I have thoughts of creating a skating area in my front / side yard but that is as far as I got… a thought.
Just sayin, you're the man. I bet tons of people enjoy this.
I live in Arizona, and have no business watching this video but this was absolutely fascinating
Ordinarily, I'd think he needs a hobby, but it looks like he found one! The level of dedication is impressive, give this fella a cameo on Letterkenney!
That looks a lot better than what we used to do when we were kids in Minnesota. We would shovel off part of the lake and then just flood it but that looks much better
We've always had a hard time resurfacing when it's that cold but we always used the pond water directly without heating it up. That must make all the difference because our towels always froze up and became useless.
We did the same thing with our pond in Ontario. We cut a hole in the ice and flooded parts of it. Not as good as hot water, but skating on a fresh sheet of ice playing pond hockey is what we did back in the 50's.
This is beyond awesome. I just am missing watching the game played right after!
I'm designing an ice grinder that with attach to the end of my cordless drill. We've had a zamboni for a couple of years now that's similar to your setup. My problem is when our rink is messed up because of wet snow that freezes before we can get it cleared.I think 4 60grit diamond grinding wheels might do the trick. Great video and setup.
You're lucky to have such a beautiful pond on your property. That's about the same size surface we used to build in our yard every year. We never used heated water but would fill garbage cans with cold water and dump them all at once. Worked great! Not as cool as your method though
nice video! Great to watch.
Greetings from holland🇳🇱
Гап йу братишка Сен хам охир мехнат билан келган экада утмишинг.☝️
I used to live on a pond and we would just ice auger a couple holes at either end and drop a sump pump in connected to a garden hose and just spray a new layer of water over the whole area. A heck of lot less messing around and pretty much ended up with the same result
Till your ice collapses because you sucked out all the water it was floating on.