"I love to find these old photos of someone like this man that more than likely made a living cutting ice from ponds and lakes back in the day with his home made ice cutter motorcycle.
In todays world everyone would give this guy a few days to live as he must be crazy doing something this dangerous, but the truth is he probably lived life to its fullest the way he wanted to and no one today could tell the stories he took with him at the end of his happy life."

Do you think that was "created" to cut ice or as an ice bike? Cool photo regardless!

Wow- and I thought the crossbar was hard on my manhood- yikes!

OSHA and he is probably saying "Get off my ice."

With the adjustment crank on it,,it might have done both? Pretty neat.

I think that might be Mad Scientist he's right here on TMan.. lmao

Mac

I wonder if he put the wheels back on for the summer. Still has the front fender in place.

Awesome

Looks like an early teens Excelsior. Would love to have that bike today! They modified model T's into tractors and such so why not an ice cutting motorcycle? Ingenious!

Looks like the axle can be adjusted down a foot or so into the level of the ice. It's a cool contraption.

One forgets how big cutting ice was before R12 refrigerant and ammonia was on the market. Once the ice was 6 inches her they went on the ice and cut 10 hours a day and shipped south on the rail lines. The box cars of saw dust shavings were lined up for miles beginning in November. Much was used to cool the passenger trains in the summer months

Great pic thanks

Very cool

Absolutely

Canadian ice..........that explains where the eelpout came from.

I think its an ice cutter. The blade is adjusted off the ice. No reason for that if its a ride. Not adjustable by driver if its a ride.
No foot pegs. Crank above blade lowers the blade. Looks like a handle bar. not bars.
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Ok a little more Traditional info

Tim, that’s whatI thought it was before I read anything! But there is some kind of outrigger on the other side, that I think looks more like a gauge for laying the size of ice slabs. What ever it is, your right, looks like a death trap! Says the guy, who took his 32 roadster down the hyway at a high rate of speed, with only a couple c-clamps holding the front spring to the frame! We do a certain amount of dumb stuff, and I think racing that thing would rate right up there with what I did and got away with! lol

I stand corrected and believe it is an ice cutter.

I dunno why it would have a seat. I sure wouldn't want to spend any time on it.

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