Each winter, it never fails, we have a few trees that we need to try and remove on the lake ice. These are trees that need to be removed, for one reason or another, but there is no access to get equipment to them during the summer season. Removing them, in winter, on the ice is a last resort tactic. We never know whether or not we will have ice conditions that will allow the tree removal. For this reason, all our ice-job estimates are written "Conditions Permitting", and we decide when they permit. Winter ice tree-removal is typically riddled with problems. First…