I'm guessing the netting also makes it quieter so the neighbours aren't as pissed off with the noise of pucks on the boards all the time. I was always amazed at how much ice disappears through direct sublimation. You can lose 1/8" of ice a day easy even on wicked cold days, especially if its windy. Anyone that thinks they flood a rink at the start of the season and then just skate on it needs to do a reality check. Also if you think shovelling your driveway is work then I don't recomment making a rink.
It’s a science and an art to make ice, especially when it gets used a ton like the ice at Jarrett’s rink! That’s interesting about the sublimation, thanks for sharing!
Hey, great video. I have built a similar Zamboni setup with a self contained 40gal barrel instead of a hose. (First year of trying the homemade Zamboni) I am on a backyard pond. I have an immersion heater that is capable of getting the barrel of water up to 160 degrees. Our outdoor temps are ranging between 10°-30°F. Can you give me a guess at the temp to have my water at? I was going to go as hot as I can get it until I saw this and you mentioned the warning of cracking. (Especially on a 1acre farm pond) A frame of reference is a hot tub is around 110°F Last year we used a 2in pump and pumped water over the top and had a big problem with cracks. So any water temp advice you have that could save me a year of learning would be amazing!
I generally only use higher temperatures of water when it is much warmer outside. I will use hot tub temperature water until it hits around -15 degrees Celsius. Once it hits that temperature, I user less go about half hot and half cold water through the house taps. That temperature would be around 90 degrees F. I like a little bit of warm to melt off any snow that I could not remove with the sweeper.
I turn the shovel over and scrape the ice. The boys scrape it up skating on it but using the shovel as a scraper (metal blade) I am able to scrape away and keep the amount of ice thickness to a minimum.
I have a natural river cleared rink, 68' x 136' (20.7m x 41.45m), the USA Pond Hockey dimension. I refer to it as The Great Experiment. Each year, weather determined, my means and methods are improving. I have used a sump pump and garden hose and garden spray nozzle in past years, but this seems to take forever. I also have a water pump with 2" hose and nozzle that cover floods the rink in probably 10 minutes, but is cumbersome to handle at times. I have made a "Homeboni" wand from PVC that resembles much of what is in this video, but have not yet determined how I want to hook it up to a water source. QUESTION. . . . Does anyone have an estimate of water volume that is placed with this videos applicator method? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
@@outdoorhockeyclub Yes, I have watched this video a few times, and am about to once more. It's a great story and edit. My goal is to continue using the water pump to build a good surface, depending on seasonal freeze up quality and any snowfall and/or slush events. But to add a method very similar to yours, but hopefully from a stock-tank that I can heat the water in. My home is only ~10 feet from the edge of the river and maybe 20'-30' from the rink. But I am not sure about straining on my rural well water pump and domestic hot water heater for a rink. I know, one should never speak downward about one's ice skating rink. Hahahaha. . . . Again, thanks for any info you may learn about and share.
@@billybert3506 I use approximately the same amount of water as a ten-minute shower. Since I switched from the spray nozzle to the wand, I now use, I never use up the hot water tank. I use about 125 feet of hose which we plumbed hot water to the outside tap. This meant flooding went from an hour plus to approximately 12 minutes. I can put two applications on and still not use the hot water tank up.
That's one wicked backyard rink. I grew up and still live in MN so there's plenty of ice around but always dreamt of a backyard rink. Well done
Jarrett and crew make a great rink in Roblin! I'm looking to check out some rinks in MN soon!
I’m in the red jacket
I wish I could have this. It’s so hard to make it past high school in hockey when you live in Texas.
Outdoor hockey is a special experience! So many thanks for ice makers like Jarrett, his sons, and Kenton. Hope you can keep on playing!
I'm guessing the netting also makes it quieter so the neighbours aren't as pissed off with the noise of pucks on the boards all the time.
I was always amazed at how much ice disappears through direct sublimation. You can lose 1/8" of ice a day easy even on wicked cold days, especially if its windy. Anyone that thinks they flood a rink at the start of the season and then just skate on it needs to do a reality check. Also if you think shovelling your driveway is work then I don't recomment making a rink.
It’s a science and an art to make ice, especially when it gets used a ton like the ice at Jarrett’s rink!
That’s interesting about the sublimation, thanks for sharing!
That’s me
Right on, great job with the flood!
Hey, great video. I have built a similar Zamboni setup with a self contained 40gal barrel instead of a hose. (First year of trying the homemade Zamboni) I am on a backyard pond.
I have an immersion heater that is capable of getting the barrel of water up to 160 degrees. Our outdoor temps are ranging between 10°-30°F.
Can you give me a guess at the temp to have my water at? I was going to go as hot as I can get it until I saw this and you mentioned the warning of cracking. (Especially on a 1acre farm pond)
A frame of reference is a hot tub is around 110°F
Last year we used a 2in pump and pumped water over the top and had a big problem with cracks. So any water temp advice you have that could save me a year of learning would be amazing!
I also watched a link you said in a different comment. That guy was using ‘lukewarm’ water to seal cracks and that made a lot of sense as well.
I'll see if I can find out the water temperature - thanks for checking out the video!
I generally only use higher temperatures of water when it is much warmer outside. I will use hot tub temperature water until it hits around -15 degrees Celsius. Once it hits that temperature, I user less go about half hot and half cold water through the house taps. That temperature would be around 90 degrees F. I like a little bit of warm to melt off any snow that I could not remove with the sweeper.
Any chance of getting a closer image of the frame/pipe configuration of the "hand-boni"?
@@Hawgstatus are you on Instagram? I could post an image there
@@outdoorhockeyclub my wife is: khittner
Many thanks!
@@Hawgstatus I followed, but can't message her because it's private. I have a couple photos of their zamboni that I can send
We have an outdoor ice rink. Our issue is the thickness getting too high. How do y’all resolve that?
I turn the shovel over and scrape the ice. The boys scrape it up skating on it but using the shovel as a scraper (metal blade) I am able to scrape away and keep the amount of ice thickness to a minimum.
I have a natural river cleared rink, 68' x 136' (20.7m x 41.45m), the USA Pond Hockey dimension. I refer to it as The Great Experiment. Each year, weather determined, my means and methods are improving. I have used a sump pump and garden hose and garden spray nozzle in past years, but this seems to take forever. I also have a water pump with 2" hose and nozzle that cover floods the rink in probably 10 minutes, but is cumbersome to handle at times. I have made a "Homeboni" wand from PVC that resembles much of what is in this video, but have not yet determined how I want to hook it up to a water source.
QUESTION. . . . Does anyone have an estimate of water volume that is placed with this videos applicator method? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Your rink sounds amazing! I’ll share your question with a couple ice maker friends, including the guys from this video, and let you know!
Also.. have you seen this video?
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@@outdoorhockeyclub Yes, I have watched this video a few times, and am about to once more. It's a great story and edit.
My goal is to continue using the water pump to build a good surface, depending on seasonal freeze up quality and any snowfall and/or slush events. But to add a method very similar to yours, but hopefully from a stock-tank that I can heat the water in.
My home is only ~10 feet from the edge of the river and maybe 20'-30' from the rink. But I am not sure about straining on my rural well water pump and domestic hot water heater for a rink.
I know, one should never speak downward about one's ice skating rink. Hahahaha. . . .
Again, thanks for any info you may learn about and share.
@@billybert3506 I am pretty sure Buster's rink is around 60' x 30' and that was about 50 gallons of water to flood using his system.
@@billybert3506 I use approximately the same amount of water as a ten-minute shower. Since I switched from the spray nozzle to the wand, I now use, I never use up the hot water tank. I use about 125 feet of hose which we plumbed hot water to the outside tap. This meant flooding went from an hour plus to approximately 12 minutes. I can put two applications on and still not use the hot water tank up.
why not show the kids skating after the ice was done icing? lol just a thought
Stay tuned for more from their rink!