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PORTAGE LAKE, Maine – Workers using heavy equipment successfully extricated a logging vehicle from Portage Lake late Wednesday afternoon.
The grapple skidder broke through the ice while attempting to cross a section of the lake in Aroostook County on Thursday, Feb. 22 and remained stuck approximately 200 feet from shore in a shallow, boggy area. Workers from Rafford Construction of Ashland spent more than eight hours maneuvering heavy equipment and pieces of wood for traction in windy conditions trying to gain leverage to lift the heavy skidder out of the ice and mud.
They succeeded in towing it to shore at approximately 5 p.m.
