Great lake boats, a good video

[5030]

I mention about the anchor dragging in the Straits over the Enbridge Line 5 and I remember that both Enbridge and the State took submersible pictures of the line. The anchor literally knocked the line off it's lakebed supports and bowed it and put a couple large dents in the casing. I'm sure you can find them on You Tube. Cannot fathom (play on words there) that the pusher tug pilot could not feel the drag from the pipe. They were very lucky though. If they had ruptured the line, they'd be on the hook for multi millions of dollars in remediation cost alone and the Fed would have gotten involved as well as the Ontario Provincial government. So, they kind of skated despite being on the hook for the severed electric cables.

 

[ArlyA]

This video was made by the news man at radio station WSMM-FM in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan who broke the story of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior, November 10, 1975. Its quite good of a video he made of it all.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I would listen to any CG who fires an Electric Minigun across my bow . lol

 

[aczlan]

And there she sits, layed up since 2009. Sad.

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Can't see very well, what are the machines in the parking lot in the bottom of the picture?

Aaron Z

 

[MossRoad]

Can't see very well, what are the machines in the parking lot in the bottom of the picture?

Aaron Z

Looks like maybe logging equipment. Knuckle boom loaders, perhaps.

 

[MossRoad]

Ha! Good guess!! The company is Barko Hydraulics
They make logging equipment.

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[2LaneCruzer]

I thought at first they also made these gas powered tampers, but the name is spelled differently. I have seen these things when I used to work construction; Warning! Watch your toes!

 

[5030]

I thought at first they also made these gas powered tampers, but the name is spelled differently. I have seen these things when I used to work construction; Warning! Watch your toes!

I guess so. That could HURT

 

[ArlyA]

I just checked marine traffic web site and seen darn few boats operating on the lakes. Seems there would be more by this date.

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[BravoXray]

Maybe a combination of a pretty long previous season and lagging demand this year so far?