Great lake boats, a good video

jjeff · Apr 23, 2022

It was kind of eerie at night north of Ludington when your depth sounder starts blinking cause mine was out of range at anything over 100 fathoms.

5030 · Apr 23, 2022

jjeff said:
I wonder if the horn on the Barker is a Kahlannberg horn?

I have one mounted to the front of my shop as a doorbell and that sucker is loud and takes a huge amount of compressed air to blow it too. Have a triple chime, lanyard operated.

5030 · Apr 23, 2022

MossRoad said:
Went to the Art Institute of Chicago today. On the way home, stopped in traffic on I94, looked to my left at the International Port of Illinois, and noticed a ship sitting there rotting away. Zoom in for picture. Also did a quick search and found the following video with info about it. Enjoy.

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I see they pump it so it don't scuttle itself.

jjeff · Apr 23, 2022

5030 said:
I have one mounted to the front of my shop as a doorbell and that sucker is loud and takes a huge amount of compressed air to blow it too. Have a triple chime, lanyard operated.

I believe those are made in wi

5030 said:
I have one mounted to the front of my shop as a doorbell and that sucker is loud and takes a huge amount of compressed air to blow it too. Have a triple chime, lanyard operated.

The diesel engines they used to make were popular in fish tugs, I believe they still make the horns in two rivers WI.

5030 · Apr 23, 2022

They do. I have their current catalog. None of it is cheap but then quality never comes cheap. Lets just say, when I pull the lanyard, the whole township hears it. Takes a lot of 'wind' to blow them. Every bit of my 30 CFM at 150 psi if I hold the lanyard down. I feed them with 1.5" diameter copper pipe. Hungry little buggers too.

They'd sound better on steam I'm sure bit I don't have that.

5030 · Apr 23, 2022

They also have a nice website if you look it up.

jjeff · Apr 23, 2022

5030 said:
They also have a nice website if you look it up.

I have

. If you like older diesels there is a interesting museum in Manitowoc you can even tour a old WW2 sub there. If I remember correctly they have several Kahlannberg engines and a fishtug on display. They used to build ships and boats in Manitowoc/two rivers area. I also believe they still build Manitowoc cranes there.