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Post by JohnV on Nov 3, 2018 18:14:45 GMT
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Post by JohnV on Nov 3, 2018 19:47:33 GMT
It's odd, I seem to have been trying to get boats under low bridges for a hell of a long time ..... here is (a much younger) me on the Bow backwaters with Charlight img345 by mudlarker2, on Flickr img346 by mudlarker2, on Flickr
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2018 20:15:41 GMT
Are you related to stabby? I understand he's drawn to bridges Rog
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Post by Jim on Nov 4, 2018 9:35:58 GMT
Are you related to stabby? I understand he's drawn to bridges Rog He'll have a bash at anything.
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Post by Jim on Nov 4, 2018 9:54:13 GMT
A lot of fuss over nowt. Sling round bridge, lift bridge with crane, go under no probs, put bridge back. Job sorted, no paint lost.
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Post by kris on Nov 4, 2018 9:59:25 GMT
is that the crane barge that has been mooted near heck bridge for a while?
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Post by Jim on Nov 4, 2018 10:04:48 GMT
is that the crane barge that has been mooted near heck bridge for a while? That's a moot point.
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Post by JohnV on Nov 4, 2018 16:15:00 GMT
is that the crane barge that has been mooted near heck bridge for a while? That's a moot point. Kris definitely has a dodgy spill chucker
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Post by pluto on Nov 4, 2018 16:22:30 GMT
When on my friend's 1200-tonner (circa 80 metres by 9 metres) travelling empty on the Hamm Canal in Germany, he had a pair of binoculars to check that the bow cabin got under a couple of bridges. The wheelhouse was down, and to ensure we got under the bridge he had to turn up the power and draw the stern down. It was a major coal mining area, and there had been considerable subsidence.
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Post by JohnV on Nov 4, 2018 16:25:34 GMT
is that the crane barge that has been mooted near heck bridge for a while? Yes that's the one Kris and it has meant it has been an interesting trip ..... we left Heck and within a mile the steering jammed hard over, There is a big inspection cover plate over the steering flat held down by 30 odd bolts and although we had a socket set and other tools it had been so long since it had been off that we were only able to get a couple of bolts undone and another couple sheared off. Took 4 hours to Pollington at about 0.5 kts with someone walking alongside with a line to the bow to keep it somewhat in the right direction. At Pollington we were joined by someone with a generator and an angle grinder to cut the bolts off. It was fairly obvious that no one had done any maintenance there for many years but we managed to bleed the system a bit by loosening the banjos (we didn't dare use the bleed nipples as they were solid rust and would probably have sheared if we had tried. Left the barge there as it was too late to continue and went back there this morning ..... now at Goole ..... more pics maybe tomorrow .... too knackered tonight
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2018 16:48:21 GMT
Those sort of pics do well in informal photo competitions you know Rog
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 4, 2018 17:06:10 GMT
Tut, tut. If only those bolts had been loosened once every 2 years and grease applied to the threads.
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Post by JohnV on Nov 5, 2018 9:43:12 GMT
methods of getting a recalcitrant barge along the canal method 1 pretending to be a horse SAM_1973 by mudlarker2, on Flickr method 2 hope for a passing friendly narrowboater SAM_1976 by mudlarker2, on Flickr SAM_1977 by mudlarker2, on Flickr SAM_1974 by mudlarker2, on Flickr Thank you narrowboat "Freya" After the work with the angle grinder and a better bodge on the gear selector .... now you can be fairly certain that it will go astern when you select it (part been stolen) we departed from Pollington. the full length lock is only available with a lock keeper who has a special key, so we were obliged to split the pontoons off and lock them down separately with the welcome assistance of the crew of the "Freda Carless" what is undoubtedly the biggest continuous cruiser on the system. SAM_1981 by mudlarker2, on Flickr coupled up again SAM_1980 by mudlarker2, on Flickr and on our way with a still very unwieldy contraption .... the steering still lousy with suspected lots of air still in the system SAM_1985 by mudlarker2, on Flickr SAM_1987 by mudlarker2, on Flickr SAM_1989 by mudlarker2, on Flickr SAM_1991 by mudlarker2, on Flickr
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Post by kris on Nov 5, 2018 11:13:13 GMT
methods of getting a recalcitrant barge along the canal method 1 pretending to be a horse SAM_1973 by mudlarker2, on Flickr method 2 hope for a passing friendly narrowboater SAM_1976 by mudlarker2, on Flickr SAM_1977 by mudlarker2, on Flickr SAM_1974 by mudlarker2, on Flickr Thank you narrowboat "Freya" After the work with the angle grinder and a better bodge on the gear selector .... now you can be fairly certain that it will go astern when you select it (part been stolen) we departed from Pollington. the full length lock is only available with a lock keeper who has a special key, so we were obliged to split the pontoons off and lock them down separately with the welcome assistance of the crew of the "Freda Carless" what is undoubtedly the biggest continuous cruiser on the system. SAM_1981 by mudlarker2, on Flickr coupled up again SAM_1980 by mudlarker2, on Flickr and on our way with a still very unwieldy contraption .... the steering still lousy with suspected lots of air still in the system SAM_1985 by mudlarker2, on Flickr SAM_1987 by mudlarker2, on Flickr SAM_1989 by mudlarker2, on Flickr SAM_1991 by mudlarker2, on Flickr just opposite the first photo is where I ran aground on the concrete block. So you where lucky, but if definately sounds like an adventure.
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Post by bargemast on Nov 5, 2018 17:12:44 GMT
Great photos, and a nice story too John, you seem to have found a perfect spot to be participating in some fun jobs there. There are lots of very low bridges in the Netherlands, but azll you have to do is 3 long blast on the horn, and they'll open for you, unless it's during rush hour for the road users, or in case of raimway bridges a train that's to close to let you go through first. But that is only possible because they're mainly lift or draw bridges, which isn't the case where you are playing. To open the bridges where you are you don't need 3 long blasts of the horn, but only 1 blast of dynamite Peter.
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