How to dredge at last

codprawn · 16 July 2007, 21:33

http://rib.net/forum/showthread.php?t=18738

Some people may remember the incredible pictures of a dredger digging up loads of sand and chucking it straight back into the hole it came out of. Well after loads of complaints and people witholding their mooring fees the council have FINALLY realised they were totally wrong and have decided to do things properly!!!

Over a period of 11 days they are going to shift almost 100,000 tons of sand - those tonkas are running around like worker ants - great to watch.

codprawn · 16 July 2007, 21:35

Maybe we will now be able to get our boats out a bit more often!!!

Besides which I am sad enough to love watching them at work - it's lucky really they have locked them up for the night..............

Biggles · 16 July 2007, 21:38

I remember the original thread. I take it now you'll be able to get out more on your RIB.

That digger looks a bit dodgy. I take it the sand underneath the tracks is pretty solid.

Also you have to wonder where the funds come from for such projects. Whats the Harbour dues like ? Pretty reasonable.

codprawn · 16 July 2007, 21:46

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Originally Posted by Biggles

I remember the original thread. I take it now you'll be able to get out more on your RIB.

That digger looks a bit dodgy. I take it the sand underneath the tracks is pretty solid.

Also you have to wonder where the funds come from for such projects. Whats the Harbour dues like ? Pretty reasonable.

Yes the harbour is very cheap - £900 for a 9m boat. Then again when you can't use your boat it seems quite expensive.

They should have had the diggers in and not wasted time with the dredger that filled it all back in again. Now the funding for the dredger is being questioned - seems local politics and channeling of money had a lot to do with the fiasco!!!

Yes the sand is pretty solid but the deeper they go the more mud they are exposing so it's getting more difficult for them now.

Nos4r2 · 16 July 2007, 21:49

Figures

Keep an eye on the Volvo BMs-it's quite a sight when one goes over if you haven't seen it before.

codprawn · 17 July 2007, 00:45

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Originally Posted by Nos4r2

Figures

Keep an eye on the Volvo BMs-it's quite a sight when one goes over if you haven't seen it before.

One almost did today.

I have driven one of those beasts once. Many moons ago I worked as a security guard - lasted 3 days!!! I was put in charge of an opencast site - mid winter - no heating or lighting and not even a phone or radio. I was told to flash my torch across the mountain on the hour so another guard would know I was ok. Trouble was a thick fog came down. After freezing and getting soaked I spotted a board with a load of keys. The Volvos are so easy to drive - automatic with a great stereo and heater!!!

That's not the reason I only lasted 3 days - it was because I called the boss a knob who didn't give a damn about his staff. That's why I can only work for me!!!

bedajim · 17 July 2007, 06:00

Which harbour is it looks like fun to watch and what date are they do to finish

Hugh Jardon · 17 July 2007, 07:33

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Originally Posted by codprawn

http://rib.net/forum/showthread.php?t=18738

Some people may remember the incredible pictures of a dredger digging up loads of sand and chucking it straight back into the hole it came out of. Well after loads of complaints and people witholding their mooring fees the council have FINALLY realised they were totally wrong and have decided to do things properly!!!

Over a period of 11 days they are going to shift almost 100,000 tons of sand - those tonkas are running around like worker ants - great to watch.

codders, how long do they think it will last before it needs to be done again?

simmons0 · 17 July 2007, 10:47

Are they just moving it from the channel they want to make to the other side of the harbour entrance?
Be interesting to see how long it takes before it is right back how it was.

BogMonster · 17 July 2007, 11:40

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Originally Posted by Nos4r2

Figures

Keep an eye on the Volvo BMs-it's quite a sight when one goes over if you haven't seen it before.

It is quite impressive isn't it - especially if you roll the rear half and leave the front bit still on its wheels, not many vehicles you can do that with

codprawn · 17 July 2007, 11:53

It's BurryPort harbour amd I think they will have to use something like a bulldozer once a week to keep it open. An old D6 at low tide will work wonders!!!

At least the sand is being moved a reasonable distance away this time instead of being dropped straight back in the same place................

Stoo · 17 July 2007, 13:13

This is probably a stupid question, but since I don't need to contend with tides over here, I'll ask anyway... Where the heck is the water? Is this how low low tide is? Or did they dam off the entrance to the channel before they started?

If this is the normal low tide, I can see how you would have a little trouble getting out at times!!!

codprawn · 17 July 2007, 13:27

Actually that's about 2hrs past low tide!!!

This is what we have to put up with. At low tide the whole area looks like the Sahara!!!

Couple the shallow water with big Atlantic rollers and it makes for some interesting conditions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scJ3-An1NtI

The Burry Port accent is really bad - I am NOT a local...........

Tims Osprey · 17 July 2007, 17:06

Looks like a good area for bass fishing to me, any black lug around that area coders

codprawn · 17 July 2007, 17:21

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Originally Posted by Tims Osprey

Looks like a good area for bass fishing to me, any black lug around that area coders

Yes it's one of the best places for bass - it's their spawning grounds. They prefer live sandeels though.

Loads of black lug as well - the birds were having a great time once the machines had gone!!!

Tims Osprey · 17 July 2007, 17:44

Ah cheers for that

i might take a trip down there sometime and collect some blacks for the Autumn cod fishing

and with worm prices these days it pays to collect your own bait. It was a great cod season last year in the upper Bristol channel and black lug is the top bait, it pays to pump a few pounds and then freeze it down

Stoo · 17 July 2007, 18:20

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Originally Posted by codprawn

This is what we have to put up with. At low tide the whole area looks like the Sahara!!!

Jezzuz... I think I'd be fitting my RIB with drop-down wheels... Here I thought we had problems because our water is down a foot or two over the past 10 years!!!