Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?

[pioneerguy600]

Thought bout them being anchors after I posted that , but didn't know what they were for .

It takes a lot of work to anchor those rigs solidly, a crew of chain handlers are needed on separate ships to move and set/unset the anchors when a rig needs to be moved but the rig itself hauls in the chain once the anchors have been freed from the ocean floor. The rigs have massive chain lockers in the upright tubes on the rig`s corners and it takes real powerful winches to pull all that chain in and let it out. I have several links of that chain that were cut out of a chain to allow for length, each one weighs a hundred lbs.

 

[Cantdog]

Geeeze....'Nadains sure drive slow.......nobody even drives the speed limit......I passed a lot a cahrz yesterday........nevah exceeded the speed limit...

 

[Cantdog]

It takes a lot of work to anchor those rigs solidly, a crew of chain handlers are needed on separate ships to move and set/unset the anchors when a rig needs to be moved but the rig itself hauls in the chain once the anchors have been freed from the ocean floor. The rigs have massive chain lockers in the upright tubes on the rig`s corners and it takes real powerful winches to pull all that chain in and let it out. I have several links of that chain that were cut out of a chain to allow for length, each one weighs a hundred lbs.

My buddy Mikey used to be chief engineer on a large tow boat like the ones in those pics.....worked the Gulf of Mexico and down the South American coast mostly...did it for many years....many wild stories...some funny...some haunting....once during a hurricane in the gulf they responded to an SOS.....took a shrimp oat in tow that was not doing well......got them almost to safety when the Coast Guard hailed them to evacuate a nearby oil rig.....they ordered the Morning Light to cast the shimp boat off and respond immediately ......Mikey said the shrimp boat was pleading and crying over the radio...for awhile....then silence....they didn't make it.....

 

[tbone75]

Yes siree......All "Big Boy" tools used in that industry.....for sure

Some really big stuff !! How they move that stuff around ? Gotta be something huge !!

 

[pioneerguy600]

Geeeze....'Nadains sure drive slow.......nobody even drives the speed limit......I passed a lot a cahrz yesterday........nevah exceeded the speed limit...


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100 is the old slow on one hundred series highways, everyone now travels over 110 KMH, lot less than 100 MPH....LOL

 

[pioneerguy600]

The ocean is not a kind place to work upon, many days out there was like being in paradise but it can turn ugly very quickly and occasionally it will take lives. Even on the nicest of days it can sneak up and snuff you out, been there and came very close more than once, reason I turned my back to it and took up employment on terra firma.

 

[Cantdog]

Some really big stuff !! How they move that stuff around ? Gotta be something huge !!

Well I don't know how they get the spools there......ship I expect....just to damn big to go over the road. On the big tow boats they have a serious crane like on the Atlantic Osprey in the pics......on land they use a very large mobil crane on tracks....

 

[dancan]

Thanks Robin !

 

[Stihl 041S]

Thanks Robin !

Kewl!!!!

 

[tbone75]

Nice brain bucket Danny .

 

[Cantdog]

Thanks Robin !

No problem Dan!! To bad the timing hadn't been better we could have had a "Safety Meeting" so we could have gone over the latest safety procedures.....but was stihl quite a ride over to Economy and our cabin, so we had to fly. I can't believe how easy it was to get to your shop.....light traffic and drove right to it....and just as easy leaving!!!

P.S. Oh yeah.....The Attendant was wondering how much you get a pound for your fish????

 

[Cantdog]

Hey Jimmy!!!!!

Look at what hitchiked it's way back from 'Nadia!!!! Looks pretty much all there too....

 

[Stihl 041S]

Hey Jimmy!!!!!

Look at what hitchiked it's way back from 'Nadia!!!! Looks pretty much all there too....


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One of the great ones.

 

[dancan]

Yup
A great one that I don't have stinking up the shop anymore WOOT !!!

 

[pioneerguy600]

How did it get so dirty? Last time I saw it was clean n shiny. Dan, did you cut any wood with that saw?

 

[dancan]

Nope , just shop dust and airborn undercoating , I didn't cut any wood with it .

 

[pioneerguy600]

Well the undercoating will act as a preservative, keep it from rusting. Wait a minute, better for it to rust the bolts and nuts solid, keep em from rattling off when running...LOL

 

[pioneerguy600]

Hey Jimmy!!!!!

Look at what hitchiked it's way back from 'Nadia!!!! Looks pretty much all there too....


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Keep that filthy thing far away from that nice clean oak, ok to sacrifice those pine scraps its sitting on....LOL

 

[Cantdog]

Keep that filthy thing far away from that nice clean oak, ok to sacrifice those pine scraps its sitting on....LOL

Actually that's cherry on the hosses.....a dovetailed tressel and two top side aprons for a table that needs to be finished SOON!! But I don't know......the guy said he wanted an oiled finish......I think he meant Watco not B&C oil.....LOL!! That old thing is pretty dry....it's either really tight or everything liquid has leaked away or evaporated. Looks to be in pretty good shape under the crud... good compression etc...LOL!!!

 

[dancan]

A buck a sardine btw