Neil
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Post by Neil on May 15, 2016 20:48:56 GMT -8
Im not sure if the forum is strictly ferries or not but we received plans for a 360' long 100' wide log transporter with 3 engines and props for interfor forest products on arrow lakes, its only in discussion and not even official so i shouldnt be talking about it but if it appeals to interfor for log transport instead of the sutherland towing log booms, it is an open decked vessel with propellors and i have a picture of the designs, if you all want to follow up on this with a new thread if this ship build is green-lit. Up to the admins I'm interested. I think this here thread is fine, because there probably won't be too many posts about the log transporter. Here's something Waterbridge built for Williston Lake in north-east BC H E R E------------ And then there's the Babine Charger BabineI'm very interested as well... anything that big and self propelled, on a lake, is intriguing to me. I believe there may be a third large vessel already in the interior, aside from the two Mr Horn named, but I'm not sure.
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Post by Wolf on May 16, 2016 18:21:19 GMT -8
Im aware of the Williston transporter. Im not sure of its size but i would guess this ship is bigger. This ship is going to be bigger than the mv columbia for sure. I would love to see this project happen, it would mean at least another 2-3 years of work after the last cable ferry build. Right now some guys are building triple axle bogeys with a teetering grid on top. They arent allowed to build anything on the shores of adams lake so these bogeys will be pushed into the water and the ship hull will tip the grid towards the water and itll slide into the lake, hopefully...
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Post by Wolf on Jul 14, 2016 21:12:22 GMT -8
Just an update for everyone, the first shipment of steel arrived last thursday, and those pieces are now almost fully assembled into bulkheads for the modules, tuesday morning a second load arrived with pre-shaped pieces of the hull. All pieces are pre-cut, marked and numbered. The marks dictate where on the sheets to install the bulbous plates for reinforcement. The car deck plates are almost finished with continuous welds via automated flux-core machine. Lloyds is in charge of the regulations on weld parameters and are only accepting ticketed welders with their approved Lloyds weld test plates which are $2500 a piece per person (each welder must complete 4) and there is only one chance to pass visual and bending. I know for a fact alot of welders on the mv columbia didnt even have CWB testing so not sure why this strict method was chosen. Attached below is a link to my site where you will see what the bridge mock-up for the adams lake replacement looks like. I will keep everyone updated when i can, im not a high value employee with enough work to be full time yet so forgive the large gaps between updates. Thanks m.flickr.com/#/photos/122623807@N08/28317613015/
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 14, 2016 21:41:23 GMT -8
I will keep everyone updated when i can, im not a high value employee with enough work to be full time yet so forgive the large gaps between updates. Thanks Big thanks for the update, it is very much appreciated. Cheers !
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Post by Wolf on Jul 22, 2016 19:05:53 GMT -8
I have some pictures of one of the pieces for a module. I wanted to snap some pictures of a module that is 80% complete but we are so busy lately that i just dont have time and the boss is always around. As you can imagine the boss frowns upon being on your phone while working like most bosses. m.flickr.com/#/photos/122623807@N08/28483047795/
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 16, 2018 16:17:30 GMT -8
New Glade ferry is in the water. from HEREI didn't realize that the new Adams Lake ferry is already in-service, and has been for 9 months. ....shame 2 of the 4 new builds are done. Harrop & Arrow Park are next.
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