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Remember when we used to run dredge lines by feel?
I was out on the Mississippi near Baton Rouge back in 2018, running a 12-inch cutterhead on an old barge. The old-timer I was working with, Jim, he could tell you the depth by how the cable hummed through the fairlead. One day our depth gauge went out, nothing but static. Jim just listened to that cable for 20 minutes, called out 14 feet, and we pulled up a perfect cut. Made me realize how much I rely on screens instead of my own senses now. Anyone else ever have to run a job blind like that?
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ryantorres27d ago
Man that reminds me of my buddy who ran a whole shift by sound after his depth finder died.
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elizabeths5127d ago
Learned that trick myself on the river one foggy morning.
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nancy81727d ago
Why rely on sound when technology's so reliable now @ryantorres?
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