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forklift barge

i need a lift mounted on a 8ft to 10 ft wide 30ft long pontoon barge.has to lift 1500lbs off lake bottom and set on boat.it will be lifting a boat lift,and moveing across lake and setting on ground.
  • Posted 10 May 2013 19:11
  • By tracy_b
  • joined 10 May'13 - 4 messages
  • Indiana, United States
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if you get a chance go to carmen piers.com ther is what i need.i need someone that under stands how to get this built. thanks
  • Posted 17 May 2013 16:15
  • By tracy_b
  • joined 10 May'13 - 4 messages
  • Indiana, United States
I ran this problem past a friend of mine who occasionally scuba dives with a team to recover sunken boats or land vehicles that have ended up in deep water.
His suggestion was that inflatable flotation bladders be used to raise the object near to the surface and then the object can be towed............while still attached to the bladders.......to the location where it needs to be moved to (if in the same body of water).
After towing it to its new location, the bladders would be deflated, lowering the object to its desired position.
He said that he can't picture in his mind how you could accomplish what you have described using a fork lift on a barge.
He did however, say that he had worked a job once where a company used a large track excavator on a big barge to lift objects out of the water after they had been floated to the surface with inflatable bladders.
  • Posted 17 May 2013 02:03
  • By L1ftmech
  • joined 25 Apr'12 - 394 messages
  • Tennessee, United States
maby i was a little harsh how about i send a couple pic,and maby thn u can help please.and thank you.
  • Posted 16 May 2013 23:12
  • By tracy_b
  • joined 10 May'13 - 4 messages
  • Indiana, United States
Thanks bb forks - not an issue for me - I have been insulted by "professionals" and it never got to me - this bloke had no chance to get me riled.

Guess the longer than average winter north of the Mason-Dixon line got to some folks with a severe case of cabin fever. Another why reason I moved sout of the MD line in 1982.
As Mom used to say "Well just wash your mouth out with soap."
  • Posted 14 May 2013 01:45
  • Modified 14 May 2013 01:47 by poster
  • By johnr_j
  • joined 3 Jun'06 - 1,446 messages
  • Georgia, United States
boy- touchy touchy! He's letting you know in a nice way that there's no way a material handling professional is going to touch your question with a ten foot pole.

There's a way to disagree with someone professionally, apparently you missed that class
  • Posted 13 May 2013 22:15
  • By bbforks
  • joined 1 Mar'12 - 1,437 messages
  • Pennsylvania, United States
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Customers love technology- until they have to pay to fix it!
johnr 1 thanks for the smart *** answer but not what im looking for.thanks any way,and F.O.
  • Posted 12 May 2013 23:50
  • By tracy_b
  • joined 10 May'13 - 4 messages
  • Indiana, United States
watch that tv show about those guys harvesting old fallen cypress trees off the lake river bottoms - that have some very uniques ways to -"git 'er dun" - none seem to be approved by OSHA.
  • Posted 10 May 2013 21:01
  • By johnr_j
  • joined 3 Jun'06 - 1,446 messages
  • Georgia, United States

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