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Someone hated using those jack hammers.
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Anyone know the era this is from
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JasonMcElroy
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Driftpin . . . you're story brought back a memory for me.
When I was in college in Rochester, NY I would often ride my bike miles and miles along the Erie canal down towards Pittsford (Pittsfield?) along the tow path. In the fall I'd pick apples and make a day a day of it. Plenty of trestle bridges as you mentioned.
In the summers I'd met a bunch of people hanging out on the bridge going swimming and decided to join. Turned into a habit. Drinking beer and napping and swimming all day was a good time. Being a boy scout at heart I helped repair the sketchy rope swing off the the top of the trestle and made a rope ladder from the water up to the center pier so swimmers wouldn't haven't go to shore and back across the tracks to jump again. Of course I did nice loop splice and backsplice rope work ;-0
Yes there were shopping carts and other detritus visible at times in that nasty water. But we never got hurt and I never got any rashes or cancer that I'm aware of.
Jason
When I was in college in Rochester, NY I would often ride my bike miles and miles along the Erie canal down towards Pittsford (Pittsfield?) along the tow path. In the fall I'd pick apples and make a day a day of it. Plenty of trestle bridges as you mentioned.
In the summers I'd met a bunch of people hanging out on the bridge going swimming and decided to join. Turned into a habit. Drinking beer and napping and swimming all day was a good time. Being a boy scout at heart I helped repair the sketchy rope swing off the the top of the trestle and made a rope ladder from the water up to the center pier so swimmers wouldn't haven't go to shore and back across the tracks to jump again. Of course I did nice loop splice and backsplice rope work ;-0
Yes there were shopping carts and other detritus visible at times in that nasty water. But we never got hurt and I never got any rashes or cancer that I'm aware of.
Jason
Grew up on the river north of Pittsburgh. Was a bridge over one of the smaller tributaries that had a rope swing attached to the catwalk under the bridge deck. Used to regularly swing on the rope and let go, landing in the water. never an issue.
One spring they resurfaced the deck, and moved on. As the weather warmed up, the rope beckoned.
Swung out, and let go. into the water, and happened to open my eyes before surfacing. Saw a length of #12 rebar, embedded in concrete, and sticking straight up below the surface. Another 3 feet of reach would have had me skewered but good.
The construction crew apparently dumped debris over the side. A couple of local divers said there were dozens of rebar-laden concrete chunks just waiting to catch someone.
Reason # 8,637 why i shouldn't be alive.
One spring they resurfaced the deck, and moved on. As the weather warmed up, the rope beckoned.
Swung out, and let go. into the water, and happened to open my eyes before surfacing. Saw a length of #12 rebar, embedded in concrete, and sticking straight up below the surface. Another 3 feet of reach would have had me skewered but good.
The construction crew apparently dumped debris over the side. A couple of local divers said there were dozens of rebar-laden concrete chunks just waiting to catch someone.
Reason # 8,637 why i shouldn't be alive.
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It's become more of an obsession really. Found another safe in the same spot the jackhammers were, along with a 75mm artillery shell.Just curious, is this a hobby of yours or?
What happens when it sticks to something that you can't drag out? Do you lose it or do you have it hooked up to a winch?Kratos Orion 2400lb. magnet and a grappling hook.
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If the magnet hooks to something that is stuck in the muck and won't come out, I can always pull hard enough to break the magnetic connection free. If the grappling hook does the same, I have a 4 ton Come Along winch.What happens when it sticks to something that you can't drag out? Do you lose it or do you have it hooked up to a winch?