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My friend had his Tug hauled out last week up in Connecticut at Derecktors shipyard. They have the largest Marine Travelift at 600MT capacity, and they plan to upgrade it to 800MT.  More photos here on the left: http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll292/12bridge/Paul
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whats the white stuff on the front of the tug? and how much does a tug boat like that weigh?
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Great pictures, enjoyed them immensely.
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The white stuff on the bow is lots of pieces of rope affixed together sometimes netting is used also. This is for protection for the tug and ship when the tug is pushing againt another ship.
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what always amazes me is how one end is not braced!!, how does the other end not break??? big container handlers are simmilar!
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The rope on the bow is known as a bow pudding and is indeed made of line, lots of line. Thats what they used before rubber was widespread, even though we do have rubber under it..
She weighed in at 390T, 2 strap limit was 400T, the weight gauge for the front sling was red lined...
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Do you have any more info/pic of the tug? She is an oldie.
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allistairc123 wrote:what always amazes me is how one end is not braced!!, how does the other end not break???
big container handlers are simmilar! The reason they dont break is the cross piece has whats called a Trunnion joint....its an Articlated pivot point....it allows the frame to flex on uneven ground. this keeps the machine from collapsing in on its self.....I worked in a boat yard......there really neat macines
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allistairc123 wrote:what always amazes me is how one end is not braced!!, how does the other end not break???
big container handlers are simmilar! The reason they dont break is the cross piece has whats called a Trunnion joint....its an Articlated pivot point....it allows the frame to flex on uneven ground. this also keeps the machine from collapsing in on its self.....I worked in a boat yard......there really neat macines
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Nova55 wrote:The rope on the bow is known as a bow pudding and is indeed made of line, lots of line. Thats what they used before rubber was widespread, even though we do have rubber under it..
She weighed in at 390T, 2 strap limit was 400T, the weight gauge for the front sling was red lined... that tug weight 390t US.... holy cow, tugs i didnt think were that big, i know they had a lot of torque to pull huge ships but had no idea they weighed that much
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DeWoc19 wrote:Nova55 wrote:The rope on the bow is known as a bow pudding and is indeed made of line, lots of line. Thats what they used before rubber was widespread, even though we do have rubber under it..
She weighed in at 390T, 2 strap limit was 400T, the weight gauge for the front sling was red lined... that tug weight 390t US.... holy cow, tugs i didnt think were that big, i know they had a lot of torque to pull huge ships but had no idea they weighed that much The Cornell is rather small for todays standards to..and thats 390T empty as well...Very little fuel and water aboard.
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Thats cool Thanks for the picture. The City of Kodiak just ordered one from Travellift. I think it was around 7 million. We have to move our 518 and a 4000W in to town to erect it.
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I remember seeing that tug ply the waters of the Hudson in NYC when she was owned by the LVRR. Its nice to see her still alive. Thanks for posting.
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