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Had a close call with a hidden cable crossing the Mississippi near St. Louis
My cutterhead snagged on it and stalled the whole operation for half a day. Anyone have a good method for checking for submerged utilities in fast-moving water?
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hart.mark1mo ago
That stretch of river has been dredged for decades without many reports of major cables. Are we sure it wasn't just old fishing gear or a log wrapped with wire? A half-day stall is a pain, but calling it a hidden utility feels like a jump. Those channels get surveyed pretty often.
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grant.sam1mo ago
Mark, "surveyed pretty often" is a wild thing to say when they just found a cable nobody knew about.
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the_charlie22d ago
Yeah, "surveyed pretty often" doesn't mean much when you're digging blind in that current.
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