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Man I thought you were going to take the cats with you on the shakeout trip. What about mounting the video camera on the bow and making a film while you and Furhead put the Bremer Barge through its test run?
















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Dave, I can't get Gail to come down by the pond to take pictures when it is 40 degrees and breezy. The barge is prettier without me blocking the view, anyway! \:\)

I haven't tested the anchor yet.

Stick, Top speed with both thrusters on full is 3.2 mph. Top speed with the front thruster alone is 2.5 mph. That was against a 5-8 mph breeze. It looks like for most purposes the rear thruster will be idle, as expected.

It leaves a wake at full power, though a wide shallow one. I didn't notice any plowing, not much of a load to get her down in the water very far. Handling with that same light load is what I would call barge-agile.


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 Originally Posted By: Dwight
Stick, Top speed with both thrusters on full is 3.2 mph. Top speed with the front thruster alone is 2.5 mph.

So, no waterskiing?


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Theo - in due course one of the Jr. Bremer will mount the bass boat motor on the barge and ...... (make up your preferred conclusion). \:o - \:D
















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Fishing course work for the young ones includes skiing, boarding, and PWC aversion training. There is a sub-section that contra indicates gas motors on Bremer Pond.


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Dwight you know the rules don't apply to grandkids. \:D
















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I have been building a few add-ons for the barge.

The top item is the pedestal pin mount for my under water video camera console. The item below it is the underwater camera mount. It attaches to the outer channel on the Barge and allows for locating anywhere on the barge perimeter, depth adjustment,and directional control of the camera.



This is the pedestal pin mount for my notebook computer.



This is the add-on float and mounting cage. Its purpose is to add 400 pounds of additional flotation to the end of the ramp. The cage is a slip fit over the existing float. The additional flotation is needed to stabilize the ramp when people or stuff is standing on the end. It will also raise the ramp so that it is even with the barge when both are sitting empty, waiting for some action.



For rent: Barge Transfer Kit



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Dwight, you make my work look like it was done with legos and tinkertoys.


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OK Dwight...let's have the truth.
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Theo and Brettski, Does this help?




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Dwight! How'd you git in my shed?!

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Dwight,

Rumor has it the next engineering change will turn the barge into a casino? Any truth to that Dwight?

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 Originally Posted By: Dwight
Theo and Brettski, Does this help?


That's more like it. You get to live.


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I see the components but don't understand the jack on the barge transfer kit. How does all of that work?


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Dave, There are two machinery jacks sitting on top. They were used to jack up the Barge far enough to put the wheels-4x4s under it. It takes two jacks, not for the weight, but for stability with one guy manning the jacks.


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That's more like it. You get to live.


Zachary what I was thinkin'!


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Ramp and Barge are now level. Putting that caged float under there isn't something I want to do again anytime soon!




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This is the Ramp/Barge wash-down unit I built from stuff I had laying around. I will admit that I did have to buy a can of paint for the frame......




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Dwight, I have examined the photo and don't see anything that I also don't have laying around.


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 Originally Posted By: Dwight

The floats are 24”X48”-12” and have 400 pounds of buoyancy each. 2 are for the ramp and 8 are for the barge.


Looking at the barge floating there, I thought it sure looks solid. I went back to your first post to see how many floats that you used and what size they are. If my math is right, you have 3,200 pounds of buoyancy. I don't have a clue what the barge weighs, but I'd guess well under this number.

Is it as solid as it looks in the pictures? Does it settle down in the water at all with people and gear on board?

If you were to build one again, would you use the 8 floats with the same weight rating as you did on this one?

I'm considering building a floating dock, and I don't want to spend allot more then I need to on floats. I've been racking my brain to figure out what is the ideal number of floats for a 12 x 16 foot dock.

Your barge looks ideal the way it sits in the water.

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Looking at the barge floating there, I thought it sure looks solid. I went back to your first post to see how many floats that you used and what size they are. If my math is right, you have 3,200 pounds of buoyancy. I don't have a clue what the barge weighs, but I'd guess well under this number.


I ended up with 12 floats under the barge and three under the ramp. The barge has 4800 pounds of floatation. The barge weighs around 1400 pounds so it can carry 3400 pounds of people, gear, or whatever. That is probably overkill, but since this was not at typical use for a dock float, I wanted to be sure I had plenty of flotation!

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Is it as solid as it looks in the pictures? Does it settle down in the water at all with people and gear on board?


It is extremely stable. I did a test with 1200 pounds of people and stuff standing along one of the long sides. It only listed a couple inches. With the same weight distributed evenly across the whole Barge, the floats were 3/4in deeper in the water.

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If you were to build one again, would you use the 8 floats with the same weight rating as you did on this one?


I think 8 floats would be adequate as the Barge would still have 1800 pounds of capacity for people and gear.

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I'm considering building a floating dock, and I don't want to spend allot more then I need to on floats. I've been racking my brain to figure out what is the ideal number of floats for a 12 x 16 foot dock.


Eddie, There is a lot of information at http://www.dockaccents.com, including a formula to calculate the flotation needs for a given size of dock.

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Your barge looks ideal the way it sits in the water.


Thanks for your positive comments and questions! I hope I have answered your questions adequately. \:\)


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How did she do ? Who is driving the Bremer Barge ?
















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