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[MHKflyer52]

I like the two guys bailing out the one float / canoe....wounder how big a whole is in the bottom as those guys were not stopping even after the pickup unloaded.

River must be deep and looks like it is moving fast.

[BusaNostra]

Life is simple, why do we make them so complicated?

[Z3 Stalker]

Try doing that in Rush Hour LOL!!!

[Kitcat]

I can't wait to see the airport:)!

[MHKflyer52]

I can't wait to see the airport:)!

 

Most likely just a dirt road that is full of ruts....:jester: :rofl:

[Hank]

Meh, the deuce would have drove right across.

[solder_guy]

After watching this video two times there has to be a cable running under the upstream ends of the pontoons that keep the whole setup from floating downstream.

 

This reminds me of the primitive Roman ferry across the Snake River at the southern end of Grand Teton National Park.

 

"Bill Menor built the original ferryboat and cableworks. Today’s ferry and cableworks are replicas. The ferry is a simple platform set on two pontoons. The cable system across the river keeps the ferry from going downstream, while allowing it to move sideways. By turning the pilot wheel, the rope attaching the boat to the cable is tightened and points the pontoons toward the opposite bank. The pressure of the current against the pontoons pushes the ferryboat across the river in the direction the pontoons point. This type of ferry existed in ancient times and was used elsewhere in the United States." - from the National Park website.

 

http://www.nps.gov/grte/historyculture/menors.htm

 

Rob

Edited March 16, 2011 by solder_guy

[turboeric]

That type of reaction ferry is still in routine use in B.C. on the North Thompson River and at least 3 places on the Fraser River.