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BigFoot
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Deep Water Dock Co Barge ??
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8/6/2007 5:25:27 PM
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A barge (with Deep Water Dock Co written on side) was being pushed into our slough today around noon. He was moving extremely slow and appeared to be searching/scanning for something. He turned around and went back out into the bigger/deeper part for a while and then went elsewhere. This is in the Sandy Creek area north of Max/Gunter....just wondering if anyone knew what he was doing?? heart-pine logs??? ......don't think it's close enough to old Susannah town for that possibility........thanks
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PC Al
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Deep Water Dock Co Barge ??
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8/6/2007 7:02:17 PM
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Chances are he was just hunting somebody's house to put in a pier, boat lift, etc. They tend to get lost up our way from time to time. They were doing some work for me earlier in the year and my neighbor had to run them down on his Sea Doo to get them turned around and to my location. They use the Trackhoe to maneuver around in close or shallow areas, actually pulling the barge from side to side.
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BigFoot
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Deep Water Dock Co Barge ??
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8/7/2007 3:32:47 AM
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That's what I'm hoping. I get paranoid everytime I read of someone eyeing the bundles of heart-pine logs on the bottom. Thanks for your post.
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Maverick
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Pine Logs on Bottom
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8/7/2007 10:17:26 AM
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See this month issue of LAKE Magazine, the pine logs are being harvested by one company APCo permitted.
URL: Back for the Deep
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Council Roc Doc
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Deep Water Dock Co Barge ??
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8/7/2007 10:24:11 AM
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Was reading recently in the WSJ about a Canadian logger who is attempting to harvest vast amounts of Mahogany and Ebony that are submerged in Volta Lake in Ghana. They brought some stumps out, let 'em dry, not a crack in them. Supposedly worth 10's of millions of dollars. Locals worried about the fish population. Amazes me that wood can do that well while under water.
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Crimson4Lif
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Pine Logs on Bottom
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8/7/2007 10:35:41 AM
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That is truely an awesome story. I had no idea that was taking place on the lake. Seems like very very cumbersome work. I can only imagine what one would pay for that hardwood floor. I guess with million dollar homes and few more thousand is not a big deal. Awesome read. I have never seen them working on the lake...wonder what area they are covering?
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Feb
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Deep Water Dock Co Barge ??
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8/7/2007 10:45:29 AM
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You are right, and it is also jus as amazing how well the old barn and house siding has held up for 150 years or more on many old places in the Deep South and Alabama. Never painted and exposed to the elements for all those years. I assume most was good heart pine wood.
Other popular items these days from the old heart pine other than flooring is doors and dining tables in the farmer style.
Often times we ride by place on the side of the road and never think about it. In fact some of the old houses still have human residence. Many of the old barns are still used for storing hay.
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BoatsRFun
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Pine Logs on Bottom
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8/7/2007 10:49:02 AM
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Thanks for sharing that mav, very interesting story.
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Council Roc Doc
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Deep Water Dock Co Barge ??
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8/7/2007 10:58:48 AM
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Alot of our furniture at the lake and in our permanent residence was made from New England and Amish barn wood. Have known an Atlantan furniture maker since he first started, helped him pay his early bills while we were still poor, now he has done so well we can't afford him! He does entire kitchens now in distressed wood that he harvests, de-nails, planes, etc in pine, cherry and now hickory from mostly the northeast.
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BigFoot
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Pine Logs on Bottom
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8/7/2007 6:33:38 PM
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Thanks for that link, Mav. I had not seen the article. Frankly, I am stunned
that this is being permitted. Perhaps I am wrong, but it would appear to me that this type of activity would have some serious negative impact on aquatic life and possibly dislodge things better left "lodged"!
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Maverick
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Pine Logs on Bottom - Bigfoot
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8/7/2007 6:41:27 PM
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I know several years ago APCo had the same concerns and seeked expert advice prior to allowing the timber to be harvested from the lake bed.
Then they had the company (do not know if same one who has permit to harvest) demonstrate how the timber would be harvested, etc.
Not sure who they used, but I think their major concerns were - the effect on aquatic life / habitats and then also the disturbance to the lake bed.
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