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58. Shipyards occasionally use large airbags to launch vessels

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Mar 26, 2021, 05:43 PM

Mar 2021

Like these;

Get larger ones, secure them underneath, fill them with air and voila’! Extra buoyancy.

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DU Engineers [View all] malaise Mar 2021 OP

Blocks of ice and balloons. underpants Mar 2021 #1

Exlax or fiber helps to move most blockages, especially big dumps like that. TheBlackAdder Mar 2021 #49

Trump wants to nuke it!!! RKP5637 Mar 2021 #2

Here's some helpful things to reference soothsayer Mar 2021 #3

Thanks for this link malaise Mar 2021 #4

Vast quantities of mayonnaise, perhaps? nt Wicked Blue Mar 2021 #5

Hahaha!! EndlessWire Mar 2021 #21

Maybe MIRACLE Whip would be a better choice? Totally Tunsie Mar 2021 #78

Giant Checkbook 4Q2u2 Mar 2021 #6

I would unload it if they haven't and then pull like hell with an army of tugs at each end RKP5637 Mar 2021 #7

Problem with trying to unload it is they need huge cranes to move those containers. csziggy Mar 2021 #11

A Chinook can BARELY lift an empty container. fescuerescue Mar 2021 #30

Yeah - as I said, I don't know the weight of the containers csziggy Mar 2021 #50

40 footers weigh around 8600 pounds, empty A HERETIC I AM Mar 2021 #59

In Most States Here, The Gross Weight... ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #69

5 axles, 80,000 pounds gross A HERETIC I AM Mar 2021 #70

Except in Michigan - up to 164,000 pounds on 11 axles is allowed Klaralven Mar 2021 #72

Michigan is not the only state to allow such combinations A HERETIC I AM Mar 2021 #81

My Error ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #75

LOL...no biggie. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2021 #82

A nice Cargo Eagle will do the trick. TheBlackAdder Mar 2021 #51

Yes, specs look good and has a great speed! 27,942.4 miles per second! RKP5637 Mar 2021 #63

I had an Eagle model when I was a kid. Xavier Breath Mar 2021 #66

HELIUM ! dweller Mar 2021 #8

Honestly, they have the right approach NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #9

I'm a licensed pyrotechnician ripcord Mar 2021 #10

Something like this? csziggy Mar 2021 #13

And then some malaise Mar 2021 #68

💥 that's what I'm talking about!!! underpants Mar 2021 #24

Project Plowshare. Place hydrogen bomb under the canal... hunter Mar 2021 #52

There is no stuck ship. Fake news to distract from caravans! nt Shermann Mar 2021 #12

I don't know shit, but give me a pair of Caterpillar D8's and a pair of mother-of-all truck wreckers Brother Buzz Mar 2021 #14

Lol, ok! Nt USALiberal Mar 2021 #48

ROFL malaise Mar 2021 #53

A big ass water pump is a critical element of my plan, and well, fireboats got them in spades Brother Buzz Mar 2021 #62

Icebreaker used as a tug HAB911 Mar 2021 #15

Lash steel cables to the ship's stern and secure to a big ass oil tanker (full) and pull like hell. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2021 #16

Call MacGyver! BootinUp Mar 2021 #17

KY Doc Sportello Mar 2021 #18

LOL, I had thought about saying it, but you said it! Yep!!! And then post video on pornhub. RKP5637 Mar 2021 #22

LOL back at ya! Doc Sportello Mar 2021 #23

Set up big rocket motors on the far side of the Moon to move it closer and increase the tide level. Towlie Mar 2021 #19

What did they do in the cartoon Star Blazers to make that aircraft carrier fly into space? FSogol Mar 2021 #20

Battleship JHB Mar 2021 #45

So, you're saying it wouldn't work for a cargo ship? FSogol Mar 2021 #55

Hey, one shot of the wave motion gun will solve the whole thing JHB Mar 2021 #83

I heard a while ago that malaise Mar 2021 #76

You guys are so funny! EndlessWire Mar 2021 #25

There's only one helipcopter in the world that can move those containers. fescuerescue Mar 2021 #29

Varying stories include a power failure (seems debunked currently) soothsayer Mar 2021 #36

I bet it was the wind that was the major factor. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2021 #56

Baby Yoda FTW Celerity Mar 2021 #26

WD40 Xoan Mar 2021 #27

This thread is hilarious malaise Mar 2021 #31

And straps of duct tape. meadowlander Mar 2021 #74

It's to early to say. fescuerescue Mar 2021 #28

I wouldn't be surprised EndlessWire Mar 2021 #33

Yea Id say the ship is toast. fescuerescue Mar 2021 #42

Windex sarisataka Mar 2021 #32

Robitussin? soothsayer Mar 2021 #34

Water jet dredging, and using big ships to drag it out jmowreader Mar 2021 #35

Dynamite. It works for dead whales, right? hunter Mar 2021 #37

I remember that Shermann Mar 2021 #44

Temporarily dam the canal, immediately north and south. Kid Berwyn Mar 2021 #38

That might actually work. ✔ crickets Mar 2021 #46

Sounds good but I am no engineer malaise Mar 2021 #57

Aliens. milestogo Mar 2021 #39

I've been doing some calculations... Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2021 #40

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Mar 2021 #43

Easy ... Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2021 #41

Really, you don't think the the best people are on it already? Nt USALiberal Mar 2021 #47

There's a process Shrek Mar 2021 #54

Shipyards occasionally use large airbags to launch vessels A HERETIC I AM Mar 2021 #58

Too unstable. yewberry Mar 2021 #61

Not if they're long enough and secured so they aren't unstable. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2021 #67

Not sure if this can work. Sikorsky S64 Skycrane heavy live helicopter. Stinky The Clown Mar 2021 #60

I think they're doing it right. yewberry Mar 2021 #64

It's a tough problem krispos42 Mar 2021 #65

Thanks for a detailed response malaise Mar 2021 #77

It occured to me to call in the Oregon Department of Transportation... krispos42 Mar 2021 #79

LOL malaise Mar 2021 #80

Preparation H Wicked Blue Mar 2021 #71

22 metric tons of Suex-Lax dumped upstream. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2021 #73

As Spock would say - "fascinating". 😉 electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #84