barge

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hi, in the midlands uk there doesnt seem to be much interest in traction tugs so iv bought a barge to drag around with my tugs, its 8ft long and 20" wide and i had nowhere to store it so iv cut it in half and will bolt it together when i want to use it, we will be lauching it tommorow for its first run,finges crossed it wont take any water in 

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[Calimero]

8ft, that's ... sizable ! 

How do you intend to ballast it ?
I'm thinking of a 4ft barge which I'd ballast with 12 bottles of water/soda. But I entertain the idea of actually using ballast tanks and pumps. Not sure how to design and built this.

Anyway that's going to be a nice tow. Have fun ! 

[grace]

8ft, that's ... sizable ! 

How do you intend to ballast it ?
I'm thinking of a 4ft barge which I'd ballast with 12 bottles of water/soda. But I entertain the idea of actually using ballast tanks and pumps. Not sure how to design and built this.

Anyway that's going to be a nice tow. Have fun ! 

iv got a decent stock of the old 56lb cast iron weights so i was thinkin of a few of those 

[Footski]

That is not going yo be easy to carry around and get in and out of the water....

[Model Tug Man]

Nice looking barge. She is a biggie. I have suggested in the past that beer and ice make a great cargo. Good luck with the sea trials. Don't forget to post some pics.

 

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had her in the water today. there was a 15mph wind blowing and it handled just like a full sized barge.one of the prop shaft leaked a little water so will need to pack it with grease but apart from that all was well..it took 4 x 50 lbs weights and 2 x 7 amp lead batteries to ballest it...cant wait to get my tug in the water and drag it around

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in the water

[Model Tug Man]

She cuts a fine wake, sir. Very nice.

[tugs53]

Awesome