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lakerlady
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barge and boat
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6/30/2008 8:23:17 PM
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Several times over the past few weeks I have passed an old pontoon boat being pushed by a flat bottom Jon boat. The old boat looked as though it was rigged with a small winch of some kind. The other day I was out breaking in my new wave runner and saw this boat with a divers flag on it. The old boat was located between the Rock and the Tin top houses on the way to Pleasure Point. The ttimes I saw the pair underway they were in the big bay area close to Chucks Marina. Just wondering what their deal is.
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Swimmer27
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6/30/2008 8:44:51 PM
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It sounds like the company that is licensed to retrieve the old heart pine from the lake bottom. Just a SWAG.
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Broke Point
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7/1/2008 10:30:29 PM
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Correct. The guys are the only folks who have a permit from AL Power to harvest the old pine from the bottom of the lake. They are enterprising not so young guys who love their hobby and probably will make a nice profit doing something they really enjoy...
Been watching them in front of our house too...
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redleg6
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7/2/2008 12:36:03 AM
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Lakerlady, the boat & barge you've seen are the two divers who have a permit from Alabama Power Company to salvage trees that were cut down before the lake filled and are now lying on the lake bottom. This is their second year of operation and they've pulled up more than 300 trees (heart pine, oak, elm and whatever else was growing back in those days). The wood is beautiful...one pine had 206 rings in addition to the 80-plus years it had laid on the bottom.
They have two old pontoon boats rigged with steel frames and battery-powered winches. They pull the trees up one at a time, cut off any remaining branches, and transport the trees to a drop-point near StillWaters. Later they are pulled out, taken to a sawmill for cutting & kiln drying, and then used for flooring. Expensive flooring I might add.
I usually work with them a couple of days a week. Too old to dive so I help with ropes, cables & chains. When you see the dive flag, please remain at least 100-feet away in case a diver or a tree is coming up. And if you are boating past, please consider that your wake causes difficulty to their operations.
If you see a white Zodiac boat tied up alongside the barge, that's mine and means there should be three people aboard. If all three of us are on deck you can approach closer to chat and see what's going on. But be aware that occasionally a "floater" tree is dislodged from the bottom and can surface on its own...often in a quite spectacular fashion. Not a pretty thought if it comes up under your boat.
One more thing. If you see their barge & boat traveling east in Blue Creek with a load of trees, please give them lots of room. The rig is tough to maneuver when loaded.
Hope this helps.
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lakerlady
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7/2/2008 4:07:02 AM
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That sounds like an interesting job. Being a history buff myself I would love to see some of the trees. I am in the process of getting bids on adding on to my lake house and I would love to use some of the flooring made from these trees. Can you tell me where I can purchase some.
I always give you guys lots of room when I see you traveling on the lake. I would never approach you being I normally have at least one grandaughter with me if not both. I will tell you though the day I saw you guys with the diver down flag out, the flag was very hard to see. If I had not had youngest daughter with me I might not have spotted it. You guys be careful there are some folks on the lake that obviously do not have a clue about the laws of boating and think they are the only people on the lake. On our daily run to Goat Island we encounter one guy at least 3 to 4 times a week he must be blind in one eye and can't see out of the other. He is full throttle. You guys just be careful.
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Old Diver
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7/12/2008 5:18:05 PM
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Lakerlady,
We are the ones pulling up the logs from the bottom of the lake. Any time you are out on the lake and would like to see the operation just come up slowly and make sure one of us is not down,
Old Diver
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