Boat moving

[Dav and Pen]

No need to worry about moving narrow boats. 44m from Strasbourg to Macon. To big for the canal route.

[Athy]

When the French say "exceptionnel", they aren't joking!

I think it's a bit more than 44 miles though - more like 300. That should cause ample traffic chaos half way across France.

[Alan de Enfield]

52 minutes ago, Athy said:

When the French say "exceptionnel", they aren't joking!

I think it's a bit more than 44 miles though - more like 300. That should cause ample traffic chaos half way across France.

I think it is maybe 44 metres (being foreign like)

[Jen-in-Wellies]

We need to know who the haulage contractor is. People are always asking on CWDF for recommendations.

[MtB]

 

I bet they took the ballast out first!

 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

3 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

We need to know who the haulage contractor is. People are always asking on CWDF for recommendations.

Here we go!

A bit of google-fu gives the answer.

Jen

[Athy]

35 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

I think it is maybe 44 metres (being foreign like)

That would make sense, yes.

3 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Here we go!

A bit of google-fu gives the answer.

Jen

...and in fact there's a photo on their web site of that same load in a different location. At least I hope it's the same load - crikey, don't tell me there are two of them.

[Dav and Pen]

Yes it’s 44 meters long but I don’t know the width. The canal route between the two places is max 38 meters.

[Athy]

So, as it won't fit the 38-metre-long Freycinet locks, where will it go when it arrives in Macon? Up and down the Saone and the Rhone?

[Tonka]

How will it get into Dunchurch Pools Marina ?

[rustynewbery]

CRT will turn a blind eye

[doratheexplorer]

Heading for the K&A to continuously cruise?

[max's son]

Hope he passed those cars

 

[GRLMK38]

59 minutes ago, Tonka said:

How will it get into Dunchurch Pools Marina ?

It's being put in at Warwick and will use the GU via the Blue Lias bridge... ?

[Jen-in-Wellies]

13 minutes ago, max's son said:

Hope he passed those cars

 

That is not a problem. If the cars are still the same shape afterwards is the question!

[Mike Todd]

42 minutes ago, GRLMK38 said:

It's being put in at Warwick and will use the GU via the Blue Lias bridge... ?

That should solve all the dredging issues folk keep reporting!

[Dav and Pen]

2 hours ago, Athy said:

So, as it won't fit the 38-metre-long Freycinet locks, where will it go when it arrives in Macon? Up and down the Saone and the Rhone?

There’s lots of pushers and 110meter barges plus small coaster getting up as far as the St Jean de Losne silos on the river Saone now as well as some of the big river cruise boats. If the big plan to link the Rhine and the Rhône had come off in the 60’s then this barge would have been on the water not the road.

[Tam & Di]

1 hour ago, Dav and Pen said:

 If the big plan to link the Rhine and the Rhône had come off in the 60’s then this barge would have been on the water not the road.

...... and ironically it was the Green Party that scuppered that plan.

 

Tam

[WotEver]

My dad had to drive Hamilcar gliders from base to base during the war and he used to speak of zig-zagging down the road to avoid the lamp posts. 

[Athy]

16 minutes ago, WotEver said:

My dad had to drive Hamilcar gliders from base to base during the war and he used to speak of zig-zagging down the road to avoid the lamp posts. 

Was that the excuse which he gave to the police?

[WotEver]

35 minutes ago, Athy said:

Was that the excuse which he gave to the police?

[blackrose]

That French boat move looks a bit more extreme than mine. At least my boat fit into a motorway lane and under a garage forecourt canopy!

[Scholar Gypsy]

12 minutes ago, blackrose said:

That French boat move looks a bit more extreme than mine. At least my boat fit into a motorway lane and under a garage forecourt canopy!

 

 

 

Good to see you had the fenders down, to avoid scratching the paint  ...

[blackrose]

If it's good enough for the Caen Hill flight it's fine for M1 Northampton services southbound!

[BWM]

6 hours ago, Dav and Pen said:

Yes it’s 44 meters long but I don’t know the width. The canal route between the two places is max 38 meters.

Must be around 20 feet, using the width of the truck as a guide.