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3 minutes ago, rawsondsr said:

Had to haul it half a mile just to Moor up, all I have is cheap garden pruning shears, won't touch the mattress fabric, let alone the wires, guess I'd better stump up a load of cash for rcr

How about a trip to B&Q for some pliers, hacksaw and bolt cutters as suggested?

A tad cheaper methinks..

BTW why the garden shears??????

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1 minute ago, rawsondsr said:

Had to haul it half a mile just to Moor up, all I have is cheap garden pruning shears, won't touch the mattress fabric, let alone the wires, guess I'd better stump up a load of cash for rcr

Don't you have serrated bread knife?

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45 minutes ago, Dyertribe said:

How about a trip to B&Q for some pliers, hacksaw and bolt cutters as suggested?

A tad cheaper methinks..

BTW why the garden shears??????

I carry garden shears saves walking through nettles when moored up

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Patience could be the answer to this problem, also the easy method.  You could simply moor up for a few years. During this period the mattress thing should gradually disintegrate and just fall away bit by bit really. The steel springs and bits likewise should also just rust away and disappear. :closedeyes:

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I blame the mattress manufacturer. 

 

We blame food manufacturers, packaging manufacturers and retailers for the amount of plastics in the water so this is definitely the bed shop's fault and nothing to do with those who disposed of it inappropriately and threw it in the canal.

 

It sounds like you need to get into the water with some tools on the bank.

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15 minutes ago, bizzard said:

Patience could be the answer to this problem, also the easy method.  You could simply moor up for a few years. During this period the mattress thing should gradually disintegrate and just fall away bit by bit really. The steel springs and bits likewise should also just rust away and disappear. :closedeyes:

Well, the OP is moored in london.

 

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Oxy Acetylene works under water and would burn the springs off. I once saw Lloyd Bridges doing it on the telly, Sea Hunt was the program.  If you managed to tow it along for a while I imagine that its caught on the rudder and skeg and its now trailing behind. Attacking it with the point of a stout mooring stake might shift it. The waters nice and warm at the moment, why not jump in and get to proper grips with it. :)

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1 minute ago, bizzard said:

Oxy Acetylene works under water and would burn the springs off. I once saw Lloyd Bridges doing it on the telly, Sea Hunt was the program.  If you managed to tow it along for a while I imagine that its caught on the rudder and skeg and its now trailing behind. Attacking it with the point of a stout mooring stake might shift it. The waters nice and warm at the moment, why not jump in and get to proper grips with it. :)

But be careful you don't burn through the prop shaft and/or the blades.

 

ETA Fun though all this ribaldry is, I can't help thinking it ain't much use to the OP.

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Just now, Victor Vectis said:

Wot, like that crap I dredged up with 'TO's' prop in Nuneaton the other week?

 

No, Captain Carpet. Remember, we fought the Great Mattress of Tame

 

Richard

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