UNIQUE 100 CUBIC YARD DUMP BARGE

UNIQUE 100 CUBIC YARD DUMP BARGE
Used in fresh water, 100' x 26' x 7', draft 2' empty, 7' full,
4 pockets on each side to carry dirt, sand, mud or rock,
constructed with high nickel steel (lack of corrosion).
10 separate compartments for flotation accessible by manholes.
(2) pockets for spuds in center running vertically allowing spud poles.

OPERATION - Releasing the cargo can be quickly released
or dumped aside by hitting an arm with a hammer.
The release arm allows the chain wound around a rod to unravel allowing
the cargo to slide out the side of each pocket's door. The doors are hinged
on the top, so the weight of the cargo pushes them out to the side, and
then they return to their vertical position after dumping. To prepare them
to hold more cargo you wind in the chain by inserting a bar into slots
around the chain's rod which has a locking ratchet. Winding in the chain
pulls on the door which is kept from releasing by the locking ratchet.


Barge tilts at lower water levels from sitting on the riverbank.
Currently set up for carrying cargo that is dumped aside.
Each open pocket is 11.8 cu yards,
spud tube pockets 11.2 cu yards.
Total scow capacity 93.2 cu yards.