Mike Fox Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Found this little gadget in France, having previously seen it being repaired when one of the tracks had come off. I know what it is, but I'd love to hear what others think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Seaweed collector? gaffa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 there is a similar smaller version at our work site, it is used for cleaning the pond they use for injection freshwater, lillypads/ anything that can block the suction filters, this looks like a heavy duty version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niggle Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 A new way of dragging for ragworm in Holes Bay? Reel Wizzard and Kingfisher 126 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Oyster farming.....lifting out the baskets in shallow water ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffa Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Sorry Mike....I cheated ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yUNwq-Qu3Q Seems a very expensive and innefficient way of picking up and off loading a few strands of weed to me Much better if they got rid of the rake and fitted it with a combined ragworm trawl and a sandeel and shrimp net could make a few bucks with one of those at low tide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fox Posted August 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 I should have said no Googling....sighhhhhhh This means that the stunning prize of a brand new self-tuning air guitar in a colour of your choice should really have gone to Rob, but now the competition is null and void. Saw it in Carteret. The sandy bottomed river bed there often has the side opposite the town covered in weed, which rots and attracts flies, and smells like rotten eggs at low tide. Not great for a seasidey town. The device was being used to rake the weed up, and transport it back across the river bed for disposal ashore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffa Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Well Done Rob Make sure you fit new strings and tune it correctly before you use it. Maple is nice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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