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Closed off a channel too early on a Lake Erie job
Old timer who ran a tug for 30 years told me to check the current flow three days before I close a cutoff. I figured it was fine, sunny week, water levels steady. Cut it off Thursday and by Saturday the channel shoaled up bad, lost a day of work and burned $400 in fuel redigging. He was right. Anyone else get advice from the older guys that you wish you'd listened to sooner?
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blair702mo ago
Three days out is guessing, currents shift overnight after a rain upstream.
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