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Spent a whole day trying to free a stuck shackle pin on a salvage lift bag in zero viz
It took me nearly 8 hours of fumbling with a punch and hammer in the dark, cold water before I finally got it loose by heating the pin housing with a small torch, something the old guys used to do back in the 90s but we never learn anymore.
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gray87515d ago
My buddy Steve tried to save time by using a blowtorch on a similar shackle back in '08 and ended up melting the bungee cord inside the bag, ruining the whole thing. Never seen a guy go from genius to doofus so fast.
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harper9142mo ago
Respect the old ways but that sounds like a brutal way to learn. Modern gear and proper prep would have saved you six of those hours. Sometimes the hard lesson is the only one that sticks though.
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