by StatmkToo » May 16, 2023, 6:02 pm
We had a frozen pellet cargo that we had to go down and knock lose by hand--well picks, pikes, and shovels. It was at Indiana Harbor from Two Harbors very late in the 1980 season on the St. Clair. We hooked onto chains and kind of swung like Tarzan. Ran the belts with us in the hold. Stood on the frozen pellets, knocked it loose, and swung over on the chain while it collapsed under us. Would not be done today. Good thing. The OT pay was great, but it was hard work--blood money.
We had a frozen pellet cargo that we had to go down and knock lose by hand--well picks, pikes, and shovels. It was at Indiana Harbor from Two Harbors very late in the 1980 season on the St. Clair. We hooked onto chains and kind of swung like Tarzan. Ran the belts with us in the hold. Stood on the frozen pellets, knocked it loose, and swung over on the chain while it collapsed under us. Would not be done today. Good thing. The OT pay was great, but it was hard work--blood money.