iceman Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 While most are thinking about swimming pools, boats, motorcycles and warm sunny weather, up here it’s never too early to get ready for next winter. Spent my birthday and all day today (30 hours in two days for me) unloading a ship at the port in Becancour(south side of river from Trois Riveres). This is where they stockpile the road salt for most of Mauricie and beyond. This ship they tell me was the “petite one” only 42k ton of salt onboard. The larger ship will make one or two visits to unload before September is finished. It holds 78k tons. Thats gonna be alot of trucking. This one we started on Sunday morning at 8am. 4 tri axle semi-trailers and 2 big off road Dump Trucks. 3 loaders beside the ship loading the trucks. Another loader at the pile where we dump and an excavator on the pile to stack it up. Takes about 12-13 minutes round trip. Give or take. I made 67 trips Sunday and only 62 today. 24 hour operation until the ship is empty. They expect to finish this one off by midnight Tuesday. I’m back to my regular show tmmrw so I won’t be there to finish it off, I just went for Sunday and the Holiday Today here, Victoria Day. Thought you might enjoy to check it out. scdrider, mccaffrey, MrGutz and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooright Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Happy Birthday Don !! iceman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailblazer Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Is the salt put in a shelter later Don? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGutz Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 6 hours ago, Trailblazer said: Is the salt put in a shelter later Don? On French Fries!!!!! Oooh on Poutine!!!! Now im hungry... Damn. GutZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnc Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 1 minute ago, MrGutz said: On French Fries!!!!! Oooh on Poutine!!!! Now im hungry... Damn. GutZ Guess the poutine gravy comes in on a tanker ship. 🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGutz Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Maybe we can get pictures of that from IceMan?? GutZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLAYHARD Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Tres fun playing in the big boy sandbox! Please pardon my DUH here, but: Why drop the goods on the pier when this bad boy can just drop it right into the haulers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailblazer Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 3 hours ago, PLAYHARD said: Tres fun playing in the big boy sandbox! Please pardon my DUH here, but: Why drop the goods on the pier when this bad boy can just drop it right into the haulers? Unions!!!! everyone needs a job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted May 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 4 hours ago, PLAYHARD said: Why drop the goods on the pier when this bad boy can just drop it right into the haulers? Trailblazer is spot on. 1 hour ago, Trailblazer said: Unions!!!! everyone needs a job You got it. The guys in the loaders and cranes on the ship are all union employees of the port. You don’t want to know how much they were making on the holiday yesterday. Trust me. It was triple time for them. Paid holiday plus double time for working on the holiday. Their normal rate is lets just say between $70 and $80 per hour. Do the math. 12 hours ago, Trailblazer said: Is the salt put in a shelter later Don? Nope is covered with plastic then a heavy tarp. Big giant mountains. Here is one finished pile. In back of blue building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted May 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 6 hours ago, Cnc said: Guess the poutine gravy comes in on a tanker ship. 🤪 When that ship comes in I’ll be sure to let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFARJM Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 I like the sign on the ship, "NO NAKED FIRES" Road one of my Seadoos today. Fun but not the same amount of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artcat900 Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 looks like they came in overweight with 42k tons on board if i'm reading the ship specs. correctly or you got seriously overcharged for the salt. According to this link its only supposed to hold 29,862 tons gross (I think I'm correct) maybe you could get a rebate https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:420510/mmsi:357284000/imo:9244611/vessel:BULK_NEWPORT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted May 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 8 minutes ago, artcat900 said: looks like they came in overweight with 42k tons on board if i'm reading the ship specs. correctly or you got seriously overcharged for the salt. According to this link its only supposed to hold 29,862 tons gross (I think I'm correct) maybe you could get a rebate https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:420510/mmsi:357284000/imo:9244611/vessel:BULK_NEWPORT Certainly could be mistaken on the tonnage. The other truck drivers said this was the smaller ship of the two. I did not talk to anyone from the ship. Very possible they had it wrong. Either way its alot of salt. We get paid to truck it by the hour so don’t matter to me how much it had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTOM Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Hi Ice, Just curious, do you know where they get this salt? Where its mined? Ive heard the Magdelin islands have a salt mine out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 6 hours ago, NHTOM said: Hi Ice, Just curious, do you know where they get this salt? Where its mined? Ive heard the Magdelin islands have a salt mine out there. Yes, I am fairly certain it is mined here. http://minesqc.com/en/informations-sheets/mines-seleine-quebecs-only-salt-mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooright Posted May 26, 2018 Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 Learn something new everyday ! iceman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTOM Posted May 27, 2018 Report Share Posted May 27, 2018 On 5/24/2018 at 6:41 PM, iceman said: Yes, I am fairly certain it is mined here. http://minesqc.com/en/informations-sheets/mines-seleine-quebecs-only-salt-mine Ice, Thanks for the great link. Phil 1 and iceman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revct1 Posted May 30, 2018 Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 Very cool reading about the salt mine. The only one in Quebec. Jack & Sandi iceman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hparaptor Posted May 31, 2018 Report Share Posted May 31, 2018 Thank you for sharing the link to the mine and pictures of your work. I'm disappointed the boat doesn't have a team iceman sticker on it. Phil 1 and iceman 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted June 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 12 hours ago, hparaptor said: I'm disappointed the boat doesn't have a team iceman sticker on it. As am I. I really need to carry some with me at all times. Shame, Shame, Shame. hparaptor and MrGutz 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGutz Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 Poster Sized!!! Opens up a whole new venue of applications! Cruise Ships, Buildings, Large Truck! GutZ iceman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipemaster Posted June 3, 2018 Report Share Posted June 3, 2018 On 6/1/2018 at 3:22 PM, MrGutz said: Poster Sized!!! Opens up a whole new venue of applications! Cruise Ships, Buildings, Large Truck! GutZ I'm thinking Good Year Blimp ! Super Bowl, Word Series and the US Open is down here on Long Island in 2 weeks at Shinnecock !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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