what are these guys fishing for???

[guywhofishes]

yesterday on the Red River in Canada

 

[cooter00]

Looks like they are recovering a vehicle

 

[Allen]

Cold water rescue exercise?

 

[Auggie]

It's something industrial. A couple people have hard hats on. The white thing in the middle looks like a portable hydraulic soil probe.

 

[guywhofishes]

It's something industrial. A couple people have hard hats on. The white thing in the middle looks like a portable hydraulic soil probe.

winner winner chicken dinner

 

[Auggie]

winner winner chicken dinner

What are they building? I'm guessing they're collecting soil to determine point loads.

 

[RustyTackleBox]

guywhoisfishingforcomments

 

[guywhofishes]

What are they building? I'm guessing they're collecting soil to determine point loads.

doing real time soil profiling for “stuff that shouldn’t be there”

direct sensing using fancy lasers and such - no material is physically sampled

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guywhoisfishingforcomments

sorta - I thought it looked neat - worth sharing

 

[gr8outdoors]

Shamu!#$%^&>

 

[KDM]

Guy Far Left: "Which one of these do you want to lean on for the next hour or so?"

Guy in Blue Hat: "Pfft, I'm going to go sit on the sled."

Guy in Orange Hat: "Where's that ON button again and what do these hoses do?"

Guy in Black Hat: "Oh Crap!!! I can't pee here with that damn drone flying around!! Better tuck it away before it takes a pic."

 

[Bed Wetter]

Guy Far Left: "Which one of these do you want to lean on for the next hour or so?"

Guy in Blue Hat: "Pfft, I'm going to go sit on the sled."

Guy in Orange Hat: "Where's that ON button again and what do these hoses do?"

Guy in Black Hat: "Oh Crap!!! I can't pee here with that damn drone flying around!! Better tuck it away before it takes a pic."

Winner winner

 

[guywhofishes]

nope - not even close

these are private sector go-getters

 

[Upnorth]

Lead team for the ice cutting. They cut the center ice on the river from end of main to miracle mile to alleviate spring ice jams and flooding.

 

[guywhofishes]

Lead team for the ice cutting. They cut the center ice on the river from end of main to miracle mile to alleviate spring ice jams and flooding.

I’ve seen them in action - amazing work

but not these guys