by Mr Link » November 26, 2022, 2:12 pm
The McKeil barge Huron Spirit also has a similar system using end loaders to push bulk material to the self-unloader grates. However, being a deck barge, the end loaders and unloading grates are on the main deck, and not in a hold. And of course the barge often handles non-bulk cargos, like steel coils. McKeil bought the barge with the self unloader system. Previously it hauled salt from salt mines on the Baja Peninsula in Mexico to docks in San Diego.
Note that in the John D. Leitch unloading video (that someone else posted a link to below) that the two end loaders are using custom fabricated non-symetrical buckets. It appears that the non-symetrical buckets act like blades to pull material away from the wall and towards the unloading grates.
Unfortunately, I can't find the video anymore, and I don't even know the name of the laker.
The McKeil barge Huron Spirit also has a similar system using end loaders to push bulk material to the self-unloader grates. However, being a deck barge, the end loaders and unloading grates are on the main deck, and not in a hold. And of course the barge often handles non-bulk cargos, like steel coils. McKeil bought the barge with the self unloader system. Previously it hauled salt from salt mines on the Baja Peninsula in Mexico to docks in San Diego.
Note that in the John D. Leitch unloading video (that someone else posted a link to below) that the two end loaders are using custom fabricated non-symetrical buckets. It appears that the non-symetrical buckets act like blades to pull material away from the wall and towards the unloading grates.
Unfortunately, I can't find the video anymore, and I don't even know the name of the laker.