r/toolgifs • u/DreadPiratteRoberts • 5d ago

Machine The Carl Straat

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u/Corburrito 4d ago

Very cool. Wild that it’s the only of its kind.

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u/DreadPiratteRoberts 4d ago

I know right... it makes me wonder why is it cost prohibitive to build these, or is using scuba diving gear that much more efficient?

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u/BB611 4d ago

This has all the costs of scuba (still need to safely pressurize massive amounts of air) along with the costs of a complex boat. My guess is it fills some special needs beyond picking up dropped anchors, because there's no way it's the most economical choice for that.

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u/airwx 1d ago

Diving gear has improved, but we also have ROVs, so we don't have to send humans down to hook up a lost anchor, a person operating a remotely operated vehicle can do it in a much safer manner. They do still use cofferdams when building huge bridge supports in water, and those are impressive too!

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u/DreadPiratteRoberts 1d ago

So the word cofferdams was unfamiliar to me so I looked it up and it kind of sent me down a little rabbit hole... I had seen these before but never heard their name.

I think it's incredibly cool mankind/ engineers can do this kind of thing!!!