Running across other surveyors…
Strange coincidence today…we were going out to do a hydro survey, hadn’t done any since last summer. Drove about an hour, and launched on the Ohio River in a small 16′ work boat. Temperature was about 23å¡, not the best day to be out there, surely did not expect to see any other boats except barges and tugs (commercial traffic). We drove a couple of miles to the site, and the sonarmite was dead, would not turn on or connect. Drove back to the boat ramp, there was a guy with the same size boat, same size engine (9.9 HP), same depth sounder (sonarmite), same GPS (R8) just putting his boat in. We were able to prove by swapping power supplies with him that it was NOT the charger, and the unit would not power on or charge at all. But what are the chances that we would see somone else at the same boat ramp in WV, on a cold blustery day, with the same equipment?
Went to my local dealer, got a rental unit, back out tomorrow. Small job, basically six lines across the river for a new bridge. Blew the budget already because that was the second trip, first trip we could not start the motor, carb was all clogged with gunk. Worked OK last summer. Note to self…next time test EVERYTHING before leaving the office. Disassembled the carb, cleaned it, now it runs OK, made sure yesterday. Should have tested the fathometer also before leaving the office this AM.
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