TimMurphy
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Dear poopdeck,
Thanks for affirming my guess as to the contractor. According to Flyway Excavating's website they have removed about 1/4 of all the dams removed in Pennsylvania. I hope it's OK to copy something from their website and post it here.
Addressing unused or unsafe dams is a complex undertaking, but Flyway has the depth of knowledge, the latest technology, and the best equipment to tackle these projects with ease. Our team of highly trained professionals constantly strives to exceed the standards for safe, efficient, and successful dam removal and rehabilitation."
You'll get a kick out of this story, since you often post about fishing down da shore. In late the 1980's I worked selling heavy equipment for a dealer in Ephrata. The owner of the company was a devout offshore saltwater fisherman. He told my boss and I that he spent a huge amount of money, $ 70.000, to repower his sportfisherman boat with diesels instead of the gas 454 Chevies it had early in the Spring. He went every week the weather was favorable and fished hard. We talked again later in the year, and he said the savings in fuel had paid for over half the expense of the diesels in one season. But that was a long time ago when diesel was 69 cents a gallon and boat gas was over a buck. The diesels used 1/4 of the fuel of the gas jobs.
Regards,
Tim Murphy 🙂
Thanks for affirming my guess as to the contractor. According to Flyway Excavating's website they have removed about 1/4 of all the dams removed in Pennsylvania. I hope it's OK to copy something from their website and post it here.
"REMOVE OR REHABILITATE DAMS SAFELY
Flyway Excavating is an experienced dam removal company with a large portfolio of projects. In fact, of the approximately 400 dams that have been removed in Pennsylvania over the last 25 years, we removed nearly 100 of them (including this one at the Van Reed Paper Mill in Reading)!Addressing unused or unsafe dams is a complex undertaking, but Flyway has the depth of knowledge, the latest technology, and the best equipment to tackle these projects with ease. Our team of highly trained professionals constantly strives to exceed the standards for safe, efficient, and successful dam removal and rehabilitation."
You'll get a kick out of this story, since you often post about fishing down da shore. In late the 1980's I worked selling heavy equipment for a dealer in Ephrata. The owner of the company was a devout offshore saltwater fisherman. He told my boss and I that he spent a huge amount of money, $ 70.000, to repower his sportfisherman boat with diesels instead of the gas 454 Chevies it had early in the Spring. He went every week the weather was favorable and fished hard. We talked again later in the year, and he said the savings in fuel had paid for over half the expense of the diesels in one season. But that was a long time ago when diesel was 69 cents a gallon and boat gas was over a buck. The diesels used 1/4 of the fuel of the gas jobs.
Regards,
Tim Murphy 🙂
