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PSA: Check your discharge hose clamps every morning
Last Tuesday on the Missouri River near Kansas City, I started my shift and didn't check the clamps on the 12-inch discharge hose. About 30 minutes in, I heard a weird hissing sound and looked back to see the hose had blown clean off the fitting. Lost about 200 gallons of slurry before I got it shut down. Took me and the deckhand two hours to clean up the mess and reattach everything. Anyone else have a quick morning check that saved them from a bad day?
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terry_jones3mo ago
Oh man, that sucks. I feel your pain. I had a similar thing happen with a bilge hose a few years back and it was an absolute nightmare to clean up. Checking those clamps every morning is definitely a lesson you only have to learn once.
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evan_burns953mo ago
My buddy had his fuel line pop on a fishing trip.
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