Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: mullet on August 31, 2010, 08:58:13 pm
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Here's some serious horsepower toys my company just built for a job down near Grand Isles, La. I spent the day cruising in the rain on one of our other airboats down there. I almost feel like a coon ass. ;D
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Those are some serious air boats, Eddie. Those things always scared me, I am aftaid I would be sucked up into the fan or something, LOL. :)
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These could probally do it. Close to 2000 HP with 8 props
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Good God, whatchall gonna do ? Travel through hyperspace to other planets? ;D
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Eddie, you are always welcome in Hammond, you know. Stop in or phone if you get a chance. piper
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Keith;
I know that, Buddy. I flew in Monday, And have gone from one office in New Orleans to Baton Rouge and back to NO in the same day. Then South of Belle Chasse and then to Grand Isle today and back to NO. I fly out tomorrow at 5:30 PM. I'm in the Marriot on the Causeway in NO.
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Eddie, is that 4 engines with twin, opposing props on each? You could commute from home in that boat! :o
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That's the damndest lookin contraption I ever seen! What's a coon ass? ???.....besides the obvious ;D
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Pat, Yea. Thats four big Ford engines on each boat with twin, variable pitch props on each ones. What was fun is I got to drive the other Service Airboat these guy's up here built. The Safety officer made them hire a local driver. I'm the only one in ten thousand employees qualified, that is allowed to drive their boat. ;D
Shannon, That question is gonna have to be answered by someone from LA, don't wanna PO anybody ;)
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Just how fast will it go?
David
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man they are perty little mud boat rigs i thought i could here you in texas ;) i bet they were loud
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Boy that looks like a lot of fun and trouble :)
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That is cool,I would love to take a ride on that thing. :)
Pappy
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Sheesh, I bet insects could pass through a passenger on one of those. Hyperspace, indeed!
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Holy crap that looks like fun! ;D
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The Muddogs woulda won the Bourbon Bowl a lot sooner if Bobby's mama had one of them!
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Eddie bring one to the Classic in May. We could run the creek and chase turkeys. >:D
David
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As a Scot would say, "Och, tha be a wee braw corach!" Then he's take a long pull from his silver flask, slip it back in his sporran and shake his head. The grin on his face as he took his ride would be epic, as would the view with his kilt up around his ears!
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David, I couldn't afford the fuel to run one half a day.
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HOLY CRAP BATMAN
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Batman wishes. ;D
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MY GOD!!!!
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hmmmm, you could run over two dozen hogs in that and not feel a bump.
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No doubt Chris,Talk about high speed hog shootin!!I bet he could run down migs in that sucker!!
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I thought Ardaman was in the phosphate business, not the drug trade! :o That is a serious grass boat for sure. A little over built wouldn't you say? ::) But very cool! 8) 8) Man, I would hate be on that thing, in the morning in January !! :o Well one thing for sure, there are some gator steaks, that can't make it to the water before you are on them, with that big ol boy! ;) Man you must have an awful big lucky star over your head. Me I think my lucky star, is a UFO! ::) Hey do you need some one to carry your paper work?
"Yes sir Mr. Parker, here is the file on the stack number four, in Brazil, and here is the proposed specifications for the new one in Baton Rouge." Can I get you something cool to drink while you peruse these files? Something to snack on? Some gator tots, frog legs, mountain oysters, fried coon strips, crawfish gumbo, pomegranite,a bar of soap?" You just name it Mr. Parker, and I will see if I can get it for you. Just don't do that "U" turn thing again, because your hat blew off, while at full speed. I will buy you a new hat the next time. I am not at all adept at skimming across a gator infested lake, like stone being skipped across a pond. I am almost dry now though. So just how close was that big gator before I was able to do like a penguin getting back on the ice, and popping back up into the boat? I really don't quite think I looked like coot taking off across the water, when I saw that big gator heading in my general direction! If it is OK with you I will stay at the hotel, and organize these papers again, tomorrow. I think I still have some seat cushion that a lower orifice chewed off, when you made that sudden and unannounced "U"turn. If you promise not to do that again, I will
buy the beer, and snacks for tomorrow...... 8)
You DA man Senor Eddie! 8)
Wayne
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Are those open like a boat, or the pontoon, or barge type bodies ?
Man put an "Air raid, or K&N Air intake, and filter on those puppies, and you would need an air foil to keep from going airborne! Plus better gas consumption!
Wayne
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Wayne, they are flat bottomed, just two 45' long airboats. A quarter million dollars each. And we don't just do Phosphate mines. We design the Ice highways in the Arctic, Dam foundation and earth works, windmill farms, DOD work in Afganistan and Iraq, and right now designing the new Space Shuttle and redesigning the software for NASA Space Center. Look up TetraTec, That's who owns my company.
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So when we going gator hunting? :D
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I leave for the Airport at 2AM for Louisianna, ya wanna meet me? Or just come down here, the season started last weekend.
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holey crap. :-X
mullet yer closer to a coonass then me and i grew up here. ;D
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Hey, a Swamps a Swamp , just depends on how deep you wade. ;D I'm sitting in Shreveport Airport right now. But I'm gonna take that as a compliment, Thanks!