Those Germans know how to portage!!

[daveo4]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WCmi9AkAU4&app=desktop

 

[sweeper]

BWCA retrofit coming up

 

[Seeker]

My dad is German, i've lived there, and i know all about "efficiency"... but this takes the cake!

 

[yellowcanoe]

Someone here is doing the CT River right!


You won't find any such aids!

 

[Guest]

It was funny watching people walking faster than the portage machine. I'd feel like I was trapped on a kiddie ride at a theme park. In any case, it seems to get paddlers from point A to point B. I wonder if the contraption was originally intended for outboard motorboats? (There are/were a couple unpowered rail portages here in Ontario, I've yet to become acquainted with.) It takes all the fun out of a lock system. I guess the folks are out for some r & r, blissfully free of too much exercise. That's okay I guess. At minute 3:30, we see the real star of the show! Knackwurst on the grill! I'm not in the mood for a carry after a couple of those puppies. Slap on sauerkraut and mustard, add a good German beer, and the portage jolly trolley is starting to make sense! Ein prosit!

 

[sweeper]

Most likely it's there for small boat commerce on that river.

 

[Guest]

Ach du Scheiße!

Those whacky Germans. I like the sausages and beer for lunch break... mmmm mmm!

 

[daveo4]

.......Someone here is doing the CT River right!
You won't find any such aids!.......

I'm an old fashioned kind of guy and I don't mind picking my canoe up and carrying it the old fashioned way!
There is a similar cradle on rails with an electric winch drive in Virginia on the Dismal Swamp feeder canal that goes around a small dam at lake Drummond for john boats and bass boats.

 

[Guest]

Typical for Germany - it's done in a group.