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Old 05-01-2021, 15:39   #1
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Things that go bump in the night

I think I would rather run into a container than run into this...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/123...-500km-journey
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Re: Things that go bump in the night

But maybe there's some gold in it? It looks a good bit lighter than any container might be. I think I'd prefer hitting the dredge. At least it seems a good bit more visible than half-swamped container might be.
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Re: Things that go bump in the night

Article said the dredge weighs only 500 kg where a full shipping container could weight 20-25.000 kg.

The video I saw was pretty fuzzy so hard to tell exactly what it looked like but think I would prefer the dredge unless it had a lot of sharp, pointy bits sticking out.

At the end of the day I think I would choose door number three,"none of the above".
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