Hamburg, Pennsylvania
January 18, 1997
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It took him no time to get it out with that. Hal said, he really couldn't
feel he was pulling anything, so he stopped to see if the recovery strap
was still connected.
Then off across the stream to attempt to cross the Schuylkill river. I got
out my high tech Depth Finder--(fishing rod with bobber at 3 feet, weight
on end). It seemed to be under 3 ft. Hal tried to go across but got hung
up on a huge "I" beam. We all could not initially figure out
why a Diesel truck with de-aired swampers, detroits on rear, air lockers
on front could not traverse a river two feet deep. Out with the winch
and snatch block again. The water temp, even in waders, was a might bit
cold. We decided to continue this part in warmer weather.
The swamp area was frozen, except for an area where one truck took a nose
dive though the ice, rear right a foot off the ground.
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