Really great to see lock gates being replaced, used them enough times and marvelled at how well balanced they were and learnt the true meaning of 'balance beam', but its good to see the bits as users we don't normally see. I have only just found your channel so have been binge watching. Its great that you do this, it may well show the public at large just how much engineering is involved in something that they just walk past and think nothing of. Thanks again, keep up the great work. If ever i bump into you in a pub and you are agreeable i would happily buy you a pint.
Thanks for the video. This adds to the gate construction video from "cruising the cut", so now we know much of whats involved in gate maintenance and operation.
@@TheShootist lol, apologies for my previous defensive reply, I've clearly read far too many comments today that weren't all that nice. Yes our CRT licence fee pays for lock maintenance as well as the general upkeep of towpaths and canal/river banks etc. 😀
I wonder how they replace the upsream gates. Do they install a coffer dam to hold back the water? The first upstream gate holds back miles of canal water.
Just above the top gates, there is a slot in the brickwork which allows what are called stop planks to be inserted allowing the whole lock including the water immediately above the top gates to be drained!
Wonder if the new gates will last as long as the ones they are replacing? Old growth or slow growth timber seems to last longer than plantation grown wood. Enjoyed the video Cheers
Those guys leaning on the fence should be cleaning out all that rubble at the bottom of the gates. Wooden railway ties seem to be impregnated with pitch or something, wondered why they didn't do this with this wood. Would it poison the water maybe?
Still using open-ended spanners should be ring at least and what about power tools you need a hammer one to undo and the spanner to make fine adjustments. still using Whitworth or have they gone metric
What do the tools matter? They get the job done, don't they? Nobody is hurt. Nobody is made redundant. Where's the problem? Whitworth, Imperial, or Metric, it makes no difference so long as the gates work properly and safely.
What’s with the band playing in the background and not being in shot at any time . What has it got to do with the lock anyway. Sorry can’t watch anymore.
andy de la rue the band plays occasionally at Batchworth Lock. The music is meant to accompany the video with local musicians. It also holds the scenes together.
What's the cost of a new pair of gates? I heard £30 000 but that sounds a lot. Also, What happens to the old ones? I could make some decent raised beds out of them.
Vanderlynden Jengold £30,000 is not a lot for several tons of solid oak, made to order to differing sizes for every job. You can easily spend £30,000 on a chipboard kitchen, frankly I'm surprised these gates don't cost more but then they are probably made in house rather than by a profit making concern.
Mike Brant looking at those old gates, they don’t seem to be rotten. I think the main problem is wear and tear rather than rotting and then an even more expensive tropical wood would not last any longer so no point.
Normal background noise was not very good, too hold the edits together it is normal practise to use a backtrack. Without it the edits did not connect very well.
Hi Jerry Don't forget the chap in the floating Tea room guarding the Tea pot . But in fareness they do a good job working outside in the middle of Winter in the Rain ,snow and sometimes sun not for me.
each has a job ,its not as simple as just drop them in as you can see ,and there are times when the team looks idle but they are there as a team ,it would not work if they did not all participate .also note that the remote control for the hyab is a bonus ,and really comes into its own on a job like that.
@@jerryaltvater6441 Hi The volunteers do a lot of repair and rebuilding work but the lock gates are left to the Professionals and funded by the C.R.T. and others.
Really great to see lock gates being replaced, used them enough times and marvelled at how well balanced they were and learnt the true meaning of 'balance beam', but its good to see the bits as users we don't normally see. I have only just found your channel so have been binge watching. Its great that you do this, it may well show the public at large just how much engineering is involved in something that they just walk past and think nothing of. Thanks again, keep up the great work. If ever i bump into you in a pub and you are agreeable i would happily buy you a pint.
Thanks for the video. This adds to the gate construction video from "cruising the cut", so now we know much of whats involved in gate maintenance and operation.
Great video. Fascinating to see this being done. Loved the bit at the end where they wiggled the beam into place. Thanks Les.
Great video, really interesting to see how it’s done, great work by the Trust👍😎🇦🇺Thanks so much for posting.
We have the same here in France : 1 guy at work, 5 watching.
Surely you mean 1 guy at work and 5 drinking wine with cheese.
And in the states its 1 guy at work and 10 watching
In Texas 10 Mexicans working, moving dirt from one pile to the other and white supervisions that can’t speak Mexican.
Would like to see the gates in full working order.
So that’s how it’s done. I often wondered. Great video 👍
Fascinating- thanks for such an interesting video 😁
Really disappointed that you didn't finish thevideo would have liked to seen the other gate installed and refilling the canal.
Unfortunately the work took two days and I could not afford the time. Spent over three hours recording what I show here.
Spoiler alert.
Looks warm but temperature there gets down towards freezing in mid-February. They have to work in winter when the canal traffic is low.
OMG! How it was made 200 years ago? It is not a easy job! Thanks for post this video.
200 years? Are you watching this video in the 2080's??? I am only watching it in the Year 2020, so by my reckoning, 1884 is 136 years ago!
All narrow boaters should be made to watch this.
To see how much work goes into changing lock gates if they are damaged by irresponsible boating.
that's why they pay their fees.
To barge in:P
@@TheShootist they pay their fees so they can conduct their boating in an irresponsible manner?
@@MegaPhilmurray no. to see to it the lock gates are fixed.
@@TheShootist lol, apologies for my previous defensive reply, I've clearly read far too many comments today that weren't all that nice. Yes our CRT licence fee pays for lock maintenance as well as the general upkeep of towpaths and canal/river banks etc.
😀
I wonder how they replace the upsream gates. Do they install a coffer dam to hold back the water? The first upstream gate holds back miles of canal water.
Just above the top gates, there is a slot in the brickwork which allows what are called stop planks to be inserted allowing the whole lock including the water immediately above the top gates to be drained!
@@tonygill7790 Thanks! That's a thought I didn't think of. Easy solution. I really never noticed those slots in other narrowboat videos.
@@danburch9989 No problem not always obvious unless you know what to look for!
@@tonygill7790 H i Tony those Victorians thought of everything about canals and maintenance Cheers . Or should I say Georgians !!!???
Wonder if the new gates will last as long as the ones they are replacing? Old growth or slow growth timber seems to last longer than plantation grown wood.
Enjoyed the video
Cheers
25 years is the lifespan of the gates.
Those guys leaning on the fence should be cleaning out all that rubble at the
bottom of the gates. Wooden railway ties seem to be impregnated with pitch or something, wondered why they didn't do this with this wood. Would it poison the water maybe?
Thank you for this informative video.
Hi you may I am stupid but I can’t follow where and how the gates replacement, I think I would need to actually see it !
Why do they leave those big ass bolts sticking out of the front of the lock?
Same design from Many Years BACK...or NEW and IMPROVED?
Still using open-ended spanners should be ring at least and what about power tools you need a hammer one to undo and the spanner to make fine adjustments. still using Whitworth or have they gone metric
What do the tools matter? They get the job done, don't they? Nobody is hurt. Nobody is made redundant. Where's the problem? Whitworth, Imperial, or Metric, it makes no difference so long as the gates work properly and safely.
What’s with the band playing in the background and not being in shot at any time . What has it got to do with the lock anyway. Sorry can’t watch anymore.
andy de la rue the band plays occasionally at Batchworth Lock. The music is meant to accompany the video with local musicians. It also holds the scenes together.
They make battery power tools today!
What's the cost of a new pair of gates? I heard £30 000 but that sounds a lot. Also, What happens to the old ones? I could make some decent raised beds out of them.
they last 25-30 years though
Vanderlynden Jengold £30,000 is not a lot for several tons of solid oak, made to order to differing sizes for every job. You can easily spend £30,000 on a chipboard kitchen, frankly I'm surprised these gates don't cost more but then they are probably made in house rather than by a profit making concern.
a vid of it here th-cam.com/video/4uDDqtLs34E/w-d-xo.html
I wonder why they don't make the gates out of wood that resist rot like teak or mahogany
Mike Brant looking at those old gates, they don’t seem to be rotten. I think the main problem is wear and tear rather than rotting and then an even more expensive tropical wood would not last any longer so no point.
What happens with the old lumber
Yes, I would like to know that. some good wood well seasoned by now
Why add noise ,it’s nothing to do with what’s going on and not how it was recorded.
Normal background noise was not very good, too hold the edits together it is normal practise to use a backtrack. Without it the edits did not connect very well.
very interesting.
If they stop opening and closing the gates they would last alot longer
Couldn't watch it all the way through, that music was intolerable. Shame, I would have liked to have seen the conclusion.
Bethnal Turin.
Excellent video but for the awful background “music”.
6 man crew, but most of the time only 2 are working...the rest are watching
Hi Jerry Don't forget the chap in the floating Tea room guarding the Tea pot .
But in fareness they do a good job working outside in the middle of Winter in the Rain ,snow and sometimes sun not for me.
@@ramseybarber8312 Are they volunteers or funded through tax dollars...oops I meant pounds?
each has a job ,its not as simple as just drop them in as you can see ,and there are times when the team looks idle but they are there as a team ,it would not work if they did not all participate .also note that the remote control for the hyab is a bonus ,and really comes into its own on a job like that.
@@jerryaltvater6441 Hi The volunteers do a lot of repair and rebuilding work but the lock gates are left to the Professionals and funded by the C.R.T. and others.
Jerry, Work has always fascinated me, I can sit and watch it for hours.
Brexit congratulations!!!!!
No dead bodies, no aliens, no one licking ice cream at the store, then putting it back....so boring.