How does a self unloader work?

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  • @dans2250
    @dans2250 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    This is one of the most informative videos I have ever seen. I had no clue how this process worked. The "C" conveyor is pure genius. Absolutely fascinating.

    • @mattjones5987
      @mattjones5987 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd love to see that in action

  • @Miatacrosser
    @Miatacrosser 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Thank you. I now know more about these lakers than I ever did.

  • @GavinY
    @GavinY 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    There is for sure that one bearing or solenoid or actuator that's hidden deep underneath inside that only a 80 pound Filipino can reach to replace, and it regularly fails

    • @CaptainSeato
      @CaptainSeato 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ahem! 90 pound, good sir. :v

    • @alistair2471
      @alistair2471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      From my time onboard CSL vessels this is accurate haha

    • @JusticeAlways
      @JusticeAlways ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can only imagine the hell it takes to replace/ repair the conveyor belts! And to keep it from running of track. I know...I've worked on similar equipment.
      Conveyor belts can be a nightmare.

  • @neilshelar2768
    @neilshelar2768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I sailed on M.V.CSL Atlas, a Self-Unloader; it was my first Ship as a Cadet in 1996!

  • @rollydoucet8909
    @rollydoucet8909 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. I frequent one of the locks on the St Lawrence Seaway to watch the freighters go through, and I've often wondered about their cargo loads and how they are managed. Thank you.

  • @Finallybianca
    @Finallybianca 5 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Not sure how I ended up here but interesting indeed

    • @aliadam4912
      @aliadam4912 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Gerardo Deandre qqqqqqq

    • @iqwan9850
      @iqwan9850 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      2013

    • @pyrodoll2422
      @pyrodoll2422 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here 😆

    • @tbp1256
      @tbp1256 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      same… i thought it weird, but then found it quite interesting!

  • @michaeldeierhoi4096
    @michaeldeierhoi4096 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Back in 78 and 79 I worked on several self unloading ships on the Great Lakes. The Belle River was the most impressive at 1000 ft long with bow and stern thrusters. Consequently it rarely needed a tow boat. The 14,000 horse power engines were also impressive.

    • @michaeldeierhoi4096
      @michaeldeierhoi4096 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bigga Nigga I don't know what you mean by CSL, But it was a ship in the American Steamship Company.

  • @Raptorman0909
    @Raptorman0909 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, answers a lot of my questions. The elevator part seems as though that would be the most troublesome part of the system -- impressive that it works as well as it appears to.

    • @erickmarkon9337
      @erickmarkon9337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should see the one inside of the Stewart j cort or the presque isle on the Great Lakes. They have a rotary type elevator that works similar to a backward water wheel

  • @wanlover477
    @wanlover477 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    WELL DONE ON A VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO, I JUST WATCHED ONE AND NOTHING AT ALL WAS SAID WHICH ANNOYED ME...THIS HOWEVER WAS BRILLIANT AND VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND DUE TO THE VERY CLEAR VOICE AND SIMPLE TALK...

  • @nottyash100
    @nottyash100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I miss the Huletts style unloader, now that was a machine.

    • @hebirb
      @hebirb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      whats that

    • @homelessman2257
      @homelessman2257 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hebirb it is a very old mechanical grabber that used to unload these ships before self unloading. They are very big en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulett

  • @imc1pd
    @imc1pd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wandered about this very thing a few times. thanks !

  • @mattberg6785
    @mattberg6785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I assume that the holds are lined with porcelain tiles for wear . Most material bins in the steel mills are lined. When the tiles break loose the coke, ore, limestone or sinter will erode the steel of the bin like sand and water.

  • @vlado2701
    @vlado2701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Helpful video : no less.
    I'm immensely grateful !

  • @LandNfan
    @LandNfan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Clever and efficient, but lacks the “wow factor” of the old Hulett unloaders.

    • @MatzeB111
      @MatzeB111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      definitely

    • @jstoli996c4s
      @jstoli996c4s 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah let’s go back to a horribly slow and inefficient process in the name of nostalgia, brilliant!

    • @LandNfan
      @LandNfan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      jstoli996c4s Never said we should go back, just that the old ones were fascinating to watch, like my other nostalgic favorite, steam locomotives.

    • @MatzeB111
      @MatzeB111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jstoli996c4sI hope you do not lose your job in the name of automation

    • @jstoli996c4s
      @jstoli996c4s 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@MatzeB111 Change is inevitable, adapt or die. This applies to all of us.

  • @jd-ln8mq
    @jd-ln8mq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Was never sure how they worked. Now I know!

  • @Jgxyz64
    @Jgxyz64 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is so cool! I work at cedar point and I always see this ship out in Lake Erie

  • @JusticeAlways
    @JusticeAlways ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can imagine the maintenance issues with all those conveyor belts! I worked on a lot of conveyor belt systems.

    • @LokiOdinson-fz8ps
      @LokiOdinson-fz8ps 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And how many times are you. Going to repost the same comment???

  • @mannyfernandez7028
    @mannyfernandez7028 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i operated a Siwertel cement unloader its a marvelous (and costly) piece of machinery just like this one and i can safely say that i've unloaded cement to last me several lifetimes.

    • @mrvegad3766
      @mrvegad3766 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I also work a siwertel unloader in coal

    • @pandoxno3
      @pandoxno3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      how long is your average lifetime?

    • @DavidOfWhitehills
      @DavidOfWhitehills 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So? We've all unloaded semen to last several lifetimes.

  • @granskare
    @granskare 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I had seen gravity hoppers as at Marquette, Michigan on the American side. A nice video. thanks. c maki

  • @oreeofficialtv4176
    @oreeofficialtv4176 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tamsack done dikit nadin po salamat Kapalangga

  • @MrSaemichlaus
    @MrSaemichlaus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks good. I'll buy two.

  • @regular-joe
    @regular-joe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for the explanation and graphics. I've been wondering about this for quite a time.
    Edit: new sub!

  • @FromGamingwithLove0456
    @FromGamingwithLove0456 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video thank you for the great explanation.

  • @Blozoozozoz
    @Blozoozozoz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's pretty amazing!

  • @joeyartagame9796
    @joeyartagame9796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love CSL

  • @mikewasowski1411
    @mikewasowski1411 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would be great to see this in action for Balla Balla in the future.

  • @_L_o_r_d_V_a_d_e_r
    @_L_o_r_d_V_a_d_e_r 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great lake sailors are tough....there's self unloader tough then there's Louis R Desmarais tough...circa late 90's

  • @pedrogolmayofernandez7378
    @pedrogolmayofernandez7378 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And, how does the bottom conveyor belt cross the watertight bulkheads, or is the entire cargo hold continuous and untight?

  • @LakeFreightersBoats
    @LakeFreightersBoats 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Great Vid thumbs up

  • @nikhilbhale79
    @nikhilbhale79 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I worked/ sailed on a self unloader once, named W H Blount.

  • @keithsage7258
    @keithsage7258 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How long does it take to off load the SCL freighter of gravel?

  • @ILikeDoritos456
    @ILikeDoritos456 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It seems like these systems are only common on Lake freighters. Why are they not more common on larger ocean going vessels?

  • @farmcentralohio
    @farmcentralohio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    seems like there should be a joke in there somewhere, how does a self unloader work? it unloads itself

  • @rowerclock674
    @rowerclock674 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    thank you from TURKEY

  • @maxpayne2574
    @maxpayne2574 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The unloading speed and simplified dock facilities must make up for the added weight and complexity.

    • @wesw9586
      @wesw9586 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I really doubt it. But for whatever reason, business would rather buy 50 things that cost a million dollars than pay 50 million in salaries...

    • @NickC876
      @NickC876 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Wes W 50 things that cost a million don't complain. 1 person out of the 50 million in salary can case the company to shut down.

  • @brianrigsby7900
    @brianrigsby7900 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:48 what’s luffing?

  • @DiscothecaImperialis
    @DiscothecaImperialis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This thing had eventually purged Huletts out of existence.

  • @vetterfellow
    @vetterfellow 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    outstanding video !!!👍

  • @barbarahammer9037
    @barbarahammer9037 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    how much the self unloader cost of money ? How many people work on the self unloader?
    thank you . good show.

    • @9carcottrell246
      @9carcottrell246 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Barbara Hammer up to 30 and 11 million. Captain and shift commander LaBonte

    • @9carcottrell246
      @9carcottrell246 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Barbara Hammer looking for a job

    • @MrSaravanhcl
      @MrSaravanhcl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I worked on this new build vessel..
      This ship have 32 crew members..
      Ship cost is 58 million us dollars..

    • @wadethimbey8596
      @wadethimbey8596 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Looks like it has to compromise a lot of cargo space for this system

    • @shalomrifelson8966
      @shalomrifelson8966 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm looking for a job, experienced loading cargo on floating crane with conveyor belt

  • @farmcentralohio
    @farmcentralohio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How does a self unloader work? It unloads itself... :)

  • @daanvos194
    @daanvos194 ปีที่แล้ว

    still the huletts were great too

    • @LokiOdinson-fz8ps
      @LokiOdinson-fz8ps 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Slow and in efficient. Plus add in all the over the topunion wages they don't have to pay.

  • @michaelaonion5084
    @michaelaonion5084 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My father work on the ore boats and I put in for my Seaman papers when I got out of the Navy as luck would have it I went a different way never used them

  • @mikep.541
    @mikep.541 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Efficiency without the soul of the Huletts.

    • @jstoli996c4s
      @jstoli996c4s 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mike P. Yeah let’s go back to a horribly slow and inefficient process in the name of nostalgia, brilliant!

  • @adrtv6554
    @adrtv6554 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alat ini mempermudah pekerjaan terutama dalam bidang pertambangan.sangat menginpirasi sekali.

  • @daveyshambles01howtosandgaming
    @daveyshambles01howtosandgaming ปีที่แล้ว

    Was this a training video or a promotion one ?

  • @shantnujaitly3764
    @shantnujaitly3764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have sailed on 3 Self unloader Ships..Very hectic and quick discharge...and are dangerous indeed

    • @vincentcollins1017
      @vincentcollins1017 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      How much does the ship owner gets of he gives a ship to a company annually?

    • @mr.annoymous2323
      @mr.annoymous2323 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I m going to join one wsm
      Algoma Valour

    • @nikhilbhale79
      @nikhilbhale79 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And noisy. My cabin was on forward side of accommodation. Just aft of the boom. No sleep while discharging.

  • @aryafeydakin
    @aryafeydakin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The C conveyor must wear those rubber belts at light speed.

  • @michaelhedges2066
    @michaelhedges2066 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What do you bet a refit on that is expensive. Appears to be efficient and high maintenance all the same time

  • @vishal1088
    @vishal1088 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm watching at 2am

  • @slipperyslope3912
    @slipperyslope3912 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sealoop elevator=Genius

  • @grancito2
    @grancito2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    So wheat in one hold, then coal, rice, cement, cocaine......all unloaded to the right trucks.

    • @epistte
      @epistte 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They all have to be the same cargo. IIRC.

    • @maurielknight7715
      @maurielknight7715 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They carry one cargo at a time....then clean the holds before picking up another.

    • @theVoyage
      @theVoyage 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      one of these things is not like the other....

    • @ferky123
      @ferky123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mitch McConnell wants to have a word with you.

    • @dansmolen1618
      @dansmolen1618 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Grancitoz,
      With ice over coming,they just load the whole thing with cocaine this time of year,long winter 'ya know...

  • @goropeza101
    @goropeza101 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wonder how reliable this system is? Too many moving parts! One break down and this can hold up a ship for a while!

    • @LokiOdinson-fz8ps
      @LokiOdinson-fz8ps 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They have been in use since the 60s. Not that unreliable.

  • @rogerofrhodri
    @rogerofrhodri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so that's how it's done

  • @johnriso4323
    @johnriso4323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing!!!

  • @GIGABACHI
    @GIGABACHI 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The elevator: Too complicated,
    There MUST BE a better, simpler mechanism to move the materials to the boom belt. I honestly thought they used something akin to a screw type.

  • @that_woody_tradish
    @that_woody_tradish 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why can’t we have these boats in the great lakes

  • @PlatinumEagleStudios
    @PlatinumEagleStudios 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Discharge their loads through their base"
    That's what she said...........

  • @alittlelad
    @alittlelad ปีที่แล้ว

    I also use gravity to discharge my loads

  • @9carcottrell246
    @9carcottrell246 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant

  • @RailPreserver2K
    @RailPreserver2K 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wouldn't the ship have to flood the opposite side ballast tanks in order to prevent the conveyor belt from capsizing it when it's swung all the way out ?

    • @pyrodoll2422
      @pyrodoll2422 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's why there are two conveyors, one each side, I guess if the ship lists then that side will get emptied a bit faster to right it again.

    • @jeffpotipco736
      @jeffpotipco736 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not sure a boom that length would be enough to roll a ship that size. I could be wrong.

  • @superships8914
    @superships8914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love ships

  • @whydwatchit451
    @whydwatchit451 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's great

  • @michaeltaylor8835
    @michaeltaylor8835 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does it self load

  • @beckiverson1531
    @beckiverson1531 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    hell yeah!

  • @shaggygabe728
    @shaggygabe728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And can I buy an asbest that You can transport for me? I now that Canadian still sell it in Africa countrys untill those days.

  • @DelGTAGrndrs
    @DelGTAGrndrs 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Vote trudeau out

  • @johnmartlew5897
    @johnmartlew5897 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    How? By itself.

  • @masonfarrell8845
    @masonfarrell8845 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting.

  • @NorroTaku
    @NorroTaku 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    neat

  • @dashaB-sl4pu
    @dashaB-sl4pu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just drivel by a very grubby shipping company, none lower

  • @michaeltaylor8835
    @michaeltaylor8835 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    cool

  • @wesw9586
    @wesw9586 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hope the rising fuel costs make these sorry bastards put the Huletts back up. This tech is not great. Just the companies cheaping out on labor.

  • @mazyr
    @mazyr ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HELOS!

  • @joshuaerkman1444
    @joshuaerkman1444 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Option 2

  • @igorfreitas2841
    @igorfreitas2841 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🇵🇹👍

  • @DelGTAGrndrs
    @DelGTAGrndrs 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Get Justin Trud0pe out please

  • @bryanthomas7160
    @bryanthomas7160 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍

  • @terryhogan2971
    @terryhogan2971 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are using the same background music as Joseph Prince Ministries use on their program.

  • @OozoraKazuki
    @OozoraKazuki 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The self unloading gear is a huge breakthrough, but it also killed - and continues to kill - many great classic Great Lakes ships.

    • @OozoraKazuki
      @OozoraKazuki 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amazing how you're trying to put words in my mouth, perhaps to accuse me of anti-progressionism.
      So I start by returning another question: are you against the preservation of classic ships you can only find in the Great Lakes?
      But no, I am not against 'progress and improvement', but against the consequences they are bringing upon those classic ships.
      Sometimes it's simply not right to sweep the old in favor of the new, especially when it comes to things you can only find in just one place.
      That also explains how some Hulett unloaders were disassembled to be stored, and later on be reassembled elsewhere in the vicinity.

    • @mattharper588
      @mattharper588 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I worked at Bay Ship back in the 70s and 80s and back then we converted the older ships into self unloaders so none were taken out of service and are still sailing today

    • @OozoraKazuki
      @OozoraKazuki 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually many classic ships which were retrofitted with self unloading gears midway in their lives have been sent for scrap up until today.
      Some notable examples were the Joseph H Frantz, Calumet II and Mississagi.
      Just because they are retrofitted with self unloaders doesn't mean they will 'last forever'.

    • @mattharper588
      @mattharper588 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OozoraKazuki and now you are putting words in my mouth I never said they will last forever and you are correct some have been scraped but there are also some that are still sailing over the last 10 years Bay Ship has replaced the oil burning steam engines on the older ships with Diesel engines so for the owners to invest that much money I would think they plan on using them for a while

  • @Kf-vf9dj
    @Kf-vf9dj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Make sense

  • @darren5971
    @darren5971 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    CSL replaced highly skilled Australian seamen with exploited third world seaman working the Australian coast .Shame on CSL .

  • @whydwatchit451
    @whydwatchit451 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I want to join csl

  • @Няша57
    @Няша57 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    20 metu dirbau,nostalgijs griauzia

  • @fathurrokim5962
    @fathurrokim5962 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Opo kuwi bapake ...

  • @chrismcintyre9652
    @chrismcintyre9652 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not as interesting as the hullet unloading.

    • @EmersumBiggins
      @EmersumBiggins ปีที่แล้ว

      Semi trucks and trailers aren’t as interesting as mule teams and wagons 🙄

  • @LoveYou-ud6kt
    @LoveYou-ud6kt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jjj

  • @pacajalbert9018
    @pacajalbert9018 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Vzdalenost ne existuje

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why the horrible intrusive music??