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Everyone says you need a full crew for a 12-inch cutter suction dredge, but I ran one solo on the Ohio River last season by rigging a remote camera on a pole to watch the ladder.
After the third guy called in sick, I hooked up a cheap waterproof security cam to a 10-foot conduit pipe with zip ties, fed the video to a tablet in the cab, and managed the cut and swing myself for three straight days without a single hang-up.
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kevin_sullivan6mo ago
Totally get that. Been there trying to make a one-man show work when the crew bails.
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brooke5336mo ago
Remember my buddy who tried to film a whole short film alone? He ended up with hours of unusable footage because he was trying to do everything himself. It just proved you really can't be the whole crew.
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wyattbennett3mo ago
Dang, hours of unusable footage? That's brutal. You'd think even a solo act could at least get something watchable out of it. What was he using, a potato taped to a stick? I'm picturing him running back and forth, hitting record, then sprinting into frame out of breath. Probably looked like a nature documentary about a stressed-out groundhog.
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