Front loader submerged at South Cove

[The Prisoner]

Going, going, gone




Originally Published: June 15, 2021 5:07 p.m.








Miner outdoors writer Don Martin snapped these photographs of a front-end loader, above, entering the water at Lake Mead before disappearing beneath the surface, right, on Monday, June 14. The equipment, owned by the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, was being used to make improvements to a boat launching ramp at South Cove to overcome low water levels, Martin said. No injuries were reported. (Photos by Don Martin/For the Miner)
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[bk2drvr]

WOW! Must have found some soft mud and didn’t react in time. That’s gonna be a heavy dead pull for whatever pulls it out.

 

[azsunfun]

bet he had at that moment a sinking feeling

 

[LHC Kirby]

I heard they made it a hazardous material incident...
with the Fed’s..... closed until further notice.

good luck getting that ramp reopened before the end of the year.

 

[Rajobigguy]

WOW! Must have found some soft mud and didn’t react in time. That’s gonna be a heavy dead pull for whatever pulls it out.

F-150 4WD should do the trick.

 

[2Driver]

Asshats

No worries, tax payer’s front loader, order a new one.

 

[Crazyhippy]

I heard they made it a hazardous material incident...
with the Fed’s..... closed until further notice.

good luck getting that ramp reopened before the end of the year.

The way things are going, it wont be submerged for long... The waterlevel will drop another 20' and they can drive it right out!

 

[Marios Metalworks]

What is a piece of equpiment like that worth?

 

[WhatExit?]

What is a piece of equpiment like that worth?

You're obviously a taxpayer. The government doesn't care how much that (or anything else) costs

 

[LC925]

From my Richie Bros visits - Used, depending on year and model $30k - $300k

New - $500k + to start I’m sure.

 

[Rajobigguy]

From my Richie Bros visits - Used, depending on year and model $30k - $300k

New - $500k + to start I’m sure.

I wonder if marine salvage laws might apply here.

 

[azsunfun]

You're obviously a taxpayer. The government doesn't care how much that (or anything else) costs

government schools come to mind.

 

[Loo Dog]

The way things are going, it wont be submerged for long... The waterlevel will drop another 20' and they can drive it right out!

Dive robot found it yesterday afternoon at 71’ down. Might take a little longer!

 

[Lavey5150]

Mead is closed

 

[bk2drvr]

Dive robot found it yesterday afternoon at 71’ down. Might take a little longer!

71’ down that close to shore?

 

[Lavey5150]

71’ down that close to shore?

That end of the Lake is very close to the entrance to the Grand

 

[The Prisoner]

I heard they made it a hazardous material incident...
with the Fed’s..... closed until further notice.

good luck getting that ramp reopened before the end of the year.

Don’t say that. I am supposed to go next weekend. Actually my 02 ski puts out more polluting shit……. According to the feds.

 

[ChumpChange]

F-150 4WD should do the trick.

Eco boost!

 

[Joker]

They evidently didn't read the signage.

 

[Loo Dog]

71’ down that close to shore?

Had to have gone for a nice little slide down a significant drop off. I saw the picture from the robot that said 71.4’ depth or I wouldn’t have believed it either.

 

[The Prisoner]

Probably they did what i did once. Forgot the plug. Apparently they don’t have bilge pumps!

 

[The Prisoner]

Had to have gone for a nice little slide down a significant drop off. I saw the picture from the robot that said 71.4’ depth or I wouldn’t have believed it either.

Been there a lot and didn’t realize it was that deep. I think I told a girl that once too.

 

[The Prisoner]

I miss the old days there where you could take the boat, take a right and go to iceberg canyon. Now past sandy beach it it shallow and muddy and sketchy even on a ski.

 

[spectra3279]

F-150 4WD should do the trick. [emoji16]

2w drive with a locker

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[LazyLavey]

 

[Kachina26]

That end of the Lake is very close to the entrance to the Grand

The Grand what? Don't leave us hanging like that.

 

[The Prisoner]

The Grand what? Don't leave us hanging like that.

Tetons. Of course!

 

[Lavey5150]

The Grand what? Don't leave us hanging like that.

Caymans!

 

[Rajobigguy]

Tetons. Of course!

I love Tetons.

 

[boatnam2]

Tony beets would drive that shit out.

 

[lantz]

When they opened Parker Dam's gates in the early 80s our camp spots were all at Riverlodge, and they had a front loader and a grader like these in the park pushing up dirt birms to protect the trailers that were right at the corner. The operator of the grader stepped out and his grader promptly rolled right into the river just north of the point(corner) right where the nice beach front private Bar is now. He did run and jump in and got it stopped before the cab was fully submerged. After some discussion, they hooked chains up to the bucket of the front loader and back of grader, and it came out without much effort. The grader wasn't as big as the one in the pic though. Just stay clear of the chains or straps.

 

[Loo Dog]

I don’t think it’s coming out anytime soon, it went for quite a ride and is way out about 60’ past the end of the dock in 70 plus feet of water. Park Service said today South Cove is closed “for the foreseeable future.” Closed for real, not an RDP closed.

 

[Brokeboatin221]

Sounds about right you wouldn’t want to cause damage to the endangered caterpillar loader fish or disturb its mating season........

 

[LHC Kirby]

71’ down that close to shore?

remember the shore was way up years ago....