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TugCE
Sep 09, 2013Explorer
One vessel that I worked on had a Mate that was in the upper 300 pound range. The bucks were build out of 3/4" plywood with 2x4 supports underneath. This bunk was only about 30" wide and he broke it. Now it did take a couple of days but it still happened.
He did not want to tell me (the Chief Engineer) so he asked one of my Assistant Engineers for some wood to fix it. He did not know where to find some 6x4's so had told me.
In the five or six years that I worked with this guy he broke 2 large Pilot House Chairs ($1500 each) Six seats around the galley table ($200 each) and unknown number of office chairs (he used to order them 2-3 at a time). This guy would never admit that it was his weight breaking everything and got ticked off when my Captain told him he was going to put a heavy wooden bench in for him to sit on. He thought we were all picking on him.
I hope you can find some way to make it work out with your BIL but remember that in the end it's YOUR Trailer that might get broken.
He did not want to tell me (the Chief Engineer) so he asked one of my Assistant Engineers for some wood to fix it. He did not know where to find some 6x4's so had told me.
In the five or six years that I worked with this guy he broke 2 large Pilot House Chairs ($1500 each) Six seats around the galley table ($200 each) and unknown number of office chairs (he used to order them 2-3 at a time). This guy would never admit that it was his weight breaking everything and got ticked off when my Captain told him he was going to put a heavy wooden bench in for him to sit on. He thought we were all picking on him.
I hope you can find some way to make it work out with your BIL but remember that in the end it's YOUR Trailer that might get broken.
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