Spent 4 hours yesterday freeing a stuck anchor shackle in zero viz on the Fraser River. Thought it was a 20 minute job.

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Sounds like a rough day, but zero viz on the Fraser? That's just murky water, not exactly a cave dive. A stuck shackle is a pain, but four hours? Maybe the tools were wrong, or it was just seized worse than you thought. Happens to everyone, but it's not exactly a rescue mission.

knight.anna1d ago

Honestly, the real story is the water temp. The Fraser isn't just murky, it's straight up cold. Working a seized pin with numb fingers turns a simple job into a marathon. You lose all feel for the tool, start over-torquing, everything slips. That's where the hours go, fighting the cold as much as the rust.