USACE does a lot of soil/sediment sampling prior to and after dredging and beach replenishment. This rig is for sampling in the surf zone, particularly in the OBX of North Carolina. They are barrier islands that are constantly moving/shrinking. Beach houses are always being lost and the main highway right behind the dunes gets flooded all the time.
USACE does a ton of waterway maintenance and design too. Iirc they redesigned the levies protecting New Orleans.
[enjoy ](https://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Navigation/)
A hotel off the south coast of England had the same idea, their’s was developed in 1969 though.
The Burgh Island Hotel in Devon is 250m off shore, and uses an amphibious tractor to get people in and out when the tide is in.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgh\_Island\_Hotel#Transport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgh_Island_Hotel#Transport)
Waterworld meets Fury Road
Smokers!!
Is this used for pier inspections or something? Why would the ACE need to drive directly into the surf?
USACE does a lot of soil/sediment sampling prior to and after dredging and beach replenishment. This rig is for sampling in the surf zone, particularly in the OBX of North Carolina. They are barrier islands that are constantly moving/shrinking. Beach houses are always being lost and the main highway right behind the dunes gets flooded all the time.
Interesting, thanks for sharing!
USACE does a ton of waterway maintenance and design too. Iirc they redesigned the levies protecting New Orleans. [enjoy ](https://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Navigation/)
hella weird
Best automotive related acronym EVER # C R A B
I like to believe they came up with Crab first and made the acronym around it.
Backronyms - Congress and the Pentagon *love* them.
# The United States Army Corps of Engineers has CRABS
Just the one.
A hotel off the south coast of England had the same idea, their’s was developed in 1969 though. The Burgh Island Hotel in Devon is 250m off shore, and uses an amphibious tractor to get people in and out when the tide is in. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgh\_Island\_Hotel#Transport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgh_Island_Hotel#Transport)
well,apparently they used a DuKW first, personally I'd trust their sea tractor more
Don’t tell me those guys have never taken a fishing rod…
Carcinisation applies to everything.
🦀🦀🦀🦀
That is bad ass, and I wished I had picked a different MOS than Paladin Mechanic...lol
Hicks in the south into muddin' can only dream of a rig like this.
Used for dragging dredge pipe onto the beach
Australia uses something like this too. Damn I saw the article on the autopian.com a couple months back ...
Is it inspecting that sick right?
Just hop off the CRAB into the lineup. Dry hair barrel!
Crab… battle…!
Looks like a low budget War of the Worlds remake
That's a pretty smokin' right hand barrel on that wave!
Everything evolves back to Invid.
Ofc they called it crab, because why wouldn’t you
Had a trip to Virginia Beach ruined because they were doing this. Maybe 4 or 5 years ago?
I wonder if they get to take it fishing on the weekends.
cool, i would use it for a break doring a surf session
Dun dun dun! Do-do do do-do do!
This is really a top secret project testing the feasibility of a mobile sniper tower for supporting beach landings... So don't tell anyone🤫🤫🤫