Like I mentioned in the Joe ladder thread, I'll get back on reports soon. I was off recovering from surgery until early July. My co-workers from Plainwell have spent a lot of time at Webber repairing wear in the concrete and holes that had started developing in the floor of many of the wells. The concrete is thick, but once it starts to wear, it progresses at a faster rate. They've been filling in the holes and wear areas with special cement and then plating the areas with steel. We did the same thing at Grand Ledge and Portland ladders a few years back. About 3/4 of the way done at Webber fitting days in between fish surveys and walleye pond work. Thousands of pounds of steel plating brought down the catwalk, lowered down by hand and bolted down on 90 degree days. Can't use a skytrac at Webber as we were able to at Portland and Grand Ledge. An example of some of the unseen work we do as fisheries techs and biologists. Probably would have been well over $100,000 to contract the work out. That's the update for now until the coho start in a month.
