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Old 03-13-2010, 05:16 PM   #39
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Originally Posted by robmac View Post
I think they do,also because of the loss in ballast weight of the new power plants ballast will be added to maintain stability. Can't wait for ice out and a cruise.
They just added 72,000 lbs of concrete to the floor beams for ballast. They used several cement trucks and a pump truck to pump it in. It was relayed to me that the old engines were around 45,000 lbs each and the new engines are around 4500 lbs each. Thus the reason for the ballast.

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