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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 13it and everything else that we need.? ?Normally, you can coil the cables in a tank, and the shorter ones they deliver the cable on a reel,? Breininger said. ?We didn?t find out until the 11th hour that it wasn?t coilable, so we were under a lot of pressure to get a turntable.??Normally on something like that we?d rent the turntable from the cable manufacturer or another company. We looked at the cost of renting one, but when you rent equipment, the cost is sometimes a lot more expen- sive than you anticipate,? he said. ?Most turntables are one piece so they have to be barged and the cost is very expensive. On this project, we decided to purchase one of our own, for this project and for future proj- ects,? Breininger added. To accomplish its goal, Durocher conducted an Internet search for a specialized industrial turntable and found a company with a novel approach. ?We discussed making one that was truckable,? said Breininger. ?Our work can be on the east coast or the west coast, so it?s not feasible to barge it or ship it. Shipping a turntable that?s not a containerized load?it becomes a time issue. You?re looking at a month or a month and ahalf for it to get there, and you?re looking at $300-400,000 (in ship-ping costs).?Durocher?s new, portable turntable made getting it across the country much less expensive. ?It completely disassembles into pieces small enoughto be trucked,? said Breininger. ?If you were to truck it, you?re looking at about $16,000-20,000? a substantialsavings over shipping by boat through the Panama Canal. ?The turntable operated on the job as specified,? Breininger said. ?We only had two or three days to put it together. Once it was assembled, we had one day to test it, and the nextday we were laying cable with it.? MTR#1 (1-17):MTR Layouts 1/4/2012 2:12 PM Page 13