Platform Carrier Lumber

[Arizona Mike]

Got a good deal on a bent platform carrier last fall. Its finally straight again thanks to the help of a friend of mine in Tucson who is a great blacksmith and harrier . He dropped it off here this morning. When I get this cast off my arm i want to finish it and put the correct original wood back on it. I saw one at CubArama that had 2" lumber on it and was told that was the original stuff...is that right Did they use creosote treated lumber?

Does anybody know the dimensions, what kind of wood originally came on the platform carrier and what size carriage bolts they used

Also there are some post pockets on the ends of the bottom sections..anyone know what material was used for the posts and how these were supposed to be set up

Appreciate any help here.

Thanks

Mike

[dennnis79]

Got a good deal on a bent platform carrier last fall. Its finally straight again thanks to the help of a friend of mine in Tucson who is a great blacksmith and harrier .

I presume you meant farrier, a horse hoof guy and not a VSTOL jet or midsized hawk?

[Arizona Mike]

Yep..that's what he is A vertcal take off horseshoer farrier carrier fixer.

How's everything in Collinsville. back when i was climbing poles for Southwestern Bell, I spent alot of time there spinning cable and stretching strand. Still have some friends and family in Belleville, Collinsville and Shiloh. Good people around there. It has really grown since then I guess its called metro east now.

Ever heard os a guy named Bogey Redmon

[dennnis79]

Grandma had insurance with Bogey (or maybe it was Gant). His old palce is now a fancy Bed'n'Breakfast.

[Bruce Sanford]

Mike
The only wood know of that long lasted, that long.Is either Hemlock or Cedar. I man I knew quite a few years ago,would treat his would for outside purposes with something called copper sulphate I do not know where you can get it now,but maybe someone else may.

[Bigdog]

Copper sulfate is a common treatment for algae in water. It should be available just about anywhere.

[Russ Leggitt]

Hey Mike,

Just go out back and get you a 30 ft. class 6 and start whittling it down
to size. Ha! Ha! I am glad you got yourself a carrier.
Is yours a one-point or other?

I think that Jim Becker answered me back when I asked the same
question and said that it was 2 in. nominal lumber on the bottom and
1 in. or 5/4 stock on the back pine lumber. You can do a search on this board for his reply post to me.

I would suggest that you not use any kind of treatment just coat it with
tung oil and buff with 0000 steel wool between coats. This stuff is great
for sealing wood and it still has the elasticity. As you know I used some
40 yr old seasoned 5/8 in. oak on mine but that is not original.

I will send you a pic tomorrow of how I made the standards on mine
so they will stay in the holders just to give you an idea.

As you know I officially retired 12-31-2004. However, I am interviewing
tomorrow in Memphis for a job. The CUBs have started answering me
back, had to do something.

See Ya.

Russ L.

[Jim Becker]

The bolts are 3/8-16 carriage bolts. The ones for the back are 1 1/2 long, the bottom 2 1/2 long. That says the back boards were 1" and the bottom 2". Width matches the distance between the holes in the frame. Don't know the length, except that eyeballing the original picture puts it about 1.4 x the width of the frame.

[Arizona Mike]

Sifted through Rudi's parts manuals this afternoon and found this picture and the part #'s and descriptions for the hardware. Even the lumber has IH part #'s (check the bottom board on the picture):roll:..but no dimensions are given. Should have known it would be on THE server. Is this the picture you were eyeballing Jim?

Anyway...thanks Russ, Jim, BD, Bruce and Rudi "the server king"..It's always there isn't it?

Hey Russ...I don't have any of those 30 #6's .... Let me know (pm) whats up with the Memphis thing. Are you that close to Memphis Don't rush into anything Have you checked out the opportunities over at that Honda place in Pope I know a guy that works there who's really in the chips...not the cow ones

[beaconlight]

When I first looked at the picture I thought it was yours and one of your repairs was adding a step above the spear. Not that many poles in Manhattan. While I was in Repair I got up 3 of the 10 and pole 10 1/2 in the Bronx. It fed the toll booths for the Henry Hudson Bridge even though they were in Manhattan. The other 2 fed the Dykman street boat Club.

Bill

[Cub-Bud]

"Have you checked out the opportunities over at that Honda place in Pope I know a guy that works there who's really in the chips...not the cow ones ".


I WISH

[Jim Becker]

Same picture. Funny thing is the part number showing in the picture is different from the one in the listings, at least in my copy of the book.

[Super A]

I think someone said on the Red Power board a while back that the wood was creosote treated on the platform carriers.

Al

[Russ Leggitt]

Hey Mike,

Just a note!!!!! and I am sure that you have thought of this already
but I will mention anyway. Please note where the bolt heads or nuts
come close together on the frame. That is the bolts holding the lumber
on and the ones bolting the two pieces of the frame together.

You will not that the holes in the frame for the lumber are slotted so this
gives you a little wiggle room. The reason I mention is that I almost
[within 1/16 in.] had a big problem in assembling due to the proximity
of the bolt head and nut.

See Ya.

Russ L.

[Jim Becker]

I think someone said on the Red Power board a while back that the wood was creosote treated on the platform carriers.

Al

I saw that comment too. I doubt it. Black paint is a lot easier to believe.