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Agreed, its all self split ready to go

Bit harsh. At least a dozen pallets hidden in there 😉

Wow I thought it was just me - but I am glad you had the same option :)

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@@robertfrost4086 Why did he put them through the planner?

It doesn't bode well when the dunnage is in better shape than the lumber.

Benjamin, Did you do any trout fishing? Bishop is in the center of the greatest trout fishing in California.

@@andyhastings5950 No, I stopped fishing many years ago due to lack of skill. ;) I talked to a fisherman on Hot Creek who had a great day though. The fly fishing out there has to be amazing.

@@Fireballsocal I'm no spring chicken at 70+, but I'm going to get a reservation with a guide who knows our limitations. I learned from another Grey Beard that they are available. Back to the past. In 1998 I spent six weeks closing a mill near Bishop. And had heard how great the fishing was. We subsequently started to fish nearly every evening. Barbless hooks... I was using an ultralight combo that also had a fly reel. I decided to try it one evening. I looked in a small wooden box of Flys my dad gave me well over 20 yes before. Picked what I thought wood work...First drift and bang an 18" naturally stream born Brownie. Biggest fish of the trip. Hopefully his great genes are still being past down.

@@andyhastings5950 I'm not gonna wish you good luck as I'm superstitious. haha. Have a blast though. I have wandered all over the Eastern Sierras and still have so much to see. So many beautiful places there.

I too am amazed at the engineering that went into those conveyances. How they got across 3,000 miles of wilderness to the West is incredible, but they did!

Harmon Eberhard, a president of Caterpillar, married and moved to house (rich side) directly across the street (poor side) from my mother- in-law. If i remember, he started working for Holt running errands for the drafting room in 1916 or 17 during WWI. He got assigned to merger team between Holt & Best. Harmon was a really nice guy, authentic, truthful, ethical and a solid engineer. We would get in a corner of the room at dinners & talk as long as the women folk permitted. C.L. Best had the better design and superior engine, but dealing with Best was difficult. Holt had the $$, better engineering and superior manufacturing. The early years of Caterpillar had many sparks due Best wanting it his way & $$ vs Holt wanting products & growth. Many more pages about Harmon could and should be written before memory floats away, but we are here for wheels. Wheels: i peppered Harmon with questions about the Holt wheels. He

Harmon - continued: Harmon said he had fun adding radii to the wheel hub to stop side loading cracks & changing the heat treat process to increase yield. But by the time he made changes, wheels were only a special order repair part. So he considered the work wasted as the improvements added little to the company value.

Read your good comment. I carpentered for a little while & started building Driftboats & there were a few that really helped me & some very tight lipped. Looks like your ex neighbor ran into some good people down there & passed some of that craft on to the next generation

Yep, that's basically what I remember of the company history.

I am 80+, yes I remember the wriggly writing. Greetings from Australia.

Welcome!

That will be very interesting to see!

I suspect they might have used a spokeshave - it's in the name, you know.

@@nicolek4076 Maybe you posted a reply to the wrong comment?

@@poorfesor You're right. Someone was asking how spokes were shaped "back in the day". Thanks for the nudge.

Dave uses new iron a lot of the time, and doesn't seem to have any issues with it. It rolls fine, and welds very well. But, I agree with you on how much "old" iron he has.

for sure !

If you don't already follow, look up Thomas Johnson. He also restores furniture.

Thanks for the name.

So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke,- That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for lancewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the “Settler's ellum,” Last of its timber,-they couldn't sell 'em,- ...... excerpted from THE WONDERFUL “ONE-HOSS-SHAY” By Oliver Wendell Holmes I, for one, would like to see Dave make a video where he sits by the woodstove in a smoking jacket and reads the poem.

Back in the '80's I used to purchase 8/4 12' ash planks. I wouldn't accept any lumber with major defects.

And why is that?

@@dwightl5863 It's got a dead cylinder!

@@waynepegram3262 Ok if you say so.