Hung white pine dropped and trailer build

[moss]

A white pine failed and was hung suspended over my outdoor wood work/milling area for too long. Every time I put my small trailer under it I looked up and was unhappy. Took it out in two short sessions after work. In both cases I was up against sunset. First session I got up into a tangled mess of bittersweet and an intertwined red maple and black cherry. I assessed the situation and cleaned up as much interfering vines and branches as I could. Cleared the decks so-to-speak. Second session dropped the pine. It peeled off the meager attachment on the far broken trunk side and did what it was supposed to do as dusk came in.

New small trailer build, there's reasons why I don't want it crushed ;-)

Removable back stabilizing bar is the new thing on this build. Hook and eyes are keepers when gravity doesn't do the job. IPE wood latches hold the top of the trailer gate square and tight.

1/2" pin seats in IPE wood block, rear gate can be dropped with horizontal bar on or off.

-AJ

 

[Bart_]

You got the ipe from someone's deck build offcuts? I have a few exotic offcuts from house flooring where I knew the owners. They were going to throw it in the trash. Some of that stuff puts oak to shame and you can tap/thread machine screws into oak. Nice build.

 

[moss]

You got the ipe from someone's deck build offcuts? I have a few exotic offcuts from house flooring where I knew the owners. They were going to throw it in the trash. Some of that stuff puts oak to shame and you can tap/thread machine screws into oak. Nice build.

Thanks! I built a foot bridge and a boardwalk for a customer. They wanted it decked with ipe. I have some short lengths left over to work with. Crazy hard/dense wood for sure!

Anyone who's worked with ipe knows you have to pre-drill and counter sink for the deck screws, especially stainless screws.

Longer boardwalk before oiling

Ok, show and tell over.
-AJ