2007 at the Hammond Barn

[Bob Carriere]

Here is a pic of the wood I salvaged from the cab 12......
I superimposed on my cab 11 with the bolt holes lined up..... notice that wood is in two seperate sections

The wood is either ash or oak as the grain is fairly open typical of that type of wood. I realize the wood I have is very very dry and compressed by the cab with time....so my assumption is that the remaining 1/2 to 9/16 thick wood may have been 5/8 of an inch when new......... comments????

A lot of rust is localized in and around the wood spacer....for example the only place the 1/4 inch floor plate is pitted with rust is where the wood touched..... also the bolts that went through the wood were all rusted to the shape of an hour glass....some snapped very easily..... I propose to totally saturate my wood piece with POR 15 taking care to insure the walls of the predrilled bolt holes are also fully sealed. The pitted areas of the floor plate is already sealed with POR.

Comments and suggestions welcomed.......

BooB