2014 at the Hammond Barn

[Grant Bowker]

As it starts to feel as if the never-ending winter might be coming to an end here are a few photos. The snow splitter on the barn roof seems to have worked, the collar around the stovepipe stayed in place in spite of the snow loads and freeze/melt cycles with snow alternately building up and sliding off the roof. Recovery season is on the way (I think) and there are already a couple of parts trucks lined up to pick up so the trailers have been more or less dug out. One good thing about the snow buldup, it makes it easier to get to the roofs of the containers without ladders.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Grant

Couple of good ideas in your last post, like the snow splitter, my furnace stacks on the garage and barn are located about two feet from the peak and for the first time the ice and snow mix formed a solid collar around them and when the snow started to creep of the metal roofs it tried to pull them off. Will have to follow the idea in the spring and add a splitter.

The second great idea is the giant beer coolers, put a couple of sheets of 2" Styrofoam insulation over the snow, and the beer should stay cool through the end of July.

Cheers Phil

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Again Grant

Very cleaver way of getting the slant in the bottom of the rifle but supports.

Cheers Phil

[Grant Bowker]

Using the info from service bulletin "Item 195" (attached), which gives a revised process for adjusting the pivot bearings on all 4x4 and 6x6 CMP vehicles, tools were made to drive in the pivot pins for both large and samll axle ends and 3 sleves were made to use when pulling the pins out. The 3 extraction sleeves were made as I didn't have a long enough fully threaded bolt to hand so had to make the pull in stages limited by the length of the threaded part of the bolts.