Was that Irishfield

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A couple of hours ago I was driving south on 11 just out of North bay when I saw a large white Ford towing a flat bed trailer with a smallish float plane on it with out wings or motor and wrapped in plastic going north,and I thought I wonder if that was Irishfield

 

 

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[Roy]

Hard to miss a 53 foot float.

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With the guard rails it was has to see the trailer but SPARKLY white Fords being pushed by engine less planes are hard to miss :rofl2:

 

 

 

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[irishfield]

Wasn't me... Daughter #2 had me on fabrication duty. With 3 hours notice she needed a canoe holder for her boyfriends truck so they could load and go tonight. No wonder I can't get anything, paying, accomplished around here !

[Pigeontroller]

Wayne, that sure ain't no work of art!

[irishfield]

Sorry Dax... didn't have time for paint!

[Twocoda]

if they cant find you handsome....might as well find ya handy?....daughter #2 must have a handsome boyfriend

[Terry]

so why do the curved support rods seem to be bolted not wielded

or is it both and I can't see the wields on the angle iron

[irishfield]

You know how hard it is to weld a round tube to a square tube.. I tacked them at the end and then drilled and bolted. I'd had enough at that point.

 

I just threw it together with crap I had in the hangar. I've had the round pipe.. welded to the 2 x 2 square tube kicking around for about 20+ years. Like they say.. never throw anything out, you may need it next week (or decade). The curved tubes.. again I have a bucket full of them. Some very expensive Norseman aircraft preformed parts... that I found a use for!

[misfish]

When they return Wayne,send them done my way. I,ll give it the final touches.

[irishfield]

Hey Brian, if he had a real truck like mine with a super cab he wouldn't need the thing.. unlike the single pickup cab and short box of his GMC !

[Nipfisher]

You know how hard it is to weld a round tube to a square tube.. I tacked them at the end and then drilled and bolted. I'd had enough at that point.

 

I just threw it together with crap I had in the hangar. I've had the round pipe.. welded to the 2 x 2 square tube kicking around for about 20+ years. Like they say.. never throw anything out, you may need it next week (or decade). The curved tubes.. again I have a bucket full of them. Some very expensive Norseman aircraft preformed parts... that I found a use for!

 

 

The muffler clamps make it look shiney.

[irishfield]

They're just worm clamps... I blew the crap out of the thinner tube on the bent pipes vs the 3/16 wall main vertical tube when TIG'ng it and just wanted to be sure they get there and back without it letting go.

[irishfield]

..and for future reference... this is what my trailer looks like loaded!

[pikehunter]

Like they say.. never throw anything out, you may need it next week (or decade)

Been there done that. Usually hang onto stuff...just in case. Though sometimes I get ambitious, or stupid you might call it, and do a shop cleaning.

 

I cannot believe how many small pieces of trim get returned to the Home Depot...couple days ago I look at a return cart and there it was, a 1 foot piece of primed 1/4 round...something like .49 cents ! Other times 2 feet of this or 3 feet of that. I would have never ever thought anyone would return trim or even a 2x4 until my stint at the H.D. Keep it! Ya never know! I needed sme 3/4" cove one day, guess what I found a piece, had it for about 15 years, but I had it, and it was even mahogony! Can't even buy that species anymore!

 

Nice canoe rack Wayne.