What's on your Work Bench?
- Thread starter certifiablejeep
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- City
- Biloxi
- State
- MS
RedneckRay Marine Engineering, Inc 
Pile got soft where stringers nailed into it so pier collapsed. Hard part done, getting it jacked back up out of the mud and level. Still need to rescrew stringers, and sister some 4x8 marine treated lumber to stongback/reinforce the pile and support stringers.
HiLift Jacks are for more then just Jeeps!! Have to wait for low tide unless I want to put on hip waiders
Pile got soft where stringers nailed into it so pier collapsed. Hard part done, getting it jacked back up out of the mud and level. Still need to rescrew stringers, and sister some 4x8 marine treated lumber to stongback/reinforce the pile and support stringers.
HiLift Jacks are for more then just Jeeps!! Have to wait for low tide unless I want to put on hip waiders
- City
- Biloxi
- State
- MS
Little bit chilly this time of year
- City
- Thayer
- State
- KS
It's been awhile but before I was into Jeeps so heavy as a hobby (now life style), I refinished antique furniture.
Clif and I are going to try and get this refinished before Christmas so we can present it to our mother.
This was her great, great, grandmothers.
Clif and I are going to try and get this refinished before Christmas so we can present it to our mother.
This was her great, great, grandmothers.
- City
- Galivants Ferry
- State
- SC
I was a carpet layer in the 70s 80s. It seem like every home i went into had one on those sewing machines. Mine has the little tiny wheels will marr up a finished wood floor.
I still have my mother's at our front door.
I still have my mother's at our front door.
- City
- Bedford
- State
- NH
- City
- W-S
- State
- NC
Belizeit
CJ-8 Member
- City
- River Ridge
- State
- La
Mysterious swamp thing in my pool ? Or maybe. The Louisiana Rougarou comes to Mississippi ?
- City
- Surf City
- State
- NC
I don't know why but this made me laugh out loud - you telling Big Walton it's cold outside. MS versus MILittle bit chilly this time of year
- City
- W-S
- State
- NC
I’m going to be paying attention to the pour. Please keep us posted.
Gonna be nice - it already is but it’ll be more better!
Gonna be nice - it already is but it’ll be more better!
- City
- Biloxi
- State
- MS
Tide was low so I was able to finish up the framing:
And 90% of the decking back on:
Left a few boards off to better access that one corner pile, I want to reinforce my repair a bit better. Will have to work out a skiff to get to it unless we get a really low tide, or I make some type of RedneckRay coffer dam
Adding one 4" screw to each pier deck board/truss joint to beef everything back up. Will add some 8" - 10" screws to each pile/truss board connection, too (more boat work).
This pier was built in 1991, back when ground contact 2x material was treated with arsenic, and actually lasted. These board are dirty, I could pressure wash them and most would still look fine. This is the main reason I am reusing all this lumber, new pressure treated lumber is crap. The two 12' boards that I had to replace, they connect the pier to the ground based walkway, are marine treated timbers that are arsenic treated, and are actually a hair over 2x8 actual. Only bad thing, those two boards were like $70.00!!! I used normal Home Depot ground contact treated for the center beam, and some stainless steel Simpson joist hangers I found at work.
Guy at work is doing some work on his bulkhead so I am hoping he has some left over marine treated lumber I can snag to finish my repairs!!
And 90% of the decking back on:
Left a few boards off to better access that one corner pile, I want to reinforce my repair a bit better. Will have to work out a skiff to get to it unless we get a really low tide, or I make some type of RedneckRay coffer dam
Adding one 4" screw to each pier deck board/truss joint to beef everything back up. Will add some 8" - 10" screws to each pile/truss board connection, too (more boat work).
This pier was built in 1991, back when ground contact 2x material was treated with arsenic, and actually lasted. These board are dirty, I could pressure wash them and most would still look fine. This is the main reason I am reusing all this lumber, new pressure treated lumber is crap. The two 12' boards that I had to replace, they connect the pier to the ground based walkway, are marine treated timbers that are arsenic treated, and are actually a hair over 2x8 actual. Only bad thing, those two boards were like $70.00!!! I used normal Home Depot ground contact treated for the center beam, and some stainless steel Simpson joist hangers I found at work.
Guy at work is doing some work on his bulkhead so I am hoping he has some left over marine treated lumber I can snag to finish my repairs!!
- City
- Richmond
- State
- TX
You can still get CCA treated materials. Usually it is for larger materials like 4x6 or larger. Some of the specialty lumber yards have it in smaller sizes, but it can’t be used for residential construction nor most commercial construction. On of the few uses where it is still allowed is piles / dock construction.
The newer MCQ, ACQ, and the many other copper based treatments just don’t work very well. Some are extremely corrosive and require specialized coatings on the fasteners or stainless fasteners.
I have bought CCA lumber from a commercial yard in Houston (Bayou City Lumber), but that was roughly 8-10 years ago.
The CCA lumber is not nearly as bad as 60 minutes wants you to believe.
The newer MCQ, ACQ, and the many other copper based treatments just don’t work very well. Some are extremely corrosive and require specialized coatings on the fasteners or stainless fasteners.
I have bought CCA lumber from a commercial yard in Houston (Bayou City Lumber), but that was roughly 8-10 years ago.
The CCA lumber is not nearly as bad as 60 minutes wants you to believe.
- City
- Pollock Pines
- State
- CA
That arsenic was a great preservative. A close friend has developed a lot of land out here in the gold country, gold was discovered less than 10 miles away from me, and while digging, they came across a few wooden boxes buried about 6ft down. They got the county officials out to preserve the site but they had to verify what was there. I was invited to see it and when they opened up the box there was an old cowboy in his hat and boots, pants, shirt, but all shriveled up. The inside of the cedar box looked like it was just cut. it was still red and you could see the grain of the wood. The County official said the they used to embalm the corpses with enough arsenic to create what we would consider a toxic waste site by today's standards.
