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Getting the Hull 'Emerald' out of the shed - just the two of us
First job was to jack up the cradle, and lower it down to ground level. It had been levelled up for building with blocks and tree stumps. The forward end of the cradle was a good 24" off the floor !. It took time lowering it inches at a time, but eventually it was down. The cradle was the original one on which the Hull was imported back in 1972. Old railway sleepers, covered with hardboard smeared with grease were to be the runners. However in order for the cradle to slide successfully we needed to bolt on to the underneath of the cradle 6 pieces of timber forward/aft. Each timber was 6" x 2" x 108". Fortunately a dealer close by had some, almost new, timbers just the right size. They just needed to be put through the player to square them up somewhat.
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| Strengthening the Cradle with extra timbers, bolted forward to aft, which also act as skids | ||
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| jacking to lower the cradle down 24" to the floor | jacking to lower the cradle down |
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| preparing the Railway Sleeper runway | nailing
hardboard to the sleepers to make the greasy boards
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| Greasing up the hardboard and lower cradle timbers |
Started off pulling the Hull with a caravan winch. This soon proved to be in adequate for the job, although we had managed to move the Hull 10 feet already with it. There was an almighty PING and that was that !!!. Had to go and hire a Tirfor winch, which we wished we had had in the first place. However, utilizing a tree and the Toe bar on the Van as two anchorage points, with a long length of anchor chain between, the Tirfor winch did just the job and all that was needed was to utilize a scaffold pole as a lever to break the seal between the Cradle and the greasy boards. It was important though to ensure that the railway sleepers where level in both directions, otherwise the Hull would slide off to the side. There was not much room to spare between the Hull and the shed sides. Fortunately the height of the Main Saloon Cabin just cleared the lower part of the shed roof. We did the pulling of the Hull out of the shed all in a days work.
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| started with caravan winch | managed to move the Hull 10' before PING and the winch broke |
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| hired a Tirfor winch | out of the shed completely |
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