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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 311480, member: 54&quot;][ATTACH=full]103099[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Had to do some business in Gettysburg, Pa and knew that a man a few hrs north of there was selling some huge, old, aged oak beams very reasonably, so I took a trailer and did both errands.&nbsp; I can use the oak for cannon carriages (that’s why he had it) or machine bases, heavy-duty moving dollies, etc.&nbsp; The beams were part of a band shell built in 1946 and demolished in 1999.&nbsp; He had a tractor we used to pull the beams out of his storage barn and put them in the trailer.&nbsp; They weren’t man-portable, I think they weighed over 250 lbs. each.&nbsp; My van wouldn’t budge the full trailer due to the muddy ground so he had to tow me out with his 4WD SUV.&nbsp; Then it started snowing steadily.&nbsp; The trailer wasn’t loaded front-heavy (couldn’t do it with those beams) and fishtailed badly over 45 mph so drove all 7 hrs home at 43 mph.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]103100[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]103101[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]103102[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]103103[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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