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Old 07-23-2010 | 06:23 PM
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That night we had what the Old timers called a "Palmetto Pounder"


We call it a "Frog Strangler" here.
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Originally Posted by Catmando
That night we had what the Old timers called a "Palmetto Pounder"


We call it a "Frog Strangler" here.
LOL that is cool .
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Dave here is my custom rolling scaffolding from a Wide job.


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Another Picture It rode on the pipe rail on each side



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Dave you can see the 22' Ladder sections I used and a plywood deck done!





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hey thats cool, looks handy as all heck to. Great now on top of a regulator for my vac pump, now i gotta build one of these things to
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Dave this was the largest Carbon Fiber mast in the world when built,It is going down the river on a Barge to our work area for modification.





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The top of the Mast this thing was huge





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holy cow . . . thats like a number six drive for a sail boat


what did you hafta do to it?
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Originally Posted by glassdave
holy cow . . . thats like a number six drive for a sail boat


what did you hafta do to it?
High Modulus Had done redesign of the stays and it required Carbon Fiber buildups and boring through the mast for a bunch of $12K a pop fittings,Way cool job. The stays came from Sweden and were solid SS huge pieces.
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