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Pumper Truck Outrigger Pads

Here is something new we are trying. When concrete pumper trucks are on site to set up for a pour, generally they are reliant on a zoom boom or a bobcat to position their Outrigger Pads. Some of the operators can be a little...

Pre-Cut Douglas Fir Timber Parts

We pre-cut Douglas Fir Timber Parts for this concrete bridge re and re on the curbs. These bridges have pre-installed rods sticking out of the sides embedded in cement. We precut the bottom risers to attach to the bridge and then the top risers...

Access Mats supporting a boring operation

This Access Mat platform is to be used to support a tunnel boring operation under a major 2 lane highway as it transitions to a four lane highway. By using the tunnel boring method the highway doesn't have to be closed. The Access mats...

Pile Driver Wedges

These Douglas Fir 3" toe to 9" heel x 12" wide x 48" long wedges are for a Pile Driver company in the Vancouver area. They are being used to wedge up large pieces of machinery during installation. We also provided a bunch of...

Swamp Mats – Digger Mats

Are you trying to cross a swamp? Nasty ground? Quicksand? Loon shit? Impossible Peat? Maybe a set of four Digger Mats would help! Sit your excavator on 3, swing the fourth in front, and "walk" across that soft ground to where you need to...

Industrial Timber Furniture

And now for something completely different....Industrial Timber Furniture! We have an enterprising customer who decided to make some heavy timber furniture for his sun deck. This looks awesome! Made from 8" x 8" Western Hemlock timbers, bandsawn to 7-3/4" x 7-3/4" square. And then...

Rail Crossing Panels – for Saskatchewan

These Rail Crossing Panels are going to a private Grain rail distribution point, where rail cars are shunted on rail sidings to fill and organize. The crossings will be placed so construction equipment can access a new build facility. These Crossings can be quickly...

Maple Briefcases…..but they are for jacking

These nice looking briefcase Jack Blocks are designed to fit on top of a jack, stuck between metal and metal, to lift Rail Cars for repairs and maintenance. They look nice enough to be coffee tables! Kiln Dried Maple is hard, laminated and bolted...

Hardwood Jack Blocks

We made these custom Hardwood Jack Blocks for a railway company to use in their Car Shop. The custom designed handles means the mechanics don't get bruised knuckles!

Giant Pipe Saddles

These giant Pipe Saddles are supporting 10' diameter piling pipes which are secured on a barge before installation. The cut out in the dunnage stops the pipe from rolling around and causing damage.....or rolling off the barge. If you can draw it we can...

14′ x 14′ Timber Bridges

What? Square Bridges? These are real puddle jumpers, only 14' long which means an actual 12' of span, they are supplied to a customer that has to cross a small waterway 3 times on the same road. Supplied as 2 halves, the bridges are...

Specialty Douglas Fir

These Specialty Douglas Fir timbers are for the refurbishment of a bridge deck. The large section pieces are 10-5/16" x 12" x 13' long, special cut. Deck boards are 3" x 12" x 16'.

Maple Suitcase Jack Blocks

The Hardwood Jack Blocks are high quality enough to suffer the work load of the Railway car shop. They rest on top of steel jacks, being the "middle" between 2 pieces of steel. They stop the slippage. The heavy handle is a chain inside...

Nice Triangle!

this nice Hemlock triangle is for a mall sign believe it or not! It is the base of the sign, the 8' high sign made from chloroplast is folded into a triangle and slipped down over the heavy base. No windstorm will knock this...

Pedestrian and ATV/Golf Cart Bridge

Rated at 5000kg this 26' long bridge is built narrow so no motor vehicles can drive on to it. It is 7' wide and has a 42" high handrail and spans a full 24'. Built with treated Douglas Fir #1 and btr material it...

Shipyard Wedges

These Douglas Fir wedges are being used to support a ship being built in Vancouver. The "softer" wood wedges are used to "define" and follow the exact shape of the hull. Steel wedges could mar the finish or crease the steel. The particular wedges...

Bridges Delivered!

We delivered 3 bridges today, they are made in 2 sections, pre built into a "kit" and installed very quickly on site. These bridges are rated BC-CL625 for standard highway loading. These bridges have 4 pick up points for easy install with a crane...

Douglas Fir Truck Decking

We have several customers that need specialized truck decking. Generally speaking these are low-beds for transporting large excavators and dozers. The decks generally get abraded away as the machinery is heavy and the growlers (tracks) scrape the trailer deck.

Stop Log Panel install

Check this interesting installation pictures of a one piece Stop Log panel. The "fire hose" will be utilized to fill gaps after it is let down in the slot. By putting 15 psi of pressure in the hose it will "push" the panel to...

Custom Mats with steel plates

Sometimes we get asked for some interesting products. These were special mats with steel plates embedded between the timbers. In addition some had special drilled and plated holes through the mat. These were a structural floor for equipment at an elevated platform. Everything had...

Bob Carl – 85 years young!

Today we are cutting Balsam logs at the sawmill. Bob is checking the sawing and grading and making sure everything gets packaged up properly for the customer. Bob and Sylvia Carl started CarlWood Lumber Limited in March 1984, about 37 years ago. 

Specialized Timbers with angle cuts

These special angle cut timbers are being used in a 1.1 kilometer tunnel project in BC.  The timbers start with a base of 8" x 8" x 12' long Hem/Fir timbers angle cut to just the right length. The tunnel is roughly 25 feet...

Transition Mats AKA Ramps!

Transition mats are used wherever you have a large piece of equipment that needs to change elevation. These particular mats are used to get a crawler crane up on to our regular 12" thick Crane Mats. We can make any size of ramp, just...

Big Pipe! Big Dunnage!

These large diameter pipes are being moved with help from our custom sized contoured dunnage blocks. This is 9' diameter pipe and we built a sawn block and attached it to the 102"  6" x 6" base for safe truck transport.

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