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Crane Mats – heading east

These Crane Mats left our plant today to head east to an infrastructure project. Our Crane Mats are used to keep heavy equipment on a steady base. Imagine the weight of lifting large tanks or electrical towers or wind towers. These mats keep the...

Blue Outrigger Pads

We make these special handled blue outrigger pads for a Crane Company to their own design. All plywood design, screwed and glued with poly-urethane, these set up pads are used on every job, for leveling, blocking and jacking. When they get squished in the...

Wheel Chocks!

Don't let your world roll downhill! We manufacture Wheel Chocks. These are simple plywood chocks with a rope handle.

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Hardwood Jack Pads

We manufacture many different Hardwood Jack Pads for a variety of industries. Often the pads are used between steel jacks and the steel equipment to reduce slippage and any scarring. Send us a message if we can help!

Timber Wedge – Large! double compound slope

These unusual wedges are for a Ship Yard, where they required a Timber wedge with two different slopes. They had to be strong to carry the weight of large machinery.  These wedges are about 20" tall x 48" wide x 11' long and are...

Rail Crossing Planks

These rail crossing timbers are 7" thickness x 10" wide x 20' long. You can see we custom saw the bottom triangle out of the pieces that are closest to the rail, so that they lay flat. Inside the "missing triangle" are the rail...

Hardwood Blocking….or a wood suitcase!

Check out these 4" x 16" x 32" Pacific Coast Maple Hardwood Jack Blocks. Complete with suitcase handles (but stronger). These will be used in a Rail Car shop where they do repair work. The Jack Blocks go between the steel jacks and the...

Stop Log Panel

This was a special project, a single Timber Stop Log Panel for a hydro project in the Slocan Valley, BC. This panel is 12" thick x 88" wide x 24' tall, built from Select Structural Douglas Fir, complete with steel bands for support, splines...

Ship Blocking…..a small Ship anyway!

These 12" x 12" x 24" Heavy Douglas Fir blocks are holding up a sweet 30' Grady White Sportfisher so it can receive bottom paint. This is a typical usage for our heavy blocks from 30' boats to 500' ships. Give us a call...

Big Pipe Skids!

These big pipe skids are 12" x 12" x 10' long and include a 6" deep cutout exactly the right size to hold a variety of large pipe/piles/tanks from 72" diameter to 108" diameter, using wooden wedges to finalize the size.  These particular wedges...

River Crane Mats

When you are doing reclamation work on tidewater you need the drag cables to "stick up". When the tide comes in you can still find the mats and drag them up on the beach. This mat design is from a customer who regularly does...

Specialized Crane Support – Coal Barge

Our customer had a large clam-shell barge unloader that needed to be positioned throughout the barge. The point load weight was too large to be unsupported on the barge floor. We collaborated on the solution with the customer to come up with a 15'...

Outriggers on a Ferry vessel

Our special order Timber Outrigger Pads are featured in this "lift" of the engine pod of a BC Ferry. The pads spread the point load on the deck and ensure nothing gets over-loaded. These Pads are 7" high x 60" x 60" and have...

Throwback Thursday 2.0

The Carl family has been involved in the lumber industry for many years, here is a little of our family's history:

Robert McGregor (in picture) married Mabel Carl in 1930. In 1946 he started a company called  McGregor Lumber and soon after he formed West...

Truck Decking – Perfect Fit!

Customer purchased exact size Douglas Fir #1 and btr Structural timbers to fit his Low Bed trailer. The finished product looks good. The timbers will shrink over time  (especially in summer) but with the initial exact sizing the gaps will be small.

Outrigger Pads in Yellow!

These Outrigger Pads are for a Concrete Pumping company locally in Vancouver. They will place a steel pad 24" x 48" x 1/2" in the middle of the outrigger. This spreads the point load sufficiently for very heavy lifts.

Crane Pads 7″ x 60″ x 60″

These are 7" x 60" x 60" Timber Crane Pads. They will be deployed for a Grove Crane under the outriggers in a marine environment. Lifting hooks are attached to corners. Rods are 1" and are galvanised. Treatment is CCA and should last many...

Heavy Contoured Pipe Saddles

These contoured dunnage (Pipe Saddles) are 10" x 10" and feature a "scoop" for 48" outside diameter steel pipe. The key point when making this dunnage is a smooth saw cut and consistent size so the pipes are held "gently" and securely. These saddles...

Boardwalk Deck

Douglas Fir 3" x 6" for a boardwalk for ATV's and Dirt Bikes. We S1S this material (surface 1 side) so the deck is perfectly flat. Install the surfaced side down, bandsawn side up for better traction. These pieces are all 6' long. The...

Crane Mats to Saskatchewan!

Several trucks of Industrial Timber Products signature Crane Mats are on the way to Saskatchewan for an infrastructure project. Our customers can count on us to have Crane Mats in stock and ready to go. Often Crane Mats are required in a hurry when...

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