Brakie Wrote:...trucker pulled away from the dock.....

That sounds unbelievable stupid and reckless but the fact that lots of those locks are installed proofs how often such incidents must have happened. Thanks for the background information.

Is the loading dock at the right side (Delta truck) of this building in 1970's and 1980's suitable for locks? The video shows a more contemporary building with modern loading docks integrated in the structure. My older buildings have solid ramps as I found them in the West Bottoms.

Reinhard,If that dock only receives straight trucks like you have in your photo then no..Straight trucks is usually loaded/ unloaded by hand using a floor jack or hand dolly since the shipment is small.

I added a video of a floor jack/pallet jack in operation for those that may not know..

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While wondering about the white water color and discussing the dock lock I asked myself why is this section of track street running? The asphalt is removed and ballast is added and the parking lot is still in bad shape.... looks like it is an abounded team track.

The asphalt is removed and ballast is added and the parking lot is still in bad shape.... looks like it is an abounded team track.
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Could be a old team track lot that was converted to a parking lot-absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Could be a old small industrial building foundation that was converted to a parking lot for the office workers-nothing wrong there..



In fact I like it since it looks like something you would find in a industrial area where space is at a premium.

I agree with Brakie,it just simply looks like it belongs there. So here is my ranking

Weathering / brighten up the parking lot with white water colors did not work satisfactory yesterday. I returned today to my old method of light brown powder intensively worked into the ground with a sponge. A moisture brush and a sponge with a touch of brown powder put some traces and marks.

Reinhard,That looks about right for a 10-15 year old parking lot..Nice touch.

As you may know modelers some times tend to get things to pristine to be realistic especially in older industrial areas.

Streets in industrial areas takes a daily beating from the truck traffic so,there should be spots of patching and some cracks in the pavement.

Brakie Wrote:... spots of patching and some cracks in the pavement.

I intend to add fresh/dark asphalt patches on the old asphalt as well on the concrete sections. The concrete sections got the cracks already. I hesitate to do them on the old asphalt because I do not know the right technique. Asphalt cracks are more delicate and thinner than concrete cracks.
At the east end is a large dark gray painted area covered by a building. May be it will be used for practicing asphalt cracks.

This http://www.scdot.org/doing/images/Paveme...ealing.jpg is a nice and fairly easy one with filler already in place
but this http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...ration.jpg is very common especially on parking lots etc. but I have no clue how to do it. I am afraid I have to stay with the easy one....

btw. This is an excellent tutorial http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/17438 if you stars from scratch with foam based roads.

The asphalt cracks drawn with my most fine permanent marker are still very thick for asphalt cracks.


A larger lot at the east end
Masking tape was used to separate older and newer asphalt areas

Brakie Wrote:Reinhard,If that dock only receives straight trucks like you have in your photo then no..Straight trucks is usually loaded/ unloaded by hand using a floor jack or hand dolly since the shipment is small.

I added a video of a floor jack/pallet jack in operation for those that may not know..

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Reinhard,

The facility that I worked for was built in the late 60's /early 70's. We had dock locks integrated into the loading dock wall after the fact. The take pounding and are constantly being fixed. We also had adjustable dock ramps that were used to allow the hilo to enter/exit the trailer without dropping down into the trailer since not all trailers set at the same height.

Larry

I understood the "lock" we are talking about is formally known as "Truck Restraint". Google provides me a flood of photos of all kind of "locks". Some of them are designed to be installed after the fact at ramps not designed for truck restraint systems. That is the way I will go

An example http://www.doorsurgeon.com/images/com-dock-hfr32_01.jpg

This is a great video about that stuff explaining the background http://vimeo.com/32691715

Brakie, here we go. Two truck restraints with red/green lights are in place. Thanks for the pointer!



This prototype inspired my model.
http://suncome.en.alibaba.com/product/74...aints.html

Sweet! If my industries had truck docks I would add them.I use Walthers Bud's Trucking and Lauston Shipping so,its rail dock only.

Gee, I only need 13 of them for my N scale Onandaga Sub I won't even discuss the home layout.

My first time posting . I know how you love to model brick building and put signs on them so when I saw this picture I thought of you. This picture was taken in Boston, Mass. and posted on Facebook
Al Jones


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