08-28-2013, 02:50 PM
Here's a project that I've procrastinated for 10 years or so -- the peninsula whose end you see here was set up as an afterthought, reached via a Walthers bascule bridge that I've shown in other posts. The aisle was left to allow access to the water heater that you see, as well as the HVAC unit. Good thing, we've replaced both in the past several years.
However, as you can see on the right, there's a Walthers float bridge that points off into the void. It had always been my intent to add some sort of temporary bridge to the end of the peninsula here that would allow me to install a Walthers car ferry to load from the float bridge (which in turn would allow me to determine the final level at which to attach said float bridge). The next time the water heater or HVAC need work, I can remove the temporary bridge, though I would hope that wouldn't be too frequently.
Then FOS came out with the Pier 27 kit:
(This is from the FOS instructions, and I assume it's OK with Doug Foscale for me to post it here, as it makes his product look good.)
I grew up around coastal New Jersey and tidewater Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, and every now and then one of FOS's east coast style maritime kits grabs me hard. I figured I could mount the Pier 27 parallel to the Walthers car ferry on the removable bridge piece that I install over this aisle. There would be no power to either the car float or pier tracks, with the locos using idlers to switch both of them.
I got the removable section cut from scrap 3/4" plywood at the lumber yard, and work on the removable piece will now begin.
However, as you can see on the right, there's a Walthers float bridge that points off into the void. It had always been my intent to add some sort of temporary bridge to the end of the peninsula here that would allow me to install a Walthers car ferry to load from the float bridge (which in turn would allow me to determine the final level at which to attach said float bridge). The next time the water heater or HVAC need work, I can remove the temporary bridge, though I would hope that wouldn't be too frequently.
Then FOS came out with the Pier 27 kit:
(This is from the FOS instructions, and I assume it's OK with Doug Foscale for me to post it here, as it makes his product look good.)
I grew up around coastal New Jersey and tidewater Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, and every now and then one of FOS's east coast style maritime kits grabs me hard. I figured I could mount the Pier 27 parallel to the Walthers car ferry on the removable bridge piece that I install over this aisle. There would be no power to either the car float or pier tracks, with the locos using idlers to switch both of them.
I got the removable section cut from scrap 3/4" plywood at the lumber yard, and work on the removable piece will now begin.