By The Bunk House, On The North Cam-

[Doug Frederick]

Russ Fischer is trying to excavate one of two trailers (5:15 pm), enough to see which is more heavy duty, on the North side of the bunk house, to pull a driver set over to Durango to be worked on (we can't press it here). You can't even see the two trailers for the snow. When we decide which trailer to take (probably my own trailer), they'll come and drag it out with the backhoe Thursday sometime. My trailer is shorter, but more heavy duty.

[Doug Frederick]

And -that- is why I don't like leaving the company truck parked there... My trailer looks like a pastry, with 4 feet of snow on it, and they had to use the loader to extricate it...

[Edwin Frey]

Doug, the link you've provided takes me to your Google album, but I'm not able to find the pix that I think you'd like us to see. No question about there still being a lot of snow. The pile that the loader heaped up just getting to your trailer looks like it will take a long time to melt!

[Doug Frederick]

Sorry! I was referring to ongoing camera play, the hyperlink is my regular sig. This is what I was alluding to!:

[Doug Frederick]

[Pete Dahlberg]

Appears to be a much heavier load than the snow.
A separate trip for each axle?

[Doug Frederick]

Actually, about the same! Look how high the screw jack is off the ground! And the trailer tires in the fender wells! Only one driver set has to go, #3 from the '87, and only my personal trailer could (barely) hold it (7500lbs, plus cribbing). The drivers' axle has been worn down through normal use (the journals can be turned a few times), and must be replaced (recreated from stock material), and only the D&S has the requisite press. I brought back the pieces in two trips (wheels/tires, axle first, two counterweights today). Once C&TS makes the new axle (-very- roughly expected to have a 20 year service life), I'll take the pieces back to D&S, they'll press it together, and the guys will stick it back under '87. This repair was the result of routine annual inspection. I volunteered to do the driving because it was a safety issue, none of the other Friends or C&T trailers have working electric brakes right this second, and none are any heavier duty than mine anyway, and, why else are we here, right?

To their credit, the Durango & Silverton guys were very quick, and very helpful.