[SEL] Skids for Heavy Items

[Craig Prucha]

Hi Luke,

Here is a link to the full size photo of the Swan skid. 

http://www.antique-engine.com/swan/swan409.jpg

Also, it's hard to see in the photo, but there is one cut at 45 deg. and then another at approx. 20  to 30 deg. from that. This gives the transition to the ground a more gradual angle...

Craig


 On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:04:57 +0000, Luke Tonneberger wrote:
> I'm thinking about building a skid for my shingle mill.
>
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/luket/shinglemill/shinglemill.html
>
> I'm going to mount it on two 6" x 10" beams with cross braces to
> keep the skid square. The 10" side of the beams will be against the
> ground. I know I should cut an angle on the bottom of the beams or
> it will just burry itself into the ground when pulling it around. I
> made some temporary skids for my big 9hp Sattley one time and it
> seems I cut them at 45 degrees. It seemed like too sharp of an
> angle and it just burried itself and didn't stay up on top of the
> ground. But I was pulling it flywheels first which was the heavy
> end. I looked at Craig Prucha's web pages and found this picture:
>
> http://www.antique-engine.com/swan/sswan409.jpg
>
> It looks like his skids are cut at a 45 on the ends and the skids
> are on a heavy item. It is also set up to be pulled from the head
> end which is lighter obviously than the flywheel end. Is there an
> angle that you guys have used on the ends of your skids that works
> on heavier items?
>
> Luke Tonneberger
> Rockford, Michigan
> USA
>
>
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