[SEL] Tillie's first show of the year

Jim French fbi at insulate.co.uk
Sat May 28 14:23:55 PDT 2005


Hi Steve

Steve Royster wrote:

> Nice job Jim and Dolly!  That series of photos of Tillie's shed brought back
> some great memories of our visit. That's a great way to load and unload
> engines and I need to build something like that here at my place. I couldn't
> tell from the pictures,  what kind of footings did you have to pour to
> support that frame and Tillie?

Footings weren't all that deep - each one only has to support 15CWTs, so Jim dug
holes about 18" sq, down to about 2', then filled them with concrete and bolted
the framework to it.
The tricky bit was getting each of them level for the steel structure.

> Thanks for the nice pictures. Since Arnie is
> a little behind on his reports will we also get to see some Lamport photos?

You certainly will.  Tonight the lads took Jim's newest engine, the Ruston
Hornsby 2HR (10HP, open crank diesel) over to the showground for its first
outing.  Andy's taken a couple of his engines, and Norma Jean is loaded into the
trailer ready to go in the morning.  Forecast is good, we're set up right near
the beer tent, so it all looks to be going according to plan!

Dolly
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Jim French
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