Re: [CBQ] Wallboard Loads

["James Sandrin" <sandmantrains@gmail.com>]

Here are a couple shots from the Q era that probably won't help with the spacing/dunnage  question but do show how dry wall was packaged on bulkhead flats.  Both were taken at Littleton, Colorado in the late 1960's of material that originated at Big Horn Gypsum in Cody, Wyoming. The third shot of packaged lumber is from the original announcement from Exactrail for their coming GSC car.  My guess is that it was probably taken at Clyde sometime in the mid-1970s.  Jim Sandrin

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On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 16:57, Bill Ewinger via Groups.Io <bkewinger=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Ricky

here are 2 pictures i took today of the center beam cars and they shoving the ends of the bundles together on these cars except the middle one

Bill Ewinger

Burlington Iowa

On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 3:01:59 PM CDT, Thunder via Groups.Io <t_pearson1212=icloud.com@groups.io> wrote:

I would assume that there would be dunnage of some type between the two sides. But I am not sure how they did it. If we could get an overhead shot, or someone that knew the loading pattern.

Todd

On Oct 20, 2018, at 9:04 PM, ken thompson <mailboat4@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Ricky,

Good question on the wallboard loads.  Having bee a carpenter all my life I've handled a lot of drywall I know that the shipper wouldn't allow two bundles to be directly in contact with each other.  Any rubbing of the edges in transit would destroy them.  As Bill said they would have most likely used strips of wallboard both under and between the bundles.  I know it's that way on a trucker's flatbed at least.  With all that wallboard at the plant to use for blocking or dunnage they probably didn't want to buy any lumber to add to their costs either.  I know this still doesn't answer the question as far as measurements go.  Keep looking for pics of wallboard loads online and maybe you'll hit the jackpot with a top shot.

Ken Thompson

On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 9:44 AM Rick Keil <rkeil6721@hotmail.com> wrote:

All

When wallboard is shipped in bulkhead flats, does it still have 2x4 spacers along the center before it is wrapped for protection or is/was it stacked side by side with no spacers?

Thanks

Ricky Keil

Papillion, NE

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