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History Friday! in 1915 the French invented this machine

The Bairault Number 1 was  a massive WW1 war machine built to crush barbed wire on the battlefield, also lead to the development of early tanks.....today we use Industrial Timber Products Crane Mats to cross soft ground and problem fences and barbed wire .........

Don’t be this guy……

This accident happened close to our factory; a fully loaded truck of 48" OD pipe was making a right hand turn and the whole load rolled off because they weren't using the proper contoured pipe saddle dunnage. We manufacture 48" pipe saddle dunnage, also...

Rail Track Shims

These Rail Track Shims are made from exterior grade Douglas Fir plywood, and are various thicknesses from 1/4" up to 1-1/4" x 7-1/2" x 18" and have 6 holes bored for clearance for Pandrol Clips. When the ties sink in the ballast, this is...

Rail Crossing Timbers

These rail crossing timbers are being used on an industrial site in the Metro Vancouver area. They are being manually installed (not a pre-built mat style). The angle cut is made so the timber can sit along-side the rail as close as possible and...

Special Heavy Timber Pads

These are Special Timber Pads; 8" thick x 48" wide x 96" long, they feature 1/4" steel plates between each timber, 3 rods 1-1/4" diameter, outside certified lifting hooks and treated #1 and btr timber. There will be very little deflection when these pads...

Timber Bridge – 28′ span

This bridge is 16" deck thickness x 14' over all width x 28' long and has an actual air span of 26'. The driving surface width is 12' 4" allowing for 10" curbs. As you can see on the trailer, the bridge is supplied...

Access Mats – custom sized

We have a customer who needed to temporarily deck a bridge for some tracked equipment to cross. Standard Access Mats are 96" wide and 168" long. His maximum width was 144", so we were able to build 144" long mats and they fit the...

Pipe Saddles

This pipe saddle is being used in a specialty pipe hanger support bracket. The pipe is 442mm diameter; the wood provides a soft cushion against the steel hanger. This is a temporary installation for a few months until the pipe is buried in ground....

Extra Heavy Timber Bridge

This 2 part 20" x 168" x 336" bridge was for a unique application as it spanned between 2 enormous damn abutments in a severe potential slide debris area. The site was designed in the case of a cataclysmic failure on a future (100...

Sometimes something unusual…..a giant TEEPEE

Here is an unusual project. We supplied Yellow Cedar hand peeled 8" diameter x 30' posts and some additional yellow cedar round pieces and timbers, for a customer in Northwest Territories to build a TEEPEE on the side of an administration office. The results...

Big Timber Wedge

These wedges are special made for a local shipyard for blocking up ships and various large sections of metal prior to final assembly. Timber is useful between steel to steel contact as it won't slip. These particular wedges are 12" at the heel, 12"...