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Custom Mats with steel plates

Sometimes we get asked for some interesting products. These were special mats with steel plates embedded between the timbers. In addition some had special drilled and plated holes through the mat. These were a structural floor for equipment at an elevated platform. Everything had...

Bob Carl – 85 years young!

Today we are cutting Balsam logs at the sawmill. Bob is checking the sawing and grading and making sure everything gets packaged up properly for the customer. Bob and Sylvia Carl started CarlWood Lumber Limited in March 1984, about 37 years ago. 

Specialized Timbers with angle cuts

These special angle cut timbers are being used in a 1.1 kilometer tunnel project in BC.  The timbers start with a base of 8" x 8" x 12' long Hem/Fir timbers angle cut to just the right length. The tunnel is roughly 25 feet...

Transition Mats AKA Ramps!

Transition mats are used wherever you have a large piece of equipment that needs to change elevation. These particular mats are used to get a crawler crane up on to our regular 12" thick Crane Mats. We can make any size of ramp, just...

Big Pipe! Big Dunnage!

These large diameter pipes are being moved with help from our custom sized contoured dunnage blocks. This is 9' diameter pipe and we built a sawn block and attached it to the 102"  6" x 6" base for safe truck transport.

Crane Mats – heading east

These Crane Mats left our plant today to head east to an infrastructure project. Our Crane Mats are used to keep heavy equipment on a steady base. Imagine the weight of lifting large tanks or electrical towers or wind towers. These mats keep the...

Blue Outrigger Pads

We make these special handled blue outrigger pads for a Crane Company to their own design. All plywood design, screwed and glued with poly-urethane, these set up pads are used on every job, for leveling, blocking and jacking. When they get squished in the...

Wheel Chocks!

Don't let your world roll downhill! We manufacture Wheel Chocks. These are simple plywood chocks with a rope handle.

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Hardwood Jack Pads

We manufacture many different Hardwood Jack Pads for a variety of industries. Often the pads are used between steel jacks and the steel equipment to reduce slippage and any scarring. Send us a message if we can help!

Timber Wedge – Large! double compound slope

These unusual wedges are for a Ship Yard, where they required a Timber wedge with two different slopes. They had to be strong to carry the weight of large machinery.  These wedges are about 20" tall x 48" wide x 11' long and are...

Rail Crossing Planks

These rail crossing timbers are 7" thickness x 10" wide x 20' long. You can see we custom saw the bottom triangle out of the pieces that are closest to the rail, so that they lay flat. Inside the "missing triangle" are the rail...

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