Nelson Historical Society Journal, Volume 6, Issue 4, 2001
Expansion in the 1970s
Expansion in the 1970s
The board edger was replaced by a breast bench, with timber free of bark going directly from the frame to the sorting chain. Packets of 600 super feet of timber were loaded onto railway irons, a tractor and trailer unit was backed under and the timber was then tipped onto the trailer rollers and taken to appropriate areas for filleting (stacking with spacers for drying). Depending on the weather, drying the 10 ft (3m) covered stacks could take from three weeks to three months. The bundles of timber 2 ft by 2 ft (600mm by 600mm), were then sorted for market or treatment.