Thank you to everyone for the Lifting Rod info. If any of you need your Rod
replaced or repaired, Carston at Svendsen's welding shop 510-864-7208 will
be building me a new one while replacing the nut on David Carrel's Rod
"Speedy Gonzales" using David's Rod for a template. We are shooting for the
next few weeks. For general information on the Rod, thank you to Phil and
Christine Oftedahl "Fantasy Girl" sent me the following. The Rod is 3/4"
steel rod with a 1 inch course threaded bolt of #5 or better material welded
to the end. The rod is 6 feet long, then the circle hook on the other end.
Other information is you may want the rod a little longer because you will
keep cutting it shorter each time you replace the nut. Lastly, the fleet is
split on #5 nut and #8 nut. The #5's say the #8's bind. The #8's say the
#5's are to weak. I'm still undecided.
Good luck to all Rick Elkins Hull #48
Received on Tue Nov 9 17:23:23 1999