Collier Seminole State Park

This is a great park.  We liked it the minute we drove in and immediately made reservations to come back.  No I didn’t fix dinner.  They had a one man band playing in the park just three or four lots down from where I am so that is where we spent the evening.

Before we left Labelle this morning I emptied my tanks, checked my gauges, and took off.  After listening to the band we flipped on the heat and I don’t know why I just felt the need to check the gauges again.  We are almost out of propane and it is going to be 27 degrees tonight.  We have an electrical heater and for once it is great to be an insomniac.  I will just keep it running until I get tired.  I will never leave an electric heater running unattended.  I am just weird that way.

I took off this afternoon and took an easy stroll on a trail in the park.  There are a lot of hiking trails outside the park so it will be a fun stay and an fun return.  One of the attractions in the park is the “Bay City Walking Dredge.”

Enjoy the pictures.

 

BAY CITY WALKING LAND DREDGE NO. 489

 

SPECIFICATIONS FOR BAY CITY
WALKING LAND DREDGE NO. 489

Span—33 ft.
Front crossbeams—12"—31.8# Beams—40 ft. long.
Two center longitudinal Beams—12"—31.6 #Beams—
28 ft. long.
Two outside longitudinal Beams—10"—25# Beams—
28 ft. long.
One-Yard Muskegon Dipper—34" deep with Manganese Lip and
Teeth H-292 with H-177-H-178 Dipper Hinge.
Three Dipper Teeth, Manganese H-408.
8" Dipper Handle, 26 ft. long with 5" pipe (3 ft. long in bottom).
40 ft. Boom using 12"—25# Channels. 1/2" x 12" Plates inside.
50 H.P. Charter, two-cylinder Engine No. 8434, 24" Clutch Pulley.
Center shoes, 5 ft. x 12 ft..
Corner shoes, 5 ft. x 6 ft.
Sectional Wood House with corrugated metal roof.
Cable Dipper Control.
Steel Truss over rear axle, reinforced.
1-1/2" Truss Rods under front and rear axles.
24" Clutch Pulley Complete, 4" bore.
Swing tension device.
Band type Hoist Clutch—5/16" x 4" Asbestos Lining.
1/2" x 12" Plate over front axle—16 ft. long.
30 ft. Bridge Frames with 1/2" x 12" Plates underneath.

Note: A complete one yard dredge with forty ft. of boom, a thirty six
to thirty-nine-ft. span, and a thirty-hp engine sold for about
$4,000 in 1924.