CREOSOTING PLANTS FOR TREATING CHESTNUT POLES 2S1 

 Preparing Poles for Treatment 



AIiIioukIi efforts were originally made to clean and prepare the 

 |H)Ies on the cars at the time the\' were received at the plant, in order 

 to bi- able to unload them from the cars directly into the treating 

 tanks, it was found to be more satisfactory to first imload them 

 upon skids where tlu-\- would In- more accessible for the removal 



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of all bark and foreign matter from the area to be treated and where 

 any defective poles could be culled out before treatment. 



The preparation skids are ordinarily not used for storage purposes. 

 When a load of poles is placed upon them it can be spread in such a 

 manner that every pole will be accessible. 



In Fig. 20 the load of poles from the dollies has just been laid on 

 the preparation skids where they will be cleaned for treatment in the 

 far tank which is shown empty. Due to the desirability of having a 

 continuous supply of poles for treatment, also of having the poles 

 seasoned for several months before treatment, it is not practicable 

 in a very large percentage of cases to ship the poles direct from the 

 timber to the yard and unload them on the preparation skids for 

 immediate treatment. For this reason it is necessary first to pile 

 them in the untreated section of the pole yard and later to bring 

 them to the preparation skids on dollies as illustrated in Fig. 20. 



