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Combination Steel and Rod Track for Quick-Out 

 and Self -Acting Carriers 



Fig, 1287— Using the Louden Self-Acting Carrier on the 

 Louden Combination Steel and Rod Track 



Specifications 

 Rigid Track 



Made of 14 gauge steel, bent 

 "C ' shaped to give it great 

 strength and rigidity. Depth, I 3<j; 

 inches; width, ^2 inch. Weight 

 per foot, 1 pound. Hangers of 

 malleable iron and strap steel. 



Rod Track 



Made of 0000 basic steel wire. 

 Diameter i\i2 inches; weight per 

 foot, 6i< ounces. The rod track 

 is anchored to a post in the yard 

 by means of a tension bolt in the 

 same manner as for our regular 

 rod track carriers. 



Advantages of 

 Combination Track 



Our combination steel and rod 

 track arrangement has many of 

 the advantages of both the steel 

 and the rod track outfits, and 

 is ideal for small barns where 

 a carrier of not more than five 

 bushels capacity is needed. 



Fig. 1288 



Hanger for 



Combination 



Track 



T 



, ••111 , ^°^ track is not satisfac- 



tory mside the barn where curves and switches are used. The steel track used in our 

 combmation track arrangement is more substantial and rigid, and does not subject 

 the barn timbers to so great a strain as does the rod track. 



With the advantages of the steel track in the barn this arrangement 

 combmes the advantages of the rod track in the yard. 



It isn't necessary to follow the loaded carrier into the yard. A strong, 

 steady shove will send it out from fifty to one hundred feet, where it 

 dumps automatically at any desired point and returns to the barn by 

 gravity. This feature saves time, and is especially appreciated in bad 

 weather, or when the yard is muddy. 



The Louden combination track arrangement does not require a special 

 carrier or special track wheels. Either the Quick-Out Carrier, page 162 

 or the Self-Acting Carrier, page 163, may be used. If you already have 

 Fig. 1293 °"^ °^ ^^^^^ carriers installed in your barn with complete rod track 

 Cross Sec- arrangement, and wish to substitute the combination track, you may 

 Exact Size <^° ^o without making any change in the carrier. 



Construction and Installation of Track 



The rigid track is made of 14 gauge steel, bent in the shape of a letter "C." This form gives it 

 ample strength and rigidity for any load that can be placed in either of the carriers that operate 

 on it. ^lg. izyi shows a cross section of the track, exact size. 



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Fig. 1289 

 Cross Section of 



Combination 

 Track and Hanger 



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