Hauling wool

Byron Warwick

Byron Warwick

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We don’t often get a chance for a tour and get to haul something in the back of the truck. The tour was planned but not the cargo.
We travel sometimes with another old truck and we look good together. Sherm and Caroline drive the tribute to his Dad’s last meat delivery truck, a 1938 Chevrolet. (I found it for him and it was in northern Ontario, about 800 miles north of the Canada/ US border, in Timmins, Ontario).
This trip took us over a hundred miles each way to the town of Blyth, which is home to a tannery and a couple of leather clothing stores. I knew Sherm was picking up a package for his daughter, but was surprised to see the size of the two bags of raw wool. It was too much for the Chev so I volunteered to help out. The extra weight in the bed gives for a smoother ride as well.
We made it back and "dodged" the scattered rain, as we delivered the cargo to his daughter to finish the wool into saleable product. The bags weighed 218 and 281 pounds, and my trucks shorter box held the smaller load.
Plus we got so see some of the trees in their fall colours.
Cheers, Byron W.
 

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I showed this post to my wife. She is an avid knitter and her question was, "What does she do with the wool?"
 
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I know the next stop is to take it somewhere in Michigan to get it washed. Then I don't know; I'll get the info and post it .
Byron.
 
Here is the story from Caroline.
The wool is washed and cleaned in Blyth Ontario, where we picked it up. Next it is processed in Frankenmuth MI into wool batting for quilts instead of cotton batting. Wool wicks away moisture making it a cool cover choice in summer and yet cozy warm in cold temperatures. She and business partner in Michigan, sell the mattress pads, wool batts to quilters plus wool rovings for other woolen crafts. No synthetics are added to the mix, it is all pure wool.
There you go.
Byron.
 
Byron Warwick said:
Here is the story from Caroline.
The wool is washed and cleaned in Blyth Ontario, where we picked it up. Next it is processed in Frankenmuth MI into wool batting for quilts instead of cotton batting. Wool wicks away moisture making it a cool cover choice in summer and yet cozy warm in cold temperatures. She and business partner in Michigan, sell the mattress pads, wool batts to quilters plus wool rovings for other woolen crafts. No synthetics are added to the mix, it is all pure wool.
There you go.
Byron.
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Thanks Byron. I'll pass this along to Kathy. I am sure it will make way more sense to her than me. She knits and spins and quilts and various other things with wool.
 
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