Phil Tinsley and I had the mast out of the very beautiful, wood decked, 3342 just recently. The mast was old enough to have those spreader adjusters which were basically half a bottle screw and you have to disconnect the ends to adjust them – compared to the new ones, just ghastly to use.
Here’s the thing though – in comparison to our recent note about replacing wobbly spreaders after two years, this older set of spreaders (25 years maybe?) were still solid as a rock. Everything very firm and accurate – wobbly free in fact.
There’s progress for you…..
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