railroad tie weight ??

glennster · Jul 31, 2012

have a guy that has a whole stack of 25 foot long rail road ties. yup 25 foot long. they must have been for bridge or pilings or something. any hoo, any idea how much they would weight each? he wants em gone, and they would be handy around the farm.

JMOR · Jul 31, 2012

(quoted from post at 09:09:39 07/31/12) have a guy that has a whole stack of 25 foot long rail road ties. yup 25 foot long. they must have been for bridge or pilings or something. any hoo, any idea how much they would weight each? he wants em gone, and they would be handy around the farm.

put them in 225-300 range, dependong on condition.

Zachary Hoyt · Jul 31, 2012

If you go to woodweb dot com they have a lumber and timber weight calculator which will give you an estimate. Whether they are wet or dry will make a tremendous difference. If they are 7x9 railroad ties made from hardwood I would put the weight at 15-20 pounds per linear foot minimum.
Zach

randallinMo · Jul 31, 2012

Zach is close. MOst 8 1/2' railroad ties weigh about 200 pounds, or abut 23.5 pounds per foot. 25x23.5=587.50 pounds.

25 footers. Wow. Dang right they'd be good around the farm!

glennster · Jul 31, 2012

woo, them are heavier than i thought!!! i can put about 20 or so on the flat bed tow truck at a time, that would give me about 12k per load.

ss55 · Jul 31, 2012

I put in standard used railroad ties in my yard the old punky ones weighed as little as 75 lbs and I could not lift the heaviest ones, as over 150 lbs. At the lumber yard we tried loading a bundle of 16 ties into a 3/4 ton pickup and it squatted down solid on the axel bumpers. I split it into two loads.

A 25 footer would be about 3 standard ties, so I'd figure 400 to 700+ pounds per 25 footer. Maybe bring a good trailer and load it conservatively?

Harold H · Jul 31, 2012

Thowe must be square bridge posts/pilings. The longest normal switch tie is 7" x 9" x 16 feet. Your posts are probably 10" x 10" x 25 feet and weigh something over 500 lbs each. If they are bridge stringers they will be 16" wide and 25 feet long and weigh even more.

Harold H

Walt Davies · Jul 31, 2012

Hard to believe what people will give away at $10 per 8 ft they are well worth the hauling price. Grab them up right now before he gets smart.
Walt

GordoSD · Jul 31, 2012

Be great for hunters to build box blinds on.

old · Jul 31, 2012

I bet if you had a scale there and check each and every one you would find that one would be around 100lbs and then the next one could well be 400lbs. Years ago I did land scaping (sp) for the summer in 1980 and we did a lot of tie walls. We would get a big truck load of those 8 footers and you could go grab one and lift it by ones self and then the next one took 2 guys to move. So very hard to say how heavy each one will be but I would say do not be surprised to find some that are that long to be well over 500lbs

James Howell · Jul 31, 2012

You need to enlist [b:654c4848f0]kruser[/b:654c4848f0] to help you move them.

He"s fresh from a well-deserved vacation and got nothing else to do but water his lawn.

Use the 52A to pull the ties up to the trailer; you on one end [b:654c4848f0]kruser[/b:654c4848f0] and the other stacking them on the trailer.

Shouldn"t take more than an hour.

2x4 · Jul 31, 2012

1000 lbs apiece. Should be treated oak, which accounts for the weight as a treated crosstie weighs more than an untreated one. Untreated 7x9x8'6" oak will weigh 300 lbs.

TomH in PA · Jul 31, 2012

25ft. Make a nice shed. Not enough of them to fence out the kangaroos though.

greygoat · Jul 31, 2012

IF YOU NEED TO CUT THEM...like to make them
shorter, for fence posts.. if they are used, and
have any cracks..beware of rocks, ballast gravel,
which can work into the cracks. I've even found
marbel sized taconite pellets, (work good for
Slingshots) in tie cracks, any of the above will
quickly trash a chainsaw chain !

showcrop · Jul 31, 2012

Don't know how much but I know it was enough to give me a hernia.

Mark - IN. · Jul 31, 2012

Depends on the shape I guess. Weathered 8 footers from Menards can be tossed around by a couple of guys no problem. The used weathered ones I got from the saw mill, better shape than Menards, a good workout for a couple of guys. New, squared 8 footers full of creasote? Them babies, well, hooks on a loader are what the doctor ordered. 25 footers? Get you some help and a gooseneck, and best of luck using them in good health.

Mark

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