Posted by Jeffcat on May 01, 2019 at 13:00:07 from (50.207.7.237):
In Reply to: Salvage Railroad Ties posted by in-too-deep on May 01, 2019 at 10:23:06:
A lot of hand wringers posting. If the ties are in good shape and about ten years old they recycle them. The holes where the spikes were they drive in a wood plug "dowels"the same size as the spike. Then they can reuse it. Now just up from me two years ago they were doing a couple of repairs. I walked right up to the crew AND the gang boss and asked if I could get a couple. Boss said we are done for the day in about 1/2 hour. After that we know nothing. I showed up with my trailer about 5 minutes before. They had one of those big CAT Bucket loaders there. The operator took four at a time in the bucket and loaded my trailer. I got eight beautiful ties. I had some bottles of spring water in the truck and handed them out. When they say we don't see anything it means if you want them we know nothing and if a cop comes by just say I asked. Simple as that. Everybody knows what is going on. At a tourist railroad I know they really lucked out. Major tie replacement was going on near by main line and they were able to get car loads. Just dump them along our tracks and we will pick them up. If you have a company that does rail repair near you just go and ask. Most time you would get a charge of $10.oo each tops. Just go ask.
Upload one or more videos to your post. Photo and video filesizes should be less than 5MB. Formats allowed are gif, jpg, png, ogg, mp4, mov, and avi. Be sure to use filenames without spaces or special characters, and filetypes of 3 digits lower case.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Recollections of a John Deere GP - by Charlie Cook. I grew up on my dad's 280 acre general farm in Western Michigan. Dad's only tractor when I was very young was the old GP. My first recollection of this tractor was when dad allowed my brother and myself to ride on the tractor with him driving. One of us would sit on the left fender (away from the clutch) and other would sit on the gas tank and hold onto the crankcase breather pipe.
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1965 International Harvester McCormick Farmall cub tractor 2,500. Two owner tractor. My grandfather bought new in 1966, then we inherited it. Have all the paperwork original manual and all maintenance records. It starts and moves. Comes with underbelly mower, plough, and some other attachments.
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
