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[Molalla1]

I have some long term soft spots, so I'm trying corduroy road.

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Found a giant puffball.
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Did you step on it?

 

[fc1]

Did you step on it?

Not yet- it's still pretty firm. I will fs though.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I have some long term soft spots, so I'm trying corduroy road.

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Found a giant puffball.
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Corduroy works pretty well. I know a guy a little north of us that has over a 1/4 mile of corduroy road like that through a cedar swamp. He used slabs off his mill. It has worked out good for him. He doesn't skid logs over it unless there is good snow cover but using his Metevic log trailer is no problem when there is no snow.

I made a short section from used RR ties that has worked well. Always a muddy wet hole and never froze.

gg

 

[John_Mc]

Gordon - how did you get the used ties? I tried to get/buy some when some railroad repair was going in near me years ago, but they told me they had all been pre-sold to a bulk buyer. (The just leave them piled and the buyer comes by laterand loads them up and hauls them away.) Unfortunately, no one on the work crew knew who they buyer was, and I did not manage to catch them when they were in the area loading up.

 

[BackRoad]

Mr. Gordon, that winter corduroy road scene gave me a mix of "ugggh" and excitement.

Maybe I'm looking forward to Winter a bit, but not 100% considering all that it brings with it.

Although they have come and gone for a millenia...guess I might as well embrace its inevitability...but not just yet...

That may be a part of why Autumn is so enjoyable!

 

[Gordon Gould]

Gordon - how did you get the used ties? I tried to get/buy some when some railroad repair was going in near me years ago, but they told me they had all been pre-sold to a bulk buyer. (The just leave them piled and the buyer comes by laterand loads them up and hauls them away.) Unfortunately, no one on the work crew knew who they buyer was, and I did not manage to catch them when they were in the area loading up.

This was well over a decade ago, almost two. They were doing a lot of track maintenance in the area and there were huge piles of old ties in the St J RR yard. The foreman had a little house for living quarters right there in the yard at the time. I asked him if I could get some ties. He said, "they are RR property so I can't give them to you. But on the other hand, it costs the RR money when I get rid of them. So if you can pick them up early Sunday mornings when I'm not here I'll never know they are missing unless you leave a case of Bud on the door step". No lie - that is what he said. Took me a couple or three Sundays, I found a pile a little over tail gate height with decent ties, some were real junk, and hand loaded them into my one ton, left the Bud and never saw the foreman again.

gg

 

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Corduroy works pretty well. I know a guy a little north of us that has over a 1/4 mile of corduroy road like that through a cedar swamp. He used slabs off his mill. It has worked out good for him. He doesn't skid logs over it unless there is good snow cover but using his Metevic log trailer is no problem when there is no snow.

I made a short section from used RR ties that has worked well. Always a muddy wet hole and never froze.

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gg

Solid platform Gordon.
Used to pay $5 per tie.
Now they’re like $35 per.

 

[Rockbadchild]

We pick up railroad tie for free all along the railroads.

 

[John_Mc]

We pick up railroad tie for free all along the railroads.

When I asked, I was told that that would be considered theft since they already had a buyer lined up

 

[Rockbadchild]

When I asked, I was told that that would be considered theft since they already had a buyer lined up

ha... out here they leave them there to rot.