Caution moving railroad ties with tractor

[tallyho8]

I advise everyone to be cautious when moving an old stack of railroad ties with your tractor. They may have some old spikes and cleats in them that come loose and fall unnoticed on the ground when moving. See photo.

 

[goaliedad]

ouch!

 

[bones1]

Really big tire plug needed here.

 

[DUMBDOG]

Do not thing a plug will do it for this one, it will require a boot.

 

[RobertN]

So true... A buddy had got a brand new truck some years back. Had it about a month, when him and his wife wanted to do some landscaping. They wanted some railroad ties, so off to the lumber yard.

He backed up to the stack, dropped the tailgate, and the lumberyard guys went to slide them in. Well, there was still a spike in one...They slide that tie in, and it rammed right in to the top of the tailgate, leaving a big gash and dent...

The lumber yard did pay for the repiar, but not without some hassle.

 

[DieselPower]

That's a good candidate for the worlds largest tire stud. I get rail ties from time to time and will have to keep a eye out for those thing's.

 

[BTDT]

Snakes. Watch for snakes in the pile. And in the tie. I had a kid (about 13 at the time), boy from church come help me build a fence around spot I wanted for a garden. We set cross ties for corner posts, and was stretching 2x4 mesh wire. He was pulling near corner post and holding tight, I was hammering steeples, when this snake sticks his head about 6" out of a split in the post. That kid took off like a rocket. I nearly fell out from laughing. Wasn't a poisonous snake that time, but any kind of "unexpected" encounter with one will make you hurt yourself if not careful.

 

[Thomas]

Dang...when stacking ties in bucket make sure there not rotten inside or you could end up w/mess or worse when traveling...plus wear heavy work gloves when handling...shiver can be real pain ful also cause quick infection.

 

[Soundguy]

Boy.. that picture looks expensive!

Soundguy

 

[dmccarty]

Snakes. Watch for snakes in the pile. And in the tie. I had a kid (about 13 at the time), boy from church come help me build a fence around spot I wanted for a garden. We set cross ties for corner posts, and was stretching 2x4 mesh wire. He was pulling near corner post and holding tight, I was hammering steeples, when this snake sticks his head about 6" out of a split in the post. That kid took off like a rocket. I nearly fell out from laughing. Wasn't a poisonous snake that time, but any kind of "unexpected" encounter with one will make you hurt yourself if not careful.

I guess we wont see a thread on how to use RR ties to build something at Eddie's RV park now that he knows a snake might be in the wood....

Later,
Dan

 

[kensfarm]

Seeing the condition of that tire.. the RR spike did you a favor!

 

[Soundguy]

That there is a perfectly good tire! I got tires like that on mny tractor.. some of them bald with boots covering nickle sized holes.. they run around fine. With rubber priced the way it is, i run em' till they blow off the rim.

Soundguy

 

[tallyho8]

Well, I got a new tire today. That tire looked exactly the same when I bought my tractor 12 years ago and it would have probably lasted me 10 more years if I hadn't spiked it. I brought my tire to a shop to be repaired and they quoted me $40 labor and $34 for a new tube but advised me to go ahead and get a new tire since the walls were so dry-rotted and cracked. So I bought a new tire for $249 with tax plus $10 state fee to dispose of old tire, $34 for tube and $40 labor. That was a Good Year tire that the previous owner said came on the tractor in 1978 and he got it recapped about 1988. If this tire lasts that long then I don't mind spending the money.
The way I knew I ran over anything was that the tube was filled with water and the water shot all over me when the tire went around. The good part was that the rim looked like new inside with no rust. I had read an earlier post where tires were filled with different liquids and caused severe rust. I didn't even know the tire was filled because even though I put over 3000 hours on the tractor and replaced the other 3 tires, I had never even put air in that one. Both the tire retailer and the tire repair shop got a chuckle out of the tire. The repair shop told me "they couldn't find the leak" then he showed me the spike hanging on the wall of his shop as a "trophy".

 

[Soundguy]

Funny aint it. The way some people talk.. you'd think a filled tire has -0-% chance to have a decent rim ( depending on what it is filled with.. ). Glad you were on the luckeir side. Even if it was not a corosive ballast in the water.. the water and entrained air itself could have caused some corrosion. Just goes to show you that there is a big difference between the possibility of something happening, and it deffinately happening...

Soundguy

... I bought my tractor 12 years ago ....That was a Good Year tire that the previous owner said came on the tractor in 1978 and he got it recapped about 1988. ..... The good part was that the rim looked like new inside with no rust. I had read an earlier post where tires were filled with different liquids and caused severe rust.