Russ from MN
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With all the talk about logging tools yesterday, I got to thinking about this, I don't know the proper name for it, it's for 2 men to carry or drag a log. It was made in Oshkosh WI, patented 1886.
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Jim in rush co
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Railroad tie tool
Russ from MN
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Sure! I hadn't thought of that, I come from a logging background, not railroad.
This tool was much in evidence when the guy on Edge of Alaska on Discovery channel was getting out logs to mill into beams to shore up the Motherlode Mine so the evil Neil Darish could start his mine tours, which, of course, will forever change the culture of the town of McCarthy, and will lead to the end of civilization as we know it.
Jim in rush co
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There might be a right name for it, 4 men to a tie. I have used one, not building but removing ties from old abandoned right of way. The 16 ft. switching ties most likely used 4 tools and 8 men.
Jim in rush co
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Hey that's right, I remember now. My BIL and I used to mess with ties a lot and he has the tongs that belonged to his Dad. I managed to recover around 200 or so tie plates, about 11-1/3 lbs each. They made good ballast for rear of tractor, wish I had keep a few more of them.
Richard G.
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Here is my log carrier as we call it.
Richard in NW SC
Richard in NW SC
Dan in North Houston
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It is not immediately obvious if you have never used one, but the wooden handled type is better than the orange one, because there is a ball swivel above the tongs. If you rotate the handle so that it is parallel to the tie, you can rest one end of the handle on the tie and the other end sticks out to make a nice lever that allows you to pick up and move the end of the tie around and spot it exactly where you want it. I used one years ago to shore up a creek crossing, and it sure made a hard job easier. Although I've never used one like the orange model shown, I would think that it would be pretty awkward for one person to use.
Jim in rush co
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Russ, I ran across a web site about 6 months ago that was interesting. New composite (plastic) railroad ties and also for farm and landscaping use, fence post, retaining walls ect. Price a little high but?
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Russ from MN
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That's interesting! Hopefully they are made out of recycled plastic. I noticed in Europe most ties were concrete, with a rubber pad under the tie plate. I guess they used up all their trees many years ago.
Jim in rush co
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I had been seeing stacks of new ties that were real black in color and real sharp and square corners, my guess they were plastic. I doubt FedEx or UPS would want to handle them.
Peavey Manufacturing Company (founded by the inventor of the Peavey and going strong 150+ years later) calls it a Swivel Timber Carrier, though as noted similar or even identical models are used for railroad ties and presumably other similarly-shaped objects. We used ours at home on the farm to carry small logs out to a convenient spot to cut them into firewood and load them on the truck. As Dad had a day job it was often operated by my mother and myself while Gramp ran the chainsaw and my younger brothers loaded the truck.
Swivel Timber Carrier
Swivel Timber Carrier
kevinstuff
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My brother and I used that working
for dnr pulling up old rail ties along
the rail beds converted to bike trails
for dnr pulling up old rail ties along
the rail beds converted to bike trails
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