Railroad Ties

  • buckeye
    Posts: 105
    June 11, 2013 at 12:43 pm #1282556

    Son is thinking about replacing some landscaping at his lake place. Involves removing about 2 dozen railroad ties. Where does a person get rid of these things? Can they be recycled any way?

    ted-merdan
    Posts: 1036
    June 11, 2013 at 1:24 pm #1177061

    i have neighbors on the river here in champlin that are paying a disposal fee to get rid of theirs when they are replacing with boulders. my understanding is that they are considered hazardous due to the treatment they received thus the disposal fee.

    hope this helps.

    -ted

    jetro
    Mayer, MN
    Posts: 314
    June 11, 2013 at 3:27 pm #1177087

    They have to go to a lined landfill to be disposed of properly. Not all landfills can take them.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    June 11, 2013 at 3:37 pm #1177090

    Takes a bit to get them started, but man do they burn!

    …so I’ve heard.

    chamberschamps
    Mazomanie, WI
    Posts: 1089
    June 11, 2013 at 3:39 pm #1177092

    Put them on the curb with a big “FREE” sign. Put an add in Craigslist under the free section.

    They’ll disappear.

    out_fishing
    Moorhead, MN
    Posts: 1151
    June 11, 2013 at 3:51 pm #1177098

    Make sure you dont list them for free, people will think they are junk. list them for $50 bucks and there will be lines of people waiting to take them off your hands…

    desperado
    Posts: 3010
    June 11, 2013 at 4:05 pm #1177104

    cordless drill
    half inch spade bit
    pint of tannerite
    .17 HMR

    oh, and don’t forget … video camera

    life1978
    Eau Claire , WI
    Posts: 2790
    June 11, 2013 at 4:08 pm #1177106

    Quote:

    cordless drill
    half inch spade bit
    pint of tannerite
    .17 HMR

    oh, and don’t forget … video camera

    This option is best. But yeah Bk is right they burn good.

    ironheadr5
    Northeast, Iowa
    Posts: 373
    June 11, 2013 at 4:25 pm #1177114

    Although I would not want to get caught burning them! !!

    the_popper
    Suburbs of Chicago, IL
    Posts: 46
    June 11, 2013 at 4:39 pm #1177121

    I use a few RR ties to rest the 12 aluminum boat on during the winter months. I actually aquired them after my buddy’s Eagle Scout project was finished, they were extras. The ties had been donated to be used to build Horse-Shoe and Bacci Ball pits at a local park. Someone will have a use for them, and a $50 price tag will get biters seeing as ties usually cost near or above $20 a piece.

    TBeirl514
    Covington Indiana
    Posts: 269
    June 11, 2013 at 4:47 pm #1177127

    Burn them at night , then add some used tires . Because it would be dumb to burn new ones .. I leared this on a fire run , A farmer was burning a fence row out ,EPA called us out to put it out , Farmer shows up pissed that we are putting out his fire , EPA guy tells him you cant use used tires to start a fire , Farmer replies , ” Well hell nobody would give me new ones ” ! Would have likes to urine my pants from laughing …

    desperado
    Posts: 3010
    June 11, 2013 at 5:03 pm #1177129

    Popper; you put something (as a buffer) “between” the ties and the aluminum boat, right?
    You probly don’t want the chemicals that are used in “treating” the ties to be interacting with the aluminum.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    June 11, 2013 at 5:16 pm #1177133

    Quote:

    Takes a bit to get them started, but man do they burn!

    …so I’ve heard.

    Brian claims they smell real good too.

    DaveB
    Inver Grove Heights MN
    Posts: 4465
    June 11, 2013 at 5:49 pm #1177150

    I tried forever to donate or just give a decent piano away. After many headaches, $50 add on Craigslist and they “jordan’d” me down to $20 and offered to move it.

    The old joke is true, a couch on the curb with a free sign will sit for weeks. A $10 price tag and it will be stolen in an hour.

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 11589
    June 11, 2013 at 6:37 pm #1177159

    Please don’t burn them. RR ties are full of nasty chemicals to prevent rot and insect damage. There’s a reason why you never will meet any old men who worked in a RR tie factory.

    I totally agree, put them on Craigslist in a for sale ad with a price/OBO on them and good pics. Your phone will be on fire within an hour.

    Grouse

    clarence_chapman
    Hastings, MN Lake Isabel activist
    Posts: 1345
    June 11, 2013 at 9:46 pm #1177207

    Buckeye where are we talking. I could maybe use them?
    Send me a message with the info
    Thanks

    Denny O
    Central IOWA
    Posts: 5819
    June 11, 2013 at 11:06 pm #1177220

    I’ve got about 240 of them, 28 years old, that will be going away in about 2 weeks. We are replacing them w/ cut face concrete block.

    My hat is out in front of all of you “Alms, alms for the poor!”

    Tom Sawvell
    Inactive
    Posts: 9559
    June 12, 2013 at 12:38 am #1177238

    Quote:

    Takes a bit to get them started, but man do they burn!

    …so I’ve heard.

    Brian, you have a smudge on your chin.

    Now we know how you have those “bug-free” beach fires in the evening Brian. I never thought of creosote fog….good work.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    June 12, 2013 at 2:46 am #1177259

    It was a statement.

    Wow! 240! That would wake up the fire marshal!

    I’ll call Fire Bug Jim.

    buckeye
    Posts: 105
    June 12, 2013 at 5:05 pm #1177387

    Thanks for input. Will not burn them though!!!

    Denny O
    Central IOWA
    Posts: 5819
    June 12, 2013 at 10:19 pm #1150977

    Yea BK and aged to perfection for a quality campfire that would make your girl scouts proud to roast their smores at!

    Or what ever it is you do there.

    Brian Hoffies
    Land of 10,000 taxes, potholes & the politically correct.
    Posts: 6843
    June 12, 2013 at 10:24 pm #1177501

    Quote:

    Yea BK and aged to perfection for a quality campfire that would make your girl scouts proud to roast their smores at!

    Or what ever it is you do there.

    Is not having Mosquito’s to bite you or birds to poop on your truck a bad thing?

    On a more serious note………..it’s amazing any of us are still alive with all the crap we burned years ago.

    Denny O
    Central IOWA
    Posts: 5819
    June 13, 2013 at 3:29 am #1177557

    Brian, I hate the “White Spots!”

    Dang it! I just washed!

    mxskeeter
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 3755
    June 13, 2013 at 3:42 am #1177564

    There are usually plenty of them laying along RR tracks. Add to the pile. RR company will have to dispose of them sometime.

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