OMG these things are heavy!
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LB-1911
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couple pieces of pipe
PelicanPines
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Two beams = 2 friends + 2 six packs + some BBQ
FullRaceMerc
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What are you doing with them?
ard
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30 years ago my wife and I picked up a load of RR ties to make some low retaining wall. Prolly a dozen or so n the back of the Dakota. Strap around them to the bumper.
Accelerated out from a red light in the left turn lane...AND... 4 of them 'in the middle' (and against the new plastic bedliner just slid out and into the roadway. FML.....Me and 100lb wife trying to muscle them back into the truck, traffic all over. AFter loading 2, a guy stopped and helped. Good times.
Accelerated out from a red light in the left turn lane...AND... 4 of them 'in the middle' (and against the new plastic bedliner just slid out and into the roadway. FML.....Me and 100lb wife trying to muscle them back into the truck, traffic all over. AFter loading 2, a guy stopped and helped. Good times.
Just put 7 of them from my retaining wall in my trailer and hauled them away to be ditch fill at my friends. A solid one well saturated with creosote goes a solid 200 lbs easy.
So glad the neighbor is finally filling in his lot after 20 years, the retaining wall was basically shot and I was going to have to rebuild it. the rest are now buried forever!
So glad the neighbor is finally filling in his lot after 20 years, the retaining wall was basically shot and I was going to have to rebuild it. the rest are now buried forever!
58Yeoman
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Six or seven years ago, I rebuilt the retaining wall behind my house. I think it took about 60 of them. I did it by myself, around age 60 or so. I used both the old block ice carriers and also a battery carrier that had rubber grips. Wasn't too bad. Later, I put a strap around one end and pulled it with my lawn tractor. I wouldn't want to tackle it today.
rburke65
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Ihave about 10 of them in a garden retaining wall thati need to replacerightnow...ugh...
38Chevy454
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I feel your pain, built a retaining wall at my house:
I had a couple friends help, but even with two guys lifting these all day gets to be tiring. drilling pilot holes and pinning with rebar pounded in with a sledge hammer does not make any easier.
I had a couple friends help, but even with two guys lifting these all day gets to be tiring. drilling pilot holes and pinning with rebar pounded in with a sledge hammer does not make any easier.
laser3kw
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I wrapped a chain around mine and drug (dragged?) them with my 14hp Murray rider - no problem. When I got them close, I used a shovel to lever then up, put 2 x 4 under them, slid them into place and remove 2x4. Granted, I didn't have to go vertical. 
pepi
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Yes they are
Greg
Greg
cowboy73
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I used to pick up the 8 footers by myself when I was 20 when I worked at the lumberyard . They are heavy as hell!!!! Damn things weighed more than I did. I miss being young.
MikeF2316
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I made a wall or two with used posts from highway guardrails. After being in use for a certain amount of time, they need to come out and be replaced. The Ministry of Transportation then sells them. Once you get the bottom layer set, the rest goes so quickly.
https://www.harborfreight.com/lawn-garden/wheeled-carriers/steel-mesh-deck-wagon-38137.html
I used one of these when I moved all 48 of my 12' ties around. Did not help me unloading the semi flatbed though. That was a tiring day.
I used one of these when I moved all 48 of my 12' ties around. Did not help me unloading the semi flatbed though. That was a tiring day.
MissileBear
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When I worked in concrete, we used 6'x6' hardwood ties for cribbing. I used to haul those off the the trailers, drag them under a building, stack them as we raised the building, and then do the same in reverse once the new foundation was in place. Our timbers ranged from 2' to 12'.
Like Lorddiesel, the bulging disc in my back won't ever let me forget those good times. To think I made just over minimum wage as a "laborer" for that hell...
Like Lorddiesel, the bulging disc in my back won't ever let me forget those good times. To think I made just over minimum wage as a "laborer" for that hell...
tomstin
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When I was a kid, the lifeguards at the beach rolled the rescue row boat off the beach and into the water on round fence posts. That image has stuck in my head for years and have used pipes and round fence posts to move heavy stuff ever since.
Save your back and roll those posts to where you need them.
As I get older, I've replaced my younger brute force and ignorance methods with a bit more thought and planning.
Save your back and roll those posts to where you need them.
As I get older, I've replaced my younger brute force and ignorance methods with a bit more thought and planning.
ptgarcia
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I feel your pain, built a retaining wall at my house:
I had a couple friends help, but even with two guys lifting these all day gets to be tiring. drilling pilot holes and pinning with rebar pounded in with a sledge hammer does not make any easier.
This is a cool wall. How long do you anticipate it lasting?
38Chevy454
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Should be many decades. Dry climate and pretty well draining soil. Plus the natural rot resistance of the RR ties.
I've been paying the price for lifting these damned things into my pick up without help the last 4 or 5 days. Strained a muscle in my abdomen of all places. No lifting for a week. Yard projects are all on hold. Hope 1/2" plywood isn't too heavy. I need to finish my RAS cabinet.