Re: I think some of you have mentioned
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05/24/23 09:14 PM
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Check this place out, https://kovalchickcorp.com/otm-1The Burnham yard is about 20 mi!we from me. They sell most stuff by the pound, but I've bought some things like pipe by the foot.
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Re: I think some of you have mentioned
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05/24/23 11:47 PM
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They pick those up with a crane with an electromagnet and load them up to head to the scrap yard. Might be a better idea to sneak a few from somewhere else where no one is a lookin. Not much goes for scrap-especially tie plates.A lot of them are obtained from track upgrades to heavier steel-the salvaged plates and other material is re-used when laying track spurs and sidings.some badly curve worn or damaged rails are sold for scrap,but lots are re - layed in lower classed track. Even old bent spikes are straightened and re used,unless throat cut.
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Re: I think some of you have mentioned
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05/25/23 07:53 AM
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You can find those plates everywhere along the tracks. They usually just leave them lay when they switch them out.
God please keep they 19 fallen UBB miners out of trouble up there.
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Re: I think some of you have mentioned
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05/25/23 09:19 AM
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The fellow that lived next door to me made a very good living buying old rail lines and scraping them .He often had semi truck loads of tie plates stacked up over on his place . He told me that the scrap was not to be sold except to commercial scrap yards and the sales were checked very closely . He also told me I could have all I needed , but I never did take any of them .
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Re: I think some of you have mentioned
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05/25/23 09:25 AM
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Yep, would be great anchors. I only use drags when land trapping and those would be great. I do not drive stakes for anchoring my traps anymore for many reasons.
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Re: I think some of you have mentioned
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05/25/23 11:20 AM
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I have a few of the plates and have used them for both coyote and bobcat to drag down hill away from a road or trail out of view . A traditional drag hangs up too quickly, so might as well just use a stake at that point
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Re: I think some of you have mentioned
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05/25/23 12:19 PM
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RR angle bars and a rubber bungee make a great "set anywhere" bodygrip stand.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: I think some of you have mentioned
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05/25/23 12:39 PM
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I have stashes of tie plates in set locations i have used for many years. I know right where they are at. They will lay flat on the bottom of the creek and will not wash out easy. I used to find tie plates tossed out to the side in the woods of old rail road that was taken out. With a short piece of #9 wire twisted up thru the spike hole, It makes a pretty good snare support / drag also with hard or concrete bottoms..
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Re: I think some of you have mentioned
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05/25/23 04:35 PM
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I have a pile of them . Sold to me from a private factory rail spur when they closed. I never used them as anticipated.
I'm not sure if my receipt will get me thru a scrap yard. Probably try sometime and see.
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