random pics that YOU have taken.......

[Skip Newsom]

33 years ago I had the bright idea to use Railroad ties to build 16' X 8' planter boxes and steps into a steep hillside in the backyard of my first home, spent a pretty good chunk of a summer doing so.
Little did I know that my wife and I would hang onto that house and turn it into a rental.
RR ties don't last forever, being the cheap dude I am I spent a couple days this summer replacing some of the steps that had rotted out.
Handling RR ties is just as fun as I remember it.

First, cut some ties to length for replacement steps with my trusty Stihl.



Next, bore holes for 3' of 1/2" rebar, level and have at it with a sledge.


Hopefully this will last another 30 + years and will no longer be my worry...
Some more river rock, weeding and and it looked better than this shot.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Skip Newsom

33 years ago I had the bright idea to use Railroad ties to build 16' X 8' planter boxes and steps into a steep hillside in the backyard of my first home, spent a pretty good chunk of a summer doing so.
Little did I know that my wife and I would hang onto that house and turn it into a rental.
RR ties don't last forever, being the cheap dude I am I spent a couple days this summer replacing some of the steps that had rotted out.
Handling RR ties is just as fun as I remember it.

First, cut some ties to length for replacement steps with my trusty Stihl.



Next, bore holes for 3' of 1/2" rebar, level and have at it with a sledge.


Hopefully this will last another 30 + years and will no longer be my worry...
Some more river rock, weeding and and it looked better than this shot.

Good stuff!

[Bugsinrugs]

Throw that chainsaw chain away.

[Rusty Heap]

[71T Targa]

Cell phone pic from center ice.

[wswartzwel]

[id911T]

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by wswartzwel

Wow- that’s excellent!

Makes me think of the Cowboy Junkies song:

My first recollection is a day in December
black iron steam engine covered in ice
like some Precambrian monster
moaning and snorting
Nothing was ever going to beat that beast
in a fair fight

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by 71T Targa

Cell phone pic from center ice.

I hope you meant seats at center ice. Who was playing?

Taken at Antique Archeology (American Pickers) Nashville store last year.

[Scott Douglas]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Wow- that’s excellent!

No kidding!
That must have been quite an experience seeing and hearing that too.

[Racerbvd]

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[doug_porsche]

Originally Posted by wswartzwel

Got the privilege to see this move this summer.
Once you see a Big Boy, all other engines are just year birds,

[Jolly Amaranto]

Yeah, I had to chase it when it came through town.

[harvardma]

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by Baz

Future dermatology clients.......

I'll sacrifice myself and offer to lay on top of either of them.

[Skip Newsom]

Baker Lake, 2 years ago