very flat especially over 20 to 30 foot stretch, and as long as the wood is fairly parallel to the track. as long as i cut flat on top and proceed down i'll get a reasonably true surface, the rails are also very consistently 57" apart inside. if that were not true all i'd have to do is move to a larger wheel. but because the flange is on the inside of rail car wheels uniform at 57" the rails don't have much choice to conform to the rail cars which can weigh up to 210,000 lbs when loaded
i am working on getting a bunch of freshly removed wood utility poles. top section (about 30 ft each) of them being taken down by the local power company. i should be able to cut solid wood beams 6 x 10s or 5x12s readily out of them. poles are free, and a solid wood beam 6"x12"x30 ft should sell for about $300 readily
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True dat. I have paid 2 grand for frame on a 16x20 porch with the longest piece 16 ft
those 2 pies behind in picture 4 are military gunnery range scrap, aluminums on the left and tank tracks and vehicle frames and drive trains an the right, all shot to s**t,
very soon lolSo can we expect to see the first transcontinental board
my primary business this year, had to set up a new corporation, payroll work comp and insurances, is at this scrap yard. i buy from the scrap yard all of the materials with a useful life that come in and put them up for resale. rebar, chain link fence panels, structural steel, metal clad foam insulating building panels, and wide menagerie of items, like chain, chain hoists, chain binders, forklift parts, steel stairs, steel trade show booth frames. here's a small sample of some of the latest items, well pipe for coral building is a good seller also
