cutting reclaimed railway sleepers......

F_Bear

misses thought some railway sleepers would make nice boarders in the garden. measured up and 7 arrived today...........couldnt believe how heavy they were!!!

now i need to cut them to size. ive cut 'new' sleepers before and wasnt prepared for the differnce to these old ones.

i used this last time and am going to try it on the old ones:

KS890ECN Scorpion Powered Saw 240 Volt

im tempted to buy a chain saw but dont want to lose an arm or leg! thought about measuring up then getting 'a man with a saw' in to do it for me?

any other ideas? ta

skivenov

Possible with a big, decent, bow saw, but a chainsaw is a lot easier.

cyclonebri1

Chain saw all the way chap.

London50

Depending on how much use a chainsaw would be after you cut them would it not be cheaper in the long term to hire one for a day??

HHarry

As above, Chainsaw is definately easiest, but I did do ours with a normal handsaw.

Ruski

New 'first fix' hand saw is probably your cheapest method

HTH

Russ

muckybutt

London50 wrote: »

Depending on how much use a chainsaw would be after you cut them would it not be cheaper in the long term to hire one for a day??

Many hire companies wont hire them out unless you have a valid chainsaw license for obvious reasons !

Gloomendoom

You need to be careful cutting old sleepers with a chainsaw. Quite often there are stones embedded in the timber.

I just use a first fix saw like suggested above, even though I possess three chainsaws.

woodbutcher_2

We have an electric chainsaw for cutting them but if you hit a stone or nail, the blade is ruined.

A brand new hard point saw will do the job. Just take your time.

Hintza

woodbutcher wrote: »

Just take your time.

He certainly will be!

DRP

Hintza wrote: »

He certainly will be!

Indeed I cut 4 sleepers for a bed a few years back ... it almost killed me (and a mate!).

As porev posted - use a first fix hand saw