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cutting reclaimed railway sleepers......

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  • wiogs
    wiogs Posts: 2,744 Forumite
    F_Bear wrote: »
    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

    are you charging them rent on a B&B basis?
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