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This isn't in the near future, but the next time my husband deploys, I'm thinking about homeschooling the kids for a year and traveling the country, camping in or near national parks. I want them to see the redwoods and Yellowstone and all that. I haven't thought much about it; I'm just starting to get serious about it. Any thoughts? Also, who wants to let me camp in the driveway for a week?
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I found it cheaper to camp in a trailer and have a truck at your disposal.
Pulling a small car behind a motor home involves upkeep on two engines and drive trains.
You guys can stay with me on your way to Yellowstone, I have my own water and electric hookups, WiFi with cable and a dump station a block away.
RScott
I found it cheaper to camp in a trailer and have a truck at your disposal.
Pulling a small car behind a motor home involves upkeep on two engines and drive trains.
You guys can stay with me on your way to Yellowstone, I have my own water and electric hookups, WiFi with cable and a dump station a block away.
RScott
How long is a railroad tie supposed to last?
Ding Bat
omg another train question! sorry but I've always liked trains since I was a little girl .. growin' up us kids used to watch'em all the time .. I still don't mind waitin at a crossing or somewhere and watch one go by. I know .. I'm weird .. lol
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O Dingy One........
This is the rail category, so no apology for asking another railroad question is needed. If you had been asking about a chrome plated swizzle-stick or an electric dog polisher, that would have been odd, but still wouldnât require an apology.
A creosoted wood tie installed today has an estimated life span of 40 years. Environment actually plays a smaller part than one would think. For example, if installed in some sort of âswampyâ territory, the ballast may need to be dressed more frequently, but the preserved ties go on.
These days, system âtie gangsâ roam about, replacing ties where needed. It is both art and science. A good tie gang can replace 15 or 17 miles of ties in ten work days. Then they hop over to somewhere else. The 15 miles replaced have nearly an equal amount on each end done perhaps ten and twenty years ago, respectively, so they continue to serve. This rotation keeps the system tie gangs traveling, but youâll rarely see more than 15 or 20 miles of ties less than a few years old strung together, except for new railroad.
Today, all engineering data is stored and readily accessible. But, back in the day, record keeping, especially where millions of ties were concerned, was a practical impossibility. the way they circumvented the problem was through the use of âdate nails.â As their name implies, the date nails were nails that had the year stamped into the top of the nail. They were driven into the ties every so often so that future maintenance of way or track engineering personnel could easily and quickly determine how long the ties had been in service.
Some years ago, a jewelry cottage industry bloomed as the date nails were en vogue as gifts to fathers in the industry or the rail fans. They nail heads were sawed off, cleaned, plated in either gold or silver, and fashioned as tie tacks and lapel pins, the numbers on the date nail heads being the recipients birthday, anniversary, etc.
Concrete ties will last a bit longer, but longevity comes at a price. In the event of derailed equipment, where a single wheel, or even an entire truck drops off the rail, they will run often times for a long distance on top of wooden ties. The ties get cut up pretty bad, but often the problem is found before the wheels come to a switch, or grade crossing, which is when the cars scatter all over the place.
If a wheel or truck drops on top of a concrete tie, they shatter immediately. Any hope of discovering derailed equipment before a major pile up occurs is nonexistent.
So, apology accepted for seeking another answer...........
O Dingy One........
This is the rail category, so no apology for asking another railroad question is needed. If you had been asking about a chrome plated swizzle-stick or an electric dog polisher, that would have been odd, but still wouldnât require an apology.
A creosoted wood tie installed today has an estimated life span of 40 years. Environment actually plays a smaller part than one would think. For example, if installed in some sort of âswampyâ territory, the ballast may need to be dressed more frequently, but the preserved ties go on.
These days, system âtie gangsâ roam about, replacing ties where needed. It is both art and science. A good tie gang can replace 15 or 17 miles of ties in ten work days. Then they hop over to somewhere else. The 15 miles replaced have nearly an equal amount on each end done perhaps ten and twenty years ago, respectively, so they continue to serve. This rotation keeps the system tie gangs traveling, but youâll rarely see more than 15 or 20 miles of ties less than a few years old strung together, except for new railroad.
Today, all engineering data is stored and readily accessible. But, back in the day, record keeping, especially where millions of ties were concerned, was a practical impossibility. the way they circumvented the problem was through the use of âdate nails.â As their name implies, the date nails were nails that had the year stamped into the top of the nail. They were driven into the ties every so often so that future maintenance of way or track engineering personnel could easily and quickly determine how long the ties had been in service.
Some years ago, a jewelry cottage industry bloomed as the date nails were en vogue as gifts to fathers in the industry or the rail fans. They nail heads were sawed off, cleaned, plated in either gold or silver, and fashioned as tie tacks and lapel pins, the numbers on the date nail heads being the recipients birthday, anniversary, etc.
Concrete ties will last a bit longer, but longevity comes at a price. In the event of derailed equipment, where a single wheel, or even an entire truck drops off the rail, they will run often times for a long distance on top of wooden ties. The ties get cut up pretty bad, but often the problem is found before the wheels come to a switch, or grade crossing, which is when the cars scatter all over the place.
If a wheel or truck drops on top of a concrete tie, they shatter immediately. Any hope of discovering derailed equipment before a major pile up occurs is nonexistent.
So, apology accepted for seeking another answer...........
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