Originally Posted by Jeff_O
Originally Posted by Wook
I was going to use railroad ties to build a retaining wall to level my side yard.

*Where do I get a drill bit long enough to penetrate a rr tie? What size bit do I use if I'm drilling to drive rebarr through the hole to connect multiple (up to three) rr ties toghether?
*Where do I get rebar and what do I cut the rebar with?
*What do I cut the rr ties with? Will the creosote mess up a chain saw? Should I use a circular saw or sawzall? A handsaw?

Thanks a bunch!!
Btw, rr ties are on sale for $5 each on S. Birchwood next Saturday via the AK RR.



A sawzall isn't too terrible for cutting rebar, fresh blade and a vise, but of course that shear they make for the job is better, in a teeth rattling kind of way.

I've cut RR ties with a chain saw. It's very hard on the bar and chain and is nasty and toxic to boot. I'd advise minimizing the cutting however possible.


Toxic?

We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....