LOG CHIPPER ADAPTED AS TIE-DISPOSAL UNIT

Log chipper manufactured by the Vermeer Manufacturing Co., Pella, Iowa, was adapted for railroad use by equipping it with a railroad/highway attachment and adding a self-propelling feature. The wood members to be reduced to chips are deposited in a hopper which moves back and forth over a cutter rotor or cylinder. This is 8 in. in diam and is provided with 45 carbide-tipped cutting teeth. The cylinder rotates at 1800 rpm and the hopper moves back and forth at the rate of 20 cpm.

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  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1971-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 25
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental protection; Maintenance of way; Railroad ties; Waste disposal
• Old TRIS Terms: Cross tie disposal; Track maintenance equipment
• Subject Areas: Environment; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050374
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 1974 12:00AM