Railway sleeper strength

[Maxhead]

Unfortunately they can be a little hard to find sometimes and pull a decent price as the architects love them for big feature beams at pub beer gardens etc….
Worth considering good old Gumtree for possibly a ripper deal on a pair of steel H or I beams floating around a farmer’s paddock.
Not sure about your block but steel would be our best option down here in the Termite Hills, little pricks of things


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Yeah, I’ve been looking at these. 2.4 long
They look like they would handle a bit





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[MB]

They would be my choice for sure
Another imperative thing to make sure of that when you bolt or screw the sleeper boards down that all grains are pointing downwards. If they are ‘concave’ pointing upwards to the weather the cores/heartwood will start popping up


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[MudRunnerTD]

Steel would awesome. If you are going the Ironbark I reckon it would fine assuming you aren't sending a 60t B Double over it.

As MB wisely stated "on its edge mate." 100%

[Maxhead]

Steel would awesome. If you are going the Ironbark I reckon it would fine assuming you aren't sending a 60t B Double over it.

As MB wisely stated "on its edge mate." 100%

Cheers mate, they will be on the edge if I use sleepers for sure.


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