Have You Seen This Ballasting Tool?

[MasonJar]

Kind of what I've been thinking. The demo video sure makes it look like a snap, but I'm afraid it's the Ronco Slicer - Dicer all over again....

This tool only addresses the spreading of the ballast. There is still the grooming, wet-water application, glue application, picking-wayward-bits-out-of-points-and-off-ties, etc, etc. The claim that it doesn't get any ballast on top of the rails could also be made by a Dixie cup applicator.

I notice that they also don't show how it works when the track is installed on roadbed (cork, foam, etc). The applciation looks really tidy on a flat surface, but how much is dispensed when the roadbed slopes away on each side (and how tidy is it then)?

Andrew