02-17-2011, 11:54 AM
SP1 Wrote:tetters Wrote:The final step before applying any wetting agent or glue is that I lightly, (I mean, LIGHTLY!) tap the top of the rail heads with a rubber mallat. Sort of like a controlled bounce. The vibration helps shake any loose ballast off the tops of the ties and helps it settle.
There are battery powered handheld devices that do an awesome job on vibrating ballast off the ties. You can get one for cheap at your local sexshop. No joke.
I don't even want to know how you got the notion to try that one out!!
Says to self,
"Damn, I wish I could get the ballast off the top of my ties!"
"Hey, those MOW machines vibrate the ballast when laying track!"
"Now...where can I get a scale vibrating machine???..."
Hey! If I remember correctly, my wife got one of those vibrating doohickeys as a gag gift during her bridal shower all those years ago! I wonder if she still has it??? Naw that was a long time ago and what would she need one of those for? She's got me right?" :?
Looks through unmentionables drawer...
"What luck! Here it is!"