1982vett
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Yes and no. Depends on the quality of the railroad ties.........but good used ones will last quite a while before they rot out to bad. Useage also comes into play. Just as a bride, it has to hold up to traffic count and load weights.Triple D":43rcso2d said:Brute 23":43rcso2d said:That is an odd design and I bet pretty pricey. Usually its just 3 or 4 (depending on length) 4" runners or I-beam laying vertical and 10-12... 2 3/8s or 2 7/8s pieces oilfield tubing laying horizontal across the other runners with around 3-4" of gap between each one..
Make sure what ever your height is on the cattle guard is the same as the debth of your cement runners. When the cattle guard sits in the runners you want it to be flush.
You think setting it on rail road ties would work as well as concrete runners?
We've got some setting on crossties the railroad pulled 30 years ago. But they were practically new ties that were slightly damaged in a derailment. Oil companies regularly use 4 treated 8x8-16s in the bottom of the hole to set the cattleguards on.