Rail mulcher

[Heavyduty]

Anyone have specs on this thing?

It has a boom mulcher on each side. I wonder if one person can run both at the same time. :thumbsup:

 

[treeman40]

i dont have specs on it.i have a shinn head and they are as tuff as they come .most heads need over 250 hp

 

[Heavyduty]

I guess this rail mulcher has 500 plus hp then, since it has two mulchers on it. I saw many dents on the cab from hitting rocks, etc.

 

[Robbie Hegwood]

I have seen that units in picture's before. I even found who I thought made it but can't remember who it was. Since then I have found a few alternative's and I have even "paper" built one in case someone needs such a unit.
You don't need 250 hp if your running the right head/power pack combination. I would love to show you one to prove my point.

 

[Heavyduty]

I have seen that units in picture's before. I even found who I thought made it but can't remember who it was. Since then I have found a few alternative's and I have even "paper" built one in case someone needs such a unit.
You don't need 250 hp if your running the right head/power pack combination. I would love to show you one to prove my point.

Thanks, wish I had a need for a rail mulcher. Talk about a niche machine.

I just like to know what is what, who is who in any kind of ROW business.

 

[Ken45101]

Talk about a niche machine.

Yes, it's a very narrow niche....about 50' wide.....but a very long niche :laughing:

Ken

 

[Robbie Hegwood]

Picture this. A wheeled excavator, Cat has one. They make rail boggies that attach to the undercarriage. You drive onto the tracks and when your mulching, for saftey, you put down the outrigger's. Multi-purpose machine and has to be cheaper than that rail car. Could be done with a tracked excavator as well but getting onto the tracks would be a little more difficult. Look at that rail car again. The boom's are straight off an excavator. I would hate to see the build cost on that unit, plus it looks railroad owned and that is bad news for the contractor.

 

[treeman40]

Robbie you dont need 250 hp on a dc head but most of them doing serious work have power packs 150- 175 hp that i have seen.

 

[Heavyduty]

Picture this. A wheeled excavator, Cat has one. They make rail boggies that attach to the undercarriage. You drive onto the tracks and when your mulching, for saftey, you put down the outrigger's. Multi-purpose machine and has to be cheaper than that rail car. Could be done with a tracked excavator as well but getting onto the tracks would be a little more difficult. Look at that rail car again. The boom's are straight off an excavator. I would hate to see the build cost on that unit, plus it looks railroad owned and that is bad news for the contractor.

I like that idea with the rail boggies, a multi-purpose machine would be cheaper/easier to replace also, than rebuilding that dedicated machine in 10 years.

I bet that the rail company bought that machine (500k plus) and didn't even think twice about it. Only us po folks thinks twice when spending $$$$.

 

[Heavyduty]

Yes, it's a very narrow niche....about 50' wide.....but a very long niche :laughing:

Ken

That would be a good niche contract to have, not many contractors would be willing to put up that much money and having to worry if you are going to keep the contract long enough to pay for the machine. :confused2:

 

[coreshot]

I have a buddy that does MOW work for the Union Pacific. He works with one of those from time to time. He posted pics recently on another forum of an accident that happened when the MOW crew had one of the mulching arms fouling an adjacent main line. A freight train coming by nailed it. I'll see if I can find them.

 

[coreshot]

Here is a llink to his thread on the other forum. He was just posting a vid on Youtube, and one of the people involved in the accident chimed in with his comments. The is a facebook link in the discussion with pics of the accident.

Interesting response to one of my YouTube vids - RME4x4.com - Utah's Rock Crawling and Off-Road Forum

 

[Heavyduty]

Here is a llink to his thread on the other forum. He was just posting a vid on Youtube, and one of the people involved in the accident chimed in with his comments. The is a facebook link in the discussion with pics of the accident.

Interesting response to one of my YouTube vids - RME4x4.com - Utah's Rock Crawling and Off-Road Forum

Thanks for link, corey. That machine sounded old, all the creaking and sqeaking.:laughing:

 

[Willl]

Check out the first portion of this vid. It's a one armed version,,,sorta.

Brandt Industries Ltd - Road Rail Corporation

 

[Heavyduty]

Check out the first portion of this vid. It's a one armed version,,,sorta.

Brandt Industries Ltd - Road Rail Corporation

Yeah, that was a slick set up.:thumbsup: That machine could multi-task and pull rail cars around. Thanks, for the video.