As part of our long term tie replacement project, and to keep costs at a minimum because of the large number ties needed, we are now producing ties from recycled material rather than purchasing finished ties. We cut ties from long sticks of recycled material, pretrial scree holes for proper gauging, and insert outer screws to help speed up the install process. We don’t insert the inner screws during tie production to make sure people first screw in the outer screws when installed with jigs too insure ideal gauge in the field.
