Railroad ties as firewood?

I forget.....????

 

I don't remember the thread title now, it's been a few years, but you made a joke about burning tires & somebody took it literally & about came un glued.

 

Must've been a new guy, no? I mean, who else would take me serious!

 

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The neighbor next to work use to work for the railroad, he heats with wood in his OWB, every now and then you can tell when he puts a few chunks of railroad ties in the stove

 

I've read several times of people that had access to cut-offs and cull timbers from a mill that made ties...which of course would be non treated at that point...unless maybe the log was drug out of the tar pits...

 

Old tires, yeah right!!

I knew that railroad ties was a bad idea, but my coworker clearly doesn't. Just wanted to see if I could get anyone riled up I believe the youngsters call that trolling.

I guess I kind of have a bit of my mom in me, anything that is free is worth taking.

 

Try some tires instead. I hear they burn great.

 

I know alot of the comments have been on the negative side...Here is a thought.........It would be very time consuming and tedious...but cut and split them into "fire starter sticks"...2 at the most to start each fire...I don't see a problem with that other that alot of time it would take..Just a thought...

 

Sure Steve, we believe ya lol. Did you get rid of the pile hidden out behind the shed?

 

We have some catch on fire at work everyonce in a while...like others have said, they really do put off some nasty smoke and fumes. I can't imagine they'd be good for any stove, but especially a cat stove. I'd have to be very bad off to burn them, just my .02.

 

No, but I have made a dent in it. Splitting little by little after work and such. You know the usual...

 

Then there's the nasties that the RR dropped dripped sprinkled on those ties for how many years. The FRA is much stricter on environmental stuffola now, much less so in the past.

Read some of the placarded rail cars that are in the area, picture those (30,000g capacity) cars leaking/dripping, whatever. Most of that stuff is generically known as "methyl ethyl badshi#".

Ive heard new ones are not recomended near any food growing areas.

Sorry about being a debbie downer.

Sca

 

Our safety guy calls it "methylethylkillyaquick"

 

Love it!

 

I wouldn't burn any. Even for kindling.

 

One of our hazardous materials experts called it Methylethyl ickypoo.

 

If it doesnt kill ya quick, ya might wish it did.

Sca

 

I had some railroad ties that I cut and used under a cattle guard. They would dull a chain faster than a New York minute.
Could you image if you burned that stuff in your wood stove the amount of creosote build up in the stove pipe and then trying to scrub it clean again. Yikes.

So like everyone else here. That would be a NO.