At 10:39 PM 1/4/05 -0800, you wrote:
Now that we settled depth is at minimum 3' let's discuss digging holes.
big snip
I'd check with the guys who install fence posts for you - I got 4x4
pressure treated pine posts, 8' total length, set 42 into the ground in 6
diameter concrete footings. These
Joe,
When I built my track I tried both digging holes and earth backfill
and digging and concrete..thats for the Boids! Second hand steel pipe
,galvanised. 1 1/2 or larger. no holes just drive it in with a tube hammer
or sledge hammer.3 ft seems fine. top with an adjustable slip bracket..
How about no holes? Set the 4x4 posts onto the concrete patio blocks
designed to accept them. The entire layout goes up with the frost and down
with the thaw. I've had mine up since 1998 with no problems.
Jim Curry
Maine
Joe, I live a few hours north of you, between Binghamton and Ithaca, New
York. A few years ago I agonized over the question of how deep the postholes
should be and how to anchor them. Then I attended a steamup in Ottawa and
was surprised to see that the track support posts on that track didn't go
At 10:39 PM -0800 1/4/05, Gary wrote:
Doing it right can save money and frustration.
yes, but where's the fun in that?
At 8:06 AM -0500 1/5/05, Jim Curry wrote:
How about no holes? Set the 4x4 posts onto the concrete patio blocks
designed to accept them. The entire layout goes up with the frost
OK, now here is my take on this frost heave item. To have any 'heaving
there has to be either differential expansion
or contraction. This will not happen across a free floating post that is in
the ground almost any distance at all. Think
about what you have actually seen that had a frost
To All
Has anyone an Accucraft C-21 or a K-27 and if so have you had
problems with the left fire going out? This is the tube with the
superheater running through it. Theoretical this tube should re-ignite
due to the Stainless superheater glowing. It does not. a number of
experiments are in
At 10:48 AM 1/5/05 -0600, Rich wrote:
OK, now here is my take on this frost heave item. To have any 'heaving
there has to be either differential expansion or contraction. This will
not happen across a free floating post that is in the ground almost any
distance at all.
I have to disagree,
At 06:02 PM 1/5/05 +0100, Bert Edmunda wrote:
Has anyone an Accucraft C-21 or a K-27 and if so have you had
problems with the left fire going out? This is the tube with the
superheater running through it. Theoretical this tube should re-ignite
due to the Stainless superheater glowing. It does
I do not concur with your analysis. We are discussing a small area post and
the placing the base of this post below the
frost line will have little benefit to stability. As the layout does not
cover a large area it would be reasonable to assume
that the conditions are homogeneous. The depth
- Original Message -
From: Harry Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MY frostline is 18 so yours will be more, as much as 36.
Hi Harry and Joe!
Here in Maine, the frost line extends six feet down! And, I know of
fellows with posts that go down six feet and they still get tossed up
out of
At 06:29 AM 1/5/05 -0800, mike gray wrote:
My Porter has so many miles on her that that she looks
like a steamer with the cylinder cocks always wide
open. The dilemma is how to remove the connector
pieces from the cylinder shafts to remove and replace
the O-rings. Appears to be a press fit but
My bet is that the superheater has a leak that is putting out the fire.
Steaming Sparking over Terror Trestle in Eugene, Oregon ~ Gary
http://www.angelfire.com/or/trainguy
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| At 06:02 PM 1/5/05 +0100, Bert Edmunda wrote:
| Has anyone an Accucraft
One of the few things I have retained from my graduate work obtaining a
degree in soil physics, was the fence post jacking phenomenon.
Every spring on the farm we had to reset some posts, they would be as much
as four or six inches above their original height. This occurs when you
get a normal
Gary
Thank you for the input there is no leakage. It seems to be a problem
that has been experienced by more than a couple of people I know here
in mid Europe. I was hoping as the main market for U.S. railroad models
is obvious the USA to save carrying out all the possibilities
in that someone
Bert
I am not an owner of an Accucraft engine with dual
burners. Own a Ruby and a Fort Wilderness. Accucraft's
main distribution center is located within a few miles
of my work place plus it is a local telephone call. If
you can provide more specific information off line to
me at [EMAIL
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