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   Ruby | May 23, 2004 12:12am | #1

   For railroad ties, telephone poles, etc full of creosote, I use a long wood blade on the Sawzall. Works better and longer than a chain saw and it doesn't kick back on the tough center veins.

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   BillWemyss | May 23, 2004 01:34am | #2

   I`ll try the sawsall.Does the creosote gum up the blade?If so can you clean it?

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   SamT | May 23, 2004 02:51am | #3

   Try mineral spirits to clean creosote tar.

   Samt

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   dieselpig | May 23, 2004 04:23am | #4

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   	I`m building a 4 ft high retaining wall out of old railroad ties.Its rough on my chain-saw blade.Can you clean it?

   No way I'm cleaning someone else's chainsaw!  But if you want to do it yourself you can try Gumout along with the pre-mentioned mineral spirits.  I believe I also have a can of spray that is actually called "Pitch and Gum Remover" that is meant to be used for cleaning saw blades.  If you ask me, it's just oven-cleaner in a different can though!

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   junkhound | May 23, 2004 05:44am | #5

   Hose it off sideways from a 45 degree angle or more, that will help the CS blade. Also compressed air works at very oblique angle(>80 deg).

   Of course, if you hit a spike, get a new chain.

   Probably have done over a hundred RR tie cuts with old cross cut saw in the 50's. Even (especially) with a hand saw always washed them first. When RR right of ways were first being abandonded, think that was where RR tie landscaping started. A Mr. McAllister, a friend of Pops, lived next to an Illinois Terminal line being abandoned in the 50's, had about 2000 ties in his yard as he could not pass up a good deal as he said he got paid 10 cents apiece when he was a kid to cut down an oak and make a tie.