Patent ID: 6708896
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: B29B,B29L,E01B,Y02W,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a railroad crosstie from a plurality of tires, each of said plurality of tires having sidewalls and a central initially treaded section with an outer treaded surface and an inner surface, comprising:a. making a first cut through a radial sector at the side of each of said plurality of tires; b. removing the sidewalls from the central initially treaded section of each of said plurality of tires; c. removing at least a portion of the outer tread surface from the central initially treaded section; d. aligning the inner surface of the central initially treaded section of one of said plurality of tires in a face to face relationship with the inner surface of another of said plurality of tires to form an opposing set; e. making a plurality of the opposing sets; f. stacking the plurality of the opposing sets; and g. bundling the plurality of the opposing sets to form the railroad crosstie.