USED AZOBE RAILWAY SLEEPERS

rade: Grade 1. Excellent quality, extremely long lasting railway sleepers for all landscaping projects and general purposes. Generally square and straight. See pictures above. Colour: Various shades of reddish brown to greyish brown, depending on the bleaching effect of the sun. Various shades of red and brown on the inside, when cut or planed. Weight: Can be heavy to lift. 2.6m x 240mm x 140mm size Azobe railway sleepers can weigh as much as 90 - 100 kilos. Bear this in mind when you are ordering your particular type of railway sleeper. How do I plan to carry the railway sleepers into position? (e.g. the back of a garden). You'll need at least two willing and strong people, and the serious possibility of bribery or cohersion. Treatment: Untreated. These railway sleepers were originally used on the railways without any form of treatment, with an intended lifespan of up to 100 years.Description: These reclaimed African Azobe railway sleepers are probably between 30 - 60 years old, depending on which section of railway they came from in Europe. They are very durable, tight-grained tropical hardwoods with excellent longevity, and made from one of the hardest wood in the world. Probably the ultimate railway sleeper.Cutting: Very hard. You'll need a circular saw / chainsaw / powered saw to cut these railway sleepers. Start off with a new or sharpened blade, and be prepared to re-sharpen. Occasionally optimistic people try by handsaw, but you'd have to be very determined or fit. As with any project, it makes sense to try and limit the amount of cuts you need to do. Try and plan a design that fits with the size of our railway sleepers! Attaching / Fixing: Timberlok will not screw through these railway sleepers without a pilot hole, even if the drill is powerful, so it makes sense to pre-drill. These railway sleepers are very tough !Sizes: IMPORTANT. All sizes below are approximate. That means that although a railway sleeper is described as 2600mm in length,depth or width it may in fact be several centimetres longer or shorter. This is due to the fact that these railway sleepers were cut decades ago, in circumstances when it wasn't crucial to be centimetre perfect or accurate in dimension. As it happens, most landscaping projects have an element of flexibility or tolerance in them and can cope with this. If your project needs exact accuracy in length, width or depth, then you may to cut them to your precise specifications yourself, or think of using a different railway sleeper.