USED DUTCH OAK GRADE 2-3 RAILWAY SLEEPERS

rade: Grade 2-3. These railway sleepers are less regular in shape and condition than the grade 1's. They more irregular, with splits, bends and 'character'. Colour: Various shades of light, medium and dark brown. See photos above.Weight: Can be heavy to lift, especially the 2.6m x 250mm x 150mm size railway sleepers which can weigh as much as 90 - 95 kilos. Bear this in mind when you are ordering your particular size 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. If you chose the 3.6m length railway sleepers (125 kilos) you will need to consider mechanical help or maybe 3 or 4 people per piece.Treatment: Creosote treated. Handle with gloves. Avoid using these railway sleepers around children's play areas or places where people may sit on them or come into contact with them frequently. For further details about creosote see creosote page.Description: These reclaimed Grade 2-3 Dutch railway sleepers are probably between 30 - 70 years old, depending on which section of railway they came from in Holland. They are much more irregular than the Grade 1 railway sleepers. Although the oak may be square edged on one wider face, it can have some rounded or waney edge (scallops) on the opposite face, where the oak has been cut from the outside of the tree. It will often have cracks in the ends, and can be bowed or bent along the length. See pictures above.Cutting: Quite hard. You'll need a circular saw / chainsaw / powered saw to cut these railway sleepers. Occasionally people try by handsaw, but you 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! There is only one length of these grade 2 railway sleepers.Attaching / Fixing: Timberlok will probably not screw through these railway sleepers without a pilot hole, even if the drill is powerful, so it makes sense to pre-drill.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.