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Clearing the WAY Left, BADGER Equipment Company’s Badger 1085R shown with the 2.0 Brontosauraus mower. A MERCIER’S custom-built spray truck at work. machine with unique ﬂexibility and maneuverability that can trim problem tree limbs up to 75 feet, while mounted on hirails or from the shoulders of the track. In addition to Sky Trim, Kershaw introduced the Model 500 Klearway rubber-tired, rough terrain brush cutter that can be outﬁtted with a front mounted rotary or shredder-type cutter head, for clearing railroad and utility rights-ofway and site preparation. Kershaw also continues to manufacture the Model 32-10 on-track brush cutter that can eliminate vegetation up to 30 feet from the centerline of the track. The company also offers a ﬂail mower attachment for the Model 12-12 tie crane for lighter-duty applications. RBL, Inc., with Tiger® Corporation, distributes the Tiger RailKut® Hyrail Brush Cutter that can cut up to six-footdiameter brus h from on- or off-rail. The cutter head reaches to 21 feet from centerline of track, 21 feet vertically and 12 feet 5 inches below horizontal. The unit is mounted on an F550 chassis with dual driving stations for one-man operation. It also has a single joystick control, operator safety protection, DMF Railgear and safety shutdown features. It can move at highway speeds for quick deployment and it can quickly get on and off rail to accommodate short work windows and can access the rail on narrow crossings. The RailKut has optional equipment, including the “WETCUT System” for vegetation spraying applications. This system has Automatic Rate Control, GPS Speed Sensor and Digital Readout of application rate. It is applied through a ﬁxed-zone spray chamber. The cutter blades can be replaced with a 48-inch saw blade for urban areas, a 900-tonper-hour snowblower and the standard ﬂail-style mower attachment. “With the environmental issues prevalent in today’s culture, we feel that a unit like the RailKut is very timely for vegetation control without the limitations of large on-track brush cutting machines. It is perfect for timely FRA Violation response, trainman complaints, etc.,” said Bob Pieper, president of RBL. “Market demand for the Tiger RailKut seems to be strong since vegetation control does not take a break. It is a continuous process that requires the type of equipment like the RailKut. We are, however, seeing a slight delay in the ordering process because of the current economic trends, but we feel that these will be temporary.” Rail Construction Equipment Co. is building an on-track brush cutter that utilizes a Deere excavator as its power source. The company is also working on a hi-rail version to provide on- and offtrack capabilities. According to Dennis Hanke, sales manager at RCE, all of the company’s equipment is built to meet the special requests of the customer such as the ability of equipment to get off track. Hanke also notes three top factors that affect vegetation control: time between cutting, FRA inspections and budget seem to be at the 32 Railway Track & Structures January 2009 www.rtands.com http://www.rtands.com

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Railway Track & Structures - January 2009 Contents On Track Industry Today Supplier News AREMA News NRC News TTCI R&D Railroads Continue to Budget Major Capital Projects Battling Brush and other Vegetation Steel Mills Increasing Metallurgical Quality of Rail Steels Products and Literature People Calendar Advertisers Index Sales Representatives Website Directory Professional Directory Classified Advertising Chicago Perspective

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