Tamping Pick "V" casual sweatshirt Made in accordance with Forest

Made in accordance with Forest Service specifications

Significantly easier to use than a standard spike puller

Whether you’re putting it to work or adding it to your collection

soft hand-feel

Typical uses: Recommended as a tooling compound for bonding striking tools such as hammers

Tamping Pick "V" casual sweatshirt Made in accordance with ForestNew, Old Stock Discontinued Prior to the advent of tamping machines, railroad track workers used tamping picks and other specialized hand tools to manually compact ballast (the crushed stone that the ties are laid on). These tools remain useful today. At one end of a tamping pick is a 2 1 2 x 3 4 blunt face designed to compact, break, and shift ballast. In particular, it is used to force additional ballast beneath a tie that has sunk. Of course, its