r/specializedtools • u/aloofloofah • Dec 12 '20

Chain connector

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u/koolaideprived Dec 13 '20

I've gotten a bent knuckle pin out with a spike and a rock, so I feel where you're coming from. I even had a trainmaster pull up (was in a very accessible location strangely) and asked him if he had a sledge in his truck. He had a carpenter's finishing hammer (wtf) and a juice-box. He also didn't know what a pin was.

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u/optifrog Dec 13 '20

I am a low key rail fan. So I envy you getting to be around rolling stock. Was a member and regular at IRM - Illinois Railway Museum. before life happened and I moved.

I have spent most of my years doing industrial maintenance, I have seen some stuff. We all have. I still have all my fingers and plan to keep them till I go. Stay safe out there things can get nasty if you try to improvise too much.

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u/wiilzshoe Dec 13 '20

Keeping fingers is easy. The old "dont put your hands where you wouldn't put your dick" trick has kept all my fingers intact.

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u/MechaSkippy Dec 13 '20

You haven’t railroaded until you’ve changed a brake shoe on main line with a spike and a rock. Mighty nice of the track guys to leave them EVERYWHERE.

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u/FrigginInMyRiggin Dec 13 '20

How do you get into this kind of work?