Tree-to-Track™
Bridge Timbers, Specialty Railroad Products, Crossties, and other Industrial wood products produced and delivered with superior quality and care.
From Forest to Final Product
Tree-to-Track™ products are the only industrial wood products available that are managed from selection & harvest all the way to final packaging and delivery to your project site.
Single Source Solution
We select, harvest, manufacture, dry, treat, plate, package, and delivery your custom order according to your specifications. Our quality and customer service is unmatched in the industry.
Industry Leading Expertise
Our 80+ years of science-based industry and wood protection knowledge delivers unparalleled quality control, product performance, and reliability.
Quality ties start with quality timber.
Your final product can be no better than the initial input. Standards must then be carefully managed and maintained during the entire process to ensure the highest quality products.
Anchored on 80+ years of wood science, lumber production, and natural resource experience, our team provides unparalleled quality, technical support, and customer experience.
1. Timber Purchase and Harvest
We source special tracks of Southern Yellow Pine that have been managed for quality and density. This almost exclusively consists of Dense Select Structural, and Dense Select timbers that are slow growing and managed with proven silviculture methodology to produce a healthy forest and healthy trees. We follow quality control tree profile protocols that minimize defects and harvest with advanced techniques to minimize defects.
2. Log Inventory Management
Our “first-in-first-out” approach to managing log inventory minimizes degradation in the log yard. Proper maintenance and cleaning protocols minimize staining, insects, and other challenges.
3. Primary Breakdown
Our equipment is designed and calibrated to produce quality material that is to the size and standard specifications needed to produce the high-end material required for specialty railroad projects. Our quality control methods, implemented in real-time during this process, minimize manufacturing defects.
4. Secondary Breakdown and other Manufacturing
As part of our quality control programs, we determine the grade of the timber and which face of each timber will receive dapping and/or other secondary manufacturing.
At this stage, we highly recommend Borate Rods and End Plates be applied per standards established with customers and end users.
5. Kiln Drying
Our timbers are kiln-dried utilizing proprietary techniques and schedules to minimize defects and maximize efficiency. These kilns are specially designed for large timbers.
6. Packaging and Handling
After drying is complete, our timbers are thoroughly inspected, packaged per the customer’s standard. ID tags are placed on each timber. Timbers are loaded and shipped to treatment plants.
7. Preservative Treatment
Timbers are placed in a treatment cylinder and treated with the specified product (creosote, copper naphthenate, CCA, or borates) following the standards dictated by the customer. Sample cores are extracted from each charge of timbers to determine chemical penetration and retention.
8. Pre-Plating & Final Packaging
Timbers are arranged by number and pre-plated, when required, with plates specified by the customer. Timbers are packaged in order, per customer specifications, loaded on trucks, and delivered to GPS-coordinated sites.
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