PTC-2 Portable Tie Changer for Standard Cross and Switch Ties
- Portable Tie Changer for Standard Cross and Switch Ties
- Adjustable work-head tilts approximately 40° vertically
- Travel drive system
- Lifting bale and turntable
- Off-tracking assembly
- Dual rail lift cylinders
- Controls by manually activated hydraulic valves with operator standing next to machine
- Fitted with four wheels permitting roll from tie to tie
- Adjustable rail clamps, tilting tie clamp work-head and horizontal extraction boom permit ties to be tilted during insertion or extraction to clear adjacent track
- Side set-off wheels provided. When used with raise/lower system, permits PTC-2 to be off-tracked by operator
- Turntable permits rotation to work either side of track enabling optimum machine access to switch ties
- 2 wheel self-propelled walking speed for movement of PTC-2 from tie to tie
- 2 Plate cut tie guides
- 3′ hydraulic hose kit with quick couplers at each end to connect to optional power pack
- Compact and easy to transport