Tamping Pick "V" casual sweatshirt Built for precision and durability

Built for precision and durability

Significantly easier to use than a standard spike puller

soft hand-feel

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

The mid-weight fabric provides warmth without bulk

Tamping Pick "V" casual sweatshirt Built for precision and durabilityNew, 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