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I'm ready to start laying track using the plastic ladder method.
I've read all the threads on ladder track in this forum, and particularly the 4 part "HDPE Flexible Roadbed By Paul Race (with major input by Bill Logan)"
There is not much discussion of how to use this method at or close to ground level.
Is the principal the same, with a 2x2 stake every 2 feet, and the stringers brushing the bottom of a shallow trench?
Regarding the stake, Paul says not to sharpen it to stop it being pushed out by frost heave.
I live in a temperate part of the UK where the ground doesn't freeze.
The ground itself is very hard clay, and I don't think a blunt 2x2 stake could be 'pounded' into it.
Does anyone have experience to share of ladder track in these conditions?
I've read all the threads on ladder track in this forum, and particularly the 4 part "HDPE Flexible Roadbed By Paul Race (with major input by Bill Logan)"
There is not much discussion of how to use this method at or close to ground level.
Is the principal the same, with a 2x2 stake every 2 feet, and the stringers brushing the bottom of a shallow trench?
Regarding the stake, Paul says not to sharpen it to stop it being pushed out by frost heave.
I live in a temperate part of the UK where the ground doesn't freeze.
The ground itself is very hard clay, and I don't think a blunt 2x2 stake could be 'pounded' into it.
Does anyone have experience to share of ladder track in these conditions?