Railroad Tie Recycling

The CBI 6800CT Horizontal Grinder is engineered for large-scale railroad tie recycling, delivering up to 1,125 HP and production rates of up to 200 tons per hour. Built to handle dense, contaminated material, it effortlessly processes treated hardwood ties, embedded metal, and mixed debris into consistent, reusable end products. Its durable design and powerful throughput rival the output of a 30" chipper, while requiring less prep, lower maintenance, and offering exceptional reliability in the toughest tie grinding applications.

The CBI Magnum Force 6400CT is a heavy-duty horizontal grinder engineered for high-volume railroad tie grinding. Its fully welded hog box is built to withstand the extreme abrasion of treated hardwood ties and embedded metal, ensuring long-lasting performance in the toughest conditions. The cassette-style rotor design allows fast changeovers to match varying feedstocks, while four interchangeable rotors provide the versatility to produce consistent, fuel-ready end products efficiently.

Processing 150,000 tons of raw railroad ties a year, the electric stationary system at Ties 2 does what other systems can’t. Railroad ties initially pass over a vibratory feed which removes debris and regulates the amount of material fed into the primary grinder. CBI’s 6060 horizontal grinder is a super heavyweight with a 5’ infeed and 5’ diameter solid steel rotor. Railroad ties, by design, are made from the hardest wood and are often the most contaminated with steel—the 6060 primary grinder powers through 130 tons an hour. After the primary grind, material passes under an electromagnet that removes and separates any metal that was ground up with the ties.