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PRSL

December 10, 2005 08:19AM

Slamming (usually) metal car was and still is a common practice usually with a sledge, and not a spiking maul. What ever works. Coal can hang up or get frozen. If it was wet and got really cold, forget it as even picks and rods will not work it loose enough to flow.

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Pounding Coal LINK	Fritz Klinke	December 10, 2005 03:27AM
Re: Pounding Coal	tom casper	December 10, 2005 05:43AM
Re: Pounding Coal	Mike Trent	December 10, 2005 07:35AM
Re: Pounding Coal	frank martindell	December 10, 2005 07:52AM
Re: Pounding Coal	Mike Trent	December 10, 2005 08:58AM
Re: Pounding Coal	Rod Jensen	December 10, 2005 12:12PM
Re: Pounding Coal	Mike Trent	December 10, 2005 12:58PM
Re: Pounding Coal	Fritz Klinke	December 10, 2005 07:22PM
Re: Pounding Coal	PRSL	December 10, 2005 08:19AM
Re: Pounding Coal	The Josh	December 10, 2005 09:44AM
Those amorphrodite cars...	El Coke	December 10, 2005 01:46PM

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