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CARPET TACKS ON THE NCN 72 AT NEWBURN - NEWCASTLE

Ridden or looking to ride route 72? This is the place.

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Re: CARPET TACKS ON THE NCN 72 AT NEWBURN - NEWCASTLE

Postby dougonthetyne on Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:16 pm

A Sustrans Volunteer ranger has been out along the Wylam Waggonway with a magnetic sweeper and in 2 days has picked up over 1000 tacks - each about 1cm long. The route will be swept on a regular basis until the culprit is caught.
The hand pushed magnetic sweeper is mounted on a 2 wheel trolley and sweeps a path about 1m wide and is proving to be very effective in lifting these tacks out of the track surface.
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Re: CARPET TACKS ON THE NCN 72 AT NEWBURN - NEWCASTLE

Postby johnonthetyne on Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:25 pm

is there anyway this could be fixed to bike,make the job a whole lot faster.
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