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Equipment Used:

• Excavator
• Sideboom
• Track Loader
• Wheel Loader
• Hi-Rail Vacuum Truck
• Backhoe
• Dump Truck
• Backhoe / Dump Truck Combo
• Hi-Rail Crane
• Hi-Rail Rotary Dump Truck
• Dozer
• Pressure Washer
• Telehandler
• Undercutters
• Air Spade®
• Hi-Rail Grapple Truck
• Skid Steer
• Forklift
• Conveyor
• Tractor
• Light Plant

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Industries Hulcher Serves:

• Railroads
• Passenger Railroads
• Coal Mining
• Steel Industry
• Frac Sand
• General Industry
• Trucking / Intermodal
• Environmental Consultants
• Grain
• Ethanol

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General Industry

General Industry covers a broad spectrum of manufacturing businesses. Virtually all industry facilities use materials like oils and lubricants, wood, steel, plastics and other raw materials, which produce dust and other waste that must be cleaned and managed. In some cases, industrial facilities provide services, like the maintenance of vehicles, instead of products. All industrial facilities require frequent cleaning and up-keep to keep them operating safely, efficiently and in some cases, within regulatory requirements, and many industrial operations interface directly with the railroads for the delivery of raw materials and supplies in or the transport of finished product out.

 

Successful businesses in general industry have recognized that it is more effective from a cost and performance basis to network with qualified contractors like Hulcher Services to provide many of the services necessary for the maintenance of their properties.

 

As a railroad and industrial services contractor with over 40 years of experience, Hulcher brings its expertise to general industry on a variety of Mechanical / Railroad Services, Transfer / Load Adjustment Services, Track Maintenance / Maintenance of Way / Engineering Services, Environmental Services, Maintenance Services and Track Maintenance / Maintenance of Way / Engineering Services.

 

Some of these services include:

• Emergency response
• Environmental remediation
• Vacuum truck services
• Industrial services
• Pressure washing services
• Track mat
• Fuel and oil storage tank services
• Demolition
• Load reductions and adjustments
• Load transfers
• Derailment response on industrial property
• Rail car wheel changes
• Product reclamation following spill or derailment
• Disaster response to fires, floods and other emergencies
• Switch changes and switch winterizing
• Track panel installation
• Maintenance services

Hulcher equipment and crews can deploy within one hour of your call, any time day or night. We maintain a fleet of 250 pieces of heavy equipment and our 24/7/365 call center and strategically-positioned divisions ensure that we can respond to wherever you need us.

 

When you have industrial services to be done, you need quality equipment, maintained to be reliable and operated by experienced railroad contractor professionals, and they must be able to respond when you need them.

 

When you need reliable support for your industrial facility, call Hulcher at 800-637-5471.

 

 

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FEATURED GENERAL Industry PROJECTS

Case Study - Hulcher Services Grades Five-Acre Lot and Creates Asphalt Pads, Roads and Pathways at Rail Yard The railroad tore down an old building at their yard, opening up a large area to use for outdoor storage. With the demolition completed, the railroad needed a contractor to grade and prepare the space and put in asphalt roads, pads and paths for their Materials Department to use.

Project Snapshot - Grapple Truck and Backhoe Break Down Track Panels The railroad had more than 30 damaged track panels that needed to be demolished. Hulcher deployed a grapple truck and backhoe to break down the track panels and separate out the materials for recycling or reuse.

Case Study - Hulcher Services Performs Environmental Remediation of Arsenic Contamination at Rail Yard for the Railroad The railroad needed the environmental remediation of significant arsenic contamination at one of their major rail yards. The affected areas were in an active part of the yard, and it was crucial that interruptions to track serviceability were minimized during the clean-up.

Case Study - Hulcher Remediates Pond at Chemical Manufacturing Facility A chemical manufacturing facility was closing a pond on their property, and the pond required remediation before it was filled in. They needed a contractor with the expertise and heavy equipment to clean and restore the site.

Case Study - Hulcher Services Rehabilitates Containment System for Two Million-Gallon Above Ground Storage Tanks ASTs The railroad identified that its containment system for two one-million gallon Above Ground Storage Tanks (ASTs) used for diesel storage was out of compliance. They needed the installation of a new GCL liner and cover system, along with improvements to the storm water drainage collection and removal system inside the dike.

Case Study - Hulcher Services Removes Three Diesel and Lube Oil Above-ground Storage Tanks (ASTs) From Railyard A railroad’s environmental group wanted three diesel and lube oil above-ground storage tanks (ASTs) at their storage yard to be removed. While the 63,000 gallon ASTs were no longer in use, they were still connected to fueling stations. The group also wanted the tanks’ retaining wall to be demolished to open the space for future use.

Case Study - Hulcher Services Remediates 13,500 Tons of Contaminated Soil at Former Salvage Yard A five-acre property had previously been used as a salvage yard where battery and metal recycling took place. The property owner needed a contractor to excavate and remediate the contaminated soil at this site.

Case Study - Hi-Rail Vacuum Truck Performs Industrial Cleaning of Locomotive Service Terminal Work Bay A sump pump broke at a locomotive servicing terminal, allowing fluids from the engines to collect in the service bay’s trough. The customer needed a hi-rail vacuum truck to clean out the trough so the pump could be replaced.

Case Study - Hulcher Services Performs Tank Farm Removal Project on Six 3,000-Gallon Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) While excavating a piece of property, the railroad discovered a buried tank farm of six 3,000-gallon underground storage tanks (USTs). The railroad needed a contractor to clean out and remove the tanks and refill the area so it could be used for other purposes.

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Project Snapshot - Hulcher Excavator and Crew Perform Load Adjustment of Steel Pipes A load of steel pipes had shifted during transit and needed to be reloaded so it would be properly balanced. Hulcher Services deployed a Caterpillar® 325D excavator and crew.

Project Snapshot - Hulcher Forklift and Crew Perform Load Adjustment on Load of Roofing Tiles Eighteen pallets of roofing tiles on a center beam railcar shifted during transit, crushing their pallets and damaging the banding. Hulcher sent a crew of five personnel, a forklift, replacement pallets and a banding machine to remedy the problem.

Project Snapshot - Telehandler and Conveyor Perform Load Reduction of Alfalfa Pellets The railroad needed a load of alfalfa pellets to be reduced by 10,000 lbs. Hulcher deployed a Caterpillar® TH560B telehandler, a conveyor and a haul truck.

Case Study - Emergency Response and Remediation Resolves Major Hazardous Material Spill Following a major spill, a mass evacuation of the area was ordered as a result of the various materials involved. The customer needed an experienced emergency response / environmental contractor who could clean up the spill and restore the site.

Case Study - Undercutter Removes Contaminated Soil During Railyard Environmental Remediation A 500-foot stretch of track at the railyard was contaminated. The affected track surrounded a switch on one of three active and busy lines in that immediate part of the railyard. The railroad needed a contractor with superior railroad and environmental experience to remove the contaminated soil with an off-track undercutter and replace it with clean fill.

 

 

Photos of Equipment Used for General Industry Projects

(1) "Class I Railroad Statistics", Association of American Railroads, page 3, published May 10, 2012