IN THIS SECTION:
Specialized Equipment

• Hi-Rail Vacuum Truck
• Hi-Rail Transfer Vacuum Truck
• Off-Track Undercutter
• Air Spade®
• Dozer Rake
• Panel Boss®
• Vibratory Hammer Pile Driver
• Grapple Truck
• Hytracker® Rail Cart
• Light Plant
• Tractor
• Mobile Food Van
• Emergency Response Trailer
• Spill Response Trailer
• Mobile Command Center
• Pressure Washer
• Citation Jet

More SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT Information:

Industries Hulcher Serves:

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

Video of the Undercutter

Video of the Panel Boss

Video of the Pile Driver

Video of the Pile Driver - Rail

Video of the Dozer Rake

Video of Air Excavation / Vacuum Truck Featuring the Air Spade®

Video of Air Excavation Retarder Cleaning Featuring the Air Spade®

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Download Track Maintenance / Maintenance of Way / Engineering Services Brochure (PDF)

Download Hulcher Emergency Response Brochure (PDF)

Download Hulcher Transfer Services Brochure (PDF)

Download Hulcher Transfer / Load Adjust Services Flyer (PDF)

Download Hulcher Environmental Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) Brochure (PDF)

Download Environmental Summary (PDF)

 

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Specialized Equipment

To be a total services contractor for railroads and industry, Hulcher Services maintains a wide variety of equipment at its divisions. Much of our equipment is the standard heavy pieces used for multiple types of work. But some projects require highly specialized types of equipment, designed to perform very specific tasks. Our fleet includes an assortment of these specialized pieces of equipment, allowing us to deliver a broad spectrum of railroad, engineering and industrial support services.

Hulcher's specialized equipment is used for Mechanical / Railroad Services, Track Maintenance / Maintenance of Way / Engineering Services, Environmental Services, Transfer / Load Adjustment Services, Maintenance Services and Disaster Response.

Hulcher's specialized equipment includes:

• Hi-Rail Vacuum Truck
• Hi-Rail Transfer Vacuum Truck
• Off-Track Undercutter
• Air Spade®
• Dozer Rake
• Panel Boss®
• Vibratory Hammer Pile Driver
• Grapple Truck
• Hytracker® Rail Cart
• Light Plant
• Tractor
• Mobile Food Van
• Emergency Response Trailer
• Spill Response Trailer
• Mobile Command Center
• Pressure Washer
• Citation Jet

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

Our specialized equipment is maintained through Hulcher’s Preventative Mechanical Maintenance Program. This multi-layered, proactive system of inspections and servicing that ensures our equipment is trustworthy and ready to go to work when you need it.The Spill Response Trailer and Emergency Response Trailer receive additional inspections to ensure all supplies are fully stocked and inspected for operational and regulatory compliance.

Anyone who has worked with railroad contractors knows that the most important part of any piece of equipment is the person who is operating it. Hulcher’s operators are railroad specialists. They have received training in railroad applications, are current in safety and security certification requirements for all Class I railroads, and have spent years perfecting their craft in maintenance-of-way environments.With their extensive railroad experience, our operators can work seemlessly with your rail gangs, or independently.

For your project to be successful, you need quality equipment, maintained to be reliable and operated by experienced railroad contractor professionals. When your project calls for equipment that is properly equipped, expertly operated and available when you need it, call Hulcher at 800-637-5471.

FEATURED SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT PROJECTS

Case Study - Hulcher Provides Disaster Response to Simultaneous Major Flood Events Record snowfalls and spring rains resulted in major flooding throughout North Dakota. Much of the state was declared a disaster area. At the same time, a separate flood event devastated several midwest states. Railroads, local governments and industry needed a contractor with extensive, national resources, including trained crews and a fleet of heavy equipment, to respond to both flood events.

Case Study - Air Excavation / Vacuum Truck Chronic mud problems created potentially dangerous softness and flex in the rail for one railroad company, especially on those stretches of track that ran along a river. The situation became more dire after flooding added to the mud in these areas. Unfortunately, the steep banks on either side of the track did not permit the use of an off-track undercutter.

Video - Dozer Rake Watch Hulcher's patent-pending Dozer Rake performing ballast leveling.

Case Study - Pile Driver With Rail The railroad was concerned about a 100-foot stretch of track along a highway where the embankment was crumbling into the road. They quickly determined that grade stabilization was needed, and proposed a unique solution: they would use pieces of recycled rail to stabilize the soil rather than invest in new H-beams or sheet pile. The railroad looked to Hulcher Services to assist with this unconventional approach to lift and drive recycled rail.

Case Study - Pile Driver, Excavator and Hi-Rail Rotary Dump Truck Stabilize Bank at Bridge Headwall A significant erosion issue was causing the railroad to lose track profile adjacent to the headwall at one corner of a bridge. They needed an experienced railroad contractor to build up and stabilize the bank around the headwall.

Case Study - Excavator / Vibratory Hammer Pile Driver Drive H-Beams for Sound Barrier Wall at Hump Yard The noise from a hump yard's master retarder interefered with the work environment at a nearby locomotive repair shop. The railroad decided to build a sound barrier made of stacked concrete, supported by H-beams; they needed a pile driver contractor who was qualified to work at the busy hump yard to set up the steel framework for the sound barrier.

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 - Undercutters Clean Coal Line Project The railroad needed experienced, trained undercutter operators who could provide the high-quality work needed for a major coal line, a critical segment of their rail network, and complete the work during a tight shut-down period.

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 Specialized Equipment