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A method and apparatus for treating timbers, such as railroad ties and the like, which comprises at least one pressure sealed tube or pipe filled with the treating fluid normally utilized for treating timbers, and of a size for receiving the timbers in sequential end-to-end relation for longitudinal movement therethrough. The timbers are initially loaded into the treating pipe through one end thereof from a movable tube containing a single timber therein, with the single timber being ejected from the movable tube into the treating tube by a suitable ram member, such as a hydraulic piston. As timber after timber is introduced into the fluid filled treating pipe, each timber pushes the preceding timber longitudinally through the pipe and the timbers absorb the treating fluid during the longitudinal passage through the filled pipe. The timbers are sequentially removed from the opposite end of the filled pipe and are individually inserted into a second movable tube whereupon the treated timber is transferred into a vacuum chamber for drying of the timber. The treated and dried timbers are then discharged from the apparatus for storage.
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