Yard Space

[Quickthorn]

watch out though ,planning will be needed for any road

 

..and everything else he's thinking about.

[Doug Blease]

Sounds like ££££££'s

If your setting up a new yard, try and get the right location for the future expansion of your business. Time spent now is money saved later.

 

Look for old dairy farms, they usually have redundant buildings/yard spaces.

[Saw-sick Steve]

Demolition rubble as a sub base, strip off topsoil and turf. Track in rubble with excavator. Infill with sub 50mm, vibrate in tight and topdress with type 1 or road planings.

 

Anything else is just wasting time.

 

Cheapest way to do it is lay out some 'terram' or similar landscaping fabric then stone or planings. Don't need to go nearly as deep then. As long as yer not running 44 t0nner over it should be fine.

Bit of a waiting list for planings now though, seems every sod buster in the country wants them for farm road, yard or gateways. Don't , as already said, use wood chip - unless you're only planning to use the track for a matter of weeks rather than months.

[gibbon]

Ed got there first. Do as the man says its the only way. We bought in £300 of scalpings to lay over crushed brick rubble. Worth every penny

[Saw-sick Steve]

Sounds like ££££££'s

If your setting up a new yard, try and get the right location for the future expansion of your business. Time spent now is money saved later.

 

Look for old dairy farms, they usually have redundant buildings/yard spaces.

 

Best option, IMHO. Always annoys me when I pass farms and see a brand new building standing yards away from an older barn thats still perfectly serviceable with a nice concrete floor, being used only to store some old bits of crap, and is still way better than any building I possess or could afford to erect!

[Mr Ed]

Cheapest way to do it is lay out some 'terram' or similar landscaping fabric then stone or planings. Don't need to go nearly as deep then. As long as yer not running 44 t0nner over it should be fine.

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The roads I have put in need to be good for 44 tonne artics. Your method is ideal for lighter duty, as long as your happy with a raised road.

[Johny Walker]

watch out though ,planning will be needed for any road

 

its an old lane thats been there for yrs, he just repairing it

[Mr Ed]

its an old lane thats been there for yrs, he just repairing it

 

Funny thing, thats what my roads always are...

[Johny Walker]

Funny thing, thats what my roads always are...

 

they can take a bit of finding if left for too long , ares started life as footpath then 1,day as if by magic it was a country lane

[Tom D]

I'm about to go out and start cold-calling run down farmsteads in my area to try and hammer out a deal with complete strangers. This aint my style but what else can I do or should be doing?

 

Thats how I got my first yard, it was level and a decent size, and free!

If you don't ask you don't get.

One thing I have found with farmers is they all know eachother, even when they live some distance appart, so name-dropping the guy who has given you the land could help you get something better ( I find they're a bit suspicious of anyone who isn't a farmer).