Muddy yard

[Dom]

The track down to my logpile and woodchip is on a very slight slope and is getting muddier and muddier by the day. I want to put some road planings down so that I don't get stuck every time I unload the van, but the lady I rent the yard from is not keen on the idea. Has anyone ever used those temporary plastic grids for parking on grass? Would these be any good? Or does anyone have any better cheaper options? (Apart from getting a land rover)

 

Cheers

[Steve Bullman]

how longs the track?

[Stephen Blair]

if you are using a pick up with twin wheels(ldv,transit) then you are going to get stuck and wreck your pick up i reckon mate even with the plasic grids, they will be pricey aswell i reckon, speak to your land lady and explain you cant afford to pay your rent if you cant tip.

[david]

even road plannings arent cheap. its not hard to spend a lot of money making a yard that you only rent anyway

[Johny Walker]

theres a firm near me paying £200 a week !!!!!!!!!!

[Alex Reid]

I have used those plastic tracking pieces before when i worked at a local flower show the field they were on was very soft and then it rained so as you could imagine it turned into a mud bath all the pieces came adrift from one another with the trucks and such like things driving over them!

 

I took the 6 tonne dumper accross which the guy who owned the tracking said " it will be fine its taken heavier before" so i drove accross it fell through the tracking and got stuck, then got the JCB to tow it out and the other lad got that stuck turned into a disaster cars and vans stuck everwhere.

 

Personally i wouldnt use it!

[Gavin]

spread some chippings ?

[Johny Walker]

spread some chippings ?

 

what wood chip that just makes it worse & a mess

[stoxs]

what wood chip that just makes it worse & a mess

 

 

as long as you keep putting fresh on top they are fine, got the transit out of muddy holes loads of times with a few shovel fulls of wood chip.

 

Use them in gateways to makes a lot of difference soaks up the moisture.

 

also they don`t wreak a mower if you need to mow the track or field

 

good call Gavin:thumbup:

[Gavin]

all my chips go to stables, i dump they spread and they can still use there fields in winter and best of all by next summer it has virtualy gone pif paf pof magic everyones a winner