What do you have for a yard floor?

[Goaty]

Woodchip, sawdust tends to hold the moisture and keep ground wet, Our yard is hardcore base with planings on top. When doing the scraping with a tractor loader it pays to use the bucket at about 45 degrees(find your best angle) down from horizontal and drag backwards to avoid digging in to yard surface.

 

Ideal compromise would be concrete under woodchip pile and split log pile for clean bulk handling and rough brash, cordwood and traffic areas on cheaper surface.

[treequip]

You cant beat proper concrete on working areas machines sit level and you can power sweep after wards. I worked out the other day a pad 6mx6m 150mm thick with materials and labour wont leave much change from £1000 so not cheap areas used for storage are ok with lesser materials.

 

Batching plants often have loads or part loads sent back as not required, they are pleased to be rid of it cheap.

 

If you can have an area prepared and can take it at short notice its a bargain.

[Goaty]

Batching plants often have loads or part loads sent back as not required, they are pleased to be rid of it cheap.

 

If you can have an area prepared and can take it at short notice its a bargain.

 

This is true, when I drove a mixer this August, there was 14cube (over £900) that had to go back, I had places I could of taken it but the gaffer spent that long trying to resell it. We took it back yard to be crushed for hardcore later. The customer had already paid for it.

[gensetsteve]

This is true, when I drove a mixer this August, there was 14cube (over £900) that had to go back, I had places I could of taken it but the gaffer spent that long trying to resell it. We took it back yard to be crushed for hardcore later. The customer had already paid for it.

 

The hanson plant in Andover does not allow it and the trucks are fitted with trackers. Unfortunately

[Brushcutter]

We have both. Concrete pads for the woodchip and around the refuling point (easy to clean up fuel spills you see). Tracked in type 2 with concrete dust rolled in on top. Does well for vehicles but cletes on tractor tyres do rip it up a bit. Timber stacks are done just on regular ground.

[Goaty]

The hanson plant in Andover does not allow it and the trucks are fitted with trackers. Unfortunately

 

 

Shame I agree.

I wasn't bothered about the money for myself, just seeing it go to waste a free tip would of saved them the reprocessing costs as they already have big heaps of rubble/hardcore as the quarry also has waste transfer facilities.

Its daft how policies actually shoot companies in their own feet, If they had a known list of nearby waiting tip sites willing to pay up to half price or a donation to a charity, the feel good factor could be spread for everyone. Also the wastage cut back. Iv'e even thought if they had barrels etc on site to fill for traffic stoppers to sell on.

 

Its ironic the plant I help out has blather and potholes for a yard when they bring back £££££££s of concrete every year.

[Woodworks]

Thanks chaps

 

I am presuming "batching plants" are concrete plants? If so I will look into cheap unwanted loads but we are a bit out the way so they may not be keen.

 

I am not to bothered about being able to use the tractor bucket on the surface as we have a yard scraper that I presume would be kinder to the finished surface.

 

For tracking in how big a 360 is needed to do a decent job? The only person I have approached so far just has road going JCB He recond he could scrape off the present uneven hardcore flatten things off and relay the old and add another 30 ton to do a decent job. Is the concrete dust a wast product or do you just break some sacks open and spread about. I do not have brash or chips in the yard so hopefully the concrete area can be small. Does the layer of finer stuff like tar planing's help bind things together or is is just maker a neater surface?

 

Thanks for all the info so far your being a great help

[gensetsteve]

Thanks chaps

 

I am presuming "batching plants" are concrete plants? If so I will look into cheap unwanted loads but we are a bit out the way so they may not be keen.

 

I am not to bothered about being able to use the tractor bucket on the surface as we have a yard scraper that I presume would be kinder to the finished surface.

 

For tracking in how big a 360 is needed to do a decent job? The only person I have approached so far just has road going JCB He recond he could scrape off the present uneven hardcore flatten things off and relay the old and add another 30 ton to do a decent job. Is the concrete dust a wast product or do you just break some sacks open and spread about. I do not have brash or chips in the yard so hopefully the concrete area can be small. Does the layer of finer stuff like tar planing's help bind things together or is is just maker a neater surface?

 

Thanks for all the info so far your being a great help

 

The waste product from batching plants is not bags of dust its finished product left after a delivery because the customer miscalculated the amount they needed. If you order 6 cu metres of concrete and send one back they will charge you £200 to get rid as it is setting. If you have several areas shuttered up ready they can drop it in for you but you need to be ready to go as it takes a lot longer than you think to scrape level and shutter up an area.

[Big J]

I've got shale blaze (the slag from shale oil mining). It can be a bit mucky at times, but it's quite easy to keep clean. You can plow up any sawdust without ripping up the surface. It's just a bit of a pain when you have a frost and it melts. It can leave a muddy slick on top. Very good surface for a standard forklift though - I almost never get stuck!

[renewablejohn]

Due to planning restrictions all my roadways have to be temporary therefore I use reinforced concrete panels 4 mtr x 1 mtr tongue and grove with 2 lifting points. Size was determined by maximum lifting ability of my 3 tonne excavator. Not cheap though at £170 per panel but they do occasionally come up at farm sales.