buying salt

tipptom

Anybody know where i could buy a couple of ton of loose salt in limerick or surrounding area,pick it up myself.

donutheadhomer

tipptom wrote: »

Anybody know where i could buy a couple of ton of loose salt in limerick or surrounding area,pick it up myself.

dunno about that quntity but b&q are selling small household bags for €9.70

MarkR

Do roadstone do stuff like that?

tipptom

Ill give them a ring in gooig,thanks.

tipptom

no roadstone dont do it.

flutered

most dairygold co ops stock it, for the odd farmer to cure bacon.

tipptom

Yes, but only in bags(25kg typically),i want to buy it loose and bag it myself.

CJhaughey

Ring the Irish International Trading company in Cork.

munchkin_utd

does the council do it.

I know Cavan County Council was taking orders for salt to be distributed about the country to interested parties. Maybe your council also has a similar scheme?

tipptom

Didnt think council would sell privatly,will phone them and the crowd in cork,thanks guys,will let you know how i got on.

MarkR

tipptom wrote: »

Yes, but only in bags(25kg typically),i want to buy it loose and bag it myself.

Planning a little business venture for the upcoming winter?

tipptom

Yea,small little window,thought i might bag some and see could i get some in to petrol garages and busy shops,impulse buy sort of thing,what do you think.

mgbgt1978

Well tom, with the current night-time temperatures (and it's still only november) and the memory of last winter still fresh in peoples minds you could be onto something there.
Let us know how it works out.

Lurching

Great idea.
If you'd had a few hundreds of tons of the stuff last year, you'd have done well in January!

Fair play.

MarkR

Lidl were selling 5kg (i think) bags of salt this evening in shannon. Deicer, scrapers etc too. Forgot to check the price.

tipptom

Yea,heard about lidl,took a bit of wind out of my sail,how much was their 5 kilo bag.

Builderfromhell

Mix the salt with sharp sand and it will work better.

You might consider sand bag supply for upcoming floods. Most hardware stores ran out of them on the first day of flooding.

Every cloud etc.

Insect Overlord

tipptom wrote: »

Yea,heard about lidl,took a bit of wind out of my sail,how much was their 5 kilo bag.

Just got a bag, €2.99 for 5 kg.

tipptom

Yea,thought about the sharp sand,plus my salt would go further but i was thinking could i still package it as de icer salt,what would be the mix and would the damp sand melt the salt in the bag.
Sandbags a good idea very time consuming,bulky,and a very small window,hope we dont get the weather youu expecting.

tipptom

Just an update,thanks for the tip cj,went down to that crowd in cork and got a ton,googled all over and did not come across them,so just get bags now and get going,keep ye posted.