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farm passageways

  • 13-07-2012 12:26pm
    #1
    f140
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    want to do something better with my farm passageways. with the past few years there gone a bit ****ttier and its becoming a bit of a nuisence. Now when going to a paddock spreading fert or topping and coming back the tractors wheels grips are filling up with **** and bringing it down too the sheds and parlour which is all concrete which I normally keep immaculate. these passageways are used every day almost with the milking cows travelling up and down so hence pooing and itgs eventually building up. when my brother was in plant hire 10 years ago he used to bring back fill and stuff from sites and it did the job grand so now I will have to but whatever stone or gravel. What is the best thing to do and buy.


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  • #2
    whelan1
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    if you look back a page or 2 in the photo thread i put up photos of out new laneways, we are lucky enough to have loads of shale here... got a lad with a hymac to dig out the exsisting floor put down loads of shale and topped it off with a few loads of bought in 803, great job


  • #3
    f140
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 875 ✭✭✭f140


    whelan1 wrote: »
    if you look back a page or 2 in the photo thread i put up photos of out new laneways, we are lucky enough to have loads of shale here... got a lad with a hymac to dig out the exsisting floor put down loads of shale and topped it off with a few loads of bought in 803, great job

    just had a look and looks very well. how do you stop heavy rain at the top op that hill from making a track down through the gravel and making a trench? also how much was that 804 per tonne?


  • #4
    whelan1
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    €180 plus vat.... we are working on the rain bit:rolleyes: we are leaning towards a trench style thingy across the lane- would be a pity to dig it up again to put a pipe under it


  • #5
    MANSFIELD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 161 ✭✭MANSFIELD


    whelan1 wrote: »
    if you look back a page or 2 in the photo thread i put up photos of out new laneways,

    Hi could you post a link to the photos of your new laneways please.
    I can't find them. :o


  • #6
    whelan1
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    bottom of pg 148 in the photo thread:)


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  • #7
    MANSFIELD
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    Thanks found them - ye done a lovely job on the roadways .


  • #8
    Pappa J
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭Pappa J


    whelan1 wrote: »
    bottom of pg 148 in the photo thread:)
    How long do you have the road down.
    We did a simular job last year and got awful lameness. We first put down Medium Slig, vibrator rolled it, blinded off with 804 and also vibrated. Road looked fab but small stones came to the surface after a week and caused serious greef for the cows. This year ended up having to coat the whole road with 3/4 of an inch of slig dust and vibrated it again..... Now we have a road, no lameness and as smooth as a babies bottom.
    Did you run into any trouble Whelan1.
    Between the lameness and cost of the two jobs it was a bit pricey !!!


  • #9
    whelan1
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    down about a month now.... much better than what we had before, no more lameness yet.... very happy with it


  • #10
    f140
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 875 ✭✭✭f140


    whelan1 wrote: »
    down about a month now.... much better than what we had before, no more lameness yet.... very happy with it


    how did the heay rain affect the hill. thats my biggest fear. I could have all the stuff down lovely and then the rain could dig a trench down through it and the bottom would be in pure **** with gravel everywhere.


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