Price for 2 inch down for road into the farm

HillFarmer

Hi All,

I'm putting some 2 inch down on roadway into farm.

I got a price of 12 plus VAT delivered. 16 tonne loads.

Anybody know if this is good value? I'll need about 55 tonne.

moll3

180 for 20 tonne of it here all in (blue rock)

Good loser

HillFarmer wrote: »

Hi All,

I'm putting some 2 inch down on roadway into farm.

I got a price of 12 plus VAT delivered. 16 tonne loads.

Anybody know if this is good value? I'll need about 55 tonne.

Too dear. In south Kilkenny available at €150 a load for c. 20 tonnes. Plus VAT (I think)

ABlur

No sure what two inch down is but I recently put in a new roadway using local gravel in west clare cost €85 per 20 tonne load cash on the dash.

Conor556

We got it for €150 for lorry load all in.

dasheriff

€8+vat here for top quality limestone 2" down 22 ton loads..

HillFarmer

Thanks lads, it seems pricey so, i'll see if he can do better as now I've bit of a guide.
If not I'll be searching the nearby quarries.

Thanks for your help

reilig

Are people still paying cash for this kind of stuff? Would it not make more sense to be able to get a receipt and put it against your tax?

We make farm roadways with quarry blast red rock. Its €120 a load (22 ton) inc delivery and VAT. It breaks up under the steel tracks of a track machine and forms a very solid base. We top it off with crusher dust @ €120 per load too. The cost is in the diesel for transport!!

bob charles

€6 + vat for 2" limestone crush run, ideal for farms and to me looks the exact same as the stuff €2 a ton dearer, pay when ever the sun is shining , thankfully its that price as used around 1500 ton last year under yards

49801

HillFarmer wrote: »

Hi All,

I'm putting some 2 inch down on roadway into farm.

I got a price of 12 plus VAT delivered. 16 tonne loads.

Anybody know if this is good value? I'll need about 55 tonne.

i never like round gravel stone for roadways.... too easy for the stone to move over each other and roadway to subside with time into hollows.
crush stone far better job if you can stretch the budget.

freedominacup

HillFarmer wrote: »

Hi All,

I'm putting some 2 inch down on roadway into farm.

I got a price of 12 plus VAT delivered. 16 tonne loads.

Anybody know if this is good value? I'll need about 55 tonne.

55 tonne covers around 140 square metres at 200mm/8 inch depth. Are you sure 55 tonne covers it? On a 10 ft wide roadway you'd be lucky to cover 50m at that depth.

grange mac

49801 wrote: »

i never like round gravel stone for roadways.... too easy for the stone to move over each other and roadway to subside with time into hollows.
crush stone far better job if you can stretch the budget.

I made a roadway this year 200m, just got the machine i had draining to put on breaker for day and take out one of the many "spare" knobs of rock i had in field, i used his power box to draw it and he tracked over it few times to level it properly. no more getting tractor stuck going through field for me...

55ton wont go far in a road...at a guess i used 200t of crushed rock.

HillFarmer

freedominacup wrote: »

55 tonne covers around 140 square metres at 200mm/8 inch depth. Are you sure 55 tonne covers it? On a 10 ft wide roadway you'd be lucky to cover 50m at that depth.

The road is already there, but it is on a gradual slope and has become bandl eroded in parts. It needs sheeting hence the 2 inch down.

I'm putting in concrete sholes aswell to keep water off it

freedominacup

HillFarmer wrote: »

The road is already there, but it is on a gradual slope and has become bandl eroded in parts. It needs sheeting hence the 2 inch down.

I'm putting in concrete sholes aswell to keep water off it

If its bad only in parts use the 2" down at those points and maybe think about screenings for the covering. you would need a min of 4" of 2" down in order for it to "grip" and stay in place 2 inches of screenings or dust rolled in will do a reasonable job and give you a nice surface for driving or moving cattle over.

2 tonne stone= 1 cubic metre. Rough rule of thumb given to me by an engineer years ago. Found it to be reasonably accurate in all sorts of situations since.

HillFarmer

freedominacup wrote: »

If its bad only in parts use the 2" down at those points and maybe think about screenings for the covering. you would need a min of 4" of 2" down in order for it to "grip" and stay in place 2 inches of screenings or dust rolled in will do a reasonable job and give you a nice surface for driving or moving cattle over.

2 tonne stone= 1 cubic metre. Rough rule of thumb given to me by an engineer years ago. Found it to be reasonably accurate in all sorts of situations since.

Cheers hadn't thought of the dusting.

davidk1394

Resurrecting an old thread here. Any idea how much limestone rock is making. Blasted straight off the face not crushed ??