Sweeping a concrete yard

BENDYBINN

What do ye use for sweeping concrete yards?
Just general muck from tractor tyres ect thanks

jus_tin4

bucket on a tractor loader during the year, then its power washed once/twice a year, never too dirty tho. rain helps keep it cleanish around here anyways

Mad4simmental

Wet down the yard & get your back into it.

Blackgrass

Bucket-brush. Old loader bucket with a cover over the top/front with a large hydraulic driven rotating brush. Reverse around does a good job but rises a lot of dust when dry.
There's also a large brush can get for the loader just like an over sized yard sweep.

Greengrass1

Was in a mates yard the other day he put a 8x4x4 bsle of straw on loader and pushed it down the yard. Did a right job.

Concrete wasn't too rough though. Smooth with good grip on it

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Was in a mates yard the other day he put a 8x4x4 bsle of straw on loader and pushed it down the yard. Did a right job.

Concrete wasn't too rough though. Smooth with good grip on it

If I did that the bale would surly break into pieces and id be chasing straw for the day

Greengrass1

Reggie. wrote: »

If I did that the bale would surly break into pieces and id be chasing straw for the day

He had it in a 6ft shear grab

Connemara Farmer

Reggie. wrote: »

If I did that the bale would surly break into pieces and id be chasing straw for the day

Baled for selling were they :P

welton john

BENDYBINN wrote: »

What do ye use for sweeping concrete yards?
Just general muck from tractor tyres ect thanks

Many ways to approach this task, personally i prefer the dosco 256 brush myself. wouldn't be gone on the 220 bristle brush as you dont get as clean a sweeping action with it.

farawaygrass

welton john wrote: »

Many ways to approach this task, personally i prefer the dosco 256 brush myself. wouldn't be gone on the 220 bristle brush as you dont get as clean a sweeping action with it.

Is that the hybrid series, that works off the rising dust? Only problem is getting enough dust rose to get it going, I always have the yard nearly finished myself first 😅

rangler1

I use an 8ft brush on the loader, does a really good job. even in old cracked concrete, great to go round the yards on a wet day when you can do nothing else
Muck either has to be very wet or very dry same as with your ordinary hand brush.
I used to have a sweepex 5ft and changed it for the prodig 8ft, bristles aren't near as good on the prodig

Blackgrass

rangler1 wrote: »

I use an 8ft brush on the loader, does a really good job. even in old cracked concrete, great to go round the yards on a wet day when you can do nothing else
Muck either has to be very wet or very dry same as with your ordinary hand brush.
I used to have a sweepex 5ft and changed it for the prodig 8ft, bristles aren't near as good on the prodig

http://www.sweepexproducts.com/mega-brooms/smb-960
Like this?
Can get extra bristles to add in on some?
Use one to sweep up i front of piles of grain as to lazy(cough busy) to use hand brush to avoid crushing anythng split with bucket.

blue5000

Slurry tanker and tractor yard scraper used here, sounds to me like some of you lads are only imagining you have a dirty yard;) If the pikeys are able to step out of the van, then it's not dirty enough.

rangler1

blue5000 wrote: »

Slurry tanker and tractor yard scraper used here, sounds to me like some of you lads are only imagining you have a dirty yard;) If the pikeys are able to step out of the van, then it's not dirty enough.

You know you've everything bought when the only thing you want is a brush....only trouble is by that time, old age has us f....ked

49801

A scraping with the transport box does us.
Pit prep for silage is a tanker of river water. Job is a good one!!!