advise from the experienced needed here please

tomieen jones

My question is what is the material called that dairy lads use for road ways ? And would this be suitable around a crush area holding pen! Used 5-6 times a year max! Concrete I know would be the most popular option but this would be more run off water to store in tank and also maybe more injuries during testing (suckler herd) as a result of slips and stampedes! Would gravel and blinding well packed in be good enough á they wouldn't be holding there very long coming from a concrete yard ! Anyone he with this done or any alternative ideas ?

Treeservice

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Kovu

We have something similar in our far holding area. There are a couple of cons to it, have seen one heifer with a stone stuck in her clouts cause of it. Plus if we leave them a few hours in it (AI, testing, etc) it can get very mucky as the sh!te mixes in with the loose top stuff. We have no foundation it it though so that may be a cause for it to soak up some lovely Leitrim moisture running down the hill it's under.

tomieen jones

Kovu wrote: »

We have something similar in our far holding area. There are a couple of cons to it, have seen one heifer with a stone stuck in her clouts cause of it. Plus if we leave them a few hours in it (AI, testing, etc) it can get very mucky as the sh!te mixes in with the loose top stuff. We have no foundation it it though so that may be a cause for it to soak up some lovely Leitrim moisture running down the hill it's under.

Thanks for a pix and reply! That looks a bit courser than I had in mind !was thinking about that red type looking stuff the dairy boys use?that's surely easy on their feet?
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Kovu

tomieen jones wrote: »

Thanks for a pix and reply! That looks a bit courser than I had in mind !was thinking about that red type looking stuff the dairy boys use?that's surely easy on their feet?

Ah I know what you mean alright but that's not easy found round here! It's probably a bit course but it was left over from an area we did around the slatted shed so be a shame to waste it. The bog area the pen is in no lorry could reach it so we had to bring it in by transport box, if it was much smaller of a grain I'd say it would have been ploughed into the ground. Funnily enough all the larger stones have worked their way to the top so it looks much coarser than it is.

onyerbikepat

'Half inch down limestone' is what we use around here. It's what it says on the tin, anything from 1/2" down to dust. Easier on the feet than larger chips. It compacts better too.

ford 5600

tomieen jones wrote: »

Thanks for a pix and reply! That looks a bit courser than I had in mind !was thinking about that red type looking stuff the dairy boys use?that's surely easy on their feet?

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Shale, also known as Slig, is the reddish looking soft rock that you are thinking of. It should be ideal for the purpose you need it for. It breaks down very nicely under the tracks of a digger. Depends whether you can get it locally. Haulage is a killer financially.
3 inch down from a quarry , and ask them to put plenty of finer stuff in the load, will suit you either.

tomieen jones

ford 5600 wrote: »

Shale, also known as Slig, is the reddish looking soft rock that you are thinking of. It should be ideal for the purpose you need it for. It breaks down very nicely under the tracks of a digger. Depends whether you can get it locally. Haulage is a killer financially.
3 inch down from a quarry , and ask them to put plenty of finer stuff in the load, will suit you either.

excellent thank you I'm in limerick so ill enquire about that !should be allot cheaper than concrete anyhow