Can farmers get concrete at present?

morphy87

Just wondering I have to do some work to a silage pit, can farmers get concrete , would doing work on a silage pit be classified as essential? Also how long would you want concrete down in a base before you could harvest silage?

Dunedin

morphy87 wrote: »

Just wondering I have to do some work to a silage pit, can farmers get concrete , would doing work on a silage pit be classified as essential? Also how long would you want concrete down in a base before you could harvest silage?

28 days and no idea whether you can get it. A quick phone call in the morning will tell you.

UrbanFret

morphy87 wrote: »

Just wondering I have to do some work to a silage pit, can farmers get concrete , would doing work on a silage pit be classified as essential? Also how long would you want concrete down in a base before you could harvest silage?

30 days for heavy plant. Lots of concrete being delivered around Cavan/Fermanagh. Of course it would be essential from an animal welfare point of view.

alps

morphy87 wrote: »

Just wondering I have to do some work to a silage pit, can farmers get concrete , would doing work on a silage pit be classified as essential? Also how long would you want concrete down in a base before you could harvest silage?

You can deem it essential, but the Gardaí can turn the trucks back. Be sure you have an agreed solution with your concrete supplier as to who covers the cost of disposal of a load of concrete if sent back to base.

Tileman

None opened around here . Unless it’s for the hse

valtra2

Yes you can get it but you need a letter signed by the guards saying its for essential works.

landofthetree

Google building a new silage base Tegasc.
A great little document on building a silage pit.

Buford T. Justice XIX

morphy87 wrote: »

Just wondering I have to do some work to a silage pit, can farmers get concrete , would doing work on a silage pit be classified as essential? Also how long would you want concrete down in a base before you could harvest silage?

You'll need to contact the Dept of Ag and explain your story to them, that you need x cubic meters of concrete to pour/repair a silage pit and it must be poured 1 month before cutting.

Get them to send you a letter and then contact the local Gardai to let them know it's being used for essential work.

There should be no problem, other than finding someone to supply the concrete, once you have a letter stating that it's essential work that needs doing now.

Say my name

Throw in that there's an essential environmental reason too.

148multi

Say my name wrote: »

Throw in that there's an essential environmental reason too.

A load of drainage stone delivered to a neighbour, mind he is unlikely to stop a lorry delivering to his own farm.

K.G.

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

You'll need to contact the Dept of Ag and explain your story to them, that you need x cubic meters of concrete to pour/repair a silage pit and it must be poured 1 month before cutting.

Get them to send you a letter and then contact the local Gardai to let them know it's being used for essential work.

There should be no problem, other than finding someone to supply the concrete, once you have a letter stating that it's essential work that needs doing now.

What i have been told by the department is they are issuing no permits for doing building work.what you can do is write a letter stating you are doing when you are doing it and your contractors and suppliers names .then you get that signed by a guard and the contractor or supplier keeps that in the truck or van.if they are stopped by the gaurds it should cover them but as always alot can come down to the guard on the day.in the main silage slabs and pig or poultry houses are ok and maybe a milking parlour but a cattle house would be laughed out of court.all it does is shove liability for a fine on to you rather than contractors/suppliers and you have to decide would your story stack up if questions were asked.even if you do have apermit you should do the job in a covid safe way.

hopeso

I think I heard that construction work will be one of the first restrictions lifted. But, even if that happens in a few weeks time, it may well be too late for repairing the slab.
I saw one mixer passing here last week. It went to a new private house. So, I suppose a lot depends on how far the concrete has to travel to you, and how likely it is to be stopped on the roads it will have to travel, assuming you can find a company willing to deliver.