Astro turf on top of grass

[Beef farmer]

Rule of thumb is minimum 3m wide. But work on 1m per hundred cows. So 400 cows 4m wide if in 1 mob. In reality would anyone want/need a track wider than that?

 

[Dead Rabbits]

Rule of thumb is minimum 3m wide. But work on 1m per hundred cows. So 400 cows 4m wide if in 1 mob. In reality would anyone want/need a track wider than that?

Yes

 

[pappuller]

Yes

of course you do, everythings bigger over there

 

[Headless chicken]

200 cows
Minimum width needed please?

3m we find to narrow 4m comfortable for man and beast

Edit. We put in 3m tracks 3 years ago and made them all to 4m wide last year.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I worked on a place in NZ where half the farm (the recently purchased half) was all on concrete tracks that were probably only 4 feet wide with another foot or so of grass either side before the fence. That was for a 160 cow herd. At that width no pr*ck can try and drive a tractor down it so there's no need for more than 3in of concrete.

At that width and depth in can become cost effective.

You see more wide tracks with cows walking in single file down the side than you do narrow tracks with cows fighting for space.

 

[jimmer]

I worked on a place in NZ where half the farm (the recently purchased half) was all on concrete tracks that were probably only 4 feet wide with another foot or so of grass either side before the fence. That was for a 160 cow herd. At that width no plonker can try and drive a tractor down it so there's no need for more than 3in of concrete.

At that width and depth in can become cost effective.

You see more wide tracks with cows walking in single file down the side than you do narrow tracks with cows fighting for space.

That's basically what I'm trying to determine, when dry they use full 10 or so feet, when wet they stay on the narrower hard surface
Bit like not taking the cladding off of a cubicle shed because the rain might blow in 10 days a year

 

[dinderleat]

Why not try concrete 5ft wide at 4inchs with fibers then if it’s not wide enough either stone or concrete the extra?

 

[dinderleat]

8m load would do 53 meters long track

 

[Agrispeed]

Any tracks I have built are 5m fence to fence, at least 4m hardcore. (based on the biggest pieces of machinery we take down them) When I can I have been putting hardcore the full width now. Quite a few of the tracks are mixed machinery and cow use, and it helps to keep them in good condition if you can run in separate wheelings each time.

 

[Stinker]

Astro turf is great for cows but all those micro fibres are going to end up in the river. I guess the people who make it never thought about how to get rid of it when it was spent.

 

[som farmer]

I worked on a place in NZ where half the farm (the recently purchased half) was all on concrete tracks that were probably only 4 feet wide with another foot or so of grass either side before the fence. That was for a 160 cow herd. At that width no plonker can try and drive a tractor down it so there's no need for more than 3in of concrete.

At that width and depth in can become cost effective.

You see more wide tracks with cows walking in single file down the side than you do narrow tracks with cows fighting for space.

using the new astro turf tracks, cows go about 2 wide, but go up about 3 gears in speed

 

[Stump Grinder]

Does anyone know where to get Astro from Ive tries 3 people who normaly have it but cant find any.