Buying road salt / grit

[Banana Bar]

We now have a lot of tenants using our yard and the last two mornings have made me realise just how dangerous our concrete yard is when we have freezing conditions.
I need to buy some road salt as used by the council. Apart from a night time journey with the JCB where can I buy this? 1 or 2 tonnes would be plenty.

BB

 

[Jerry]

We now have a lot of tenants using our yard and the last two mornings have made me realise just how dangerous our concrete yard is when we have freezing conditions.
I need to buy some road salt as used by the council. Apart from a night time journey with the JCB where can I buy this? 1 or 2 tonnes would be plenty.

Ive used these guys in the past but I expect there are cheaper options if you can find a local supplier

Rock Salt Bulk Bag

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[upnortheast]

Peacocks at Ayr

 

[Steevo]

We now have a lot of tenants using our yard and the last two mornings have made me realise just how dangerous our concrete yard is when we have freezing conditions.
I need to buy some road salt as used by the council. Apart from a night time journey with the JCB where can I buy this? 1 or 2 tonnes would be plenty.

BB

Be aware the salt will eat the concrete.

 

[Exfarmer]

Do you know Lenny Jolly the contractor from Hoxne, near Diss?
He used to do a lot of salting for supermarkets this time of year
Dont know his number but he is on facebook

 

[Ffermer Bach]

I bought a bag years ago from the local concrete block firm, they had mixed the salt in with grit, which I think is a better job

 

[Water Wheel]

I bought a bag years ago from the local concrete block firm, they had mixed the salt in with grit, which I think is a better job

Bought dumpy bag from local builders merchants, or 25 Kg bags for convenience.

 

[neilo]

I buy ag salt in 600kg bags for the fodder beet. Is it not the same stuff?

I usually just add a couple of bags onto a fertiliser order in the Spring. Ordered from Wynnstay a fortnight ago at £170-180/t iirc (gone up like fertiliser for some reason )

 

[puppet]

The council here kindly provide bins on hills and side roads for a DIY spreading by the public. A bit might get spilled on some concrete.
50kg of salt goes a fair way.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Nitram does the job , but a tad expensive this year

 

[Hesstondriver]

If you use pvd salt - with no bits of rock it keeps the yard clean and not mucky . We used to get it from UAP now agrii

 

[Wellpark]

Mark Law fertiliser

 

[Pan mixer]

It will really eat into your concrete (salt anyway) unless you have concrete with an air entraining agent in it.

I did a couple of hanfuls of salt back in the 80's in a crescent outside our feed store, the concrete is now quite eaten away there, once it gets started the water sits in it and makes it worse with every freeze thaw.

Grit or sharp sand is what I use now.

 

[Wellpark]

Sharp sand works good but fills all the drains

 

[steveR]

Bought dumpy bag from local builders merchants, or 25 Kg bags for convenience.

I used to buy a pallet for the Parish Council so that a few bags could be stashed in various key locations, or top up bins when the Borough Council ran out!

The odd bag went into the baby fert spinner for the steep bank highway (ungritted) at the end of my lane

 

[neilo]

I used to buy a pallet for the Parish Council so that a few bags could be stashed in various key locations, or top up bins when the Borough Council ran out!

The odd bag went into the baby fert spinner for the steep bank highway (ungritted) at the end of my lane

I naively hadn’t realised that corruption in our politic system had reached as far down as Parish Council level.

We clearly need a root and branch overhaul of the whole system, or just a good old fashioned dictatorship with Corbyn at the helm….

 

[DrWazzock]

I buy ag salt in 600kg bags for the fodder beet. Is it not the same stuff?

I usually just add a couple of bags onto a fertiliser order in the Spring. Ordered from Wynnstay a fortnight ago at £170-180/t iirc (gone up like fertiliser for some reason )

Blimey that’s gone up. Used to be about £60 per ton for years.

 

[neilo]

Blimey that’s gone up. Used to be about £60 per ton for years.

Not here. It’s been around £120/t (in 600kg bags) for as long as I remember .

 

[steveR]

I naively hadn’t realised that corruption in our politic system had reached as far down as Parish Council level.

We clearly need a root and branch overhaul of the whole system, or just a good old fashioned dictatorship with Corbyn at the helm….

The stress got to me in the end.... after 20 years, I hung up my Chain of Office as it weighed me down...

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[Scholsey]

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Got 6tonne of the stuff tucked away, joys of artic milk tankers.