Concrete railway sleepers

[tripitake]

I am looking to put cow tracks in was wondering if any good companies in N yorkshire that people have dealt with that are worth using.How much would i expect to pay for approx 1400 sleepers
cheers

 

[pappuller]

I am looking to put cow tracks in was wondering if any good companies in N yorkshire that people have dealt with that are worth using.How much would i expect to pay for approx 1400 sleepers
cheers

£10000 or around £7 each

 

[early riser]

Are you sitting down?










£8.50/sleeper delivered in.

 

[frederick]

And join the back of the que. I believe its over 100,000 sleepers on waiting ĺist out of westbury.

 

[Traffic dodger]

Is there any at March ? Do not know how far that is from you.

 

[TomB]

I have a feeling that you can get them out of Doncaster fairly reasonably. You might get a better deal if you can sort haulage yourself and then buy direct from network rail. I think that those who offering a delivered price are trying to stitch the job up a bit unreasonably. They know that the stewardship grants are paying £33/m, so are charging £30/m for the sleepers (7.50/sleeper). There does seem to be a fair imbalance of supply and demand in the South West. Perhaps @lazy farmer might be prepared to share the cost per metre of his proper concrete tracks?

 

[lazy farmer]

I have a feeling that you can get them out of Doncaster fairly reasonably. You might get a better deal if you can sort haulage yourself and then buy direct from network rail. I think that those who offering a delivered price are trying to stitch the job up a bit unreasonably. They know that the stewardship grants are paying £33/m, so are charging £30/m for the sleepers (7.50/sleeper). There does seem to be a fair imbalance of supply and demand in the South West. Perhaps @lazy farmer might be prepared to share the cost per metre of his proper concrete tracks?

its impossible for me to justify I'm afraid
current pour is £32 a running metre or £8 a square metre that's before bought in labour say another 50% and the fact that the base is already there.

 

[Repeat]

its impossible for me to justify I'm afraid
current pour is £32 a running metre or £8 a square metre that's before bought in labour say another 50% and the fact that the base is already there.

so not much difference really?

 

[lazy farmer]

so not much difference really?

true especially if your having to remove top soil which i understand is required if using grant money for the job

 

[mo!]

£4 each ex Doncaster. DHL charging top whack for delivery but I suspect that by the time you've paid for your own man to do the induction etc that you won't make any savings.

 

[sidjon]

its impossible for me to justify I'm afraid
current pour is £32 a running metre or £8 a square metre that's before bought in labour say another 50% and the fact that the base is already there.

At what width?

 

[lazy farmer]

4metres

 

[sidjon]

4metres

4 inches thick? Or 6 inches to take any traffic?

 

[lazy farmer]

4inchs with structural fibres unless its a crossing post for silage gang then its 6

 

[TomB]

its impossible for me to justify I'm afraid
current pour is £32 a running metre or £8 a square metre that's before bought in labour say another 50% and the fact that the base is already there.

4metres

That’s not bad value as a good bit wider than sleepers. You are half way there tho with a hard base, nearly all the sleepers we’ve put down are across the middle of fields straight onto dirt.

 

[lazy farmer]

yeah the question for us was to either remove the base we had created to lay sleepers or crack on and concrete them.

 

[lazy farmer]

I am looking to put cow tracks in was wondering if any good companies in N yorkshire that people have dealt with that are worth using.How much would i expect to pay for approx 1400 sleepers
cheers

remember 4 sleepers will do 1.15mters that's an extra 15 %

 

[pappuller]

yeah the question for us was to either remove the base we had created to lay sleepers or crack on and concrete them.

Your concrete tracks will give much better foot health than sleepers.

 

[lazy farmer]

Your concrete tracks will give much better foot health than sleepers.

hope so

 

[bigw]

its impossible for me to justify I'm afraid
current pour is £32 a running metre or £8 a square metre that's before bought in labour say another 50% and the fact that the base is already there.

Satisfaction!! It looks a bloody tidy job.