Hardcore tracks - DIY or use contractor?

[Feldspar]

We did a similar job in 2009/10 with crushed stone from a nearby roadworks / new island that had just been completed. They brought it to us for free, they wanted rid & we were glad to have it - we had the correct EA exemptions in place.

They were trucking it in with 8 wheelers, we had a bloke on our 12 ton 360 digger, he scraped the soil off, laid the stone & then put soil back on top so it could green over for SPS (at the time)

All went well until the Council turned up after the job was done, someone had reported us for laying a track (even though the dirt track was already there)
We would've got it in advance on ag notice, but as it was retrospective, it was 3 X PP @ £170 at the time + a whole lot of worry - what if we have to dig it up again ?
It all turned out OK in the end

I did read about that on an old thread.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Instead of two machines working back to back ,,have you got time to hire one,dig out the track first ,have the rolls of terram laid out at every 100 mtr ready and then turn round and back fill ,just have a guy with you to keep rolling out the membrane as you go because if its slightly windy ,the digger driver wont be able to do it on his own

 

[Bruce Almighty]

Cover it over, then clear the dirt off again when the dust settles,

We had been spotted from a bridleway, one day I will find out which jealous arsehole reported us. I'm on the PC now

 

[Feldspar]

Instead of two machines working back to back ,,have you got time to hire one,dig out the track first ,have the rolls of terram laid out at every 100 mtr ready and then turn round and back fill ,just have a guy with you to keep rolling out the membrane as you go because if its slightly windy ,the digger driver wont be able to do it on his own

Could do it that way. Digging out first would certainly give a bit of flexibility if there was suddenly spraying to be done. Problem is our best guy on the excavator has got a lot of ditching that needs doing before we put 6m buffers in after harvest.

 

[Feldspar]

Is it quite a skillful job to grade the stone so that you get a convex shape to the track?

 

[Lincs Lass]

Could do it that way. Digging out first would certainly give a bit of flexibility if there was suddenly spraying to be done. Problem is our best guy on the excavator has got a lot of ditching that needs doing before we put 6m buffers in after harvest.

Ill plan my calender and come for a month

 

[Feldspar]

Ill plan my calender and come for a month

Ha! You never know, I might take you up on it!

 

[BAC]

Just get a contractor in if you are wanting it to last. Compaction and camber are the most important parts to installing a track. No point building it without a sufficient camber on it