lime costs

[SEMI-RETIRED]

guy came and soil tested for PH yesterday needs 100 tonnes of lime @ 2 tonne /acre.

quoted £27/tonne spread, this is in Gloucestershire.
is this a competitive price?

 

[Robert K]

@Cab-over Pete

 

[icanshootwell]

guy came and soil tested for PH yesterday needs 100 tonnes of lime @ 2 tonne /acre.

quoted £27/tonne spread, this is in Gloucestershire.
is this a competitive price?

Sounds about right, not bought any for a few years, grass love it.

 

[nick...]

Paid £18 ish for chalk in last few days and little over a fiver a ton to spread.that was around 90 tons.
nick...

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Thank you for tagging me but it depends on many things. Quality of lime and distance from the quarry being the two most influential on the price.

 

[Steevo]

How did you get on in the end @SEMI-RETIRED?

 

[SEMI-RETIRED]

all spread !

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Happy with it?

 

[Steevo]

Who did the spreading for you? Do you know which quarry the lime came from?

 

[texelburger]

I've just been quoted £31/ton spread.Local quarry no longer produces Lime.This lime is slightly orange in colour and come from,i think,the Cotswold area.Meant to be quite soluble too.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Meant to be....?

Who told you that and what quarry is it from?

 

[texelburger]

Meant to be....?

Who told you that and what quarry is it from?

The contractor did tell me the quarry but I can't remember the name,sorry.He said 52 % soluble ,does that sound right ?

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Never heard of a solubility figure for lime.

Could he have said NV, neutralising value?

 

[texelburger]

Never heard of a solubility figure for lime.

Could he have said NV, neutralising value?

Yes,sorry,nv value.

 

[Karliboy]

2 things both not of any issue of me just interested
1. a mate is borrowing my old Atkinson lime spreader off me I am unsure of how much it holds has anybody a ruff idea iam thinking around 2.5 ton just so i can give him a idea

2. he's getting the waste stuff from the cement works from what i understand. is it any good? he's been told its nv is 35% if i remember proper ground lime is around the 50% mark

 

[Cab-over Pete]

The Cotswold lime I spread is around 1400kg/m cubed if that’s any help.

The cement will do the job in a fashion. Just make sure it’s priced accordingly. I’ve an idea it has a little bit of potash in it too, but not much.

 

[Karliboy]

Thanks. The lime in the pic above is fenstone calcium lime from a couple of years ago and when I worked it backwards from number of Loads spread to weight delivered I got it to about 2.5t per load so 1400/m sounds a good comparison.
Ive been told £5/ton delivered.
Cheers

 

[ploughman1963]

I've just been quoted £31/ton spread.Local quarry no longer produces Lime.This lime is slightly orange in colour and come from,i think,the Cotswold area.Meant to be quite soluble too.

Best of luck with that if its the same as I had - and it sounds like it. Loads still sitting on the surface after 3 (?) weeks and several mm of rain. Lots of hard pieces around 5mm square or larger that I cant break between my fingers. V disappointed.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Was it cheap?

 

[SEMI-RETIRED]

Was it cheap?

Lime came from daglingworth quarry.
Think contractor was from Marlborough way.