Lime in short supply

In a former job I sat in a transport schedule office, sorting work for anything between 10 and 20 tippers per day. We kept a tarmac plant near Coventry filled up with ingredients.

I can’t quite remember, but just about equal amounts of granite chippings , sand and granite dust. Mix it with a bit of treacle, Bob’s your uncle.
 

Flat 10

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In a former job I sat in a transport schedule office, sorting work for anything between 10 and 20 tippers per day. We kept a tarmac plant near Coventry filled up with ingredients.

I can’t quite remember, but just about equal amounts of granite chippings , sand and granite dust. Mix it with a bit of treacle, Bob’s your uncle.
But no limestone? Scratches head?
 

Fuzzy

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But no limestone? Scratches head?
Lime is used in hot-mix asphalt as an anti-stripping additive and as mineral filler. In the United states, numerous state transportation departments have found that incorporating hydrated lime into hot-mix asphalt adds years to the life of a highway, thus making the addition very cost-effective.

Lime in asphalt

The addition of hydrated lime can reduce stripping, rutting, cracking and aging. Hydrated lime substantially improves each of these properties when used alone, and also works well in conjunction with polymer additives, helping to create pavement systems that will perform to the highest expectations for many years.
Lime is also used to upgrade marginal aggregates. In addition to the chemical effects that reduce stripping potential and the aging impact resulting from oxidative hardening, the filler effect improves resistance to high-temperature rutting and adds fracture toughness at low temperatures.
 
But no limestone? Scratches head?

No, but only because Coventry is on the doorstep of huge granite quarries in north Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Like most processed aggregates, it’s cheaper to use the most local stuff.

I don’t think any of the Nuneaton quarries are still open, so it would all come from Leicestershire granite or Derbyshire limestone now. Derbyshire limestone is very hard. Cotswold limestone is too soft.
 

Henarar

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They had a tarmac plant at Batscombe quarry, not sure if they still do, thats limestone.
Same quarry the we used to get most of our spreading lime from
 

Yale

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I have gazed longingly at it, whenever I go past!! A couple of feet deep, and it'd make a fair farm road I reckon with some MOT on top?
You can get the same slate stone from just into Wales from the slate tips at the Horse Shoe Pass near Llangollen.

It makes good tracks and cow tracks as it’s soft and flat so less likely to go in cows feet.

The slate is owned by Jones Brothers in Ruthin,the civil engineering company and our local haulier also supplies it.

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Mounty

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Hi folks up till this year lime has been no problem to get hold of usually get from a local tipper hire man who gets from the grange at Annan or failing that tata steel but both quarry’s are saying none to be got .so my question is what other quarry’s and haulage is able to bring up Lime to sw Scotland thank you
Spoke to Grange about 10 days ago. They didn't say they hadn't got any, just said they couldn't do anything for a month as they were so busy with aggregates. Spoke to Tata last week and they had some, was about a week for delivery she said.
Shap lime?
Is there another quarry nearby or do you mean Tata?
@Cab-over Pete @Mounty How are you finding supply?
Not a massive problem our way as chalk quarries are pretty much only used for Ag. Problem has been how wet they had become over winter and have been an age drying. The latest run of frosts and low temps haven't helped production. Can't disc chalk floors when they keep getting frosts and not enough dry. As a result, stockpiles will be smaller but haulage in huge demand with far easier work than messing around in wet or difficult to find fields. Won't help things.
Limestone quarries further north have some but it's a bit ropey at some quarries. Damp stockpiles from the winter and too much aggregate work to bother with the low budget agricultural stuff.
 

Renaultman

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Spoke to Grange about 10 days ago. They didn't say they hadn't got any, just said they couldn't do anything for a month as they were so busy with aggregates. Spoke to Tata last week and they had some, was about a week for delivery she said.

Is there another quarry nearby or do you mean Tata?

Not a massive problem our way as chalk quarries are pretty much only used for Ag. Problem has been how wet they had become over winter and have been an age drying. The latest run of frosts and low temps haven't helped production. Can't disc chalk floors when they keep getting frosts and not enough dry. As a result, stockpiles will be smaller but haulage in huge demand with far easier work than messing around in wet or difficult to find fields. Won't help things.
Limestone quarries further north have some but it's a bit ropey at some quarries. Damp stockpiles from the winter and too much aggregate work to bother with the low budget agricultural stuff.
TATA and Hanson's both have quarries at Shap but I don't think Hanson's have a kiln. A lot used to go across to Redcar when they were producing steel.
 

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