spreading lime - pluming over houses

[DrWazzock]

If we would’ve plastered these houses First thing I’ve been doing is getting onto my insurance company to see what they say .do nothing ,you are accepting liability for the damage and further damage down the line .been there done this. Don’t even wash the cars because if you damage them they will be after you even more .you may not damage them ,but you know what they’re like .

This is precisely right. Leave any argy bargey to tge exoerts. Don’t Wade in yourself. Don’t admit anything.

 

[2wheels]

It happened to my father the neighbour complained his garden was organic and so on anyway 6 months later his wife turns out pregnent after trying for many years my father reminds him the lime must have done some good

was that six months after yer da went round to sort out the complaint?

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

Wish my wife was as dirty as her car!

She is .

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

She is .

Sorry

 

[DrWazzock]

It’s not easy being a contractor. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Sometimes you just have to take the bull by the horns and crack on.
“OK, see you in court.” was my standard reply.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Always the problem with ground lime , you lime everyone else's ground too

Don’t talk bloody daft. You could stand all day and half the night catching it out of the air and you wouldn’t have enough to lime a window box.

Unfortunately the time to put it right has passed. That time was before spreading started. Knock on doors and tell people exactly what it is, keep windows and doors closed, get their washing in, cover any eracaceous (sp?) plants and put the car in the garage. If that’s not possible tell them it’s perfectly harmless to anything it lands on. If necessary, put some on the palm of your hand and lick it off, it’s completely harmless.

I don’t think I’ve ever had anybody annoyed if I warn them in advance. The most annoyed bloke I’ve ever had was at Coleshill near Birmingham. He really threatened to give me a good hiding if I got the dust near his aviary. I pointed out the dust was drifting the other way. That direction was towards Subaru U.K., which I thought might be a bit tricky, but they were absolutely fine even though there must have been 100 new cars there.

I’m probably jinksing myself here but in 30 years I’ve never had a claim. I’ve offered to pay for windows cleaned once, they declined. I’ve had maybe 5-6 calls whilst I’ve been doing the job from concerned residents and in 30 years the Environmental Health bloke visited Dad once. He said he knew what it was before he left the office but was duty bound to visit- carry on.

It’s easy to keep the dust down. Best way is to slow the spinner speed right down. Instead of spreading 12 metres, spread at 4 metres. The difference is amazing.

Ive only had to leave the job a handful of times. Usually the farmer will say not to leave the lime but to put it on another field then do the field in question another time.

I think in future it’s going to become more of an issue as people get ever more fussy, less connected with the countryside and their cars become even more status symbols. It’s usually the car their worried about.

A few years ago when my main quarry was privately owned they would add a mist to the lime which made a huge difference with barely any water added, but the massive company who own it now don’t want to know.

I really hope it doesn’t happen but one day an environmental bod is going to get on a mission to stop it. They’ll do that by imposing a moisture content regulation on the finished product, which might be ideal, but in reality I think most quarries will just pack up making a product which is very power hungry and highly regulated for the premium products.

Then farmers will only have either shite lime or prilled to choose from.

 

[kiwi pom]

I think it all depends how windy it was and how much has covered the neighbours. "A tad windy" could be a lot of things, photo's to show it wasn't too bad?

 

[Cab-over Pete]

You’ve got to know the job. Today there’s barely been a breath of wind. I’ve spread three fields on three sides of a centre for troubled kids or something similar.

Ive no idea how troubled, but I thought I’d maybe avoid any confrontation. The kids and staff were all milling around outside at various times.

Dead calm days can be a pain, but also you find that one minute the dust drifts one way, next minute it turns, so I move around, getting out of the cab and feeling the air on my face so I know which side to be. The lime was bone dry and I was there 3 hours but avoided any trouble or covering anyone in dust.

Just blasting on is unacceptable.

 

[JWL]

The dust can't be that much different to that Saharan Dust that gets whipped up and dropped all over.

 

[DrWazzock]

You’ve got to know the job. Today there’s barely been a breath of wind. I’ve spread three fields on three sides of a centre for troubled kids or something similar.

Ive no idea how troubled, but I thought I’d maybe avoid any confrontation. The kids and staff were all milling around outside at various times.

Dead calm days can be a pain, but also you find that one minute the dust drifts one way, next minute it turns, so I move around, getting out of the cab and feeling the air on my face so I know which side to be. The lime was bone dry and I was there 3 hours but avoided any trouble or covering anyone in dust.

Just blasting on is unacceptable.

I bet you haven’t decided to pack up and go 20 miles home many times though. Leaving the lime to get rained on.
Crack on and be down the road before the dust settles.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Used to be a contractor .used to come across this all the time .The buck stops with the contractor . If you employed a contractor to do some spraying for you ,with some roundup (we Say) it wipes out your neighbours crop do you pay for it .
I bet you’ll be claiming off the contractors insurance

If i asked the spreader man to do the job , I would be responsible , i know the lie of the land but of course if conditions were so wrong as work progressed I would expect them to phone ( thats the beauty of mobile phones ) as ask if to continue as I have had happen in the Past, no problem , either its ok as there's no properties etc down wind and or rain is coming to damp the dust etc.
Ive been a contractor as well and had poor jobs given to me, unfortunatley but fortunately these days I would have more confidence to say no .

'Course loyalty is needed both ways .

 

[DrWazzock]

I have often found the wind has changed mid job. I only have a small bredal B48 with 8m spread of ground chalk so it never really looks that dramatic. Have never actually had a complaint. People here are rural bred and know I try my best. I have had more run ins with the sprayer but don’t enter into arguments just refer them to my agent. Nothing ever comes of it as I operate within the rules on wind speed and direction.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Just put a hose pipe on the lime day before and mix it in . Just enough to dampen the dust ,or mix in 1 part limex to 2 parts lime

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Not very practical Derek in a field.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Not very practical Derek in a field.

I suppose not . I tip all mine in a old silage pit ,

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I bet you haven’t decided to pack up and go 20 miles home many times though. Leaving the lime to get rained on.
Crack on and be down the road before the dust settles.

I certainly have gone home and left the job several times over the years. If it’s not fit to do, it’s not fit to do. I have pushed things many times, no doubt.

I’ve also sat and done nothing for hours on end waiting for conditions to improve and even waited until after dark when wind often drops

 

[glasshouse]

I certainly have gone home and left the job several times over the years. If it’s not fit to do, it’s not fit to do. I have pushed things many times, no doubt.

I’ve also sat and done nothing for hours on end waiting for conditions to improve and even waited until after dark when wind often drops

Always better after dark

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Used to be a train come past here every day with open carriages carrying lime, just a pale yellow cloud following behind it all the way

 

[Grassman]

[QUOTE="Cab-over Pete, post: 7525392, member: ]


Then farmers will only have either shite lime or prilled to choose from.
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Just had some lime on. No dust. It was slightly damp to the touch.
"Aglime. Coarse screened limestone"
I guess it's slower to release.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I hope it does release. I don’t like the use of the word “coarse”.