Tarmac Road Planings - Laid Cost?

[NomdePlume]

Been offered some tarmac road planings from the contractor on a local road project - they want 75p per square foot, laid and rolled. No idea what the going rate is, but this seems a lot of money - what should I be looking to pay (it's going onto a hard-packed yard which will need a bit of accumulated mud/soil scraping off with the bucket first)?

Thanks in advance.

 

[RWG Contracts]

I don't think it sounds that bad actually, a 100'x100' yard for £7500 laid and rolled? be over twice as much concreted

 

[Badshot]

Were they driving a white transit with lurcher in the back?

 

[RWG Contracts]

Were they driving a white transit with lurcher in the back?

And steal all the manhole lids before they left the yard

 

[Badshot]

And steal all the manhole lids before they left the yard

 

[NomdePlume]

Thanks - appreciate it's cheap compared with concrete, just out of touch with what the going rate is.

 

[NomdePlume]

Manhole lids might mean proper drainage - I wish ...

 

[Fuzzy]

I don't think it sounds that bad actually, a 100'x100' yard for £7500 laid and rolled? be over twice as much concreted

But the OP is talking about road plannings not properly laid tarmac!
We pay £120 for a 20 tonne load of plannings (when available) and use the telehandler to level and roll.

 

[RWG Contracts]

But the OP is talking about road plannings not properly laid tarmac!
We pay £120 for a 20 tonne load of plannings (when available) and use the telehandler to level and roll.

ahh yes, it does say planings, my bad

go back to my 100x100 yard

laid 4" thick thats 97m3

at approx 2 tonne per cube you'd need 200 tonne approx,

which is £1200

Then a days digger hire

£70

Roller Hire

£40

So you could do it for £1310, i think

Maybe it is dear then

 

[David.]

For God's sake concrete half of it for the same money.
Planings look attractive at the time but they are about 1/10th the job of concrete.

 

[S J H]

But the OP is talking about road plannings not properly laid tarmac!
We pay £120 for a 20 tonne load of plannings (when available) and use the telehandler to level and roll.

Is that from acorn?

 

[Sheep]

Too expensive, should be a quarter of that at most.

 

[roadrunner13]

Plannings have a a place but no substitute for concrete.

Tractor tyres rip it up no matter how deep. It's great for store yards behind buildings and they do go down tight but weeds come through.

I pay about £120 for an 8 wheeler of the road. It's £250 out of their yard - never pay that much for it though!

Quality can vary masses too

 

[tomlad]

If you can get ahold of plainings