Lincs Lass
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- Location
- north lincs
Dug a big hole ,no wonder this land drains so well ,foot of muck and the rest is rock
Soakaway will never fill up
Soakaway will never fill up
Today at work
- Thread starter Penmoel
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- Location
- SW Scotland
I think I have got my money's worth out of the old blades? Reckon they will have done about 2000 acres? 6m machine - so have 144 blades to change.
Brought the rotors inside to get away from snow and rain - and to have power and light.
Fitting Nord-lock washers again. Fitted them after first year with the original spring washers which were useless. Could have 10-12 blades loose after 4-5 acres but once I fitted the Nord-lock cut that down to 4-5 loose blades/season. Have been shearing quite a few bolts over the last couple of years but presume that is fatigue. Fitting new 10.9 bolts as well.
Should be a good year to slit a bit deeper to let more air into the ground?
Brought the rotors inside to get away from snow and rain - and to have power and light.
Fitting Nord-lock washers again. Fitted them after first year with the original spring washers which were useless. Could have 10-12 blades loose after 4-5 acres but once I fitted the Nord-lock cut that down to 4-5 loose blades/season. Have been shearing quite a few bolts over the last couple of years but presume that is fatigue. Fitting new 10.9 bolts as well.
Should be a good year to slit a bit deeper to let more air into the ground?
- Location
- Near Colchester
Are they SUDS cages there for burial?
- Location
- Near Colchester
Building a blooming fireplace. I hate it, hate it. Would rather be outside mucking out the cows.
Lincs Lass
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- Location
- north lincs
Polystorm crates
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
- Location
- Near Colchester
That is what I meant - Sustainable Urban Drainage System is the old fashioned name down here.
Lincs Lass
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- Location
- north lincs
The old days was fill the hole with brick rubble and anything else you wanted rid of ,these plastic crates are just another way to keep some box ticking jobsworth employed
But will we be able to continue to use these single use plastic crates anymore ?
Lincs Lass
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- Location
- north lincs
Apparently ,they are made of recycled plastic
markpentre
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- Location
- wrexham
Do you see much improvement on grass growth using one of these. Have always been tempted to try one.
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
Daffs. Only about a mile in from the coast at Budleigh where these were, so there are often some out in late January/early February. A bit like new lambs though, it’s always a joy to see them.
- Location
- SW Scotland
That's hard to answer - I use it more as a soil conditioner.
Bought it after a very wet summer in 2012 and wanted to avoid going back to waterlogged ground and soured-out grass. So maybe as much about not letting grass growth deteriorate - if that makes sense.
I do think it lets air into the soil and takes out some compaction. It is a relatively quick job and I'm pleased that the blades have only cost about£1/acre.
But in the interests of poor science I also started soil-mapping, 5-6 years ago, and pulled the soil pH up from around 5.8 to nearer 6.2, now, across the farm - so that will have helped too.
Was in jest, as I doubt anyone is going to be digging them up and recycling, not what is added during manufacture?
- Location
- Lincs / Cambs border
Jetting some really badly blocked drains today . The quantity of sediment coming out is huge . 200-220 meters in length and I would roughly estimate 200-300kg out of each one . Drains we cleaned here yesterday are running hard this morning and water levels on land dropping fast .
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
So satisfying!!
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
My thoughts exactly. Wish I had one. Anyone know of any in the East Devon area?
Have they ever been jetted before? How old are the drains?
- Location
- Lincs / Cambs border
I think these were laid on the late 80s early 90s , they are plastic pipes with gravel back fill . They haven’t been touched since they were put in so not surprising their blocked . We have jetted some in this area that were blocked solid and only 5 yrs old , they really need doing every year . It is a very satisfying job but today I can get out of the wind so it’s bloody cold .