Where is the best place to buy drainage gravel

tr250

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Location
Northants
Midlands area what sort is best and what sort of price is it roughly
? Will the quarry’s deal direct or do I need to ring a merchant need roughly 980 tons in total but only around 300 tons in a couple of weeks the rest in July. Is there any shortages heard there is with most building materials?
 

JD6920s

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Mixed Farmer
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Shropshire
I heard off a drainage contractor that HS2 is taking so much stone it’s in short supply.
Usually you will get a better price off a local haulier than the quarry, and you won’t have to worry about complying to all their health and safety regs to get in there either.
 
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Get recycled. Hs2 have destroyed supply chains and cocked up prices for the rest of us.

recycled sourced when it’s dry does the job, in the winter it’s got more soil in usually
 

S J H

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Bedfordshire
Midlands area what sort is best and what sort of price is it roughly
? Will the quarry’s deal direct or do I need to ring a merchant need roughly 980 tons in total but only around 300 tons in a couple of weeks the rest in July. Is there any shortages heard there is with most building materials?
Try rose aggregates, I haven’t used them for a while but they were good.
 

Lincs Lass

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north lincs
Quarries will deal direct ,,is there a Breedon group near you ,,poorouse fill here is generaly the cheaper chalky gravel 50mm ,,Ive had 20mm from our local quarry for £34 delivered
 

Farm X

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Worldwide
Midlands area what sort is best and what sort of price is it roughly
? Will the quarry’s deal direct or do I need to ring a merchant need roughly 980 tons in total but only around 300 tons in a couple of weeks the rest in July. Is there any shortages heard there is with most building materials?
What are you using to install drainage?

We're beginning to sell Soil-Max Tile (drainage pipes) Ploughs in the UK and the advantage of using this plough is that it doesn't require dumping gravel on top of the pipe so farmers are saving quite a bit of money.
 

tr250

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Location
Northants
What are you using to install drainage?

We're beginning to sell Soil-Max Tile (drainage pipes) Ploughs in the UK and the advantage of using this plough is that it doesn't require dumping gravel on top of the pipe so farmers are saving quite a bit of money.
Our near neighbors are doing it for us they run their own mastenbroek trencher. Do you have any info on your ploughs are you talking small sections of tile pipes like older drainage schemes. Can you mole drain into them as that is the idea of using the gravel
 

Farm X

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Worldwide
Our near neighbors are doing it for us they run their own mastenbroek trencher. Do you have any info on your ploughs are you talking small sections of tile pipes like older drainage schemes. Can you mole drain into them as that is the idea of using the gravel
Well that's convenient! It's always nice to know someone with their own machine.

I've attached some videos below for you to reference. You can also visit www.soilmax.com/plows. Feel free to PM me if you have any more questions.


 

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