Over the past few years I have noticed a lot of farms getting stuff
delivered in huge loads, it looks like the stuff used under drives (crush &
run), the type of stuff used to fill in holes in the road prior to
tarmaccing.
They are getting it tipped in the fields? - sometimes there is a small
mountain of it delivered - it can't be good for the fields if it *is* this
stuff, there is lots of 'rocks' in it about 3 - 6 inches across...is it some
kind of hardened fertilizer?

One feild near here had over 100 tonnes delivered, (the stack was about 10
ft high and 30 ft by 30 ft) surely they can't all be having drives laid?

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In message , Phil L
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Over the past few years I have noticed a lot of farms getting stuff
delivered in huge loads, it looks like the stuff used under drives (crush &
run), the type of stuff used to fill in holes in the road prior to
tarmaccing.
They are getting it tipped in the fields? - sometimes there is a small
mountain of it delivered - it can't be good for the fields if it *is* this
stuff, there is lots of 'rocks' in it about 3 - 6 inches across...is it some
kind of hardened fertilizer?

One feild near here had over 100 tonnes delivered, (the stack was about 10
ft high and 30 ft by 30 ft) surely they can't all be having drives laid?

It is quite possibly for soakaways for drainage
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"Sue Begg" wrote in message
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In message , Phil L
writes
Over the past few years I have noticed a lot of farms getting stuff
delivered in huge loads, it looks like the stuff used under drives (crush
&
run), the type of stuff used to fill in holes in the road prior to
tarmaccing.

It's probably road planings. Highway contractors flog it to farmers (and
caravan sites like our club). Lay it four inches thick and with plenty of
traffic it flattens down into a reasonable metalled surface.
Used to buy it for about a fiver a ton but havn't been able to buy it in any
quantity for the past year or so because it's now classed as a bio hazard!
Even the local authority works yard has to store it in skips or their own
environ'mental' people get upset.
Apparently when it rains the runoff could pollute water courses. (Just like
on the highway where it came from).
It's getting in short supply because someone's invented a machine that tears
up the old road surface, chips it up, boils it in a furnace, mixes it with a
bit of new bitumen and lays it back on the road - all in one go.
DaveK.

On Wed, 4 May 2005 08:24:17 +0100, Sue Begg wrote:

there is lots of 'rocks' in it about 3 - 6 inches across...is it
some kind of hardened fertilizer?

One feild near here had over 100 tonnes delivered,

It is quite possibly for soakaways for drainage

Go and take a closer look is it really stone? What colour is it? It
may be the residue from sugar production. This is used as a fertilizer
on poor soils.

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In article ,
"davek" wrote:

It's getting in short supply because someone's invented a machine that tears
up the old road surface, chips it up, boils it in a furnace, mixes it with a
bit of new bitumen and lays it back on the road - all in one go.

I can't believe it! Sounds too good to be true.
[If only someone would do the same for plastic containers.]

john

It sounds to me like dried sewage sludge which is used for fertiliser

Leslie

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
ll.com...
On Wed, 4 May 2005 08:24:17 +0100, Sue Begg wrote:

there is lots of 'rocks' in it about 3 - 6 inches across...is it
some kind of hardened fertilizer?

One feild near here had over 100 tonnes delivered,

It is quite possibly for soakaways for drainage

Go and take a closer look is it really stone? What colour is it? It
may be the residue from sugar production. This is used as a fertilizer
on poor soils.

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

davek wrote:
:: "Sue Begg" wrote in message
:: ...
::: In message ,
::: Phil L writes
:::: Over the past few years I have noticed a lot of farms getting
:::: stuff delivered in huge loads, it looks like the stuff used
:::: under drives (crush &
:::: run), the type of stuff used to fill in holes in the road prior
:::: to tarmaccing.
::
:: It's probably road planings. Highway contractors flog it to
:: farmers (and caravan sites like our club). Lay it four inches
:: thick and with plenty of traffic it flattens down into a
:: reasonable metalled surface.
:: Used to buy it for about a fiver a ton but havn't been able to buy
:: it in any quantity for the past year or so because it's now
:: classed as a bio hazard! Even the local authority works yard has
:: to store it in skips or their own environ'mental' people get upset.
:: Apparently when it rains the runoff could pollute water courses.
:: (Just like on the highway where it came from).
:: It's getting in short supply because someone's invented a machine
:: that tears up the old road surface, chips it up, boils it in a
:: furnace, mixes it with a bit of new bitumen and lays it back on
:: the road - all in one go.
:: DaveK.

Definately not tarmac chippings, and this system of re-using the old stuff
has been around for almost a decade, no, it's grey-blue in colour and looks
exactly like 'crush & run' - if this is what it actually is, I can't fathom
why so many farmers would require such huge quantities of it.

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Dave Liquorice wrote:
:: On Wed, 4 May 2005 08:24:17 +0100, Sue Begg wrote:
::
:::: there is lots of 'rocks' in it about 3 - 6 inches across...is it
:::: some kind of hardened fertilizer?
::::
:::: One feild near here had over 100 tonnes delivered,
:::
::: It is quite possibly for soakaways for drainage
::
:: Go and take a closer look is it really stone? What colour is it? It
:: may be the residue from sugar production. This is used as a
:: fertilizer on poor soils.

It's a bluey-greyish colour and has lumps in it ranging from vey small up to
about 5 inches...it looks the type of stuff that you couldn't dig with
spade, you'd have to move it by shovel or in larger quantities, dumper
truck.


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It sounds to me like dried sewage sludge which is used for fertiliser

Leslie

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
ll.com...
On Wed, 4 May 2005 08:24:17 +0100, Sue Begg wrote:

there is lots of 'rocks' in it about 3 - 6 inches across...is it
some kind of hardened fertilizer?

One feild near here had over 100 tonnes delivered,

It is quite possibly for soakaways for drainage

Go and take a closer look is it really stone? What colour is it? It
may be the residue from sugar production. This is used as a fertilizer
on poor soils.

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

"Phil L" wrote in message
. uk...
Over the past few years I have noticed a lot of farms getting stuff
delivered in huge loads, it looks like the stuff used under drives (crush
&
run), the type of stuff used to fill in holes in the road prior to
tarmaccing.
They are getting it tipped in the fields? - sometimes there is a small
mountain of it delivered - it can't be good for the fields if it *is* this
stuff, there is lots of 'rocks' in it about 3 - 6 inches across...is it
some
kind of hardened fertilizer?

One feild near here had over 100 tonnes delivered, (the stack was about 10
ft high and 30 ft by 30 ft) surely they can't all be having drives laid?

--
If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs.




If you watched the TV last night ref the guy dumping contaminated waste on
adjacent fields, I would not go anywhere near that stuff.

dj