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Soil screener

Posted by Mitchel ingham on January 7, 2016 at 6:44pm in Machinery
Hello,Just wondered if anyone could advise doing a lot of turf jobs and artificial turf starting to wonder how easy it would be to screen the remnants? Rather than putting them in a heap to compost down.So I've been searching Ebay looking at designs and saw a way of converting an old petrol cement mixer to screen the soil would the soil seperate off the turf once it's all dry.
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    Richard Gadsby January 7, 2016 at 6:51pm
    Sounds like a lot of hassle to me. Unless you have a use for the soil. I would be getting a skip in.
    • Mitchel ingham > Richard Gadsby January 7, 2016 at 7:10pm

      well was thinking i could use the soil for future turfing jobs and raised beds saves buying it in?

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        Richard Gadsby > Mitchel ingham January 7, 2016 at 7:31pm
        It's not worth it I don't think as I can buy for £6 a tonne and it gets loaded into trailer I could not shovel a tonne in £6 worth of time.
        • Mitchel ingham > Richard Gadsby January 7, 2016 at 9:01pm
          Just wanted to get rid of some of it haha I can get access to a loader tractor. Just wanted to keep the costs of skips and buying top soil down shame.
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            Richard Gadsby > Mitchel ingham January 7, 2016 at 9:11pm
            If you've got access to a loader and you've got the tipper truck and somewhere to store it do it even if you never use it you could pile it up and get a grab Lorry to come and take 20 tonne at a time. Still charge a decent price for taking away in the first place (as close to a skip price as you can )and it will only cost you a bit to get shot of it.
            • Mitchel ingham > Richard Gadsby January 7, 2016 at 9:16pm
              Right no worries I'll no bother just stack it high haha
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                Richard Gadsby > Mitchel ingham January 7, 2016 at 9:23pm
                The other thing to think about is if your leaving in a field is how many weed seeds end up in it?
                • Mitchel ingham > Richard Gadsby January 7, 2016 at 9:27pm
                  Weeds and seed in the screened soil? Won't be much as I've got massive concrete hard standing I store materials on its an old barn concrete base going To build bays in the summer for materials
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                    Richard Gadsby > Mitchel ingham January 7, 2016 at 9:31pm
                    I thought you were just going to stack up the turf and soil together that's what it sounded like. And even screened soil will end up with stuff growing unless it's stored dry I would think
                    • Mitchel ingham > Richard Gadsby January 7, 2016 at 9:32pm
                      The field is 3 acres the barn hard standing is massive. The old turf and soil is stored on the grassed area
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