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| awemawson:
I've no doubt all that basically semi-dry clay will shrink a bit. I once lived in a house in Bedfordshire where the garden was solid clay. In dry summers you could literally lose a tennis ball down the cracks in the lawn, yet later in the year there was no sign of it. Significant weight in all those loads - perhaps 20 ton per load 12 subsoil, 4 topsoil and maybe the equivelent of two hardcore so 20 x 18 = 360 tons :bugeye: Might make a local depression in the earths crust :lol: |
| Pete W.:
I thought, looking at the photos of your sub-soil, that it was probably Wealden Greensand. One of my other vices is microscopy, majoring on sand, and I was working up courage to request a sample. (A 35 mm film canister is about the right size.) It used to be when any of the Utilities were digging a hole in the road hereabouts, one member of the crew would be appointed look-out to warn them in case I happened into the vicinity! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: |
| awemawson:
Pete, It's pretty clayey - I'll post you a sample for your delight and delectation :) |
| awemawson:
Pete - envelope awaiting posting :thumbup: So today brought four more eight wheeler loads of 'subsoil', though perhaps not quite as 'sub' as I'd have liked - there's a bit of topsoil in with it. Hopefully this is the final delivery and we have enough - I sincerely hope so - thankfully this lot were buckshee as the hauliers save masses on dumping fees and in most circumstances I could charge for them to bring it in. However as this was a last minute rush to get the materials their saving was their bait as well :clap: Again Darren is intending to come back this evening and spread it around, but at the moment the "Sedlescombe Alps" have returned like giant mole hills - as soon as you move them they re-appear :lol: |
| mattinker:
--- Quote from: awemawson on June 30, 2017, 11:01:37 AM ---Pete - envelope awaiting posting :thumbup: So today brought four more eight wheeler loads of 'subsoil', though perhaps not quite as 'sub' as I'd have liked - there's a bit of topsoil in with it. --- End quote --- It's looks a bit brown! I seem to remember that the tractor shed was scheduled for birthday festivities, is it going to be for tractor scraping too? |
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