slightly OT

[Anonymous-0]

Tractor/equipment shed has dirt floors, snow and rain both cause the floor to get wet. Short of pouring concrete or putting on shed roofs what would be the best solution?? Ideas ? We had no rain last year, and now its constant rain. Alfalfa is ready if it would get dry and give me a window of 3 or 4 days. Turn the rain off for a few days. Hail yesterday didnt help, that and an inch of rain in one hour. Have a good un! Bob

 

[Anonymous-0]

Crushed stone would be better than dirt. Some shale
stone around here crumbles with use and make anice
fine grained hard pack surface. Both are as you say
"short of concrete".

 

[Anonymous-0]

Gravel of any type would be better then just dirt. I have it in a couple of my buildings but I also get it for the cost of fuel in my truck and tractor. I have a creek I can get it out of on the place
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I would get crushed limestone.
Also my MIL has a friend that has a gravel driveway 300' long and they bought 100 bags of concrete and raked the concrete into the gravel and then watered it in....I have not seen it but it holds up great, so I am told.

 

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I am considering some thing as well on the ends of my barn. I've heard recycled ( ground) black top is the best next I guess would be recycled concrete, Apparently when propoerly mixed and wet it sets up like cement anyway.

 

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If money"s a problem, and you have any kind of a recycling operation around that has to pay to dump stuff, they might have something you could use, dirt cheap, so to speak.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Crushed limestone like Midwest said. Level it and go over it with a plate compactor then wet it - almost like concrete!

ll

 

[Anonymous-0]

This is a good discussion.Recycled concrete or cement makes good sense.The lime etc has been split and open to another life and chemical reaction dependent upon the slurry applied. Better than in a landfill. You need to locate( I hate to say it,an expert) and pay him to make a determination about the grade of crushed concrete and what it's mix consists of and what is active.I would expect if you have no inspecters nosing around a few conduit lain under the floor for a communication line and any other wizbang we will need in the future.

 

[Anonymous-0]

put some plastic liner down, then put 3/4 stone down, then crushed limestone. Waterproof.

 

[Anonymous-0]

We put 2 truck loads of gravel screenings on the corner of our barn where the cows had to walk through a 18-24" deep slurry of mud and the corner of the abrn was starting to crack because of the loss of support right there. That's been about 3-4 years ago and the barn hasn't moved another fraction of an inch that we can tell, and it's hard as concrete.

The mud hole moved farther down the lane, but it wasn't as deep and as a mothers/fathers day gift I had 2 more loads trucked in this year. Now the girls udders are staying free of mud so far- really helps with the quality premium on the milk checks.

Donovan from Wisconsin

 

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Thanks to all; If I can find the recycled asphalt or concrete I will use it, but several years ago they started selling it for driveways and then the highway sarted adding it back as a percentage in new overlays. Getting hard to get and expensive. May wind up with the plastic, sand and gravel. No one suggested recycling R/R ties, is there a reason to stay away from them? Problems with the chemicals? Bob

 

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Thinkin' out loud...
The ties will (eventually) rot...Plus, they won't <s>tie together</s> interlock very well without a lot of work...You could hook a corner of one tie and really mess up the floor.

With a rock product, you can smooth it out with a shovel, loader, or backblade and keep going.

Nathaniel