Barber green - Hire rates

[digerjones]

hi all,
on a past post i mentioned a towpath job i might be doing, well i was thinking after i have dug out and removed spoil, getting a barber greed in in to lay the stone. would anyone know how much this would be, day rate. the path is 600m x 1.6m wide 4'' deep.
thanks all

[GB_Groundworks]

You mean a paver, you would need a mini size one and to be honest you are over complicating a simple job, 3 ton machine, 3 ton dumper use your backhoe to load the stone. Roller to compact.

1 man on dumper 1 on machine, easily done in two days if you can stockpile the stone and don't reverse into the canal. Either work your way in or out depending on the weather/conditions.

[digerjones]

hi giles,
just wanted a price for pavior to compare with other option. i would reckon on 2 days with pavior and about a week with dumper and digger. thing with pavior is one pass and its done no messing about with just me feeding it with dumper. if i could get a price i would know exactly what its going to cost me. cheers

[GB_Groundworks]

true but when dave did it on a big pathway had to keep the auger very well lubricated, there must be a place near you that hires them or wait for dave.

just had an idea, 2 metal skids 2 rsj's make a box then pull it in reverese with dumper and fill with stone as you back up, then disconnect refill etc haha



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[digerjones]

great idea let me know when you have made it then i can borrow it, ha ha. got the 180 digger going this morning been parked on a job for a week. warm it up tried the controls, nowt must have been frozen moisture in it somewhere. anyway put a parafin burner under hydrolic tank and also sun shone on it finely got movvement at about 11am. the mini was no problem never had this before.

[Dave_L]

As Giles has said this is specialist work for a mini-paver - expect to pay around £1100-1300 or so a day for a machine inc two operatives, plus haulage.

How is access? Good area for a pile of stone? Any passing places on the towpath? You'd want more than one dumper I'd think to keep up with a paver. One dumper in/out to the machine would be painfully slow. Same happens to us on a bigger scale when we are surfacing single track roads....

You won't find all paver operators are willing to run stone through their machines.....

[digerjones]

cheers dave,
i supose your both right i can get a good few staff on the shovel and just take a bit longer with digger and dumper.the acces is'nt that good so by the time i got the pavior in i could of layed a good few ton myself. i,ve got an old dumper i could weld a sort of shoot on it so it is'nt so wide. thanks for help