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[London Stone Paving]

Were getting the keys on Monday so we are chomping at the bit to get started. Got a low loader coming down on monday to transfer a couple of forklift trucks over to the new site and also to move the loading ramp over as well.

We've got the new trucks now so the plan is to keep one on the road for deliveries and get the other one working for 19 hours a day moving all the stock across. I'll be doing 9 1/2 hours driving a day until its completed and will still need to do my day job as well, so will have to become a creature of the night for the next few weeks. will post a few piccs on monday while the place is still empty

[dig dug dan]

i don't envy you steve. I have to move into a bigger barn next to mine, and thats bad enough, juts a few metres. Unbolt all my racking and wall hooks, and re arrange everything. it takes so long.

is your new premises shared or is it your own? parking wasn't great where you were as the garden centre took most of the spaces!



Edited By dig dug dan on 1326219027

[London Stone Paving]

Were moving to another garden centre Dan, but we will be the only tenants on the site unlike the current arrangement. also the garden centre we are moving too is winding down so we will have plenty of space to grow into. Btw meant to thank you for the tip on the crusher, we picked it up just before christmas, we've not had a chance to set it up yet but will do at the new place. next time you have an order give me a call and I'll make sure you get a bit of a deal

Steve

[dig dug dan]

thats great steve.
Wouldn't mind having a look at that working too!
when your settled in, i'll pop by. Will deffo call you for next stone order

[London Stone Paving]

no worries Dan, will let you know when its armed and operational

[Mikey_C]

did you take on board my suggestion, and start crushing up your leftover/broken stone to use a type 1 then?

[London Stone Paving]

Yeh, but we had no clue what to buy. We were looking at Red rhino's until I spoke to the dig dug and he said not to touch them with a barge pole. He gave us a tip on a machine up in Bolton

[lutonlagerlout]

i have used both and dans machines (the name of which escapes me) is better by a factor of at least 50% time wise
are you planning to sell it as special aggregate or just type 1 steve?
LLL

[dig dug dan]

if he bags into tonne bags, its great as crushed subbase, which i think is the plan!

[London Stone Paving]

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Thats the plan. Not sure what it could be sold for though, any ideas?

[lutonlagerlout]

granite chippings could be graded and sold as just that
sandstone crushed 35-0 mm sold as type 1
save your waste costs and sell it for maybe £20 a tonne collected
I have used crushed stone and it wacks down nice
LLL

[London Stone Paving]

Pictures of the new crusher. We didnt realise how big it was until I got to Bolton to pick it up. it stuck out over the back of the truck by about 2 metres

[cookiewales]

tidy bit of kit there steve will make you pounds and clear up your waste pile are you putting in new displays

[lutonlagerlout]

that is a big one!
do you produce that much waste steve?
IIRC those ones can handle like 30 tonnes a day?
pay for itself in skips in a couple of years
LLL

[ambient]

ive got one and it will easily do 10 ton per hour