Can you lay mot in the rain?

[Chrissy K]

Evening,

over the next 4 evenings I plan to pay down 8 tonnes of MOT before I hire a 53Kg whacker and whack it down.

However, I do not know if you can do this if it is forecast to rain during the week.

My fear is, is that the finer bits of MOT will be washed to the bottom and all I will be left to whack down are the bigger lumps.

Am I worrying about nothing, or is this a serious concern?

Thanks

[Pablo]

you need to do it all at once or hire the plate for the week and compact it at the end of the evenings work. The fine's won't be washed out but uncompacted raked out MOT soaks up water like a sponge and turns to porridge when you compact it so it mustn't be left overnight.

[Chrissy K]

Pants

If I take a day or 2 off, how long do you think it would take one (fit-ish) man to move 8 tons from the front to the back of the house, and then how long to whack it down?

[ken]

I feel a bragging match starting here!

If you allow your self 2 days you should be fine, depending on access conditions.

My best record for moving type 1 mot is, 2 of us hand shoveled and barrowed 18 tons about 25 meters, raked to level and wacked in one 8am-4:30pm day, and we even got sit down to eat our chips, pudding pea’s n gravy!

[Carberry]

Pants

If I take a day or 2 off, how long do you think it would take one (fit-ish) man to move 8 tons from the front to the back of the house, and then how long to whack it down?

Give yourself 2 days. If you're getting it delivered in bulk bags, slice each one open as you are ready to shovel it. It will make your life much easier.


Ken - That wouldn't have taken much longer for 1 person to do, the barrowing would have given you a break from the shovelling, enough time to recover to shift 18T if you're really fit.

[cookiewales]

he he when i was a young lad opps feeling old now its not how fast you shift it. its do it right and clean up

[lutonlagerlout]

well done Ken :;):
everyone knows my feelings on handballing gear so modesty prevents me from getting involved
suffice to say "hard work never killed anyone,it just f*&ked a lot of blokes up"
LLL

[ringi]

A thought…

Would it be OK to stack the MOT up in the rain, e.g. move it from the front to the back over a few evenings, then rate it out and whackers it in one go?

[digerjones]

yes

[Chrissy K]

A thought…

Would it be OK to stack the MOT up in the rain, e.g. move it from the front to the back over a few evenings, then rate it out and whackers it in one go?

That's interesting.

So it will be OK for me to pile up the 8 tons in two opposite corners of the dug out patio area (not on the lawn, or any other bit of the garden). Then on a DRY day, rake it to a uniform depth, then whack it down

[digerjones]

yes that will be fine