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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:55 am
by seaside
I've got a plot to build a house on, good news it's halfway up a hill with tremendous views - bad news, it's halfway up a hill.
Access at the moment is a 1/2 mile unpaved cart track, average gradient around 1 in 9 and well drained.
Have you any idea of budget costs I should use for making it into a hardcore track ?
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:26 am
by bobhughes
! in 9 would be well drained wouldn't it.
Try to go for summat better than hardcore - I will be a big heap at the bottom in a couple of years. Concrete would be best. Try for some quotes as there are too many variables. Although hardcore may be best for the builders lorries then finish it after.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:43 pm
by lutonlagerlout
hoggin perhaps?? i know a groundworker who swears by proper hoggin,with half a mile anything else is gonna be big bucks
even crushed concrete will cost a lot for this amount of drive
i expect you are talking 3000m2,which even in concrete will cost you in excess of £200,000 and that is a lot of money
better to buy a decent 4 wheel drive and leave the cart track i reckon
cheers tony
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:31 am
by bobhughes
Single track 2 metres wide would be about 1,600 squ metres. Still a lot but not quite so bad.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:16 am
by lutonlagerlout
what about if 2 vehicles meet bob???
1/4 mile is a long way to reverse up or down a 1:9 gradient
anyway block paving would cost shedloads
cheers tony
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:44 am
by Dave_L
What sort of condition is the cart-track in at the moment?