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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:27 pm
by Mikey_C
Does anybody know of a national or local (to me, Dorset) hire company who can supply a towable/mobile screener, my back garden is a mixture of builders rubble and top soil, I would like to try and save as much of the topsoil as possible?
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:02 pm
by msh paving
You will be luckey to hire a screener that wll fit in you back garden, the cost will out way the benifit,might be a idea to use a small excavator with a screen bucket fitted MSH 
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:20 pm
by GB_Groundworks
i been looking for one also, got a load of soil to spread thats full of bricks etc, made a make shift manual one that takes the big stuff out but after a better one. thought about screener buckets but the quote i got for our 13 tonner was £15k ouch.
i made one similar to this out of a sheet of rebar mesh then welded some extra rebars on
[url=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SCREENER-GRIZZLY- ... UK_BOI_Far
mingEquipment_RL?hash=item170318057716&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A3%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318#ht_500wt_1182]ebay link[/url]
there also this smaller unit
[url=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Supa-Screen-Scree ... mdZViewIte
mQQptZUK_BOI_Industrial_Tools_Construction_Tools_ET?hash=item320356162832&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A3%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318#ht_1084wt_1167]small screen[/url]
might be worth asking if they know of any hire companies who have bought one.
but the ones to look out for are the small viper screens
like this one:
http://www.farmingmachines.co.uk/machinery/M05446
these boys have a viper to hire but not very close in crowborough
http://www.coppard.co.uk/pages/quick-links/recycling.htm
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:04 pm
by lutonlagerlout
£15 grand for a bucket?
omg
LLL :O
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:02 pm
by Mikey_C
Had an phone call today from one of the many inquiries I put out saying they didn't do it, but gave the name of company who did. phoned them they have a machine that fits through the 2M access I have and said they could provide screener, 360 and operator it would take a week to do the 200m2, at a cost of £1200 quid, bit more than I was thinking of spending, but I didn't think it was going to take a week to do. Still on the hunt, just didn't get a warm feeling from them.
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:19 pm
by GB_Groundworks
i've just done a 60mx20m cut and fill +/- 2m in rocky ground in a week, works out at about 2000 tons of rock shifted and relayed with our 8 ton machine and 6 ton dumper on my own as labourer as been ill. shouldn't take them a week to screen 200m2 pah.
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 11:10 am
by centralcompactcrushers
Hi Mikey. If you want to give me a call on 07710 546073 and let me have a little more info, im sure will be able to help you out. Compact crushing and screening is all we do, every day, nationwide. Simon
www.centralcompactcrushers.co.uk
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 9:48 pm
by Mikey_C
after discussions with several people who can provide this sort of kit, including Simon at central, I have decide to give the supa screener a whirl, as found by Giles on ebay (see [url=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Supa-Screen-Scree ... mdZViewIte
mQQptZUK_BOI_Industrial_Tools_Construction_Tools_ET?hash=item320356162832&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A7|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50]here[/url])
Having had a discussion with the manufacture they have sold several to a national hire company who have a branch locally, therefore with little or no delivery charge and the suggested hire rate for week of £150, I can try it and see if it works.
It will be a while before I end up doing the job I shall post photo's if I can persuade the official photographer (read wife) to show some interest in the process.
In trying to price up doing it I have spoken several "mini digger and driver comapnies", beyond the stand work that needs doing dig over, soakaway and grading to level. I have obviously got to discuss the idea of doing the screening, for this my idea was to go onto a day rate and see how it goes. One bloke turned his nose up at this and suggested removing the entire topsoil and disposing and buying in new, thinking it would easier, cheaper and I would get a better product at the end!! needless to say he won't be get the job.
take care, Mike
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 6:15 pm
by ambient
could you not use a mini digger with riddle bucket on it i have done this a few times dug a big pile out and then put riddler on and seived it all,or you could use a land rake on it :p
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 7:14 pm
by GB_Groundworks
riddles are ok for loose material or demolition waste but if its wet or your digging it out with grass weeds etc you'll do more damage to your machine constantly shaking your bucket to get it to screen the stuff, better off with the proper kit.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 8:41 pm
by Mikey_C
I did think about your suggestion Ambient. However, none of the man and machine guys I contacted said they had or offered a riddler bucket. Plus once I have finished getting the big bits (+50mm) out I can reduce the screen to 12mm and get a nice fine soil ready to for my bowling green turf!! I noticed by chance that the machine is being advertised in this months professional builders monthly
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:14 pm
by Mainland
Just doesnt seem worth it to me. You can get screened topsoil used by Rolawn for £9/tonne collected. I would just muck away whats there and bring in new.
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:23 am
by GB_Groundworks
up here the rolawn stuff is £60 a bulk bag in travis!!!, i can buy screened soil collected in 15 ton loads for £25/ton from local turf supplier, yeah you can get cheaper stuff thats been through maybe a 60mm screen to get any full bricks out or "as dug" for £9/ton but you'd be putting more crap back in than you'd get rid off.
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:28 pm
by Mainland
Thats where your wrong. The stuff we get is British Standard approved and is sourced from agriculture not construction. It is screened to 20mm and contains no stones. Very good stuff and we can trace it back to source if required.
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:16 pm
by lutonlagerlout
British sugar by any chance?
LLL