niemeyjt
Silver Member
I thought I would share my current land cleaning with you guys.
I am sure you all know how it is working on a building project to a budget - something "extra" is needed and there is no money to finish off. Well, the previous occupants of this house obviously had that problem - and their solution was to dump all the rubbish in the pond, rather than hiring a skip.
So, having dug out the pond, my job is now to clean the spoil of the rubbish. Having read all the posts on soil screens, I was tempted to build one, but in the end opted for a screening bucket for the digger - not least because it will take little space to store once I have finished.
So, for an idea of how it works:
1. Load the bucket half full - the contents need to be able to move around - too full and they will jump over the sides and not be screened.
2. Swing the bucket over the trailer.
3. Give the bucket a shake.
4. Bucket then contains just the rubbish too big to fit through screen
The screen is interchangeable - this is the 2 inch screen - I have a 1 inch screen as well (and a solid back just for digging). The bucket is 30 inches wide and I recon I can screen about a ton or so of still moist and sticky clay based soil to fill the trailer in about 10 to 15 minutes.
I also have a big pile or hardcore!
J
I am sure you all know how it is working on a building project to a budget - something "extra" is needed and there is no money to finish off. Well, the previous occupants of this house obviously had that problem - and their solution was to dump all the rubbish in the pond, rather than hiring a skip.
So, having dug out the pond, my job is now to clean the spoil of the rubbish. Having read all the posts on soil screens, I was tempted to build one, but in the end opted for a screening bucket for the digger - not least because it will take little space to store once I have finished.
So, for an idea of how it works:
1. Load the bucket half full - the contents need to be able to move around - too full and they will jump over the sides and not be screened.
2. Swing the bucket over the trailer.
3. Give the bucket a shake.
4. Bucket then contains just the rubbish too big to fit through screen
The screen is interchangeable - this is the 2 inch screen - I have a 1 inch screen as well (and a solid back just for digging). The bucket is 30 inches wide and I recon I can screen about a ton or so of still moist and sticky clay based soil to fill the trailer in about 10 to 15 minutes.
I also have a big pile or hardcore!
J
