Infield mix
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:06 am
This Springs sand run was successful, due mostly to the people on this forum. We are going to make a Fall run for a local customer who has requested material. The weather will give us a very small window of opportunity before we can no longer run infield mix this year. If anyone needs material for Fall maintenance please PM me ASAP.
I hate to appear to be using this forum as a sales tool but I know the need exists yearly. Our production manager hates running this stuff so I am reasonably certain he will raise enough cain that this will be it for 2009. Let me know if you are in need and I will get you a quote. The price is $12.00/ton, plus delivery. If you can arrange your own hauling, that is fine as well. Because this material is processed in the stripping area of our pit, we cannot load pickups, etc., only larger trucks. It causes too much congestion among the bigger equipment.
We need to put a new belt in our portable plant which we intend to do this week. The weather looks good next week and that is when we will make our final run.
The mix is a naturally occuring blend of very fine sand and clay. It is reddish-brown in color when moist and sort of a dark blonde color when dry. It is screened down to 3/8" to remove stones, roots, trash, etc. but otherwise contains very little deleterious or oversized material. As a rule it is all smaller than the head of a pin. It is on the top of the deposit and as such contains enough organics to grow grass if not maintained. It compacts well but remains loose on the top. It also shears away well which should lead to a reduction in injuries. The mix is best applied as a coating rather than mixing it with the existing surface. As I said in an earlier post, I have tried to blend this material in the past with little success. Typically you end up with clay balls coated with sand that compact too easily. Other than its tendency to turn color when dry, I think this material is the real deal and much less expensive than the commercial mixes. (It does return to its reddish color when damp and ballfields are supposed to be played with a little applied moisture.)
We have a fairly large deposit of the sand but when stripping we could spoil it in a few days. Whether or not we stockpile it for future use depends on the response we get this year and early next. Our pit is located in Gallipolis Ferry, WV, about 5 miles south of where Rt. 35 crosses the Ohio River in Gallipolis, OH.
I hate to appear to be using this forum as a sales tool but I know the need exists yearly. Our production manager hates running this stuff so I am reasonably certain he will raise enough cain that this will be it for 2009. Let me know if you are in need and I will get you a quote. The price is $12.00/ton, plus delivery. If you can arrange your own hauling, that is fine as well. Because this material is processed in the stripping area of our pit, we cannot load pickups, etc., only larger trucks. It causes too much congestion among the bigger equipment.
We need to put a new belt in our portable plant which we intend to do this week. The weather looks good next week and that is when we will make our final run.
The mix is a naturally occuring blend of very fine sand and clay. It is reddish-brown in color when moist and sort of a dark blonde color when dry. It is screened down to 3/8" to remove stones, roots, trash, etc. but otherwise contains very little deleterious or oversized material. As a rule it is all smaller than the head of a pin. It is on the top of the deposit and as such contains enough organics to grow grass if not maintained. It compacts well but remains loose on the top. It also shears away well which should lead to a reduction in injuries. The mix is best applied as a coating rather than mixing it with the existing surface. As I said in an earlier post, I have tried to blend this material in the past with little success. Typically you end up with clay balls coated with sand that compact too easily. Other than its tendency to turn color when dry, I think this material is the real deal and much less expensive than the commercial mixes. (It does return to its reddish color when damp and ballfields are supposed to be played with a little applied moisture.)
We have a fairly large deposit of the sand but when stripping we could spoil it in a few days. Whether or not we stockpile it for future use depends on the response we get this year and early next. Our pit is located in Gallipolis Ferry, WV, about 5 miles south of where Rt. 35 crosses the Ohio River in Gallipolis, OH.