plastikosmd
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I would love a gravel pit!
I would, also. Come to think of it, a dozer would be handy, too. As would his dump truck...I would love a gravel pit!
I have a friend that works at a hardwood lumber mill. He is giving me all the sawdust I want if I will haul it off. I’m thinking of hauling it to an old gravel pit that was stripped of top soil long ago. I have a 15 yard dump truck so thinking of hauling 30-40 loads. Maybe dumping it and spreading it about 4” deep. Would this help the gravel pit eventually be able to grow weeds and grass?
Anything organic, especially if it has been processed by a critter will help. If you can stand to keep nitrogen on it, and some water, that will speed it up as well.I’m going have to check on manure. I would have better luck finding chicken litter. Personally I don’t know of any cow or horse operations big enough to sell manure from.
There were some presto log type factories that processed waste sawdust in Everett when I was going to college there, several of my classmates had jobs there. Said it got real exciting when some wet sawdust got into the system. Logs would explode as they came out of the press!All over the world, from India to England to the USA folks are using machines that turn sawdust into "briquettes" that are then sold for burning in wood stoves. Kinda like small Presto Logs. The sawdust needs to be fairly dry (I think, and could be wrong) but that is the only limitation. Anyway, the machines that press the sawdust into these so called briquettes are available from several sources. The machines are widely used and if I had tons of sawdust that I needed to dispose of I would look into buying a briquetting machine. I think even wet sawdust may work because the machines use high pressure and heat to make the briquettes, which would tend to drive the moisture out. I'm sorry, I don't have a link, but just looking online or on YouTube will result in several hits.
Eric