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Regarding MOT1, crusher run, roadstone, whatever you call it, is the balanc e of large bits and fines controlled? I have spread out what was left of an old bag, and there are lots of large bits and not enough fines to consolid ate. I suppose some of it could have washed out over the 5 years it has bee n sitting there. Is it possible to get just the fines in a bag ? I guess this might be the s ame things as some types of self binding gravel. Thanks, Simon.

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sm_jamieson
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T&P sell 25kg sacks of "grano & dust"

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Andy Burns

yes. Run a road roller over the bag

I guess this might be the same things as some types of self binding gravel.

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The Natural Philosopher

lance of large bits and fines controlled? I have spread out what was left o f an old bag, and there are lots of large bits and not enough fines to cons olidate. I suppose some of it could have washed out over the 5 years it has been sitting there.

I like it!

Its a good point though, when this stuff is used on roads the compaction pr ocess might be extreme enough to break it up as required, but using for a p atio, drive, etc., a plate compactor will not, so you need a sensible balan ce of particle sizes.

Also noted about the grano to dust.

Simon.

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sm_jamieson

I had a look on tradepoint as I remembered it not being cheap, it's about 3.70+VAT per bag, also they sell bags of just "dust".

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Andy Burns

Um. The grano to dust seems to be 6mm to dust.

Probably expensive as it has to be graded, not just a "crusher run". I'll have to get some more bags, and I've never had the problem before so the old stuff probably just lost some fines due to rain, etc.

Simon.

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sm_jamieson

Yes, I've used a couple of bags of that in the past, not sure how fine the "just dust" is

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Andy Burns

In message , sm_jamieson writes

For Type 1, it is (or should be) pretty tightly controlled, as there is a specification (hence the name) which gives the percentage of particles passing a sieve of a certain size..

Crusher run, and other things less so.

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Chris French

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