Baymule’s Journal

[farmerjan]

I honestly don't know... something just says not workable, but again, I don't see why not....
Do you or your son know anyone who installs shingle roof's??? Ask them about possible repurposing and using as a fill.....

 

[Baymule]

Mailbox pictures.
Both, by my driveway. To add to the culvert, they gotta go.

Around the bend, past the 2 gates going into this pasture. I reset the mailbox.

My mailbox, still by the driveway. I’m gonna get a new post and mailbox and set the new one at the end of the culvert extension. See that sharp turn to get into my driveway?

 

[Ridgetop]

Not sure about using the shingles on the ground as water barrier. You could confine them inside a foundation wall for the barn, but if you lay the shingles on the ground and then cover them with dirt will you get standing water on top of the shingles and defeat the purpose? And if they are impervious to water the sheep pee and any water in the barn won't be able to drain into the soil underneath so you will have standing water in the barn on top of the shingles and mixed with the dirt - mud. You want the barn floor to be up higher than the ground so water can drain out or off the barn floor.

The possibility of asbestos in the shingles (pre-1989) is a risk factor too. But when was your house built? Your house should be post 1989 because otherwise if they are asbestos shingles, you might be stuck for a hazardous materials fee to dispose of them. I think it is probably post 1989 from the design layout.

On the other hand, you could salvage any good shingles and use them to roof pasture shelters. And a chicken coop.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Is there a possibility of the shingles leaching chemicals into the groundwater or surrounding pastures if used for fill? Not sure what they are made of besides tar?

My opinion is the landscape or garden fabric would be the safer bet. There's a type of gravel I think it's called road base? It's got a lot of crushed finer rock in it, you put that down first and compact it, then the gravel, so your gravel is less likely to shift or sink.

Have you talked to anyone at the gravel place? Wherever you were planning on getting the gravel or road base from? They might have more suggestions or reasons to do/not do xyx, etc.

 

[SageHill]

On the other hand, you could salvage any good shingles and use them to roof pasture shelters. And a chicken coop.

OHHHHH I really like that idea!!

 

[Simpleterrier]

People hear have used shingles for fill like that here. U could buy them by the dump truck load and they would be cut in strips. And yes shingles will still let water up threw and down threw them. Has anyone seen a flat roof with shingles. The answer is no. Because shingles only shed water if they are on a pitch. Hellooooo anyone ever seen water run up hill. 😂 Haha

 

[Baymule]

Water doesn't go thru....pee is stinky water. I see that as a consideration, eventually a stinky, muddy later..?

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Pee build up……stinky.

Gonna get a roll off box.

 

[farmerjan]

Looking at the turn into your driveway, I wonder just how big it is? It looks alot wider than some of the places we have to maneuver around here.... But then we have narrow and very tight places everywhere up here and you learn to drive that way. It often takes a few tries to get some things done here...

 

[Ridgetop]

People hear have used shingles for fill like that here. U could buy them by the dump truck load and they would be cut in strips. And yes shingles will still let water up threw and down threw them.

If you want to cut them in strips and then use them like Simpleterrier says it might work but it would take a lot of work to cut enough of them unless you tried laying them with space between them so the water could seep between and through the spaces.

 

[Baymule]

Looking at the turn into your driveway, I wonder just how big it is? It looks alot wider than some of the places we have to maneuver around here.... But then we have narrow and very tight places everywhere up here and you learn to drive that way. It often takes a few tries to get some things done here...

It’s 20’ wide, off a narrow road that takes a 90 degree sharp turn in the opposite direction, with no swing room. Mailboxes right next to it don’t help any. County dug out the ditch in an effort to improve drainage so now there is a deep hole at end of culvert. Son used to drive/drag trailer over those few inches of “extra” space, now a wheel would fall off in the hole and cause problems. Son has a long wheel base dually, with a 20’ trailer, has to rock back and forth, going in or out. It takes awhile, try not to hit and rip fence, pain in the butt, so why fool with it, just fix it. 18’ trailer or smaller is fine, but a 32’ just ain’t gonna happen. At some point, will have two 40’ shipping containers delivered and have to be able to get them in here. Plus I just don’t like everything being a pain and hassle, just trying to do simple things. As I do things around here, I consider ease of movement, talk things over with son and value his advice.

The fence narrows down just past the two 10’ gates at the entrance. So while the truck may be coming out at the 20’ entrance, the long trailer is still in the 16’ driveway. Turn and the back end of the trailer hits the fence.

If I had put up that fence, I would have allowed a little more room. I widened the yard, the fence did come along driveway past the house and there was NO room to maneuver. Especially for me, with my lack of trailer skills. Now that I’ve been here for almost a year, I need to reconfigure that a little bit.