Coal Ash

lkiklis · Post by **lkiklis** » Tue. Sep. 30, 2008 5:42 pm

What does coal ash consist of? What does everyone do with the coal ash? Can it be spread in the field?

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue. Sep. 30, 2008 5:47 pm

Welcome to the group.

I store mine in a 30 gallon metal trash drum with a lid. Once full I'll place into my two wheeled cart and head over to the field where I'll dump.

Post by **coaledsweat** » Tue. Sep. 30, 2008 6:10 pm

I used to spread it, now I'm building a mountain.

xackley · Post by **xackley** » Tue. Sep. 30, 2008 6:23 pm

The ash was a selling point for coal. I have a 400 foot driveway that love the stuff.

LsFarm · Post by **LsFarm** » Tue. Sep. 30, 2008 6:59 pm

The ash consists mostly of dirt.. that is sand, iron, and other inert small pieces of rock etc.. It has pretty sharp edges, so it make a great anti-skid for icy roads and driveways.. I put mine on my farm roads.. it packs hard like limestone..

Greg L.

tsb · Post by **tsb** » Tue. Sep. 30, 2008 8:53 pm

Ash on the roadway is a little dusty, so don't forget to dump some drain oil on it now and then.
Al Gore. If you on the forum, I was just kidding.

TSB

ken · Post by **ken** » Tue. Sep. 30, 2008 9:26 pm

i still want to see a pic of somebody dumping it in their driveway , before I start. I don't want home and garden turning me down for house of the year award , because my driveway looks like crap.

Post by **Richard S.** » Tue. Sep. 30, 2008 9:31 pm

It's a little "muddy" at fist especially after during rain but once it packs down it turns to like a gritty hard packed sand and shouldn't be dusty at all. Really good road material. Better that dirt in any case. If you laready have a good gravel bed you're set. It will fill in all the nooks and crannies.

Take your ash bucket and flip it over, et it sit for a while then pick it up. Hose the ash down a litte. Spread it around with a rake and then run over it with your car. Ash shouldn't be much of problem from there.

This "driveway" or the driveway is probably mostly ash and some rock built up over 50 or 60 years so it can certainly hold up the weight if compacted. It's actually a little wider and taller now as this picture was taken when we first got that truck. I built it up over about 5 years. Maybe 1 or 2 tubs a week. :

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coaledsweat wrote:I used to spread it, now I'm building a mountain.

Mt' Ashmore? Are you going to put my face on it?

morrisfamily3098 · Post by **morrisfamily3098** » Wed. Oct. 01, 2008 9:34 am

if you put it in your driveway too close to the house and you have kids they track it in to the house. trust me

LsFarm · Post by **LsFarm** » Wed. Oct. 01, 2008 10:12 am

The ash is sharp, it sticks to soft soled shoes better than sand or gravel. But just teach the kids to wipe their feet.. [yeah I know, learn to herd cats too

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Greg L

Devil505 · Post by **Devil505** » Wed. Oct. 01, 2008 10:18 am

LsFarm wrote:But just teach the kids to wipe their feet..

That's why I stopped using it on the driveway & walkways. It sticks to your shoes/boots & makes a mess in the house much worse than just plain old clean sand.