Where Do You Dump Your Coal Ash?

 
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Post by blrman07 » Mon. Apr. 18, 2016 7:07 am

It sure is nice living in the southern anthracite coal region :D

People come and ask if they can have your coal ash!!!

 
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Post by oliver power » Tue. Apr. 19, 2016 8:54 pm

Mine goes in the driveway. Sometimes I simply sling it from the ash pan. Most of the time I dump it in a pile (Less fly ash blowing around). At a later date, spread it in the driveway with tractor (No fly ash).

 
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Post by Dirty Steve » Wed. Apr. 20, 2016 12:46 pm

Drive way. Tell your neighbor to punt.


 
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Post by warminmn » Wed. Apr. 20, 2016 3:04 pm

Ive got an old wagon track type of driveway, 2 tracks with grass in the middle. Ive always thrown it there in the winter but I still had a huge pile of ash from every fall and spring. My tracks were sunk in pretty far this year so I put at least a full pickup load in those 2 wheel tracks a couple to 3 inches deep, maybe 50 feet or more. Saved a lot on gravel and so far it seems pretty firm. Maybe a heavy rain will wash some away, I don't know. its slanted ground.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Wed. Apr. 20, 2016 3:29 pm

I have that "grassy country lane" type of driveway too, but about 250 foot long ending in a tee - with two places for parking three cars each. I just pour the ash where the two "wagon tracks" are and overall for the parking areas then level off any piles of ash with a rake.

Hard rains only wash the lightest powdery ash away. The rest quickly gets ground up and packed down with driving over it. Stays in place better than just crushed stone, which gets pushed out by tires, thus forming ruts.

Paul

 
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Post by warminmn » Wed. Apr. 20, 2016 5:01 pm

Sunny Boy wrote:I have that "grassy country lane" type of driveway too, but about 250 foot long ending in a tee - with two places for parking three cars each. I just pour the ash where the two "wagon tracks" are and overall for the parking areas then level off any piles of ash with a rake.

Hard rains only wash the lightest powdery ash away. The rest quickly gets ground up and packed down with driving over it. Stays in place better than just crushed stone, which gets pushed out by tires, thus forming ruts.

Paul
Thats good to know as I left the bottom part of the driveway alone, waiting to see the results of the top part. I have maybe half a truckload of ash left that I can put on the bottom.


 
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Post by freetown fred » Fri. Apr. 22, 2016 6:54 am

My drive is all crushed stone & river run w/ much coal ash spread around--one yr I took a couple bags of sakrete & spread it around & each spring I roll it. If ya got one it does help pack it down.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Wed. Apr. 27, 2016 12:30 pm

Gorpot, If your coal-doubting neighbor is still not convinced, you might want to pass along this link to show how the EPA views the benefits of coal ash.

https://www.epa.gov/coalash/coal-ash-reuse

Paul

 
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Post by skobydog » Wed. Apr. 27, 2016 1:07 pm

Sunny Boy wrote:Gorpot, If your coal-doubting neighbor is still not convinced, you might want to pass along this link to show how the EPA views the benefits of coal ash.

https://www.epa.gov/coalash/coal-ash-reuse

Paul
The link talks about encapsulating coal ash. I encapsulate mine under a pile of leaves in my back woods.

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