Salt/ Grit Suppliers Please?

[Antw23uk]

Hi all

Well we are getting to that time again of slipery ice covered yards and I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good place to buy salt/ grit from please and what kind of price people pay?

Also any advice on gritting a yard would be much appreciated. Do you keep an eye on the weather forcast and if ice is due you grit/ salt the yard the night before?

Thanks in advance and happy to keep discussion best methods and easy ways of how to ... Thanks in advance

 

[WelshD]

Depending on where you are in Bucks you could try Bagforce in Brackley

They have small bags around the £3.50 mark I think and they also do bulk bags of it

They will alos give you advice on the best time and method for application

 

[JustKickOn]

Most builders yards sell grit, or garden centres.

If the temp drops below 2 degrees, we grit the yard. Scoop the grit up in a mug, and then scatter it over the yard with a bowling motion, but keep hold of the mug!

A livery yard close by uses straw they have mucked out to make path ways along the yard, to the school and fields. It looks messy, but is really effective for a non slip walkway, just needs a clean and tidy every now and then. The snow doesn't tend to settle on it either.

 

[JillA]

We use dirty bedding as above, but our local agricultural merchants sell salt. I have heard it isn't good for (tarmac or concrete can't remember which) though, and if we do get a hard frost, they always run out so if you need some now is the time.

 

[Antw23uk]

Yes I'm thinking rather than a mad dash we could get prepared in advance. Not looking forward to it but last year I was on a DIY Livery yard who didnt grit and it got to the point where the horses couldnt come out of there stables which was a nightmare and in my opinion totally unsatisfactory and badly managed by the YO!