Those cubic meter sand bags, where from?

[RichB]

Anyone got any ideas where I can hold of three or four of those cubic meter bags that suppliers deliver sand and stuff in? The builders merchants put a deposit on them so they get them back but I wonder if I can buy them somewhere?

[TheEnd]

Stop off at any building site, try and find the forklift driver, and ask him. You should get plenty.

Failing that, find a smaller garden centre, and try the same thing.

[DavidY]

Screwfix sell them

[Zeek]

Travis Perkins hand them out to me for free.... try there.

[RichB]

Thanks guys, some ideas there...

[Gingerbread Man]

When I was landscaping, I was told that they can't be reused due to safety. The bags might have become stressed/ damaged and might not take reloading.

[RichB]

OK that's fine, it's for keepinf some soil tidy as I dig a new pond in my garden

[defblade]

Watch out. You'd be suprised how little soil you put in there before you need the crane back to move them! Even garden cuttings etc get heavy if you try and fill one up.

[RichB]

No worries, it's a more of a logistic issue of storing the top soil while I dig the new pond but the old one is still occupied by the fish. Then after a few weeks for the water to naturalise I can transfer the fish and put the top soil I've removed into the old pond to fill the hole. I just don't want 4-5 cu mtrs of soil loose on the patio so I will use the bags as containers but I appreciate that I will have to transfer it out by hand into a barrow to move it to the old pond. Hope that's clear... as mud!

[GTSDave]

I've got loads of them if you're down south in the not too distant future... (I notice your pic outside Goodwood) I get loads of stuff from my Builder's merchants at the moment and the bags don't have to go back. They fold up pretty well so you'd get four in the back of your Griff without too many problem's I'm sure.

[eps]

RichB wherabouts are you in Berks? I could give you 2 or 3, we've got some left over from building work we had done.

[RichB]

Maidenhead/work in Reading... where are you?

[otolith]

defblade said:

Watch out. You'd be suprised how little soil you put in there before you need the crane back to move them! Even garden cuttings etc get heavy if you try and fill one up.

You're not kidding. I have a couple that I use to make compost in, and instead of wheelbarrowing it round I tried to drag one with about a foot of compost in the bottom 20 feet to the raised bed it was going in. Nearly killed me.

DavidY said:

Screwfix sell them

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/90147/Hand-Tools/Builders-Tools/Builders-Basics/Woven-1-Tonne-Polybag



I could do with another of those for my third compost bay - but I'll be buying some gravel in one soon, so I'll wait until then.

[GTSDave]

otolith said:

I could do with another of those for my third compost bay - but I'll be buying some gravel in one soon, so I'll wait until then.

I've got plenty if you need one too...

[pacman1]

Gingerbread Man said:

When I was landscaping, I was told that they can't be reused due to safety. The bags might have become stressed/ damaged and might not take reloading.

I used to buy them. We only used 7:1 quality on the reusable ones, meaning they'd stay intact if filled with 7 times their actual service weight.
The profit margin was so tight on some of the loads, we actually didn't want the pallets or bags back, as we'd make far more from the customer's deposit loss!

A sand and gravel merchants would probably sell you some on a cash sale. Grundons used to be up your way.

Edited by pacman1 on Friday 23 April 15:51

[otolith]

GTSDave said:

otolith said:

I could do with another of those for my third compost bay - but I'll be buying some gravel in one soon, so I'll wait until then.

I've got plenty if you need one too...

Cheers Dave, though I think you're a bit too far away, it's still a kind offer!

[mrmaggit]

Health and safety won't allow us to use them more than once. Bloody waste, most will do five or more trips easy, especially as a lot of drivers grab-lift them rather than using the lifting loops. (it's quicker).

[eps]

RichB said:

Maidenhead/work in Reading... where are you?

Near enough, Flackwell Heath, but have a client in Maidenhead area + inlaws are in Marlow.

[RichB]

eps said:

RichB said:

Maidenhead/work in Reading... where are you?

Near enough, Flackwell Heath, but have a client in Maidenhead area + inlaws are in Marlow.

Perfect, I'll send you a PM, Flackwell Heath is local!

[bimsb6]

they are very handy for covering stacks of garden chairs over winter too.