methods of backfilling,jcb not allowed

[rossthedog 76]

right have been on 1or 2 digs in my time with a few different terrier enthusiasts in a few different locations even wales but more of that when the nightmares have been cured,oh those poor sheep,right after the dig has been comleted nd the quarry dealt with a quick swig out the coke bottle or flask,now the task of back filling begins or does it i have seen men in the bottom of digs with bits of pipe stiks lumps of rock allsortes trying to rebuild what was the tube carrying out feats of engineering that puts the channel tunnel to shame ,some earths cant be repaired easily those pie crust 6inch deep places that your feet keep falling through they do exist and a hard pushed fox will of coarse use them,then i have been on digs where its jus shovel the excavted soil back inas quick as possable and on to the next.i personaly believe that it doesnt realy matter what method you use as long as the earth is putback and repaired to the same state that you found it the rest can generaly be left to the future inhabitants to repair.

[foxdigger13 114]

Well how we do it is pretty simple, pick up spade, get a spadeful of dirt and throw in hole, then repeat until hole is full,

 

Cheers fd

[downsouth 7,141]

Well how we do it is pretty simple, pick up spade, get a spadeful of dirt and throw in hole, then repeat until hole is full,

 

Cheers fd

Bang on.f**k all that putting logs,branches ,rocks etc in the bottom to try and rebuild the tube then the next time you work that earth if the gear ends up in the same blockend you have to dig through all that shit.

[Tam O'Void 297]

Bit like "GRAVITY" what goes up must come down.

What comes out must go back in ...simple and sometimes some kit gets knocked in aswell ,always a good idea keep bag,stuff well back,from a keen "backfiller"

[rexdigger 54]

For me it's the same as digging the hole in the first place just in reverse

[artful212 394]

i put a sod in first to bridge the tube then carry on with the soil and the same sod on top that was first removed back in place basically leave it the way i found it

[BIG G wheton machine 1,594]

WE JUST USE THE DIRT THAT COMES OUT DOESNT MATTER IF IT FILLS PART OF THE TUBE THE QUARRY USUALLY DIGS THROUGHT IT AGAIN IF IT WANTS TO

[MCMURPHY 4]

i put a sod in first to bridge the tube then carry on with the soil and the same sod on top that was first removed back in place basically leave it the way i found it

would a sod not eventually fall in on itself and collapse the burrow artfull12

[Waz 4,252]

If im in woods and a few of us are backfilling a deep spot ill have a look round for dead branches, older and more rotten the better, but not necessary to bridge the tube, just to bulk up what we've got to backfill with.

Rare that ive dug the exact same spot on an earth thinking about it.

Edited October 2, 2012 by GD Waz

[digger. 615]

couple of branches, couple of sods, muck back in sod on top done

[KING PUCK 14]

cant believe people are using branches as a back fill, thats why so many earths have "sink" holes around the country

[CO CHISE 329]

my method of back filling is to get randolph to do it for me

[whippet 99 2,613]

why fill it with rocks and shit .................................when you may be digging it out later on ..................talk about making work

[lurcher330 2,297]

it depends if i dig mid tube or in the stopend,mid tube i would bridge the tube with a good sod then start to back fill ,but if it is at the stop end just fill back in it won't make much difference to the earth,if your left with a bit of a dip when you have finished backfilling with what you have took out just cut a sod from some where else and fill it in

[artful212 394]

i put a sod in first to bridge the tube then carry on with the soil and the same sod on top that was first removed back in place basically leave it the way i found it

would a sod not eventually fall in on itself and collapse the burrow artfull12

 

not if you use a good thick sod mate that cud hold bit weight maybe if you use a skim of top the ground it would collapse but

the big sod at start works for me and the setts still get used but methods vary with the depth of hole ie we do a sett yearly which is 12 ft

which means the hole would be bigger it takes a bit of care and if done right youll dig same place again

but thats just my opinion