The art of back filling

[OldNog 432]

This would be how not to back fill i would imagen?

 

 

 

Found this old pig sett today after looking at it in the summer and saw something has moved back in. No bedding was present but there was ONE soliatry paw print but couldnt quite work out what it was. My gut instinct makes me think piggy is back in town.

 

 

[Guest rexdigger]

that really is the shittest backfilling iv seen a lot of earths round my way get dug by lads who cant or cant be arsed to backfill properly

[OldNog 432]

i havent aclue how old it is, i think its a good few years because nobody has dug on the ground (with permission) for abou 10 years

[Guest silenthunter]

This would be how not to back fill i would imagen?

 

 

 

Found this old pig sett today after looking at it in the summer and saw something has moved back in. No bedding was present but there was ONE soliatry paw print but couldnt quite work out what it was. My gut instinct makes me think piggy is back in town.

 

 

yeah looks like billy boys back intown that back fill looks like only acupple of years old bud so proberly old billy baiter good find all the best silenthunter

[FLATCAP 6]

looks like old billys boot print to me

[hue jeers 6]

My eyes must be playing tricks with me then

 

As for back filling, if the tube is larger than the volume of Earth removed to back fill with, then it will be nighe on impossible to back fill to any 'safe' standard, safe as in, some one could walk over it and not fall through.

 

What I do if this is the case is to cave it in a bit and make it look like a natural fall.

[Guest rio]

i get fed up of going to good earths and them being left open its not hard to backfill tidy i dont know why people leave them open its no respect

[neil cooney 10,416]

Oldnog your heading says it all. "The Art" of backfilling. Backfilling is as important as any other aspect of terrier work.

Thats why some of the places we try are still there 20+ years after we first tried them.

[RANDOLPH 34]

that really is the shittest backfilling iv seen a lot of earths round my way get dug by lads who cant or cant be arsed to backfill properly

come on then rex name and shame these lads?

[dev 226]

My eyes must be playing tricks with me then

 

As for back filling, if the tube is larger than the volume of Earth removed to back fill with, then it will be nighe on impossible to back fill to any 'safe' standard, safe as in, some one could walk over it and not fall through.

 

What I do if this is the case is to cave it in a bit and make it look like a natural fall.

i dont agree with this statment mate, we cut sods from the edge of the field and pack the hole with them before we backfill. then put the soil back in and then cut more sods for the top. this is the backfill of a 15 footer, you would never know there was a crater in the ground just an hour before

[dfee 1]

My eyes must be playing tricks with me then

 

As for back filling, if the tube is larger than the volume of Earth removed to back fill with, then it will be nighe on impossible to back fill to any 'safe' standard, safe as in, some one could walk over it and not fall through.

 

What I do if this is the case is to cave it in a bit and make it look like a natural fall.

if there isnt enough soil to go back in to the dig,we normally just take some from the spoil at the entrance to the hole.

[Guest Eamon.Mc]

Not a 15 footer like devs(big show off) mines just from a 4 ft dig but filled as dev says.

[dog fox 16]

the trouble with people who dont back fill ,is they go back time after time and dig the whole set up ,after a couple of seasons the sets fecked and all the tubes are full of water,and it can be some time before someone moves back in ,i back filled 3 holes in one of my favorite sets the season before last only to find it had been dug again when i returned the next time ,and geuss what they never back filled again people like this have no respect as far as im concerned and are only into there dogs for a few seasons and then go back to the rock they crawled out from

[dev 226]

couple of smaller ones

[Guest Eamon.Mc]

Proper backfilling is an essential part of our sport for a number of reasons.

1.Preserving sport for the future.

2.Safety for livestock.

3.Respect for land and landowner.

It's hard to get permission, and lads going onto land and digging and not

backfilling properly, can quickly destroy relations with landowners and

loss of permission is usually quick to follow. And lets not forget these

farmers will be quick to tell other farmers and so the snowball will roll.