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Macon Rounds 
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Posted: 18 Jul 2023 at 5:05am |
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DMiller
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Posted: 18 Jul 2023 at 5:09am |
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Must be Fine Lime screenings. Here they are $18/ton Plus delivery which can range from $3-9/ton depending on which quarry they come from. Appears a 20-22t pile, be around $500 here.
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exSW
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Posted: 18 Jul 2023 at 8:14am |
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If it's the hi mag Carey lime yes. Trucking is a killer.
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orangepeeler
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Posted: 18 Jul 2023 at 9:45am |
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Sure, I'll give you $800 for the 185.
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Posted: 18 Jul 2023 at 10:48am |
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The Lime looks like $800 if the Skid steer looks like $70,000
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IBWD MIke
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Posted: 19 Jul 2023 at 8:47am |
 orangepeeler wrote:
Sure, I'll give you $800 for the 185. |
If you've got dibs on the 185 I suppose I would take the 175 for $800.
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DanielW
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Posted: 19 Jul 2023 at 9:23am |
How far was it trucked? Around here Lime is still only $10 per ton, but trucking is anywhere from $100 to $180 per hour. We now get dolomitic lime, which is available from a quarry comparatively close. But if we want calcitic lime it has to come from 3 hours away, which really adds to the cost. Whatever the case, it's always the trucking that kills, so we get the largest loads we can. Even if we only need 5 tons and the truck holds 15, we'll get a full 15 tons as it will only cost an extra $100 and is the same trucking price.
I'll let Mike and Orangepeeler have dibs on the tractors if I can buy that spreader for $800. You're lucky to have it. Spreaders that have a wide enough apron for lime are extremely hard to come by around here - most fertilizer spreaders only have about an 8" apron. You need one at least 16" wide for lime to spread without bridging. Otherwise some poor guy has to be riding the spreader and breaking up the bridges with a shovel handle while you're spreading.
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John Phillis
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Posted: 19 Jul 2023 at 11:05pm |
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Holy cow! What happened to the other lime I told you about? Looks like one of Tim Kelly’s spreader. I’m pretty sure I pulled that spreader several times before.
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Macon Rounds
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Posted: 20 Jul 2023 at 1:32am |
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I don't remember reading
about any local lime supplies....
I would love to hear about them....
I have heard of some reclaimed mill lime but they have mixed reviews on effectiveness.
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 20 Jul 2023 at 6:05am |
OK, I have to ask.... cause I'm curious...
Assuming lime is added to 'sweeten' the soil, what crop is it for ? Is this 'one application' or yearly ? How many acres will that load cover ?
BTW ,for $800 you should have bought 'Milton' from me. D-14 with 'real loader' and a new starter...which I SHOULD have 'swapped' BEFORE I gave it away......
Edited by jaybmiller - 20 Jul 2023 at 6:07am
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John Phillis
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Posted: 20 Jul 2023 at 10:23pm |
Macon Rounds wrote:
I don't remember reading
about any local lime supplies....
I would love to hear about them....
I have heard of some reclaimed mill lime but they have mixed reviews on effectiveness. |
The Dunningsville exit off I-70 near Eighty Four, PA is where Hansen Aggregates crushes and cleans limestone for the asphalt plants. They have very fine particle size lime that they vacuum off the crushed limestone. It is highly effective in no till situations. I do believe it is limestone that comes from the quarry in Connellsville, PA. Somewhere I have an analysis on it. Would have to dig to find it.
The lime they have is free for hauling. There is a trucking company in Canonsburg, PA named R.L. Yost Trucking that will haul the lime from there to your farm. The last stuff I had delivered worked out to less than $8 per ton. Your farm is about 12 miles from mine, so it would be slightly more expensive if you add on the extra 20 minutes of travel. Even if the cost was doubled, it still would be less than $400 for the same amount of lime.
I’m pretty certain that I posted this on another thread but I could be wrong. I tried to give you a call today but it went to voicemail. I see from the pictures you posted that your farm is looking very nice! I hope this information helps you for the next loads of lime.
John
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Tbone95
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Posted: 21 Jul 2023 at 8:18am |
jaybmiller wrote:
OK, I have to ask.... cause I'm curious...
Assuming lime is added to 'sweeten' the soil, what crop is it for ? Is this 'one application' or yearly ? How many acres will that load cover ?
BTW ,for $800 you should have bought 'Milton' from me. D-14 with 'real loader' and a new starter...which I SHOULD have 'swapped' BEFORE I gave it away......
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Lime is used to control pH. Yeah, sweeten the soil is an old fashioned but still common way of saying it. What crop it’s for, well, that depends. There’s a sweet spot range for various crops from corn to beans to wheat to alfalfa. Pretty much in the low to mid 6’s, alfalfa being one of the higher recommended levels where I’ve seen 6.8 mentioned. Crops will tolerate and grow outside the range, it’s just a matter of productivity and getting rid the bang for the buck you spend on fertilizer. Again alfalfa one of the fussier ones that I deal with if you want a long lived productive stand. Application rates for me are typically 1000-2000 pounds per acre. How long it lasts depends on the soil and fertilizer used. Pretty much all fertilizers, including manure, tend towards acidic. Some soil only needs maintenance once in a while, yet I have a field that can use a ton per acre every other year. Soil testing tells you what you need to know, follow or stray from the recommendations as you wish.
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