Stone Size For Sugar Shack Floor

[Lew56]

Were going to be using crushed stone for the floor in our new sugar shack, any recommended stone size?

[Haynes Forest Products]

I would use road base and tamp the hell out of it. Keep it damp and dust wont be an issue. They also make a binder you can spray on it to keep it dustless. You dont want loose gravel that will move around as you walk. Tamp it tight and level and 4 big paving stones from HD and your evap is ready to install.

[tuckermtn]

not a big deal, but I know in New Hampshire some AG inspectors have some issues with floors other than concrete, etc...

at least that used to be the case...

-Eric

[cvmaple]

Chips and dust tamped down with cement silo slabs laid on top made a pretty good floor for me. good luck.

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

B.I.L. had slate chips put down, once they were tamped nothing ever moved.

[Lew56]

Hummm silo slabs, never thought of that :) I'll need to do some checking around, lots of old shut down farms in the area. Thanks :)

[Farmboy]

Im pretty sure 3/4" stone is the prefered size stone in cement. Im pouring my floor in a few weeks you will be happy you did. Last season sucked because my floor was always a mes and muddy.

[ziggy]

Put in a cement floor! You are producing a food product.

[Father & Son]

Crushed grey limestone is what I have down and it makes a good base for concrete later because it packs well. It compares in size to 2b.

Jim

[Haynes Forest Products]

Its fun when you come in with mud on your shoes and the stones stick to your boots.

[cvmaple]

Good one Haynes!!!!

[Lew56]

I'll just have the wife clean them off for me :D

[xyz5150]

Lew56

I'll just have the wife clean them off for me

I bet you have a better chance of getting pregnant than that happening.:lol:

[Haynes Forest Products]

She will turn your corps into a boot brush and scrape and you will be proven right:lol:

[Haynes Forest Products]

She will turn your corps into a boot brush and scrape and you will be proven right:lol:

[wiam]

She will turn your corps into a boot brush and scrape and you will be proven right:lol:

You can say that again.:lol:

[70 Buick]

I'll just have the wife clean them off for me :D

You better hope she never reads that statement
You will be looking for a new place to sleep LOL

[Lew56]

I'll just sleep in the Sugar Shack :D

[Lew56]

Put in a cement floor! You are producing a food product.

Send me the extra $$$ Mr. Ziggy and I'll pour a cement floor!! At this time I don't have it!! In the future when I have the $$, I'll be all set to pour it. No really I'm producing a food product, WOW thanks I didn't know that :o

[BryanEx]

I would recommend 3/4" crusher (3/4" and everything smaller). Spread it in 3" layers and run a plate compactor over it for each layer (wet it down while doing this). The end result will not only be perfectly smooth but will be so tight water will pool on it for a period of time.

[adk1]

I would recomend a concrete floor

[Lew56]

adk1
I think we have already addressed the concrete/cement floor! I don't have the $$$ for it now!!!! :confused:

BryanEx,
Thank you sir, someone else suggested the 3/4 also. That's what I'm going to do for this year.