What do you do with your coal ashes ?

BostonBob · Post by **BostonBob** » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 6:33 pm

What do you use your coal ashes for ?? I myself have used them on my gravel driveway (on the hill) for traction when it got icy ! Used some to get a stuck car out of the snow !

CapeCoaler · Post by **CapeCoaler** » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 6:50 pm

Magic fairy traction dust...
Poof...
Ice is no longer an issue...

keegs · Post by **keegs** » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 6:53 pm

I use them to convert my 2x4 pickup into a 4x4 pickup

nepacoal · Post by **nepacoal** » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 7:11 pm

I put them out on the curb for pickup... The city picks them up every week. They mix them with salt and use them on the roads.

2001Sierra · Post by **2001Sierra** » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 7:11 pm

Well after 35 years of filling low spots and holes, it now has its own bag line trash can and goes out with the rest of the garbage.

jimbo970 · Post by **jimbo970** » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 7:37 pm

mix into mortar and use them for concrete projects, fill groud hog \ rabbit holes, I used a years worth behind my shed to make a walking path and stop weed growth

Post by **Rob R.** » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 7:41 pm

I am making an ash mountain in the backyard. I expect that eventually I will have some kind of excavation project that needs clean fill.

Odyknuck · Post by **Odyknuck** » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 9:02 pm

Can you use the ash to fill low spots in the grass?

BostonBob · Post by **BostonBob** » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 9:07 pm

nepacoal wrote: ↑
Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 7:11 pm
I put them out on the curb for pickup... The city picks them up every week. They mix them with salt and use them on the roads.

that’s exactly what they did when everyone burned coal and put the ashes out, any extra ash I just dump down the hill next to my land !

BostonBob · Post by **BostonBob** » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 9:12 pm

keegs wrote: ↑
Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 6:53 pm
I use them to convert my 2x4 pickup into a 4x4 pickup

Nice !! And if you get stuck you can use the ash for traction

Donb · Post by **Donb** » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 10:55 pm

I’m filling a low wet spot in the lawn behind the garage and near the pond. In the spring I’ll pick out anything sitting on top that looks like it still has a few BTUs in it just because. Then I’ll level and cover with top soil and seed.
Don

LouNY · Post by **LouNY** » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 11:04 pm

I spread mine in my driveway, spread two full trash cans a couple of weeks ago,
I've got one and half ready to go, I don't use them close to the house where
they would get tracked in, once was enough.

Loading and then dump into the sander

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the view in the rear view camera

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the spread ash as I'm driving back up

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dust cloud in the rear

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BostonBob · Post by **BostonBob** » Sat. Jan. 19, 2019 7:10 am

LouNY. That is awesome ! No problem using your driveway with that ash !! Your right just don’t get it to close to the house ( my wife complains if 1 flake of ash is on the floor)

urhstry · Post by **urhstry** » Sat. Jan. 19, 2019 3:06 pm

I put them right in my garden. Loosens up the clayish soil and adds acidity to it. An old neighbor had his entire garden just ash. The amount of cukes and tomatoes was amazing with few plants.

BostonBob · Post by **BostonBob** » Sat. Jan. 19, 2019 3:18 pm

urhstry wrote: ↑
Sat. Jan. 19, 2019 3:06 pm
I put them right in my garden. Loosens up the clayish soil and adds acidity to it. An old neighbor had his entire garden just ash. The amount of cukes and tomatoes was amazing with few plants.

I have heard that it’s fantastic for growing tomatoes !!