bunker construction
Stewart
ideal for the construction of a bunker.
When buried in the front face they would act as a very effective earth wall
and would last a lot longer than the layers of turf currently being used.
Does anyone know if this has been tried in bunker construction?
Malcolm Wadsworth
"Stewart" <twodu...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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My imagination is going to a ball hit towards the bunker, hitting the tyres
and rebounding out!
Or better still, after having duffed the shot from within the bunker.
Seriously though, may there not be a danger aspect?
I do not know of car tyres being used in course construction, but I know a
few courses where they come into play, along with old cars and washing
machines!
Malcolm
Bill Seddon
Crushed up tyres can be used to add to the grass in heavily tracked
areas, nice spongy feel and prevents wear. Like you I would be
terrified of playing a shot in a bunker with a snooker style cushion in
front of me!
Bill
Stewart
(many of mine are).
I just like to try and think of beneficial uses for cast away goods like
tyres and so on.
"Bill Seddon" <billatremoveseddonendo.com> wrote in message
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Alan Murphy
> You are quite right commenting on the possible rebound of a misshit ball
> (many of mine are).
> I just like to try and think of beneficial uses for cast away goods like
> tyres and so on.
>
sleepers as walling for bunkers and elsewhere.
Brancaster and Aberdovey come to mind.
Wouldn't be allowed nowadays due to Health
and safety considerations.
david s-a
>>
>>Crushed up tyres can be used to add to the grass in heavily tracked
>>areas, nice spongy feel and prevents wear. Like you I would be
>>terrified of playing a shot in a bunker with a snooker style cushion in
>>front of me!
>>
>>Bill
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Mince them up and mix with bitumen, makes for good underfoot path
surfaces....especially if wearing steel spikes. A two foot wide strip
along the centreline of otherwise paved pathways is all that is needed.
cheers
david
Pat Williams
>>
> Quite a few links courses do use old railway
> sleepers as walling for bunkers and elsewhere.
> Brancaster and Aberdovey come to mind.
> Wouldn't be allowed nowadays due to Health
> and safety considerations.
Depends where you go, Alan.
At my own course in recent years (and more recently only last week) our council
has approved and used sleepers for the edges of paths and tees. It is getting to
look like a mixture of Clapham junction surrounded by a motor cycle dirt track
with all the mud. Couple that with the greens still having hollow tine marks
followed by vertidrain holes, there since the beginning of October, (not filled)
and you will see what a pleasure it is to play golf on a clay based course in a
warm, wet winter.
Oh I forgot. In the gales of a couple of weeks ago 50 trees were down and the
whole area is littered with tree debris. Nobody's fault there but there are bits
of branches and wood chippings everywhere.
Pat