Yard and site construction

Yard and building projects range from small lean tos to full green field sites. Typical jobs include:

• Machinery sheds for tractors, trailers and plant.
• Grain stores with suitable floors and loading areas.
• Cattle buildings such as loose housing, cubicle sheds and feed passages.
• Workshops and service bays for engineering work, tools and parts.
• Extensions and infill work joining existing sheds together or squaring awkward corners.

The team can work from drawings supplied by your architect or engineer or help shape a practical layout based on how you actually use the yard.

A lot of work involves improving existing yards rather than starting from scratch. Examples include:

• New concrete yards for loading grain, straw or pallets.
• Strengthening high traffic areas where lorries turn or loaders work all day.
• Sorting broken yards by cutting out failed areas and improving falls.
• Clamp and silo bases that stand up to buckrakes, shovels and acid.
• Tracks and lanes that help trailers and tankers move in all weathers.

Attention is paid to drainage so water runs where you want it to go rather than back towards buildings, pits or gateways.

Yard design has a big impact on safety and efficiency. When planning a job, the contracting team look at:

• Vehicle routes for artics, rigids, tractors and telehandlers.
• Turning space and swing at entrances and loading areas.
• Pedestrian areas so walkways and doors are away from busy traffic lines.
• Lighting and visibility to avoid blind corners and dark spots.
• Future expansion so there is space for another bay or building later on.

Small changes in layout can make a big difference to tyre wear, damage and time lost shunting vehicles.

Construction work is tough on tyres. Sharp rubble, mesh offcuts, rebar and fresh concrete edges are all part of the job. Tuckwell Tyres provide tyre support alongside yard and site construction so machines and lorries can keep working.

• On site repairs for loaders, dump trailers, tractors and telehandlers.
• Support for visiting lorries delivering stone, concrete and steel.
• New tyres or casings when sidewalls or beads are damaged.
• Advice on tyre choice for machines that spend more time on concrete than in fields.

You can book tyre work directly with Tuckwell Tyres and construction work with Robert Tuckwell Contracting. If a project needs both, the two sides coordinate so downtime is kept to a minimum.

For yard and site construction projects, please contact Robert Tuckwell Contracting directly using the details here or the enquiry form below. Messages go to their contracting inbox, not to the Tuckwell Tyres office.

For urgent tyre problems or breakdowns, please use the Tuckwell Tyres breakdown page.