Originally Posted by Yard ape

We also at the London club followed Sun Parlour Rc clubs lead and put down geotext. the club loves it. Put about $1400 into it. $1200 for the 15x300' roll $100 to deliver, $100 for sod staples 2x6". once laid down the fabric tightened drum tight in the sun after 3-4 days. we just put Round-up down to kill the grass, rolled it and put the down the rwy in 2hrs. We used GTF-404 fabric.

YA.

Originally Posted by adaptabl

Ours was about $1150.00 /roll delivered. The stuff we bought has a 90% UV stability. It is designed for direct exposure to the sun. Talking with US fabrics that told us the UV stability was the most important stat for runway use.

Originally Posted by Kargon

Here is the spec sheet for the product we use(#2006 on the right), your product is a little heavier. How much was your roll?

http://www.nilex.com/sites/default/f...ifications.pdf

Originally Posted by adaptabl

Karl:

The stuff we used in Windsor is 35 mils (.889 mm) thick. I wonder how different the material is?

http://thracelinq.com/datasheets/Thr...eet-GTF404.pdf

Originally Posted by Kargon

Hi Dennis and Max,

The runway is 30' X 150' X 6mill thick, one roll cut in half, $365 for the roll and $50 for a box of the required staples plus tax.

We bought it here because it was only a 45 min. drive to pick it up...

http://www.nilex.com/contact/toronto

The only prep we did was to set the mower to the lowest setting and scalp the area of the runway. The grass died in about two weeks underneath the fabric. In my opinion don't waste your time and money with any kind of weed killer.

What we did was to cut a slot in the ground around the perimeter with a gas lawn edger, this allowed us to push the fabric into the ground 3", which gave us a clean and secured edge. It was tight as a drum by the time we put the last staple in the ground...all 1000 of them.

Karl

Originally Posted by adaptabl

I was one of the members from the Sunparlor club involved in getting the project going. We did have some members with major objections but ended up installing a 30'x150 test runway. We have purchased two additional rolls and will expand in 2014 to 30'x 240' E-W and add a new 30' x 240' N-S runway. I think the opjections are common for all clubs when anything different is propossed. We have had a few prop strikes but a smear of roofing tar fills them and is not noticable. The materail is holding up very well. We also used the 404 materal. The club we visited in Michigan was on its 7th year with the Geotex and still going strong. There have been no issues with wind or mice. Ours is stappled along the edges with 6" staples every foot and 12" staples every 10'.

Originally Posted by Dangaras

There are so many negative nellies who throw out every excuse why this shouldn't be done at their specific club! Every club that has put geotex in can't stop raving about how great it is and they have nothing but regrets aboit not doing it sooner.

Yes there are concerns but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The club execs better get with the programme or they wont be in an exec role for long!

If a club of 100 put in $10 each the cost would be more than covered with lunch and coffee for the work party.. I for one would contribute more since I love warbirds and the retracts are part of the scale beauty. My repair costs in the last 3 years from crappy fields far exceeds the cost of an entire Geotex runway..