6F2 Capping delivered in Swindon
6F2 is a coarse recycled capping fill graded 0–125 mm, the most widely used capping material on UK earthworks. It builds a stable working platform over soft formations quickly and cheaply, and is the usual first import onto a site once the muckshift is under way.
Into Swindon and across Wiltshire we supply it loose by tipper, by grab lorry where a stockpile has to be loaded or reached over a boundary, or in bulk bags for plots a lorry can't discharge into. 24–72 hours on stocked lines across SN postcodes. Bulk artic loads for M4-corridor sites, 8-wheel tippers for estate roads, grab and bulk bags where plot access is tight.
Specification
- Grading
- 0–125 mm coarse graded
- Specification
- Clause 613 capping (Class 6F2)
- Material
- Recycled crushed concrete and hardcore
- Typical layer thickness
- Commonly 250–500 mm, per design
- Supply formats
- Loose tipper, artic bulk loads
- Typical load
- 16–20 t tipper, 28–29 t artic
Lead time
Sourced from regional recycling facilities — typically 2–4 working days depending on postcode and depth of stock, with test data supplied on request. On larger schemes we hold production against your programme so call-offs stay on date.
Typical uses on Swindon sites
- General capping fill over weak subgrades
- Site haul roads, compounds and crane platforms
- Bulk level-up and fill on earthworks schemes
- Piling mat build-up where design permits
Large flat-site logistics work drives volume Type 1 and capping in artic loads, while the housing releases at Wichelstowe, Tadpole Garden Village and the eastern villages take phased plot-by-plot bedding, sand and topsoil. Clay arisings from the Vale mean classification and muckaway planning matter before earthworks start.
What shapes 6F2 Capping supply in Swindon
Vale clay under most of the flat logistics and housing sites is exactly why 6F2 Capping moves in volume around Swindon — it builds a working platform that takes plant and lorry traffic before any sub-base goes down. Large flat logistics plots taking artic loads, plus phased plot-by-plot housing drops decide whether it arrives by tipper, grab or bulk bag. Where the same site is also producing clay arisings where classification and planning matter before earthworks start, we plan the removal and the delivery together so the lorry is not running one leg empty. The same routes serve Chippenham, Cirencester and Marlborough.
Questions we get asked
Is 6F2 the same as crusher run or hardcore?
They overlap in practice but are not interchangeable on paper. 6F2 is a specified capping grading under Clause 613 with defined limits, whereas 'hardcore' is a generic term. If your spec names 6F2, order 6F2 and we'll supply the supporting data.
Can 6F2 be used as a sub-base?
No — 6F2 is a capping material. For sub-base use MOT Type 1 to Clause 803, or recycled Type 1 where secondary aggregate is permitted.
Do you cover north Wiltshire and the Cotswold edge?
Yes — Chippenham, Calne, Cirencester, Marlborough and the surrounding villages run on the same Swindon haulage routes.
Material out as well as in, around Swindon
Most deliveries into Swindon pair with a removal: the lorry takes your arisings to a licensed facility and comes back loaded, so you pay for one movement rather than two.
Need 6f2 capping in Swindon?
Send us the tonnage, postcode and access — quote back within one working day.