Expert Farm Track Construction in West Cornwall
New hardcore tracks, rebuilt routes and the drainage that keeps them open, built to carry tractors, trailers, feed lorries and stock in every season. From a short run between two fields to a long access track across the farm, we take it from the first cut to the finished stone.
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Farm track construction is the building of a stone or hardcore route across farmland that can carry heavy machinery, livestock and delivery vehicles all year round. A well-built track is excavated to firm ground, separated from the soil beneath with a geotextile layer, built up in compacted graded stone and shaped to shed water.
A track takes punishment no domestic drive ever sees: loaded trailers, turning tractors and the wettest months of the Cornish year. The way it is drained matters as much as the stone that goes into it.
Luna Maintenance Ltd builds and rebuilds farm tracks across West Cornwall as part of our wider agricultural groundworks work, often alongside the yards, buildings and gateways the track connects.
The Farm Track Work We Carry Out
New farm tracks
New routes between yards, fields, buildings and the road, set out to the line and gradient your machinery needs, and built up in layers on a separating membrane. On sloping ground we plan the line to keep gradients workable for loaded trailers.
Hardcore tracks for heavy machinery
Deeper hardcore construction where the track carries the heaviest traffic, such as feed and milk lorries, loaded silage trailers and machinery going to and from the yard.
Track repair and resurfacing
Potholed, rutted and washed-out tracks rebuilt: the failed sections dug out, the base made good, the drainage put right and a fresh running surface laid.
Track drainage
Camber or crossfall to shed water, cross drains to take it off the track before it builds up, and side ditches or soakaways to carry it away. Where springs or wet ground cross the route, land drains go in beneath the track bed.
Gateways and field entrances
A firm stone surface at gateways and entrances, where stock and machinery churn the ground hardest, so the busiest few metres of the farm stay firm and clean through the winter.
Tracks to yards, buildings and arenas
Track work joined to the rest of the farm, from the apron of a new building to a farm concrete yard or the access to a horse arena, so the whole route works as one.
Our Farm Track Work
Our farm track work includes a new stone track laid between fields, built up in compacted layers and shaped to shed water, alongside the yards, building bases and arena drainage we build on farms across West Cornwall. Every photograph here is our own work.
See more on our work page.
Trusted With Farm Work Year After Year
Repeat work is the clearest sign of a job well done:
"Their time management, cost structure and quality of work has been excellent and I would be delighted to recommend them."
"I was very happy with the work carried and I would certainly use him again. He is a consummate professional at what he does."
"They did the project promptly and charged exactly what they quoted, even doing a few extra bits for me whilst they were on site."
What a Well-Built Farm Track Gives You
Access in every seasonA drained, compacted track stays firm through a wet winter, so feed, milk, stock and machinery keep moving when the fields are under water.
Less wear on machinery and stockAn even running surface means fewer jolts for tractors and trailers, less strain on tyres, and safer footing for cattle and sheep moving along it between fields and the yard.
A track that lastsBuilt on a separating layer and drained from the start, the stone stays in the track rather than sinking into the soil, so it holds its shape for many seasons.
Cleaner yards and roadsA firm track carries less mud into the yard and onto the lane, keeping the farm tidier and the road safer for everyone using it.
How We Build Your Farm Track
Walk the route with us.
We visit free of charge and walk the line of the track with you, looking at the ground, the gradient, the gateways and where the water runs.
Agree the plan in writing.
Your written quote sets out the route, the build-up, the drainage and the finish, and we talk through whether prior approval applies.
Strip and excavate.
We strip the topsoil and dig the track bed down to firm ground, removing soft spots instead of building over them.
Build up the track.
The membrane goes down and graded stone is spread and compacted in layers, shaped to its camber with cross drains set in.
Finish and hand over.
The running surface is laid, the ditches and outfalls checked, and we walk the finished track with you.
Why Farms Choose Luna Maintenance for Track Construction
Where a farm track meets the public road, the water it sheds becomes a legal question. Under section 163 of the Highways Act 1980, the highway authority can require the occupier of land next to a road to stop surface water flowing from it onto the highway. We design the camber, the cross drains and the track's junction with the road so the water goes to a ditch or soakaway instead.
Built by a groundworks contractor. Track construction is drainage, sub-base and heavy loads, the core of what we do.
The fleet for the job. Our own 14-tonne excavator and the Valtra tractor and dump trailer are ready the moment your track is.
We know Cornish ground. Granite, killas, springs and the steep valley sides of West Cornwall each need a different approach.
Your Contractor: Ross Kitto
Ross Kitto leads our farm track construction work. He brings 29 years in the trade and formed Luna Maintenance Ltd in 2023, and today he heads a close team of five working from Hayle. Tracks, yards and building bases are part of the everyday farm work Ross and the team carry out across West Cornwall.
Ross and the team are CPCS-carded on the plant and fully insured.
“We look at every detail of a track, from the line and the drainage down to the smallest gateway, and we deliver on every one,”
says Ross Kitto, director of Luna Maintenance Ltd.
Farm Track Construction Across West Cornwall
What Your Farm Track Quote Covers
A track is priced from the route, not the map, so every quote starts with a walk along the line. Your written quote sets out:
Anything that changes once the ground is open is agreed with you in writing first.
Farm Track Questions
How do you build a farm track?
What stone goes into a farm track?
How do you stop a track washing out?
Do I need planning permission for a farm track?
Can you repair or resurface an existing track?
How wide should a farm track be?
01Agricultural groundworks
The complete groundworks package for the whole farm.
Agricultural groundworks
02Farm concrete yards
Yards and farm hardstanding laid to falls at the end of the track.
Farm concrete yards
03Drainage
Land drainage and soakaways for wet fields, gateways and yards.
DrainageTalk Through Your Track Project
Need a new track or a worn one rebuilt? We will walk the route with you, look at the ground and the water, and set out how the track would be built. The site visit and the written quote are free.
Call Ross on 07460 077745·Book a free site visit online
Based in Hayle, working across West Cornwall
Phone: 07460 077745
Email: office@lunamaintenanceltd.com
Hours: 7am to 7pm, 7 days a week
Last updated: 20 October 2026