Buying crushed rock -- new MSHA rules?

[Hay Dude]

$50/yr and proof of insurance

 

[Username Taken]

Who's foolin' who? According to this, you don't need a permit for mosr driveways. #7

WAC 51-16-080:

app.leg.wa.gov

 

[Username Taken]

$50/yr and proof of insurance

That's likely for the Permit. The goobermint always wants their pound of flesh. I doubt they care much about who puts the gravel down. But each County can be different and so can municipalities within those Counties. Some of them don't care, some are downright Karen-ish about it.

 

[ultrarunner]

The Ready Mix stone yard I use hitched a one yard Wet Mix concrete gondola to a half ton Bumper Ball Mount with safety chain...

It broke loose, bumper and all and a pedestrian in cross walk badly injured...

After that things changed...

 

[jyoutz]

So I called my local Northern Virginia rock&sand yard. I can pick up an F350 load anytime.

That’s a very hard way to haul rock. I did that in my truck once and hand shoveled the rock out of the truck bed. Never again.

 

[mikester]

As someone mentioned, it's probably insurance and liability reasons... or....

They just don't want to bother with small potato customers anymore.

The world needs more lawyers and bureaucrats. The covid lockdowns were initiated to make sure too many of them didn't die off.

 

[Jstpssng]

It must be new state law, as you are the second person from Washington state who mentioned this yesterday.

A sign of the times

Everybody/everything is positioning to take advantage of increased prices. Examples in my case - I can no longer call my doctor and ask a simple question - I must make an appointment - cost.....$175. I can no longer simply order tick meds from Pet Smart. Must secure prescription...

www.tractorbynet.com

Or perhaps Oosik was second, but I read his post first.

 

[newbury]

That’s a very hard way to haul rock. I did that in my truck once and hand shoveled the rock out of the truck bed. Never again.

I've things that makes it relatively easy:
A Loadhandler

Good plywood and tarps
A son, now about 40, with a strong back.

For a while there we'd go and pick up about 3 or 4 loads a year, usually about 2 tons at a time.
He'd push off the top of the pile then with the Loadhandler we'd crank off the rest.
Since the stone yard is only about 10 miles away it is very economical.

 

[bnold]

In Texas a commercial contractors license doesn’t really exist.

 

[4570Man]

I've things that makes it relatively easy:
A Loadhandler
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Good plywood and tarps
A son, now about 40, with a strong back.

For a while there we'd go and pick up about 3 or 4 loads a year, usually about 2 tons at a time.
He'd push off the top of the pile then with the Loadhandler we'd crank off the rest.
Since the stone yard is only about 10 miles away it is very economical.

Locally you can hire a tri axel dump truck for $100 plus the product cost. At least you could before diesel went to $5 a gallon. And the quarry is probably charging you a higher unit cost than the dump trucks. Making 10 trips to save $100 doesn’t sound very economical to me.