Concrete question

[jamesa]

We just put up a 15'x25' woodshed for an old fella up the road. He had us use 16' 6x6 PT posts set in crushed limestone. Then he dumped old motor oil on top of the stone. The next day the stone had settled 3-4inches and there was NO movement in those posts. Claims that he used to do this on all his pole barns. Every few years he would add a bit more oil. Frost never moved anything either

not something I would ever post on a public forum, highly illegal to dump waist oil! EPA toxic waste cleanups start at 1 gal and a crazy expensive.

 

[David Devuono]

Makes me think about when my dad was collecting used oil to keep the dust down on the driveway. We had our property logged about 10 years ago. I am still finding empty 5 gallon pails of hydralic fuild. Those machines must have dumped, dripped 100 gallons of hydralic fluid. If I ever have another crew in, I will follow them around and do my own inspections. Anyway food for thought when it comes time to drill a well.

 

[CurlyDave]

I won't even wash a tractor or a car within 300' of my well.

 

[captin_insano]

Theres a couple types of mortar mix, most common you see is type n and type s. If I remember correctly (correct me if I'm wrong) type N is not as well suited below grade. Type s fine below grade. Type n may break down a little quicker exposed to the brines in the soil. That said, its just fence posts, its not like a foundation so I wouldnt worry about it.

 

[captin_insano]

And about the oil thing. I remember when I was a young'n, back in the 80's, the mining company near my Grandfathers would use tankers of oil on the dirt mine roads to keep dust down. All the old timers would oil their drives and the bottoms of their cars. I know of a garage that used to have an oil dumping pit dug in the ground. that land is probably worth a fortune now, it would be like the oil sands of canada. I guess the DEP/EPA isnt all bad.

 

[smiley]

not something I would ever post on a public forum, highly illegal to dump waist oil! EPA toxic waste cleanups start at 1 gal and a crazy expensive.

And about the oil thing. I remember when I was a young'n, back in the 80's, the mining company near my Grandfathers would use tankers of oil on the dirt mine roads to keep dust down. All the old timers would oil their drives and the bottoms of their cars. I know of a garage that used to have an oil dumping pit dug in the ground. that land is probably worth a fortune now, it would be like the oil sands of canada. I guess the DEP/EPA isnt all bad.

Wow, The city of Montgomery Alabama and I suspect thousands of other towns and cities in the country are in big trouble, because I remember as a kid in the 40's & 50's seeing the used oil tankers just drenching the dirt streets in the summer to keep down dust. The whole neighborhood would smell like a grease pit for a couple weeks.