New garage time!

[fatjay]

what does "pour stone" mean?

I'll take the topsoil off and get down to the clay for all of the driveway, which is about 150' long. then have a guy bring in stone and stone the driveway so the cement mixer can get back to the garage site without sinking in the yard.

 

[GLyford]

Are you talking about tailgate spreading, or one of those fancy conveyor trucks?

 

[fatjay]

not sure. whatever hte guy shows up with.

Got the bobcat running again after a dead starter set me back a few days. started digging the driveway. I have red clay and it's insanely tough. I thought since it had just rained it would be easier to break up. Spinning all 4 tires trying to dig into the dirt. I think i need a set of tracks.

 

[EddieWalker]

I'll take the topsoil off and get down to the clay for all of the driveway, which is about 150' long. then have a guy bring in stone and stone the driveway so the cement mixer can get back to the garage site without sinking in the yard.

That's going to take a lot of stone to support a cement truck!!!!! They are freakishly heavy.

 

[deezler]

That's going to take a lot of stone to support a cement truck!!!!! They are freakishly heavy.

So true. If you want something compacted, hire some full cement trucks to come drive on it.

I got away with just 3 to 4" of crushed concrete road base to support cement trucks driving into my home building site (800 feet of gravel driveway through the woods). But I have sandy soil, and I put a big fat crown on my road first. Get your roadway DRY before you stone it.

 

[fatjay]

going to put down 3" crushed stone first. Not gravel but 3" large rocks. The guy who is bringing it in knows better than me.

 

[fatjay]

Dug out the driveway. The clay was like rock. Hit it with the tiller, then scooped it up with the bobcat, into the dump truck, then dumped the dirt in the back.

Couple videos:

http://i.imgur.com/HYvFcMbh.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/CRR8SML.mp4

http://i.imgur.com/CwawzFT.mp4

 

[EddieWalker]

Your windbreak is very impressive. Did you plant those trees? or are the shrubs?

 

[airbiscuit]

The equipment is older than the operator

 

[4570Man]

That's going to take a lot of stone to support a cement truck!!!!! They are freakishly heavy.

They’re probably not as high of ground psi as a dump truck because they have bigger tires but the local ones are 34,000 empty and 74,000 gross.