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.

 

[fatjay]

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

Funny story. The origional owner of the house was polish, and both neighbors were german. First or second generation for all 3 households. and they all hated each other. So the people here put up an 8' privacy fence on all 3 sides of the yard, and arbor vitae in front of them. 40 years ago. There's a couple gaps, but i've planted a bunch in the past 10 years i've lived here.

 

[fatjay]

Put stone down today. One flawless pour, measured exactly right. I was impressed.

Here's the video of him pouring: https://i.imgur.com/eHEWglW.mp4

And here's the finished product:

 

[airbiscuit]

beautiful spread!

 

[ovrszd]

How are you going to drive on that?

In Missouri that would be very hard to keep in place and would take years to "stick together".

 

[fatjay]

How are you going to drive on that?

In Missouri that would be very hard to keep in place and would take years to "stick together".

I'll drive over it a few times and pack it down into the clay base. Once the garage is finished I'll put modified on top of it, then asphalt.

 

[fatjay]

Finally started excavation! After the absolute nightmare of getting that 24" bucket on the hoe a few months back, I got a chance to put it into action. Of course the fuel filter was clogged and the bowl was filled with sediment, then i ripped the sediment bowl gasket and was leaking fuel. Got all that fixed but had a bit of a late start. Finally got the machine read around 4 and got the first leg dug, 44' long and 3' down. Loaded the dump truck with the bobcat then dumped it in the back. I need a bigger dump truck!

The backhoe is not exactly fast, but it busted through the rocks, clay, and roots without any major issues. This is my first time digging anything more than stumps, so the line isn't the straitest as I was dealing with some wet spots.

Little video of the digging: https://i.imgur.com/GUm0uhX.mp4

 

[EddieWalker]

I really enjoy seeing your older equipment being used and getting it done.

In the second and third pictures it looks like a group of trees are reallly close to where you are digging. Are those trees remaining thaat t close to your building?

 

[fatjay]

I really enjoy seeing your older equipment being used and getting it done.

In the second and third pictures it looks like a group of trees are reallly close to where you are digging. Are those trees remaining thaat t close to your building?

The tree's will remain, the other side of those tree's is an 8' privacy fence and then the property line.

I love my old machines. They have some quirks. I needed to flush bad fuel out of the oliver and replace the fuel filter and fuel bowl gasket yesterday before it would run right. Then the bobcat governor wouldn't kick in so I had trouble loading dirt. All my machines get the job done, just perhaps not as quickly as modern machines do.

 

[fatjay]

Busy day today. Got 3 footers dug. Amazing how much dirt is coming out of the ground. One leg was 8 dump truck loads. I've gotten much better at dumping, it's not as simple as it seems. Have become quite proficient with the bobcat as well as the backhoe. Go figure i'm learning on my own garage. And will probably never need to do it again.

 

[4570Man]

How deep do you have to dig footers in your area?