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I know person who’s had bee hive on their property from a friend. The beekeeper developed sudden allergy to stings. Lady I know no longer has the hive on her property

Probably utility locate to replace the pole near the marking

Canada geese love lake beaches. So I try to avoid them

Did you tie the two slabs together

That saw is mostly for decorative use now

Similar to your drawing, make gate triangle with smaller triangles in middle for support. Make sure to dig big hole and use concrete to fill the hinge pole. Bigs forces will be trying to tilt pole when gate swings. Use pipe for gate as concrete reinforcement is not rigid for its weight

Swallows don’t cause huge problem in barn , ignore them

Maverick is reconfigured fusion, front wheel drive car that had no transmission issues

When I planted trees I had several hoses and watered as I walked down the row. It was a workout but ended up being the easiest way to water all the trees without damaging any

Do they want tree removed at pond?. Trees at pond are not a good match

Why would you need to stabilize soil for a pond/ spring problem

Haydude After further thought, I think you have a bigger problem than spring drying up. In southern Ohio we have had a wet spring and ponds are full. This site appears to be leaking water, since the pond is very low. Tree root can create channels to drain pond. If pond is leaking the additional...

Not illegal to harvest rainwater in any of the states east of Mississippi

Haydude If I remember correctly you are in Pennsylvania, you get more rainfall than evaporation. What is the overflow setup for pond can it handle the roof run off without causing damage. Adding gutters helps the building without adding much cost if you run water to pond. If you add gutters...

I bought Chinese generator. A piece broke in the recoil of starter rope. After two months of not being able to get part, I got new generator under warranty

Place your geotextile on vertical face of soil and have it turn horizontally to extend in between the blocks. Weak point of tie backs will be attachment to blocks

Can you put layers of geotextile behind your taller wall. Attach that to your anchors. If not put anchor in block with large washer to distribute load

Block manufacturers on east side of country call for design and reinforcement if over 4 ft. There is not enough room behind wall to install tie backs without special equipment

The blocks are typically designed to build a 48” high wall without additional reinforcements. The first layer is buried to key the wall and provide lateral resistance. The first layer should be installed on a well graded(not same size) gravel. Behind the wall the gravel should be free draining...

In my area, AAA dispatches from call center that is over 100 miles away. They have no idea where they are sending the tow truck

Locally AAA. Is buying car washes and tire shops. Most tows are from their own trucks as low rates has most independent shops dropping them

I have found wood pipes for drains in some hundred year old houses. Also seen remains of wood water main

Eddie Superplasticizer will increase slump without lowering the strength of concrete. It is used on many bridge decks

Keeping the finished concrete wet helps it cure. It is bad to add water to concrete prior to finishing it

Most retaining wall failures are related to poor drainage. Make sure to include drainage in wall. Block wall should have concrete foundation. I have never had good luck with exposed tile and freezing weather

Eddie Reading rock and Reddy rock are two large wall material suppliers in my area

Typically building codes start with four foot tall wall

The aggregate base provides uniform bearing surface and provides resistance to sliding. The concrete does not provide the slide resistance. Burying the first block is for slide resistance. Gravel behind wall is for drainage and reduce lateral forces on the wall. Mortar will change the forces...

The only recall for vehicle that I know the back story is supplier cut corners , didn’t meet specifications and falsified data. Supplier went out of business

What are you using the concrete for. Dust is. Not usual ingredient in concrete

Back in my youth,old guy drive his roosters around in Cadillac. He said they bought , so they can ride In it

Does Vermont require survey for new parcels

Many states don’t allow adverse possession of government land

Eddie I have worked on French drains that were still functioning after sixty years. Work was rerouted the portion damaged by road widening

Neighbor threw out stihl chainsaw after cutting his tree done

Screed will typically compact to 80 percent of max density. You want low nineties for durability. Many highway contractors use steel drum with rubber back wheels

In Ohio micro surface is used in many cities, it can be done over chip seal for better looking process. Asphalt emulsion is sprayed on small rock 1/8” and mixture is squeegee smooth. Setting time is temperature dependent but usually a couple of hours or less. Need specialized equipment...

Dyes prices depend on color, some colors are $200/ cy plus cleaning fee for truck after pour

Holt was cat dealer in my area until they sold out fifteen years ago

Can you spread the sand and get vegetation growing. Any modification could be damaged during next overflow event

Sweeping to even out the pellets ( frequency depends on use) and vacuum to remove debris (yearly)are maintenance local fields receive. All equipment to maintain is either gas or diesel powered

Spellcheck changed restriped to restricted. Normal lacrosse field fits on footbal field

listen this a project you actually bid or are you removing debris on time and material basis

In my area lacrosse is restriled football field

VIN can pull up all information about the original features of your car

I knew a guy that died after he tried to get bail of hay that fell off his truck. He was ran over on highway

I have contiguous, yeti and artic(Walmart). Contiguous and yeti were gifts. As 5030 said most brands are interchangeable

Similar accident to Land Rover on my wife’s mustang. No damage except to hood

Is the dirt bare or growing things now. I have seen drags that are pulled behind small three wheeler on baseball fields

Many people are allergic to the oil on thorns cause skin irritation. I have seen the thorn used as nails for powder horns in antique

Local town has setup for their different gravels. They poured slab and stack blocks on slab. They use loader with one yard bucket to move material. Still looks good after five plus years

I am only seeing glasses for sale in my area

He was going down fighting and got in lucky bite on adult grizzly

One guy in old west killed grizzly by biting neck and severing artery. Lost most of his arm and numerous wounds

Ultrarunner good luck in your adventures.when my mom started having issues from dementia I made sure to be with her every lunch and after work. Later my sister moved in with her but I still stopped by for lunch and after work. I know you made the last years of your mom’s life more enjoyable. We...

Good comments . Modified Marshall mix is still common in Ohio especially on low volume roads and driveways. Micro surfacing is more of maintenance item for existing roads, very good at extending pavement life. open graded asphalt is also used on hills to prevent freezing of surface water

There is city in Ohio with black fire trucks

we had ten vehicles in our fleet disabled by puncture tanks

Tow trucks on highway in Cincinnati carry gas , so it easy to add fuel if that is problem. on side note I was stuck in traffic for several hours with low fuel. I had about half gallon when I was able to get to station

Ev are significantly heavier than ice vehicles. In crash test ev pickup went through guardrail

Call 811 to have utility marked. If they do not mark it you are clear of damages

What is your soil type, do you have many roots or rocks in soil. i have used hand tool or 3 pt pole hole digger

Skid steer are not great for traveling a mile. Slow and bumpy ride

When does your project bid?

the fill for building will not be granular material, probably clay. Op has tractor to compact not a roller. alan w what kind of engineer told you 8 inch lift

Good advice except place fill max lift of six inches

Where are you located. Different areas have different correct answers. check with local extension agent if you have one

I did this and roof was leak free until I sold property after about fifteen years

Not sure what Menards sells but cost is reason fiberglass reinforcement is not used more.

For structural concrete high slump is obtained by use of plasticizers.water cement ratio is kept low. Structurally all concrete below pour of rebar is ignored except to provide protection to rebar.

Ultra runner fiberglass is significantly more expensive than steel. Only used in highly corrosive environments or where magnetic properties are issue

Rebar cost money. unless slab is heavily loaded, it is cheaper to gain strength with increase thickness of concrete. fyi concrete will slowly gain strength for years if kept moist

65 years ago today , plane crash for the day the music died

Saw article that they are involved in lawsuits over building new factory. Currently factory is locked down

How does the township end up owning ag land? Only government owned ag land near me is airport crash zone for cincinnati airport

How is the project bid, lump sum , clear each pier, cy of debris removed. do you need to do anything with sand and gravel build up can you grind and leave debris on site what is depth and current of stream in summer

You may want to try and pull a log before you cut. Extra leverage helps in many situations

How are you sure they have not done aerial survey of property

Hyundai are frequently stolen and expensive for body repair

What is the bed of the river, mud , gravel rock? is work allowed in river bed

Typically the debris will catch on the pier and then sand will be trapped in the debris field

The long boom excavator does not have much capacity due to extreme reach. Mostly used for grading and demolition.

Causeway would be fill temporarily placed in stream to get equipment closer to pier. The closer you are , the smaller equipment needs to be to remove debris. does water gets low enough to walk to debris with cable to hook and drag debris out

What are the rules for working in the stream? can you build causeway to get close to pier and use excavator with thumb to remove pile. crane with clam shell bucket will work but be slow

How fast is current in stream. in my area there are modular pontoons that connect for rent. crane with clam is what I have used in similar situations

My fox hound mix is similar in shedding to bmc. He loves sunning his belly in warm weather

This is what is called Texas u turn in Ohio

What thickness Tube wall are you using. You are making a boom pole and forces are rather simple to determine

Chert is type of sedimentary rock such as shale, limestone or sandstone

Bankruptcies in the 90s killed all Massey dealers near me. Old iron I see ,not much of the new stuff.

Not much worry of crushing drain pipe with concrete driveway . With relatively flat ground excess flow should not be a problem

I would put a pipe under driveway if you can get grades to work. Arkansas can get heavy rain or freezing weather. Both can cause issues with overland drainage

5 gallon is typical limit for environmental clean up

It gives your pet a nice shiny hinney

Torque is indirect method to determine tension in bolt. Any lubricant will lower torque for given tension on other hand dirt or damage to thread will increase torque for given tension

In Ohio insurance is on vehicle typically, but you can get other drivers excluded. insurance doesn’t require accident to be on road

It is easy to damage the asphalt by overheating. Be very careful if you go that route. There are many different sealers and surface treatments for asphalt ranging from paints to asphaltines. Not sure if the better sealers can be bought noncommercially. what is property owner saying. Will he be...

tanks have been code in my area for at least twenty years. I did not put one in when I replaced my water heater. I have seen several tanks rusted and leaking

Save others from reading thread.The asphalt company recommendation was replace due to damage. Dawn was also listed

As Paul Harvey said transmission fluid is solvent for asphalt. What you are seeing is structural damage to asphalt. Try dawn to minimize damage by removing asa much of spill as possible. I would hand scrub and not use pressure washer

Safety lines on steel structures were not used before the late 1980s. Many iron workers in New York are Indian

Early in my career I worked on steel bridges with no safety equipment. I even managed to climb new river gorge bridge. 100 percent tied off now for bridge work

Materials are usually retired after they have been used in a fall

Hyatt failure was fabrication change.. original design was balcony supported by three story threaded rod with anchor at roof. Fabricator requested and received approval to have rod only continuous from floor to floor. The floors were not strong enough to support floor below and the floor failed...

That was the actual repair done

some people are recommending changing the truss by removing lower chord. Making center column in two pieces drastically increases stress in the joints

Fabricator Modified design which greatly increases stress In member. Member failed due to increase stress

Nice reuse of materials where are you located do you have braces between trusses, needed for wind or snow loads cute picture of your helper

If you take out the bottom chord, you are dramatically changing the stress on the members and their connections. the original failure was at connection and your recommendation is increasing stress in those connections have you ever heard of the collapse of the balcony at the Kansas City Hyatt...

The bottom chord is holding your walls in. Remove it and you just have your connections holding the walls in

electriCal contractors have heat box for softening conduit to bend it

You want a non woven filter fabric for the wall. They make various types and grades of fabric. Make sure the fabric you buy is water permeable. Backfill entire depth of wall with uniform sized gravel

I would like more pictures of the truss to post connection. From your pictures the split 2x6 on the column looks like a temporary piece used during construction. Did lower chord break through support bolts. By design the lower chord should not have bending stress to break the way it failed

DO NOT REMOVE MEMBERS OF THE TRUSS WITHOUT ENGINEERING REVIEW. This could lead to collapse of truss.

If they use ductile water main in your arena you should be able to get short piece of pipe from water main contractor and sleeve the sdrthrough it. They make perforated sdr pipe for behind wall

The easiest and probably best repair is add a couple of pieces of steel angle iron to the bottom of the cracked member. use structural screws to attach angle to beam. The connection points of the truss are designed and would need to rebuilt in similar strength

A eight ton roller will crack Ohio limestone

Could be very bad plan. Not a beam, but part of truss that is broken. Removing the broken tension member could cause the building to expand outward and collapse roof. How long has member been cracked. I would try to add reinforcements to existing beam rather than replace the broken member...

Engineer on the Cincinnati streetcar

Crushed granite is not common in Ohio. Op needs to top with 304, crusher run common Ohio designation. Rubber tired rollers are for rent at construction equipment sites but are typically 20 tons weight in ohio

The bridge is not old enough to be lower than 36ksi

Where are you located

Find steel table with capacity of the beams , ignore deck for load capacity.

Prayers for your family

My regular glasses are safety version. Thirty years ago when I started working on bridges my safety equipment was a hard hat

They have parts for my 4x2 gatorof same era. One of benefits of green paint

Welcome from southern Ohio

Shovels can be rented for $15/day

I am doing cruise this month anchorage, Ketchikan and skagway , any recommendations

As dodge man said abutment is weak point, what are you using as deck

She was secretary at work. She was engaged at the time to a jerk. When she broke off engagement coworkers talked me into dating her. Married 32years

Similar damage in my area a couple of years ago. Most of the trees were chipped on-site. Very little was logged. They used huge chipper. Used excavator to move trees to chipper. On clearing site ,tub grinder was slower and messier.

Do not use sand bags for weight, he movements of the disc will quickly destroy them

Verizon is upgrading network and having issues

Make sure to place riprap on the down stream side of stairs. This is commonly forgotten and can lead to failure

Order low slump concrete (2 or less)and pour slow. I would add both external 2x6 and internal form ties. The internal form ties should have large washer against the wood forms to prevent the ties from pulling through the forms concrete will be pushing around 150 pounds per cubic foot against forms

guessing finished weight will be between 4to5 tons

I would add more support of Osb . There will be a lot of pressure from concrete on forms. on side note bottom of riser is typically cut at 45 degree angle to aid finishing tread

It is hard to use tremie without equipment to hold and then raise pipe

A couple of questions do you play to add reinforcing steel to the stairs how are you going to place concrete in the forms how do you plan to keep concrete from flowing out gaps under forms

How do you plan to get concrete to the bottom of the stairs ? tool rental stores may rent tremie Tremie for placing concrete under water is stiff walled pipe. It has to support the weight of the concrete that forces the water out of the forms. You fill the tremie with concrete with tremie end...

Concrete tremie is used to place concrete underwater

Although I am not a professional engineer in Tennessee, I have worked on many structures in the water. Some important things to consider: make sure steps have foundation below creek bottom. Have reinforcing steel going from foundation along length of stairs. Restore riprap along edges of...

Pressure treated lumber was reformulated about 20 years ago. More water less preservatives

I had a ford fusion as company vehicle, the year it came out. I put a nail through the sidewalk the first week I had it. It took a week to get replacement tire . It is not just high end vehicles with odd sized tires

Have you noticed all of the concrete structures on streams that have lasted for decades

You should put foundation at the bottom of stairs, something like 3x3 by width of stair dug into creek bottom

How big is the drainage area of the creek. Is most of area upstream farm land

What is a pig wall, pictures please

The capability of a precast plant far exceeds what homeowner can do. That is why the potential solutions are different

Many bridges use spread foundations on existing soil. They are designed that bottom of foundation is below the anticipated scour. The rebar along the length makes stairs act as a beam and the foundation protects the stairs from scour

Concrete stairs should have negligible effect on the riprap and filter fabric. You are slightly reducing the capacity of the stream . Worst effects will be when the channel is just at point of overtopping

Typically the steps have rebar along the length and foundation at the bottom

Lots of hydrostatic pressure at seven feet of height. Make sure steps are well braced and anchored

There are cameras that go down drainpipes. The camera can be located by handheld sensor. This will trace drain to septic tank. Many plumbers have these cameras. How are you emptying tank of solids

Angle grinder with diamond blade. Surface will be smooth

Grinding will give a different appearance than the exposed aggregate

I would try as high of psi as I could get. If too abrasive you can get wider spray pattern

I would try pressure washing the surface. Professional repair would be sandblast

Standard rebar is weldable. Some specialty rebar may not be weldable. Loading of bar determines whether it should be welded or not

Rebar is weldable. welding is used primarily on large diameter bars

Four inch thickness will be hard to get any practical use from reinforcing steel except as crack control

Mild steel is just weaker rebar, the high end all thread is stronger rebar. I have repaired bridge piers using all thread as the reinforcement by design

Most rebar is uncoated because that is the cheapest

Do you know the strength of the all thread. Old rebar was smooth, 80 years ago. If strength of all thread is 60 to 80 ksi use it as you would rebar. If strength is lower use more all thread reinforcement is used based on its material strength

If I am stuck at airport, I prefer to be stuck at big airport. I was stuck at Seattle because it was scheduled to snow the next day. No comps as it was weather delay.wife and I were flying with our mothers. United wanted to fly my mother and mother in law on standby to dc. Both were late...

In Ohio For approved project , the government can take your property. They will pay as minimum fair market value. there are not many alternatives if the bike route is already approved. it is very rare to split property through eminent domain except if owner wants the remainder

in Ohio, a win in eminent domain is getting the price you want. You can’t stop an approved public improvement. When bike trail went in by me there were initial protest, now neighbors love it

Pre existing is just insurance term. the condition was around longer than the insurance

I have not seen a hole in a pipe that wasn’t a stream of water. You need a spray head for fire suppression

My John Deere 1025r with r14 tires is hands down better in wet ground than exemark with turf tires. Both 60 in deck, exemark will rut wet areas,

Hydro seeder rental-was trailer mounted. the pulp mixture stuck to utility poles

Many tool rentals have hydro seed machines. I rented one with about 100 ft spray reach

Good post ls tractor owner, I went against grain for this forum and got smaller tractor, for maneuverability and less damage to lawn. Deere 1025r with r -14 tires. I use smaller tractor more

Limestone would not have low ph

Moss road has power trac and likes it have Deere 1025r with backhoe. It is very useful on small property

I had someone mow softball field with deck in raised position. Field has uniform 4 1/2” height

Queen of rock

I would go with the trailer, 35 ft is huge span to guess at load capacity

With good tire never had a snow problem in ten years we owned our minivan in Ohio. Fed chevy

2006 highlander loved to drink oil, quart about every 700 miles. Plus numerous little issues. Happy when it died in wreck

Bought a used truck with plastic Bed liner. It was slick. current truck has line X , still looks good after seven years

Fiberglass rebar does not rust , regular rebar rusts. Fiberglass is used in corrosion environments

I cleaned up shooting range that was used by club in 40s and fifties. To make it worse national guard used areas to practice equipment operations. 10 acre site 1.4 million dollars . Heavily fertilized soil and hauled it to landfill to use as cap. We excavated down six to eight feet to remove...

When flood hit near my town, the Red Cross was good at putting up banners for other people feeding the workers. They also had paperwork to fill out before you were allowed to help their clients

As big tiller said year round requires supplemental heat and ventilation . I would start with simple hoop house to extend season on each end. If you like results you can expand. From my limited experience rodents love greenhouses

asphalt milling would be closer to a 304 mixture with some larger chunks

Many times the auction is extended if there is a last minute bid

mixtures of stone do not have a size call out. At most they have maximum size

304 is a mixed stone specification so there is no size to call out

304 stone meets the requirements from the odot specifications, also known as b19 to old guys in Ohio. B19 is old spec number for 304

All stone sizes listed ,except 304 and 411 which are from odot specifications ,are stone that is captured by standard screen sizes

In many locations crushed stone is limestone

The original poster is in Ohio, so I gave him Ohio stone terms For the topping material. #1,#2 &57s are from national standards

304 is odot specification number since op is in Ohio. It is one inch minus. 57 are stone sized between the 5 and 7 standard sized sieves

57s are not good top coat for parking, 304 is better option.

Ohio does not use granite screening, trucking is too expensive

Bowing of the truss will be how it fails, why would you want to give it a head start to failure. end post can be the easiest length to weld

If he worried a bridge over the creek will run into wetland issues, a culvert will not work

For a short span bridge you don’t need to worry about expansion at you abutments