Exciting morning on the hill. Oopps!

tractchores · Sep 24, 2013

oops wrong thread!

kiotiken · Sep 25, 2013

CalG said:
It is obvious I need a bigger York rake to go along with the blade! When does it stop? ;-))))

As soon as the first person gets to that point, I'm sure they'll let the rest of us know!

Gary Fowler · Sep 25, 2013

CalG; The entire job is done now. 100 yards of gravel spred and raked fine. It looks very good. The years had taken a toll said:
How much are you paying for gravel and dirt there. Here SB2 costs me $333 and 323 ( varied because sold by weight not volume) for 14 yard dump truck load which includes hauling. I got a price for some topsoil or sand (same price for either) of $275 per load.

CalG · Sep 25, 2013

Price for material?

$14 a yard, 1 inch stone and less + $75 an hour driver time. The material was pretty much free of any bones. The pit is less than 5 minutes away from our place, so we have 2 hours in "delivery". expenses. Waiting to see the bill and what they counted as time.
Not sure about "pro-rating" the material over the edge? That load is going to be expensive....for someone.

buckeyefarmer · Sep 25, 2013

When tailgating gravel, the bed shouldn't be more than 1/4 way up at first, if that much. Also, truck must be level side to side, if there is much of a side slope, you have to be very careful and only lift enough to get the gravel moving towards the back.

CalG · Sep 25, 2013

buckeyefarmer said:
When tailgating gravel, the bed shouldn't be more than 1/4 way up at first, if that much. Also, truck must be level side to side, if there is much of a side slope, you have to be very careful and only lift enough to get the gravel moving towards the back.

Would you like the driver's address so you can write him the instructions?

Seems like his years of experience would result in an agreement of principles.

But how does one "be very careful" when the structure fails?

Hind sight is always perfect...

Steel Buildings · Sep 26, 2013

I happy to hear that no body hurts,be safe in the future.

Steel Buildings · Sep 26, 2013

I agree with your point. thinking the same thing they will let the rest of us know.

buckeyefarmer · Sep 26, 2013

CalG said:
Would you like the driver's address so you can write him the instructions?

Seems like his years of experience would result in an agreement of principles.

But how does one "be very careful" when the structure fails?

Hind sight is always perfect...

Wasn't criticizing your driver, only explaining a plausible cause for the failure. You get a lot of weight up too far on a slight angle, those things can happen. Glad your driver was not hurt, I've put a vehicle on it's side before, where I had to open the drivers door straight up to crawl out. Fortunate was in a car, slid off the side of the road in snowstorm, as I was going in to work to drive a snowplow.