Moving Dirt

[flusher]

Flusher,

That was one of the first construction jobs I had after the Marine Corps. Back in 1988, we had to get 98% compaction for anything, roads, parking lots and building pads.

This area I'm working on is a road on my land. It will eventually be paved, but not for awhile and it's in my own best interest to get it compacted to avoid having my roads crack right after I pave them. It's my land, no permits or regulations, so I can do as I please. I'm also stuck with any problems that develop from cutting corners.

Thanks,
Eddie

And so is the guy who buys your place. That's one reason the state of CA and my Tehama Co. building inspectors make life difficult with all their regulations and permitting requirements.

 

[schmism]

That's one reason the state of CA and my Tehama Co. building inspectors make life difficult with all their regulations and permitting requirements.

ummmm some how i belive its more about generating taxes off the buildings and fees off the permits than it is "public safty".... after all its private land...

 

[EddieWalker]

And so is the guy who buys your place. That's one reason the state of CA and my Tehama Co. building inspectors make life difficult with all their regulations and permitting requirements.

Flusher,

I'm not sure I understand your post. Are you being negative for a particular reason, or is this somehow intended to be helpful?

For the life of me I don't get why your view that building inspectors make life dificult in Tehama Co, so that some imaginary person buys my land, will have a certain level of compaction on my roads. If the dirt isn't compacted enough in a year or two when I pave them, then they will crack and I'd have wasted a bunch of money. If I sell the place sometime in the future after that, it's obvious that cracked pavement will affect the sales price of the land just like pavement that is not cracked will improve my sales price.

Do you have any experience with my soils that I should be made aware of, or are you just comparing apples to oranges?

Eddie

 

[flusher]

Not being negative. Wouldn't think of it. I'm just commenting on how things are here regarding building codes and inspections. And I was thinking more about compaction under slabs than under driveways and roads.

During real estate escrow in CA there are manditory hazard reports that have to be provided by the Seller to the Buyer. And most Buyers in CA have a thorough house inspection during escrow with slab cracks as one of the priority items.

Just reacting to your "no permits or regulations so I can do as I please". I suppose some folks in Texas and in CA have this idea only to get a surprise when getting into escrow and construction defects start to show up.

 

[EddieWalker]

Here's a few more pics on the road project. The rains made it too muddy to move dirt with the dump truck for a few days, than I had a few good days, and now it's raining again. Yesterday the forecast was 100% for rain for last night and today. For once, they got it right!!!

I had about 40 loads all lined up and decided to smooth it out before it rained. Dirt piles are like a sponge when it rains. After a certain point, the dirt just absorbs all the water and it's impossible to work it. The only solution is to spread it out a bit, let it dry, and spread it some more. Not fun, and it takes months to get it dry enough to be usable.

The first pass is just to knock off the tops of the piles and start spreading the dirt a little. It takes allot of passes to get it where I want it. The ground slopes down quite a bit on one side because it was a drainage area, so it's taking twice as much dirt on one side than the other. It's impossible to get the dump truck into that area, so I build up my piles and spread with the dozer.

I'm leveling it by eye for now since I'm only rough grading it. I still have several more feet of fill to build it up, but I'm not wide enough all the way through yet either. The road needs to be 36 feet wide across the top when finished. I need to have two RV's be able to pass in oposite directions and room for people to walk along the side of them.

Eddie

 

[3RRL]

Nice work Eddie,
That road looks great now!

 

[Thomas]

Evening Eddie.
Wish I lived closer to you,for I would like to help out spreading the piles...outside work w/good equipment you can't beat it....nice eye for leveling.

 

[scott_vt]

Mornin Eddie,
Looking at all the great pics you posted, I really understand when another poster made mention that you do things in a really big way
At least your in the right state for all your projects

Im jealous of all the seat time your gettin on the dozer !

 

[turbo36]

Not being negative. Wouldn't think of it. I'm just commenting on how things are here regarding building codes and inspections. And I was thinking more about compaction under slabs than under driveways and roads.

During real estate escrow in CA there are manditory hazard reports that have to be provided by the Seller to the Buyer. And most Buyers in CA have a thorough house inspection during escrow with slab cracks as one of the priority items.

Just reacting to your "no permits or regulations so I can do as I please". I suppose some folks in Texas and in CA have this idea only to get a surprise when getting into escrow and construction defects start to show up.

I didn't see anything negative in your post. If I was buying a piece of property I would expect that it was built to code. I know I can always sue for recourse but nobody wins when that happens. I'm sure some people will disagree with me but I believegood building codes protect the seller as well as the buyer.

 

[schmism]

If I was buying a piece of property I would expect that it was built to code.

you truely must be a person of 21 century.

i have never owned nor lived in a house that wasnt 80 years old or more. in 1920 many of the "building codes" you speak of didnt exisit. The house on my property i just bought dates back to 1900. (gasp yes dam near 110 years old)

you make it sound like with out building codes the world would stop rotateing and everything would fall down and kill us

My property is sold AS IS. you want to get inspections so be it but im in no way obligated to fix anything! You dont like it.... find you a nice new POS in the middle of suburbia h3ll that was built 2 years ago (or less).