16 tons, what do you get?

[atgcpaul]

This is what I'm doing this weekend. I hired an excavator crew to remove
6-8" soil from nearly 800sf of my yard between the house and the shop. This
morning I'll be leveling it off to 7-8" below the string, then moving that 19
tons of paver base in and compacting it. Unfortunately, that's not my
bobcat. The excavator guy couldn't get it started to load it on his truck.
It's still high over by the trash can so I've got to do a lot of grading in that
area. Wish me luck.

[pelligrini]

That's crazy, are you a masochist at heart?

I been needing to remove a few inches to lay down some brick pavers in front of a gate and by my wood storage doors. It still hasn't happened yet. I just dread doing that.

[Richard in Smithville]

Many years ago, dad and I dug out about 400sqft of heavy clay by hand down to around eight inches(included some for gardens). We had no choice as it was in the back of the house and couldn't get anything big enough back there. After we dug and filled the hole, I carried 75 2x2 pavers to the back while my dad leveled them into place.


I was much younger then!

[LinuxRandal]

Another day older and deeper in debt. Now I'll have that song running through my head the rest of the day.

[pelligrini]

That runs through my mind every morning on the way to work.

[dbhost]

what exactly is paver base? In these parts it's a 2 stage sort of deal. made of finely crushed concrete and sand. Once that is compacted and level you lay the pavers down making any necessary adjustments to level the pavers, Sand & sweep...

[Hellrazor]

what exactly is paver base? In these parts it's a 2 stage sort of deal. made of finely crushed concrete and sand. Once that is compacted and level you lay the pavers down making any necessary adjustments to level the pavers, Sand & sweep...

In this area it is 4-6" of compacted 2A modified stone and an inch of sand. The depth of the stone is determined by the planned use for the area.

[dbhost]

So pretty much the same thing then. 2A modified stone vs. the same sized crushed concrete. There are incentives here for using recycled materials, not the least of which is that crushed concrete costs about 1/4 of new stone.

That is a LOT of material to move by hand. Got any high school or college kids in the neighborhood needing to earn some bucks over the summer? They can be a big help when shovel operation is required...

As soon as the temps go back down a bit, I need to grab a couple of the neighbor kids to help dig out some stumps...

[x00018]

The excavator guy couldn't get it started to load it on his truck.

Hand him a beer when he gets it started and tell him there is more where that came from

[cgallery]

The excavator guy couldn't get it started to load it on his truck.

Hand him a beer when he gets it started and tell him there is more where that came from

+1.

If he can get it in the center of the yard so you only have to spread it out, you've just saved yourself a ton of work.