My drive is caliche (road base) and parking the Glide was starting to be a problem. When I turn the front wheel to lock the steering/ignition I was wallowing out a hole. This caused me to have to lean the bike further to the right setting and raising the kick stand than I was comfortable with.
At the Boss's suggestion I had put up an awning to park the Harley under for some protection from the elements so parking elswhere isn't an option. The obvious solution was to pour a slab under the awning.
I dug the area out and set the forms over a month ago but either rain or sub-freezing temps at night had kept me from pouring the slab until today. Total is about 1/2 yard. Too small to be economical to bring in a truck and too big for Sacrete. (About 23 bags) I have a decent source for sand and aggregate, so I went with Portland and mixed my own at about 1/2 the cost of using Sacrete. Also use bigger aggregate this way, which makes a stronger finished project. I parked the mixer next to the form so I could pour straight into it and started mixing concrete.
Pictures show the finished pour that took about 3 hours HARD work with no help available. Gonna be SORE in the morning!!!!!!
I had a concrete pad for the kickstand to set on with a Harley emblem cut into it. I decided to make a stamp to add the emblem to the ramp.
Slab poured. It is leveled so the front will allow a smooth take off.
Stamp set into place, hoping it would work...
I may need to do some clean up work with a grinder disc but I am happy with the result!
At the Boss's suggestion I had put up an awning to park the Harley under for some protection from the elements so parking elswhere isn't an option. The obvious solution was to pour a slab under the awning.
I dug the area out and set the forms over a month ago but either rain or sub-freezing temps at night had kept me from pouring the slab until today. Total is about 1/2 yard. Too small to be economical to bring in a truck and too big for Sacrete. (About 23 bags) I have a decent source for sand and aggregate, so I went with Portland and mixed my own at about 1/2 the cost of using Sacrete. Also use bigger aggregate this way, which makes a stronger finished project. I parked the mixer next to the form so I could pour straight into it and started mixing concrete.
Pictures show the finished pour that took about 3 hours HARD work with no help available. Gonna be SORE in the morning!!!!!!
I had a concrete pad for the kickstand to set on with a Harley emblem cut into it. I decided to make a stamp to add the emblem to the ramp.
Slab poured. It is leveled so the front will allow a smooth take off.
Stamp set into place, hoping it would work...
I may need to do some clean up work with a grinder disc but I am happy with the result!
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