Concrete Footings...Is there a better way?

[Tools]

If you can't take 6m maxi trucks down the track,can you do it with minis?It will cost more than maxis,but will be a lot less rooting around.

Tools

[outback]

It seems to me that you can't do what you can afford and you can't afford what you can do.

So you can either.
1. Build somewhere else. You probably don't like that idea.
2. Workout if it's cost effective to possibly lose the $5K bond and get the trucks in anyway.
3. Mix on site, as per Micks idea, or possibly modifying to suit.

[Gaza]

sorry dont actual know some who has got one just seen them around, you could try getting a copy of truck trader mag, you could buy them for around 12k last time i looked. may be could start up a weekend business if all the houses around you are built this way.

[leeton]

Build the house on stumps...or what about the neighbours...how did he do it.

[Pulpo]

I like the idea of a traxcavator.

The scoops are fairly large and would hold at a guess 1m3.

However the damage it may do to the track could be great.

If a truck got bogged or stuck they would use such a piece of equipment to pull it out.

I have seen the bobcat cement mixers in action which are impressive.

You may try regional areas.

Good Luck

Pulpo

[Pulpo]

I like the idea of a traxcavator.

The scoops are fairly large and would hold at a guess 1m3.

However the damage it may do to the track could be great.

If a truck got bogged or stuck they would use such a piece of equipment to pull it out.

I have seen the bobcat cement mixers in action which are impressive.

You may try regional areas.

What truck size restrictions are in place

Good Luck

Pulpo

[davo453]

Dingo offer a mixer on their machines (think its only about .1 cmtr tho), try www.dingo.ws for your local Dingo branch office they will know of any contractors that have bought them.

Cheers


Dave

[echnidna]

Maybe you're stuck with the job of mixing the concrete onsite.
How are you getting all the heavy materials (bricks & rooftiles etc) onsite?

[Flyboy]

G'day all,
All the heavy material will be moved with a manitou for the big loads, and a ute for small amounts. To give you an idea, for about $900 a day, the manitou will move about 40 tonnes with no manhandling. For about $2000 a day, the barge will move 50 tonnes but all the gear has to be carried by hand from the foreshore to the back of the site.

The neighbours have either mixed by hand for smaller pours or used the barge.

A dingo with a bucket could be the go. Not sure if it would be faster than a wheelbarrow.

Talked to the builder and he reckons the bracing for the formwork will be about 300-400mm outside the slab, giving us 1100-1200 gap between the slab and the fence. So a small loader/bobcat is out apparently.

There are no restrictions on truck size, just that they must be 4wd or FWA. Thought about sacraficing the $5k, but the problem with that is we'll lose access to the trail. The rest of the material will have to come in by barge, which I'm guessing would add another $20k.

Hadn't thought of a traxcavator. Any advantages of these over a manitou?

Cheers

[Dan_574]

if the track isnt too steep put your concrete trucks on a trailer and tow them in with some big

[ausdesign]

a couple of questions -

whats a blob footing ?
if it is a 'council road' (& they've approved the subdivision) why haven't they got the responsibility to make access available to normal vehicles ?

Just curious.

[davo453]

A Dingo or similar would be quicker than a wheel barrow as they don't get tired and hills aren’t a problem, mind you it's expensive to have more than one were as wheel barrows are cheap.

The minimum practical width of a Dingo with a bucket and still be able to go off road is 1050mm they can safely move 250kg (or much more if your brave).

If necessary they can be craned in they weigh about 900kg.

Just thought I’d give that info as I have one (biased I guess )

Cheers


Dave

[journeyman Mick]

For your application a manitou would be better than a traxcavator/trackloader. The manitou can "jib" loads in further and is more versatile - you can fit forks, 3 in 1 bucket, or a fly jib to it and the boom will extend a long way. You could probably use it to bucket the concrete to (or at least closer to) the non accesible areas. A tracked machine is good on very rocky ground which will chew up tyres but it will make a mess of your tracks, especially when it turns. The manitou will have 4 wheel steering, front wheel only steering, rear only and crabbing (bothe sets of wheels steer in the same direction so you can angle sideways). At a guess I'd say the manitou will have a greater speed over the ground so you'll walk your loads in a lot faster.

Mick

[julianx]

you could wait for the next cold snap

[julianx]

or miracle