Where does it go?

[DJ’s Timber]

Front drive was getting muddy, so had a cleanup, ripped a few tree roots out and 27ton of rock later and the ground level is still pretty much the same, where the hell has it all gone

Tree roots ripped out

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What 17ton of rock looks like so far

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Laid the other 10ton to do the front of drive and trailer inlet of which I'll take some pics of tomorrow if I remember to.

[RETIRED]

Like your roller.

[DJ’s Timber]

Like your roller.

Yep, 10ton of logs plus weight of the truck packs it in well

[Grumpy John]

Hey DJ, could use some of that rock out the front of his shed, I got the forklift bogged while he was away up north.

[DJ’s Timber]

He has mentioned it a few times as well

Just need to organise a time for me to come down and do it for him.

[BobL]

27 tons of rock is 10 m^3 of rock.

If the drive is 10 m wide and 20 m long that represents a layer of

10/10/20= 0.05m high

So you have effectively removed 50 mm of stuff - I'll bet the uncompacted soil is more than this.

[DJ’s Timber]

Barely removed anything from the drive Bob, just skimmed the muck off the top, maybe 2m of crap and the roots that were driving me nuts, but the new stuff packed into the existing base really well

[Bushmiller]

27 tons of rock is 10 m^3 of rock.

If the drive is 10 m wide and 20 m long that represents a layer of

10/10/20= 0.05m high

So you have effectively removed 50 mm of stuff - I'll bet the uncompacted soil is more than this.

Bob I was going to do a similar calculation based on a RD of 2.5 a driveway 5m wide and 50m long, but for once I read to the end of the the thread first instead of firing from the hip so now I don't have to.

Actually, I wasn't quite sure if DJ removed the rocks along with the tree roots or just removed the roots and brought in the rocks. Either way 50mm up or down is difficult to pick.

When spoke about the roller I thought DJ must have harnessed the dog. Then I saw the truck .

Regards
Paul

[Boringgeoff]

Bob,
That's pretty heavy rock at 2.7 ton /m3, I'd say more like 1.6 t / m3?
Nevertheless DJ,it's surprising how far it doesn't go when you spread and roll it
Geoff.

[BobL]

Bob,
That's pretty heavy rock at 2.7 ton /m3, I'd say more like 1.6 t / m3?
Nevertheless DJ,it's surprising how far it doesn't go when you spread and roll it
Geoff.

I agree, Like Paul I thought DJ had removed the rock so the calculation would then be for solid rock density
See Common Rock Densities

What were the actual dimensions of the drive DJ?

[Bob38S]

Not sure if this is available down your way - have just filled in a pool - used spoil or spill as it is called from the local cement batching plant.

This appears to be the stuff they get when they wash out the trucks. It has a few lumps in it but in the main it is pretty good and certainly packs down into a hard surface - if I didn't already have a crusher dust driveway I would certainly consider this for a driveway. By the way, did I mention that it is also cheap - $10.00 a tonne - that's what we are charged up here.

Hope it helps.

[DJ’s Timber]

What were the actual dimensions of the drive DJ?

Driveway is roughly 30 x 10

Actual rock type and quantity is as follows,

21 ton of 40mm Aggregate
3 ton of 40mm Crushed
3ton of 20mm Crushed

And some more pics showing the finished entry and trailer park which has the ute in it for now.

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[DJ’s Timber]

Not sure if this is available down your way - have just filled in a pool - used spoil or spill as it is called from the local cement batching plant.

This appears to be the stuff they get when they wash out the trucks. It has a few lumps in it but in the main it is pretty good and certainly packs down into a hard surface - if I didn't already have a crusher dust driveway I would certainly consider this for a driveway. By the way, did I mention that it is also cheap - $10.00 a tonne - that's what we are charged up here.

Hope it helps.

Yeah did think of that but being way out in the sticks, it was just as cheap to take the tipper to the quarry which is just down the road otherwise I would've for sure.

[DJ’s Timber]

So you have effectively removed 50 mm of stuff - I'll bet the uncompacted soil is more than this.

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The pic in my above quote shows a pile in the background of how much stuff I skimmed off the drive before laying the new rock.

[springwater]

Well it's good to know your you've done something about not being bogged in your driveway DJ let alone the maths involved