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Thread: concrete truck on driveway
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17th June 2006, 10:41 PM #1
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concrete truck on driveway
I will be getting a shared concrete driveway with my neighbour. It is about 60m long (battleaxe).
However in the future there is a reasonable chance I will need to do some more concreting at my place. If we put a 100mm concrete driveway down, will a concrete truck (or tipper with soil etc), on it a couple of times in the future break it? It will certainly not be often.
Any tips? I can't finish all work on my place prior to the driveway going in.
Cheers,
Jeremy
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17th June 2006, 11:06 PM #2
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18th June 2006, 08:25 AM #3
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If you need concrete in the future, get a minimix to do the job.
Al
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19th June 2006, 12:21 AM #4
Originally Posted by jeremy
4 7m3 concrete trucks, a tandem steer steel delivery truck.
a 4 tonne excavator on a 7 tonne truck.
its tota;lly stuffed.
use a pump.If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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20th June 2006, 11:05 PM #5
Truck on drive
I drive a tip truck and i have not broken a drive yet. my truck gross 22.5 ton loaded as i del for a quarry if the drive is put down right in the first place
Andrew
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29th July 2006, 08:07 AM #6
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It also depends on what MpA they used for the concrete at the time, it may have been a low MpA because its only a driveway to take a car not a truck. So if youre only going to take a concrete truck once i wouldnt worry about a high strength driveway, as the others said just get a pump.
Oh and water down the driveway after its gone hard, lets it cure longer.
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29th July 2006, 10:54 PM #7
Originally Posted by Shaun04
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30th July 2006, 01:05 PM #8
I thought the steel was there to control the sizes of the cracks also. The thickness of the slab as well as the MPa are also pretty important. Industrial sheds might have 6 or 8 inch 32MPa with an appropriate amount of steel to control shrinkage cracks. Whichever way, a pump is a good plan.
Cheers
Pulse
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30th July 2006, 04:09 PM #9
concrete is heavy mate. my rigging manual (Guidew for Riggers NSW revised edition 8, 1985) defines a cubic metre of concrete as 2.4 tonnes. a big truck will carry 4.5 cubes - this is 11.52 tonnes. then add the truch whichis about another 12 or so tonnes. it will crack - get a pump or pre mixed bags and do it yourself - good healthy exercise!!!!
Zed
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