[TheForge] spreading the weight load

[Zahn]

I agree with your friend Charlie.  You can probably find a crane company to pick the load for $350 to $450 depending on the reach.  You can spend that much money just purchasing the planks.  And even then it's a hassle keeping them from shifting and not cracking.

The expanded metal would probably just buckle and get forced down into the mud.  You would need solid steel plates and some way to move them.

Save the man power for setting the pavers and not moving the pallets.

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> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:02:12 -0500
> From: terrylr at blauedonau.com
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [TheForge] spreading the weight load
> 
> hello;
> 
> a quick question. to prevent a heavy vehicle from making ruts in the
> yard area what have members of theforge e-mail list used to spread the
> weight load across the ground?
> 
> i was thinking of using planking, 2x10 by 10 ft. my daughter suggested
> sheets of expanded steel about 3/8 of an inch thick to perhaps 1/4 of an
> inch thick.
> 
> my friend charlie, has suggested that we should just get a crane that
> can lift the brick pallets from the front of the house over the house to
> the back of the house. others have suggested that we just move the
> bricks with a turf tired wagon and restack them in the back. their
> reasoning is that we have enough man power to do that and it saves
> money. my son justs suggests that we wait until the weather changes and
> the ground dries out so that we can move the construction equipment
> around without worries of making ruts. my son has been using a lawn
> roller to get the ruts out of the yard. some areas he has had to fill in
> with either crushed stone or top soil.
> 
> i really have not settled on moving the bricks since it has been raining
> alot the past two days. more rain is on tap for this afternoon and
> evening.
> 
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>

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