[TheForge] spreading the weight load

[Jerry Frost]

Let it dry out or rent the crane.

The rest are more hassle than they're worth unless you 
don't have an alternative.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>


> 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 ><>