[TheForge] spreading the weight load

[Larry Brown]

I've seen two over lapping layers of heavy expanded metal raised edge wired 
together for this purpose but the substrate must not be too loose. A guy I 
used to work with (Now Deceased) was a WW2 vet who said they used this 
method for emergency airfields on some pacific islands. I don't remember if 
this was a landing surface or a base layer he described, but I think it 
started as a landing surface and if needed became more sophisticated.
L Brown


At 01:02 PM 4/27/2009 -0500, you wrote:
>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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