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| Ian Giffin (Admin)
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Ed Skiba sent along a couple of snapshots of this driveway he is installing at his home. The product is called Grass Block or Turf Block (locally) and structurally, can withstand the weight of a bus quite easily. I have seen this product used up here in the Great White North with great success. In one location, it is used in combination with sidewalks through a local townhouse subdivision to give the appearance of lawns throughout the complex. In reality, these areas are designated fire routes and we take our fire trucks on them all the time with no ill effects. Ed reports, "it has working out great. I put roughly 18" of crushed stone, then installed the Grass Block and will fill the spaces with top soil and grass seed".   Thanks for sharing, Ed. Ian www.busnut.com | ||
| DMDave Rating: N/A |
Does it need a full 18" of stone? our coach weighs in at 22,000 lbs. Any idea of the cost of the blocks? Thanks for the post. | ||
| Mike (Busone)
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When I was a kid the house down the street had those blocks. They had a two car driveway and two teenagers with cars. The guy that has the house today has his off road 4x4 parked there. | ||
| John MC9 Rating: N/A |
The best part, is the DD puddle just seems to disappear all by itself! | ||
| Ed (Ednj)
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You can get away with a lesser amount of stone - probably 4-6 inches would do. I had to use 18" because I had to level out the area, and what better to do it with, since it was only $5.00/truckload. The turfblock is 23LX17WX4Deep. We did an area 18 X 65, using 3 pallets (approx. 180 blocks) for $1200.00. You should see it now that the grass has grown it. You can't even tell it's there, it looks like a nice level lawn that can hold the weight of the bus. And yeah John, any oil dripping will disappear!! By the way, if you do a google search for turfblock, it will tell you everything you need to know. | ||
| niles steckbauer (Niles500)
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Ed (Ednj) (67.85.226.217) on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 9:19 pm: Edit Post Not the kind you smoke, I want to put in a driveway for the bus. Across the grass on my front lawn. Of coarse it is landscaped very nicely, Now I was thinking dig down about 10" and add crushed stone then on top of that, top soil and grass (who would know). Then I saw a Fire access at a condo complex that was some sort of block with grass growing in it. Like a cinder block buried, back filled with topsoil, and grass growing in the chambers of the block.??? Would the crushed stone with grass be ok, or do I need something better for the weight of the coach? I really do not want pavement across my front lawn. Any suggestions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By niles steckbauer (Niles500) (4.4.122.41) on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 9:30 pm: Edit Post Ed - its called turf block and comes in different thicknesses for different loads - the weight of the bus would grind the grass into the crushed stone IMHO - NIles "glad it worked out Ed" - Niles | ||
| Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
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Hello. Those turf blocks can't be beat for minimizing the visual impact of having a "driveway" hiding in the lawn! There is a hidden weakness: The turf block is hell to push a stretcher across. Those blocks were used to reduce the environmental impact of the paths and roads built in a valley after a subway line in Toronto was built under the middle of it in the mid 70's. We found out the hard way about the stretchers when there was a train collision in 1995, and the emergency exit up into the valley was used to rescue everyone. another bit of useless trivia? happy coaching! buswarrior | ||
| Ed (Ednj)
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Buswarrior Yes the lawn mower likes to do a little dance as well.lol |