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Ed (Ednj)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 9:19 pm: | |
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 |
niles steckbauer (Niles500)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 9:30 pm: | |
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 |
gusc
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 9:42 pm: | |
Ed,
I have a gravel setup for my airplane. The grass keeps stones out of the prop and the gravel keeps the ground from getting muddy, works very well.
The grass grew up through the gravel in just a few months. It looks just like the lawn and I mow it along with the lawn.
I have about two inches of crushed limestone called 1/2 inch minus. I don't know what that means, probably something to do with the screening grid size.
It would probably take at least four inches to support a bus and it would probably make ruts even then if the ground is soft. |
John thata newaguy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 9:46 pm: | |
Poured reinforced concrete painted green.... wazzamatta wid dat? |
Randall Hays (Bulldogie)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 12:22 am: | |
Ed, since we live in the country we needed to fill in a place so we could put propane in our stick and staple. We put in about 6 inches of what is call road chat, grey or white rock about 1/2 inch and that will for sure support the bus if you have a clay soil. If not clay then go down at least 10 inches and then sprinkle just a little bit of dirt on the top when your done so that you can barely see it. Then scatter the grass seed of your choice and in a few weeks you will have gras growing that you have to mow but the bus (we now have an MCI-8) will be supported real nice. IMHO |
TWODOGS (Twodogs)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 8:18 am: | |
don't forget..they can put green dye in concrete |
mel 4104
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 12:33 pm: | |
the base of crushed rock to carry the load of a bus should be 10 thick and rember it will squeeze down to 5 the first time that you run the bus on it so drive over and back a few times adding more rock to keep it level with the lawned. also be carefull when you drive on it that you do not sink and need a wrecker to pull you out, just drive over it in short lengths to compact a length and back up and then go ahead over what you just packed and then over some that is not packed. be sure that you make it wide enough as once the grass grows you might not rembr just where the edges are. also where you are going to park the bus be sure that you have a wide basefor the tires to rest on such as cement slabes under each wheel. i seen a bus that had to be pulled out of a area where it had been parked for 6 months and it had sank about 5 in. and the guy burnt out the clutch trying to bock it out of the holes and ended up having a wecker that ripped the front end out. |
gillig-dan
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 10:06 am: | |
I saw a product several years ago that was sort of a plastic egg crate/honeycomb that was meant to reinforce the ground but still let grass grow through. They came in 2x2' squares that were about 2" thick. Just lay them on the ground and fill them with topsoil and seed. As long as you don't drive over it too much, the grass would grow right over it and you'd never see it.
Gillig-Dan |
Doug Dickinson (Dougd470)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 12:46 pm: | |
We use turf block when we build access roads to cell sites in neighborhoods that object to a standard gravel driveway. It lasts a long time (permanent if there is such a thing) and costs a lot of money.
The gravel with a little topsoil mixed in the top inch to support grass works fairly good, but the problem comes when you drive over it a few times with a truck. Shallow ruts will form and the ground will become compacted to the point where grass will not want to grow. It then is a double rutt, but stable, driveway.
You pays your money and you takes your choice!
Doug
St Louis MC9 |