Roll-Off Truck on Driveway

[ericlar80]

I have about 45 yards to remove from my backyard in order to prepare for the garage foundation. It would be a easier to have the 10-yard roll-off bins dropped in my backyard rather than the street. Do you think it would be safe to have the truck on my relatively new concrete driveway?

Also, since aim asking, what about a 10 wheeler with road base, gravel, or sand?

The driveway was built up with a solid base and rebar by a reputable contractor.

 

[PCustoms]

The driveway was built up with a solid base and rebar by a reputable contractor.

Since you really didn't provide any specs, I'd ask the contractor that put it in.

 

[ericlar80]

Since you really didn't provide any specs, I'd ask the contractor that put it in.

4” compacted road base, 4” thick concrete, 1/2” rebar on 2’ spacing, 6’ spacing on the control joints. It’s a pretty standard job.

 

[jkuro]

NO, not that it will crack but that it will get gouged and marred.

 

[scooby074]

i wouldnt. Does anybody local do the smaller 5yd "Skip" style that is dropped from chains? You can put plywood under it to protect your new concrete. A guy started around here and theyre perfect for those midsize jobs.

 

[PCustoms]

It would be a easier to have the 10-yard roll-off bins dropped in my backyard rather than the street.

 

[ericlar80]

Yeah, the plan would be to drop it in the backyard, not the driveway itself. But to get the bin back there the truck has to back over the driveway.

 

[jack stand]

It's the edges that you need to be concerned about. (as the tires leave the concrete and onto the dirt/grass)
Some big 2-3" crushed stone laid in the path that the truck will use that's 5" higher than the concrete surface will do the trick, you'll need to check this EVERY TIME the truck passes over it and add more stone until it stops pushing into the soil.
How are you accessing the garage once completed?

 

[NUTTSGT]

Are you removing the dirt or is the contractor ? What's being used ? If a contractor is doing the work, let him worry about it and tell him, damages are on him.

 

[Zeke]

That's 4 1/2 bins. Are you sure that's the economical way to do it? I think I'd hire a guy with a 8 yd 2-axle dump and a loader. Ask him about protecting the new drive and let him take the dirt away. That's 6 trips for him unless he cheats (or the soil is not wet).

 

[jack stand]

A half a load on 10 wheel truck is better than a fully loaded s/a.

 

[Zeke]

A half a load on 10 wheel truck is better than a fully loaded s/a.

Of course it is. Costs the same per trip too. If the OP can get a guy with a 12 yd truck to not over fill it, he will be better off because of better weight distribution. Guys with smaller trucks might be a little cheaper or not so busy. Everyone's MMV.

 

[ericlar80]

I have an S570 bobcat so I was thinking of doing this myself.

The garage is detached, in the backyard and I would use the same driveway to access, but extended back to the garage after the build process is complete.

 

[Bondo]

Ayuh,..... You could build a dirt bridge over the driveway, like jack stand mentions,....
Or,.... Some sheets of 3/4" plywood on the concrete will spread the point loads enough to preserve the concrete,....

 

[Walkers]

If you’d like I can show you a picture of the crack in my driveway that is 4” of AB (road base) and 4” of concrete with rebar. It still annoys me 20 years later.

 

[ericlar80]

LOL, ok, this is probably the most persuasive comment in this thread. I appreciate everyone's feedback; sounds like I should just have them drop it at the curb.

 

[wssix99]

4” compacted road base, 4” thick concrete, 1/2” rebar on 2’ spacing, 6’ spacing on the control joints. It’s a pretty standard job.

I wouldn't drive any heavy vehicles on the driveay until it has fully cured. (30 days) From there, the stress you put on it relates to the tire pressure of the vehicle. It has NOTHING to do with the size of the truck. (Heavy trucks distribute their loads out by adding more axles, tires, changing the size of the wheels, etc. At the end of it, the pressures that go to the pavement equal the pressure of the installed tires)

You'll find that a pickup truck has high pressures than a car, heavy duty trucks are higher than that, and then things like concrete trucks will have some of the highest pressures.

Usually, a heavy truck is only going to put 2X the pressure on your driveway than a pickup truck. (This shouldn't be a big deal.) ...Unless you get close to the edges as noted above.

 

[ATC]

There's a lot of times I envy guys with concrete or asphalt driveways.

Then there's times when I am so glad I have a gravel driveway. This is one of those times.

 

[Cairo94507]

No way I would put that load on a new driveway. Everyone says their pour is 4" but if you have ever taken out a garage floor or driveway where someone said 4" you will find out it may be 4: in spots and 2.5" on others.

 

[yelchevelle]

No way I would put that load on a new driveway. Everyone says their pour is 4" but if you have ever taken out a garage floor or driveway where someone said 4" you will find out it may be 4: in spots and 2.5" on others.

I live in the dirty south. Every time I pull out concrete, it’s either got thin spots or grossly too thick spots. I am the only person I know that pulls a string out on top of a form board and gets a fairly consistent pour with a minimum of whatever I spec out. Unless you saw it/ measured it before the pour, it’s hard to assume that it got put in uniformly.

 

[Joemctag]

I live in the dirty south. Every time I pull out concrete, it’s either got thin spots or grossly too thick spots. I am the only person I know that pulls a string out on top of a form board and gets a fairly consistent pour with a minimum of whatever I spec out. Unless you saw it/ measured it before the pour, it’s hard to assume that it got put in uniformly.

Agree. Never seen anyone string it. So how can they know what the thickness will be. Experience? Been doing it a long time? Never had any complaints? Ignorance is bliss, they say.