Getting the Road Repaired & Ready for Concrete Trucks

Following the fiasco of getting the concrete truck stuck it's become a top priority to get the driveway repaired so the slab can be finished. Getting the driveway so the heavy concrete trucks won't sink isn't being helped by the relentless storms that keep dumping more rain.

In an effort to reduce the water flowing through the bad section of the drive, Rob and Ken Graham, our neighbor, mixed road base in with the wet dirt, put in a culvert to reduce the water from seeping through the ground,and dug a drainage channel to send some of the water into the nearby meadow area. The picture shows the repaired corner.

The concrete company was still concerned about their trucks getting stuck so Rob arranged to rent steel road covers to cover the 50 feet where the ground had been soft. In the photo the crane is lifting one of the plates in place Using a giant bolt screwed into the plate which was then removed once the plate was in place. Multiple plates were overlapped to make sure the soft area was covered. Of course it rained some more after the plates were setup, but everything should be ready for pouring on Monday.