[AT] OT Concrete Slip Forms

[Frank]

we are using this method on  highways here to get a base before asphalt...
clay don't last so good
Frank
gremaux at tein.net
Central Montana
www.angelfire.com/mt/deeregp/index.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 7:54 AM
Subject: [AT] OT Concrete Slip Forms


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> On 8/14/2004 at 8:07 AM charlie hill wrote:
> >they hauled the cement/stone/sand mixture onto the dam in big (terex
type)
> >dump trucks where it was spread in layers, then water trucks sprayed
water
> >on it and rollers compacted it.
> >
>
> This is done when you need something better than soil but don't necessary
> have to have concrete.   The oldtimers here used to much the same thing by
> mixing cement with soil.  They then watered in place or maybe not even
> water it - let ground moisture do it.  They did this for building floors
> (dust control), stone wall footings, post holes, etc.  BTW, some of my old
> buildings's structural posts and fence posts had their holes filled with a
> soil/concrete mixture.
>
> Spencer Yost
> Owner, ATIS
> Plow the Net!
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