[AT] OT - bridge replacement

[Mike]

I've been eyeing some recycled asphalt for some muddy areas around here. 
What isn't clay is black gumbo, soft in the sprint, hard as concrete in 
the summer. Mike
On 2/27/2013 8:10 AM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:
> I bought over 20 loads of recycled crushed  concrete a few years ago and
> spread it around here on this red clay crap we have for soil.  It worked
> fine.  However, a big construction company bought out the company that
> was crushing the concrete and now wants the same price of rock.  With
> the recycled stuff, you could get a larger volume because it was lighter
> and was sold by the ton.   You need at least a 2 in minimum diameter to
> keep from carrying it off with the tractor tires.
> Cecil in OKla
>
>
> On 2/27/2013 2:14 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Mike,  how wide is the ditch?  Is it just 12" or 14" wide or are you
>> figuring to choke the flow down
>> through the 12" pipe?  I'm assuming it's wider.   With that said, you
>> probably need to build a bulkhead at
>> either end of the pipe with either timbers or something as simple as a stack
>> of bags of concrete mix with
>> rebar driven through them.  Then you can just cover the pipe over with soil
>> and be done with it.
>> It all just depends on how wide the ditch is.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:35 PM
>> To: ATIS
>> Subject: [AT] OT - bridge replacement
>>
>> Our property is divided in two by a drainage ditch that is only full
>> after a rain, and in the spring/early summer. There is one bridge across
>> that is made from wood, and it is starting to fail. I use the bridge
>> quite a bit to bring firewood up to the house with my MF 255 w/ FEL.  I
>> can see the wood is rotting and it is starting to sag as I go over it,
>> coupled with the fact that it only leaves me about 6" to spare on either
>> side, it has to go. I would like to just remove it, and replace it with
>> a 12"or 14" drain pipe covered with "gravel". Any ideas on what type of
>> stone or gravel I should use so that it will stay stable and not turn to
>> soup in the spring? Thanks, Mike
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