Trick question?
Only if they're delivering or if he didn't have a good place to clean out
before returning. I spent a whole summer working on the Casco Bay Bridge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casco_Bay_Bridge
We sent away many a truck with its drum turning because when we were pouring
we'd have ALL the available trucks in the greater Portland area, they'd dump,
and turn and burn back ot the plant for another road. Running out of concrete
was NOT an option.
I actually got dispatched to an accident scene one time to explain to the
Portland PD how important it was for traffic to get restarted because we'd have
to rip out 200 linear feet (4 lanes wide!) of concrete if the trucks couldn't
get through before what we'd already poured hardened. I got permission for the
trucks to go the wrong way down a one way street as a detour around the
accident scene.
BTW I was dispatched because I was one of the few workers who didn't have a DWI
and could get on the company's insurance.
Anyway at the end of the pour (usually 300-350 linear feet) the trucks would
have time to get good and clean (we had running water there) so they'd go back
without the drum turning...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 17:18:28 +0000 (UTC)
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Ever notice that whenever you see a mixer moving the drum is turning? Why?
--
Peter Arnold
Windsor, CT
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We
didn't need 10 yards... I could always sit down and figure out exactly
how much we used but I'm kinda lazy, the 8" footer around the edge
makes it more complicated too and I don't remember how wide that was...
-Curt
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