My error. My driveway is 40 feet long. Had I ordered 5 cy, the cost would have been the same ($ 110/cy + $ 200 surcharge for short loads). Good thing I did. He had a little bit left from the full 7cy load which went back to his wash-out pile.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > Hans Neureiter wrote: > >> A 10 x 20 foot slab, 4" thick takes ~ 7 cy, at least $ 800. >> > > We used a 7yd truckload to make a 9'x pretty long slab, 6-8" thick, several > years ago. There are 27 cubic feet in a yard, and about 80 square feet of 4" > thick in a yard. Wasn't much labor involved for us three wimps. The driver > laid down a squiggly line of concrete, the two of us who had rubber boots > lifted the reinforcing mesh to put it on top of that concrete, and the > driver proceeded with filling our form. We screed it off with a 12' 2x6, > which might have been work if the driver had grossly overfilled the form, > then went to lunch. When we got back, we brushed the surface with an old > shop broom on a rope. > > That slab is in good shape 15 years later, in spite of being a couple feet > under water once or twice a year, but some fool did manage to break a small > chunk off it by driving a garbage truck over the side and dropping the frame > onto the edge of the slab. I bet the tow truck driver didn't enjoy that job. > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- Hans Neureiter, Katy, TX '82 300SD _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
