Re: [MBZ] gravel drive/work ways
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:44:58 -0500 Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Concrete runs about $2.50 a square foot installed and finished, more > like a dollar a foot if you do all the work yourself. Not when concrete is $118/yard as it is here in Los Alamos. Craig
Re: [MBZ] gravel drive/work ways
Luther Gulseth wrote: > > Oh, do I know this ALL too well. Try using a floor jack on a gravel > driveway. > A 3' long piece of 2x12 doesn't cost much. I also have several 2x12x12 pieces for my jackstands. This is better than boards in the driveway, but not high enough to use with a hoist: http://tinyurl.com/y5nakl For a bit more money, get a twelve footer: http://tinyurl.com/y298fd Prices at the links above are consistently above local in-store prices where I live. Concrete runs about $2.50 a square foot installed and finished, more like a dollar a foot if you do all the work yourself.
Re: [MBZ] gravel drive/work ways
Done that more than a couple times. Yes, it would have been easier to jack up the car to get to the steering gear, but I would prefer to be under a jacked up car (especially on gravel) as little as possible. (: Levi On 10/30/06, Luther Gulseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Oh, do I know this ALL too well. Try using a floor jack on a gravel driveway. On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:01:34 -0600, Levi Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (which got more fun out in the gravel driveway as the sun went away) -- Luther KB5QHUAlma, Ark '87 300SDL (270,491 mi) head case? '83 300SD (241 kmi) '82 300CD (162 kmi) '82 300D (74 kmi) needs MAJOR engine work '85 300D (280,176) parts car ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] gravel drive/work ways
DITTO, but, I have the luxury of my neighbor's shop in about 2 weeks once the concrete is poored and setshould be able to park 4-5 cars in it, covered, locked, etc. On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:47:07 -0600, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTDT - don't want to do it again. I poured a fair amount of concrete > to avoid just that. Our single car drive is now three cars wide. > > On 10/30/06, Luther Gulseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Or...even better, pull an engine using a crane on fairly soft dirt. >> > -- Luther KB5QHUAlma, Ark '87 300SDL (270,491 mi) head case? '83 300SD (241 kmi) '82 300CD (162 kmi) '82 300D (74 kmi) needs MAJOR engine work '85 300D (280,176) parts car
Re: [MBZ] gravel drive/work ways
BTDT - don't want to do it again. I poured a fair amount of concrete to avoid just that. Our single car drive is now three cars wide. On 10/30/06, Luther Gulseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Or...even better, pull an engine using a crane on fairly soft dirt. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives." Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager
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Or...even better, pull an engine using a crane on fairly soft dirt. On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:29:58 -0600, Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After 3 days of hard rain. > > --R > > Luther Gulseth wrote: >> Oh, do I know this ALL too well. Try using a floor jack on a gravel >> driveway. >> >> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:01:34 -0600, Levi Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> (which got more fun out in the gravel driveway as the sun went away) >> >> >> -- Luther KB5QHUAlma, Ark '87 300SDL (270,491 mi) head case? '83 300SD (241 kmi) '82 300CD (162 kmi) '82 300D (74 kmi) needs MAJOR engine work '85 300D (280,176) parts car
Re: [MBZ] gravel drive/work ways
After 3 days of hard rain. --R Luther Gulseth wrote: Oh, do I know this ALL too well. Try using a floor jack on a gravel driveway. On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:01:34 -0600, Levi Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (which got more fun out in the gravel driveway as the sun went away)
Re: [MBZ] gravel drive/work ways
Oh, do I know this ALL too well. Try using a floor jack on a gravel driveway. On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:01:34 -0600, Levi Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (which got more fun out in the gravel driveway as the sun went away) -- Luther KB5QHUAlma, Ark '87 300SDL (270,491 mi) head case? '83 300SD (241 kmi) '82 300CD (162 kmi) '82 300D (74 kmi) needs MAJOR engine work '85 300D (280,176) parts car
