Finally got my slab and pit poured.

[johns4104s]

The only part left is to add dirt and a to bring the bus about 40 ft to get the bus from the drive onto the slab. Does anyone know a good hard material that I can put on top of the dirt to support the weight?

Thanks

John

[Eagle]

John here in KY we have plenty of ice we will loan you.

[bobofthenorth]

I don't know whether it might be available where you are but something that I have seen used for yard surfacing is reclaimed asphalt.  A lot of jurisdictions grind it up and mix it with the new surface but if you can find somebody that is tearing out a parking lot or asphalt driveway where it is a disposal problem you might be able to make a deal.  Once you get it packed down its very close to road surface.

[belfert]

Around here, a bunch of folks used to use narrow strips of asphalt shingles as driveway material.  I suspect the stuff was waste from the manufacture of asphalt shingles, but I really don't know.

I have no idea how they cleared snow in the winter.  A whole row of houses had this stuff at one time, but over the years all of the houses have had paved driveways installed.

[Busted Knuckle]

Congratulations! And I can assure you hat you will love it! As for the material to support the weight, we used to put in about 4 to 6 inches of # 2 stone and then drive back and forth on it and then after doing that for a while we'd put down 2 inches of # 53 stone and again drive on it and wet it drive on it, drive on it, let 'er dry drive on it s'more, then wet it again (and I mean soak it) then drive on it s'more and it'll get good and hard! FWIW   BK 

[Airbag]

To bad the old marson matting is no more. They would build runways out of that stuff in short order.

[Nick Badame Refrig/ACC]

Hi John,

Call your local aggrate dealer and ask them if they sell recycled concrete. They grind it down to the size of 3/4" trap rock

and the best part of it is that it hardens up after a few rains and will support any vehicle. Most construction sites use the

bigger version on the entrance ways to their sites.

Good luck
Nick-

[Dreamscape]

All above are good.

One more think you could do. Get a local gravel pit to deliver some ABC. It's a mixture of 1-1/2" stone with graduating size down to pan, or fines. It packs real good after a good rain, or soak it while you tampen it.

Good Luck and glad to hear you are almost there!

Paul

[JohnEd]

I was told by a friend that seemed to just drive into his mother's yard that he beat the system.  He had a back hoe come out and dig two trenches a foot(?) deep from the street to the side of her house.  He filled the trenches almost full with baseball sized quarry rock....NEVER USE CRUSHED RIVER ROCK...NEVER!  Not for anything you will drive on, at least.  He said they tamped the rock down and then they filled the last inches with 3/4 inch "DG", thats what we call the stuff that was mentioned here as "ABC", has multiple sizes down to sand and really packs great.  The nice thing about my friends job was that her grass grew back in and you couldn't tell that the yard had been fortified.  Bus never dropped even a fraction of an inch when he parked there for months.  I guess you wouldn't have to plant grass, though.

Good luck with your project..send pics.

John

[Hartley]

I found that either ground concrete (Florida) or what is called "crusher run" here in TN works pretty good. I also have used #57 stone to top things off.
Seems to hold up pretty well even if it is expensive.