I've generated about 6 yards of concrete chunks that
need to find a new home.

So far, I've determined:

My local recycling facility will take it and U$ 55.00 FOB their site
which is about 12 miles distant. I don't have a truck, and if I did,
I wouldn't make it do 17 full - load trips.

"Rock Box" rental runs about U$ 300.00

Skidsteer rental runs about U$ 300.00

Several people in my area, faced with the same issue have ads in
Craigslist offering it as 'clean fill' for retaining walls etc.

Two local guys on Craigslist that have skidsteers and dump trucks
are both unable to return phone calls.


Do I:

Put it near my sidewalk with a sign: "Free Retaining Wall Kit!"

Give up. Hire the skidsteer and rock box.

Be more persistent with the dump truck guys.

Buy a couple bags of mortar and turn it into a tasteful water
feature.

What has worked for you?

Thanks!

--Winston

--

"In an age of bodily repose, with nearly all locomotion artificial,
with money as the principal purveyor, it is not surprising that men are
careless about their physical powers, and think them hardly worth the
trouble which their full cultivation would entail."

Popular Science
_On the Artificial Production of Stupidity in Schools_
June, 1872

On Jun 10, 10:15*pm, Winston <Wins...@bigbrother.net> wrote:
> I've generated about 6 yards of concrete chunks that
> need to find a new home.
>
> So far, I've determined:
>
> * *My local recycling facility will take it and U$ 55.00 FOB their site
> * *which is about 12 miles distant. *I don't have a truck, and if Idid,
> * *I wouldn't make it do 17 full - load trips.
>
> * *"Rock Box" rental runs about U$ 300.00
>
> * *Skidsteer rental runs about U$ 300.00
>
> * *Several people in my area, faced with the same issue have ads in
> * *Craigslist offering it as 'clean fill' for retaining walls etc.
>
> * *Two local guys on Craigslist that have skidsteers and dump trucks
> * *are both unable to return phone calls.
>
> Do I:
>
> * *Put it near my sidewalk with a sign: "Free Retaining Wall Kit!"
>
> * *Give up. *Hire the skidsteer and rock box.
>
> * *Be more persistent with the dump truck guys.
>
> * *Buy a couple bags of mortar and turn it into a tasteful water
> * *feature.
>
> What has worked for you?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Winston
>


You've got about 24,000 lbs of concrete chunks......in my
neighborhood the machine loaded waste containers can take a ~250lbs

that would be about 100 weeks unless you can "share" the stuff with
neighbors

in my area a low boy construction dumpster maxs out at 17,000
lbs ..........so can oyu really get all of that in a single "rock
box"

My suggestion is a "rock box" or two & wheel barrow 12 tons is an
easy two days or get the bobcat & do it in a day....if oyu can get
the "rock boxes" sequenced properly

cheers
Bob

On Jun 10, 10:15*pm, Winston <Wins...@bigbrother.net> wrote:
> I've generated about 6 yards of concrete chunks that
> need to find a new home.
>
> So far, I've determined:
>
> * *My local recycling facility will take it and U$ 55.00 FOB their site
> * *which is about 12 miles distant. *I don't have a truck, and if Idid,
> * *I wouldn't make it do 17 full - load trips.
>
> * *"Rock Box" rental runs about U$ 300.00
>
> * *Skidsteer rental runs about U$ 300.00
>
> * *Several people in my area, faced with the same issue have ads in
> * *Craigslist offering it as 'clean fill' for retaining walls etc.
>
> * *Two local guys on Craigslist that have skidsteers and dump trucks
> * *are both unable to return phone calls.
>
> Do I:
>
> * *Put it near my sidewalk with a sign: "Free Retaining Wall Kit!"
>
> * *Give up. *Hire the skidsteer and rock box.
>
> * *Be more persistent with the dump truck guys.
>
> * *Buy a couple bags of mortar and turn it into a tasteful water
> * *feature.
>
> What has worked for you?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Winston
>
> --
>
> "In an age of bodily repose, with nearly all locomotion artificial,
> with money as the principal purveyor, it is not surprising that men are
> careless about their physical powers, and think them hardly worth the
> trouble which their full cultivation would entail."
>
> Popular Science
> _On the Artificial Production of Stupidity in Schools_
> June, 1872

I forgot to mention that I've done the "poor boy" thing with 15000 lbs
of rock & debris into 250 lbs waste containers.

But it took WEEKS and I had access to MANY containers.

My wife was really mad, she wanted me to just "pay for the dumpster"
and in hindsight I think I should have

cheers
Bob

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:15:59 -0700, Winston <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I've generated about 6 yards of concrete chunks that
>need to find a new home.
>
>So far, I've determined:
>
> My local recycling facility will take it and U$ 55.00 FOB their site
> which is about 12 miles distant. I don't have a truck, and if I did,
> I wouldn't make it do 17 full - load trips.
>
> "Rock Box" rental runs about U$ 300.00
>
> Skidsteer rental runs about U$ 300.00
>
> Several people in my area, faced with the same issue have ads in
> Craigslist offering it as 'clean fill' for retaining walls etc.
>
> Two local guys on Craigslist that have skidsteers and dump trucks
> are both unable to return phone calls.
>
>
>Do I:
>
> Put it near my sidewalk with a sign: "Free Retaining Wall Kit!"
>
> Give up. Hire the skidsteer and rock box.
>
> Be more persistent with the dump truck guys.
>
> Buy a couple bags of mortar and turn it into a tasteful water
> feature.
>
>What has worked for you?
>
>Thanks!
>
>--Winston

If you're going to put in new concrete, use it as a base under it.
Dig down 8 inches, not 4. Lay it out like a jigsaw puzzle, then pour
your 4 inches of new concrete on top. Makes a very strong slab.

fftt wrote:

(...)

> I forgot to mention that I've done the "poor boy" thing with 15000 lbs
> of rock & debris into 250 lbs waste containers.
>
> But it took WEEKS and I had access to MANY containers.
>
> My wife was really mad, she wanted me to just "pay for the dumpster"
> and in hindsight I think I should have
>
> cheers
> Bob

Thanks, Bob.

--Winston

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:15:59 -0700, Winston <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> I've generated about 6 yards of concrete chunks that
>> need to find a new home.

(...)

> If you're going to put in new concrete, use it as a base under it.
> Dig down 8 inches, not 4. Lay it out like a jigsaw puzzle, then pour
> your 4 inches of new concrete on top. Makes a very strong slab.

Interesting, that. Thanks!

Pavers are the plan, though. My concrete chunks are in every possible
thickness from 4" to 6", which would create a 3D puzzle using 40 to
60 lb. pieces. The aggregate and sand base is starting to sound like
a better alternative, somehow.

--Winston

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:34:29 -0700, Winston <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:15:59 -0700, Winston <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've generated about 6 yards of concrete chunks that
>>> need to find a new home.
>
>(...)
>
>> If you're going to put in new concrete, use it as a base under it.
>> Dig down 8 inches, not 4. Lay it out like a jigsaw puzzle, then pour
>> your 4 inches of new concrete on top. Makes a very strong slab.
>
>Interesting, that. Thanks!
>
>Pavers are the plan, though. My concrete chunks are in every possible
>thickness from 4" to 6", which would create a 3D puzzle using 40 to
>60 lb. pieces. The aggregate and sand base is starting to sound like
>a better alternative, somehow.
>
>--Winston

Being an old farmer, we always do that with old concrete, rocks from
the field work too. I actually took old concrete and laid out a floor
for a storage room on my garage. I fit the pieces together, left an
inch between them, then I poured about 2 inches of concrete (with
small stones) over the top. I did not need a 4 inch pour for just a
walk on floor, with 4 inch pads under it. Five or six years later,
not a crack. The trick is to get the soil muddy when placing them, so
they settle. Then hose it well to settle them more, and get the
pieces clean. Let it sit a few weeks, wet it again, and pour the
concrete.

One thing I have seen the county do with old highway concrete is run
it in a crusher. That turns it to stones which they use as a base on
gravel roads and probably as a gravel under new concrete roads too.
See if your county highway dept. will take it.

LM

> I've generated about 6 yards of concrete chunks that need to find a new
> home.
> Several people in my area, faced with the same issue have ads in
> Craigslist offering it as 'clean fill' for retaining walls etc.

Some "Green people" seem to like recycling this stuff..Try Craigslist

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:34:29 -0700, Winston <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>> On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:15:59 -0700, Winston <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've generated about 6 yards of concrete chunks that
>>>> need to find a new home.
>> (...)
>>
>>> If you're going to put in new concrete, use it as a base under it.
>>> Dig down 8 inches, not 4. Lay it out like a jigsaw puzzle, then pour
>>> your 4 inches of new concrete on top. Makes a very strong slab.
>> Interesting, that. Thanks!
>>
>> Pavers are the plan, though. My concrete chunks are in every possible
>> thickness from 4" to 6", which would create a 3D puzzle using 40 to
>> 60 lb. pieces. The aggregate and sand base is starting to sound like
>> a better alternative, somehow.
>>
>> --Winston
>
> Being an old farmer, we always do that with old concrete, rocks from
> the field work too.

That is a good suggestion. Thanks!

Perhaps I could break it up into more manageable chunks and use that as
a base underneath the pea gravel and sand for the pavers.

--Winston

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

(...)

> You can probably get all that in a 20 yard dumpster and it might be
> cheapest to get day labor if they are really 60# chunks. I had a
> similar situation here and that is what I did.

Interesting. Thanks!

--Winston