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Ground Reinforment
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Lucky7-1985
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Hi
I am looking for some advise please
I have a builders yard on a farm, which we rent very cheaply, the ground is a mixture of old soft concrete where the previous person had fires, and some old MOT type-1, we have a forklift, which weights 3.75 ton and and carry 2.5 ton, so can weigh 6.25 ton. it has started to break up the concrete and sink.
I was wondering what would be the cheapest and efficient way to reinforce the ground.
I have though of using bodpave and type-1 .
or dig it out and just use type-1 and pour a concrete base which I can't really afford.
I know just pouring concrete on the existing would be a waste of time and money.
Any ideas would be very welcome I don't really want to spend more than £800, but can do most things my self and am happy to hire machines which are required. The area needing repair is 75sqm but could get away with repairing just 50sqm
Regards
Adam
I am looking for some advise please
I have a builders yard on a farm, which we rent very cheaply, the ground is a mixture of old soft concrete where the previous person had fires, and some old MOT type-1, we have a forklift, which weights 3.75 ton and and carry 2.5 ton, so can weigh 6.25 ton. it has started to break up the concrete and sink.
I was wondering what would be the cheapest and efficient way to reinforce the ground.
I have though of using bodpave and type-1 .
or dig it out and just use type-1 and pour a concrete base which I can't really afford.
I know just pouring concrete on the existing would be a waste of time and money.
Any ideas would be very welcome I don't really want to spend more than £800, but can do most things my self and am happy to hire machines which are required. The area needing repair is 75sqm but could get away with repairing just 50sqm
Regards
Adam
Been reading for ages, personal debt down from over £13.5K:eek: to £4.2K
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I'd suggest pavingexpert would be a much better place for this level of question. Sorry can't help directly.0
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if the forklift has rubber wheels you can use AR3 spec concrete. (lightweight industrial use).
otherwise you need AR2 spec.Get some gorm.0 -
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