I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. Any suggestions? I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.

Thanks,

wrote:
I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. Any suggestions? I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.

Thanks,

You're looking at somewheres in the neighborhood of 20,000 lbs of
weight, (and that's with a real small truck) on 6 tire with a contact
area of approx 50 sq inches per tire. So that's about 66 lbs per square
inch. And remember, the back is probably carrying more than the front,
so the number may be closer to 100 lbs per square inch. You're gonna
have some nice ruts unless the ground is just rock hard dried out.

s

On May 15, 9:21*am, Steve Barker wrote:
wrote:
I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. *It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. *Any suggestions? *I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.

Thanks,

You're looking at somewheres in the neighborhood of 20,000 lbs of
weight, (and that's with a real small truck) on 6 tire with a contact
area of approx 50 sq inches per tire. *So that's about 66 lbs per square
inch. *And remember, the back is probably carrying more than the front,
so the number may be closer to 100 lbs per square inch. *You're gonna
have some nice ruts unless the ground is just rock hard dried out.

s

I agree that the you will probably be around 100 lb/inch^2, but I
think your area calc are off a bit.

I think the inflate tires on trucks to about 90 lbs/i^2 (unladen). If
so, 20,000 lbs on 6 tires would be 37 i^2 per tire, not 50.

50 i^2 at 100 lb/i^2 with 6 tires is 30,000 lbs.

If the inflate to 120 lbs/i^2, then of course your weight per square
inch will well be somewhere above that number.

Pat wrote:
On May 15, 9:21 am, Steve Barker wrote:
wrote:
I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. Any suggestions? I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.
Thanks,
You're looking at somewheres in the neighborhood of 20,000 lbs of
weight, (and that's with a real small truck) on 6 tire with a contact
area of approx 50 sq inches per tire. So that's about 66 lbs per square
inch. And remember, the back is probably carrying more than the front,
so the number may be closer to 100 lbs per square inch. You're gonna
have some nice ruts unless the ground is just rock hard dried out.

s

I agree that the you will probably be around 100 lb/inch^2, but I
think your area calc are off a bit.

I think the inflate tires on trucks to about 90 lbs/i^2 (unladen). If
so, 20,000 lbs on 6 tires would be 37 i^2 per tire, not 50.

50 i^2 at 100 lb/i^2 with 6 tires is 30,000 lbs.

If the inflate to 120 lbs/i^2, then of course your weight per square
inch will well be somewhere above that number.

I was just visualizing a 6x8 inch patch of contact. I've been around
truck tires all my life and don't need a bunch of technical jargon to
know how much tire is on the ground at a given time. Thanks for the input.

s

On May 15, 10:39*am, Steve Barker wrote:
Pat wrote:
On May 15, 9:21 am, Steve Barker wrote:

You're looking at somewheres in the neighborhood of 20,000 lbs of
weight, (and that's with a real small truck) on 6 tire with a contact
area of approx 50 sq inches per tire. *So that's about 66 lbs per square
inch. *And remember, the back is probably carrying more than the front,
so the number may be closer to 100 lbs per square inch. *You're gonna
have some nice ruts unless the ground is just rock hard dried out.


I agree that the you will probably be around 100 lb/inch^2, but I
think your area calc are off a bit.

I think the inflate tires on trucks to about 90 lbs/i^2 (unladen). *If
so, 20,000 lbs on 6 tires would be 37 i^2 per tire, not 50.

50 i^2 at 100 lb/i^2 with 6 tires is 30,000 lbs.

If the inflate to 120 lbs/i^2, then of course your weight per square
inch will well be somewhere above that number.

I was just visualizing a 6x8 inch patch of contact. *I've been around
truck tires all my life and don't need a bunch of technical jargon to
know how much tire is on the ground at a given time. *Thanks for the input.

Technical jargon? The only term Pat used that you didn't is unladen.

Anyhoo, were you serious about being surprised that driving over tree
roots can damage the tree?

R

RicodJour wrote:
On May 15, 10:39 am, Steve Barker wrote:
Pat wrote:
On May 15, 9:21 am, Steve Barker wrote:
You're looking at somewheres in the neighborhood of 20,000 lbs of
weight, (and that's with a real small truck) on 6 tire with a contact
area of approx 50 sq inches per tire. So that's about 66 lbs per square
inch. And remember, the back is probably carrying more than the front,
so the number may be closer to 100 lbs per square inch. You're gonna
have some nice ruts unless the ground is just rock hard dried out.

I agree that the you will probably be around 100 lb/inch^2, but I
think your area calc are off a bit.
I think the inflate tires on trucks to about 90 lbs/i^2 (unladen). If
so, 20,000 lbs on 6 tires would be 37 i^2 per tire, not 50.
50 i^2 at 100 lb/i^2 with 6 tires is 30,000 lbs.
If the inflate to 120 lbs/i^2, then of course your weight per square
inch will well be somewhere above that number.
I was just visualizing a 6x8 inch patch of contact. I've been around
truck tires all my life and don't need a bunch of technical jargon to
know how much tire is on the ground at a given time. Thanks for the input.

Technical jargon? The only term Pat used that you didn't is unladen.

Anyhoo, were you serious about being surprised that driving over tree
roots can damage the tree?

R

yes, actually. I'd never heard that before.

On May 15, 12:26*pm, RicodJour wrote:
On May 15, 10:39*am, Steve Barker wrote:



Pat wrote:
On May 15, 9:21 am, Steve Barker wrote:

You're looking at somewheres in the neighborhood of 20,000 lbs of
weight, (and that's with a real small truck) on 6 tire with a contact
area of approx 50 sq inches per tire. *So that's about 66 lbs per square
inch. *And remember, the back is probably carrying more than the front,
so the number may be closer to 100 lbs per square inch. *You're gonna
have some nice ruts unless the ground is just rock hard dried out.

I agree that the you will probably be around 100 lb/inch^2, but I
think your area calc are off a bit.

I think the inflate tires on trucks to about 90 lbs/i^2 (unladen). *If
so, 20,000 lbs on 6 tires would be 37 i^2 per tire, not 50.

50 i^2 at 100 lb/i^2 with 6 tires is 30,000 lbs.

If the inflate to 120 lbs/i^2, then of course your weight per square
inch will well be somewhere above that number.

I was just visualizing a 6x8 inch patch of contact. *I've been around
truck tires all my life and don't need a bunch of technical jargon to
know how much tire is on the ground at a given time. *Thanks for the input.

Technical jargon? *The only term Pat used that you didn't is unladen.


I for one don't understand what Pat was saying either. Aside from
dragging tire pressure into the picture, I don't see how tire pressure
actually got factored into contact area of the tires on the ground to
give any more realistic an estimate of the effects. Pat just made
another guess as to the exact area. Like Steve, I can tell you a
truck with 5 tons of load on a wet lawn isn't a good idea.






Anyhoo, were you serious about being surprised that driving over tree
roots can damage the tree?

R

wrote in message
...
I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. Any suggestions? I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.

Thanks,

Good chance for a couple of tire ruts. I'd rather fix that than move 5
tones of stone by hand.

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:

wrote:
I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. Any suggestions? I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.

Thanks,

Good chance for a couple of tire ruts. I'd rather fix that than move 5
tones of stone by hand.

It's only three and half yards of gravel. If OP buys a wheelbarrow, only
loads it halfway, and spreads the work out over a week, it's not that big of
a deal.

If it is too much for the OP to handle on his own, school is almost out, and
there are a lot of young guys and burley girls running around who would LOVE
to make fifty bucks for a half day's work. Tell them they make ten bucks an
hour, and if it takes them less than five hours they get the whole fifty.

Jon

wrote:
I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. Any suggestions? I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.

Thanks,

Generally speaking truckers take no responsibility for your lawn. I once
paid more for cleanup than for the cement that was delivered. I live in
the Princeton NJ area, and it looks like you might too. Due to the
recent rain the ground here will be wet here for at least another month.
I'd put off the delivery until the ground was dry. Failing that I'd have
the truck only enter my yard on temporary roadway...something like large
boards (to distribute the load).

If you can't do either then perhaps you could hire a small lawn
maintenance/landscaping company to move the stone by wheelbarrow (on
boards) across your lawn. It should be only about 75 wheelbarrow trips.

Because of their smaller tires, small trucks can actually do more damage
than larger trucks.

HTH,

EJ in NJ

On May 15, 11:34*am, Ernie Willson wrote:
wrote:
I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. *It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. *Any suggestions? *I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.

Thanks,

Generally speaking truckers take no responsibility for your lawn. I once
paid more for cleanup than for the cement that was delivered. I live in
the Princeton NJ area, and it looks like you might too. Due to the
recent rain the ground here will be wet here for at least another month.
I'd put off the delivery until the ground was dry. Failing that I'd have
the truck only enter my yard on temporary roadway...something like large
boards (to distribute the load).

If you can't do either then perhaps you could hire a small lawn
maintenance/landscaping company to move the stone by wheelbarrow (on
boards) across your lawn. It should be only about 75 wheelbarrow trips.

Because of their smaller tires, small trucks can actually do more damage
than larger trucks.

HTH,

EJ in NJ

Yes ruts. But filling them in and letting the grass grow back over
next couple of months may be a small price to pay!

It's only a bit of soil and some grass after all! Grass is expendable
and regrowable; in fact some horticulturists suggest that grass is a
waste of time, effort etc. and recommend seeding with clover instead.
Clover puts nutrients back into the soil and needs less cutting.

Trying to move tons of crushed stone by hand/wheelbbarrow etc. is
heavy work!

Putting down some old pieces of plywood etc. might help spread the
weght of truck tyres.

Buying crushed stone to be delived by a 'Stone Slinger' truck would
presumably be more costly?

Thanks for the replies. Yep, i'm in the princeton area and we did get
quite a bit of rain recently. I have several 16" wide plywood boards,
taht I think are actually OSB, 1/2" thick. I have enough to lay out
probably 50 feet at a time in parallel tracks for each tire, so might
need to move them once during the dump. Do you think they would be
sturdy enough to distribute the weight and avoid ruts? The big
problem is that they would need to cross my neighbor's lawn too - and
while they've said it would be okay, I don't want to be fixing their
lawn for the next 2 months as that might annoy them just a bit.
thanks again.

wrote:
Thanks for the replies. Yep, i'm in the princeton area and we did get
quite a bit of rain recently. I have several 16" wide plywood boards,
taht I think are actually OSB, 1/2" thick. I have enough to lay out
probably 50 feet at a time in parallel tracks for each tire, so might
need to move them once during the dump. Do you think they would be
sturdy enough to distribute the weight and avoid ruts? The big
problem is that they would need to cross my neighbor's lawn too - and
while they've said it would be okay, I don't want to be fixing their
lawn for the next 2 months as that might annoy them just a bit.
thanks again.

All I can say is that using the plywood will help. Unfortunately there
are just too many unknowns to make a firm statement. Most likely it will
be OK. The only acid test I know is to watch carefully as the truck
moves over the boards. If problems develop send the truck back and dump
the load for moving manually.

If your soil is like my "Princeton Shale" it is like soup when wet, but
it sets up like concrete when dry. When it is dry you can bounce bowling
balls off it. This is why I think you may be wise to wait till the soil
drys out.

I'd be very careful about the neighbors lawn..these things have habit of
becoming nasty when things go wrong.

HTH...Good luck.

EJ in Montgomery

Ernie Willson wrote:


wrote:
Thanks for the replies. Yep, i'm in the princeton area and we did get
quite a bit of rain recently. I have several 16" wide plywood boards,
taht I think are actually OSB, 1/2" thick. I have enough to lay out
probably 50 feet at a time in parallel tracks for each tire, so might
need to move them once during the dump. Do you think they would be
sturdy enough to distribute the weight and avoid ruts? The big
problem is that they would need to cross my neighbor's lawn too - and
while they've said it would be okay, I don't want to be fixing their
lawn for the next 2 months as that might annoy them just a bit.
thanks again.

All I can say is that using the plywood will help. Unfortunately there
are just too many unknowns to make a firm statement. Most likely it will
be OK. The only acid test I know is to watch carefully as the truck
moves over the boards. If problems develop send the truck back and dump
the load for moving manually.

If your soil is like my "Princeton Shale" it is like soup when wet, but
it sets up like concrete when dry. When it is dry you can bounce bowling
balls off it. This is why I think you may be wise to wait till the soil
drys out.

I'd be very careful about the neighbors lawn..these things have habit of
becoming nasty when things go wrong.

HTH...Good luck.

EJ in Montgomery

Another thought..I think 1 inch of plywood would certainly do the job.
You could double it up in 25 ft runs, and I think you would be OK.

YMMV,

EJ in NJ

Thank you again for all the replies. The neighbor said that she
doesn't really care too much about her lawn (if you can believe
that). And I said that I would work my best to fix any damage, should
any occur. Perhaps I will double up the plywood to 1" thick and see
what happens. Moving the plywood several times is going to be a hell
of a lot easier than moving 5 tons of crushed stone via wheelbarrow.
And afterwards, I don't care about the plywood at all - I bought it
pretty much to sacrifice. Another bonus is that I have 2 pallets of
concrete pavers coming in before the stone - and they use a heavy duty
forklift - so I can see how that fares before increasing the weight to
a full truck. thx...I'll let you know how it turns out. Jus curious
- anyone know approx how many wheelbarrow trips it would take to move
5 tons of crushed stone anyway?

wrote in news:55b6cc2b-47f6-4ba8-8c6b-
:

Thanks for the replies. Yep, i'm in the princeton area and we did get
quite a bit of rain recently. I have several 16" wide plywood boards,
taht I think are actually OSB, 1/2" thick. I have enough to lay out
probably 50 feet at a time in parallel tracks for each tire, so might
need to move them once during the dump. Do you think they would be
sturdy enough to distribute the weight and avoid ruts? The big
problem is that they would need to cross my neighbor's lawn too - and
while they've said it would be okay, I don't want to be fixing their
lawn for the next 2 months as that might annoy them just a bit.
thanks again.


Personally I would GUESS it would turn 1/2" into splinters...especially
if soil was not hard.

The big
problem is that they would need to cross my neighbor's lawn too -

Not good. Whole 'nother story.

and while they've said it would be okay,

until they see what actually results. Did you overtly tell them ruts will
occur? Did they specifically say if they do occur you have to do nothing
to restore it? If anything under neighbors lawn can be/is damaged, what
then?

wrote:

Thanks for the replies. Yep, i'm in the princeton area and we did get
quite a bit of rain recently. I have several 16" wide plywood boards,
taht I think are actually OSB, 1/2" thick. I have enough to lay out
probably 50 feet at a time in parallel tracks for each tire, so might
need to move them once during the dump. Do you think they would be
sturdy enough to distribute the weight and avoid ruts? The big
problem is that they would need to cross my neighbor's lawn too - and
while they've said it would be okay, I don't want to be fixing their
lawn for the next 2 months as that might annoy them just a bit.
thanks again.

They covered this on This Old House recently where someone had to bring in a
rig to drill a new well. Yes, you should expect ruts. The soil will be
compacted enough that just shoveling dirt into the ruts and raking in grass
seed might not work as the grass roots will be fighting to get through the
compacted soil, plus the new grass might be visibly different from the old
grass so you'll end up with a striped lawn. Roger on TOH used a walk-behind
cutter to lift the sod, they roto-tilled the soil in the ruts and topped-off
with more soil, and then replaced the original sod.

I wouldn't expect 1/2" OSB to survive a loaded dump-truck's weight, but if
it prevents the tires from making ruts it's a cheap sacrifice. Paying a
day-labor crew to bring in the stone from the street with a couple of
wheelbarrows seems like a reasonable alternative if you want to avoid fixing
your neighbor's lawn, it would probably be cheaper than fixing ruts.

wrote in message
...
I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. Any suggestions? I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.


*In addition to what others said, I would be concerned about underground
utilities and sprinkler systems if those are in the designated path of the
dump truck.

wrote in news:d5185ccd-3ef4-4733-9996-26d4da4df48f@
21g2000vbk.googlegroups.com:

I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. Any suggestions? I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.

Thanks,

Others mentioned the rut issue. No one mentioned what's under the lawn.
Under no conditions run it over a septic system/leech field.

Red Green wrote:
....
Others mentioned the rut issue. No one mentioned what's under the lawn.
Under no conditions run it over a septic system/leech field.

Yeah, them leeches are real buggers this time of year...

--

On May 15, 9:53*am, Red Green wrote:
wrote in news:d5185ccd-

I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. *It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. *Any suggestions? *I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.


Others mentioned the rut issue. No one mentioned what's under the lawn.
Under no conditions run it over a septic system/leech field.

Or tree roots. Avoid driving under the dripline of trees.

R

RicodJour wrote:
On May 15, 9:53 am, Red Green wrote:
wrote in news:d5185ccd-

I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. Any suggestions? I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.

Others mentioned the rut issue. No one mentioned what's under the lawn.
Under no conditions run it over a septic system/leech field.

Or tree roots. Avoid driving under the dripline of trees.

R

HUH!?

On May 15, 10:31*am, Steve Barker wrote:
RicodJour wrote:

Or tree roots. *Avoid driving under the dripline of trees.

HUH!?

This is news to you...?
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/treecare/...on_damage.html

Most of a tree's roots are near the surface. I still can't believe
this is news to you. Are you joking?

R

RicodJour wrote:
On May 15, 10:31 am, Steve Barker wrote:
RicodJour wrote:

Or tree roots. Avoid driving under the dripline of trees.
HUH!?

This is news to you...?
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/treecare/...on_damage.html

Most of a tree's roots are near the surface. I still can't believe
this is news to you. Are you joking?

R

Well i don't drive the trucks on the lawn often. AND i could really
care less if i damage a damn tree root. JEEEEzeee.. Hell we put a new
foundation under a house and cut several 4" roots CLEAN OFF and the tree
is just fine. Not high on my priority list to worry about.

wrote:
I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. Any suggestions? I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.

Thanks,

I have done it in the past, but only over summer hardened clay soil, even
then the truck(s) made some depressions and tore the grass up in sheets.
Make sure there is nothing in the ground that can be crushed by the truck
driving over it. Do not do this if the soil is filled and not virgin ground
or if it has rained recently as you may have the responsibility of paying a
tow truck to remove the original truck if it gets stuck. Hopefully the tow
truck doesn't also get stuck or tear the place up.

Actually, 5 tons is nothing, having often relocated 10 to 12 ton loads by
wheelbarrow. It all depends on how much you dislike real work.

wrote:
I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. Any suggestions? I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.

Thanks,
Hi,
Use plywood sheets. I did that when drilling rig for water well came
over my yard out at my cabin. it helped minimize tire ruts.

Tony Hwang wrote:
wrote:
I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. It's
a small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. Any suggestions?
I really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.

Thanks,
Hi,
Use plywood sheets. I did that when drilling rig for water well came
over my yard out at my cabin. it helped minimize tire ruts.

Since the plywood will be cracked, bent and otherwise useless afterwards,
that can be quite an expensive method at todays plywood prices, even if the
driver can keep on the sheets.

On May 15, 6:35*pm, "EXT" wrote:

Since the plywood will be cracked, bent and otherwise useless afterwards,
that can be quite an expensive method at todays plywood prices, even if the
driver can keep on the sheets.

And you'll need three strips for the piggy-back forklift.

R

On Fri, 15 May 2009 06:08:32 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. Any suggestions? I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.


Ever tried to fix dualie ruts? Believe me, you'd rather haul the
rock. A driver got just slightly off our driveway and had to be towed
out. We threw bags and bags of dirt at the ruts that were left, and
it made little difference. What helped was time, lots of it.

On May 15, 8:08*am, wrote:
I am getting 5 tons of modified (crushed) stone delivered via dump
truck for a patio. I already have the area excavated, so most
convenient would be for the truck to dump right in the hole...but
would require driving over the rest of the lawn to get there. *It's a
small(er) truck, but I still wonder if it is going to destroy the
lawn, especially since it rained hard last night. *Any suggestions? *I
really don't feel like transporting 5 tons of stone by myself if I
don't have to.

Thanks,

Follow some of the ideas posted here that seem apropos to your area.
Overall, don't sweat the damage. Nature has a way of healing things,
if you just ignore it. Freeze-thaw cycles, wet-dry cycles, all have
the effect of leveling out irregularities. Right now I can see out my
window the pristine lawn my neighbor has in the area where a couple of
fully loaded ready-mix trucks delivered the concrete for his new
garage floor. Give Nature a little help and let her do the rest.

Joe