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forklift update, paving question
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: I had that spot done almost 20 years ago, could not afford the whole thing so I just and a strip from the street to one overhead door done. Looks like the guy screwed me, he said he put down 2". Welcome to the fine work of the Gypsy Paving Guild. We have lots of "two-inch" driveways in this area that won't take the load a kid's tricycle in hot weather. When the black stuff peels up from the dirt, it's only a 1/2" scrim. They ALL say "two inches!" LLoyd |
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So my cheap lift truck is now going to cost me $2800 for 900 sqft of new paving, 6" stone and 3.5" paving. What is wrong with concrete? Wes -- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller |
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Well, I borrowed a charger from the local forklift company, by way of
a friend of a friend and it looks like the battery is good. At least in fair condition, I drove it around for 20 minutes. However the two times I drove the lift out of the warehouse and onto the paving I have made big rutts in the blacktop and busted up a nice spot. Seems I have 1" of BT over top of mud. So my cheap lift truck is now going to cost me $2800 for 900 sqft of new paving, 6" stone and 3.5" paving. How long does the new BT need to sit before you can drive a 9000# lifttruck on it? 6 years ago I had 80% of the lot paved for 3 grand, now the last 20% is costing me almost as much. 6 years ago the other spot looked real good, now it's all cracked plus the rutts where I drove over it. I had that spot done almost 20 years ago, could not afford the whole thing so I just and a strip from the street to one overhead door done. Looks like the guy screwed me, he said he put down 2". Thank You, Randy Remove 333 from email address to reply. |
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Randy wrote: Well, I borrowed a charger from the local forklift company, by way of a friend of a friend and it looks like the battery is good. At least in fair condition, I drove it around for 20 minutes. However the two times I drove the lift out of the warehouse and onto the paving I have made big rutts in the blacktop and busted up a nice spot. Seems I have 1" of BT over top of mud. So my cheap lift truck is now going to cost me $2800 for 900 sqft of new paving, 6" stone and 3.5" paving. How long does the new BT need to sit before you can drive a 9000# lifttruck on it? 6 years ago I had 80% of the lot paved for 3 grand, now the last 20% is costing me almost as much. 6 years ago the other spot looked real good, now it's all cracked plus the rutts where I drove over it. I had that spot done almost 20 years ago, could not afford the whole thing so I just and a strip from the street to one overhead door done. Looks like the guy screwed me, he said he put down 2". I don't think you can ever safely drive a "regular" forklift on asphalt unless it has a concrete base. Back when I worked at a CNC company we never drove out 10k# forklift out in the parking lot without putting down plywood first in anything but the coldest winter weather, and never let it sit in on spot even then. A rough terrain forklift with large pneumatic tires is probably the only safe forklift on asphalt. |
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On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:26:25 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, Wes
quickly quoth: Randy wrote: So my cheap lift truck is now going to cost me $2800 for 900 sqft of new paving, 6" stone and 3.5" paving. What is wrong with concrete? Yeah, it'd be considerably cheaper and have a much longer life with no seasonal downsides, weeds, etc. Forms lumber would cost under $100. Concrete locally costs $130/yd for under 5 yards, or $88/yd for 5+ yards: 14 yards for 4" = ($1820) $1232 17 yards for 6" = $1496, roughly half the price of asphalt. And that won't melt in the summer. -- Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives. -- A. Sachs |
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On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:10:02 -0500, "Pete C."
wrote: Randy wrote: Well, I borrowed a charger from the local forklift company, by way of a friend of a friend and it looks like the battery is good. At least in fair condition, I drove it around for 20 minutes. However the two times I drove the lift out of the warehouse and onto the paving I have made big rutts in the blacktop and busted up a nice spot. Seems I have 1" of BT over top of mud. So my cheap lift truck is now going to cost me $2800 for 900 sqft of new paving, 6" stone and 3.5" paving. How long does the new BT need to sit before you can drive a 9000# lifttruck on it? Forever. A month or two with plywood or steel trench plate down. 6 years ago I had 80% of the lot paved for 3 grand, now the last 20% is costing me almost as much. 6 years ago the other spot looked real good, now it's all cracked plus the rutts where I drove over it. I had that spot done almost 20 years ago, could not afford the whole thing so I just and a strip from the street to one overhead door done. Looks like the guy screwed me, he said he put down 2". I don't think you can ever safely drive a "regular" forklift on asphalt unless it has a concrete base. Back when I worked at a CNC company we never drove out 10k# forklift out in the parking lot without putting down plywood first in anything but the coldest winter weather, and never let it sit in on spot even then. A rough terrain forklift with large pneumatic tires is probably the only safe forklift on asphalt. Bingo. Concrete driveway with a nice rebar grid (not just wire mat) over a substantial layer of compacted crushed base stone if you're planning on taking a solid-tire forklift onto it. The point loads they generate are simply too much for asphalt alone. This is why they quickly outlawed solid truck tires on the highway when pneumatic tires became widely available and reliable at the turn of the last century. Besides limiting the truck to 25 MPH without killing the driver or shattering the cargo, they ripped up the roads. -- Bruce -- |
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On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:36:01 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote: On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:26:25 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, Wes quickly quoth: Randy wrote: So my cheap lift truck is now going to cost me $2800 for 900 sqft of new paving, 6" stone and 3.5" paving. What is wrong with concrete? Yeah, it'd be considerably cheaper and have a much longer life with no seasonal downsides, weeds, etc. Forms lumber would cost under $100. Concrete locally costs $130/yd for under 5 yards, or $88/yd for 5+ yards: 14 yards for 4" = ($1820) $1232 17 yards for 6" = $1496, roughly half the price of asphalt. And that won't melt in the summer. Now if I still had my backhoe, I'd be in business. Unfortunately I sold it about 5 years ago. No time to do it myself. Thank You, Randy Remove 333 from email address to reply. |
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On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:36:57 -0000, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote: Randy fired this volley in : I had that spot done almost 20 years ago, could not afford the whole thing so I just and a strip from the street to one overhead door done. Looks like the guy screwed me, he said he put down 2". Welcome to the fine work of the Gypsy Paving Guild. We have lots of "two-inch" driveways in this area that won't take the load a kid's tricycle in hot weather. When the black stuff peels up from the dirt, it's only a 1/2" scrim. They ALL say "two inches!" LLoyd It is two inches - one inch of stone dust on top of the grass and one inch of lean sand mix, then compact carefully with a man powered lawn roller. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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I think the type of asphalt, along with it's base material used, has a lot
to do with it's ability to support a forklift. The parking lot at work seems to have some small aggregate mixed into it, and a forklift weighing 5,500 lbs, with pneumatic tires, often with a 2,000 lb load, has been operated on it many times daily in all kinds of weather, with absolutely no issues, since 1967. It hits 100 degrees here in summer, and maybe as low as 18 in winter. RJ "Pete C." wrote in message ... Randy wrote: Well, I borrowed a charger from the local forklift company, by way of a friend of a friend and it looks like the battery is good. At least in fair condition, I drove it around for 20 minutes. However the two times I drove the lift out of the warehouse and onto the paving I have made big rutts in the blacktop and busted up a nice spot. Seems I have 1" of BT over top of mud. So my cheap lift truck is now going to cost me $2800 for 900 sqft of new paving, 6" stone and 3.5" paving. How long does the new BT need to sit before you can drive a 9000# lifttruck on it? 6 years ago I had 80% of the lot paved for 3 grand, now the last 20% is costing me almost as much. 6 years ago the other spot looked real good, now it's all cracked plus the rutts where I drove over it. I had that spot done almost 20 years ago, could not afford the whole thing so I just and a strip from the street to one overhead door done. Looks like the guy screwed me, he said he put down 2". I don't think you can ever safely drive a "regular" forklift on asphalt unless it has a concrete base. Back when I worked at a CNC company we never drove out 10k# forklift out in the parking lot without putting down plywood first in anything but the coldest winter weather, and never let it sit in on spot even then. A rough terrain forklift with large pneumatic tires is probably the only safe forklift on asphalt. |
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I think the aggregate might be the key. I've seen asphalt get so soft you could kick dents in it with the heel of your shoe on a very hot day.
Your best bet might be to go with concrete instead of asphalt, unless you can have it specially formulated to withstand the temps and load - or put down the plywood every time you want to use it. If it's a one-shot deal to get the equipment set the plywood might be all right. If it's to be run on very often then the plywood would be a bit too much work on a regular basis. ------ Backlash wrote: I think the type of asphalt, along with it's base material used, has a lot to do with it's ability to support a forklift. The parking lot at work seems to have some small aggregate mixed into it, and a forklift weighing 5,500 lbs, with pneumatic tires, often with a 2,000 lb load, has been operated on it many times daily in all kinds of weather, with absolutely no issues, since 1967. It hits 100 degrees here in summer, and maybe as low as 18 in winter. RJ |
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On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:27:36 -0400, Al Patrick wrote:
I think the aggregate might be the key. I've seen asphalt get so soft you could kick dents in it with the heel of your shoe on a very hot day. Your best bet might be to go with concrete instead of asphalt, unless you can have it specially formulated to withstand the temps and load - or put down the plywood every time you want to use it. If it's a one-shot deal to get the equipment set the plywood might be all right. If it's to be run on very often then the plywood would be a bit too much work on a regular basis. ------ Backlash wrote: I think the type of asphalt, along with it's base material used, has a lot to do with it's ability to support a forklift. The parking lot at work seems to have some small aggregate mixed into it, and a forklift weighing 5,500 lbs, with pneumatic tires, often with a 2,000 lb load, has been operated on it many times daily in all kinds of weather, with absolutely no issues, since 1967. It hits 100 degrees here in summer, and maybe as low as 18 in winter. RJ Commercially used asphaltic paving mixes run from the sand mix used for most residential work (sand mix can be mechanically spread down to about a thickness of 3/8") up to a mix with up to 7/8" aggregate, which gives a very porous surface which is totally unsuitable as a finish surface but is cheap to produce and provides a strong, load bearing interface between compacted gravel and a finely finished, thin, wearing surface produced with probably 3/8" aggregate. The design of asphaltic pavements is a highly specialized branch of civil engineering. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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"Backlash" wrote in message . .. I think the type of asphalt, along with it's base material used, has a lot to do with it's ability to support a forklift. The parking lot at work seems to have some small aggregate mixed into it, and a forklift weighing 5,500 lbs, with pneumatic tires, often with a 2,000 lb load, has been operated on it many times daily in all kinds of weather, with absolutely no issues, since 1967. It hits 100 degrees here in summer, and maybe as low as 18 in winter. Same here. I have been driving solid tire forklifts on the driveways around my S. Florida workplace since 1970, and was quite surprised to read in this thread that it couldn't be done. I suppose it depends on the type of asphalt and the quality of the base that it is installed on, but asphalt can certainly be made to work. Vaughn |
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On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:36:50 GMT, the renowned "Vaughn Simon"
wrote: "Backlash" wrote in message ... I think the type of asphalt, along with it's base material used, has a lot to do with it's ability to support a forklift. The parking lot at work seems to have some small aggregate mixed into it, and a forklift weighing 5,500 lbs, with pneumatic tires, often with a 2,000 lb load, has been operated on it many times daily in all kinds of weather, with absolutely no issues, since 1967. It hits 100 degrees here in summer, and maybe as low as 18 in winter. Same here. I have been driving solid tire forklifts on the driveways around my S. Florida workplace since 1970, and was quite surprised to read in this thread that it couldn't be done. I suppose it depends on the type of asphalt and the quality of the base that it is installed on, but asphalt can certainly be made to work. Vaughn I have done it on a residential driveway with a 2500lb load... I was worried but it held up okay. I think we paid for 3" of asphalt. Maybe if it was really hot it would not have. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
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Weight isn't the big one - the square inch of contact surface is the big one.
Case in point, a full size tank can drive down normal streets and nominal ones. They can be set up on 4" reinforced crete like most places have in the driveways. Their massive pad size spreads the weight across all of the pads. Martin [ know of a place that has the largest private tank collection ] Martin H. Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net TSRA, Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal. NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member. http://lufkinced.com/ Vaughn Simon wrote: "Backlash" wrote in message . .. I think the type of asphalt, along with it's base material used, has a lot to do with it's ability to support a forklift. The parking lot at work seems to have some small aggregate mixed into it, and a forklift weighing 5,500 lbs, with pneumatic tires, often with a 2,000 lb load, has been operated on it many times daily in all kinds of weather, with absolutely no issues, since 1967. It hits 100 degrees here in summer, and maybe as low as 18 in winter. Same here. I have been driving solid tire forklifts on the driveways around my S. Florida workplace since 1970, and was quite surprised to read in this thread that it couldn't be done. I suppose it depends on the type of asphalt and the quality of the base that it is installed on, but asphalt can certainly be made to work. Vaughn ----== Posted via Pronews.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.pronews.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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