Browse Forums Paving & Concreting 1 Jan 06, 2011 12:18 am Hi all! Hoping someone here can offer me some advice. I have a delivery of a number of pallets of limestone pavers which should look something like the following: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Now as I understand it, delivery will be to my front lawn - which pretty much means my lawn is going to suffer big time. I have an exposed agg driveway (100mm) and would prefer the pallets be placed in my garage, but I am afraid that the weight of the 'pallet moving machine' (not sure if this is going to be a forklift or some other vehicle) plus the weight of a pallet will cause the driveway to crack or become damaged in some way. Am I being silly and the driveway should be fine/no probs? Or is it a bit of a guess and can go either way, meaning I should be cautious and should get ready for a wheel barrow marathon? Thank you in advance! Re: Weight tolerance of concrete driveway? - Paver delivery 2Jan 06, 2011 8:07 am could go either way depending on how well made the driveway is.. ie a true 100mm all the way through, compacted subbase etc.. plus what soil type its on. if the machine is going to be driving over a step up from the grass to the concrete then you should make a ramp for it to reduce the chance of bits chipping off. A bobcat will often chip bits off if driving up from the lawn. Ive seen a driveway take a 25 tonne truck full of concrete fine but ive also seen one break a few weeks ago from a truck just delivering 1 tonnne of rock (when we removed the broken bit the subbase was just loose topsoil!). Re: Weight tolerance of concrete driveway? - Paver delivery 3Jan 06, 2011 12:58 pm Thanks Rory for your reply. 100mm all the way? - it should be but I can't be sure. Has reinforced mesh in it though. Subbase? - Just compacted and watered down Soil? - Sandy sand with maybe brickies sand mixed in from what was left over from the builder. Oh bugger me...I think I'll need to move them by hand just to be on the safe side. Now what I need to figure out is how I am going to stack them vertically without them falling all over the place! Re: Weight tolerance of concrete driveway? - Paver delivery 4Jan 07, 2011 12:33 am ... A fridge trolley... $30 @ the 'B' store.. done in no time with no damage Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Weight tolerance of concrete driveway? - Paver delivery 5Jan 09, 2011 10:19 pm Thanks onc for your input. Would I need to stack the pavers vertically as in the photo? Hmm...now considering if I can push them up the driveway using a pallet jack. Driveway slopes down on a slight angle to the street though (not a lot but driveway is definitely not flat). How heavy is one of those pallets? Re: Weight tolerance of concrete driveway? - Paver delivery 6Jan 09, 2011 10:22 pm Are they 400*400*50? Going back to read the post...brb Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Weight tolerance of concrete driveway? - Paver delivery 7Jan 09, 2011 10:30 pm I figure there is about 980kg..per pallet. if 25 per row x 4 rows @ 50mm thick (400mm x 400mm). Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Weight tolerance of concrete driveway? - Paver delivery 8Jan 09, 2011 10:35 pm onc_artisan ... A fridge trolley... $30 @ the 'B' store.. done in no time with no damage One of the best things we brought we use ours all the time, good for moving large potted plants as well. Cheers Lou http://take2-customdesigndownslope.blogspot.com 07-10-09 omg they have cut the block 14-05-10 we finally have the keys Re: Weight tolerance of concrete driveway? - Paver delivery 9Jan 09, 2011 11:10 pm Yup they are 397x397mm, but only 40mm thick. So I guess by your calculations they should be under 1000kg per pallet (assuming they are stacked as per photo). Think I can borrow a hand pallet jack from a mate which will handle that weight. Will definitely make things easier if I don't have to break open the pallet. Now all I have to figure out is if I can push 1000kg up the driveway. Re: Weight tolerance of concrete driveway? - Paver delivery 10Jan 09, 2011 11:12 pm take2, yes if the pallet jack (or my muscles) fail, then I guess the fridge trolley will be the way to go. Thanks. i inspect..there is no construction tolerance or building tolerances. Your option to instruct council with your surveyors report as they would have possibly had to obtain… 9 5608 7 3005 To my understanding early saw cuts are to control shrinkage cracks, so doing them now would be pointless. Control joints may reduce ugly cracking during periods of soil… 3 9862 |