RenoHuskerDu
Senior Member
I have a customer whose driveway is too steep. Last year I declined to lay down more road base on it, because I figure it will just washout again and hurt my business rep. We agreed on a plan to bring in a dozer guy and build a proper switchback about 60 yards to the side to climb that hill slowly. I gave them my proposal. And waited...months.
They finally got back to me. The poor guy has cancer, skinny as heck, and his wife just left him, to fight cancer alone. So the nice new driveway with a switchback is off. He has to polish up their place and sell it, so the karen can get her share. I agreed to fill the ruts in that steep driveway and compact some good road base on top.
Now that I have a tri-axle (aka tandem) dump truck, I believe that I can safely dump loads on that slope. But I'm not real experienced at doing that. I'm looking for one of you who has dumped a lot of loads to recommend whether I back up and dump downhill, or do it the other way. My hunch is to back up then dump going down (no chains on the tailgate though). Then park the truck, jump in my maintainer and blade the piles smooth. Rinse and repeat till the hill is done.
So what would you experienced dump truck drivers recommend? I want to help this poor guy out. He's 16 years younger than me but looks older what with the cancer and his wretched, unfaithful wife dumping him.
They finally got back to me. The poor guy has cancer, skinny as heck, and his wife just left him, to fight cancer alone. So the nice new driveway with a switchback is off. He has to polish up their place and sell it, so the karen can get her share. I agreed to fill the ruts in that steep driveway and compact some good road base on top.
Now that I have a tri-axle (aka tandem) dump truck, I believe that I can safely dump loads on that slope. But I'm not real experienced at doing that. I'm looking for one of you who has dumped a lot of loads to recommend whether I back up and dump downhill, or do it the other way. My hunch is to back up then dump going down (no chains on the tailgate though). Then park the truck, jump in my maintainer and blade the piles smooth. Rinse and repeat till the hill is done.
So what would you experienced dump truck drivers recommend? I want to help this poor guy out. He's 16 years younger than me but looks older what with the cancer and his wretched, unfaithful wife dumping him.