Mob'd out of the private school job last Friday and started a "side job" on Tuesday before we mob next week to the larger project downtown I posted pics of upthread.
This project involves creating an access road to the rear of the eating disorder clinic we started months ago. GC has to install an exterior metal fire escape, shore up the building corner and get kitchen equipment into the lower kitchen in the basement. This road will provide access for all those scopes.
The access road has to cross the end of the slue in their private lake. The only real option other than mucking everything out and going back with something the size of #4's was place and mash CL 2 rip-rap until the rocks didn't sink anymore. We have done this several times for low and soft road crossings. Works well.
You don't have to beat the rocks in with the bucket just place them then mash them down with the weight of the machine. When a section will lift the front of the hoe off the ground move over rinse and repeat.
Pitching and catching with 500-700 lb rocks.
We staged the rip-rap up top due to access and had to tote a bucket full at a time down.
This is our local class 2 rip-rap. Overall we used 4 loads or approx. 100 TNS.