I reckon I need about 10ton of mot1 for a sub-base for my my (2) patios.
Rather than getting a dozen or so bags, I was thinking it's be cheaper and quicker to have a SWB tipper drop in on my drive.
Said drive is about 8-10m long and 2m wide. It's taken several skip trucks, so I'm sure a SWB tipper would get up it, however I'm fairly sure that a 10 ton pile of gravel would spill off the edges of my stupidly narrow drive.
Question is, by how much?
Scouring the interwebs I found this site which suggests that 16tonnes will make a pile 17ft square, scaling this back 2/3 to 10tonnes-ish gives a pile about 3.5m square.. Does this sound right?
How much space? - 10t of mot1
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There is zero chance a 10t tipper will get into a 2m drive. The body of a 4 wheel 10t is probably about 8ft/ 2.4m Obviously its heavy too.
As for the size of the pile I had 10t delivered by tipper last week and the driveway was 3.4m wide. It overspilled the edges by a fraction. The driver can move forward as he tips which will make it a slightly longer and narrower pile put not so easy if he's trying to negotiate a 2m opening.
As for the size of the pile I had 10t delivered by tipper last week and the driveway was 3.4m wide. It overspilled the edges by a fraction. The driver can move forward as he tips which will make it a slightly longer and narrower pile put not so easy if he's trying to negotiate a 2m opening.
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Just a follow-up on this, a local supplier has offered to supply in 3t loads on the back of a tipping transit size vehicle. Win all round, as it'll definitely fit up the drive, and I can have the loads delivered over a couple of days to allow me to barrow the previous load round the back where it's needed.