I was getting some pretty rediculous numbers on track hoe work and I need a hoe big enough to lift my 9k # tube... The companies with bigger equipment want $4k just to put the equipment on site plus time it runs, plus operator time.
Cloud 9 bridges, it is Colorado you know! lol
That was for the total install of the culvert. Welding on skirts, dirt work, setting in tube, back and top fill, and grade 5 rip rap on the banks on both sides.
the bad part is, between now and next summer..without concrete,,its liable to rip it all out again with high water....how about sand/rock mix, tamp it,,and pour the crete????
It will likely be a rock and clay mix. We would need another 7-8" rain to wash it out again which by all accounts should be likely after getting 3x rains that big in the last 2 years. Also if it washes out it will only be taking the top 1/2-1/3 of the fill since I will be filling the bottom with liquid mortar (watered down concrete). So re fill and tamp the top is the worst case scenario.
I stated that, because that would pack quick,,but would need crete over the top immediately...small rock, like 3/4 x 1 1/2 mix..be nice, but pricey, to go over the intake, road, and exit sides,,with concrete. end of problem.........................hopefully..
60 a yard?? up here..its 100!!!
That is liquid mortar. It's watered down concrete without rock. It's meant to seep into all the cracks under the culvert and fill all the voids to add weight and stability to the culvert. It isn't near as strong as concrete but still sets up hard and won't be washed out. It helps solve the problem of imperfect stream bed preparation.
