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how big a pad ? - Gregory OConnor - 04-21-2008 14:05 If you prepare a compacted base, 4 inches of concrete is good. if the bace gets wet and or is not properly compacted, even 10 inches of concrete is not enough. monolithic parimiter footings are best to be chanfered at 45 degrees to the center. if you plan on doing that much of a parimiter pour, two rows or rebar atop each other with 4 or 6 inches between them and 3 inches of mud above/below will give you truss support. To dictate where stress will crack a concrete pad, finishers score a 1/2 inch lateral indent across the expanse of the pad "Joint". When mud is poured on the prepared subgrade it is important to not allow rebar or somthing as simple as a droped form board to cast a lateral imprint that will do the same as a score joint atop of the pad. At the parimiter forms a simple 4 inch line from an imprint of a rock will give future traffic a place to start a crack. Kinda like making a cut in cardboard to rip it apart I think 6x6 wire placed in the center of the mud makes the strongest pad possible. GregoryO'Connor 94ptRomolandCa how big a pad ? - Glenn Allen - 04-21-2008 14:12 Dorn, Sounds like a great stopover on the way south for me. Get enough sights ready and maybe we can get a rally started. Glenn Allen 1986 PT-40 Marietta, GA |