[Malcolm]

I need to break up a 40x8 driveway. It's four inches thick. I have a guy coming out to regrade the yard for sod. He said he would also regrade the driveway, since it is broken and at an angle. He doesn't do concrete removal. I was planning on hiring a couple of day laborers to do the job and then have a professional concrete company form and pour the new driveway.

I have a dumpster already on my lot. I'm guessing the driveway would way a lot. The dumpster company didn't say there are any overages for weight, but he did ask me what I was putting in it and specifically asked about concrete. I didn't have plans to put any concrete in it at the time.

What's the best way to get rid of the concrete? I've heard that there are concrete recycling centers. I could also try to find a guy on craigslist that will break it up and haul it away.

 

[Malcolm]

I meant to write weigh not way. I no longer see an edit button.

 

[Windows on Wash]

Best way to do it....hire it out. It is back breaking work.

I am not sure what guys are charging on the recycling end of things but it isn't free. Still might be some of the best money you have ever spent and there are normally dumpster weight limits and charges per ton over. You should be able to call the dumpster guy and see what you are good up to on weight and calculate the weight of the driveway based on average cubic feet.

 

[joecaption]

That would be over 14,220 Lb. of concrete.
Craig's List would be last place I'd be looking for someone to do this.
Need a real dump truck, high lift skid loader, or bucket loader, walk behind concrete saw or
Hydrolic jack hammer.

 

[Canarywood1]

40'x8'x4" is 4 cubic yds. or 16,000 lbs. or 8 tons.

 

[jomama45]

You might be surprised, a competent "professional" crew might tear-out and dispose of the concrete cheaper than a handfull of day laborers because they rely on equipment to do it in a fraction of the time...........

 

[joed]

Let the professional concrete installer do it. They do it all the time. They will have a place to dispose of it. They will have the machines to do it no time.

 

[Bondo]

I was planning on hiring a couple of day laborers to do the job
and then

Ayuh,.... I bet that'll be a 'ell of a story, especially dependin' on the amount of steel used in the pour,.....

I agree, an 8 ton class track-hoe, 'n a dump truck,...

A couple hours work,....

 

[Malcolm]

I didn't get the reply until too late. I hired a guy to do it for a couple of hundred and the rental fee for a jack hammer.

 

[stadry]

congrats ! you just saved lotsa $$$,,, if he'll also put it in your 20cy container, you'll still get out cheap

 

[mako1]

Until they come and pick up the dumpster!!

 

[Malcolm]

Until they come and pick up the dumpster!!

Yea, I'm worried about the overages. The good thing is that I will not fill the dumpster with much. I would have probably only filled it 1/4 the way without the concrete.