Concrete driveway thickness??
I would like to park my motor home on a driveway that I believe is about 3 inches thick of concrete. I have a diesel pusher that weighs about 29,000. The greatest single tire bearing weight is 5500...
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valhalla360 wrote:ppine wrote:
Concrete highways are normally 4 inches thick to stand up to truck traffic. Call some contractors and ask them. You might be right on the margin of safety.
I'm in the industry and the thinnest concrete I've ever seen used on a highway is 7 inches. 8 to 12 inches is more common.
For a driveway with a big MH, I would go with 6 inch....it is critical that the base below is compacted well.
Concrete cracks...you can either form/saw joints that look nice or they will form for you and they will be ugly.
All I've seen, have cracked wherever it felt like it, despite having form/saw joints.
