New Driveway: 130 yards of Concrete

tez929rr · Jun 18, 2010

We live in a house built in 1953. It was the ranch house on a ranch that was subdivided into acerage lots 15 years ago. The old ranch driveway was asphalt and was getting progressively worse, so we had it redone in concrete. The pictures are first looking northwest toward the road (it's about 100 yards from the gate to the road), then looking west, then south. The concrete stops at a large pad to the left of the metal building in the third picture. I was standing right in front of the small garage by the house. The metal building in the last picture is 40 by 60 but looks smaller in this pic. Total concrete: 130 yards.

MacTexas · Jun 18, 2010

How much does a yard of concrete cost in your area?

Professur · Jun 18, 2010

We visited a friend in Ga. When we pulled in, I commented to him that his driveway never would happen in MTL. Too damn long to shovel the snow off in winter. Tex, I don't mean you any harm, but I'd love to see that with about a foot of wet powder on it.

PERFORMANCE-RED · Jun 18, 2010

dang! that is ****.

tez929rr · Jun 18, 2010

MacTexas said:
How much does a yard of concrete cost in your area?

I don't really know. The entire job was just under 40K.

Dan in Pasadena · Jun 18, 2010

Are you gonna apply any sealer to it?

It would be a shame to get that oil spotted but then again, enough sealer to seal all THAT would be $$$. Just curious.

mo2872 · Jun 18, 2010

Yikes, that's no driveway, that's a landing strip.....NICE!

Falcon67 · Jun 18, 2010

Professur said:
We visited a friend in Ga. When we pulled in, I commented to him that his driveway never would happen in MTL. Too damn long to shovel the snow off in winter. Tex, I don't mean you any harm, but I'd love to see that with about a foot of wet powder on it.

It'd be a hell of a cold front and snow storm to get a foot on that driveway. He's a bit north of I-10, south of Comfort and near San Antonio. If it get's cold down there, it's damn cold here.

I figure he paid in the 100+ range for the concrete. $40K comes in at $300+ a yard with labor, figure labor a good 2/3s of any price maybe more. Runs about 110 a yard here I think.

Beautiful driveway.

tez929rr · Jun 18, 2010

Professur said:
We visited a friend in Ga. When we pulled in, I commented to him that his driveway never would happen in MTL. Too damn long to shovel the snow off in winter. Tex, I don't mean you any harm, but I'd love to see that with about a foot of wet powder on it.

I grew up in Maine and was stationed in North Dakota, among other cold places. Life is too short (at least for me) to shovel snow. No plans to seal it - all the car work happens inside the garages, so I hope I don't need to.

sammm · Jun 18, 2010

Very nice...I gotta get out of the 'burbs!

Jack Olsen · Jun 18, 2010

Beautiful. If you've got kids, they've now got an off-the-charts big-wheel/skateboard/go-kart track available to them.

RbrtAWhyt · Jun 18, 2010

I priced concrete a couple of days ago here in Georgia and was quoted $95 per yard with a $100 delivery fee per truck. I was thinking it would be a little higher than that...

p_mori7 · Jun 18, 2010

Professur said:
We visited a friend in Ga. When we pulled in, I commented to him that his driveway never would happen in MTL. Too damn long to shovel the snow off in winter. Tex, I don't mean you any harm, but I'd love to see that with about a foot of wet powder on it.

130 yds of concrete @ $130/yd + labor = $20000.00 for the driveway (thereabouts or more)...I'd make sure to also have a nice little Kubota diesel 4x4 with a 5' Pronovost snowblower on it !

walrus · Jun 18, 2010

Professur said:
We visited a friend in Ga. When we pulled in, I commented to him that his driveway never would happen in MTL. Too damn long to shovel the snow off in winter. Tex, I don't mean you any harm, but I'd love to see that with about a foot of wet powder on it.

Its called a plow, get one :lol_hitti

tez929rr · Jun 18, 2010

p_mori7 said:
130 yds of concrete @ $130/yd + labor = $20000.00 for the driveway (thereabouts or more)...I'd make sure to also have a nice little Kubota diesel 4x4 with a 5' Pronovost snowblower on it !

I have a 30 horse Kubota 4x4 but no cab or snowblower.

If it ever actually snowed a foot deep here and I had a snowblower on my Kubota I'd be the King.

T>D>C · Jun 18, 2010

Very nice drive way. I need one also.

Did you buy 130 yards of concrete or is it a 130 yard long drive way?

What kind of reinforcement did they put down before they poured it? Does it have expansion joints? Do you have any construction pictures?

Thanks for posting.

JC23 · Jun 18, 2010

Where will you paint the start/finish line?

Justanoldguy · Jun 18, 2010

Glad I live in New Zealand.
You guys have an obsession with snow.. lol
Where I live it has had 1/4 inch of snow in the last 25 years...

amt · Jun 18, 2010

Very nice looking. Don't take this the wrong way, but I hope I never have to pay $40,000 for a driveway!

NUTTSGT · Jun 18, 2010

130 yards ? wow holy cow, I'm trying save the money for a measley 11 yards to redo my garage floor.

Looks bad *** man, I don't think mine would make it a week without a nice long smokey burnout on it.

PassnThru · Jun 18, 2010

Looks good. Someone is going to need a killer pressure washer in a few years :bounce:

larry4406 · Jun 19, 2010

Beautiful. I paid $2.75/sf for 4" concrete, 3500 psi, wire mesh, formed, placed, finished.

tez929rr · Jun 19, 2010

amt said:
Very nice looking. Don't take this the wrong way, but I hope I never have to pay $40,000 for a driveway!

No offense taken. I wish I had not had to spend it, either. But I hope this is it for paving jobs.

PassnThru said:
Looks good. Someone is going to need a killer pressure washer in a few years

The metal building has a small concrete apron in front of it. I have noticed that if I am pressure washing something out there and make the mistake of washing something off the concrete I end up spending half an hour making it perfect. So I will have to resist the temptation.

TheShrine · Jun 19, 2010

Looks great. Kind'a the norm around here. Mine is 123 yds. Like yours, mine was/is raised quite a bit above ground. It took 13 yards of top soil to level the drive with the yard!! :shocking:

Didn't see that coming!

See you at Po Po's!!

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