Next spring I'm going to have to revisit the access track/bridleway which is deteriorating again despite regular topping up with MOT.
So thinking of casting in situ two 18 inch wide concrete "tank tracks" for 150m!
Challenges will include:
1 keeping costs down.. mixing own concrete, doing a "section" at a time.... or sod it and try and do 4m3 runs at once with small ready mix trucks?2 Keeping access open (incl vehicles) during concrete cure stages:- Road forms or equivalent pegged for sides and a (possibly bolted down) steel plate top for wheeled traffic whilst initial curing takes place
- how thick a plate? thinner is cheaper and easier, but at what thinness will it bend/buckle and backfire??
3 Shaping the concrete to avoid sharp corner edges (horses etc) - perhaps some sort of curved top (in section) road forms, or similar or fabricate something to do the job... or will I be able to simply knock the sharp edges off with a big hammer after a few days curing when "mould" removed?4 Do i need reinforcement? plan on 4inch average concrete depth for cars, tranny vans, small oil tankers.
5 Any way I could easily replicate (or just give a passing impression of) stone flags as I cast it? (other parts of the track have these still in situ - it would be "nice" to give a nod to the vernacular..)what does the group think? do-able? what've I forgotten/underestimated/ failed to appreciate etc--- you get the picture - Help!!
Cheers JimK