620KC on 720 bare frame build

[EDM620]

5 hours ago, Stoffregen Motorsports said:

I hate having to put a half finished project into storage. It's like making bread but not eating it until it's stale.

I can relate. Since this whole move shit started I have hardly turned a wrench on it in a year. Throwing the rest of the body on for this last shuffle felt like a good kick in the ass.

[EDM620]

This week has been busy with demo, stripped out good salvagable stuff in prep while I waited for shit to happen.

Managed to be around for the big day, took only 20 minutes to knock it down.

After the junk was cleared off, the pad was busted up starting with the corner that was broken off and falling away.

As the rest of the concrete was busted up, I saw that the added section was made very poorly, back filled with broken concrete without any sand or anything to fill in, so there were lots of gaps. Also there wasn't any rebar used, just some wire mesh that the pad was simply poured on top of. Not even properly tied into the old concrete.

The rains have come (no risk of wildfires here) so progress has come to a temporary halt. Pilings and foundation to be done Monday if the rains end...

 

 

Edited August 19, 2023 by EDM620

[Stoffregen Motorsports]

Wreck it ralph

[EDM620]

Concrete has been curing for a week now, was framed up and poured in 1 day.

It was a long reach from the street with a big tree in the way

2 loads, 10 cu yd ea?

More concrete to come - won't be much lawn left to mow...

Slab is insulated to retain some heat during the winter. 14 pilings underneath.

 

Framing happens on Wednesday

[shlammed]

Thick slab! Or did they drop the slab edge?

 

 

[EDM620]

The slab is indeed thick, 5 1/2" throughout. There is a significant slope so the foundation was poured thick (+ 14 pilings) to deal with our weather. Tend to have alot of frost heaving which buckles most surfaces, be they concrete or asphalt.