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Old 07-10-2024, 08:00 PM
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Definite risk. I recently had a new roof placed on my house. One roofing company I quoted alerted me to the fact that occasionally the shingle delivery trucks have broken the concrete in the driveways in the villages. I ended up contacting the engineer responsible for design/installation of concrete driveways in the villages. He confirmed the risk and said he had seen failures. He made two recommendations 1) street unload if possible 2) if the equipment must unload on the driveway then keep the equipment in the center of the drive and do not drive on the edge of the concrete … he also recommended placing plywood sheets on the driveway prior to allowing the equipment to enter as this helps distribute load