In addition, depending on the size of the block being delivered, your equipment must also be able to lift up to 3,600 or 1,800 lbs. Because the trailer is typically a height of 5’ and the blocks are each 2’ in height, the machinery you plan on using to unload the blocks must be able to reach a height of at least 7’+. You then can use smaller machinery to transport the blocks to the actual job site. If you do not have a turn-around for the truck, we can discuss dropping the blocks at a nearby location. For the truck to properly enter and exit your site, there must be space for a tractor-trailer to maneuver. We can fit up to (13) of the 6’ long blocks or up to (26) of the 3’ long blocks on each truck. For delivery, you must have equipment to offload the blocks once the truck arrives. (BTW, we know that they are backwards, but since most of them are on inclines….When it comes to transportation of your ecology blocks in Joplin, MO we can offer either delivery or pick up. This is a big win for us, BIG WIN…and we’ll take it. We even stopped by our stone supply place for a few big rocks to hide more of that ugliness. It felt like we’d found the Arc of the Covenant.Īt 4 bucks each, 2 bucks cheaper than the Home Depot plastic thingy, “We will defiantly take 5” Unfortunately, the other “Dallas” location was also really in “Garland”…….about 20 miles away.Ĭould we do it? Could we make the 20 mile drive in about half an hour?Īfter a stop for gas and Red Bulls (AND a turn-around back home because we left in such a hurry that the motion sensor on our alarm was still active…….and a Doberman was running loose in the house) we made it to ABC Supply in Dallas/Garland. Good news, the other Dallas location of ABC Supply has some in stock AND was open on Saturday….but only for another 35 minutes. They didn’t have any splash blocks in stock, but suggested that he try their other Dallas location. He Googled Gutter Supply, and dialed the first business listed. (50% chance of someone NOT being there as well) At least Spectrum invested in an answering machine. No Spectra on Google…….but there was a Spectrum. But they were only open 2 Saturdays a month. I tried another concrete business, the guy on the end of that phone number didn’t sell them but thought that Spectra might. Nope, not open on the weekends, and who could run a business with NO answering machine?Ĭoncrete manufacturing people apparently. I Googled Senox, and dialed the number …… the phone just rang,…… and rang,…… and rang. They’re located closer to Dallas – Carrollton anyway – but probably not open on the weekends. Not the “Thank you for calling Blah-Blah-Blah Concrete, this is Carl,” like I was expecting.Ĭarl, I’m just guessing here because he never did tell me his name, suggested that I call Senox. The phone was answered with a, groggy “Hello”. In fact, they are about 40 minutes apart. OOOhh, and contrary to popular belief, Dallas and Ft Worth are NOT the same city. (Why on earth would they want people just Stopping By their business?) They closest purchasable ones we could find were all the way in Ft Worth….but no address was listed. So we headed home and Googled Concrete Splash Block. The first big rain and those things will be in our neighbor’s yard.ĭitto for Lowe’s, and Ace Hardware. Just gasp at the crap that Home Depot is passing off as splash blocks……. So off to “Gay Church”….or the Home Depot, as most people call it. No idea what to call them….splash box/splash blocks….whatever they are, we need them.Ī beautiful Saturday morning seemed like the perfect time to do something about this. You know how sometimes something seems so simple? And it just isn’t?įor over 4 years I have wanted to add concrete rainwater “thingys” under the downspouts from our gutters….Currently the water just pours out onto unattractive hunks of concrete.
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