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Figured out a trick for leveling on soft ground that saved me 2 hours
Was setting up a 50 ton crawler on a job near a creek bed last week. Ground was spongy, every time I thought the outriggers were set, one side would sink another inch. My foreman told me to lay down two layers of 3/4 inch plywood crisscrossed instead of the usual one sheet. Worked way better than I expected. No more re-leveling every 15 minutes. Anyone else do this or have a better setup for mud season?
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tylerj222mo agoTop Commenter
Double stacking the plywood like that is a solid trick but the crisscross part is doing more work than you think. You want the grain of the top sheet running perpendicular to the bottom sheet so it spreads the load out in two directions instead of one. Straight stacking two sheets with the grain lined up just gives you thicker plywood that can still crack along the same line. Also throw some coarse gravel under the bottom sheet if you have it handy, that keeps the plywood from just pushing straight into the mud and makes it last longer.
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