The concrete slab for my sunroom has been poured in place. The best part of that was watching the gravel slinger truck shoot a four-inch layer of gravel into the pour area.
The truck arrived early in the
morning, rattling my house wholesale as it drew near. I approached the driver as soon as he dropped
down from the cab to assess the job.
“Hope you don’t mind if I
watch,” I said after an introduction.
He nodded. “Not much of a show.”
“Are you kidding. You have every little boy’s dream job. You operate a machine that throws rocks. You’ve gotta love your job.”
He smiled wryly. “I loved it for the first fifteen minutes.”
We talked as he fired up the
conveyer and began slinging gravel into place.
I was instantly impressed with the accuracy of the driver/operator as
gravel seemed to magically fill itself into an even layer. He told me he has been operating slinger rigs
for eighteen years. “Once I was able to
operate the controls without looking at them, I was able to place rocks pretty
efficiently,” he said.
Posted today are two photographs
from the concrete pour and two short videos of the slinger truck.
Ready for the Pour
Concrete in Place
Slinger at Work
Slinger at Work
—Mitchell Hegman
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