Navigating a Narrow Split-Level Driveway
The job involved a classic 1960s ranch renovation on a street where the driveways are tight and the old oak trees hang low. With temperatures pushing past 90 degrees, the homeowners needed to gut a water-damaged basement quickly but worried a heavy truck would crack their aging asphalt. They had piles of soaked drywall and carpet that needed to go immediately, but the access point was barely eight feet wide, leaving zero room for error.
I drove our single-axle hook-lift truck, which is compact enough to fit where the massive commercial haulers simply can't go. We placed thick wooden dunnage under the dumpster wheels to disperse the weight and fully protect the driveway surface from gouges or stress cracks. The crew filled the bin by sunset, and we hauled it away first thing the next morning, leaving the pavement exactly how we found it.
Caleb put the dumpster right where we needed it without scratching the driveway, and he picked it up the second we were done.
Sarah J.

