Saving a Back and a Driveway
A homeowner in Westview decided to rip out an original 1960s driveway that had finally succumbed to decades of Kansas freeze-thaw cycles. He underestimated the sheer weight of the material, piling jagged slabs on his lawn until the grass started dying under the summer heat. With rain in the forecast and code enforcement patrolling the neighborhood, he needed that heavy concrete gone before the dirt subgrade turned into a mud pit.
We dispatched a specialized 10-yard concrete dumpster with low sides, which allowed him to wheelbarrow heavy chunks directly into the bin without lifting them overhead. I placed protective boards under the steel rollers to prevent damage to the street apron. We hauled the full load to the recycling facility that same afternoon, clearing his yard completely before the storm hit.
Those low walls saved my back; I didn't have to lift eighty-pound slabs over my head.
Mark D.



