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Pool Basin Backfilling and Compaction

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What happens here

Structural fill dirt is brought in by a dump truck and strategically placed around the pool basin. A Kobelco excavator and an ASV RT-75 skid-steer loader work in tandem to spread this fill material into the deep excavation. The fill is placed in thin lifts, typically 6-12 inches, and the heavy machinery then drives over it repeatedly to achieve compression compaction. This process is crucial to ensure that the ground is stable and will not settle over time, which is especially important for a large, deep excavation like a swimming pool. The compaction must be sufficient to prevent settlement but not so dense that it prevents future plant growth.

Goal: Fill the pool basin with structural fill and compact it in thin layers to prevent future settlement.

Tools and materials

  • ASV RT-75 Skid-Steer Loader ASV — Spreading and thorough compaction of fill dirt in thin layers
  • Dump Truck — Delivering structural fill to the site
  • Kobelco Excavator Kobelco — Spreading and initial compaction of fill dirt
  • Structural Fill Dirt N/A — Filling the excavated pool basin

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controlled cuts instead dudes i'm just going to tell you the next part of this video is one of my favorites if you guys got 4k in a big screen watch it there it's just kind of cool [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] everything comes out of the hole what we can't pick up with the equipment we do by hand [Music] we use compression compaction and thin lips to make sure there's no settlement down the road if we get too much compaction in this area they'll never be able to grow grass again but if we don't have enough it'll settle and look like a swimming pool one more time so we've got to get this stage just right and what we found works best is to go by feel we've done it enough times to know exactly how much to do this getting that truck back saved the day but i still want to find out what happened to our own

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