Removing A Tennis Court

 
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Old 12-30-2008, 06:16 PM   #1
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Removing A Tennis Court


I'm looking at removing a tennis court totaling 15k sqft, filling with topsoil and hydroseeding.

Would typical construction be a 4" base with 2" of asphalt on top? When pulling up the asphalt, gravel sticks to or is interlaced w/ some of the asphalt-will asphalt recyler's accept the gravel/asphalt combination or do they typically prefer 'clean' asphalt?

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Old 12-30-2008, 06:48 PM   #2
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In most instances, I would think the recycler would accept the material you are removing, (asphalt & aggregate), as long as there is no soil mixed in with it.

For specifics, you will have to make a phone call to the local plant to be sure.
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Toss it in the neighbors yard.





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Is the pavement rubberized or coated with epoxy or paint? Does it look like it was overlayed? You can look at the outside edges of the court to determine thickness. I have run into problems with crushers not accepting Bituminous with the rubber/paint/epoxy on it. I have also run into tennis courts that have been overlayed.
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we have just the machine for that job it takes whole parking lots and makes it into a recycled product. weve done tennis courts parking lots cart paths roads and also havea 4' wide drum so we can do trenches



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