New pool question about pumping concrete

I have a 1400ft concrete driveway plus another 200ft around the house to where the pool was. so I feel your pain.

You have 3 different phases where heavy trucks will be needed.

1. Gunite, these trucks are the ones pictured above. Not has heavy as regular concrete trucks. But if they are offering to leave them at the road and pump I would do it. The gunite is sprayed on then formed/trowled into place. As long as the mix is correct at the tip where they spray it you should be fine.

2. Plaster, I had 1 heavy truck that had the equipment on it such as the mixer, air compressor, water tanks, pallet of paster mix, etc... This truck they physically mixed my plaster at the truck them pumped it over to the pool. I have seen threads on here where this was also done poolside with mixer and also instead of a pump I have seen wheel barrows used. I had no choice but allow this truck up my driveway. Don't know the weight of it.

3. Decking, If you need any concrete work done on the deck or if you are replacing the decking with brushed or stamped concrete, this is where the regular heavy concrete trucks would be used. This is where the half loads of concrete comes into play. I opted for this when I did mine. They recommended against pumping it that distance.

What kind of driveway do you have? I'm assuming concrete or asphalt if your worried about it. First thing is to talk to the neighbor that owns the driveway and see what they think. Ask what is the heaviest vehicle that has been down it? For me I had a large firetruck down mine because of a 911 call a few years ago. I called the fire department and asked for the weight.(small town) The guy ended up giving me the weight of the truck and of each axle so that gave me a baseline of what was "safe" Another option I considered was to make a temp driveway entrance with a few pieces of tile in the ditch and some gravel.

Good Luck!