Posted by Hal/Eastern WA on November 28, 2012 at 20:14:33 from (97.115.180.206):
In Reply to: What should a guy use posted by Hoofer B on November 28, 2012 at 15:26:04:
Don"t know where you live, but if my "county" asked me to do something to cut down on dust on my gravel driveway, I would be asking where in the law they got their authority to tell me that. And then I would probably tell them to mind their own business.
Of course I should mention that my driveway goes out to a straight gravel road where cars and trucks pass my place at more than 50mph sometimes, even though the posted speed limit is 35. The tiny bit of dust that comes from my driveway is nothing compared to the cloud of dust from the gravel road most of the dry part of the year.
Years ago, a neighbor and I used to pay to have the road oiled between his place and the paved highway. Unfortunately some of the other neighbors complained that the oil (legally applied by a commercial vendor approved by the county) made their cars messy. As the cost of the oil got higher, my neighbor and I decided that it really was not worth paying the bill without help from the others on the road. And then there were the complaints. So we quit oiling the road and just put up with the dust.
Some of the same neighbors tried to promote a local improvement district to get the gravel road paved. I have opposed such a project, since I believe that MY PORTION of the costs of paving would end up being more than $100K, since the taxes would be determined by how much road frontage the property owner has.
I have tried several different things for dust control. Oil worked the best, but it is now awfully expensive. Calcium chloride granules worked OK, if I sprinkled the road every few days. I don"t think magnesium chloride did much at all.
I have thought about putting some sprinklers near the road, but I suppose someone would just steal the heads or break up the piping. And my well doesn"t have nearly as much capacity as it once did--too many other people drawing from the aquifer in this area that is rapidly becoming suburbia. So I guess I will just put up with the dust.
If people are driving fast on your driveway and making dust that way, you could sure slow them down with speed dips. I would LOVE to dig some speed dips into the gravel county road, but I suppose that might cost me a lot of money or even some jail time.
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