Posted by Andy Martin on February 17, 2018 at 20:23:32 from (209.213.149.120):
In Reply to: Driveway Material posted by John in La on February 17, 2018 at 16:52:54:
JD's got it right, but he missed that you have river gravel in the clay. That makes a base. The clay will keep coming up through anything you put down short of poured concrete or asphalt unless you put the geotechnical fabric down. It lets water drain through but keep the clay below and the gravel or whatever above.
I've used crushed concrete and it is a great material.
Around here in Oklahoma even with clay I put down six to eight inches of 3" rock and drive on it slowly for a year or two, then four inches of 1-1/2" material with fines and it lasts for many years. I built a subdivision road that way in 2002, ten houses on it and it still takes minimal maintenance, we just fill a few holes with gravel every year and they drive 40 on it.
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