Posted by Boley on March 05, 2010 at 23:52:46 from (71.207.188.29):
In Reply to: OT: dirt driveway posted by 7lazy77 on March 03, 2010 at 19:45:24:
We've been dealing with a 600' long driveway for 25 years.It started with a dozer cutting the road through a red clay field that had been cultivated for 90 years.Culverts were put in and 52 dump truck loads of chert topping added.After the first winter of freezing and thawing it was a muddy mess.A friend with family ties to the road building business loaned me an old book from the 1930's on the subject.It stated that a mix of 15% 'metal' and 85% clay would make a stable roadbed.We tried to achieve something close to that with 29 loads of creek gravel on top of what we had.It proved true,about every 3 or 4 years we hire a fellow with a road grader and dump truck to shape it up and bring a couple of loads of chert to fill in trouble spots.It's a $100 a year or so to have a good driveway.The grader puts a crown on it that causes it to drain properly and tightens up the edges to keep it from getting wider.My efforts with the box blade make it flatter and wider.It's kinda like roofing or plumbing,we can do it.Sometimes it's just better to pay a pro.
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