Dale(MO)
01-12-2006 06:34:13
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Re: Road building in reply to Phil - MO, 01-12-2006 05:39:38
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Phil, Take off the top 4"-6", track it up as best you can (helps to seal the ground), and base it with 2" rock to about an inch or so above the original grade. This time of year, 2" clean works pretty well, with the ground being a little softer, but I usually prefer 2" minus because it packs better - the fines in it help to seal the road, and it won"t drop and heave as badly as the clean rock. About the time that most of the outside work is done on the house, top it with 3"-4" of 1" minus, try to get a crown on the road. When you have moved in, if you want to top it with some white rock to make it pretty, I would use 1/2" clean - about 1/2"-1" deep. After the base rock is first graded, don"t regrade it - let it go where it wants to go. If you find that mud is coming through it as it is driven on, I would fill those low places with 1" minus as needed. My experience in this part of the world is that if you regrade the original base, you disturb it too much, and it must settle and lock in again, causing soft spots and holes. No matter what you do, it will be spongy until spring, but once it compacts, you"ll have a good road. Winter is a good time to put in a road, it can cost a little more, but the end results usually hold up a lot longer than one put in when it"s hot and dry.Good luck, Dale(MO)
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