Posted by PJH on March 04, 2010 at 07:57:35 from (71.186.101.152):
In Reply to: OT: dirt driveway posted by 7lazy77 on March 03, 2010 at 19:45:24:
Ditches? If your roadway has no ditches, that's where you need to start, but this is a bad time of year to do ditch work. The material you excavate to build the ditches can be thrown on the roadway. That will get you up a little farther from the moisture. Road surface should be crowned to allow the runoff into the ditches. Remember any buried utilities - they're unnecessary expenses. A good base material will be open graded - in other words - will contain no fines. Golf ball size is good for a base. Drive on it for a few months, then top with a road mix. Stay away from the recycled asphalt mix for a base. The fines will make it like driving on a mattress. It is good for a top surface, depending on the age of the asphalt. Old and dry will roll around like marbles, but a mix with "live" asphalt in it will compact well. Some of the "dead" recycled asphalt also has big chunks in it that are difficult to deal with. If you can't do the ditch work due to soil conditions or budget, the golf ball sized gravel - no fines - will mash down and mix with the mud and give you a drivable surface that won't beat the bottom out of momma's car. Bigger rock is better, but you need to be able to drive on it for awhile to settle it in. . .
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