Blacktop roller?
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chim
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If you are going to roll a patch (something you could back over without getting the tires in it) you could probably use a steel lawn roller. The "official" rollers do have a system that wets them so the asphalt doesn't stick. I'm at a loss if it is for a large area...............chim
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Want to do 2000 foot driveway. Over the last 30 years in one place I think I would have been way ahead if I would have paved driveway at start. Of course $$ was a consideration then as well as now. I just think of all the gravel, stone, reddog etc. bought over the years. I believe if I had a cheap way to roll blacktop in I could send for a couple truck loads of blacktop instead of gravel. In time I would be paved and not have to worry about gravel every spring.
Cheers....Coffeeman
Want to do 2000 foot driveway. Over the last 30 years in one place I think I would have been way ahead if I would have paved driveway at start. Of course $$ was a consideration then as well as now. I just think of all the gravel, stone, reddog etc. bought over the years. I believe if I had a cheap way to roll blacktop in I could send for a couple truck loads of blacktop instead of gravel. In time I would be paved and not have to worry about gravel every spring.
Cheers....Coffeeman
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Pretty sure the real asphalt rollers that you see out there have a system that wets the rollers so the asphalt does not stick. If you were dragging a roller with the tractor you would still have to worry about the asphalt sticking to the tractor tires. You can also use a vibrating plate compactor to compact asphalt. I bought one this summer for some of the work I have to get done and it has a water tank on it that is meant to keep the vibrator plate wet. This helps when you use the compactor for compacting asphalt patches.
If you are trying to keep the gravel down try getting a 3/4 stone / rockdust mix and roll that out with a heavy roller. I put in a driveway last year (using my tractor to dig it out) and got in a few loads of this mix as a temporary base until I can get it paved. I bought a nice roller from General Welding - their web site - and loaded it up with sand to weigh it down. Then I graded out and rolled the gravel/rockdust mix and got a pretty nice surface out of it.
I have also read here and there that you can get a pretty nice surface by mixing cement in with either soil or gravel mixes and then wetting/compacting the mix to get a nice hard surface. There are a few mixes out there that are meant to be mixed with soil to create a pavement like surface for walks or driveways too. Maybe something like this might be an option over going with the asphalt. With the price of petroleum asphalt is going to keep getting more expensive I am afraid.
If you are trying to keep the gravel down try getting a 3/4 stone / rockdust mix and roll that out with a heavy roller. I put in a driveway last year (using my tractor to dig it out) and got in a few loads of this mix as a temporary base until I can get it paved. I bought a nice roller from General Welding - their web site - and loaded it up with sand to weigh it down. Then I graded out and rolled the gravel/rockdust mix and got a pretty nice surface out of it.
I have also read here and there that you can get a pretty nice surface by mixing cement in with either soil or gravel mixes and then wetting/compacting the mix to get a nice hard surface. There are a few mixes out there that are meant to be mixed with soil to create a pavement like surface for walks or driveways too. Maybe something like this might be an option over going with the asphalt. With the price of petroleum asphalt is going to keep getting more expensive I am afraid.
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I'm a CE.. I work with this stuff for a living.....Naa.. won't work.
We use an asphalt spreader to lay it down smooth, then roll it many times with a multi-ton steel wheel roller.. then roll it with a 9 smooth rubber tire traffic roller.
A weighted drum behind a tractor will be insuficient to pack it down.. and the tires willleave mondo ruts...... heck.. a car driving over newly rolle dasphalt that turns the wheel too sharp will make it crinkle up.
Besides that.. asphalt on an unstabilized base will break down fast.. you need a stabilized subgrade.. a good finish grade of sandy clay or crushed rock.. a bituminous tack coat of special MS or 'prime' and then the asphalt.
IMHO your best bet would be to get it slagged... that's basically a couple graded layers of gravel glued together with tar.. Sets up pretty much like asphalt.. though.. you need a good flat base for that too.
Even in 'special areas' where they dump out the asphalt then spread it with a road grader ( leaving tracks ) they have the heavy rollers to level it out asap..
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I'm a CE.. I work with this stuff for a living.....Naa.. won't work.
We use an asphalt spreader to lay it down smooth, then roll it many times with a multi-ton steel wheel roller.. then roll it with a 9 smooth rubber tire traffic roller.
A weighted drum behind a tractor will be insuficient to pack it down.. and the tires willleave mondo ruts...... heck.. a car driving over newly rolle dasphalt that turns the wheel too sharp will make it crinkle up.
Besides that.. asphalt on an unstabilized base will break down fast.. you need a stabilized subgrade.. a good finish grade of sandy clay or crushed rock.. a bituminous tack coat of special MS or 'prime' and then the asphalt.
IMHO your best bet would be to get it slagged... that's basically a couple graded layers of gravel glued together with tar.. Sets up pretty much like asphalt.. though.. you need a good flat base for that too.
Even in 'special areas' where they dump out the asphalt then spread it with a road grader ( leaving tracks ) they have the heavy rollers to level it out asap..
Soundguy