RDrancher
Veteran Member
Moved a gravel driveway I put in last year to lineup with the new entrance. The existing material was ordered by the property owner. No way would I suggest 3/4" rock with very few fines for a new driveway. The owner is an estimator for a mid-sized excavation company, so he's always trying to find a better deal than I can give him. :confused3:
Here's his 20' culvert pipe "deal." He doesn't have a trailer so he paid to have them cut it into 10 sections. It ended up costing him more than I would have sold him a 30-footer for. I told him that he'd be better off with a 30-footer, but he told me to put it in. After I bedded and compacted it in...and spread gravel over the top, he decided that it was too narrow. The inspector in the area won't go for two bands on a pipe...so I dug it back up and he bought a 30-footer from me.
I lined out the new driveway and then began stockpiling. I mixed what fines the gravel had in it and stockpiled as I went so i could take the dirt/gravel mix base at the bottom and use it as a base for the new driveway.
As luck would have it, my tractor stopped running. I picked up the Kubota SVL75 to finish the job in the rain.
I got the tractor repaired today. You can read about it here http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/new-holland-owning-operating/266178-another-tc35d-no-start-fuel.html
Here's his 20' culvert pipe "deal." He doesn't have a trailer so he paid to have them cut it into 10 sections. It ended up costing him more than I would have sold him a 30-footer for. I told him that he'd be better off with a 30-footer, but he told me to put it in. After I bedded and compacted it in...and spread gravel over the top, he decided that it was too narrow. The inspector in the area won't go for two bands on a pipe...so I dug it back up and he bought a 30-footer from me.
I lined out the new driveway and then began stockpiling. I mixed what fines the gravel had in it and stockpiled as I went so i could take the dirt/gravel mix base at the bottom and use it as a base for the new driveway.
As luck would have it, my tractor stopped running. I picked up the Kubota SVL75 to finish the job in the rain.
I got the tractor repaired today. You can read about it here http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/new-holland-owning-operating/266178-another-tc35d-no-start-fuel.html