smfcpacfp
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Nov 21, 2007
- Messages
- 1,346
- Tractor
- Kubota B3030HSDC
Below are pictures of the driveway to my new pole building from my old driveway, about 120 feet or so. I used to tell people that my property was like beach sand, but in reality it is a combination of sand and finely ground clay according to a well driller friend of mine. It dawned on me that it wasn't beach sand when I realized that heavy vehicles could drive on it without sinking, and after a hard rain I noticed that water was standing on the surface of the area that I disturbed to build my pole building.
As you all know there are many kinds of gravel that you can buy for a driveway. Most people around here use something they call 22a which is mixture of sand, finely ground clay and 3/4" rock. They also have 21a which has more rock and less sand and clay, and 23a which has more clay and sand, and less rock. I could also just buy straight rock and they also sell crushed asphalt from torn up roadways with some 22a mixed in. My neighbor has the last product and likes it, but it has tendancy to allow a little puddling of water with heavy rain. I should also mention that their is a slight grade on my roadway, but since there is so much sand in the soil there is never really any worry about washouts or ground saturation (i.e., mud). I always like to tell people if there is flooding at my place, you better have your ark built.
I was thinking about using the 21a which has more rock than clay and sand, since my soil is already composed of clay and sand, or maybe one load of the 21a followed by a load of the crushed asphalt . What advice could you give me? I have about 30 hours befor the deliver the material.
Below are pictures of the driveway to my new pole building from my old driveway, about 120 feet or so. I used to tell people that my property was like beach sand, but in reality it is a combination of sand and finely ground clay according to a well driller friend of mine. It dawned on me that it wasn't beach sand when I realized that heavy vehicles could drive on it without sinking, and after a hard rain I noticed that water was standing on the surface of the area that I disturbed to build my pole building.
As you all know there are many kinds of gravel that you can buy for a driveway. Most people around here use something they call 22a which is mixture of sand, finely ground clay and 3/4" rock. They also have 21a which has more rock and less sand and clay, and 23a which has more clay and sand, and less rock. I could also just buy straight rock and they also sell crushed asphalt from torn up roadways with some 22a mixed in. My neighbor has the last product and likes it, but it has tendancy to allow a little puddling of water with heavy rain. I should also mention that their is a slight grade on my roadway, but since there is so much sand in the soil there is never really any worry about washouts or ground saturation (i.e., mud). I always like to tell people if there is flooding at my place, you better have your ark built.
As you all know there are many kinds of gravel that you can buy for a driveway. Most people around here use something they call 22a which is mixture of sand, finely ground clay and 3/4" rock. They also have 21a which has more rock and less sand and clay, and 23a which has more clay and sand, and less rock. I could also just buy straight rock and they also sell crushed asphalt from torn up roadways with some 22a mixed in. My neighbor has the last product and likes it, but it has tendancy to allow a little puddling of water with heavy rain. I should also mention that their is a slight grade on my roadway, but since there is so much sand in the soil there is never really any worry about washouts or ground saturation (i.e., mud). I always like to tell people if there is flooding at my place, you better have your ark built.
I was thinking about using the 21a which has more rock than clay and sand, since my soil is already composed of clay and sand, or maybe one load of the 21a followed by a load of the crushed asphalt . What advice could you give me? I have about 30 hours befor the deliver the material.
Below are pictures of the driveway to my new pole building from my old driveway, about 120 feet or so. I used to tell people that my property was like beach sand, but in reality it is a combination of sand and finely ground clay according to a well driller friend of mine. It dawned on me that it wasn't beach sand when I realized that heavy vehicles could drive on it without sinking, and after a hard rain I noticed that water was standing on the surface of the area that I disturbed to build my pole building.
As you all know there are many kinds of gravel that you can buy for a driveway. Most people around here use something they call 22a which is mixture of sand, finely ground clay and 3/4" rock. They also have 21a which has more rock and less sand and clay, and 23a which has more clay and sand, and less rock. I could also just buy straight rock and they also sell crushed asphalt from torn up roadways with some 22a mixed in. My neighbor has the last product and likes it, but it has tendancy to allow a little puddling of water with heavy rain. I should also mention that their is a slight grade on my roadway, but since there is so much sand in the soil there is never really any worry about washouts or ground saturation (i.e., mud). I always like to tell people if there is flooding at my place, you better have your ark built.