Driveway Make Over

[Texas Dodge]

My wife works for a company that sells ash from the coal plant here in town. We decided to purchase some and try it out. Her boss gave us a 25% employee discount. We needed 50 yds of material for the driveway and also I put it in my tractor shed as well. This is what they call TOP or screened bottom ash. No dust and no more muddy driveway, does not stick to your shoes either.

This is what the actual product looks like close up.

 

[actionaj]

Looks like it made nice driveway. I didn't know you could use coal ash for this. I know they use it in concrete but I always thought of it being really fine or brittle like cinders.

 

[sixdogs]

Excellent job and great pride in workmanship. Congrats on a good-looking and smooth drive and parking area.

 

[Eightpoint]

Nice job! Looks like you have the hang of using your box blade to get a good finish. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Texas Dodge]

Looks like it made nice driveway. I didn't know you could use coal ash for this. I know they use it in concrete but I always thought of it being really fine or brittle like cinders.

They do use fly ash in concrete

 

[LBrown59]

My wife works for a company that sells ash from the coal plant here in town. We decided to purchase some and try it out. Her boss gave us a 25% employee discount. We needed 50 yds of material for the driveway and also I put it in my tractor shed as well. This is what they call TOP or screened bottom ash. No dust and no more muddy driveway, does not stick to your shoes either.

This is what the actual product looks like close up.

Fine lookin job.
I use slag from a local steel mill.
It works better than gravel or stone
It goes farther and cost less per ton too.

 

[Texas Dodge]

Fine lookin job.
I use slag from a local steel mill.
It works better than gravel or stone
It goes farther and cost less per ton too.

This screen bottom ash is only $7.00 a yard

 

[asylum575]

Nice job,
Another example of how useful a box blade is. Made the job come out looking very finished.

 

[LBrown59]

This screen bottom ash is only $7.00 a yard

The slag I bought last summer was under $3.75 a ton.
It's light compared to gravel or stone so it takes a lot more of it to make a ton.
A ton of it spread 4'' thick will will cover a lot larger sq foot area than a ton of stone or gravel spread 4'' deep.
You save 2 ways with the slag.
You get more of it per ton and a ton covers a bigger area.

 

[actionaj]

Just curious if the slag or the ash pulverizes after a while?