Dust control for gravel lane

[Egon]

You might want to check with a local paving contractor and see what it costs for him to spray the road with bituminous based oil used for tack coat.
[Note: I'm no longer familiar with the names for these oils. Some have to be applied hot, others cold.]

The motor oils contain heavy metals that are not desirable.

 

[beenthere]

I'd guess any affect on the environment (I believe to be nil to none, as I don't go along with the enviro hype) is less than the affect on one's lungs breathing in the dust.

If I had access to the diesel or used oil, I'd go with that. If not, prilled calcium chloride in a lawn fertilizer spreader would work as well. It attracts moisture.
Check with your local feed store or Coop and see what they have.

Laying down re-ground used asphalt with a spray coat of used motor oil makes a great road bed from my experience. And I don't ask any questions before doing it.

 

[2manyrocks]

Very general article: http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/gravelroads/sec4.pdf

The term to google is "road dust suppressants."

One article literally said they measured a ton of dustfall from a short section of gravel road in a few months. The more traffic and the faster the speeds, the worse the dust.

 

[Egon]

Laying down re-ground used asphalt with a spray coat of used motor oil makes a great road bed from my experience.

Leave out the used motor oil and it will make an even longer lasting road bed.

 

[beenthere]

And the oil or diesel fuel will be much less corrosive to your vehicles. Must be some positive "enviro" benefits to that.

 

[The Haymaker]

As previously mentioned, recycled asphalt is cheap, easy to spread, and hase a pleasing, consistent color. It doesn't take much, even a 1/2 inch will work. After the first few rains the smaller particles will be washed to the sub surface, leaving the larger, dust free, particles as a buffer on top. Only drawback I have found is that if you need to plow snow, it doesn't freeze down much better than pea gravel or crushed stone.

 

[pilot-werx]

We use calcium chloride on our camp road. We simply spread it with a broadcast spreader once a year. Keeps the dost down and the road smooth...

 

[Egon]

And the oil or diesel fuel will be much less corrosive to your vehicles. Must be some positive "enviro" benefits to that.

Diesel fuel works real good for cleaning up tools that have been used working asphalt!

The diesel and motor oil dissolve the asphalt and leave you with the aggregates of the mix. At first sight it looks like it does wonders but that first sight is deceiving.:thumbsup:

 

[mustangsallysdad]

Diesel fuel works real good for cleaning up tools that have been used working asphalt!

The diesel and motor oil dissolve the asphalt and leave you with the aggregates of the mix. At first sight it looks like it does wonders but that first sight is deceiving.:thumbsup:

Unless you roll it after spraying...at which point it replicates asphalt quite well.

 

[Egon]

Unless you roll it after spraying...at which point it replicates asphalt quite well.

And turns into gravel the next year!:thumbsup:

That a myth that seems to keep perpetuating itself.