Gravel Yard Way Mud

[summit151]

I spoke with a road/oilfield lease construction company and they buy it from nilex in Edmonton

 

[summit151]

3/4" crushed and 1" crushed is what looks to be the stuff. Stay away from the sand. It's crushed stone you want.

Here is a starting point. They say toward the end "up to 18" of imported material" - that's a highway!

U.S Fabrics Inc. Driveway Fabric Installation Video - YouTube

A local "Building Supply" will have the fabric at the best price. Someplace local sells concrete blocks, erosion control products and other concrete products (drains, vapor barrier etc) They should have the fabric as well.

That is a good video to learn how to lay it from thanks. I definitely can't go 18" there is no room to put that much material with how my yard is sloped and we're the house sits

 

[kevin37b]

I would not panic yet . When the frost comes out of the ground it turns to absolute pigshit around here . As it dries and heals up a little it can rain 4" and be as solid as it should . My wife sells lots of rock every spring due to this .

 

[summit151]

I would not panic yet . When the frost comes out of the ground it turns to absolute pigshit around here . As it dries and heals up a little it can rain 4" and be as solid as it should . My wife sells lots of rock every spring due to this .

Ya i do agree in the summer i do not have any issues but for a few months in spring its very muddy and annoying :thumbdown:

Does any one have any experience on using geo fabric in this situation?

 

[Lea]

Smmit151
I live in northwestern Ontario and have for the last 65 years, as long as you have ditches on the high side of the road that clay is a very good road base. You just have to keep the water off the top of it, and it sounds like you have done hat with the crown you have on it. I've been building roads for a long time, and most of them were clay based, just put whatever kind of gravel you can afford on top. Wait till it is as dry as you can then lay the gravel to it .
It will be fine,an a couple months you'll be ale to drive a cement truck over it

 

[summit151]

Smmit151
I live in northwestern Ontario and have for the last 65 years, as long as you have ditches on the high side of the road that clay is a very good road base. You just have to keep the water off the top of it, and it sounds like you have done hat with the crown you have on it. I've been building roads for a long time, and most of them were clay based, just put whatever kind of gravel you can afford on top. Wait till it is as dry as you can then lay the gravel to it .
It will be fine,an a couple months you'll be ale to drive a cement truck over it

I do have good drainage as it is rock hard in the summer. There is a lot of mixed reviews on here for what to do lol. I still can't decide on the fabric or gravel.

Here are the pros and cons that I can think of for the fabric.

Pros

Gravel won't disappear
No more mud

Cons

Has to have a lot of gravel on top.

Constantly worrying about snagging it with the gravel drag or snow plow

Have to put exactly the same thickness of gravel everywhere in the yard to keep the slope of it

Any more input guys?

 

[teg]

Cons for the fabric: (have you priced it?) Expensive...

Do you have good drainage? Just because it's rock hard in the summer, doesn't mean that water drains off during the winter. I just looked at your photos again, it looks pretty flat to me...:confused3:

 

[summit151]

Cons for the fabric: (have you priced it?) Expensive...

Do you have good drainage? Just because it's rock hard in the summer, doesn't mean that water drains off during the winter. I just looked at your photos again, it looks pretty flat to me...:confused3:

Ya those pictures are hard to see with the angle I will take better ones. And for a role of the fabric is $370 and the roll is 20 feet wide x 400 feet long. And the widest part of my yard is 92 feet and about 200 feet long

 

[KYErik]

Around here, they also sell the fabric in a 13' width and a 17' width.

 

[teg]

...And for a role of the fabric is $370 and the roll is 20 feet wide x 400 feet long...

That's not as bad as I thought... Good luck and let us know how it turns out.