Chip Sealing Driveway

[Industrial Toys]

I met a guy many years ago who had a small side business doing it.

 

[Buppies]

Not sure of costs in your area but tar and gravel about 60 percent the cost of asphalt maybe less depending on the size of the job. Should be applied in three coats to get you the best bang for your buck. The tar used in our area is called CRS 2 and is water based so no harm to the environment no hazmat license required to haul. When finished should be about one inch thick

 

[gsganzer]

I just had hot asphalt put down. I paid about $1.80 ft2 for 2.5" thick, compacted to 2". I also inquired about chipseal or just spreading reclaimed asphalt. On a smaller area (I did 3600 ft2), there wasn't enough cost difference between them, so I went with the superior product, asphalt. Virtually the same equipment and labor is required for all of them, so I wouldn't expect a huge cost difference between them (Grading, spreading, compacting). Larger areas the cost difference adds up though.

 

[Buppies]

By your measurements they used 45 tons of asphalt, how much stone? At 400 sq yds one would expect 100 tons of stone would be used. Sounds as you got a great deal

 

[gsganzer]

By your measurements they used 45 tons of asphalt, how much stone? At 400 sq yds one would expect 100 tons of stone would be used. Sounds as you got a great deal

Buppies,
If you're asking me, no additional stone was needed for my driveway. I already had a gravel driveway of 5/8" flexbase. They regraded/compacted the existing gravel and put asphalt over it. In fact, the gravel driveway was in pretty good shape as I haven't needed to regrade it in over 6-7 years. Our issue was dust and then softness if we had days/weeks of rain.

 

[Sono]

It all depends where it is and what it affects. The soil is like a natural filter... it may kill the plants for a short while then nature takes over... If it runs off into the waterways then there are bigger issues. They will treat the spillways differently than on land.

 

[oosik]

1968 - Palmer, AK. DOH contractor lays down tar & chip on one half of the state highway going thru Palmer. About five miles worth. Roller is done - that half is still blocked off. Something happened - here comes the AK State police - he looks like a blinking Christmas tree. He swerves out onto the new tar & chip section to avoid the contractors equipment.

The tar & chip coat rolls up on his cruiser tires - just like a jelly roll. He gets about 80 feet and is brought to a quick stop. Something with the materials used or the process is WRONG. We were in the strip mall parking lot and saw the whole thing. At first everybody kept it contained - then one person began laughing - uncontrollably. That's all it took. An entire crowd burst out laughing. The highway patrolman got out of his cruiser and the crap stuck to the bottom of his boots also. I can hardly contain myself, right now, as I remember this scene.

It even made the evening news in Anchorage. Bottom line - the entire job had to be scraped up and new laid down.

 

[deezler]

I noticed this at an airport. Millions of gallons of jet fuel is apparently not a big deal. A few baggage trucks that are probably 50 hp or less has to be propane...View attachment 618748

The baggage trucks drive indoors to unload the luggage. People stand next to them all day long, propane exhaust is a much better option health wise.

 

[EddieWalker]

The dust has gotten pretty bad on my gravel driveway in the last month. I dream of the day that I can pave it, but I still want to run some water and power lines under it for future projects, so I'll keep adding crushed concrete to it for now.

Gordon, do you have any pics of your driveway?

 

[Streetcar]

1968 - Palmer, AK. DOH contractor lays down tar & chip on one half of the state highway going thru Palmer. About five miles worth. Roller is done - that half is still blocked off. Something happened - here comes the AK State police - he looks like a blinking Christmas tree. He swerves out onto the new tar & chip section to avoid the contractors equipment.

The tar & chip coat rolls up on his cruiser tires - just like a jelly roll. He gets about 80 feet and is brought to a quick stop. Something with the materials used or the process is WRONG. We were in the strip mall parking lot and saw the whole thing. At first everybody kept it contained - then one person began laughing - uncontrollably. That's all it took. An entire crowd burst out laughing. The highway patrolman got out of his cruiser and the crap stuck to the bottom of his boots also. I can hardly contain myself, right now, as I remember this scene.

It even made the evening news in Anchorage. Bottom line - the entire job had to be scraped up and new laid down.

Sounds like there was a problem with ionic charge between tar and gravel. I have seen similar problems