Fixing another gravel drive

[deezler]

What do you all recommend as the best technique to renew the surface given the attachments and my old Ford 1715

Get more many tons of more rock delivered and spread? Lol sorry.

 

[CausticUrbanCoast]

Get more many tons of more rock delivered and spread? Lol sorry.

Usually the road base has to be excavated and rebuilt. Have only ever dealt with 2 types of washboard: frost induced (which is why it needs to be dug out and rebuilt with proper packing) or lead foot induced.

Rather inclined to guess that the problem is lead foot induced by the neighbor who does not want it to be fixed.

Dumping rock on top is a very short lived fix for both of the above. Does help in winter though once ice starts holding things together!

 

[deezler]

Meh, when my driveway washboards due to dry conditions and excessive speed from my wife, friends and delivery drivers, I can fix it just by grading it a single pass in each direction (I don't have much fines in my mix, prefer a clean stone appearance with good drainage).

But I was actually more responding to his statement that "Some of it has no top coat, just poor quality crusher run gravel that seems to get worse rather than better when working it".

 

[CADplans]

I incorporated a different aspect of the "SUPERELEVATED CURVE" on my driveway back in the early 1980's,,
and it has worked all of these years,,

Rather than elevate one side, about every 200 feet, I alternate the side that is elevated,,
I initially did this to insure the water could not wash straight down the driveway unabated.
That did stop water washing,, but, it also slowed everyone WAY down,,
You gotta REALLY concentrate if you are gonna drive fast on a road that switches pitch from side to side,,

I do not think in all of these years, I have ever had one washboard develop.

 

[bcp]

So I live on a steep hill in the Pacific northwest. The recent rain has washed ruts in the road and the gravel down the hill.

Did this miss you, or are you washed out again?

Severe thunderstorm, weak tornado pass through Battle Ground area

A strong thunderstorm that swept through north Clark County on Monday night prompted reports of a funnel cloud or a tornado, according to the National Weather Service.

www.columbian.com

Bruce

 

[deezler]

Rather than elevate one side, about every 200 feet, I alternate the side that is elevated,,
it also slowed everyone WAY down,,
You gotta REALLY concentrate if you are gonna drive fast on a road that switches pitch from side to side,,

I do not think in all of these years, I have ever had one washboard develop.

That's hilarious. And brilliant, as long as you don't mind driving while tipped to the side all the time.

 

[3 Horse Ranch]

Get more many tons of more rock delivered and spread? Lol sorry.

Unfortunately that is what is needed on top of the crusher run which is what I have on my 1/2 mile driveway off the main driveway. Sort of thinking that it would be cost prohibitive. 4000' x 12' x 2" x cost per yard = a lot of money. I plan on just covering the driveway inside the gate.

Rather inclined to guess that the problem is lead foot induced by the neighbor who does not want it to be fixed.

Actually it was lead foot induced by a previous owner who had a fencing business whose employees tended to always be in a hurry either coming or going. The new neighbor is worried about his semi (Kenworth with a livestock trailer), not making it up a rather steep short hill (25' rise in 200') if there is a lot of loose material. I am more inclined to believe that the current washboarding on the hill is more of a problem but being a retired dump truck driver I understand about axle hop on loose material.

The part I worked on I used the drag harrow on the worst side to loosen the top a little and a box blade set so the cutting and smoothing edges were about level. The other side I just box bladed. It's much smoother on the side I harrowed, but it seems more dusty.

 

[CausticUrbanCoast]

Unfortunately that is what is needed on top of the crusher run which is what I have on my 1/2 mile driveway off the main driveway. Sort of thinking that it would be cost prohibitive. 4000' x 12' x 2" x cost per yard = a lot of money. I plan on just covering the driveway inside the gate.


Actually it was lead foot induced by a previous owner who had a fencing business whose employees tended to always be in a hurry either coming or going. The new neighbor is worried about his semi (Kenworth with a livestock trailer), not making it up a rather steep short hill (25' rise in 200') if there is a lot of loose material. I am more inclined to believe that the current washboarding on the hill is more of a problem but being a retired dump truck driver I understand about axle hop on loose material.

The part I worked on I used the drag harrow on the worst side to loosen the top a little and a box blade set so the cutting and smoothing edges were about level. The other side I just box bladed. It's much smoother on the side I harrowed, but it seems more dusty.

If its a tractor and trailer he has nothing to worry about.

I guess you can always wait for it to snow and put the rippers shallow in the box blade to slowly knock em down and push the gravel back into the grooves. At least your neighbor will be good to help pack if you can get the tops knocked over.

 

[PILOON]

Other than proper ditches etc., I have found that recycled asphalt is an excellent solution.
While I did this 30 years back I recently needed to re do a section that had suffered somewhat.
Today's 'recycled' is much better in that it is shredded very much like 0-3/4 gravel. Lay it out early spring and the sun will fuse it back to a solid surface that rushing water can't/wont wash out.

That recycled material is getting so popular that even the cities are using it now. On the + side it is more affordable than crushed stone (while transport is the same).

 

[3 Horse Ranch]

have found that recycled asphalt is an excellent solution.

Recycled asphalt product yes, but not raw asphalt grindings. In the off season he asphalt plants around here take the raw grindings and run them through a crusher and make the 3/4 minus RAP which they mix back into the hot mix. The RAP is a little more expensive but worth the difference in price. Lay that stuff down on a warm day and rent a rolling compactor and it's almost as durable as hot mix asphalt. The problem here is the nearest asphalt plant is 40 miles and trucking costs add up quickly.