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2014Newbee
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Sorry to hear that Eddie, I'm just a lurker for the most part, but my aunt just beat an aggressive cancer that spread through her body and she beat it, but even the doctors said her will to live had something to do with it. My prayers are with you and your wife.
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BoFuller
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We have a few miles of dirt roads that lead to our place, that can get very muddy when it rains. This year the board approved a road improvement budget. My neighbor and I are doing the work to save the Assocoation some money. We are laying down Millings? which is ground up pavement from the freeway when they do a resurfacing. We are happy with the way its turning out.
I cant remember how to rotate the pictures
Thall303
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Pictures appear to be straight on my iPad
Road looks like you are a professional
Road looks like you are a professional
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BoFuller
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Thanks. For a couple of rookies, I think we are doing an okay job.
Ken
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Mr. Fuller way back near the start of this forum I had mentioned working in that area and the spring mud was and event to decide maybe other options were better.
I had been called to a Micro wave site as the spring snow was melting and the 3/4 ton Chev. with loaded tool bed became stuck crossing a small creek . and moving forward backward to get out only went deeper unrolled winch and connected to a tree . getting back into the pick up from window since the mud was up to door handles of truck. winch tightened until it snapped like a whip cracked into the tree. called company helper that lived at Kingman. and he drove over a 100 miles to where the pick up now had mud flowing into the powers bed. by time he arrived the winched steel cable had been spliced and drug under the body of truck and connected to another tree. the other employee tied his truck to a tree and a winch cable to frame of truck I was driving. So double winch and my truck in reverse was able to get the truck out of the mud hole in middle of the road.
Used fire hose to wash and even then could hit bump in high way and a sheet of dirt landing caused traffic behind me slow down .
Enjoy your mud it is sticky and last a long time.
Glad your able to get improved road.
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treetopflyer
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Hey Bo, how does the price of 'millings" compare to that of "ABC"? Do the millings compact well into a unified surface similar to aggregate base course? The reason I ask is it might be a cheaper method to improve our POA road?
Doug Bradford McNeal, AZ
Doug Bradford McNeal, AZ
We've been using some of those millings up north on Markham Pass Road, as well, Bo. They are great! One of the neighbours takes donations and buys the millings, and another uses his dump truck to haul them. It is a really nice improvement. It's nice having neighbours that care...
Randy - SVR1123
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BoFuller
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Hey Randy, how you doing? Yes, I saw those areas when I was over there a month of so ago, visiting Bruce Smith. It sure makes it nice.
I hear they are going to close off the north end of that road, by the RR tracks, so you won’t be able to get to 66 anymore.
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BoFuller
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Well, its way cheaper for us, but that is primarily because of transportation costs. The millings are just across the freeway, so the guy hauling does have far to go. ABC is a little more expensive, but with hauling costs, its about twice as much. It packs down nicely. We water it and then drive our dump trucks over it.
