Driveway Make Over

[mikim]

Will it ever pack? or stay loose? maybe after we get some of that stuff that falls from the sky...whatta call it? oh yeah -- rain.

 

[Texas Dodge]

The slag I bought last summer was under $3.75 a ton.
It's light compared to gravel or stone so it takes a lot more of it to make a ton.
A ton of it spread 4'' thick will will cover a lot larger sq foot area than a ton of stone or gravel spread 4'' deep.
You save 2 ways with the slag.
You get more of it per ton and a ton covers a bigger area.

A cubic yard of the ash weighs around 1900 lbs.

 

[Texas Dodge]

Will it ever pack? or stay loose? maybe after we get some of that stuff that falls from the sky...whatta call it? oh yeah -- rain.

Yes it will pack down nicely after getting rain on it as well as driving on it too.

 

[LBrown59]

Just curious if the slag or the ash pulverizes after a while?

The Slag won't.
I don't know about the ash.
I'd never heard of the ash.
I'd like to try some of it but I don't know where I could get it around here.

 

[dirtworksequip]

LBrown, you ought to get yourself some of that pretty green slag they sell at the Magnessium Plant, South of Marietta. Where are you getting slag for $3.75 a ton?

Sincerely, Dirt

 

[LBrown59]

A cubic yard of the ash weighs around 1900 lbs.

I'd like to try ash but have no idea if i can get it around here.

 

[Texas Dodge]

Here's a link to their website:

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[robertk]

This ash looks like great stuff and I thought the power plants had a hard time getting rid it. whish I had some coal fired plants near me.

 

[LBrown59]

This ash looks like great stuff and I thought the power plants had a hard time getting rid it. whish I had some coal fired plants near me.

I have 2 within 25 mile of me .

 

[weedsportpete]

We paid $4.25 per ton for slag; plant is 10 miles away. I heard the same thing - it will not compact, and you still should get crush run on top, which will compact. I asked if you need the 4 inches of crush run that you normally do, in order to get enough depth to compact tightly and 'permanently' and I was told no, you didn't need as much. Maybe two inches of crush run. I'm not sure I believe that. I thought the compacting / 'locking' required 4 inches of the same type of material (crush run). So this slag seems to be a temporary repair kind of material - which we wanted. I'd still like to get crush run in the spring. The advice I've heard before, from here, is to have a compacted base before putting down crush run. So if this slag does not compact, how can I get a compacted base?

Pete