dlroy101
Bronze Member
I'm going to use an excavator to have a driveway and landing put in at my property. I had planned on that when getting my tractor (B7800). I didn't want to get a tractor large enough to do the driveway job. I figured somebody with a dozer and other heavy equipment would be able to do a better job regardless. I met with a couple of excavators over the weekend and they both were talking different materials from one another. The first guy suggested all shale or shale as the base with blue stone on top. The second guy wants to use a limestone material he calls dirty tailings. I've had some people including the second guy say that the shale in the area (Hampshire County, Capon Bridge, West Virginia) will break down rather quickly and pretty much just turn to dirt and I'd be back where I started. The second guy also said that the dirty tailings will pack down extremely hard and not be very penetrable by water, so will hold up over the long haul. This is my first experience with this type of thing, so I'm looking for some knowledge from this board. I'm sure it's here.
Thanks,
Darrell
Thanks,
Darrell