Gravel road: Filling potholes with concrete????

[/pine]

If you put concrete anywhere on a gravel lane...not too far down the road (npi) you will find yourself having to remove the concrete from the gravel lane...!

 

[Sonny580]

Concrete in potholes is a MAJOR no--no!!

 

[fried1765]

Note: full width and extended distance.

It seemed quite clear to me that was not what the OP was describing.

 

[Egon]

But it is a way to correct pothole’s.

 

[BrokenTrack]

We had a guy in town that got so mad at having a pothole by his house, that he filled it with concrete.

It was not too bad in the summer, but that winter the pot-hole-concrete heaved quite a bit, and the asphalt road not so much. Then the plow came buy, hit the upturned chunk of concrete, spun the truck right around, and folded the plow up like a paper airplane.

After the plow guy addressed the pot-hole-filling neighbor, I am pretty sure THAT is not something he will ever do again.:thumbdown:

 

[BrokenTrack]

"Gravel Road "101"...Get the water off as quick as you can". So I have always tried to maintain a crown and make sure I cut reliefs at edges so the water does not build up.

Another thing that can really help with a gravel road is getting the snow off the road all winter. If it is not plowed, all that snow has to melt and go somewhere. With that much water sitting there, or even moving off the road, bad things happen. If you plow the snow into the ditch, the water is moving where it supposed to be. It makes a huge difference.

 

[Red Horse]

Another thing that can really help with a gravel road is getting the snow off the road all winter. If it is not plowed, all that snow has to melt and go somewhere. With that much water sitting there, or even moving off the road, bad things happen. If you plow the snow into the ditch, the water is moving where it supposed to be. It makes a huge difference.

Well to add to this, in my case, these are not logging roads but the actual access to homes. Toughest thing here is if we don't get a good freeze before first snow, the plow contractors come in and wreck everything. I tell everyone.."tell your plow guy to NOT make his first pass down the middle of the road, rather come in power angle right, go out, power angle right..duh" Like talking to the wall. they are very good at shaving the crown off.
As for my own common drive, its only 500 ft until it gets to my property and then I have asphalt. But I did do the common 500 ft with screened millings- beautiful but even that- like we had 3 or 4" the other day and instead of plowing it, I back bladed it as surface frost was gone already.

 

[FTG-05]

Luckily here in SC TN, snow and ice are the least of our problems. Thank God.

Rain on the other hand......

 

[PILOON]

Buch of years back the redimix insisted that their new sales rep needed to make the estimate B4 taking my order.
Well he must have been on commission as he 'sold' me on 5 yards while I calculated only 3.
SO---I had them spread it on my hilly section and raked it out.

Sure, it was nice up to the first winter and frost heaves.

The upshot was that I removed rack sized clumps on hardened concrete for many years afterwards.

Do concrete ONLY if U have a rebar or mesh grid to hold it together!

 

[fried1765]

Buch of years back the redimix insisted that their new sales rep needed to make the estimate B4 taking my order.
Well he must have been on commission as he 'sold' me on 5 yards while I calculated only 3.
SO---I had them spread it on my hilly section and raked it out.

Sure, it was nice up to the first winter and frost heaves.

The upshot was that I removed rack sized clumps on hardened concrete for many years afterwards.

Do concrete ONLY if U have a rebar or mesh grid to hold it together!

^^^^^^ YUP !!!!