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Turning hard with tires will tend to tear it up more than just driving on it. Looking at the pics it looks like a pretty good mix that would be used for roads.
New Asphalt Driveway - How Soon to Drive Tractor over it?
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aczlan
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We just had our driveway paved, they strongly recommended that we wait 3 weeks to let tractors or the trash truck on it.
When they did the parking lot at work (forklift and semi truck traffic) they kept everyone off of it for a couple of weeks.
One thing you can do to greatly increase the longevity of the edges is to slope dirt or gravel up to the level of the driveway all the way around.
Ours ended up like this:
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When they did the parking lot at work (forklift and semi truck traffic) they kept everyone off of it for a couple of weeks.
One thing you can do to greatly increase the longevity of the edges is to slope dirt or gravel up to the level of the driveway all the way around.
Ours ended up like this:
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Another edge:
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Wait as long as you can and do not turn steering while stationary.
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We paved the parking area at our fire station last fall. Waited 10 days before bringing the trucks back. Our engine weighs 30K lbs and tanker weighs 50K, and did not do any sharp turns for 30 days. Its the turns that will do a number on the asphalt.
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I think anything under 5Klbs is safe after a day as long as it is properly rolled and the temp isn't too hot. As others said, stay off the edges and no hard turning.
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I dreamed about having an asphalt driveway. But, one glance at my checkbook woke me up!
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In the mid-80's I was travelling I83 around Harrisburg daily. At one point a road crew was resurfacing it between the Eisenhower Interchange and the river with some sort of modified blacktop. We drove on it literally minutes after it was laid. Following the crew we were in both lanes, then moved into a single lane to pass by the work crew as they progressed. One of the local TV stations did a short story on the material, but I don't recall what it was. I think they also used it on some off-ramps where they had trouble with the surface developing buckles from heavy vehicles. It looked like regular blacktop, and as far as I know, it held up well.
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It does look good. I like the tree even with the potential problems it brings. If it dies there are plenty of options there.
Not often asphalt is used here for private drives, reading about the wait times was interesting. As to the tractor on it you can even run a metal track across asphalt using lumber or old tires of course off the rims. As to the impression of tractor tires, you are correct on the weight per square inch. At same time the weight on a hard surface would also be mostly on the tire lugs so not saying how that works out but in in hard dirt lugs on my tractor tires don't leave any more impression than does a car or pickup.
Not often asphalt is used here for private drives, reading about the wait times was interesting. As to the tractor on it you can even run a metal track across asphalt using lumber or old tires of course off the rims. As to the impression of tractor tires, you are correct on the weight per square inch. At same time the weight on a hard surface would also be mostly on the tire lugs so not saying how that works out but in in hard dirt lugs on my tractor tires don't leave any more impression than does a car or pickup.