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 02-03-2006, 13:02 Post: 124012
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  Whats happening to my Gravel Driveway

I'll take a stab at this and I may be wrong. I am absing my answer on my experience here in central Iowa. I sually have the same problem in spring when the days warm up, but the nights are still cold. BAsically, the ground is frozen. The moisture from rain, snow, etc cannot drain away because the ground below it is still frozen. But the top is melted by the warmth of the day. So you get a slurry of water, mud, gravel, etc. The heavier stuff falls through the permeable mud mixture. I get it every spring and I get it in the same spots of my drive.

Winter should be a good time for you for heavy use by construction vehicles. But you are getting boned by the warm days which melts the top layer, but not the underlayer. As for your mud problem and the fabric you put down, I cannot comment on that. I just don't have enough knowledge.

I'm having a similar problem this year due to January being extremely warm for Iowa. My driveway is much more rutted up right now than it should be.

I hear people say how happy they are about the warm weather. I'm not happy because the driveway rutts up bad, the dogs and people drag gobs of mud in the house. You can't go outside in the yard because of the mud and softness. Heck, ask any parent and they'll tell you the kids are inside playing video games. When we have snow, then the kids are outside playing in the snow. Give me snow in January. It's easier to clean up.






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Sounds like you have some rock problems like I do. The guy that built my place used 1-2" diameter bank rock and I haven't found a base. So when it thaws, it just squirts down into the mud. Basically, I need to strip it all back and start from scratch. But I'd rather have concrete. But my employer is being bought so I don't know if I'll be fully employed all year. So I live with the problem for now.

I think your plan is about the best for now and will help. It got me thinking about getting some gravel and doing some repairs on my drive.






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