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 02-03-2006, 12:18 Post: 124009
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  Whats happening to my Gravel Driveway

I installed a 1800’ gravel driveway about a year and a half ago. It has held up pretty well until the last few weeks. Recently here in western NY, our snow has melted we have had unseasonably warm weather with lots of rain. Compounding matters is that I am in the process of building my home and the driveway has had a lot of heavy use. The drive was constructed with 1.5’ of bank run gravel over geotextile fabric. Now the top layer is soupy mud and ruts. Still passable, but in bad shape. My question is this…. right now I believe it is too much of a mess to do anything. Should I wait until it freezes then grade it with my boxblade, or, should I just wait until spring then grade it and stone it w/ #2s? I am tempted to get the stone on now because I don’t want to have irreversible damage, but I think it would be a big waste of money with all the mud that will mix with it. Any thoughts?






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 02-03-2006, 13:25 Post: 124015
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Iowa... I couldn't agree with you more... especially about the kids and the mud. Throw my yellow lab into the equation, and its a real mess. I like snow in winter. Crisp and cold. If I liked this miserable weather, Id move to Seattle.






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Before the gravel was installed, the topsoil was completely removed down to clay. We then layed the fabric, which is the dense woven type designed for road-base support. The bank run that was installed appeared to have a good ratio of stone and fines. I then pounded the hell out of it with a viberatory roller. It tightened up very nicely and remained that way till last month. I think what im going to do is backblade the surface mud into a pile and get rid of it. I dont want to be too agressive with the surface, so I dont think ill use the box-blade. I'll wait until its dry for that. Then Ill add a few inches of crushed stone and compact, and hoe for the best. Thanks for your comments.






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