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40mulz

03-12-2004 22:40:31




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Bought a 20 acre farm 2 years ago and now I am ready to put a house on it.I would appreciate any advice on methods of constructing a new driveway. It will be about 600' feet long.I have a Ferguson f-40 (33 h.p.)tractor,box blade,grader blade,pond scoop and disk. The main concern I have is whether the center of the driveway should be left undisturbed,or should I disk the entire width of the driveway and then angle my grader blade to bring in the sides?

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40mulz

03-14-2004 14:02:17




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 Re: Cutting in a new driveway in reply to 40mulz, 03-12-2004 22:40:31  
Thanks to all for the the great advice.I have decided that I will hire out a man with more knowledge,experience, and equipment to do the job.I know that I will have to have 3-4 small drainage tiles put in and Murphy's Law to contend with as well.Sounds like the geotextile fabric is the thing to go with. I appreciate all the comments and may God Bless You.



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paul

03-13-2004 13:20:23




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 Re: Cutting in a new driveway in reply to 40mulz, 03-12-2004 22:40:31  
Topsoil with organic matter will never make a good roadbed. Never. Need to remove 6-8".

As the other person said, drainage drainage drainage.

Unless you live in sandy Arazona & only get 2" of rain a year.... ;)

--->Paul



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buck

03-13-2004 06:32:40




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 Re: Cutting in a new driveway in reply to 40mulz, 03-12-2004 22:40:31  

Three Phases to building roadways. Drainage,Drainage, Drainage. Take care or the surface and subsurface water and you will end up with a good roadway.



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Errin OH

03-13-2004 06:19:04




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 Re: Cutting in a new driveway in reply to 40mulz, 03-12-2004 22:40:31  
I would agree with JF. Spend the extra time and or money and do it right. Hired a man with a pan to dig 800' of drive. Took out 8" of top and then put down fabric. Droped 250 ton stone on it and 2 years later have two places that sunk. Surface water problem. I should have put in 3 or 4 tiles instead if just two. Anyway - Thinkin I could do that, I did a 120' of drive and 30x50 pad in front of the barn with a small tractor, blade, and loader. Took a week to dig it (other fells did it in 4 hours). Dug it 8", fabric, 120 tone stone. They couldn't spread it until I had something down so I got to spread 1/2 of it with a small loader. Boy am I tried. I came to the conclusion that what I should have done was plow the desired drive and spend my time removin plowed dirt.

FYI - Use a loader with power steering. There is no amount of counter weight you can put on back to offset a bucket full of stone when tryin to turn the wheels bouncen over unleveled stone.

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JF

03-13-2004 03:08:30




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 Re: Cutting in a new driveway in reply to 40mulz, 03-12-2004 22:40:31  
Came back-This is not the advice you will want. You will need a dozer. With a tractor you cannot create the down pressure and insure the weight to remove the mass of topsoil in order to establish a firm foundation. You will only create problems for yourself longterm. Remove all topsoil, create proper drainage, disturb and repack subsoil or foundation material, pack it!, put down geotextile fabric, place rock accordingly 4-6 inches. Not to be a smart aleck but we as americans cannot find the time nor money to do it right the first time, but always find the time money to fix it the second time. Nothing anymore aggravating than being stuck in your own driveway and once it is established it is almost impossible to come back and correct problems without huge amounts of time, money and aggravation.

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jf

03-13-2004 03:00:33




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 Re: Cutting in a new driveway in reply to 40mulz, 03-12-2004 22:40:31  
Please read my post under TOOL TALK-grading driveway. In short GEOTEXTILE FABRIC



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