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How to keep dust down on gravel drive

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KEG

04-07-2004 19:14:55




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I read the posts below re: a good asphalt drive, and one response said to keep the gravel if it is in good condition. I would like to do just that, but my drive kicks up too much dust.

Any suggestions on keeping the dust down? Used to be able to spray oil, but I'm not sure that is a good idea any more.

KEG




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john d

04-09-2004 15:31:11




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 Re: How to keep dust down on gravel drive in reply to KEG, 04-07-2004 19:14:55  
The calcium chloride treatment will keep the dust down quite well. If you drive fast enough (more than about 5 mph) to throw up small pieces of gravel under your vehicle, you'll also find that it does an excellent job of rusting out your car sooner!

Soybean oil isn't cheap, but it works well. It'll have a funny smell for a couple of days, and your dog may want to lap at any puddles that form. Don't know what the long-term effects are from that.

In some areas you'll need government permission to use old motor oil, as there are some environmental concerns with groundwater and runoff.

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Ray,IN

04-08-2004 21:17:00




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 Re: How to keep dust down on gravel drive in reply to KEG, 04-07-2004 19:14:55  
The old tried and true method is still alive and used quite often by my county road dept. It's called chip N seal.



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Scott

04-08-2004 18:43:48




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 Re: How to keep dust down on gravel drive in reply to KEG, 04-07-2004 19:14:55  
Around here [SE MN] there are several companies that apply a dust control made from tree sap. Seems to work good, they recover it about mid summer. Not sure on the cost but a lot of people use it.



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Bruce

04-10-2004 12:37:51




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 Re: Re: How to keep dust down on gravel drive in reply to Scott, 04-08-2004 18:43:48  
lignan is a tree derivitive for dust control.



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HWooldridge

04-08-2004 17:45:04




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 Re: How to keep dust down on gravel drive in reply to KEG, 04-07-2004 19:14:55  
If you are near a power plant that uses powdered coal in the ignitor, they will have clinker byproduct that you can spread on top of the existing road. It will dust much less than straight caliche.



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fixerupper

04-08-2004 09:05:14




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 Re: How to keep dust down on gravel drive in reply to KEG, 04-07-2004 19:14:55  
The soybean product does work well but I think it was a little expensive. A friend of mine used it and it did work well and lasted well also. I wish I could help you out and give you a source but I don't know where he got it from. I do remember he was worried about smell but I couldn't smell anything obnoxious.



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Matt

04-08-2004 08:43:54




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 Re: How to keep dust down on gravel drive in reply to KEG, 04-07-2004 19:14:55  
Specifically, Calcium Chloride



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paul

04-08-2004 07:32:11




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 Re: How to keep dust down on gravel drive in reply to KEG, 04-07-2004 19:14:55  
I think some version of cloride works - rusty tho. Basically the salt keeps water locked onto the dust particles.

Also, soybean squeezings work. Several companies have worked with this, not sure where it is at right now.

--->Paul



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Dusty

04-08-2004 05:50:52




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 Re: How to keep dust down on gravel drive in reply to KEG, 04-07-2004 19:14:55  
I'm on a township board, and we have all the gravel roads in the township treated twice each summer with cloride or water from a brime well.



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Gus

04-08-2004 03:06:36




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 Re: How to keep dust down on gravel drive in reply to KEG, 04-07-2004 19:14:55  
I put crushed limestone on my drive and get very little dust. Down side is when you scrape it in the winter. Your drive will get a lot wider. Those stones are no fun raking/shoveling out of the lawn in the spring. So now we drive on the snow until there is a good packed base before scraping with the backblade. Gus



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KURT (mi)

04-08-2004 02:26:51




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 Re: How to keep dust down on gravel drive in reply to KEG, 04-07-2004 19:14:55  
About 25 years ago my grandfather had a waste oil business, and he had a couple of beat up old trucks that he would use to spray waste oil on roads. I remember one time he drove to an area, which had a dirt road and he knocked on the door of this house and one women gave him $150 cash to spray a 1/2 mile long road. Now a days the EPA would have him in court and he might be in the slammer. The EPA was starting to crack down on spraying oil by about 1980 or so, I was just a kid then and my grandfather retired 20+ years ago. He is now 84 years old now. I remember my granddad saying that they started using Chloride, (I think) and sometimes on my dirt/gravel road when I am driving home from work it looks like the road has been wetted down with something, even though it didnt rain. I would call your country road commision or an excavator and see what they use if anything.

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