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KEG

08-19-2006 08:24:42




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I have a mile of dirt driveway that I will be rocking soon. I have no problem with a rock drive except for the dust. what have others used to keep down the dust besides constantly spraying with water. Used oil is not an option and I can't afford to pave with asphalt or to do a ship & seal surface.

There must be some cheap product out there that keeps down the dust and won't pollute my creek.

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KEG

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Shovelman

08-20-2006 17:02:41




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 Re: Driveway Surface Options in reply to KEG, 08-19-2006 08:24:42  
I agree with JD man. Millings are great for low budget paving. Last year, they were milling the main highway near our place and I knew the trucking company that was hauling the millings. Paid him $100 cash per load delivered to my yard. Got 35 loads - about 500 cyd.

Great stuff - we put it down about 4-5 inches thick inside the machinery sheds, all around the barns where we drive, on the driveway, etc. In the higher traffic areas, it has already compressed back into solid pavement. Once we are done getting it in place, I plan to compact it and then chip seal. Should give us a long lasting job for relatively low $$$.

You can also mix millings with gravel which will make a product that binds extremely well.

However, be advised that if you stockpile millings for any amount of time, you will need to loosen them up with a backhoe or excavator before moving them with a loader. Also, the finer they are ground, the better.

Scott

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thejdman01

08-19-2006 19:00:06




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 Re: Driveway Surface Options in reply to KEG, 08-19-2006 08:24:42  
Reclaimed or recycled ashpalt works absolutly wonderful. (not the stuff that got cold in somones truck the stuff that was once a road way that they rotomilled up.) No dust at all stays put, and depending on your area supply/demand price can range anywhere from free to slighty less then gravel to cost of gravel.



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Dave Sherburne NY

08-19-2006 18:53:14




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 Re: Driveway Surface Options in reply to KEG, 08-19-2006 08:24:42  
When I lived in Wisconsin, I would let the town know I wanted dust control, and later on a truck would show up with whey from the cheese factory, and
On my taxes a $10 charge would show. It worked very
well. Got a cheese factory near you.



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CBBC

08-19-2006 10:43:03




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 Re: Driveway Surface Options in reply to KEG, 08-19-2006 08:24:42  
Talk to the local highway contract or road maintence crew. Around us, the cities and reginal districs get them to spray a mix of water and calcium chloride or something safer on the gravel road surfaces in thier jurusdiction. This is usually in June. At that time, some residence with gravel drives will get the drivers to do their pieces.

The chemical fomulation absorbs moisture from the ground and air thus keeping the dust down.
Grant

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Midwest redneck

08-19-2006 09:06:58




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 Re: Driveway Surface Options in reply to KEG, 08-19-2006 08:24:42  
I have a 900 foot drive that is all gravel (some dirt) but it is dusty but I think that if you have enough gravel on the drive then the dust/dirt shouldnt be too bad.



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jmixigo

08-19-2006 09:02:32




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 Re: Driveway Surface Options in reply to KEG, 08-19-2006 08:24:42  
Not a cure for dust but paying a bit extra for washed gravel helps.



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old

08-19-2006 08:51:16




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 Re: Driveway Surface Options in reply to KEG, 08-19-2006 08:24:42  
I have a mile long driveway my self and I have never found anything that works for that problem. But I can say my drive is one that I have little or no problems with but it also has a good 2000 plus loads of gravel on it. But I also built it back in 1980 and almost every year there has been a few loads added to it. Had one soft place where 200 loads went in just to get it solid but thats was years ago. I'm lucky I have the gravel right on the place so all it cost me was the fuel for the machines

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