(800) 853-2651
SHOP NOW

Gravel soup

W

Wile E

Well-known Member
The driveway is sooooo mushy that it is like gravel soup. My tractor sank a few inches as I was trying to grade the mushy ruts out of it. I would really rather have the snow and cold than this.
 
wile e,

I just came in from using the skidsteer to reduce the slop of mushy/frozen ice gravel soup!

I, too, prefer a driveway I can traverse.

D.
 
;)


My driveway is a little gravel on clay, because all we have is clay around here.

There is a good patch that firms up pretty quick, there is a patch with the grove shading it that doesn't thaw until everything else thaws, then turns to mush.

There is a north facing hill that doesn't thaw real fast.

And there is a slightly south facing slope that is the yard, that thaws up first.

Each section thaws and mushs up at a different time.

So my driveway mush is an everlasting problem around here. Get sick of it.....

At least it means spring might be coming in a month or so!

Paul
 
I like your response best....we"ve waited too long to get to this stage...When we had livestock....daily milk truck run with the worst yard around....we added a separate driveway just for the barn...first year we literally pulled the truck in and out the majority of the days. Added over two feet of fill, then later, the dedicated driveway. Old can haulers here, years before we moved here 42 years ago, had stories of getting stuck here.
 
it'll settle down once the frost goes out...you still have a frozen layer underneath that won't let the water soak away
 
I've got a 4" drain at the end of my driveway that's been in for 10 years. I've got another one behind my garage that's been there since I lived here in 1967. Both of them are frozen up for the first time and my driveway looks it. The yard is mush.
 
wile ,
I know what you mean, gravel soup.

One drive, I leveled out the soup. It was like wet concrete. The next morning, it was frozen. I had 20 ton of #8 white rock hauled in.

Another drive, Leveled out the drive, pushed the soup in a low spot. Then I hauled in 15 ton of #8 gravel. It packed in. All is well. The soup filled the spaces between the rock. It will take a while for it to harden, then I'll grade some more gravel over it.

Just finished working on my accountant's drive. I took backhoe, removed the gravel from both sided of drive, took some of the clay away too for drainage. Used the clay and rock mix to repair pot holes. Also pulled gravel out of the grass that was put there by the guy he paid to plow the snow. That took about 6 hours to fix.

This year had to be the worst on some drives. Still have frost a few inches under the soup.
 
Take an old lawn drop type spreader, and spread some burned hydrated lime, or portland cement on the worst areas. For the sake of family harmony, stop spreading about 50-75' from the house, or you will track it in...
 
New construction in a valley we catch all the water didnt have time to get everything set up the right way. I just had to cut a dip in drive to keep it from running. If not for 4x4 we wouldn't get out or in... Thank God for muck boots...
 
I had the same issue back when it still rained here. I put gravel over clay in my drive about 200 feet. I had at least a load of gravel hauled in every year and when it rained I would have soup for about a week. I talked to dad and he asked me what kind of base do you have? I told him just gravel over clay . He said he would scrap off all the good gravel and put down mud rock. I checked into it and at that time it was 6.50ton . I had 36 tons hauled in and let it work in for about 6 months. Put the gravel back on and now I only have to put gravel on about every 3-4 years. it is great to be able to drive over it and not sink in. I don't know if you have access to mud rock or are close to a gravel pit but that really helped and I have not had gravel soup since.
Jeff.
 
The ground's froze so hard around here that it's going to take a week of 40+ weather to even get close to mushy.

I'd take mushy over blizzard, which is what we're dealing with now.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

J
Land Leveler
Replies
11
Views
602
john in la
J
A
John Deere 4440 transmission problem
Replies
4
Views
804
Al nickel
A
C
Steel Wheels & Concrete Floors
Replies
17
Views
1K
Fixingfarmer
Fixingfarmer
T
3 cyl deeres and newer
2
Replies
21
Views
1K
Martin Seebach
M
T
Where to buy Shear Bolt?
Replies
17
Views
680
RedMF40
RedMF40
Tractor Parts Tractor Manuals

We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today.

Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co.

All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.

Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor Headquarters
Website Accessibility Policy

Back
Top