Posted by showcrop on November 21, 2015 at 15:12:18 from (66.31.196.130):
In Reply to: Solidifying sand posted by JimS on November 20, 2015 at 18:17:54:
I have been in a number of sand quarrys where the sand is "live" or "sugar" sand. You compact it all you want with whatever you can get to go over it which won't be much because you can't get traction in it. The gains are rounded. In order to be able to get trucks in and out they mix in loamy dirt to make roadways where they need to be able to go with trucks. You get off the road just a little and you are stuck. Stone dust could also be called sand. The grains are very angular. You could put it into a sander body and drive a half a mile and it will compact enough that the chain will pull out only a little before it bridges over. Rounded grains move over each other freely and won't pack. Angular grains will not move past each other so they will pack nicely. Stone dust will pack like concrete after a little traffic.
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