Posted by gun guru on June 21, 2009 at 13:45:51 from (71.10.39.206):
In Reply to: Building a driveway posted by Bob seND on June 21, 2009 at 13:26:25:
I did the following 10 years ago.
I had to put in a gravel drive 900 feet long.
I hired a guy to come out with a steel tracked excavator and scrape off the top 4-6 inches of topsoil, then I bought 70-80 yards of fill sand. Excavator guy dozed all that in place and then I bought 80+ yards of 1x3" limestone gravel then after dump trucks drove on it for a while then I bought about 100 yards total of limestone and aggregate gravel over the last 9 years to cap off the drive and make it better to drive on. Call around for best pricing for the gravel, independent truckers that work directly out of a gravel pit should give you the best pricing. (dont buy from a landscape supply place as they have more overhead and will charge 30-50% more for material then a regular guy with a 7 yard dump truck)
Total cost--gravel--$8000 or so. Excavating costs will be about $2000 or so. That is what I paid.
(depending on if you know the guy and if you pay with cash or not) Of course if you have a tractors then the cost of spreading the gravel drops to just the fuel cost.
Gravel will be about $1000 or so for a 44 yard train load. Limestone costs more then regular gravel. Limestone packs down hard (almost like concrete) and will hold up best over time.
(Dont use crushed concrete due to pieces of steel rebar in it)
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