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Old 06-04-2014, 10:54 AM   #1
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driveway suggestions

We bought this new house (as I told you) after looking at many that we could park our RV, but now we have a problem and I need some suggestions. Our drive way is steep and has big rocks (gravel?) on it, but the ground is soft and when backing in the 5th wheel it spins out the truck. I am afraid of ruining the transmission. I don't have the money to do much, but how the heck can I get this area where we can back up on it without the RV jumping because the truck isn't getting traction.

Does anyone know short of concrete or asphalt (it is expensive) to be able to do this. Would pavers work (but the ground is soft)?

Here is a picture of the drive way if this photo works.
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Old 06-04-2014, 11:30 AM   #2
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I would be bring in a load of 3/4 minus and spreak it around. This stuff packs down like concrete over time. I live in MN and many of drive here are made of it rather than just gravel. I bleive it has some lime added to it.
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Old 06-04-2014, 12:06 PM   #3
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do you all have what we call in NC "Crush and Run" it is mix of washed stone and the stone dust that comes from crushing the rock size down.
Around here we use this as a base foundation to all gravel driveways. it packs solid and once it gets wet & dries out it can be very hard. then we come back with a washed clean stone for looks. but in your case you would not want the washed stone topping as this would be loose bringing you back to your orginal problem.
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Old 06-04-2014, 12:12 PM   #4
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I was thinking stone dust or spread some premix cement to hold it together. My driveway was similar to yours only steeper! I did pave it when i had the money it was the best thing i did.
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Old 06-04-2014, 12:29 PM   #5
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Is the truck 2WD or 4WD? If 4WD, are you backing up while in 4-high? That might provide enough traction to avoid the slippage.
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Old 06-04-2014, 12:32 PM   #6
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It is a 2 wheel drive (2000 ford 250 diesel)
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Old 06-04-2014, 02:46 PM   #7
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I would consider (like others said) getting an aggregate material with stone dust or fines in it. Spread it out and compact it real good with a walk behind power plate tamper. Good compaction is what you want.
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Old 06-05-2014, 06:32 AM   #8
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If you can get it, a good mix is also what in MT was called the recycle mix. Loved it on our driveway. It's a mixture of gravel, crushed recycled concrete, and recycled asphalt. The asphalt in summer warmed up enough that everything packed together nice and made a pretty hard surface when comparing to plain gravel. My parents in MN had limestone on their driveway and that too packed hard and lasted for years, even on the hill which normally used to get gullies without the limestone.
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Old 06-05-2014, 06:37 AM   #9
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How thick do you spread this stuff?

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Gotta love the mailbox mod in front of house.
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Gotta love the mailbox mod in front of house.
I saw that!
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Old 06-05-2014, 07:07 PM   #12
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I have a very short mail carrier! 😊

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so the other half is a mechanic! picks up the mail on a creeper
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WE USED TO HAVE CREEPER RACES AT THE SHOP BUT SINCE THE PROPERTY WAS REDONE THE SLOPE RUNS US OUT TO THE ROAD! KINDA LIKE BEING DUMPED ONTO RT 66 SO WE HAD TO STOP
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WE USED TO HAVE CREEPER RACES AT THE SHOP BUT SINCE THE PROPERTY WAS REDONE THE SLOPE RUNS US OUT TO THE ROAD! KINDA LIKE BEING DUMPED ONTO RT 66 SO WE HAD TO STOP
Is that like grocery cart races? been there done that.
Hard to explain to the workers comp folks how that employee got a broken arm from moving shopping carts around???
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Old 06-06-2014, 05:59 PM   #17
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What you need is called QP (quarry process). Its the byproducts from crushing stone. It'll pack down hard and you won't spin.
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Old 10-28-2014, 09:29 AM   #18
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Wow the last few months have been busy, busy busy. We ended up with some concrete "rock" that we put down. It is a lot better but it will take awhile to totally compress I think.
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Old 10-28-2014, 05:37 PM   #19
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azlee56, Howdy;

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How thick do you spread this stuff?

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Basically, what is being told to you is to get some 'road base' spread over
the area you need firmed-up.
Go and find a company or a dump-truck driver that does roads or parking lots
and go ask the experts how they would do it. When I used to work for a
company like that we went to several "off the radar" jobs with left-overs
from other jobs and did under the table work for some extra beer money.
The office didn't send us to these jobs but the foreman would deal strictly
for cash and we'd split it later.
jobs but the on site foremen would sometimes be very helpful...
Also, going to the gravel yard or asphalt plants is a good place to find
folks that do that type of work.

hankaye

Ps. If you get them to bring a load of whatever to your location, be sure
you have some 2X4's handy to use as a ramp for them to back over the curb with
otherwise the truck may 'roll' the curb ... and they are not cheap to replace.
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