Locking in gravel on a steep incline?

Caver Dave

Caver Dave

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So, we bought the adjoining property back in Nov and the road goes up a fairly steep (like 45*+) hill with 2 curves. The PO was a "polisher" (didn't like the dust from crush&run on his tar' shined tires) so he used ONLY washed gravel on the road except for the hill. Was totally fine until my #BIL thought he could crawl it in a FWD SUV with low-profiles and absolutely fawked it slam up trying to spin up it...

I've smoothed that section several times and now it keeps going to hell (washboarding, rutting, holes, etc.) after a few trips up and every heavy rain destroys it (another issue that will be dealt with)...

PO said to get a load of crush&run dumped just on the hill and then apply a couple bags of 10-10-10 over it and the fertilizer would lock everything in? Anyone ever heard of this?
 
Certainly no expert in this, many others here way more qualified, but crush&run or recycled asphalt would be my thought. Once C&R has been packed in and rained on several times it isn't really that dusty. If its your drive, its not seeing constant 20 mph traffic like Uwharrie does. So either of those should really stay put once placed well. But the biggest thing is going to be making sure you have a proper crown to shed water to each side. That way you are telling the water where to go and its not actually flowing down the drive itself.

I recently turned @CasterTroy on to a recycled asphalt guy in our area. His looks pretty good, and probably isn't dusty, but I don't think we've had a dry spell and he hasn't gone fast enough down it to know lol.
 
77GreenMachine said:
I recently turned @CasterTroy on to a recycled asphalt guy in our area. His looks pretty good, and probably isn't dusty, but I don't think we've had a dry spell and he hasn't gone fast enough down it to know lol.
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I called him to bring me enough to cover my turn-a-round....said he won't get any more till fall :(

Never heard the 10-10-10 method, but a base of "ballast" followed by 2" of ABC to fill the large voids, finished with 3" of crushed asphalt makes for a surface that you won't be spinning up easily, nor does it impact the tire shine (THE most important part)
 
CasterTroy said:
I called him to bring me enough to cover my turn-a-round....said he won't get any more till fall :(

Never heard the 10-10-10 method, but a base of "ballast" followed by 2" of ABC to fill the large voids, finished with 3" of crushed asphalt makes for a surface that you won't be spinning up easily, nor does it impact the tire shine (THE most important part)
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That sucks. When they were chewing up Gumtree, that would have been a good opportunity. Those haulers are looking for a quick place to dump and get back to the site. Sometimes they'll talk to you about dropping it off at your location instead of a 40 mile round trip or whatever the case may be.
 
rockcity said:
Tensar geogrid installed correctly
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That was my first thought but figured no one would know what that was and wouldn't spend the money on it lol. I sell this stuff, and can ship direct if needed.
 
Caver Dave said:
then apply a couple bags of 10-10-10 over it and the fertilizer would lock everything in?
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Sure he didn't mean lime? Lime will dry up mud. That would help if water was part of the problem. Never heard about fertilizer, don't know what good it would do.

Maybe he was talking about dirtcrete and got confused? Spread/mix in a few bags of portland cement.
 
rockcity said:
Tensar geogrid installed correctly
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I had a customer that cut a driveway into his new property, & 1 section was up a Steep hill. I was hauling ABC, spreading, & he finished it with a tractor. As for the hill, I had to back up it. 15 tons on a tandam with diff lock & axle lock, & it was a struggle, Not to spin! After a few rains, he knew he had a problem. After trial & error, he put down geogrid. Not sure the type. Repoured that & did what I could to roll it in. Haven't been back since, so it must be working.
 
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