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So we have some new property as of 3 today! We have a 500' right of way. It has some stone as a base. It's the large fist size. But now I need to put some base down. Late this summer/fall I'll end up black topping it. So, my question is: what do I put down now that will act as a good drive way while I work out there, begin to build two houses in the spring and will serve as a base for black top?
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LMBO. Thats funny!

I don't believe the whole driveway is lined. There is one part that is starting to get a bit sloppy. I think that probably 3/4 of the driveway has some stone that has some been grown over with grass. Those bare spots, what should I use? The other areas that have a base, I can barely see a rock through some dirt and grass. To drive on its nothing. Truck doesn't sink or spin.
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Awesome. You guys rock.

Hard to say no to new attachments :)
Here are a couple of pictures of what I have. You can see the stone in the ground and where it is visible, it is really a good base. In the one pic, you can see the muddy spot up by my truck and trailer. It is bad there, but there appears to be stone all the way up. So, I'm thinking that I need to scrap the mud off and then put my next layer????

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Yes it is. The grade is actually quite nice, but i do see what you are saying. The one spot does appear to be low.
Thank you gentlemen.

The road way does have a ditch. My truck is parked on the culvert. The right side of that picture does have a small V shaped ditch, just can't see it for the tall grass. I will start to work on removing the mud today and will plan to have me a truck load of stone brought in :thanku:
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Previous owner came out yesterday. He said if he remembered correctly that he put 200 ton of that large stone the length of the driveway. The total length is about 700 feet!
I have also been dealing with the mud, which you'll see below.

I spent the day yesterday trying to scrap the mud of the actually stone and then got into cutting some ditches along each side. I'm nearly finished with that, and I think I'm ready to have some stone hauled in.

I do have a question....wondering if I should put any groud fabric down or just put the stone down since we are paving it later this year (hopefully)??? I'm also thinking about having one truck load of the large stone brought in first to put in the shaded areas on the third pics. Thoughts???

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I think crush and run maybe my best and/or cheapest option since I have to buy so much. So.......should I put down the fabric? How thick should I lay this batch? 12' a typcial width?
And thank you JBrumberg. The ole 790 did a great job this weekend. Need to get my hands on my father in laws 7' grader blade to really finish it up.
Decision time. My choice is #57's at $21.75 a ton or crushed concrete at $16.75 a ton. 57s can be tailgated in meaning alot less work for me. The CC can't. He can do small piles though. I can spread it, but.....

So, not sure what to do. Any thoughts? I'm even thinking about haggling the price down on the CC. Took them a while to get me a price. One concern I have with the CC is it taking more tonnage because of the dust in it.
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I have the base, so this would just be a topping.
Got a lot done today. Had 76.14 tons of #57 limestone delievered. The guy did a great job tailgating it in and then I worked for about an hour evening everything out with the bucket and grader blade. We bought two rolls of the road fabric and I'm glad we did. Those totaled 600' together, could have used another 100 feet, but we're good.

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