More rearangeritus near the driveway. Our driveway is 1,300 feet long, and we didn’t have the budget up front to build the driveway to “set it and forget it” standards. Instead, we settled for “pretty darn good,” which it is. I used concrete washout, which is super inexpensive, as a base layer, and it worked GREAT. However, we were in a time crunch, and our supply ran out before we could properly cover the entire driveway as thick as I wanted. So I stretched it thin in a few areas. Those areas are starting to show signs of needing improvement. They are fine now, but will only get worse this winter. With our rainy season about to ramp up, we decided to get a load of #4 limestone to address the worst areas.
A couple of weeks ago, I found a few free red oak logs a couple of miles away from home. I got them, sealed the ends, and listed them for sale. $100 a log or $200 per log for me to mill it to your specs. I sold one to be milled into as many nominal dimension 2×6 boards as possible. Minus acquisition cost and time, this one log works out to $100/hour revenue, and I still have three more logs from the same batch. Busy days make me feel great!
Hi Jay,
I don’t know how available it is in your area, but I found (in Georgia, north of Atlanta) a guy who can supply me with slag. He delivered and spread out my 225’ driveway with about 5-ish inches of slag (over a construction driveway) for about $100/dump truck load plus time on the skid steer. If you could get that kind of price for delivery, you can see how it would be pretty cheap.
It’s been a few months since that was done and it’s fantastic. It’s great to drive on, stays firm (zero ruts) looks pretty good (grey) and I firmed it up a little by running a vibrating compactor over it (which would be a lot easier for me than for you). One thing I’ve heard is that it’s not a good idea to put concrete over the top of this, it will apparently cause the concrete to buckle.
Something to think of, if you haven’t already.
Thanks,
Robert