danmcdonald
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I have a chance to get free asphalt grindings is this any good to put over my gravel driveway? Thanks Dan
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It makes a great driveway....IF it is put down in hot weather,and rolled with a vibratory roller. If you put it down now, unless you are in the most southern of states, it will not knit together,and basically it will be a black gravel driveway and by the time hot weather gets here,it will be too dirty to roll in and knit together.
Anonymous-0
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Asphalt grindings are the best driveway material you can get , they work best when you have a good solid base. They won't fill in a mud hole very good , but are excellent topping. Just driving on them over time will make them stick together somewhat. Get all you can at that price ,they are pricey around here in central Iowa.
Tim Barnes
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Yes sir, reclaimed asphalt makes a great topping as does reclaimed concrete. Although with concrete you have to watch for metal, rebar etc. Putting aspahlt down on gravel at this time of year is chancy tho, as MSM posted. Down here in SC, reclaimed material isn't much cheaper than crusher run gravel. If you're getting it free, maybe you could stockpile it till warmer weather gets here. Just saying, get it while you can. Good luck!
Ellis Kinney
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Jump on it before someone changes his mind. Ellis
Do not stock pile; I repeat do not stock pile. There is a guy near us that thought he could, and now he has a mountain of grinding on his property as big as a house. Once it heats up a couple times it will bond creating one huge lump. Finish grade the area where you want to put it down, do the best possible, as grindings always seem to accentuate the flaws.
Whichester1
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They recycle grindings in Georgia back into new pavement for whatever it is worth.
If you're going to do that.... get the driveway ready first. Get the holes cut out and compact the base... then put the rac on top... and roll it on. If you don't fix the base first you'll just end up with a driveway full of holes that you can't grade out....
PErsonally, I don't think I'd use the stuff on a driveway that's subject to much heavy traffic for that reason.
Rod
PErsonally, I don't think I'd use the stuff on a driveway that's subject to much heavy traffic for that reason.
Rod
Get them and stockpile them till spring. In the spring spread them about 4 or 5 inches thick and roll them in. When you get some hot weather spray them with used oil and diesel fuel, and roll them in. You will end up with a blacktop driveway. Now for the namby pansys that scream polution, what do you think blacktop is made of, crudey oil and diesel fuel. The townships around here chip seal the roads and that is what is used.
Bob
Bob
I was a forman for 15 years on a milling crew. We had Wirtgen 2200 made in Germany. It had a 950hp Cat motor, 8ft wide cutting head, and could mill 13in deep. We could load a belly dump in about two minutes. I also agree do not stock pile. Lay it down and grade it before you drive on it too much. If you are getting it for free, it's probably coming straight from the milling machine and not run through a crusher. It could end up being the best stuff ever or you could have a load with chunks bigger than a suitcase, or anything in between.
You could not get them around here. The county when they do road work and tear up pavement will pile till they get in the grinder in the winter, they just ground up a big pile. noe nest year when they start doing road repair they will use them for the base instead of crushed stone. Then on the roads that they gring the surface off of they melt it down and mix with new to put back on the roads. Same with concrete use as base instead of crushed stone.
Dan, Bought 35, 90,000K lb semi-s of Asphalt millings back in march and topped my road (1/2 mi long) with 4 to 6 in over the entire length. LOVE it, No Dust to speak of, No Mud, Doesn't crawl or wash board. Hired a local contractor with a Maintainer to lay it. I have a 2ton steel wheel road roller and packed it. gave $50/load. then $750 to lay. They were milling in front of my place so the haul was nothing at all farthest haul was 1 mile away. Get as much as you can stand. Not having to deal with mud is PRICELESS!
Later,
John A.
Later,
John A.
tomtirediron
Member
Pretty much same answer as everyone else. Get the stuff down and rolled on a good existing base. Once it's hard it's hard. Going to suck to maintain if it goes to pieces. Seen it reground on the road because a 14M blade can hardly touch it. Seen 980 Cats have a heck of a time getting the stuff back apart to load into the hotmix plant. It really surprises me that any of those millings are available. The oil in that old mix can be reclaimed enough to save a asphalt contractor BIG bucks. Here in North Central Mn having a stockpile of that material is the difference between win-lose a bid.
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