Before the snow hits I need to get a large crater/washout at the end of my driveway fixed, for how small the area is, rental fee and price of material I'm just gonna do it myself. What I need help with is how much material? Planning to use #53 pure crushed concrete, it's sold by the ton, I don't remember the exact measurements but it's about a 23'x30' area maybe 6" thick? Thanks for any help or advice!
To get tons to cubic feet multiply by 1.17 27 feet in cubic yards 23 x 30 = 690 X 1.17 is 809 405 is half for 6” Or 15 ton so get a full dump truck Pray he can tail gate spread
Oh wow... I was way off at maybe 2 tons Thank You for the math! Sometimes I can manage not with this though, greatly appreciated!
23x30x0.5= 345 cu ft 345/27 = 12.78 cu yd I’ve always known crushed concrete to be 2800 lbs per yard. 12.78 yard x 1.4 t/ yd= 17.8 ton add 10% for shortage and low spots. 17.8 + 1.8 = 19.6 ton if it’s already a wet spot, I’d recommend you also lay down a couple widths of 12’ heavy duty landscaping cloth. It will prevent the crushed concrete from being absorbed into the mud.
Yea, I think the fabric has been our problem, the original driveway lasted years until something brokedown. Anything specific material in mind? The ground has great drainage (sandy soil) so I don't want it to puddle on the fabric.
They actually make fabric for driveways… VEVOR Driveway Fabric, 13x108 ft Commercial Grade Driveway Fabric, 600 Pounds Grab Tensile Strength Geotextile Fabric Driveway, Underlayment Fabric Landscape Fabric Stabilization Underlayment | VEVOR US Super Geotextile: Woven Geotextile
After I asked, I found the same stuff there's a guy in the next county that sells it in bundles for about half the price, hopefully he's still got the sales post on marketplace.
I have to do something similar in my driveways (have two approaches) next summer so planning similar things
Yup that geotextile hd fabric is what I put down On top was 8” of 5/8 minus Then 4” of fines …. Not completely finished but over 600 ton of material and my bank account cried the good news; we have run log truck etc etc all fall and not 1 pot hole so far…
Yeah, you really want to push the black dirt/ organic material back off the road/ path install the textile and without driving on it directly, start covering the fabric. If you get too OCD, you want to compact it with a vibratory roller, but for most driveways, wheel packing with the skid steer, CTL, or tractor is sufficient.
I can get a roller rented for a skiddy but I think I'll just drive over it for now, I'll see how this works out before I take on the entire drive. I thought about putting some fines over it but I don't want that to bite me in the ash.
My first thought is WHY did it wash out ?? does it need a culvert ? should the existing driveway be regraded with a crown ?? Fabric and gravel is fine but it will just repeat what it has done already.
I think all the material we put down gets pushed down into the dirt below, the county got rid of the ditches years ago so there's no where for a culvert, which could be the problem, I don't recall the timeline between ditches being removed and the previous drive falling apart. I have a good feeling about the fabric, I vaguely remember seeing fabric as the previous drive way was dugout and new material put in. The spot I'm having this trouble with is the only spot that gets water puddled.
Dad just did this (one day ahead of 5” of snow). This is 3 loads gate-spread. Fabric the whole way. The yard was lowered about 6”, and then fabric and gravel there, too.
so if that is the reason, you should remove "dirt" down to about 12"s then lay fabric. put down a layer of #2 then the crushed concrete. if possible compact the crushed concrete every 3-4"s so probably 3 layers.
He said they just called it a 1” gravel. It is a platey crushed rock screened to about an inch and less (1” minus?).
Thanks for the pointers, I was wondering if I'd chosen the right material, I'm gonna be bandaiding it til spring/summer then redo the whole drive, I think, gives me more time to plan and get the fabric.
If this is the result of the county or township taking out drainage, I’d be asking for an appointment with the county engineer and asking them how he plans to fix your destroyed driveway. otherwise no matter what you do is going to be pointless until you get drainage again the way it’s supposed to be.
