Box Scraper Tips for flat driveway
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PILOON
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Back drag!
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Everywhere I used crushed concrete, horrible weed problems happened. I would consider modified. Where I used modified, there were some weeds, but far less.
Anyway, My tool of choice would be a small bulldozer. Next would be a tractor with a loader and wide bucket and a back blade and then maybe a mini ex with a grader blade
Anyway, My tool of choice would be a small bulldozer. Next would be a tractor with a loader and wide bucket and a back blade and then maybe a mini ex with a grader blade
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Get a bunch of marking shiskers.
Amazon.com : marking whiskers
Place them and grade until all the exposed whiskers are the same length. This keeps you from having 1/2 inch deep in one area and 6 inches deep in another.
Bruce
Amazon.com : marking whiskers
Place them and grade until all the exposed whiskers are the same length. This keeps you from having 1/2 inch deep in one area and 6 inches deep in another.
Bruce
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Cool! I didn't know such things existed.
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I use my tractor - front bucket - rear blade - LPGS. Of course, I've only ever had to repair my "historic" 100 foot long mud hole. I've never applied new material along the entire length of my driveway. This year I will use my LPGS to correct some lumps/bumps. It will require that the scarifiers on the LPGS be used also.
Timing is very critical. Too soon - the driveway is still too wet. Too late - the driveway has dried out and is just like concrete. My driveway - mile long - comprised of - base cobble - gravel, sand, silt, volcanic ash.
Timing is very critical. Too soon - the driveway is still too wet. Too late - the driveway has dried out and is just like concrete. My driveway - mile long - comprised of - base cobble - gravel, sand, silt, volcanic ash.
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Have truck driver tail gate spread as much as he can than use front loader or back blade,finishing touch turn back blade 180 degrees spread.
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Fabric underneath helps create a barrier between soil and your substrate. Keeps the stone from pushing down into the mud and numerous other benefits if its a new driveway.
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^This.
Also, not sure if there’s a saying about “a road is only as good as it’s ditches”, but basically water needs to flow in the ditches, not flow on and erode the road. Ditches, crowns, pitch can be important.