Portland cement or other trick for turning a soup pot into a driveway?

[Bill Guenthner]

I hope that after 3 years he’s gotten his driveway problems solved.

When a thread comes back to life I don’t usually worry about how old the OP is. There’s always someone else for whom the problem is brand new.

 

[Snobdds]

I am now good friends with every person who drives a dump truck within 50 miles of me.

 

[jyoutz]

I am now good friends with every person who drives a dump truck within 50 miles of me.
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Me too

 

[Tractor Seabee]

When you have water standing first get rid of the water by ditching to a lower spot away from then roadway or build the roadway at least a foot above the water and 2-3 feet wider each side with rock as has been discussed before. Compacting with the dump trucks will not do a proper job. You need a vibratory roller to get all the rock consolidated. The fabric does not do much, compacting big rock on top will destroy it.

Ron

 

[civilian]

I am now good friends with every person who drives a dump truck within 50 miles of me.
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Great picture. Jon

 

[strantor]

Well, as someone said above, the guy gave you some expensive advice, but still, it's a good one. I mean, it's basically one of the best things that you can do in that place in case you truly want to have a proper driveway that would last for a longer time.

Thanks for chiming in! This thread was a few years old though. I went with the Geotextile fabric, 12ft wide I think it was, like 1/8" thick felt made of Thor's crotch hair, impenetrable stuff. Put 4" of crushed concrete over it, and it's not sank into the mire yet. Pretty good solution. Maybe not the cheapest option, but maybe so. It isn't cheap to bring in lots of rock either. It was said earlier in the thread that a layer of road fabric is worth a foot of rock, and from what I can see, I think that's accurate enough.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Potholes are caused by standing water. Continual splashing will transport rock out of the hole.

Washboards are caused by lead footed drivers, but 4wd will do a lot to prevent tire bounce on steep gravel roads.

Heavy loads will cause soft spots to sink.

Water running down the road will cause erosion, and the fix for that can be really expensive. I had a place once with 100 yards of driveway that had been built without water bars. After 40 years, it would have taken 100 truckloads of fill to replace what had washed out.

If the problem is surface mud, crushed rock fines will soak up a lot of mud.