Here they offer Washed Stone or Crusher Run. The latter has quite a bit of stone dust in the mix. We've only had it tailgate spread - then I'd go over it bit with the 4' box blade (all I had).
The road base comes mixed from the gravel pit.
I always used road base it seems to hold better and packs like concrete. Just wet the ground and wet the road base when packing.
Yes, definitely put dust on it and wet it. The secret is to not have any gaps in the stone for ice or water to permeate. Tell them you want road base with fines. You will be good.
Ive never done it but around here u can get ash fines from the beet factory hve heard it really packs down , might try a semi load
It would be a waste of money. In a steady or heavy rain, the stone dust will just wash away. What grade of gravel are you getting? If you're getting 57's, what I do is put fill dirt on top of the stone before you grade and crown it, and that material will mix in with the stone and it will work like a binder. We have clay where I live and that is like glue when mixed with 57's. Then you just grade, angle back to the center to form the drainage slope and then back down the center with your scraper blade gently knocking the center back and that will form a natural curved crown. Rolling that with a tire roller will work great to pack it and jam the dirt in with the stone. Some of the dirt will run off the top with rain, but underneath it will pack well. I used crusher run on our 1/2 mile long driveway using that method back in 1999, and then I graded it and crowned it. The dirt from the sides of the road acted as a binder when I angled the crusher run back to the center and then when I backed down using my blade, I got the crown I wanted and I had the bucket down as well that smoothed it. I never had to pack it, since the bucket did some packing, and I've just been regrading my road since 1999. I have not purchased any more gravel since that time, although I'm finally getting around to need it. It took 8 loads of crusher run to do the top finish back then, but I also prepared the base by grading and putting a slight crown on it first. I also removed any large stone that worked their way up during the prep. The driveway came out so smooth and solid, I could drive 50 mph on the road.
That’s weird. Here in Western Washington we pay by the yard!
We used to use #2 crusher run for the base for all our parking lots and roads we built when is was working.
Probably because it rains so much in Washington State it would be hard to get dry gravel.
The shale packs like concrete, but we can't buy it where I live. I don't use river stone, because rounded stone tends work against packing. I've seen a lot of people using shale in the Northeast. They also have natural gravel pits up there from the glaciers, so they don't use crushed stone since it's so expensive. You only tend to fine crushed stone and crusher run used for highway projects.
I let people believe that and while it is partially true I believe it rains just enough!Probably because it rains so much in Washington State it would be hard to get dry gravel.
I had a Nephew that lived in Seattle. He loved it. To many people and people noise for me. I really liked the Public Transportation system though.
I'm blessed with a 3200 acre pasture that is full of it. Trade shale for sand with my river rat neighbor. It makes a durn hard drive that is still workable.
