Driveway Drainage Project

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scott_vt

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Good Afternoon,
I have been wanting to put in drainage in a wet section of my DW for the past few years ! Well I finally got to it today, although it rained throughout the whole project ! 🤔
We dug a 100 ft long trench 2 ft wide and about 18” deep diagonally through the section of my DW that gets really wet in the spring ! I had to call Dig Safe first because my internet and phone lines run the length of my 800 ft DW ! I’m guessing I used about 10 yds of 1 1/2” stone, because I have about 2 or 3 yds left in my pile ! We used fabric over the stone to keep out the dirt from filtering down through ! My neighbor graciously used his Hitachi excavator to dig the trench, and I used my tractor to shuttle the stone down the DW where it was needed ! Time will tell how successful this project was ! 🙏

So Eddie Walker, I did get rid of most of that stone pile, figured you would be proud of me ! 😂
 

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   / Driveway Drainage Project #2  
Well thought out and done. (y)
 
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Well thought out and done. (y)
Good Afternoon Thomas,
And the good news is that we managed to not break the internet/fiber optic cable coming up the DW ! Farther down the DW we dug up the old phone line and thought that Dig Safe had forgot to mark it, but I went up and called Vtel on my cell phone and they said my phone was fine, that was the original land line cable !

I broke out in my Happy Dance !;)
 
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Good Afternoon,


So Eddie Walker, I did get rid of most of that stone pile, figured you would be proud of me ! 😂
I was jealous of all that rock you had piled up!!!! I need a few of those piles for my place, but it's gonna cost me $45 a yard.
 
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Good Evening Eddie,
As I recall they delivered 12 or 13 yds of 1 1/2" stone and charged me $350 ! Your only 1,635 miles from me and I still have 3yds left ! Interested ? ;)
I was jealous of all that rock you had piled up!!!! I need a few of those piles for my place, but it's gonna cost me $45 a yard.
 
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i would have placed fabric, and a cleanout as well, but thats a pretty short run.
 
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i would have placed fabric, and a cleanout as well, but thats a pretty short run.
Good Evenin LittleBill,
Yes we used fabric and I just have to move some gravel at the end of the run to get to the pipe if I ever need a cleanout !

My neighbor Jeff, is a lot more savvy about these types of projects than me !
 
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Good Evening Eddie,
As I recall they delivered 12 or 13 yds of 1 1/2" stone and charged me $350 ! Your only 1,635 miles from me and I still have 3yds left ! Interested ? ;)
Best price that I've seen for 12 yards delivered is $575. Everything is red clay here, rocks are very rare!!!
 
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Best price that I've seen for 12 yards delivered is $575. Everything is red clay here, rocks are very rare!!!
Have I got a DEAL for you!!!
All of the rocks you want, all that you have to do is come and get them. I also have some red granite which would bring a good price if I lived near civilization. :D
 
   / Driveway Drainage Project #10  
Have I got a DEAL for you!!!
All of the rocks you want, all that you have to do is come and get them. I also have some red granite which would bring a good price if I lived near civilization. :D
Yup we can grow rocks better than vegetables in northeast. ;)
 

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