New property has rutted tire tracks drive come in here and educate me on what to do

[fried1765]

Looks like I'm good here:
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Home depot even sells it under that vernacular.

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Proper construction engineering term is "crusher run"

"Crush and run"..... probably used by persons not aware of proper engineering materials terminology.
Sort of like the very common misuse of the word mute for moot.

 

[woody]

I am not gonna tell you what you should do but if it was mine what I would do is. put my scrap blade on and tilt it to the right then angle the lead edge forward and cut a ditch up and down both sides leading to the culvert and ditch so the water has a way out, that would fill in the ruts your driveway. after getting the dome shape in the middle and the ditches on the sides I would haul in some 1.5 or 2 inch base layer and then a layer of 3/4 inch crusher run. as a side note around here I can haul 1.5 inch or 3/4 inch crusher run. if you can put down the fabric it would make it better. Good luck and hope for some dry weather.

 

[3 Horse Ranch]

Proper construction engineering term is "crusher run"

"Crush and run"..... probably used by persons not aware of proper engineering materials terminology.
Sort of like the very common misuse of the word mute for moot.

Agreed, the "____" - run means without further processing. Hence pit run is gravel right out of the pit and crusher run is material right out of the crusher without further screening. Anything screened to size would be called either (size x) clear crushed or size (3/4 or 1-1/4 etc.) with fines depending on how it was screened.

 

[MechanicalGuy]

Proper construction engineering term is "crusher run"

"Crush and run"..... probably used by persons not aware of proper engineering materials terminology.
Sort of like the very common misuse of the word mute for moot.

I didn't make it up, I provided two sources. In fact, one of the sources, a rock company, says the opposite of what you're saying.

 

[old and tired]

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Missed that one by a mile...

When my friends house was being built, the driveway was getting muddy to where it was a problem. They trucked in 3" to 4" rocks to lay into the mud. It was pretty rough road for a while but now has settled in. They could use 2" of 3/4" minus crusher run to top it off now.

I don't know if I would go through the trouble to scrape out the mud but you need to build that road base stronger.... Good luck.


PS. I saw several places that use "crush and run"...

 

[s219]

Proper construction engineering term is "crusher run"

"Crush and run"..... probably used by persons not aware of proper engineering materials terminology.
Sort of like the very common misuse of the word mute for moot.

This is 100% true, "crusher run" is the correct name. I see some websites and materials companies use the latter, even seen "crush n run", but those are either misinterpretations or local jargon.

 

[airbiscuit]

Has no one thought of driving maybe a foot to the right or left?

The concrete culvert dictates the drive for now. It is narrow and that's where the muddy area is. Not sure why you think the mud wouldn't be 1 foot to the left or right either.

The problem is that standing water makes the soil soft. Continuing to drive in the ruts only makes them deeper more efficient water holders. Driving a bit to the left or right would help mitigate that some. You need to declare war on standing water and CROWN THE ROAD.

 

[fried1765]

This is 100% true, "crusher run" is the correct name. I see some websites and materials companies use the latter, even seen "crush n run", but those are either misinterpretations or local jargon.

Nope!
Seems as though MechanicalGuy is a would be Civil Engineer (I am-highway).
He KNOWS that you and I are WRONG,...... he has "two sources"..... some guy who told him so, and a Home Depot bag printed with improper terminology.

 

[MechanicalGuy]

Nope!
Seems as though MechanicalGuy is a would be Civil Engineer (I am-highway).
He KNOWS that you and I are WRONG,...... he has "two sources"..... some guy who told him so, and a Home Depot bag printed with improper terminology.

At the very worst the common vernacular or colloquial usage of crusher run or crush and run is perfectly understandable and widely used. I've demonstrated that with several links. You said that you didn't understand what I was saying, which I think we both know was ********.


Just type in a search term for youtube videos and see what pulls up in the suggestions.


A forum about tractors is the last place I would expect to be heckled about what is questionably proper or colloquial, but here you are, having to ram it through how perfectly versed you are in construction dialect. It's off topic to this thread. Everyone knows what either term means, and you still haven't sourced your opinion for the correct term other than to say you're credentialed and you know it. I don't care to hear it any further.

 

[fried1765]

At the very worst the common vernacular or colloquial usage of crusher run or crush and run is perfectly understandable and widely used. I've demonstrated that with several links. You said that you didn't understand what I was saying, which I think we both know was ********.


Just type in a search term for youtube videos and see what pulls up in the suggestions.
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A forum about tractors is the last place I would expect to be heckled about what is questionably proper or colloquial, but here you are, having to ram it through how perfectly versed you are in construction dialect. It's off topic to this thread. Everyone knows what either term means, and you still haven't sourced your opinion for the correct term other than to say you're credentialed and you know it. I don't care to hear it any further.

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Ignoring facts, and burying ones head in the sand, can sometimes be a comforting feeling......if one does not suffocate!

My "opinion for the correct term" comes from The Civil Engineering Handbook - 2nd edition.
You may pick up your copy from Abe Books, for $145.96, with free shipping.