Slag agregate

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Hi,

Just had a converstion yesterday with a neighbour about slag ( from a steel mill ).

He had no issues with it and liked it but said it creeped a lot. His driveway was built up and the stuff was still creeping 5 years after his last load even though he compressed it. Made it a pain for cutting grass along the edges of his driveway but cost was good and overall worth it.

Later

Tom

 

[LBrown59]

#2 modified with fines for the top.
1*This fills the gaps but gets splashed up on the cars and tracked into the garage. I ended up putting linestone on top of it.
2*I used the #3's for the base and topped it with milled asphalt ground from a construction company resurfacing a local road. Sometimes the asphalt is hard to get because it is reused.
3*I'm not sure about the slag you're getting, but the stuff we get is heavy and hard.
4* I don't think you can beat that price.

1*The slag here won/t splash or track; But the limestone we get is the sloppiest messiest worst for tracking stuff I ever used.
That encounter made me swear off limestone forever.
2*I like the ground asphalt but like you say it can be hard to obtain.
I have no idea what it cost as I've never bought it.
The state replaced my drive way culvert and used it to cover the culvert and repair the driveway.
It was very good and held up for a lot of years before any repairs were needed
3*The stuff I get is light but tough.
A ton of it makes a lot bigger pile than sand grave limestone or dirt.
What May make slag different here is it comes from a plant that makes all the different Ferro alloys that are used in virtually every different type of steel by all the steel mills?
The plant here don't produce the steel itself but makes the ingredients that goes in all steel.
4*I could not beat the under $4.00 a ton price I paid for slag a month or so ago.

 

[bobodu]

Well guys,I guess I'll give it a try then. Gonna have to wait till spring now because I spent my project money on a newer GoldWing. Somehow...the driveway takes back seat to all that open road!!