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I would kill the weeds and grass like you said first. Then I would put QP down. Qp is a bunch of different sized bluestone mixed together that packs down tight. If you get delivered and you have a good driver, he can chain the tailgate so it opens just so far. He will drive slowly and put a nice layer down. This way you have minimal spreading to do. Up here a lot of people get millings. Its Milled blacktop that companies want to get rid of. Might even get it free. Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows. Benjamin Franklin | |||
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As an owner of a box blade, using it effectively is not as easy as it looks. Admittedly, I am on sugar sand, which is tough on tractors and digging equipment as it tends to create waves when you work it, rather than a smooth surface, but sometimes things look worse after you work them than before. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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If one is only interested in grading, a land plane looks like an easier and more effective tool for about the same price as a box blade. Land plane This space intentionally left blank. | |||
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Honest curious question. Other than looks, is there a downside to leaving the greenery? I've obviously never had a long gravel drive. | |||
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well, if you get enough greenery, it helps resist erosion and makes your road hold up better. Not ideal in a fire though… | |||
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My youngest just sent me this picture and it looks like I missed a few:  I’ll get’m when I get up there next week.
The roots get into the gravel, allow water into what was hard packed, the water freezes, causes the gravel to become even more loose, and allowing more weeds to take root. The tire tracks stay packed, but now they are lower than the center and sides so water sits there which causes potholes to start forming. At least that’s what seems to be happening. | |||
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Thanks for the response, makes sense. | |||
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I use a box blade on a tractor but also drag a piece of I-beam on chains a foot or so behind the box blade. The drag smooths out the irregularities . I've also seen others drag a length of chainlink fence to do the same smoothing. At our camp I was getting ruts in the driveway that were fixed by dropping old roofing shingles. I had a neighbor replacing their roof and just asked if I could have some of their old shingles. They were happy for me to haul them away, and during the loading I was able to screen out all the old roofing tacks. This was a redneck way of putting asphalt on the driveway. Phu Bai, Vietnam, 68-69 Baghdad, Iraq, 04-05 | |||
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How'd you do that? How are the shingles reduced to a size one can work with? Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. | |||
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Years ago, someone dropped a single shingle on an chip seal road that I travelled frequently on motorcycle. 4-5 years in it still looked about the same. I was always thinking, dang those held up well. | |||
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If you've got an ATV and UTV to use cut the tops of some large brushy type heavy trees and you can drag them around and up and down the driveway. The tree tops work amazingly well as their branches and leaves help to fill the voids and level the driveway. *************** "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition." - Rudyard Kipling | |||
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I’m getting a handle on it:  Got up here Tuesday night, put the grader together yesterday, made a few passes until it started raining, and ran it for a few hours today. I’ll be getting some better weed killer tomorrow.  This message has been edited. Last edited by: trapper189, | |||
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