| Author | Message | ||
     Jramsey |
Anyone here have experience using them? I'm tired of the grass/weeds growing up thru the gravel in front of the shop so I scraped up and removed said gravel last week and came across some fresh grindings(local airport runway resurface) for $13 a ton delivered, figured I'd need about 40-50 tons for everything I'm wanting to do. I do have access to a skid steer and a roller. Never messed with this before but have heard that tack oil should be put down first then spread the grindings then use a roller to pack and then spray with diesel fuel and let sit for a few months then have it sealed. Here's a few pics of the area I'm wanting to cover, which includes the circle drive and the 25x25 area on the left side of the shop where the PU is parked.     | ||
| Prior |
Nice shop! I've got about 400' of lane that I need to redo as well; gravel here is running about $15-$20 a ton; been looking for RAP myself to put on my lane. The people I've spoken with agree with what you have above for installation. Prior | ||
| Mtjm2 |
Nice place J . I would do it . Have the equipment there ready . Dont let the millins long after delivery or you will be moving a 2 ton rock . Seal it when your done . Good luck . | ||
| Fast1075 |
We did this at our shop. It is far, far better than lime rock for sure. | ||
| Stirz007 |
Me? I'd probably do it and move right along. Not sure about Kansas, but in some states, millings are considered hazardous waste except for certain specific uses (like for use in new asphaltic concrete pavement) due to the asphalt (oil) content. You may want to check with KDHE to be sure. It would be a bitch if some time down the road you decide to sell the place and find out it's a 'hazardous waste site'. For example, in Jersey, it appears that you could not use the millings the way I understand you want to.... http://www.nj.gov/dep/dshw/rrtp/asphalt.htm | ||
| Hootowl |
So if you intentionally pour fuel on the ground, it's OK but if you accidentally pour fuel on the ground, the EPA fines the crap out of you? Reminds me of an episode of This Old House. They had just got done doing an EPA mandated remediation of an old fuel oil tank that had been leaking. Had to carry off tons of contaminated dirt. They asked what they did with the dirt, and the answer was that it would be recycled into pavement where it would be put back down on the ground again. Tommy was dumbstruck. The remediation was not cheap, and was all for naught. | ||
| Stirz007 |
Hoot - the obvious seems to escape us all sometimes.... I-15 through the Salt Lake Valley is built largely on a subbase of heavy-metal laden smelter waste. They used to have a bunch of steel and uranium mills here in the valley from the 40's (the gummint wanted to have them well inland for strategic reasons) until maybe the 80's. Regulations weren't real tight in those days so lots of mill waste built up over the years. The thinking was that if they built a linear landfill under a freeway, there'd be less chance of groundwater contamination as they would be under (impermeable) pavement. (Message edited by stirz007 on May 02, 2012) (Message edited by stirz007 on May 02, 2012) | ||
| Motorcyclemike |
Go to your local farm supply store and pick up some pre-emergent herbicide,either Casoron 4G or Simazine 4G should do the trick to keep weeds down. |
