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Lol, You even talk like a West Virginian........
Nice drive, should last you awhile.
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
molɔ̀ːn labé skýla
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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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That looks very nice Cash
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Get that thing iced up it should be real sporty. 
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Ours was only a mile long and only had one short steep place near the house.
The best purchase I ever made was an eight foot road boss grader. (a clone thereof anyway) It takes about a 65 HP tractor to handle the weight on the 3 point lift. It will dress up a gravel or dirt track road almost as well as a small motor grader.
We are fortunate that we can dig buried river gravel off our property to use for repair and fill of soft spots. We just have to push the 6 in to 10 in river rocks off the side when dressing the surface.
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
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Campfire Kahuna
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That ain’t no $8 driveway
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Dam Lad!!!!!
Quite the thoroughfare…….
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Nice work and beautiful area!!
Biden's most truthful quote ever came during his first press conference, 03/25/21.
Drum roll please...... "I don't know, to be clear." and THAT is one promise he's kept!!!
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Nice work on grade and finish - but hard to see what the natural material is like. I would guess that rains and snow will make it tricky for driving. Are asphalt grindings available in your area? Cheap and compacts well. This. I made quite a bit of roadway up in the NM mountains at our place, but wet was a problem and rock was far away and expensive. But, I found a source for old road asphalt trash that was ground to three different sizes (relatively inexpensive and at the town where we went for groceries) so, on each grocery trip I took my dump trailer (6 cu. yds.) and got a load. First layer big stuff, then mid stuff next layer, then some fines. Spreading/compacting was tedious, but the finished product was excellent. No washouts or puddles. Someone told me that cinder material from volcanic hills can be ground/used in the same way.
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Nice! I kept expecting a couple of RZR’s to come drifting thru the corner😁
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Atta boy! It is good to see that your project is progressing.
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My best advice is blue colored flat gravel I get mine out of Lexington it bonds like pavement
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My best advice is blue colored flat gravel I get mine out of Lexington it bonds like pavement I would love to do a nice gravel wearing surface... or millings... but I have 3.5 miles of road... and would need +/- 2,000 CY or 2,800 tons for a minimal 2.5". Bit more than I can afford until we get it all sorted out. Hope to find a nice borrow pit of Chert on my own land and put in a good healthy pond.
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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Lol, You even talk like a West Virginian........
Nice drive, should last you awhile. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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Nice work on grade and finish - but hard to see what the natural material is like. I would guess that rains and snow will make it tricky for driving. Are asphalt grindings available in your area? Cheap and compacts well. This. I made quite a bit of roadway up in the NM mountains at our place, but wet was a problem and rock was far away and expensive. But, I found a source for old road asphalt trash that was ground to three different sizes (relatively inexpensive and at the town where we went for groceries) so, on each grocery trip I took my dump trailer (6 cu. yds.) and got a load. First layer big stuff, then mid stuff next layer, then some fines. Spreading/compacting was tedious, but the finished product was excellent. No washouts or puddles. Someone told me that cinder material from volcanic hills can be ground/used in the same way. Another little secret about asphalt millings is if you take a lawn and garden sprayer and soak it down good with diesel fuel it will soften it in the sun and you cn pc it own to where it become lot like asphalt, when the diesel evaporates it hardens back up.
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
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If Slumlord approves that’s damn snazzy -
There is room for all of gods creatures ... right next to the mashed potatoes
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That ain’t no $8 driveway Just got the final price... 80' of 18" HDPE culvert pipe was $1,925 Dozer and excavator work to lay in the pipe and make the road was $3,200 $5,125 That is damn near what the permits and silt fence alone would run in most "modern" type states. Gotta love WV...
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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That ain’t no $8 driveway Just got the final price... 80' of 18" HDPE culvert pipe was $1,925 Dozer and excavator work to lay in the pipe and make the road was $3,200 $5,125 That is damn near what the permits and silt fence alone would run in most "modern" type states. Gotta love WV... What’s the linear footage of driveway that was improved? Sounds cheap.
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That ain’t no $8 driveway Just got the final price... 80' of 18" HDPE culvert pipe was $1,925 Dozer and excavator work to lay in the pipe and make the road was $3,200 $5,125 That is damn near what the permits and silt fence alone would run in most "modern" type states. Gotta love WV... What’s the linear footage of driveway that was improved? Sounds cheap. Maybe 1/2 mile or so... The old road was nasty steep so bought more land and laid out a better entrance. 10'-12' of bladed fill in the switchback an approach... laid in in lifts... I am sure it will need some tendering in 2023... probably. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/jqv6Wq0t/Screenshot-2022-12-04-at-07-30-13-franklin-wv-at-Duck-Duck-Go.png)
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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