[AT] OT - Crushed asphalt over old asphalt?

[charlie hill]

Mike there is a county dirt road that runs through the national forest roads 
near me.
It was in bad shape and has a lot of traffic.  A couple of years ago they 
spread
crushed asphalt that was ground up from a repaving job somewhere.  They just 
spread
it and motor graded out like rock as far as I know.  Over time it packed 
down into
something near to an asphalt roadway.  over time it has started to break up 
but it's
still holding up well to traffic.   I think if you spread the crushed 
asphalt, sprayed it
lightly with some fuel oil as Cecil (I think) suggested and compacted it 
with a roller
you'd have a good surface pretty cheap.   It's worth a try, if it doesn't 
work perfectly it will
at least build a good base.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike M
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 5:54 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] OT - Crushed asphalt over old asphalt?

I will relate this to tractors because my current driveway is so rutted
it makes it hard to plow with my tractor ;) I have an older (15yrs)
asphalt driveway that it failing fast. After getting a bid for a new
driveway, that is not an option, it's around 375' long and to tear out
and replace would have been around 16k. I can get crushed asphalt for
5.50 a ton and 6 bucks a ton to truck it.

I've used crushed asphalt over other gravel drives that I have, and have
been very pleased with it both it terms of cost, compaction and no dust.
Is there any reason I can't have a layer of crushed asphalt tailgated
over my old drive without replacing it? Seems like it should worked
especially once it gets packed down. Anyone have experience with this?
Thanks in advance.

Mike M


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