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<blockquote data-quote="KevinCuellar" data-source="post: 49803" data-attributes="member: 6686"><p>Initially I wanted a rural/rustic look and decided a gravel and stone dust mix would accomplish this goal. I hired a road guy to build me a gravel-stone dust winding road approximately 320 feet long. At installation it looked great. The first problem was the gravel seemed to creep in to the lawn and garden areas. This caused issues mowing and I did not care for gravel mixed into the perenial beds. Winter created another set of problems. In a thaw the gravel heaved and the the snowplow randomly dug up the surface creating ruts. When our cars drove over a rut in the gravel, occasionally we would get stuck. (Just enough ice and snow mix makes for a rut perfect for creating a spinning car tire. Not fun.) Due to the damage from Winter months as well as the creeping gravel into the grass and perenial beds we had to renew the gravel and stone dust yearly. This is alot of maintenance. Today I have a paved 320 foot winding driveway and I do not miss my gravel road. I'm sure others have experience with gravel maybe some are better than mine. I'd definitely not recommend or support a gravel driveway or trail. All the best, Susan <a href="http://www.handlingequipmentonline.com/" target="_blank">hand pallet trcuk</a> <a href="http://www.handlingequipmentonline.com/" target="_blank">pallet trucks</a> <a href="http://www.handlingequipmentonline.com/" target="_blank">pallet truck</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KevinCuellar, post: 49803, member: 6686"] Initially I wanted a rural/rustic look and decided a gravel and stone dust mix would accomplish this goal. I hired a road guy to build me a gravel-stone dust winding road approximately 320 feet long. At installation it looked great. The first problem was the gravel seemed to creep in to the lawn and garden areas. This caused issues mowing and I did not care for gravel mixed into the perenial beds. Winter created another set of problems. In a thaw the gravel heaved and the the snowplow randomly dug up the surface creating ruts. When our cars drove over a rut in the gravel, occasionally we would get stuck. (Just enough ice and snow mix makes for a rut perfect for creating a spinning car tire. Not fun.) Due to the damage from Winter months as well as the creeping gravel into the grass and perenial beds we had to renew the gravel and stone dust yearly. This is alot of maintenance. Today I have a paved 320 foot winding driveway and I do not miss my gravel road. I'm sure others have experience with gravel maybe some are better than mine. I'd definitely not recommend or support a gravel driveway or trail. All the best, Susan [URL='http://www.handlingequipmentonline.com/']hand pallet trcuk[/URL] [URL='http://www.handlingequipmentonline.com/']pallet trucks[/URL] [URL='http://www.handlingequipmentonline.com/']pallet truck[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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