This has got to be the best video I've seen on building road and driveway. Great stuff and very helpful!

@GarmingGFB

9 ай бұрын

thanks, glad it was helpful. good luck!

Great video, you hit all the topics I needed to hear🤙

Just opened up more home options for us as I had excluded properties with long dirt roads. Thanks!

Great video. Very informative. BTW - You have a really nice looking homestead.

@GarmingGFB

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, still working on it too!

Glad I get the millings for free, just got a huge dump truck load today. Leveling it out tomorrow.

@tenncutt

Жыл бұрын

How do you get it free?

You really living life man I respect you

@GarmingGFB

11 ай бұрын

thanks man, i'm trying my best lol

Nice job, and nice property.

@GarmingGFB

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that, it's been a lot of work lol

Great video, thanks sir

Mine turned out great

Sweet Vid!

I had 2 dump truck loads of millings delivered, I spread it and leveled it in the late fall season. Come early spring i ordered 2 pails of condensed hawkseal-E The rainy winter weather washed out my tar and so when i finally had warm enough weather to apply the hawkseal it dis not work as expected because theyop layer was mostly gravelly.. sad

I found a guy taking up a bunch of concrete, he was going to have to pay to get rid of it, he ended uo bring it to me, He told me it was 180k pounds od concrete, while most of it did not have wire there was some that did, and it was a pain, ended up renting a jack hammer for it, but the regular concrete was broken down into manageable pieces with a 12# sledge hammer, I'm filling a hole that the previous land owner dug out it measured roughly 40' X 60' deep, dug into a hillside and went from ground level to 8-10' ft deep at the back😬, I been using all kinds of fill, quite the job, I like the way your drive turned out, thinking of using Crushed concrete here on my drive for base, but really liking the asphalt millings for topping it off👍

$500 a truck load here in ga for low grade is $650 and half the time you can’t even buy it bc the recycle it to the asphalt plant

Nice job dude. Couple of questions: 1) why did you use sand instead of stone dust? 2) noticed you grabbed the grade 1 milling with your hand. Doesn’t it bind together? 3. Did you use a roller on your 3 point hitch?

@GarmingGFB

10 ай бұрын

sand was cheap and i needed dozens of trucks for the house build already, not to mention that area was very heavy wet black dirt on clay so the sand thins it so to speak, allows good drainage. at some degree it binds. it doesn't move or create much dust. like it doesn't show on vehicles at all. i rolled it with a tractor, yes, a 1,000lbs roller i already had.

hey man see the divot at 1:38 on the right ? i can tell you have heavy trucks in!! just keep packing it by moving your tires on the edge of that seam and it will pack!!

Super helpful. Would you say millings is superior to crusher run?

@GarmingGFB

8 ай бұрын

I'd say they're similar, pick the color you want and the cheaper one. I'd say millings are probably less dusty.

Hi I have a cracked and some settled black top driveway. Do you think putting asphalt millings on top of it while I save up for a new driveway

@GarmingGFB

2 жыл бұрын

it depends on how bad it is but they make a rubber crack fill you pour in cracks and bags of sticky asphalt pot hole repair stuff you can get at any home repair store, I'd use that. fill cracks with liquid rubber, patch the low spots and tamp it down with the 50lbs bag material. could even spread a seal coat over the top to blend the colors. if your driveway isn't terrible that will buy a few years for sure, I've done it before. good luck.

@bhadz100

2 жыл бұрын

@@GarmingGFB the alligator cracking is a lot. It’s really due for a tear and rebuild. I was hoping putting millings on top of it will level, compact and essentially be a cheaper alternative vs a complete rebuild

@GarmingGFB

2 жыл бұрын

@@bhadz100 not sure how well cold millings would stick to your drive. why i mentioned the other methods and they would be a lot cheaper too.

@goinbananas7606

2 жыл бұрын

@@GarmingGFB honest

@goinbananas7606

2 жыл бұрын

even 1 inch overlay is actually okay if your old asphalt only sank a little and it only has cracks no pot holes!!

What about a seal coat? I've been looking at the stuff from lowes but I'm highly considering this stuff called Hawk Seal.

@GarmingGFB

Жыл бұрын

you don't need a seal coat its an option. it works fine without, think gravel driveway with no dust or mud. plus you can just add a little more and it will look the same years later.

I had millings put down in my driveway and there are tons of weeds growing up through it. Is that normal?

@GarmingGFB

Жыл бұрын

probably not thick enough if it was recent. no way weeds would grow through 4-5 inches of millings. if it was a while ago new sand or dirt on top would allow for seeds to grow within.

@what4165

Жыл бұрын

Seal coat it but it's better if you do it with a sprayer. There are professionals that can do it. I did it my self though.

@dking2114

Жыл бұрын

Put down geotextile next time

How did it hold up with plowing on it?

@GarmingGFB

Жыл бұрын

I haven't plowed, I use a mid mounted snow blower. Either way with a little skill it works fine. just pick your hydraulics up a 1/2 inch or so, so you don't dig and it works fine. Like any stone or gravel drive a good first packing of the snow always helps so you don't eat it up. Not only that I've had more dump trucks and cement trucks here and a quick fresh drag cleans it up well.

I just paid 25 a ton in ga

@TherealBigdaddy69

5 ай бұрын

That’s a good price. It’s running $900 delivered for roughly 25 tons out here in Texas near Dallas. . Truck and pup from local guy.

Hammond indiana I put asphalt millings on my yard but inspector wants me to get an environmental impact study to test the millings are safe. Anyone had idea if millings are dangerous or I have a inspector that is just talk bs.

@GarmingGFB

Жыл бұрын

sounds like a government tool. some states have banned it yes. real shame it's in Indiana. that sounds like some cali, NY "govern me harder please" bs. I can't imagine it's worse than tons of other stuff we use. I mean it's only on all the roads we already use. just don't eat it or inhale the dust from applying.

@cfeco1716

Жыл бұрын

If it's not legal, they need to remove ALL the asphalt roads everywhere...Whats the last thing they do before putting asphalt down for highways....Spray OIL on the ground...Seesh!

@W1ldSm1le

10 ай бұрын

It's literally just asphalt. If anything it's safer than new asphalt. All the new oil has run out of it already.

you have to put seal coat

@GarmingGFB

Жыл бұрын

you don't need a seal coat. it works fine without, think gravel driveway with no dust or mud. plus you can just top dress or drag annually or add a whole new section and it will look the same years later.

@what4165

Жыл бұрын

@@GarmingGFB that's a good idea but I sealed mine and it looks like a regular driveway.

@dapetik

Жыл бұрын

@@what4165 What did you seal it with?

@what4165

Жыл бұрын

@David Petik tar from home depot or lowes

@mickym.6711

7 ай бұрын

I've heard of spraying the millings down with diesel fuel on a hot day.

1000 ft.² of drive for under $10k? That’s seems pricy also. I’d like to do like 2000 ft.²

@PaytonDeflorio

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I just did mine with about 90 tons of good material for $1200. Not sure where the 10k number came from.

@W1ldSm1le

10 ай бұрын

I think he's saying 1000 linear feet not sqft. It looks like way way more than 1000 sqft

@GarmingGFB

9 ай бұрын

obviously 1000 linear feet.

Who has a 150000 lbs truck. 75 tons

@GarmingGFB

Жыл бұрын

anyone who wants to do anything with dump trucks... so lots of people. need sand? want dirt? want millings? want wood chips?

Great video, but I wouldn't pay for something like this for that price unfortunately. Way too expensive. I mean we're talkin 50k in this alone roughly. Definitely not worth the money.

@GarmingGFB

2 жыл бұрын

I actually said in the video the whole thing costs me about $10,000. Where as poured concrete or paved asphalt would have cost me $60k or more. So it's not too expensive at all.