Minion would have to approve these decisions anyways.

@TheDailyKnife009

2 ай бұрын

That’s always at least a week long process since he has to inspect the area and deem if its necessary or not to be spend his royal funds on it.

@RiddlerQM

2 ай бұрын

Yeah lol

@YogsenForfoth

2 ай бұрын

True. The Minion planning committee meetings are always high stakes, and can get pretty intense at times. At the end of the day, Lord Minion is a tough but fair overlord. However, if there are any serious issues, the Duck Army, frog army, and impending kitten army are ready to be deployed at a moment’s notice.

@RiddlerQM

2 ай бұрын

@@YogsenForfoth the frog army has a leader but no troops. Send reinforcements at once.

@MonkeyJedi99

2 ай бұрын

If you lived somewhere that snow piled up deep enough to need snowplowing, that would be a point in favor of paving over leaving it dirt, but even then it is a money decision. Gravel or even crusher run (a mix of various sized gravel and rough sand) can do a lot to provide a surface that will flex with the freeze-flood-dry cycle and be easy to repair with a shovel.

For $200,000 you could redo your gravel every single year for 20 years! A paved driveway wouldn’t last that long.

@monkiller5877

2 ай бұрын

Hell he could buy a whole other property and probably have money left to start another homestead.

@davek89666

2 ай бұрын

Great point

@KatyWatson173

2 ай бұрын

Gravel or even oyster shells drain better than asphalt.

@darkfafnir4389

2 ай бұрын

I'd only want a slab to do stuff on and maybe 100ft of asphalt then I'd be good with gravel everywhere else

@darkfafnir4389

2 ай бұрын

​@@monkiller5877 only reason I put my other comment cause if you lived on a gravel road your house is dusty non stop....most around here like spray the gravel with asphalt in front of there house so dust doesn't get on everything...and I'm in the middle of everything like literally

My company built a house for a client which required a paved driveway. They opted out for gravel because they like to hear people driving up their driveway. I like Tennessee

@darkfafnir4389

2 ай бұрын

You can hear gravel driving way better..😂😂😂I'm assuming these were city Bois if they thought that😂😂

@dovechocolate8847

2 ай бұрын

@@darkfafnir4389 the commenter is saying the owner choose to ‘opt out’ as in they wanted loud gravel and did not want a paved driveway, although the build plans called for a paved drive.

@player_3

2 ай бұрын

​@@darkfafnir4389 "opted out of" is what you think you read. "Opt out for" is a typo,they wanted to say "opt in for", else it doesn't make sense.

@nervonabliss2071

2 ай бұрын

Tennessee is a good looking state. The mountains and foliage could bring the most hateful man peace

@FINsoininen

2 ай бұрын

​@@player_3 They opted out for gravel. Its written correctly.

Why would you want to get rid of the dirt and gravel road when it lends itself to the whole living in the woods atmosphere?

@alixbur7178

2 ай бұрын

As a kid our trailer park had a rock road and driveways. They asked who would pay towards the road and driveways being paved most of them said no because it's honestly not terrible and we'd help push mow others yards near the driveway to help out with the whole shooting rocks thing. We never got ours paved and honestly I had more issues with getting cut up when falling on the asphalt then the rock driveway.

@My.Funny.Bunny.

2 ай бұрын

Um that’s pretty much what he said in the video.

@AmazingAutist

2 ай бұрын

​@@My.Funny.Bunny. Um they were agreeing with him.

@sil_mang

2 ай бұрын

Emergency services, deliveries, vehicle maintenance, ect. His reasons are valid and so are the ones to pave it.

@maryjane4432

2 ай бұрын

@@sil_mangemergency services are an hour away, he knows that. There is a reason city people don’t love to places like this.

There is a product called Bentonite It is used to get ponds to quit leaking. One of my friends had his driveway sprayed with it. It gets as hard as a rock. You dont have to do the whole driveway just the problem areas. I have also gone to the local hardware store. Sometimes they will give you all the broken and hard bags on concrete. Break them up with a rock bar back into powder and mix them into the soil in the mudholes and low spots. Over time the spots will get hard.

@mpk6664

2 ай бұрын

That's because it is a rock. It's a clay.

@blaircox1589

2 ай бұрын

Ha, and slick as snot when it gets wet.

@shawnr771

2 ай бұрын

@@blaircox1589 my buddies drive way is not slick when wet. Been there enough times in the rain.

@aellalee4767

2 ай бұрын

​@@shawnr771it's slick if you use it to fill holes in perpetually wet ground. It's wet near the rivers and dry in the semi arid mountains I worked around.

@shawnr771

2 ай бұрын

@@aellalee4767 ok.

A really important point in there that so many people fail to realize when they move. You moved away from something for a reason so don’t change your new home and end up accidentally creating the situation that you initially moved away from.

@arnold8746

2 ай бұрын

I live in mid coast Maine. We have been dealing with this issue my entire life. People move here from Massachusetts, Newyork, Connecticut etc. They always try to change our small town way of life to resemble the dumpster fire that they moved from. If you love the ways of the community that you live in, why are you trying to get away from it? It's crazy, and it really causes some issues. People from rural Maine are very self sufficient, stubborn and not very tolerant of nonsensical rules that restrict their way of lif. We are also very friendly and love to help our neighbors, but if you come here and try to put restrictions on my way of living, we are going to butt heads and trust me that is something that you do not want

@yayeet1739

2 ай бұрын

Looking at Cali ppl with this one

@Californians_go_home

2 ай бұрын

Californians please hear this man. Please stay in California. No matter where you go, your dna is Californian. It’s ruining everywhere you go.

@firstnamelastname-jt5ci

2 ай бұрын

​@@arnold8746random threat to nobody like a true KEYBOARD WARRIOR

@BigPanda096

Ай бұрын

​@@yayeet1739never seen it much with Cali it usually the entitled rich jerks from Massachusetts and New York here where I'm at.

Everything you said makes 100% logical sense. That is why we bought property in AR. Dirt roads, low property taxes, nature, self sufficiency, and privacy. No need to pave that road of yours.

@maxwalsh234

2 ай бұрын

Car dependant infrastructure is inherently expensive

Gravel is perfect! My grandparents have used it for decades, from a paved road, to their gravel parking area. The only paving is for the walkway to the house.

The cheapest fix is FREE! When they grind a road near you get the ground asphalt and put that down. Use and summer heat will pack it solid. I made a driveway and parking lot at a horse farm that way and it was great. Still like when I made it ten years ago.

@dannymorgan1052

2 ай бұрын

But it's still gravel isn't it??? And it gets dusty and it's not level....and it washes out....and the dust in it causes Lung cancer....thats why they banned it for public use....and the liquid asphalt seeps down into the water supply....how do you know you say.....4 Generations of Asphalt experience.......don't breathe that shit in bad for women and kids.....if it's around the house cover it

Just had a mile of driveway done with recycled highway material. They take old highways and grind them up. Our quote for asphalt was $130,000 was able to do the grindings for 10,000.

@firstlast---

2 ай бұрын

Wow I never knew that was a thing. How does it look?

@Youralwayswhining4367

2 ай бұрын

States used to give grinding away years ago, even tailgate it for you

@icebergmike

2 ай бұрын

​@@firstlast---ask the crew if you can have or buy the millings if they are working nearby. It's often less expensive for them to dump nearby than truck the millings back to the yard. Make the dump site as convenient as you can for them. You should plan to spread yourself. Better than stone because the sun will warm the liquid asphalt in the millings and create a much more stable surface than aggregate alone. It's harder to work with, especially by hand, than limestone.

@drzflyest4

2 ай бұрын

​@@firstlast---im a asphalt contractor and ill tell you a secret for using millings. Grade it, then wet it and conpact it will last very long

@firstlast---

2 ай бұрын

@@drzflyest4 thanks for the tip

I'd move there just for the private location.

Everyone is trying to get you to live how they would. I like the dirt roads as well. That's the beauty of West Virginia.

@sandasturner9529

2 ай бұрын

I keep forgetting that West Virginia exists

@priestesslucy3299

2 ай бұрын

​@@sandasturner9529but it's almost heaven

@BilobateDrip

Ай бұрын

Good point. Living life through the phone.

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE ONES IN THE BACK!!! DON'T MOVE SOMEWHERE NEW AND TRY TO MAKE IT JUST LIKE WHERE YOU LEFT FROM!!!

@difflocktwo

2 ай бұрын

Why not?

@Josh-th7tm

2 ай бұрын

@difflocktwo hahah...that is a joke right?

@difflocktwo

2 ай бұрын

@@Josh-th7tm People do not choose where they end up. This is why they must work to transform where they are for the better.

@Josh-th7tm

2 ай бұрын

@@difflocktwo wtf..that is absolutely 100% unequivocally NOT true. People most definitely do choose where they move to. I don't have in my wildest imagination any inkling where you would come up with something so inherently outlandish. I truly don't know whether to be shocked or laugh at the absurdity of that

@difflocktwo

2 ай бұрын

@@Josh-th7tm People struggle to put a roof over their heads and feed their families. The last thing on their mind is moving to Zurich.

We had a meeting with all the other folks who live on our dirt road and all came to the conclusion that we want to keep it unpaved. Instead everyone chipped in to purchase a grader to keep it smooth and everyone helps to buy gravel every so often too. Keeps the speed limit low too

@drzflyest4

2 ай бұрын

The grader is the key. I love those machines

I’m from a small, rural town and grew up in the country. Our lane wasn’t paved but they did pave a small part of the gravel road that it was connected to. Our neighbors didn’t like how much dust came up since it was a busy road during harvest season. They actually used old asphalt that the transportation department tore up when they redid a part of the highway. It worked just fine and I imagine is a lot cheaper!

Some people just don't understand the calming charm of a dirt road.

@nancyfahey7518

2 ай бұрын

And the fact that you can hear someone coming a quarter mile away.

@Xboxgamer024

2 ай бұрын

One about durt roads is where the dust blows the grass is usually greener. Depends on your wind though

As another rural person It's my experience that these roads are graded and fresh gravel gets put out every several years. Another part of country living that is different from city living.

“ The last thing I want is to change the area I moved to , to where I came from “. Some people moving from California to Texas and other states could learn a bit from this advice.

@jK-yj2tl

2 ай бұрын

Same with folks moving to Alaska from outside.

@bufficliff8978

2 ай бұрын

TBF most of them move to Austin--not "Texas" ya know 😂

I just had my+/-600 sq foot driveway milled and paved for $2200 in upstate NY.

@dannymorgan1052

2 ай бұрын

Milling are free or $10 bucks a ton 600 sq ft $100 of material or free.......I would of put you down hot mix Asphalt for $3,500 Don't fall for the we'll spray the hardener on it trick.....you got Ripped

"the last thing I want to do is make the place I moved to, where I came from" I wish everyone thought this way.

@ChessIsJustAGame

2 ай бұрын

Amen! I have new neighbors who moved in during 2020 shutdown and didn't realize there was a massive gun range within ear range and a small private airport close enough that those practicing touch and go's fly the reverse leg over our houses. I enjoy the views and sounds. Not sure where they came from, but now I have to listen to their noise complaining about it.

@Californians_go_home

2 ай бұрын

Most likely California

City infrastructure does not belong out in the country

My neighbor has a dirt driveway, we had another guy in town come and power rake it and brought in 12 yards of crusher dust and salt. The hardest part was finding someone to roll it out, one of the local paving crews was happy to stop by and do it for cases of beer

Just keep rock on it - asphalt needs maintenance too...and it is harder to patch

@dannymorgan1052

2 ай бұрын

Asphalt last longer without any kind of coal tar or asphalt Emulsion (SEALER)....so as far as maintenance if you mean keeping it clean and the grass edged...you are correct

Here in Vermont, sooo many dirt roads.. awesome when it gets rough.. run a grader and better than most paved roads

I'd go for bigger stone, since it doesn't wash away as easy. The last person to gravel my driveway used tiny little stones (pea sized & smaller) and they all washed away in the two years I've owned my house. But that's me personally. Nate's stone is pretty big so I don't think he'll have that issue.

Millings or crushed asphalt will pack in like hotmix if done right

@dannymorgan1052

2 ай бұрын

For only a day or so.......then it gets dusty and washes out like gravel Jacka$$!!!!

My dad said his company would charge by the foot and roughly would charge $160k, he said he would recommend just getting the driveway bladed, then filled with shale and gravel then packed with a roller

You can get the dirt sprayed with mag chloride to keep dust down and make a hard crust on it to firm it up. Just wash your vehicle more often.

Love it. Dont change the new place into the same thing you escaped from. More people need to have this mindset!

Most commenters telling you to asphalt your driveway don't have a cent to their name. Love the content keep it up

Man, I can't wait to buy property like you've got and go at least somewhat off grid. I grew up in the TN mountains away from everything and loved it as a kid. I want my kids to be able to experience some of the adventures I had in the woods growing up. I feel completely out of place not being in the woods

I feel like it would be best to not pave it. Yes, it would make life easier, but only for a little while. Sometimes companies do a sloppy job and you have to constantly get potholes filled in. Plus, high property tax sucks!

“Last thing I want to do is change where I moved to into what I moved from” Can you teach this lesson to all the Californians moving to Texas please???

I really enjoy the way you can explain things without ever feeling condescending or snotty. I assume it's just your generally even keeled nature, but maybe there's more to it 😅

I love how organic and wholesome this man is

You're outlook always surprises me for a moment, then I think about your prospective and it all makes sense again

City folks think country folks should do things the way they need to do things in the cities. But country folks live in the country to be left alone by regulations, licensing, & permits. We are adaptable & prefer to be more self-reliant. But some people think they know better than the people living out here. Which feels very authoritarian to me.

@vanderm49

2 ай бұрын

Your explanation also works if you zoom out a bit to see the bigger picture of the folks in DC thinking they know what's best for the rest of the country, when in reality, they have no clue.

Gravel means you hear cars drive up - safety

I love the sound of a gravel driveway. Gotta drive slow, and savour the sound. Makes an effective "doorbell," too. 😄

Glad to see you doing great You set the standard for making killer informative videos you have a great delivery as well with your speaking.

I feel ya there about PA's property tax. It's out of control

@RichardCranium321

2 ай бұрын

The entire state is out of control. Y'all elected a guy with actual brain damage.

@johnstark4723

2 ай бұрын

It's that way almost everywhere. But it's worst in communist run states. Remove the dems and save money!

@user-je9se3vc4x

2 ай бұрын

Totally agree 👍

@FunniestFlicks

2 ай бұрын

I’ve lived in PA my whole life. Can’t wait to leave when I graduate college.

My friend lived up a mile long rough road. He liked it that way despite the offer of a grant to improve it. He said it kept the curious and the undesirable off his property. Can't say fairer than that.

Gravel just makes the most logical sense. It's easier to fill a dirt road "pothole" with gravel than pay to have someone fill the paved pothole only to have to get it fixed again shortly after.

When I lived on a dirt road in coastal North Carolina, there were 8 homes on the street. When a pot hole formed, we took turns buying the Quickcrete and filling the hole. 😅

I wish more people have that attitude. People move to a new area, then try to turn it into what they left. They seem to forget that they left that area for a reason quit messing up the new area.

Understadable!

Getting the road paved would cause such an increase in repair costs.

I totally agree with you. Besides that stone is cheaper and does a great job

Why the fuck would the local government pay for that? Someone is sniffing glue

@ChillyJack

2 ай бұрын

Instinct says city dweller.

@MikeyB-Rod

2 ай бұрын

Well considering they're talking about a county road, I think you're sniffing glue...

I was told that it’s best to have a dirt road to come up to your driveway if you want isolation because the moment it’s paved it’s easier for people to come look around and then buy up property, then all these development projects start springing up. Then it gets expensive to live there like you said

Lived on a dirt road all my life, never change it, it's a task in itself over the years to maintain

Also with a dirt and gravel road, you can hear when someone is driving up!

Good maintenance and good neighbors, that's all you need

Bud, I gotta say it’s damn nice to hear you say that! So many people move and wanna change the area to what they moved away from.

Simple, logical, common sense approach to life...pay attention people!✌️💛☺️

Gravel and dirt is perfect for living on a homestead ❤ just keep doing what you’re doing because you obviously know how to homestead and you seem to be doing great and loving your life! That’s what it’s all about is loving the one life you get! ❤❤❤

Nate, your way of thinking just makes so much sense. 😊

I used asphalt millings on my driveway. I got good quality millings and they actually repacked to solid asphalt surface.

@dannymorgan1052

2 ай бұрын

There still loose and dusty don't lie

Concrete worker here, similar boat. People ask me how much things would be to pour all the time and are baffled when i give them a number way higher then they expect. Example, my brother asked me how much to add on to his driveway, I broke it down for him. With me donating my time for free it still would have been 2 grand for concrete alone and yhats not all. Tack on rock, rebar or wire, renting a skid loader and dump truck for removal & hauling, renting a compactor & lumber. He was baffled by the price, thought it was only gonna be a few hundred. Then i get people asking me if dry pouring would be cheaper. Dont even get me started on that crap

Living in NC, we have a similar shared gravel driveway with our neighbors. They checked on getting it paved, it was going to be around $75K, and our share $25K since we have the smaller amount. We decided to stay gravel. I have seen on some new drives in the area they lay a heavy road fabric in the gravel to control movement and washing out with pot holes. Our county maintenance road is chip and tar, they redo it every 3-4 years.

One alternative is Soil Cement. Bring in a truckload of dry cement and mix it into the dirt, and then water truck and rain does the rest. And it's stable with a little gravel on top.

I saw something cool today. It's this matrix structure you put down before the gravel. The gravel fills in the holes and the matrix holds the gravel in place. It also helps keep it from becoming so compressed you lose all drainage. I'm absolutely all for just replacing the shocks, not that my opinion should ever matter, just something cool I saw.

When i lived in Southern Iowa,many moons ago. Our road was dirt....people lived on it many more moons before i did.

When I worked at a mine we used something called Road Binder, I believe it's chemical name was lignosulphate, it was eco friendly, smelled like syrup and basically slowly hardens gravel and sand and sorta amalgamates and unifies it over time, apply when dry but before a rain

My grandparents got ripped on a getting their 200’ driveway asphalted, but it was super cheap, they just compacted a bunch of tarry asphalt millings, it actually held up really good and looked nice as far as gravel driveways go

The best thing about frost-heaves on gravel is that you can just kick everything back into place next summer. Try doing that on a paved driveway.

Look into that base-layer screening they use for roads. I paid a local dump driver who worked for a paving company and he poured a few loads for me. That stuff compacted rock hard after a year, and it is still great 20 years later with barely any sinking in the tire path. If i woulda rolled the driveway that probably wouldnt have happened tho. We used to have to get a new load of crushed stone every 5-10 years to replenish and fill in low spots; so it held up amazingly. I also live in Ontario and get a bit of snow, and I can use the shovel on my truck and it don't chew it up at all It was dusty AF for the first couple weeks and I probably should have sprayed it daily to speed up the process.

Maybe there is a 3rd option. Do you have large amounts of rock on your property?? If yes, you could grind it down to 1-2 inch pieces & lay it down yourself. You would have to rent the grinder, but you are supplying the raw materials, rocks. So it ultimately would be cheaper. If you don't have any rocks, im sorry.

I use what they call crush and run. It grades out nicely and the fine material helps keep it in place.

On my farm in Kentucky we asked the road department and the power cimany to dump the wood chips from land and powering clearing on our 1/4 mile drive. A ciuple days of bucket work an we had a cool road. We add a little here and there when available and wahloa a no mud dirt road.

"I like being on a dirt road" I am slightly jealous. There are many times on my daily trips where I find myself looking for an excuse to shift my transfer case to 4H. lol

Rent a skidster and a rolling machine. To start, use a cheap substrate like coarse nonspecific gravel and mix in sand to make a good foundation. Then, a good layer of 4x on top of the sand. Water it down, lime it, then water it down again. Every stage should also be rolled. The last stage is 8x gravel and lime. Make SURE that you have no question in your mind about the last stage. It's going to make it all permanent. Once you know that you are ready graciously, apply lime to the 8x and keep wetting it and tamping it down. Your driveway will look like concrete but darker and will last decades. It is labor intensive, but I did this to a guys garage and driveway when I was a teenager and made a lot of cash. I know that he was happy with my work because he's 97 now and still tells me how much he loves it. 1977. I put it in in 1977, and it has lasted a pole barn replacement and a landslide. 😊

Everything you said makes perfect sense. I really dislike asking the government to do anything because it just costs more in the short-term and the long term. Nothing ever really works out either when the government gets involved

I don't know if asphalt is necessary. I think it would make it less "natural".

The projects you could do with a compact utility tractor (25 to 37 hp) with front end loader and box blade. An implement similar to a box blade is limited to just one function but it does it effortlessly, a driveway plane.

I'm with you Nate. Also living on a dirt road gives you the option to fix the potholes that bother you yourself instead of having to get the county involved and them maybe getting around to it in 2-4 years when the budget allows.

The sound of driving on a gravel road/laneway is part of it’s charm.

I have a dirt driveway and a tractor with a front end loader. Just scrape it level every 10 or 20 years and get some big clinker rock in a dump truck load. The dump truck driver will be able to drop it somewhat like paving, whike moving forward slowly. I see ruts forming and its kinda nicevto level them out to allow regular cars to enter.

Asphalt millings or crushed concrete works like a charm since it still has the concrete fines in it Tighten up real well

Personally, i think it makes a ton of sense to pave/pour a pad right in front of the home. That way it is easy to work on cars and trucks with a jack, do projects, and clean up after those projects. You also have a great spot for kids to play and friends to park....and not track dirt into a garage.

You could compact the base and then have it sprayed with oil. They do it a lot in the southwest to maintain compaction.

I'm from a podunk town in the Midwest. There are roads that make sense to have paved and there are roads that make sense to have as gravel. As long as you know how to maintain gravel roads, there isn't an issue with it and if you know how to drive on one it isn't an issue. Besides the cost and taxes associated with paving, it just doesn't always make sense to have them. Low traffic areas have way less wear and tear and fixing an issue takes way less skilled labor and resources, and is also less impact on the environment and water resources. They don't need to support vehicles like massive semis. I doubt plowing is a priority in the winter unless it's really bad. They are cheap and easy to maintain and there are no environmental pressures that would really require the roads to be paved. Not to mention the fact that when those roads do eventually break down, they are way harder to fix properly.

What about French drains and culverts. To direct the water in low spots away from washing out or pudding the gravel driveway? Also saw an interesting made rain water course. Using clay pots, bowls, plates to stop erosion. It made beautiful little waterfalls when it rains. And designed to not retain water [ avoid mosquito larvae]. It drains and dry out fast.

The land value is under $200k? I mean, by now it's probably more, but I believe you thats what you paid. That's wild. Especially at the size of the plot. Anywhere else would cost an easy 5x for the same size with the number of buildings and size of the clearing you built within. You really scored. Thats awesome bro! Congratulations on your awesome acquisition!

If you're having rut and hole issues with your driveway, do you know about gravel retention grids? They come in different forms, plastic, and cloth. You would dig down, level or crown your base, then spread the gravel in the frame the weight of the gravel and frame keeps the gravel in place better, much less water erosion.

And a road you can fix and maintain yourself easily.

Asphalt paving a half mile dirt road is absurd. However, sinking river rocks into mud to make a cobblestone drive wouldn't be crazy expensive. Especially if you spread it out over multiple years.

@dannymorgan1052

2 ай бұрын

You are a Lunatic

@johnaeryns5364

2 ай бұрын

@dannymorgan1052 no really, think about it. The natural runoff combined with the pressure will mud the stones into place. If he's doing it himself he can just pull stones from a river on his property. Spread it out over multiple years. And it'll essentially be free of charge. At the rate he goes through wood, he'll have a ready supply of ash to sprinkle over it to make shitty concrete with the rain. As he does more and more, it'll look better and better.

@dannymorgan1052

2 ай бұрын

Go give him a hand!!! ....8500 sq ft You do the math!!!!

@johnaeryns5364

2 ай бұрын

@dannymorgan1052 8500 feet, spread out over 20 years is only 425 feet a year. 35 feet a month. A little more than a single square foot a day. This could easily be done over a long enough period of time. And 35 square feet a month isn't shit. He'll, if you really wanna dedicate yourself. 35 square feet a week isn't out of the question.

@johnaeryns5364

2 ай бұрын

@dannymorgan1052 don't sweat it, my old man liked to slow down jobs too.

As someone that lived down a road just like that remember to grade it now and then. Eventually the wheels will make ruts so deep and push up the center line you'll start dragging. And never ever concrete or asphalt just where the tires go, makes it even worse to relevel when the time comes.

Where I come from we would have some truckloads of seashells put on our country road. It smells for some time, but works really well in the long run. Crushed asfalt grain might work too.

My God, a man who knows not just how a homestead works. But also how property taxes and local services work.

Where I live there's no dirt roads to properties, roads like that are paved with concrete slabs. Mostly because those roads lead to farms and often need to be able to carry heavy tractors and trucks. I think it looks really cool and concrete slabs tend to stay pot hole free way longer than asphalt. Wouldn't know how much it would cost, and you'd probably prefer a dirt road anyway lol but I just think they're neat

Actually, just makeshift a grader to level the roadway and add extra gravel to fill in potholes. If you pitch the road slightly to angle down towards the lower elevation, the water should runoff the road easier and not create ponding issues. Takes time and it does require maintenance. For the grader bar, I'd suggest a huge railroad tie chained on either end and connected to the hitch of your truck. You'll never have perfection but at least your road will be less rutty during the rainy seasons. I agree, it isn't worth spending $$$ on something that will need maintaining no matter what you do.

The gravel is more environmentally friendly as well, as it allows rainwater to soak into the ground between the cracks

@dannymorgan1052

2 ай бұрын

Go hug a tree

In Australia you would be looking at about $120k for asphalt, $180k for concrete (3m wide, reinforced). Roughly $80k/$120k USD.

Damn Nate… that is real wisdom. I've said it myself too… 😅 Don't leave one living area one is not happy with and then for some unexplained reason attempt to recreate that old area over the new area. You'd make a good neighbor Nate

Recycled crushed concrete,RCA, cheap and binders tighten up after some rain and settling,the stones will sink,but thats what keeps the driveway from turning into a mud bog

Nate has better roads than most of our towns/cities do 😂😂 they're not be paved, but I don't see potholes either.

I worked closely with a real estate guy who developed a Mtn and put up several "Whimsical"Air B n B homes....he just got it under contract to sale for $20 million dollars.....I'm thinking about the same somewhere in WV after seeing the low tax rates and mountain lots, the no permitting for building is also nice, hell of a gamble.

Personally, I would just fill rubble and then gravel along the wheel line. At least then you can near enough guarantee you can always drive along your road.

Had a neighbor who paved his dirt driveway. The first winter, all his vehicles went skidding down the icy/snowy driveway and went right over the railroad tie at the end and down a hill. Had to get a backhoe to come and pull them back up. And then fix them cause they crashed into each other, and bottomed out on rocks. Keep the dirt driveway. Pavement doesn't work everywhere.