batman99
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Yes. 4-6" of gravel, then 2" of 3/4" crush, then lay 24"x24" patio stones on its top. Add some good top soil around it, throw down some grass seed and within 4 months, it looks perfect.
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Ole Man Dan
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I had access to several thousand old bricks. I put them down and swept
Mortar mix into the joints. Rain drains toward the road.
Not really pretty, but effective. (Did I mention FREE bricks)
Father-In-Law was a contractor and brought the old bricks to the rear of his property after jobs...
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wbwood
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Anyone have something put in besides asphalt or concrete that was on a slop and hadit built up on side?
Not sure if you can tell on the right side of this picture much (only picture I could find right now, but I have slight slop on the side of my house, it slopes less the further back you go. Starts off big at the top of the driveway (where I was when I took this photo).
To give you idea of how much slop there is, here is a picture of the back deck. From the front of the house to back deck it drops that much. But from about the edge of the back of the house it slopes just a little.
When I parked camper beside house it only extended forward of the back end of the house by about 6-10 ft. with the tongue jack all the way down, if I could put the rear tires up off the ground maybey 6-12", then it would be level.
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davelinde
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Ours is in now. Asphalt millings.
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Would have liked millings, but we didn't have any. (I work at the local quarry) I built a wall to take up the slope in the yard and filled most of the space with some left over septic stone and then covered the whole drive with 3/4 roadstone. After a couple mild showers it packed hard and I have the slope that will get rid of the rain. So far it's great.
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davelinde
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I've had bad experiences with bluestone in NJ - basically it just kept sinking away - we've topped that driveway twice now. Even though FL is all sand, the neighbors have a 1/4 mile access road all done in millings and it has held up fine. We put down about 3" for the RV pad and our driveway. Unfortunately the county noticed and made us rip out the apron that connects to the public road  they require 6" of millings over the entire right-of-way.
So... we will get to see how 3" base holds up compared to the 6" base over time.
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wbwood
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mudmaker wrote:Would have liked millings, but we didn't have any. (I work at the local quarry) I built a wall to take up the slope in the yard and filled most of the space with some left over septic stone and then covered the whole drive with 3/4 roadstone. After a couple mild showers it packed hard and I have the slope that will get rid of the rain. So far it's great.
How big of a wall did you build up. I had one guy a couple years ago come out and was talking about putting in all this stuff...and doing a block wall and tying it in to the foundation of the house...I was just thinking a couple railroad ties high and filled in. he said the weight wouldn't hold on it.
I even though about building basically two ramps with hard packed dirt or another materail about a foot tall and big enough for the double axle. My only issue would be the stabilizers that hang down...
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mudmaker
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I went three rr tirs high at the back and for most of the length of the camper. Drilled half inch holes and pinned them with 18 in. sections of rebar. Then tied them together with foot long lag bolts. Oh, and I burried the first tie in the round about half it's hight. On the back all I did was cut one in half, tie it into the wall at 90 degrees and bury it so it was level. Then pin and bolt another full length one on top. Thought about running ready bolt thru horizontally and mounting flat plates and then burying them to prevent blowout of the wall. I couldn't kick or push the wall over tho with what I had done so I just threw in the septic stone and covered it with 3/4 class a roadstone. Seems pretty firm right now. We'll see.
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batman99 wrote:Yes. 4-6" of gravel, then 2" of 3/4" crush, then lay 24"x24" patio stones on its top. Add some good top soil around it, throw down some grass seed and within 4 months, it looks perfect.
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I did similar to this but used the concrete blocks that have holes in them to allow grass to grow in the blocks. They are used around here for fire equipment access around apartment blocks. Looks like the yard is all grass until you get right on top of it. Crushed rock for a base then lay the blocks. Sweep dry top soil over the top several times wetting down in between. Plant grass seed and care for it as normal. It does require a bit more watering in summer for the heat that can be held by the concrete can dry it out. I also tracked mine right to the road so there is no wheel marks if it is wet.
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I had blacktop millings in my driveway and the thing I hate about them is if they get tracked in your house or RV they leave tar marks on the floor. But besides that its the best thing from blacktopping your drivway.
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