Dave H M
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Did not want to hijack another thread on RV pads.
What are you folks using for a source for the millings?
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GeorgeNJ
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I look for where they are paving locally, find the guy in charge and tell him I'm looking to buy some. I've paid $50 a tandem load and took four loads. If they are paving on your street they'll give them to you for free. Some contractor yards try to sell them like there selling you crushed stone out of a quary & expect those prices.
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travelzoo
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In our area the asphalt as it's removed is in larger pieces than I would not want to use. Many pavers take the old asphalt to local gravel pits where they run it through there crushers bring it down to 1/2" to 1" in size and sell it for a little less than crushed stone. It's getting harder to find as most of the old asphalt is being reprocessed these days. Crushed concrete is another good material, but beware of rebar in it. If your around an area where some of the big old brick buildings are being tore down, crushed brick is another way to go, that is if someone in the area is crushing it. Many times old brick is just buried.
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sjholt
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We were paying $6 a ton in Vero Beach Florida in January.
Skip
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sc3283
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$250 a tandem load here
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mike4947
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Here in CNY any millings are recycled within days of it being ground off. A local plant remixes them with "fresh" and it's back on the road within days.
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wa8yxm
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How does that advertising slogan go: Let your fingers do the walking through the Yellow Pages.
Look under Paving.
Check with your local road comission
If you are near Flint Michigan check with Patrick at Outdoor Adventures LakeShore Resort, which has a Davison listing even if i8t's in Richfield Twp.
(I know he knows where to find 'em)
Or check with someone else locally who clearly knows where to find 'em.
NOTE: I kind of like the idea, They seem to work well at Lakeshore.
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
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jpjulian
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We got a couple semi loads ~3 summers ago from the township road commissioner when he was doing a job in the neighborhood for free. Yeah, the pieces were larger than desired but free is free.
Joe
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Gotago2
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What kind of prep do you need to do before you put down the milling?
Norm
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davelinde
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We only knew millings were possible because our neighbor did a lot of roads on his ranch that way. He knew someone working on resurfacing airport runway and he also knew someone with big dump trucks.
We ended up hiring a guy with a bobcat to cut our new driveway (and the RV pad). Initially he was going to haul it for us 5 ton at a time - but then we decided pay to have it hauled faster - we ended up using nearly 100 ton of the stuff and our delivered cost was around $15/ton. From what I'm reading here that may have been a bit pricey - but we got it all done in a day and I'm pleased with the result.
For preparation - they used a sod cutter to strip the grass and then a bobcat to cut down 3" and rough grade. We spread the stuff directly on the rough grade and pulled it with the bobcat to a finish grade. Then just drove on it until it matted together. Our millings are not double ground, so there are some big hunks in there - my plan is to pull them out eventually.
We've heard conflicting advice on this after the fact. The county inspector (who caught us doing this and insisted we pay for permits) said that we should but down fabric on the rough grade to stop the millings from sinking into the subsurface - but then he agreed this was not a requirement. Our contractor said that was overkill and assured us the material would compact after being driven, and after a summer of heating would be quite solid.
Note: our install is in Florida, on sand, with no chance of any heaving due to a freeze.
Dave Lindemulder
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