yoderjac
5 year old buck +
I've been working on building a driveway and parking area at my new home. The driveway is 1/4 mile or so. I've been using my 35g with a grading bucket to crown or slope the road at about 3 degrees. We have pretty heavy clay soil. It all drains pretty well now. I think it is ready to surface soon. I've considered 57s, cursh-n-run, and am now considering road millings. I've talked to a few folks who have used millings. They say they are less costly than stone, provide a better surface, and are less maintenance. They tell me it is best to apply and compress them when it is very hot during the summer. I have a few leads and hope to find a source to begin playing with them this summer.
If folks on here have experience using millings, I'd like to hear your experiences on this thread. If they work out for my driveway and parking area at the retirement property, I'm considering some other uses at the farm. Currently we have a barn with a cement floor. I have most implements on dollies so I can roll them over to the tractor and easily position them for hookup. It works great! I also like implements with mechanical components like PTOs and such to be protected from the weather. I'm not concerned about all steel implements like rear-blades, box-blades, buckets, forks, and such being in the weather, but without dollies, hookup requires a lot of getting on and off the tractor to position it finely enough for hookup. A quick hitch is not a good solution for me. So, I was thinking about just using millings to surface a level area to dolly these kinds of implements outside.
I'd appreciate any thoughts on how to apply millings as well as how well they work compared to the alternatives for driveways and such. Another thing I was considering was to use them as edging around my barn. I'm thinking if I put a two food strip the slopes away from the barn, I could run my tractor mower around the barn with no trimming.
I have watched some videos but would appreciate any thoughts from folks on here.
Thanks,
Jack
If folks on here have experience using millings, I'd like to hear your experiences on this thread. If they work out for my driveway and parking area at the retirement property, I'm considering some other uses at the farm. Currently we have a barn with a cement floor. I have most implements on dollies so I can roll them over to the tractor and easily position them for hookup. It works great! I also like implements with mechanical components like PTOs and such to be protected from the weather. I'm not concerned about all steel implements like rear-blades, box-blades, buckets, forks, and such being in the weather, but without dollies, hookup requires a lot of getting on and off the tractor to position it finely enough for hookup. A quick hitch is not a good solution for me. So, I was thinking about just using millings to surface a level area to dolly these kinds of implements outside.
I'd appreciate any thoughts on how to apply millings as well as how well they work compared to the alternatives for driveways and such. Another thing I was considering was to use them as edging around my barn. I'm thinking if I put a two food strip the slopes away from the barn, I could run my tractor mower around the barn with no trimming.
I have watched some videos but would appreciate any thoughts from folks on here.
Thanks,
Jack