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Inexpensive Ideas for Driveway?

I live in a mobilehome park and the owners don't want us to have asphalt driveways for plumbing reasons.
Does anyone have an idea what I could use that isn't expensive to put down? Right now there are ruts and mud holes.

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By Lorraine S.

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January 18, 20130 found this helpful

There is a stone you can put down that make a good driveway base. I can't think of what they call it but if you ask at a quarry or maybe even a Lowes or Home Depot. It pacts down when it gets wet and kind of hardens but can still be broken up with a shovel if needed.

 

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January 3, 20182 found this helpful

There is some stuff called Chit tat I would NOT recommend. When we had a garage put in we wanted a concrete drive. The builder recommended Chit. Said it went on loose and when watered down it would become as hard as concrete.

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NOT! after 23 years where the grass has not grown it is still loose and crumbly. It tracks into the house still and clings to shoes to mess up the car. Now I can't afford the concrete.

 
January 10, 20220 found this helpful

I had a gravel company deliver stone...size 27 I think. Different sizes. Measure the area you want to cover. The seller will figure the load. You will have to arrange for worker to spread the load.

 
January 20, 20130 found this helpful

The obvious is to use the pavement grade gravel. It is a type of crushed gravel that is utilized instead of pavement. I had it put down once. Any quarry would know which one it is! It is permeable. It packs down very well to fill your ruts. It's the next best thing to pavement. If you want to do something "green", you would dig out your driveway, add a layer of sand, then put in chunks of 6" paving wood.

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It's like brick, but round, 6" or so in diameter. These are also permeable. Hard on high heels. You could also lay in brick tire trackways, with grass planted in the middle to soak up rain. Brick must go on a layer of sand also.

 

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January 20, 20130 found this helpful

Pea gravel is also nice. It's easier on feet, tires and I think just as cheap. Good luck.

 
January 10, 20220 found this helpful

The soil type could inform the size gravel or stone you use. I think pea gravel might disappear in really mushy soil.

 

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January 20, 20130 found this helpful

Gravel is what you want. It comes in different grades. Regular gravel which has a mixture of sizes of stones and sand is the cheapest, and is quite satisfactory. If you can afford it, crushed rock, which is exactly what it sounds like - gravel made from larger rocks, no sand to track in and lasts longer - is better.

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Look up people who actually sell this stuff in your area - who will deliver it in a truck and sell it by the "yard", not in bags. This will be your simplest and most efficient solution. It wouldn't hurt to go look at the product you are buying, and to take someone with you who knows what gravel is.

 

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