Fixing Potholes - Lets Try Something Different
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- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024
- Fixing potholes in a gravel driveway
I used a John Deere 2038R compact tractor and 270B backhoe to dig up around the potholes and then back dragged over them with the everything attachments wicked bucket before compacting the rock with a 6.5 hp central machinery plate compactor from harbor freight
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Oh yea, srill one of my favorites! The sound of driveway work beinf done!
I love the sound of the bucket scraping the ground and the material.
You should sprinkle some water on the stone then use the plate compactor. It will bind it better.
Thanks for sharing
I was thinking that might help
@@RockhillfarmYT No problem. Also use a stone that has fines like traffic bond. You don't want to use like number 2 stone. That stuff will not pack as good .
What we do here is wait for them to start working on the roads and put in an order for several loads of road grindings. Then we spread them out and rent a roller and roll it out. The contractor up the road sprays it with a mixture while rolling it on a really hot day and it comes out like a paved driveway.
Good job, looks like knew 👊
Thanks
Bosch hammerdrill...works well with the shovel attached!
For cleaning out the bucket? Had not heard that suggestion before.
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Every time you swung that pick ax I would jump. I thought your videos were relaxing. 😝. Lol
Sorry, I didn’t mean to get your heart racing too much.
Hey, maybe it’s exercise.
I am worn out today working on this drainage ditch to the pond
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Dang...I really like the backhoe idea. I have a gravel driveway myself and I think the way you fixed that pothole will work much better than using a box blade!! Awesome!! 👍
Thanks
It was pretty quick
Here on our mountain I maintain a quarter mile private lane that was plagued with pot holes and ruts. After leveling out the road and crowning the middle a little for better drainage we used limestone 2a gravel on the road that has the fine ground limestone in it. After keeping it raked with a landscape rake for about 3 years we put another coating of the 2a gravel down and drove over it with our vehicles. It became like concrete. No more potholes. I had to replace a 15" drain pipe across the road a couple of months ago and it was like digging through 4" of concrete. I don't know if this will help but it sure worked for me.
Thanks for sharing
Dig out the pot hole bout 16 inches deep. Get 7 or 8 used tires & cut out the sidewalls on each side. Lay the first tire directly over where the center of where the pothole was. Then place the rest of the tires around that tire then nail them together. Fill in gravel over the tires. The tires keep the gravel tightly in place. Have the tires covered by 3 to 4 inches of gravel. You will never get a pothole again there.
I do the ripper method too. Here is the problem, it doesn't COMPLETELY destroy the pothole.
I’ve done about a dozen different ways of working my driveway. You definitely have to break the bottom of the pot hole or it’s not gonna last.
Thanks for watching
I've got a lot of clay soil on my property, so when I saw you using a scraper on your bucket I thought, "That man needs to get himself a pick!" Well, I see that you already had one. It's about the only tool I have that works on compacted clay. I once tried spraying silicone on my bucket with the hopes it would prevent clay from sticking, but clay will stick to anything! There is no easy work around that I know of. My driveway used to generate quite a few pot holes until I made sure the road base was uniform. Then you have to make sure you've crowned it properly. There should be no water pooling anywhere on your driveway. If you have a puddle the size of a tea cup, you will end up with a pot hole there, especially if you have traffic that drives over it at a higher speed. I haven't had to fix a pot hole in years after doing those two things. Dressing it with a landscape rake a few times a year will help to keep tire tracks from forming and creating puddles. You'll get that, especially with the larger trucks that use your drive. I like your idea of only tearing up the area with the pothole. You can use your compactor on that smaller area and it will have an improved result over just letting traffic compact it. I'm anxious to see how that works for you. It shouldn't take long to tell if you have a lot of truck traffic. Keep up the good work! I look forward to every one of your videos!
Thanks for all the feedback. We do get heavy trucks every day down that drive.
The previous owner did a good job of building it originally and I just need to maintain it. I do think instead of a crown it slopes to one side and it’s not the side I would’ve had it sloped too.
I want to actually check that and see if it’s sloping the way I think it is
I had been using a claw hammer to try to get the clay out of my backhoe bucket but about five minutes ago I had to do it again and switch to a piece of heavy rebar because I can drive it in and then get leverage to push it out
Digging trenches in the mud this morning
Great video!
Thanks
@@RockhillfarmYT yes indeed Thank you for sharing....
@@RockhillfarmYTThis is one of my all time favorite videos to watch for pothole guidance!
@@aaronburford5701 it worked well
I think you need to cut down the edges of your driveway so the water can drain. That is the only way I got mine to stop. The driveway needs to be slightly higher than the sides. Try it beside the pothole and see how it works.
Thanks for the tip
mix in ashes from an outside wood boiler...I'm told it makes a very good patch material....but I haven't tried it yet
Good luck with your efforts!
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Thanks for the suggestion. I have a lot of wood ash
Yep. If you know a little rain is coming, not a torrential downpour, plan on doing it a little after it passes. You just want moist gravel/dust to compact over. It'll turn into concrete once it dries. If the problem still happens, you can grab some fine concrete mix and sprinkle it in with the rock. It's to early to think, and I was up with the baby all night, so hopefully you understood that. 😂
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LOL thought it was funny seeing this. I tried the exact same thing 2 months ago. The pot holes came right back.
Thanks for sharing. I think the most important thing is how well it sheds water.
Have a good one
Looks like you need more crown on your driveway, Sitting water is what causes Potholes
Thanks for the feedback
Good video Brock, Somehow i thought the plate compactor would be part of your video... Lol
Got to play with those new toys. I’ll probably run it a couple passes every time I put down rock.
*Nice!! You're inspiring me to fix a few potholes myself on my property....* just wish I had a backhoe or an excavator! -- I know when researching putting in an asphalt patch (i have almost a 1/2 mile of driveway made of concrete, asphalt, and rock....) they are very insistent that your sidewalls of the patch are straight up and down.... _Cheerios (I like that description) will slide off a plate, but they really won't come out of a shoebox._ Maybe thinking like that will help to patch potholes?? -- Cheers! Keep the videos coming.
Good analogy. Thanks for watching And good luck with your driveway
I’ve done the same thing today but no compactor - has it worked out for you?
good day Brock, thanks for sharing the video I noticed you have a tooth edge on your bucket, how does it work when you back drag and smooth off uncompacted soil? I'm thinking about buying one but I don't want to take it off every time I need to back drag just to smooth off soil
I had the same concern but I feel like it works just fine with the edge on there
Instead of buying a tooth bar I bought a tooth bucket so I can put my other bucket on top back drag and I’ve never felt the need to
You will sometimes notice grooves in the area you were dragging but nothing excessive. The stepper the angle the more grooves you get, so on the last pass I usually do it with a flat bucket
Hey Brock, how has that held up after 1 year? Digging the pot hole up with backhoe vr box blade, I am very interested.
It is holding up well
You did one of two things you eather fix it or you made it bad situation worse lol the important thing is your trying
I having a long driveway means you will have to maintain it from time to time.
I like experimenting with different ways of doing that. I definitely think the plate compactor will help
Im told if you fortify the edge of the driveway with brick, cement, landscape edging etc. that will prevent the road from spreading out into the grass. All it takes is just a little spreading and that creates the softer portion of the pothole. Imagine what happens when you step into sand watch how it spreads out to create your footprint but if you contain in box or a bucket you can pack it real tight and it wont give...... just my 2 cents....
Thanks for sharing. The edges on mine seem to hold up really well, then again would I really know if they were slightly expanding out
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A pothole has nothing to do with the granular course. It is a failure of the base course - dig out two feet and fill with granular course compacting in 4 inch layers. Guarantee you fixed for good. Any topical remedy will always telegraph through.
The root cause of the problem is standing water. Crown it as much as you can to get the water off it.
Right. I’m in the middle of fixing my drainage issues
How's your repair holding up?
It’s still good. Haven’t done anything else to it.
Thanks for watching
@@RockhillfarmYT That's great. I think the plate is the key. About to embark on my own repair using this method. Potholes are resilient buggers. Thanks for your vid.
@@RockhillfarmYT how about now? :) I think I need a plate compactor! But I was worried you chopped your base up too much…
I would say it did fine but I ended up having potholes in a bunch of other places and redoing the whole thing
Give us a update? Did it help any?
Yeah, it’s held up well. I don’t think I’ve worked my driveway since then. Not sure though.
I think I’ve only skimmed the top with the harrow a little bit
You have a lot of traffic on your drive. Employees, deliveries and in and out with your tractor on the trailer. And normal family use. Way more abuse than a normal family driveway gets. You could for sure use a landplane to keep it in shape. But I know they don`t give them away.
Yeah, I really want to land plane but I’ve got more money going out than coming in lately
@@RockhillfarmYT I understand that! That is why I said they don`t give them away!
You're definitely getting your money out of the compactor.
Yeah, got to play with the new toy