Driveway building for big trucks

At first it was just a grassy spot along the edge of woods until I packed it out. I used medium sized gravel like you would find in a normal gravel parking lot

 

You talking about an entire clear path, where the trees used to be? I don't think they do that. They come for the money trees and leave everything else

 

I can tell that you are trying to do this on the cheap but if the land there is anything like Tennessee, you have to get rid of some of the clay first. Drainage is going to be the biggest thing to worry about. Without that, your road will turn to a soupy slop.

The best thing to do is to dig down 6-8" and lay some fabric down then a road base and compact it. then gravel on top of that.

The second best thing is to put in the drainage, cover with a road fabric and then something like a crush and run gravel on top of the fabric. The main thing that the fabric does is keep the dirt.clay from working it's way up from below as the gravel sinks. Then you have the problem all over again.

Like I said though, the main thing is to drain the water away from the road and parking pad.

 

Talk to the loggers about what you need. Many are expert roadbuilders and would know exactly what you would need. Chances are they can do it for you while the have their equipment on site

 

I live in FL, in a very rural area that still has dirt roads. The county came in on my road and put down white limerock (powder not gravel). When wet, it's slick but it's the only road in the sub-division that doesn't rut bad. Once it dries out, it's almost as hard as concrete. I also poured 2 2' x 3' x 1' deep landing pads where I drop my trailer at the edge of my property. I have dropped grossed out loads on those pads without breaking them. Makes it nice to be able to drop the trailer away from the house so I don't wake up mama if I come in late at night, but I like to keep my truck and belongings close for the ease of unloading and reloading my supplies and stuff.

 

I haven't took a trailer on it yet, I put down 200 ton of different size gravel. I liked the number 2's on the bottom, then 53's and then 5's on top.
The good part is my land is at a T, where 2 State highways meet and there's a half acre gravel lot there,( top photo) that I own and could always park at. Other People do too,