Parking at home

6 inch rock is what you want.

Construction sites use it. Not that other stuff you all mention.

 

It's not like picking grey poupon over yellow mustard. Quickkrete will do just fine. Like some of these guys are saying it's the sum of everything that makes the whole. If you don't do the prep it'll crack all to pieces.

 

Frankly this driveway debate is more entertaining than the one about who makes the best diesel engine.

 

Detroit. Everyone knows that.

 

If you can, remove the top layer and get down to rock or sand, then build your pad up from there. On our farm, we can’t - we have at least 140’ of sedimental clay (that’s as far as we’ve drilled).

When we build a road, we level the top, and then bring in as many truck loads of 6-24” rock as it takes. Drive over it with the excavator to break the rock and push in and level it as needed. Even in our fine clay, that gets things solid. Where we are, pit run fine cinders are about $600 per semi load, so that goes over the top for dressing. After a few months of driving on it, it’s smooth and solid as can be.

 

Seems like a hell of a lot of work for a parking place...

 

Anyone who has spent as much time working on trucks knows they do not want to lay on rocks to do it. And no matter how well you compact it mother nature will reclaim it with grass and weeds and ankle deep water puddles conveniently placed right were you need to stand to service the truck.

 

Actually, the base prep is as/more important than the psi of the concrete.

 

It's been a slow week, you just never know what might trigger everybody. Sometimes trolls get completely ignored, sometimes debated. Sometimes a legit question from left field like this. There's no rhyme or reason to it.

 

I park my truck at the company lot so that it is safe. I don't trust the neighbor that we live in, cars got broke in and parts taken off.