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Old 11-07-2007, 09:01 PM
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Ok so gravel it is. Rock with lime? Im assuming this stuff needs to be pressed down with something
use crushed limestone.. see if you can find a place that rents plate compactors...
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Old 11-07-2007, 09:03 PM
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Water it, press it, and the fine dust locks into a concrete-like toughness.
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Old 11-07-2007, 09:07 PM
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http://www.sutherlandscape.com/products.php?cat=GS
2720 Highway 32, Chico, CAlifornia 95973
Telephone: 530-893-4531
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Old 11-07-2007, 09:11 PM
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what about laying 1' x 1' bricks. they are like 50 cents each, comes out to about $330
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Old 11-07-2007, 09:13 PM
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It's so much easier to dump 20 tons of gravel and ------ it around than to do 10 tons of rock dust then bricks.
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Old 11-07-2007, 09:13 PM
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nifty calculator thingy to find out how many cubic yards you need
http://www.soilbuildingsystems.com/CubicYard.php
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Old 11-07-2007, 09:14 PM
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nifty calculator thingy to find out how many cubic yards you need
http://www.soilbuildingsystems.com/CubicYard.php
thats sweet thanks
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Old 11-07-2007, 09:28 PM
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call a couple asphalt companies and get quotes before you do this

or talk to the property owner and offer him to go half and half to pave the parking lot
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Old 11-07-2007, 09:30 PM
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If you pay for it all and it's being done to someone else's property can it be a tax write-off?
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Old 11-07-2007, 09:41 PM
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Chris this is HMT we only know how to destroy asphalt
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