05-22-2017, 01:07 PM
Eric1600's not alone. There's a lot of people who can't take it anymore so are spending more of their own $ to fix the potholes.
Scraping and rolling is only a pothole band aid fix.
The lady I spoke about earlier in this thread decided in the end not to pay her road maint fee after paying for gravel and doing the labor herself on the potholes near her driveway. She's one of the 2,256 delinquent road fees = $707,256.00.
Would be even better if someone on the road committee has actual experience/knowledge of road maintenence, as the average person may think "gravel is gravel, what's the difference?" And choose an unsuitable base due to only observing the cost per ton
Tink, there were people who knew about roads involved on the Road Committee and there was hope that the right road material formula would be found. The committee was composed of the former GM, former Road Crew Supv, former HPP Engineer, a Viet Nam vet/HPP lot owner who built roads and airstrips while in the military, and guest: local quarry owner..Here's an excerpt from their last report in 2014:
"Discussion went from our original concept of testing the same type of materials from different quarries to testing different types of materials from one or two quarries.
We think that a road material with more fine particles, say cinder and dirt may lock together better than the standard base material or just plain cinders. We will also test a material formulated from ¾” base rock but without some of the very fine particles say under the #200 screen.
We deem it prudent to have a proctor test this material, so we can see how the compaction in the field is going. One of our problems may be our roller isn’t sufficient to compact the material and that a double drum roller may be needed. XXXX will be in charge of the proctor and testing.
XXXX is working on the formula for the new base material, and the cinder soil is a stock product from the XXXXX quarry. The balance in the cinder formula will be 90% cinder and 10% soil to start with. We can make adjustments from this base line. Water will be required during the installation of all materials.
Another possibility is using a sand/cinder mix. The initial problem with this mix is that it will be more expensive so we may use it as an alternative if the cinder/soil doesn’t meet our standards.
We plan on starting the installation of new test material in early July, starting with the ½ mile test area for each material."
Scraping and rolling is only a pothole band aid fix.
The lady I spoke about earlier in this thread decided in the end not to pay her road maint fee after paying for gravel and doing the labor herself on the potholes near her driveway. She's one of the 2,256 delinquent road fees = $707,256.00.
Would be even better if someone on the road committee has actual experience/knowledge of road maintenence, as the average person may think "gravel is gravel, what's the difference?" And choose an unsuitable base due to only observing the cost per ton
Tink, there were people who knew about roads involved on the Road Committee and there was hope that the right road material formula would be found. The committee was composed of the former GM, former Road Crew Supv, former HPP Engineer, a Viet Nam vet/HPP lot owner who built roads and airstrips while in the military, and guest: local quarry owner..Here's an excerpt from their last report in 2014:
"Discussion went from our original concept of testing the same type of materials from different quarries to testing different types of materials from one or two quarries.
We think that a road material with more fine particles, say cinder and dirt may lock together better than the standard base material or just plain cinders. We will also test a material formulated from ¾” base rock but without some of the very fine particles say under the #200 screen.
We deem it prudent to have a proctor test this material, so we can see how the compaction in the field is going. One of our problems may be our roller isn’t sufficient to compact the material and that a double drum roller may be needed. XXXX will be in charge of the proctor and testing.
XXXX is working on the formula for the new base material, and the cinder soil is a stock product from the XXXXX quarry. The balance in the cinder formula will be 90% cinder and 10% soil to start with. We can make adjustments from this base line. Water will be required during the installation of all materials.
Another possibility is using a sand/cinder mix. The initial problem with this mix is that it will be more expensive so we may use it as an alternative if the cinder/soil doesn’t meet our standards.
We plan on starting the installation of new test material in early July, starting with the ½ mile test area for each material."