deep fill for driveway ramp

[Ccat]

How do you form a driveway ramp off the paved road down to your lot?  What materials do you use?
The paved road is about 8 feet higher than the lot.

Ccat

[randomq]

How do you form a driveway ramp off the paved road down to your lot?  What materials do you use?
The paved road is about 8 feet higher than the lot.

Ccat

Holy cow that's quite a difference!

Unless you can afford lots of very large drain rock delivered, you will probably need a D9 to rip your lot and push a lot of material to the road side to make a reasonable driveway. (And then coat that with a few layers of smaller rock.)

I imagine it would take 50-80 ft of length to rise 8 ft.

[Ccat]

Thanks, makes sense.

Ccat

[dobanion]

I'd just buy rock. It's really not that expensive. Probably get it done with 4-5 truckloads.

I mean sure, if you are already having a dozer on site for something else (cutting in the driveway, house pad, etc), and you got a big pile of material near to the road so they don't spend tons of time moving it, maybe it'd be cheaper to run the dozer.

[randomq]

Good point, I just assumed he would need one. Actually now that I think about it, he might have trouble getting one on the property!

[Ccat]

Good point, I just assumed he would need one. Actually now that I think about it, he might have trouble getting one on the property!

Yes!  right now you have to park at the road and carefully clamber down.  You cant drive down.  too steep.  There are houses in the neighborhood with filled driveways, but this lot is quite a bit lower.

Ccat

[randomq]

Forgo the driveway, build a rope bridge, and turn it into a cool carbon-negative eco-hippie campground. :-)

[Ccat]

Is there any way to get big pieces of concrete rubble?  

I am thinking that the big chunks that come from tearing out driveways or other big concrete removals would help with preliminary bulk fill and should be free.  

Actually, I wonder if asphalt chunks  would work?

[randomq]

Is there any way to get big pieces of concrete rubble?  

I am thinking that the big chunks that come from tearing out driveways or other big concrete removals would help with preliminary bulk fill and should be free.  

Actually, I wonder if asphalt chunks  would work?

Even if you find free material, you'll need many dump-trucks worth.  A pickup truck can carry about a tenth as much as a dump truck. So you'll still be paying for someone's time and equipment to load it and transport it, or breaking your own back and truck, unless you literally find a giant demolition job looking to unload their materials. Hopefully not Uncle Billy's! 

[Chas]

Maybe check with anyone that is building in the neighborhood? 

Personally, I think you can't have enough rock around the property, but when someone puts in a septic, they end up with rock they "have to get rid of".