Afterthought wrote:I tried to do a parking area and i did 6-8" deep, landscape fabric and then filled with 5/8- with fines but it sank. I'm thinking I should have done like you did and put the bigger rock under first .
i went much deeper than planned (not on purpose), but i did 1-1/4" minus for the road base. on the road fabric, the plastic/nylon type not felt. i have been told you will lose it if you do smaller rock. just works right thru the fabric.
the shop base is 3" minus and its a bitch when grading the 1" minus screenings because large boulders really make a dent in the progress haha.
if had to do over, i would use the 1-1/4" minnus on everything then MAYBE cap the road in 5/8" minus. i prefer 3/4" minus but thats a Portland thing, not up here in WA for some odd reason. the Portland rock is much nicer in my 15 yrs plus experience.
mine has been proof rolled for the driveway by the loaded dumptrucks backing in further and further each time. i will maybe be getting a small 4 foot roller machine this weekend to really roll it out properly.
ITS GOOD TO HAVE FRIENDS WITH EQUIPMENT THAT ARE WILLING TO LOAN TO YOU!!!!
i did originally just drive one of my trucks back and forth and back and forth and so on. did an ok job of it i guess.