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ROCK CHIPS AND MEGA DUST!!!

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I know there have to be others that deal with this dilemna...love to collect cars but have to accept a status quo finish. I live on a county road (gravel) with a mile and a half to pavement. When I first start restoration projects ..NO BIG DEAL...but to get to the repainting and finishing KILLS ME. Then I get into this just look at mode because when it's time to drive "ROCK CHIPS and MEGA ROAD DUST". Somebody help me out..words of encouragement....suggestions to deal with or overcome (other than moving to the city). I actually remember a guy on EBAY who was selling his entire collection because he couldn't deal with the same situtation any longer..it's MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND and time to cruise!!!
 
"Spit and Chip" "Chip Seal" "oil & Stone" "Oil & Gravel" or whatever they call it in your area of the country. It's 'dirt' cheap pavement...

It's basically a bitumen based heavy oil (20% - 30% bitumen) that's sprayed at the road from the back of a special tanker truck, like a water truck, only modified to hold the stuff.

They follow up the oil with fine gravel. As folks drive on it, it solidifies into pavement. For towns and counties it's pretty cheap, it holds up ok to winters for low use roads, like yours. I live in a small village and it's the pavement of choice for all but the main roads. On a little used road, you might get ten years out of it.

Petition your municipality to apply the stuff to your road, you might be surprised by their response.
 
listed it as an option. pretty heavy community still farming beans and corn so the response may be negative
just from the heavy tractors and equipment. My hopes are
sooner or later they would do....just several years off.
WOnder what a mile and a half of having it layed down
would cost....
 
Tell ya what we do at the farm (don't tell EPA)....all the old oil from farm equipment we put in a big tank...then we hoist the tank onto the back of a tractor with a homemade spreader/nozzle arrngement...drive up & down the gravel road in front of farmhouse......hehehehehe - instant blacktop!
 
Go to the local farm supply and ask about dust coating the road. We do it every year on our road. The cost per house hold is very small. They can time the application to be when there is little traffic. The dust coat rejuvinates with a little water. Non harmful and after a couple of years application it stays all winter too. No waste oil and chip seal is almost as expensive as asphalt.
 
LLAngus said:
No waste oil and chip seal is almost as expensive as asphalt.
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Cost is probably high due to Calif. environmental regs! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

That dust coating sounds interesting...
 
Paint is a ~WEAR ITEM~ !!!

Face that or fuss.
 
Clear bra the paint that is likely to see gravel thrown from the tires. It will develop a line of dirt at the edge after a while, but then you just replace it. As for dust, I guess you need to find a friendly neighbor with a hose where the pavements starts.
 
Switch to synthetic and drive back & forth.
(you will have it oiled in no time)

And shave yer tires.
(No tread to pick up rocks)
 
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