Recycled Asphalt/ New pad for parking

dedmiston wrote:

crcr wrote:
Personally I would definitely pass on the recycled asphalt. If you don't want the expense of concrete, I'd suggest DG -- Decomposed Granite, 1/4" minus.

I've used DG for parking areas many times, for years for rentals I once had, and now we added a few parking spaces at our church and used DG. With usage and rain, it packs in almost like concrete, and makes an excellent parking surface. I've never had it get muddy after rains.

Another vote for DG. DG is a great paving material and it looks fantastic if it's installed well. How much rain do you get? DG can get kind of muddy if the ground is saturated and the grade doesn't drain properly.

I live in the Desert Southwest. We only get about 7" of rain a year. However, we not infrequently get gully washers than can drop a lot of rain in a very short time, or sometimes over a day or two. Just last weekend, it rained steady for two days solid. The ground was so saturated it was spongy, but our added DG parking at church was still fine.

I would say if you have someone haul in some DG and spread it, that if they don't have a roller to pack it, I would rent one of those vibrator packers the size of a lawn mower and use it to compress the DG.

Consider using class II road base, packs well, and easy to install.

My recycled asphalt drive has held up fine even with the use of my snow plow. Prepped right. Smoothed. Compacted. A little water. A little sun. Very hard. No tracks left by my Fifth Wheel. No pads in use.

I have parked my 40 footer on the recycled asphalt. No issues at all.