Recycled Asphalt/ New pad for parking

My son lives in central Florida and uses recycled asphalt on his 1/4 mile drive way and in his 40-60 enclosed trailer shed.
His tandem axle 13k 5th wheel trailer....a 9000 lb 26' blue water fisher siting on a tandem axle trailer and a 20' 2800 lb duck boat all with 3/4 inch plywood under all the tires per the guy that installs these type driveway/parking pads. No sinking issues.

However just like crusher run gravel, his wife and grown/married 30 year old sons and daughter inlaws had to learn to slow down when using the driveway.

I used ground up asphalt milling's at my house about 10 years ago in an attempt to make my driveway a little bigger. Keep in mind the petroleum residue will cause those tiny pieces of asphalt to stick to your shoes and get tracked everywhere. My wife's can carpet floor mats in her car turned black after only a few weeks.

Most of us seem to take great pride in the condition of our recreational vehicles, I would hate to see and otherwise spotless RV with greasy carpet

Need to be clear about what they are offering.

Recycled asphalt can mean fresh asphalt, which uses ground up old asphalt as the aggregate. What you end up with there is going to be a typical asphalt drive, that just cost a little less due to the recycled content. Tires will sink into it for a few years until it ages well. And it will have the same nice black color that you expect with fresh asphalt.

Ground asphalt would be the equivalent of crusher run concrete, except that it has enough petroleum tar left in it that it can be rolled or compacted and tend to stick together, which crusher run concrete won't ever do unless you oil it. I don't think the tar is fresh enough that tires would sink into it. Just like well aged asphalt.

Ask to see some examples of their material laid down.

No personal experience, but many use the stuff for their rural driveways here in MN. My neighbor did it for his 200 ft drive but I did not like how it broke down into tiny bits.
If I do my drive I will use cement parking pads and crushed granite driveway.
For a pad to park your 5ver on in DE, look to see what others are using and how they like it after 5 years. Ask the contractor where some is laid to see how you like it. 3/4 red stone may be popular in your area. The larger 1 1/4" may be more suitable for parking but hard on the mower if it is not contained. ;)
Ben

dkelly1208 wrote:
Just make sure your base is hard, Then spend the money to rent a drum vibratory compactor. Or hire someone that has one,to compact the millings.

Yep, a solid base is A1 to make sure any surface material stays in good shape.

Here's an article on Gravel Driveway Construction.

A large stone base that is well compacted is essential.

KJ

Remdog, I used recycled asphalt on my parking are. If you are talking about the old asphalt they grind up out of the road we call them millings here in Florida. A lot of roads that used to be dirt roads are now covered in millings in our county. They hold up fine if prepped right. My whole driveway was done in them in 2004. I just had to freshen them up a few months ago. Your rv pad will be used rarely compared to the driveway. Just make sure your base is hard, Then spend the money to rent a drum vibratory compactor. Or hire someone that has one,to compact the millings.

QUESTION, won,t you be tracking dusty dirty blk stuff every where you go?

Save some money and get the concrete. I'd did asphalt and ended up ripping it out after a few years.

If the used AC pavement has not been conditioned or graded, just stockpiled since ground up, it normally would make for a gravelly type surface material. Just oiled rock. But with some work, the material can be reused as a sub base or even pavement again.

If you use recycled asphalt, I hope you have better success than the state of Indiana did! A few years ago (and not that many either), the State contracted and the company used recycled asphalt! BIG mistake! Roads crumbled all over Indiana big time! Now, it's all being done again! And some county roads were re-done with chip-n-seal. Which works better than recycled asphalt by the way!

If you are going to do it, do it right the first time! Do it with concrete!