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Posted by David Nebenzahl on September 18, 2006, 8:09 pm
Richard J Kinch spake thus:
>> I have friend who has several dump trunks full of asphalt
>>millings. I would like to excavate the gravel and dirt and put down 4
>>to 6 inches of the millings.
>
> By "millings" you mean old waste asphaltic concrete from scarifiers?
> "Asphalt" is petroleum tar, not asphaltic concrete (asphalt plus
> gravel).
>
> That recycled stuff is basically a low-quality gravel, weak and brittle,
> that can only be used in small proportions in new paving material for
> the sake of getting rid of it. And that has to be done by lots of heat
> and mixing with fresh asphalt in a big mixing plant. Not something you
> can accomplish in your driveway.
>
> There's a reason this old material was torn up. It's no good for paving
> any more. You might as well try to pave with kitty litter or bread
> crumbs.
The OP said he's used it before and it worked well. Why shouldn't we
take his word for it?
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