Asphalt Millings
Asphalt millings are recycled asphalt, spread and rolled into a firm driveway, ranch road or pad. We haul millings and processed millings by the load across the Brazos Valley.
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A gravel driveway is only as good as the ground under it. We build and rebuild gravel and road base driveways, ranch roads and pads across the Brazos Valley. The drive gets graded for drainage, soft spots come out, then road base goes down and gets rolled. Around North Zulch that base work is most of the job.
Road base is also the first layer under pavement. Lay it deep enough now and it can carry chip seal or an asphalt driveway later. We deliver road base, select fill, pea gravel and dirt by the load as well. Call or text (979) 595-5944 and we will come look at the drive.
Tell us about the driveway, lot or road. We come out, look at the site and give you a written estimate.
Road base is a graded mix of crushed rock, sand and fine material. Texans call it road base or flex base, and TxDOT specs it as flexible base in Item 247. Everything passes a 2-1/2 inch sieve, and most is smaller than 1-3/4 inches.
The small pieces fill the gaps between the big ones, so the layer tightens instead of shifting. TxDOT caps the plasticity index at 10 on its standard grade, so the fines bind without going greasy. It compacts base to 100 percent of maximum dry density, close to optimum moisture. That is why the water and the roller matter as much as the rock.
Under all of it is the subgrade, and here that means clay. The NRCS records high shrink-swell in the Zulch soil series. Where wet clay is that soft, a geotextile fabric under the base keeps the two apart. The FHWA gravel roads guide says the fabric stops wet clay from pumping up into clean rock.
Crushed limestone is quarried rock, crushed and screened to a graded mix. TxDOT's Type A flexible base is crushed stone from a single natural source, with no gravel blended in. It holds a driving surface because the broken faces lock together.
Crushed concrete is old concrete run back through a crusher. TxDOT lists it as Type D flexible base, so it belongs under a driveway. Caliche is another natural Texas material, listed as Type E. Which one fits your drive usually comes down to the material cost and the mileage.
Pea gravel is small, round and smooth, so it never locks together. The FHWA gravel roads guide says it plainly: crushed stone interlocks, and round stone shifts under loads. We deliver pea gravel, and we build driveways out of road base. Asphalt millings are the other surface we spread and roll.
Water ruins a gravel drive faster than traffic does. The fix is a crown: the middle rides higher so rain sheds to both sides. The FHWA gravel roads guide recommends about 1/2 inch of crown per foot, roughly 4 percent.
That water has to go somewhere, which is what the ditch line and the driveway culvert are for. Madison County's driveway access checklist sets a minimum culvert of 15 inches across and 24 feet long. The precinct commissioner makes the final call on it.
Adding a layer of gravel to an existing gravel driveway needs no Madison County permit. A drive onto SH 21, US 190 or FM 39 sits on state right of way, so TxDOT permits it. Other counties write their own rules, and we build to whatever the road calls for. Longer private and ranch roads are built the same way, just wider and with more ditch.
Free estimates and site visits across the Brazos Valley and about 60 miles around North Zulch.
(979) 595-5944From the first call to the day you can drive on it, here is how it goes.
Call or text (979) 595-5944, or send the form on this page. Tell us what the drive, lot or road is doing now.
We come out, look at the ground, measure the area and see where the water goes. Then the estimate spells out the square footage, the base work and the thickness.
We shape the site so water runs off it, then put the base down and compact it. Soft spots and failed areas get dug out and rebuilt before anything goes over them.
Hot mix asphalt is laid with our LeeBoy pavers and rolled while it is still hot. Chip seal jobs get emulsion sprayed, then rock spread over it and rolled in.
We clean the site up before we leave and tell you how long to stay off the new surface. Striping or sealcoating gets scheduled once the pavement has cured.
Common questions about gravel and road base across the Brazos Valley and about 60 miles around North Zulch. If yours is not here, call and ask.
Asphalt millings are recycled asphalt, spread and rolled into a firm driveway, ranch road or pad. We haul millings and processed millings by the load across the Brazos Valley.
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Chip seal builds a tough rock surface for ranch roads, private roads and long rural driveways. We spray the emulsion, spread the rock and roll it in, course by course.
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We pave private roads, ranch roads and subdivision streets in hot mix asphalt or chip seal. The base, the crown and the ditches come first, so water leaves the road.
Learn MoreWe grade for drainage, put the base down and compact it, then lay hot mix asphalt on top. The ground under the pavement decides how the job holds up.
LeeBoy asphalt pavers, a double steel drum roller, dump trucks, a lowboy trailer, skid steers and a mini excavator. The base work and the paving run on our own machines.
We pave driveways at houses and ranches, parking lots for businesses and churches, and private roads shared by several homes. Residential and commercial work runs through the same company.
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Read more →Tell us what needs paving, sealing, patching or striping, and we will come out and look at it. Call or text (979) 595-5944, or send the form with the details of the job.
Tell us about the driveway, lot or road. We come out, look at the site and give you a written estimate.