Asphalt filings

Asphalt Filings, ever heard the term or know what it refers too?
Well for one, I had no heard of filings until buying in Deltona.  I started looking for asphalt and concrete men. In the free magazine here called 'Penny Saver' that was an ad saying you could have a cheap driveway using Asphalt Filings.  I called two men and got quotes. Then came hurricane Matthew.

The last quote was from Bobby Clifton. He told me they use rejected filings from DOT.  OK,  FILINGS! When you see road work you see a big machine like a hog, eating the old asphalt off the road.  It is loaded onto an awaiting truck and taken to an asphalt factory.  There it is ground and graded. If it meets DOT specs, it goes back into the new asphalt  and put back on the roads.

   The filings were dumped at the start on the city side walk. Bobby had already graded the left drive and was at the back doing more.

The rejected filings were a waste until someone started putting it on drives just to keep down the sand or mud. Bobby stressed, "Do not expect an asphalt drive, what I put down is a good, not always purty, red-neck driveway.  The advantage is I will grade, spread and pack (roll) the filings into a fairly nice drive for much less than half price of asphalt or crete.  It is porous, rain gores thru and does not run off.

(Here it is not Rolled (packed) as yet.

So today, we got our 'redneck drive'.  For the price I like it, but I have only known it for a few hours. LOL

WE talked it over and decided to go all the way around the house . so we moved the motor home to the front yard.

I asked Bobby why he didn't use a bobcat.  He looked at me like I wasn't too bright. He said a Bobcat has no suspension, they are little and will beat an older man to death. I told him that is what my friend Don said, but I still wanted one to play with.

This is the right side of the house. We had a MEAN bush in front of the small white wall. It would scratch you in a minute. Bobby picked it up and took it off.

Above is the back, between the house and out new shed. Now I won't track too much sand into the house. looking across at the wooden fence, it where the coach is now. It was dark when we moved it. On the next Blog I should have some finished photos and a couple of the furniture.

The motor home will not go around the house, but we can drive around back to park, we like that for unloading groceries, etc.

Yes, another good day.

Nite Shipslog

PS>  I am not sure if they use filings in North Carolina. I have never seen nor heard of their use, other than back into new asphalt. I thought it ALL was recycled.

Friend Joe's 1958 Chevy

He also has a 1958 Red convertible.