We have a two mile driveway into the ranch we have scorio for the bace. A lift of gravel. And then we have the ashfult We did that 3 years ago have not touched it since before. We were always having to have somebody come out and bleed it for or five times a year
I am originally from PA. Good people, TRUST is hard to find in todays world. That is how things should be. Is refreshing to see and hear it does still exist!! Good catch.
Put 6 bomber loads of double ground asphalt millings on my lane. It is like a paved road after a summer. We went from dragging the potholes every month to a full year without even a puddle! No dust and no splatter too! Big time game changer!
I love any visit with Wild Bill! I like the asphalt millings for our parking lots at work. It packs down and takes snowplows well. Another great video, Mike!
Mike: my neighbour put this over his dirt driveway. It is a steep driveway down to his house. Once he used it and flattened it he poured the asphalt sealer on it. It has been in place for 3 years now and just needs to be graded once in a while. Winter does not seem to hurt it. We live in Eastern Ontario beside the Ottawa river. That should tell you about the weather here. The driveway is holding up very well. Take care and stay safe.
I've been using asphalt grindings/millings for 50 years. The stuff rolls down well, binds well, doesn't wash out and we run 40 ton trucks over the stuff. Happy New Year!
Great advise all around! If Wild Bill doesn't have a YT channel yet for his carvings, he should DEFINITELY make one!! Much like your channel, He's got a wealth of knowledge that both new and experienced carvers will subscribe too & benefit from!!
I live in Eastern Butler county and when we built our home in the mid 90's my excavator recommended "reclaimed asphalt" for our driveway. Our driveway is rather steep and the asphalt millings held up very well for a number of years. I eventually had a virgin asphalt driveway put down, and the millings were a great base for it. Sounds like a great solution for your needs
I had 100 ton hauled home from a job and put it down over an area of the drive three years ago and it's still holding up. They don't put the AC ( asphaltic concrete ) content in the limestone sand mix like they use , but it holds up well once the sun bonds it back together. We also put 4" down in the garage, after we screened it level we heated it up with a propane weed burner we used a walk behind compactor on it. After it cold down we covered it with a gray paint, and I have know complaints!. They wanted $6,000 to concrete the garage, we saved a bunch of money!. That Wild Bill is a master wood carver!.
I have this in my trailer parking area and absolutely love it. I put it in 5-6” thick and I rolled it in with a smooth steal drum roller and it has been the ticket. Had it for 2.5 years and no regrets.
Mike you will love it. Have had it on my driveway for about18 years and it is still very nice. put it on when it is warm and drive it down good and it will be like a poor mans blacktop. Terry
Hi Mike! Ive been using millings for 15 years both at work and at home. It’s going to be a total game changer for you and I don’t think you’ll ever stop using them!
ASPHALT MILLINGS for the win! Here in Florida, we have virtually no rock and what we do have is expensive and messy so we use asphalt millings...from driveways to crane roads for Triple 9 Manitowoc cranes counter weighted for 300 tons. Run it in, grade it properly, add some heat and viola, you have a killer road/driveway. You'll figure out in time what mix works best...the ultimate key is keeping properly graded for that first summer so it sets properly.
Hi Mike. Asphalt Millings, been using them for many years in our horse yard, 30 plus stables and the horses don't complin. Dose not hold water not to hard for the horses and easy to clean. Keep up the videos, enjoy watching then in the U.K. Ray.
We used the millings on the golf course for some of the roads and cart paths. The only downside was is was dirty. It would get on the equipment, cars, and golf carts. They eventually tarred everything but only because they had the money. They are good and solid no doubt.
Millings are a great pavement material. Here in Texas we lay them down in the hottest part of the summer when we can: heat does wonders in making them set up and if a person can roll them in with a smooth roller the surface will get rock solid.4" layer is best here and will last decades.2" will last several years.
Our driveway is on an incline, and we hoped this stuff would hold better than the other stuff on that section. Unfortunately, rain is undefeated. Admittedly I don't know how many inches were applied, but I doubt it was 4-6". The problem with TX rain is it's either feast or famine, so when it rains, it often pours--and it carves up our driveway fairly quickly. If our driveway wasn't so long, it might be possible to have it redone so that it lasts...I need to start a GoFundMe for a project of that magnitude lol.
@@countreekidd Just a suggestion but make sure the driveway has ditches on both sides so the runoff doesn't run down the driveway as its watercourse. Driveway should be crowned (elevated in the middle and sloped toward the sides) to get the water off quickly too. Re-directing the run-off can be a bear to do correctly.
@@amossnowdaharleyman9179 We had that work done a couple of years ago, and maybe it helped some, but it's the runoff from hard rain that cuts into it regardless. If we had the equipment, we could do upkeep ourselves, but that's not currently in the budget.
You will be sold on the millings. I loved the weather of knowledge from Wild Bill. You should do more in depth vedios with him on the tricks of the chain saw trade. Great vedio.
Morning, millings are great over number 3 stones, needs a solid base wont wash out on hills. If you pack it with skid steer it will be like little speed bumps , mower with smooth drum works good,no deep treads. Happy new year!!
I need some of those millings. I got shafted when the County paved the road by my house. They gave me a one foot apron. All the water shed off the road washes a nice trench on my side of the one foot apron.
I got a large load of road millings a few years ago to top my gravel road, from my paved driveway to my garden shed. It’s like a paved road now. I’m thinking of getting another load in 2024 to dress it up some more.
I would love to use asphalt millings for the 1/2 mile road from our gate to our cabin, especially because half of it is going up a hill. However, asphalt millings have become more and more popular....to the point it is almost the same price as stone and the truck drivers pretty much don't want to tailgate it. I understand it won't go down nearly as well as stone, but it still cuts way down on the amount of spreading you have to do. As far as a roller goes, I can see Mike renting one for that road. IMO, those roads thru the woods are best done with #3 stone rolled down into and locked into the soil, with 57"s rolled on top of that, then about 4" of asphalt millings. Getting the #3's locked into the soil makes a HUGE difference....especially if the ground had roots, stumps, soft spots in it originally.
Milling we used worked out great. Apply Diesel with a garden sprayer on a hot day then roll or compact. Holds much better than gravel. Wild Bill is very talented.
Mike I think you will like the millings we use them but they're getting hard to find They started using them for berm material so if you can get them I would get them. Another thing I never seen you use is 2RC or quarry waste is it available in your area.
Stuff works great! Have worked with it in the past and holds up over time. Get some heat in it and roll it and new driveway time! We did my grandma's driveway about 15 years ago and still looks great.
We are leaving the Villages Florida on the 4th and heading to our Florida Keys home for three months. Looking forward to getting back to the Island life! 🙌
Yes, where i work, we have a lot of highway truck traffic and our gravel parking area kept getting pounded out and full of holes. When they resurfaced the highway, the crew used our parking lot to keep equipment. They dumped and left a large amount of millings so we spread them out and it hasn't moved since thats over two years ago. We wish we had more.
Mike, we used ground millings to backfill our trenches for years. Packs great and is a great way to use them up. About 6 years ago we were told we couldn’t use them anymore. DEP didn’t like it. Republic of Massachusetts!
Mike, the first video where I saw milling used for a drive was on Dirt Perfects channel. Several years ago now but his shop is at his home so we see it all the time and looks to still be in good shape. It’s quite long so he has many truck loads brought in but he spread it. Anyway, I believe his title is that video is the same as yours, A Poor Man’s Driveway.” It was a good watch. Funny, his name is Mike too.
Hello Mike in the UK we call it plainnings a long time ago i built a garden centre/nursery out of a bout a acre of land in a field and i must have used about 150 tons of em i did that in the fierst year and after 9 years of 10,s of thousands of cars running on it and trucks it was as nearly as good as the day i put it down we also had a bay that held about 50 tons of soil that we bagged up to sell all the best and a happy new year from Albert in the UK
Here in the north west of England, we use a lot of Asphalt scrapings. Most of the farmers and small business people use them on the tracks and work areas, mainly because they are half the price of Lime stone, but also tighten up more when you run on them. All the best for the new year to you all. Mark.
Mike. You will love the Millings. I work for a lets say a not orange :) Tractor dealership. We built a brand new facility on a 14 acre lot and opened it about a year ago. 2/3 of the parking lots are done with asphalt millings. This was my first time seeing this process. At first I was this is not going work. Its Too loose. Can't plow this crap. We are located north of you in NY and we get Weather. Well After they came in and rolled these lots a couple times I will say I am impressed. We plow the snow off them and the Heavy Truck and Tractor w/ag tires & Skid steer Traffic does not tear them like I thought it would. Good Luck a Very Happy New Year to you and the Entire Morgan Family and I hope it Works for you.
Millings are definitely the way to go! I have used them to top my base stone on my driveway and parking area. Hit it with a smooth drum roller for the skid loader and that was it. If you can get a connection to obtain it cheap, that's the way to go!
I used for my driveway from my house drive to the barn but I used recycled concrete for my base $6.00 a ton, (I haul with my F450) It's held up great for the past 6 + years and we have a triaxle manure truck that comes in once a month. You are going to love it after it get's hot in the summer and rebonds.
I love using millings for driveway. Our township uses for road top dressing to keep dust down on our dirt roads. Dark color melts off the ice and snow faster too.
Mike, asphalt milling are great. I own 3 asphalt milling machines and people are always asking for the millings I could be a millionaire if I was able to sell them to the public. 90% of the time if the road has been oil and chipped on top of the asphalt they will give it all away. Best way to get some is find a job local to you and offer up an area to dump or park equipment. We will generally give milling away to the land owner as rent to park our equipment. Great video!
I think you will like the millings have a drive 300 ft long and starts out at 12 ft and opens up to 60 ft wide with a turn around put it down 17 years ago at aprox 5 in deep and this fall dusted it for the first time get a couple hot summers on it and it gets like asphalt its great
I have a few videos of my driveway we put millings on this summer if you wanna check them out to see how it will turn out. I posted a comment with the link to the video but it must get filtered out because I don’t see it now. Also if you don’t have a drum roller your truck will work. I have got a smooth finish by tracking it in with the machine then roll it in with the truck.
Hiya Mike, over here in the UK we call them ‘scalping’s’ and if laid in hot weather, then finished with a smooth roller, you end up with near as damn it an asphalt pavement! Great stuff. Len (Devon 🇬🇧)
Mike, I have the asphalt milling on my driveway. All it had under it for base was about a 3” layer of recycled concrete, which is about like what we call here in the south “crusher run”. The milling were tailgate spread from the dump truck, then reworked with the skid steer and bucket. Once they were satisfied with the spreading, they tracked it in with a loaded 10 wheel dump and the skid steer. It was put down in the spring, and has now been down, going on 3 years. I have been very satisfied with how it has held up, and to be honest, I can spin tires on it and it barely leaves any marks or tracks. Down here in South Carolina, we can get two different grades of millings, “Milled” which is straight off the grinder coming off the road. And then there is “Reground” which similar to mulch, is run through a grinder the second time and is much finer and will compact much tighter than the milled. My driveway is about 800 to 900 feet long, then about a 25’ by 40’ parking area. They used 4 10 wheel dump truck loads. The driveway it’s self is about 8’ wide. I have been very pleased with the performance of this driveway. I was lucky to get 4 or 5 years before having to redo my driveway with crush run. I foresee this driveway lasting much longer with minimal maintenance year after year. Richard Frank Chesnee, SC
In NE Ohio, i got some really fine millings, about the consistency of sand. Little more pricey but great for locking or filling in between larger base stone.
I keep a stock pile in our yard for filling holes and dressing up spots that need it. We got most of ours when they were milling and paving the street next door. I approached the company and asked if they needed a place to park their equipment in exchange for millings, and we got the entire road minus maybe 4 loads. The way you did it in the test area is the way to go. If you can roll it like you said it will become as hard as if it was laid with a paver. We get some run off of fines... very fine... if you use it on a hill, that may clog a ditch or swale. For your other path to the clearing, look into recycled concrete. We use a "RC 2" about a 2 inch. It is cheaper than new clean stone, tho some will warn against it because there can be wire in it. If you top dress it with the millings... we have never had a problem with it.
I got several loads of asphalt millings in 2015 and used it as a driveway extender, I am extremely satisfied and it is as hard as the asphalt in the road in front of my house. I rented a tow behind my lawn tractor roller and that little roller did a fantastic job, i spread the stuff over a light base of shell (very popular here for roads a driveways)
Asphalt millings is good road base. Wash out concrete from a ready mix concrete company is good road base as well. 4 to 6 inches deep is good too. Have a great day be safe.
Perhaps it has already been said, but around where I live they take asphalt millings, add a little more asphalt, heat it up, and apply it back to making roads
Holy moly! Wild Bill seems like a GREAT guy, seriously but I feel like I need a nap after listening to him for 5 minutes 😂… man he is go go….squirrel 🤣😂 Thanks for the videos Mike, hope you and the family had a great Christmas and Happy New Year! ❤️
My daughters and son-in-law‘s driveway was a mud pit every spring, and since he put Millings down, it has solve the problem. But summertime in the hot weather. Best time to put it down.
Good Morning Mike, Asphalt millings are great, DOT put it down on everybody's driveway aprons many years ago and it is still hard as a brick. I tried to get a couple of dump trailer loads from the only place around here and they will not sell it at all, DOT has it sewn up and it gets recycled to resurface the roads they grind it off of, I can respect that but I would love to be able to get it. anyway Happy New Year, be safe! John Toccoa GA
Yes Mike I have used the millings a lot and sold a lot of it. Anytime the State highway is milling the roads I get on the list to get some. Also when I worked a Sand and gravel pit we also recycled concrete and asphalt. we crushed pan screened it, Made base 3” and Top Coat 1” minus to dust. Definitely packs good , Its quieter to drive on, and the snow melts off faster . If there’s a asphalt recycling near you I would see if the make the #3 base size and use it as your base
Hello Mike, I used around 4 tons of millings on my driveway I just spread it out then ran over it with my pickup truck and with the summer heat it just solidified together and it was perfect I never had any problems with it.
Wild Bill is full of energy. He does some beautiful work. Chainsaw carvers are amazing. Very nice of him to offer to leave the key for you. I think you'll need a bigger wagon next time.
Love your connection and patience with Bill. That's how one treats others. He may be on the spectrum (other commenters are saying "wild Bill") but he is a friend and colleague worth loving!
Wild Billy is certainly a challenge for non native English speaker, but did it !!! Maybe I get better what older get. Greetings to Morgans from Finland.
When I worked for a municipality, I brought home cans of asphalt grindings for the driveway. They did a great job filling in the old limestone driveway that needed more stone. Also if you spray it with diesel fuel, it kind of reconstitutes and rebonds itself almost like a pavement.
After years of watching your videos from Israel and dreaming of living where you live, a year and a half after i moved to Hampton township, living 15min from Alder and sons and seeing you driving on the same roads i drive every day. I wish you could understand what an impact you made on my life. Thanks for everything.
I LOVE it! We, my wife, my kid and myself, have never been so happy. We honestly think that it's the best place on planet earth. And i traveled the whole world for 5 years so I've seen some stuff and I've been all over the globe - from Europe to Australia. Nothing like Western PA.
Good day Mike, we use recycled asphalt here on our private road on the slopes, makes a huge difference so you don’t get the washout from heavy rain etc and the rd maintenance vastly reduced.
I put millings about 4” thick in 1998 on my driveway. It worked great with no problems. My driveway is about 16’ wide by about 200’ long. Best thing I ever did.
You're going to really like the asphalt millings once you get more of it down and it will help save your stone over the long haul. When my dad was a contractor we put a lot of it down for people in rural areas. It also helps keep things cleaner and not have mud puddles where the stone gets thin. Looks great, keep going!!
Asphalt millings are the way to go. We had problems with the driveway washing out with the snow melt and it was a muddy mess. Hired a guy to bring in 5 truck loads of heavy spread it out and compacted it. With the summer heat, it bonded together and absolutely no washout. Expensive but well worth it
Here in North FL we use asphalt millings regularly. Whenever the nearby interstate is being resurfaced we will get 3-4 dump truck loads and stockpile it. We have a main entrance lane to our farm and event space that is over 1/4 mile long. We are able to keep it in good shape to handle traffic.
The city use the milling to pave the road out to the Cargill mill it's held up real well over the last 6 years with 200 trucks a day with loads of 105500.
I hauled in about 50 tons of unscreened millings with my dump trailer for a 450' driveway here in Colorado Springs. It settled and packed very well and I can plow snow over it. I hated living in mud! I'm going to use them as a base for a shelter to store my truck and tractor.
Great choice in the asphalt Millings Mike I’ve used them for many years in the construction business specially, for driveways you put it in a few inches thick and compact that down specially, in the middle of summer and it won’t go nowhere. Have fun with it always enjoy your videos.
I think it is time for you to buy a roller Mike, especially for the new road going out to the clearing. Have a happy and prosperous new year. Stay safe, healthy and warm. Bill H from Cranberry Township
Mike, I used that on a steep trail I had trying to prevent it from washing out, that was 10 years ago. It hasn't ever washed out, still holding up to this day. I was worried about the ascetics initially, but over the years it really looks nice like a natural looking trail. I think you will like it especially since you can track it in. Great video as always, thanks for sharing!
we used pavement millings for our parks, but having a pile of it can be a problem. Later that pile will get harder, where you have to break it up and smash the chunks. The rakes for trackers work ok but a land plane or the boxes work better.
Road planings are an awesome surface, if you roll them in the heat the seal back up nicely and give a smooth running surface. You can reactivate the binder if you spray it with diesel. Around here all the farmers do it
Granted I'm an old man but it has been years since I've heard, "I'll leave the key!" That speaks volumes about you both! Enjoy the videos--thanks.
We have a two mile driveway into the ranch we have scorio for the bace. A lift of gravel.
And then we have the ashfult We did that 3 years ago have not touched it since before. We were always having to have somebody come out and bleed it for or five times a year
Great show. Who did the carving and how do you get something carved 👍
That was solid gold!!!
Wow, he's a talker😮
I am originally from PA. Good people, TRUST is hard to find in todays world. That is how things should be. Is refreshing to see and hear it does still exist!! Good catch.
Put 6 bomber loads of double ground asphalt millings on my lane. It is like a paved road after a summer. We went from dragging the potholes every month to a full year without even a puddle! No dust and no splatter too! Big time game changer!
I love any visit with Wild Bill! I like the asphalt millings for our parking lots at work. It packs down and takes snowplows well.
Another great video, Mike!
Mike: my neighbour put this over his dirt driveway. It is a steep driveway down to his house. Once he used it and flattened it he poured the asphalt sealer on it. It has been in place for 3 years now and just needs to be graded once in a while. Winter does not seem to hurt it. We live in Eastern Ontario beside the Ottawa river. That should tell you about the weather here. The driveway is holding up very well. Take care and stay safe.
I've been using asphalt grindings/millings for 50 years. The stuff rolls down well, binds well, doesn't wash out and we run 40 ton trucks over the stuff.
Happy New Year!
Great advise all around! If Wild Bill doesn't have a YT channel yet for his carvings, he should DEFINITELY make one!! Much like your channel, He's got a wealth of knowledge that both new and experienced carvers will subscribe too & benefit from!!
I live in Eastern Butler county and when we built our home in the mid 90's my excavator recommended "reclaimed asphalt" for our driveway. Our driveway is rather steep and the asphalt millings held up very well for a number of years. I eventually had a virgin asphalt driveway put down, and the millings were a great base for it. Sounds like a great solution for your needs
I had 100 ton hauled home from a job and put it down over an area of the drive three years ago and it's still holding up. They don't put the AC ( asphaltic concrete ) content in the limestone sand mix like they use , but it holds up well once the sun bonds it back together. We also put 4" down in the garage, after we screened it level we heated it up with a propane weed burner we used a walk behind compactor on it. After it cold down we covered it with a gray paint, and I have know complaints!. They wanted $6,000 to concrete the garage, we saved a bunch of money!.
That Wild Bill is a master wood carver!.
I have this in my trailer parking area and absolutely love it. I put it in 5-6” thick and I rolled it in with a smooth steal drum roller and it has been the ticket. Had it for 2.5 years and no regrets.
Mike you will love it. Have had it on my driveway for about18 years and it is still very nice. put it on when it is warm and drive it down good and it will be like a poor mans blacktop. Terry
Hi Mike! Ive been using millings for 15 years both at work and at home. It’s going to be a total game changer for you and I don’t think you’ll ever stop using them!
That was very interesting hearing Bill talk about his saws and carving. Thanks for sharing that. Now I’m anxious to see how the asphalt turns out.
ASPHALT MILLINGS for the win! Here in Florida, we have virtually no rock and what we do have is expensive and messy so we use asphalt millings...from driveways to crane roads for Triple 9 Manitowoc cranes counter weighted for 300 tons.
Run it in, grade it properly, add some heat and viola, you have a killer road/driveway.
You'll figure out in time what mix works best...the ultimate key is keeping properly graded for that first summer so it sets properly.
I ran a asphalt rotomill for several years I would agree that you’ll like it Mike!! Always a good watch!
Happy New Year Mike, Melissa and the whole Morgan family, see you in 2024
Mike, you and bill could pass for brothers. Thinks for taking us along I really enjoyed it
Thanks For The Video Mike!!
Happy Blessed New Year!! To The Morgan Family!!
Keep Smiling On!!
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Good morning Mike, we use dawn dish soap/water dispersed with our large water tanker to rebind. GOTTA BE DAWN. small double drum helps too.
Happy New Year to you and Melissa & fam! Love both channels! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Hi Mike. Asphalt Millings, been using them for many years in our horse yard, 30 plus stables and the horses don't complin. Dose not hold water not to hard for the horses and easy to clean. Keep up the videos, enjoy watching then in the U.K. Ray.
Good to see Wild Bill, glad you were able to get him out of his shell😅
We used the millings on the golf course for some of the roads and cart paths. The only downside was is was dirty. It would get on the equipment, cars, and golf carts. They eventually tarred everything but only because they had the money. They are good and solid no doubt.
I’ve seen it used on cart paths at a golf course seemed to work well and not as much weeds growing up through it. And no mud.
Millings are a great pavement material. Here in Texas we lay them down in the hottest part of the summer when we can: heat does wonders in making them set up and if a person can roll them in with a smooth roller the surface will get rock solid.4" layer is best here and will last decades.2" will last several years.
We are using them in both driveways and when they spread them we do use a smooth vibratory roller and it works great.
Our driveway is on an incline, and we hoped this stuff would hold better than the other stuff on that section. Unfortunately, rain is undefeated. Admittedly I don't know how many inches were applied, but I doubt it was 4-6". The problem with TX rain is it's either feast or famine, so when it rains, it often pours--and it carves up our driveway fairly quickly. If our driveway wasn't so long, it might be possible to have it redone so that it lasts...I need to start a GoFundMe for a project of that magnitude lol.
@@countreekidd Just a suggestion but make sure the driveway has ditches on both sides so the runoff doesn't run down the driveway as its watercourse. Driveway should be crowned (elevated in the middle and sloped toward the sides) to get the water off quickly too. Re-directing the run-off can be a bear to do correctly.
@@amossnowdaharleyman9179 We had that work done a couple of years ago, and maybe it helped some, but it's the runoff from hard rain that cuts into it regardless. If we had the equipment, we could do upkeep ourselves, but that's not currently in the budget.
@@countreekidd Budget: completely understand that partner.
You will be sold on the millings. I loved the weather of knowledge from Wild Bill. You should do more in depth vedios with him on the tricks of the chain saw trade. Great vedio.
Morning, millings are great over number 3 stones, needs a solid base wont wash out on hills. If you pack it with skid steer it will be like little speed bumps , mower with smooth drum works good,no deep treads. Happy new year!!
We love asphalt millings in SW Michigan. Use them all the time for driveways and makes a great base for new asphalt or concrete.
I need some of those millings. I got shafted when the County paved the road by my house. They gave me a one foot apron. All the water shed off the road washes a nice trench on my side of the one foot apron.
I got a large load of road millings a few years ago to top my gravel road, from my paved driveway to my garden shed. It’s like a paved road now. I’m thinking of getting another load in 2024 to dress it up some more.
Happy new year to you and your family 🙏🙏 I hope you have a blessed year !! 😎
I would love to use asphalt millings for the 1/2 mile road from our gate to our cabin, especially because half of it is going up a hill. However, asphalt millings have become more and more popular....to the point it is almost the same price as stone and the truck drivers pretty much don't want to tailgate it. I understand it won't go down nearly as well as stone, but it still cuts way down on the amount of spreading you have to do. As far as a roller goes, I can see Mike renting one for that road. IMO, those roads thru the woods are best done with #3 stone rolled down into and locked into the soil, with 57"s rolled on top of that, then about 4" of asphalt millings. Getting the #3's locked into the soil makes a HUGE difference....especially if the ground had roots, stumps, soft spots in it originally.
Milling we used worked out great. Apply Diesel with a garden sprayer on a hot day then roll or compact. Holds much better than gravel. Wild Bill is very talented.
I had heard about putting some diesel on it to lock it in also not too much though otherwise it will detar the mixture
Yep the diesel melts it back into Asphalt 👍
Mike I think you will like the millings we use them but they're getting hard to find They started using them for berm material so if you can get them I would get them. Another thing I never seen you use is 2RC or quarry waste is it available in your area.
I used to work for a D.P.W. and we used "grindings" for a lot of different applications. It worked extremely well .
Thanks for the comment Mike about having to re subscribe. I don't get it , but I had to as well.
Rick from NJ.
Stuff works great! Have worked with it in the past and holds up over time. Get some heat in it and roll it and new driveway time! We did my grandma's driveway about 15 years ago and still looks great.
Good morning Morgan’s! Millings are a great road base! Have a day!
We are leaving the Villages Florida on the 4th and heading to our Florida Keys home for three months. Looking forward to getting back to the Island life! 🙌
Yes, where i work, we have a lot of highway truck traffic and our gravel parking area kept getting pounded out and full of holes. When they resurfaced the highway, the crew used our parking lot to keep equipment. They dumped and left a large amount of millings so we spread them out and it hasn't moved since thats over two years ago. We wish we had more.
we use millings for driveways, since #57 or #3 rock runs about 20-40 a ton here in southern indiana , we put asphalt sealer over the millings
Mike, we used ground millings to backfill our trenches for years. Packs great and is a great way to use them up. About 6 years ago we were told we couldn’t use them anymore. DEP didn’t like it. Republic of Massachusetts!
Mike, the first video where I saw milling used for a drive was on Dirt Perfects channel. Several years ago now but his shop is at his home so we see it all the time and looks to still be in good shape. It’s quite long so he has many truck loads brought in but he spread it. Anyway, I believe his title is that video is the same as yours, A Poor Man’s Driveway.” It was a good watch. Funny, his name is Mike too.
My neighbor put down some Millings last year, holding up well, and looks good.
You are going to love the asphalt millings. I have been using it for years. Make sure you add plenty.
When I was in the service I had a part time job doing a tar and chip driveways It was a woundelful drive way at 4 or 5 layers.
Great video Bill is a cool guy for sure and honestly you and him could be brothers two great people i could hang out with👍🏻 have a great Saturday!!
Hello Mike in the UK we call it plainnings a long time ago i built a garden centre/nursery out of a bout a acre of land in a field and i must have used about 150 tons of em i did that in the fierst year and after 9 years of 10,s of thousands of cars running on it and trucks it was as nearly as good as the day i put it down we also had a bay that held about 50 tons of soil that we bagged up to sell all the best and a happy new year from Albert in the UK
WILD bill is quite the character 😂 I love how he Frankensteins his tools!
Here in the north west of England, we use a lot of Asphalt scrapings. Most of the farmers and small business people use them on the tracks and work areas, mainly because they are half the price of Lime stone, but also tighten up more when you run on them. All the best for the new year to you all. Mark.
Mike. You will love the Millings. I work for a lets say a not orange :) Tractor dealership. We built a brand new facility on a 14 acre lot and opened it about a year ago. 2/3 of the parking lots are done with asphalt millings. This was my first time seeing this process. At first I was this is not going work. Its Too loose. Can't plow this crap. We are located north of you in NY and we get Weather. Well After they came in and rolled these lots a couple times I will say I am impressed. We plow the snow off them and the Heavy Truck and Tractor w/ag tires & Skid steer Traffic does not tear them like I thought it would. Good Luck a Very Happy New Year to you and the Entire Morgan Family and I hope it Works for you.
Millings are definitely the way to go! I have used them to top my base stone on my driveway and parking area. Hit it with a smooth drum roller for the skid loader and that was it. If you can get a connection to obtain it cheap, that's the way to go!
I used for my driveway from my house drive to the barn but I used recycled concrete for my base $6.00 a ton, (I haul with my F450) It's held up great for the past 6 + years and we have a triaxle manure truck that comes in once a month. You are going to love it after it get's hot in the summer and rebonds.
Nice video. I personally think the paint and finish is what makes those carvings stand out. Haha. - Greg
I love using millings for driveway. Our township uses for road top dressing to keep dust down on our dirt roads. Dark color melts off the ice and snow faster too.
wild Bill sure is talented, and I think his laugh lives up to his ame “Wild Bill”.
Mike, asphalt milling are great. I own 3 asphalt milling machines and people are always asking for the millings I could be a millionaire if I was able to sell them to the public. 90% of the time if the road has been oil and chipped on top of the asphalt they will give it all away. Best way to get some is find a job local to you and offer up an area to dump or park equipment. We will generally give milling away to the land owner as rent to park our equipment. Great video!
I think you will like the millings have a drive 300 ft long and starts out at 12 ft and opens up to 60 ft wide with a turn around put it down 17 years ago at aprox 5 in deep and this fall dusted it for the first time get a couple hot summers on it and it gets like asphalt its great
I have a few videos of my driveway we put millings on this summer if you wanna check them out to see how it will turn out. I posted a comment with the link to the video but it must get filtered out because I don’t see it now. Also if you don’t have a drum roller your truck will work. I have got a smooth finish by tracking it in with the machine then roll it in with the truck.
Good morning Morgans and friends.
Its was nice listening to Bill again. 😊
Have a day! Thanks.
Hiya Mike, over here in the UK we call them ‘scalping’s’ and if laid in hot weather, then finished with a smooth roller, you end up with near as damn it an asphalt pavement! Great stuff. Len (Devon 🇬🇧)
Mike, I have the asphalt milling on my driveway. All it had under it for base was about a 3” layer of recycled concrete, which is about like what we call here in the south “crusher run”. The milling were tailgate spread from the dump truck, then reworked with the skid steer and bucket. Once they were satisfied with the spreading, they tracked it in with a loaded 10 wheel dump and the skid steer. It was put down in the spring, and has now been down, going on 3 years. I have been very satisfied with how it has held up, and to be honest, I can spin tires on it and it barely leaves any marks or tracks. Down here in South Carolina, we can get two different grades of millings, “Milled” which is straight off the grinder coming off the road. And then there is “Reground” which similar to mulch, is run through a grinder the second time and is much finer and will compact much tighter than the milled. My driveway is about 800 to 900 feet long, then about a 25’ by 40’ parking area. They used 4 10 wheel dump truck loads. The driveway it’s self is about 8’ wide. I have been very pleased with the performance of this driveway. I was lucky to get 4 or 5 years before having to redo my driveway with crush run. I foresee this driveway lasting much longer with minimal maintenance year after year.
Richard Frank
Chesnee, SC
In NE Ohio, i got some really fine millings, about the consistency of sand. Little more pricey but great for locking or filling in between larger base stone.
I keep a stock pile in our yard for filling holes and dressing up spots that need it. We got most of ours when they were milling and paving the street next door. I approached the company and asked if they needed a place to park their equipment in exchange for millings, and we got the entire road minus maybe 4 loads.
The way you did it in the test area is the way to go. If you can roll it like you said it will become as hard as if it was laid with a paver. We get some run off of fines... very fine... if you use it on a hill, that may clog a ditch or swale. For your other path to the clearing, look into recycled concrete. We use a "RC 2" about a 2 inch. It is cheaper than new clean stone, tho some will warn against it because there can be wire in it. If you top dress it with the millings... we have never had a problem with it.
Sure would be nice if you had that new dump truck. I would think that the snow and ice would melt quicker with the black top material.
The ice fishing charters are crying about this weather! Happy new year!
Mike, test the compaction with the plate compactor. I think you'll like the results.
I got several loads of asphalt millings in 2015 and used it as a driveway extender, I am extremely satisfied and it is as hard as the asphalt in the road in front of my house. I rented a tow behind my lawn tractor roller and that little roller did a fantastic job, i spread the stuff over a light base of shell (very popular here for roads a driveways)
Asphalt millings is good road base. Wash out concrete from a ready mix concrete company is good road base as well. 4 to 6 inches deep is good too. Have a great day be safe.
Perhaps it has already been said, but around where I live they take asphalt millings, add a little more asphalt, heat it up, and apply it back to making roads
Holy moly! Wild Bill seems like a GREAT guy, seriously but I feel like I need a nap after listening to him for 5 minutes 😂… man he is go go….squirrel 🤣😂
Thanks for the videos Mike, hope you and the family had a great Christmas and Happy New Year! ❤️
Wild Bill gave out lots of tips and certainly is a fast talker. Great guy to have as a friend !!
My daughters and son-in-law‘s driveway was a mud pit every spring, and since he put Millings down, it has solve the problem. But summertime in the hot weather. Best time to put it down.
Good Morning Mike, Asphalt millings are great, DOT put it down on everybody's driveway aprons many years ago and it is still hard as a brick. I tried to get a couple of dump trailer loads from the only place around here and they will not sell it at all, DOT has it sewn up and it gets recycled to resurface the roads they grind it off of, I can respect that but I would love to be able to get it. anyway Happy New Year, be safe! John Toccoa GA
What a great and interesting video. Wild Bill was very informative and so talented. Thanks for sharing!
Yes Mike I have used the millings a lot and sold a lot of it. Anytime the State highway is milling the roads I get on the list to get some. Also when I worked a Sand and gravel pit we also recycled concrete and asphalt. we crushed pan screened it, Made base 3” and Top Coat 1” minus to dust. Definitely packs good , Its quieter to drive on, and the snow melts off faster . If there’s a asphalt recycling near you I would see if the make the #3 base size and use it as your base
Hello Mike, I used around 4 tons of millings on my driveway I just spread it out then ran over it with my pickup truck and with the summer heat it just solidified together and it was perfect I never had any problems with it.
Wild Bill is full of energy. He does some beautiful work. Chainsaw carvers are amazing. Very nice of him to offer to leave the key for you. I think you'll need a bigger wagon next time.
Wild Bill should be drinking decaf. He has enough energy for two people 😂
heat and compaction is your friend with millings. we did some of our yard and half of it turned into pavement again
Luv millings. When I first started using it was free. They just had so much and needed to get rid of it. Now it's $30/T delivered.
They have double ground millings up here in sharpsville pa they sell them by tri axle load sqp products
Love your connection and patience with Bill. That's how one treats others. He may be on the spectrum (other commenters are saying "wild Bill") but he is a friend and colleague worth loving!
Wild Billy is certainly a challenge for non native English speaker, but did it !!! Maybe I get better what older get. Greetings to Morgans from Finland.
When I worked for a municipality, I brought home cans of asphalt grindings for the driveway. They did a great job filling in the old limestone driveway that needed more stone. Also if you spray it with diesel fuel, it kind of reconstitutes and rebonds itself almost like a pavement.
After years of watching your videos from Israel and dreaming of living where you live, a year and a half after i moved to Hampton township, living 15min from Alder and sons and seeing you driving on the same roads i drive every day.
I wish you could understand what an impact you made on my life.
Thanks for everything.
How do you like the area and living here?
Kid in a candy store…have a safe healthy productive week N .Happy New Year.
I LOVE it! We, my wife, my kid and myself, have never been so happy. We honestly think that it's the best place on planet earth. And i traveled the whole world for 5 years so I've seen some stuff and I've been all over the globe - from Europe to Australia.
Nothing like Western PA.
Good day Mike, we use recycled asphalt here on our private road on the slopes, makes a huge difference so you don’t get the washout from heavy rain etc and the rd maintenance vastly reduced.
I put millings about 4” thick in 1998 on my driveway. It worked great with no problems. My driveway is about 16’ wide by about 200’ long. Best thing I ever did.
You're going to really like the asphalt millings once you get more of it down and it will help save your stone over the long haul. When my dad was a contractor we put a lot of it down for people in rural areas. It also helps keep things cleaner and not have mud puddles where the stone gets thin. Looks great, keep going!!
Hay Mike crazy man from Montana again many a bunch of triaxils in the summer when it's hot out side and a roller one day new drive way boom fun 🚜🚚👍💪🌲
Asphalt millings are the way to go. We had problems with the driveway washing out with the snow melt and it was a muddy mess. Hired a guy to bring in 5 truck loads of heavy spread it out and compacted it. With the summer heat, it bonded together and absolutely no washout. Expensive but well worth it
Here in North FL we use asphalt millings regularly. Whenever the nearby interstate is being resurfaced we will get 3-4 dump truck loads and stockpile it.
We have a main entrance lane to our farm and event space that is over 1/4 mile long. We are able to keep it in good shape to handle traffic.
The city use the milling to pave the road out to the Cargill mill it's held up real well over the last 6 years with 200 trucks a day with loads of 105500.
I hauled in about 50 tons of unscreened millings with my dump trailer for a 450' driveway here in Colorado Springs. It settled and packed very well and I can plow snow over it. I hated living in mud! I'm going to use them as a base for a shelter to store my truck and tractor.
Great choice in the asphalt Millings Mike I’ve used them for many years in the construction business specially, for driveways you put it in a few inches thick and compact that down specially, in the middle of summer and it won’t go nowhere. Have fun with it always enjoy your videos.
Asphalt millings are great Mike!..once they are graded and compacted..just like a paved road..I have used them before 👍
I think it is time for you to buy a roller Mike, especially for the new road going out to the clearing. Have a happy and prosperous new year. Stay safe, healthy and warm. Bill H from Cranberry Township
Wild Bill covers a lot of ground, he has a lot of interesting projects in flight
Mike, I used that on a steep trail I had trying to prevent it from washing out, that was 10 years ago. It hasn't ever washed out, still holding up to this day. I was worried about the ascetics initially, but over the years it really looks nice like a natural looking trail. I think you will like it especially since you can track it in. Great video as always, thanks for sharing!
we used pavement millings for our parks, but having a pile of it can be a problem. Later that pile will get harder, where you have to break it up and smash the chunks. The rakes for trackers work ok but a land plane or the boxes work better.
Perfect timing Mike. I just finished smoothing out a crusher run surface in my shed, and have been told about asphalt millings. Thumbs up.
Wild Bill doing 4 months in the Florida Keys. Envy is an inadequate word.😜😂🤗
Road planings are an awesome surface, if you roll them in the heat the seal back up nicely and give a smooth running surface. You can reactivate the binder if you spray it with diesel. Around here all the farmers do it