James,
For less than $10K, put a heavy-duty lift installed and you don't have to
crawl under the car at all.
--Navid
> -----Original Message-----
> From: james creasy [mailto:Black94PGT@pacbell.net]
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 11:39 AM
> To: Anthony Tabacco; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: driveway contracting question, was Re: A/C Paving 101
>
>
> i have a related question.
>
> my driveway has two strips of hard material (red concrete?)
> with grass in
> the middle. id love it if i could the last 20 feet or so
> paved over so i
> could work on my car outside. any tips for what to ask for for a
> contractor, or tips on finding one? if this will cost more
> than $10K forget
> it.
>
> the original driveway was built in 1923 and it about 35 feet
> long- runs
> right next to the house on one side for about 20 feet.
>
> in the summer i can put a jack on the dirt/grass, but im not
> brave enough to
> crawl underneath with jack stands on just dirt.
>
> anyone done this? advice? thanks,
>
> -james "now a new jag driver" creasy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Tabacco" <atabacco@california.com>
> To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 11:20 AM
> Subject: A/C Paving 101
>
>
> > Hot Mix Asphalt Paving ingredients include asphalt binders,
> course and
> fine
> > aggregates, and mineral fillers. About 90-95% of the total
> volume of the
> mix
> > is made up of aggregates. Surfaces that we usually
> associate with gravel
> > buildup will usually be of a mix design that contains a
> high percentage of
> > course aggregates, and probably a degradation of binders
> though wear and
> > evaporation (petroleum products evaporate). There are
> various surface
> > treatments, ranging from sprayed asphalt, asphalt seals
> (fog seal), to
> > slurries of emulsified asphalts mixed with fine aggregates, that can
> extend
> > the life of paving by limiting water intrusion, and these
> are particularly
> > necessary as the mix begins to disintegrate.
> >
> > I can think of no other activity that will degrade a paved
> surface faster
> > than autocrossing on it. The aggregates are literally being
> pulled from
> the
> > surface. Even high traffic-index truck traffic will not
> subject a surface
> to
> > the high shear of racing cars on it. So that's where the
> gravel comes
> from,
> > and that's why no matter how we sweep it, it reappears. It
> is just the
> > pavement breaking down. Irreparably.
> >
> > With rough grading, but no curbs, gutters, marking, right
> now you can
> figure
> > about $3.00 per square foot in install a medium index (for
> large areas and
> > not a high traffic-index) parking lot. The lot at GGF to
> use an example is
> > 550,000 SF (about 12.6 acres not counting the staging
> area). That's works
> > out to a little over $1.6M.
> >
> > This is all pretty boring stuff but it begs a question that
> is interesting
> > ( I've always found it very interesting anyway), namely :
> Why would anyone
> > let us do this to their lot?
> >
> > Tony
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