NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/misc/rural/2885

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From: [e-mail] (Chris Lewis)
Newsgroups: misc.rural
Subject: Re: Road Maintenance
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Date: 24 Jan 93 02:20:22 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Kathryn Vandiver) writes:

>>Get some "rip rap", "rip rock", or whatever your local quarries call
>>the roughly football sized crushed stone they sell.  Around here the
>>stuff goes for about $20 a ton delivered.  Get a few tons and build in
>>where the erosion is happening.  Put down one layer of rocks, then
>>shovel in some smaller gravel liberally.  Then build up a few more
>>layers of rock.  This should end your erosion problems in that area.

>Our neighbors tried the smaller sized 2" rock, it washed away. Is the
>rock you describe about 6"? if so, Andolini's in Soquel sells it for
>quite a bit more per ton ($150 or so).

That's probably a decorating stone for building raised beds or fancy
retaining walls.

Another name for the stuff you should be using is "gabion" (probably
misspelled) basket stone.  It's the stuff that they put in heavy mesh
baskets for retaining walls on streams (which is usually unecessary,
but that's another flamewar).  It comes in two sizes.  One roughly
4-5", and one about double the size.

Around here, it's $13CDN (about $10US) a ton.

Many people fork out $100-$400 a ton for decorating stone, often sawn into
slabs.  But gabion stone actually looks quite nice - it's a fairly regular
shape - much like a brick.  We used it for raised garden beds.  Depends on
the crusher, and what type of rock it is.
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