Driveway repairs

The winter was tough on our "chipseal" driveway. There were areas that were starting to crack and disintegrate. We'd paid a contractor to do some repairs last year, but the results were not terrific. We decided we could do a better job ourselves. We tested a small area a few weeks ago with just 5 gallons of material, so we knew the basic process. But, we needed ALOT more of the "tack" tar material. Duane, of course, had a solution. We got a couple of 55 gallon drums and he welded a spout on each one.

Dick went to Sanford and picked up the 100 gallons of tar - we went the opposite direction and picked up the first of 6 loads of pea-sized stone. Here's the road crew - it was hot, hard work!!

And very messy work - I had tar all over me....

Lucky it washes off pretty well with mineral spirits....the shoes were sacrificed!