I know some people that work at excavation companies that swear by it.

 

I put it under a 12 x 16 shed that I built a crushed limestone pad on with everything
sitting on sand. Been there 5 years and has not moved. A couple of friends are in the
excavation side and swear by it also. We have used it on some of our atv trails in the swamp
and they have held up well. Only ATV traffic on these but in the past just ATVs would
push the gravel into the mud.

 

I am a civil engineer. While there are no sure fire guarantees, frabric is a good tool to provide stabilization and to bridge unstable and soft subgrade. You will want to get the slop off and find somewhat firm ground. Then, depending on how deep you are, lay some stone or sand under it, lay the fabric and then cap it.

All situations are different and if you want guarantees, you need someone to loom at your sitution and watch the excavation to make a recommendation.

Feel free to pm me if you want guidance.

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Thanks for the responses. We went out and looked again, under the slop is pretty solid sand actually. Think were gonna hold off on the fabric for now, see what kind of resukts we can get from just oversized crushed concrete base. Ratherboutside, the water level is way high this year. If we scrape the slop off, i think it'd have standing water on it. Would it still be worth it to remove all of that before filling in with crushed concrete?

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You will not regret spending the money.

 

We use fabric all the time for our camp roads.
Layer of fabric and then sand over the top. Works great.
Just be careful that you have a permit if one is required.

 

Just be careful that you have a permit if one is required.

Ditto on that.


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Crowning the drive makes a big difference. Pull the material from the sides. I use a two bottom plow to form the ditch and used a box scraper to pull the ditch material to the crown. Adding a small culvert at the low sports solved my major water issues.

 

I'd scrape the muck, layer of fabric, and then 3-6" stone followed by 1" stone top cover. This YT guy knows a thing or two:

 

I built 1000ft over wet clay 15 years ago. Sraped off the top soil. 6" or so sand bed, Geotextile and top with crushed concrete. I did use 3" stone around a culvert instead of the sand.

I am doing another driveway this summer and will do the same.

I bought the fabric from Jensen Bridge

http://www.jensenbridge.com/