Steep driveway HELP!
Hello, I don't know what to do. We bought land without a driveway, there was a steep hill and we found a way to cut the driveway in. We were planning to do a gravel driveway for now. After the crew finished 80% of the driveway (the finishing touches left to do after the house construction is done) we were able to drive up on our Honda Pilot without a problem. However, after few weeks with barely any traffic one specific area is soft and ours (and other cars) can't get through. I was going back and forth with the crew and asked what to do, the solution was to bring more crusher run and i asked for a compactor, they didn't have it, so had to rent. After this was done my husband went on to check and rode up fine, all looked good, but today my builder had called me and said he got stuck again at the same spot. Wanted to add that we're in a drought and ground is very dry now.
The builder is suggesting to put asphalt now, the driveway guy has said in the past that the asphalt needs to be put there otherwise the problems will continue. Asphalt was in the future plans. Anything we can fix or is asphalt is the only solution.
PS. Please be kind, the driveway people may be inexperienced, but they are good honest people. We knew this when hiring, because we could not afford 50k on a driveway plus materials. First time landowners, trying to build on a budget ourselves with help of friends and acquaintances.
this is after rough cut. some solid and soft rock under
This is after finishing and driving few weeks (not much traffic at all )
