<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">That the driveway is 50 years old and quite steep and in New England would be my guess, but I just need it smoothed asap. How did you cut it open? Does a gas powered stone cutter work or would it get gooped up with hot tar?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">At some point when the paving companies deign to speak to pesky homeowners I'll have the whole driveway redone, or ideally, it won't be my driveway anymore.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">jim</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 11, 2018, at 10:45 AM, Ian McFetridge <<a href="mailto:shop-talk2@mcfetridge.org" class="">shop-talk2@mcfetridge.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Do you know what's causing the bump? I had tree roots causing a similar bump (4 inches, but longer) and cutting out the tree root and backfilling with gravel then hot patch was the quick fix. As a side note, for others who have more time, the paving vendor said you can cut the roots at the edge of the driveway and they will collapse then the bump will go down and the patching is much simpler. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ian</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 2:51 AM Jim Franklin <<a href="mailto:jamesf@groupwbench.org" class="">jamesf@groupwbench.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">My house is for sale and the first think people experience is a 4" high bump about the diameter of a basketball. 75% of the feedback is people freaking out about the driveway, not to mention if I'm here this winter the snowblower has a fit.<br class="">
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Is this something I can cut & patch myself? What tools would I need? My main goal is to make it smooth enough to snowblow.<br class="">
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thanks,<br class="">
jim<br class="">
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