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Old 05-23-2018, 05:21 PM   #14 (permalink)
RedDevil
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Wouldn't that crumble to bits during the first winter? Water seeps into the open spaces, freezes, expands, and there goes your road :-(
It takes almost twice as much road salt to prevent that. Twice as much as ordinary tarmac requires that is.
Yup, it is cumbersome. Still worth it.
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