Jun 18: Latest update: Finally got the driveway guy to get started on completing the driveway. I had told him that there was a crown in the base material that he had previously put down that needed to be taken out because my cars are are too low. He happens to be one of my old hot rod customers, so I assumed that he would know what I needed. He called me this afternoon to tell me that they had dug up a bunch of rocks, but everything was okay now. I got home around 8PM and my wife said she didn't think it was going to work, so I went out to look at what they had done. They had removed a lot of rock and put down the base material. He had earlier told me he was going to put down the blacktop tomorrow.
Long story - short. My wife was right. I went and got the Vette out of the house garage and tried it on the base material. I high centered the Vette at the peak and would have dug the nose into the base material if I had gone the full distance. I also had to slip the clutch badly just to back up the drive. Bottom line: It isn't going to work and they will have to redo the driveway to take out the crown and probably start the approach slope another 20'-30' further back. Unfortunately, it is also all rock. The Vette has the highest ground clearance of any of the cars I plan to put in that shop.
I called the guy tonight and told him the driveway wouldn't work as it is. He was very disappointed because he will have to jackhammer the rest of the rock. Although I can hear the "Ka-Ching" loud and clear, I can't see making a compromise after finally building the shop of my dreams. Some photos are enclosed. The pile of rocks in the background came out of the ground today.
Long story - short. My wife was right. I went and got the Vette out of the house garage and tried it on the base material. I high centered the Vette at the peak and would have dug the nose into the base material if I had gone the full distance. I also had to slip the clutch badly just to back up the drive. Bottom line: It isn't going to work and they will have to redo the driveway to take out the crown and probably start the approach slope another 20'-30' further back. Unfortunately, it is also all rock. The Vette has the highest ground clearance of any of the cars I plan to put in that shop.
I called the guy tonight and told him the driveway wouldn't work as it is. He was very disappointed because he will have to jackhammer the rest of the rock. Although I can hear the "Ka-Ching" loud and clear, I can't see making a compromise after finally building the shop of my dreams. Some photos are enclosed. The pile of rocks in the background came out of the ground today.