Hello r/DIY! I am reaching my wits end a bit with gravel driveway repairs, I have read up a bit on the subject and implemented things like a 5" tall crest in the middle but at the end of the day all repairs seem to at best last for 2 seasons before it totally washes out again.So now for the lay of the land. For reference in the picture I am facing South.The recent rains in SE Wisconsin washed it out with a 3' wide, 2' deep gully along the eastern(left). This last DIY repave only lasted a season.The highest point of the driveway, the South end, is where the driveway meets the road. The driveway T's at the far North end leading to a couple of buildings on my property. Total length is about 150 yards.The problem: Right across the road is a neighbors driveway, this neighbors driveway has its low point where it terminates at the road. The high point is a massive paved area for parking various antique cars in front of the guys house. His driveway basically dumps all of its rain across the road and down mine when we have serious downpours. Before this neighbor rebuilt his driveway with blacktop and did not include an kind of trough drain, despite being required by code, the problem has gotten pretty bad to the point of me rebuilding the driveway sometimes 6-8 times a season.The top of my driveway has about a 6" crest on it perpendicular to the road as an attempt at a water break.I had the driveway professionally rebuilt and repaved about 5 years ago, it ended up washing out early in the following season.I am looking for some semi-pro advice from the DIY crew before I throw a lot more money at the problem , even fixing it DIY gets expensive.Equipment available that I own: Utility tractor with front end loader, box grader and traditional grader blade.Equipment that could easily be rented: Bobcat, mini-excavatorSome options I have considered:Pouring a concrete "cap" the width of the driveway at the top and about 8' long with a trough drain to help divert the water along the natural drainage that exists along the road.Repaving the driveway, myself, with the high point being on the east(left vs the picture) side, a 5" peak in the middle, the low point on the west (right vs the picture) side and digging a 3' wide, 2' deep ditch along the western(right) side of the driveway.Repaving the driveway as it was before, with east and west sides at the same height and increasing the cap size at the top along with the peak height in the middleSame as option #3 but digging ditches on both sides of the driveway, this will involve a lot of work removing the bushes as seen on the east(left) side of the driveway.I am looking for some input from my fellow DIY-ers on what has worked best for you and maybe some things I have not even considered.Side question: If I do dig the ditch, which will be roughly 130 yards long and 3' wide/2' deep, is the mini-excavator big enough or should I really be looking to have a professional with a full sized excavator do it? via /r/DIY http://ift.tt/2uMhkQ6
