The way my lawn mowers left my driveway.

They use the big riding mowers and buzz through here in a big hurry. The club house hired them years ago and they mow most of our community. As you can see they ran through the muddy gutter, not once but several times. My point to them was, couldn’t you see what the hell you were doing to my drive? Oh, it’ll wash off, he said.
Well it didn’t and never will. The marks are permanent.
 
Pappy said:
They use the big riding mowers and buzz through here in a big hurry. The club house hired them years ago and they mow most of our community. As you can see they ran through the muddy gutter, not once but several times. My point to them was, couldn’t you see what the hell you were doing to my drive? Oh, it’ll wash off, he said.
Well it didn’t and never will. The marks are permanent.
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Not at all respectful of them, which doesn't surprise me coming from today's generation.
 
Pappy——Did you think about using a power washer? Go to Lowes and ask them what they recommend as a cleaner. I would show them the pictures. Simple Green isn’t all that good, but Crud-Cutter does a better job or they may even have a better suggestion.
 
I’ve had good luck with spraying Outdoor Bleach (sold at big box stores), letting it dry....then followed by a pressure wash.

(I’ve never tried it on a painted driveway, tho.)
 
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Geez, I'm no gardener & I do a much-better job than that. After trimming brush, I chop everything into smaller pieces to fit in the Green barrel, then rake & shovel, then the leaf blower gets everything else.
 
Lizzie00 said:
I’ve had good luck with spraying Outdoor Bleach (sold at big box stores), letting it dry....then followed by a pressure wash.

(I’ve never tried it on a painted driveway, tho.)
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You have to watch putting chemicals out on driveways. It will wash onto the lawn and damage it.
The only way to clean those marks is to get down on your hands and knees and use soap and water, just like scrubbing a floor.
 
More important than the "tire marks" they left on the driveway is the Crack that clearly shows in a couple of the pictures. If that crack isn't sealed properly, the concrete will begin to break even further.
 
Don M. said:
More important than the "tire marks" they left on the driveway is the Crack that clearly shows in a couple of the pictures. If that crack isn't sealed properly, the concrete will begin to break even further.
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Well I think what happened there is that there should have been expansion lines like there are across.
So the concrete made it's own expansion. Do you think sealing it is going to stop the crack? What would you use?
 
Camper6 said:
Do you think sealing it is going to stop the crack? What would you use?
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Most hardware/big stores like Lowe's, etc., sell tubes of concrete crack sealer that works quite well. We had a crack in our basement floor about 10 years ago that was allowing some water to come in during heavy rains. I bought some sealer, and applied it, and no more problems. When we lived in the city, I had a crack develop in our driveway, and ignored it, until some heavy rains really messed it up, and I wound up having to pay a bunch to have it torn out and replaced. $20 for some quality sealant, and a couple of hours smoothing it all out nicely with a trowel can save hundreds, or more, in replacement costs.
 
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