03-25-2013, 08:03 AM
jhock Wrote:Some on another forum has the raised the point that most yards in the present day are asphalt and not concrete, can any other any insight to if this the case?Jhock,
It would not be a huge issue to repaint with the asphalt top coat if that was the case.
Since no one answered your question, maybe I can. Asphalt is cheaper to apply than concrete. The down side is that it doesn't last as long and will not tolerate extreme heat and cold fluctuations. If the ground is frozen below the asphalt, the asphalt will be subject to buckeling during periods of re-freezing and re-thawing (i.e. pot hole formation). The other issue you have in high temperature climates is that the asphalt gets so hot that the front trailer pads on semi trailers will sink into hot asphalt. We had this problem where I worked. The solution for us was to add a four to five foot channel of concrete for just the trailer pads to rest. It should be noted that we were parking anywhere from 40-50 semi trailers at any given time and the channel ran several hundred yards in various directions. The remained of the trailer (back tires forward to the trailer pads) sat on asphalt.
Larry