"Nancy Drew" wrote in message
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hey all

i've bought a property that was severed into two plots and the old
driveway
is now where i'd like to put a garden. somebody told me that asphalt is
too
rubbery to use a jack hammer on. what's the best way to take up an old
asphalt driveway? are their saws i can rent to cut it into small pieces
and
then just shovel out the sections?

tks



Removing the asphalt with a rented jackhammer will be easy enough, although
hard on the bod. What will be hard is removing the compacted gravel base
that's underneath the asphalt. That's pick and shovel work, and it's even
more grueling than a vibrating jackhammer. You might want to investigate
local day labor for something as labor intensive as that. Or, bite the
bullet and work smarter and not harder, and just spend the money for a
bobcat to come in and rip everything out in a short period of time. It'll
cost more, but it'll be worth it!