Many of the answers depend on the quality of the original
install. Most residential asphalt is only 2" thick without much
of a subsoil treatment, either gravel, road base, or lime
stabilization.

Assume all this to be true. You can rent a walk behind pavement
saw. Pop a chalk line down the property line. Get several fiber
blades, you will probably only need one, but have spares. These
saws are big and heavy, you will need at least 2 people to get it
in and out of the truck. To hold down on the dust, you can hook a
garden hose to the saw. It will slow fiber/asphalt cutting. Make
as many cuts as you want to reduce the size of the demolition.

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"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