Gravel Driveways and Lanes in Hubbard, OH
Hubbard sits in the southeast corner of Trumbull County against the Pennsylvania line, half old coal-and-iron town and half township acreage. The drives run from a short strip beside a 1920s house to a quarter-mile lane off a township road. Jeff builds and rebuilds both, and sorts out which state's rules apply when the lot straddles the line.
Gravel Driveways in Hubbard
An old iron town with township ground around it
Coal and iron built Hubbard in the 1860s, and the city grew hard again in the 1950s before peaking at about 9,200 people in 1980. It has slipped a little each census since, to around 7,600. In town the lots are narrow, the houses are old and the drives are either a worn concrete strip or a gravel one that has never had a base.
Outside the city, Hubbard Township runs out to the state line with wooded parcels, old fields and the commercial ground where Route 7 meets I-80. Those lots have long drives, open road ditches and a culvert at the mouth. Jeff works both, and the township side is where most of the new drives go in.
Mud Run, Little Yankee Run and low ground
Two small streams, Mud Run and Little Yankee Run, flow through the city limits, and the lots near them have a low, wet end. Across the township the ground is the same glacial till as the rest of Trumbull County, with a seasonal water table close to the surface from fall to late spring.
A drive on that ground is built up, not down. Jeff strips the topsoil, lays fabric over soft clay, sets a base of large angular limestone and packs a finer top course with a crown. The drive sits a little above the ground beside it, with a swale on the uphill side, so it is never the lowest thing in the yard. Where the lot stays wet on its own, a drain along the drive goes in the same trench.
The long lane off a township road
The township job is a lane back to a house or a pole barn, often across a strip of field that was never meant to be driven on. Those lanes carry the fuel truck and the stone truck as well as the car, so the base is built for the heaviest regular load, with a turnaround near the house.
A lane that crosses a wet draw gets a culvert under it so the drive does not become a dam. Brush that has closed in along the route gets mulched first. The guide to building a gravel driveway explains the layers, and the Hubbard page covers the clearing side of the work.
Permits on both sides of the line
In Hubbard proper, a drive that meets a city street starts with the City of Hubbard. On a township road it is Hubbard Township. On a county road the Trumbull County Engineer handles driveway access and the culvert under its right-of-way permit, and Route 7 and Route 62 are ODOT's.
Cross into Pennsylvania and the rules change even when the dirt does not. A drive onto a state road there needs a PennDOT highway occupancy permit, and the municipality handles its own streets. Plenty of people here own ground in one state and live in the other, and Jeff sorts out which set of rules applies before anything is scheduled. The permit guide lays it all out.
Two 811 centers, two notice periods
Buried lines on the Ohio side are located through OUPS (Ohio 811), at least two working days before digging. On the Pennsylvania side it is PA One Call (811), at least three business days ahead. A lot that straddles the line gets both. The locate is free, and in both states it is the law.
A road ditch is where phone, cable and gas lines tend to run, so the culvert end of a drive is where the marks matter most. Jeff places the notice for the job and waits for the paint before the excavator goes into the ditch.
Repairs, and the free estimate
Not every call is a new drive. A soft spot where the drive meets the garage, potholes that come back every spring, a washout down a slope, a crown that has gone flat. Those get cut out and rebuilt with base stone rather than topped with more of what sank.
Jeff comes down from Farmdale, 30 minutes, looks at the drive and the ditch, and gives one figure with the stone, hauling and grading in it. Estimates are free. He does not pour concrete or pave asphalt. The full gravel driveway service page covers drives, lanes and repairs across the area.
What that covers
- Lanes on township acreage. Long drives off township roads, built for the fuel truck with a culvert where they cross a draw.
- In-town strips rebuilt. Narrow drives beside old houses dug out, based and crowned so they stop sinking.
- Culverts at the ditch. The pipe the road owner wants, bedded at ditch grade and covered deep enough to drive on.
- Washouts and soft spots. Cut out to firm ground and rebuilt with base stone, not topped with loose gravel.
Hubbard, OH
On the Pennsylvania line east of Youngstown, 30 minutes from Farmdale, with in-town lots and rural parcels across Hubbard Township.
Town pageAlso in HubbardDemolition & Removal in Hubbard, OH
See the pageAlso in HubbardYard Drainage & French Drains in Hubbard, OH
See the pageThe serviceGravel Driveways
New gravel drives cut, based and crowned, plus ruts, potholes, soft spots and washouts rebuilt.
Main service pageHubbard and the towns nearby
Hubbard is the corner where Trumbull County meets Pennsylvania, 30 minutes from Farmdale, and the same gravel drives go in on both sides of the line. Hermitage is long drives on acreage under PennDOT rules, Sharon is hillside drives and alley pads, and Youngstown down the valley is old concrete strips coming out for gravel. The service area page lists the rest of the towns Logan Earthworks covers.
You get Jeff. Not a crew he sent.
You call
You call or send the form. Jeff comes out and looks at the job with you, on the ground, rather than pricing it off a photograph.
A number first
You get one figure before anything starts, with the hauling and the grading in it.
He runs the machine
Then he shows up and runs the machine himself.
Ground left usable
Voids get filled and the ground is graded back so you can build, seed or just mow.
Photos of his work.
These are photographs from actual jobs. See more recent work. Or read about the full gravel driveways service.
Questions people ask
Not seeing yours? Call (330) 625-5754 and ask Jeff, or read the guides.
My property is on the state line. Whose permit do I need?
It depends on where the drive meets the road, not where the house sits. A mouth on an Ohio road goes through the City of Hubbard, Hubbard Township, the Trumbull County Engineer or ODOT, depending on who owns it. A mouth on a Pennsylvania state road needs a PennDOT highway occupancy permit. Jeff sorts out which applies when he looks at the lot.
Who issues driveway permits in Hubbard Township?
For a township road, the township itself. For a county road, the Trumbull County Engineer, which covers driveway access and the culvert under its right-of-way permit. For Route 7 or Route 62, ODOT. The road owner decides the pipe size and where the mouth can sit, so ask before any stone is ordered.
Why does my drive wash out?
Usually because water is running down the length of it instead of off the sides. A drive with no crown, or one that sits lower than the ground beside it, becomes the creek. The fix is to crown it, open the edges, add a swale on the uphill side and, where it crosses a ditch, put in a culvert big enough for the flow.
Do I need to call 811 for a driveway?
Yes, because the culvert and the base cut go below grade, and road ditches are where buried lines tend to run. On the Ohio side the locate goes through OUPS (Ohio 811) at least two working days ahead. On the Pennsylvania side it is PA One Call (811), at least three business days. Jeff places the notice.
Can you replace my concrete drive in town with gravel?
Yes. The old concrete is broken out with the excavator, loaded and hauled, and the gravel drive is built on a base the concrete never had. It is one job with one price. The concrete removal page describes that part of the work.
Other work he takes on
Most jobs end up being two or three of these at once, and they get quoted together.
Gravel Driveways in other towns
Land Clearing & Brush Removal
Overgrown lots, fields and wooded acreage cleared and left ready to use.
Learn moreForestry Mulching
Brush and small trees ground into mulch in place. No piles, no burning.
Learn moreExcavation & Site Prep
Digging, pads, trenching and dirt work on rural and suburban lots.
Learn moreGravel Driveways
New drives cut, based and crowned; ruts, potholes and soft spots rebuilt.
Learn moreDrainage & French Drains
Standing water moved off yards and foundations on slow-draining clay.
Learn moreStump Grinding
Stumps ground below grade and the hole filled.
Learn moreFree estimate in Hubbard.
Send the details and Jeff will come out and look at it. If it is easier to talk it through, call him directly.
Farmdale, Warren, Niles, Cortland, Youngstown, Boardman, Canfield, Austintown, Hubbard and Trumbull and Mahoning counties, over into Mercer County, PA.
Need gravel driveway work in Hubbard?
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