I am building a 300 sq ft patio and have already dug out the lawn to about 4 inches and backfilled those 4 inches with about 4 tons of "#21 A Crushed Bluestone".
I have a few weeks between now and when i will be putting sand and pavers over it. So nature will be raining on it and what not for a while.
I bought a 10x10" hand tamper and have been basically wetting the stone and hand tamping. That, in addition to the rain and weather, seem to have already solidified the base pretty well.
The question is, do i really need to rent a $75 / day power compactor to level the base?
or is what i have done already enough?