I prefer the cocanut logs or the core logs. No evassive seed to worry abuot (not in the mountains), breaks down as the veg is established, dosen't need to be trenched in, and smells good too! We just staked it in back filled up to it seeded and covered with cocanut fiber mat. Creek stayed...
You may look into some of the newer cultivars of "Low mow bluegrass" golf courses are putting these grasses in the fairways and cutting them around 0.350". I have used a type called "Nu Destiny" in some grassed areas just to see what it would be like at 2 to 3inches and didn't really have to...
In NC we call them mud mats and you just put down oversize stone something larger than 57 and smaller than surge. As far a concrete goes I would always give the driver an option to dump on site because I have heard some pretty nasty stories about what those guys will do @ quitting time with...
I have not had any luck getting compaction with silt. If the silt you are trying to get rid of is sandy and would appear to drain well I would look for golf courses or sports fields in construction or maybe check to see if either is doing sod plots they could use the material for.
