Best Implement to build a dirt road?

[beowulf]

Confused at first - now I know. I'll try to also remember to check dates. But hopefully, someone will get some use out of the information.

 

[FatTire]

In many ways it depends on the type of dirt and the traffic you expect. In Oregon, for my driveway the county required 6-8" of pit run shale with 2-3" of 3/4 minus crushed rock on top of it. They preferred it compacted with a vibrator , but you were allowed to compact it by running a fully loaded dump truck over it. So, in that case we roughed it in with a dozer and finished it off with a dump truck. Possibly not the implements you were thinking of.

If you have different soil, or very light usage you could get someone with a dozer to rough it in, or do it yourself with a box blade, if you have a big enough tractor and lots of time.

I never heard of a county having requirements for construction of a driveway like that. Is that because of a concern for sedimentation into streams, or what?

 

[airbiscuit]

Confused at first - now I know. I'll try to also remember to check dates. But hopefully, someone will get some use out of the information.

So, it looks like I was the dirty dog that bumped this old post. I swear it came up on "Today's Posts" which is what I usually peruse. So, I guess I will look more closely at the last posting date as well.

Nonetheless, I enjoyed the conversation.

 

[ovrszd]

Ya never know. Someone might get some valuable information from it.

 

[murphy1244]

You all had fun right?:thumbsup:

 

[California]

All useful information, its timeless. I didn't see it the first time so this re-hash was worth reading.

 

[ovrszd]

You all had fun right?:thumbsup:

Spent most of the day in the Grader. Then checked in here to see what you Yahoos were up to. This is much more fun.

 

[murphy1244]

Spent most of the day in the Grader. Then checked in here to see what you Yahoos were up to. This is much more fun.

What could be more fun than seat time?

 

[ovrszd]

What could be more fun than seat time?

Oh I'm not complaining. But by afternoon I get real tired of talking to myself.