gravel

  1. bdhsfz6

    What to Put on a Gravel Road to Control Dust

    I maintain 1.25 miles of private gravel road. The dust is just terrible in some spots where houses are close to the road. I used to spread calcium chloride, but the prices are getting out of hand. I looked into millings and oil & chip, but those prices are way too expensive as well. Yes, this...
  2. K

    Landscape Rake to get gravel back onto road?

    Would a Landscape Rake be the best to move gravel back onto the road? My gravel always ends up on the road edges.
  3. J

    Gravel Driveway using Grid products to reduce washout

    Folks, I'm getting a bit tired of the continuous regrading of my gravel road. I'm wondering if anyone has experience using a product like this: How to Stabilize a Steep Gravel Driveway - TRUEGRID Pavers is this legit or snake oil?
  4. K

    plowing a uneven gravel driveway up hill and down really sucks!

    finally got some snow and i got to use my manual adjusting land pride 72" QA snow blade! I always plow a few inches off the gravel road but the issue is i can not get past is hills. I can have it set perfectly but as soon as you start to go down hill it causes the plow to be down facing plowing...
  5. Dadnatron

    Packing/sealing a gravel road after 'resurfacing' / land plane

    I have about 1/2 mile gravel road which takes a beating. I'm going to redo it with fabric and gravel, but I want to figure out a way to pack it as smoothly as possible, after I'm through with a land plane. A lot of the road is on a north facing hill, and it tends to wash out, even though I plan...
  6. R

    attachment for cleaning/creating drainage ditches along gravel road

    We have a small subdivision with gravel roads and want to do our own maintenance on the drainage ditches. The local outfit that does the main grading of the road does fairly well with crown, but very poor on the drainage (intentional?), causing extra work after big rains. I'd like to be able...
  7. Y

    Washboarding on gravel drive

    Just recently my gravel drive got a great deal of washboarding. No different equipment up and down the drive. Only real change over the last several months is extreme drought. Any thoughts that caused this and the best way to remove?
  8. 4

    34 Acres and 1/4 mile gravel driveway

    A dream come true property was purchased. I now have a 1/4 mile gravel driveway. I suspect I need a tractor and a box blade to maintain it. I might need snow removal too. In my area I have LS, Kubota, and Mahindra dealerships. Any suggestions?
  9. MadJack

    Gravel/Loam Screen

    I've had this screen kicking around for several years. I picked it up as 'scrap' with a bunch of scrap during a clean up job. And I had a few red oak logs laying in the yard from this spring. (browntail killed the oak) So while milling lumber, and the last logs in the yard were the oaks, I cut...
  10. MadJack

    Found a vein of pin gravel this evening!

    So on and off though out the summer I've been cleaning up and pushing stumps that was dumped here 6 years ago. Yesterday I decided to dig in my pit and build up a small camper pad at one edge of the pit. This evening after dinner I was shaving a bank, and opened up (found) a nice vein of pin...
  11. F

    Putting in a gravel driveway

    I am planning a gravel driveway for a new build and have a few questions since I've never had a gravel driveway before. I have started on some preliminary work which I think is necessary. so far I've scraped all the organic materials from the entire driveway. In some places I am as much as 12...
  12. A

    Compacting gravel driveway

    I'm getting crashed stone delivered and spread on my old gravel driveway. I will crown and level it. Then a guy with vibrating roller will come over and compact it. Would it be a good idea to have stone dust spread on top before compacting? Please share your experience/ideas/suggestions...
  13. RiverHill

    Buying Advice  First tractor for small family farm. Branson or something else?

    Hi All, I’ve lurked around on this forum for quite some time, but the realistic possibility of being a tractor owner within the month prompted me to join and get some insight, and hopefully reinforce my thought process. We moved onto 26 acres nearly three years ago now, but officially bought...
  14. N

    How to Prevent Amazon, UPS, Fedex 3 point turn ruts?

    Other than ordering less stuff, how can we minimize the 3 point turn ruts in our crusher run driveway from deliveries. The drive is 700' so backing out is not a reasonable ask. When they crank their tires from one side to the other in one spot it makes a little depression, when it rains, the...
  15. billboe

    5inch minus spreadability?

    I want to raise a section of our driveway (where it meets the main road) about 1ft. I'm thinking about putting 5" minus on the bottom and then 3/4" minus on top. How easy will it be to "grade" the 5" minus? I have a back blade and a crappy box blade (and a bucket of course). Or should I go...
  16. T

    converting a lightly used dirt road to gravel - how important is it to follow gravel road building best practices?

    Hi! I have some spots on my property that have turned from grass into dirt because I drive my equipment through those areas. I'd like to throw some gravel down to reduce the mud and dust and to make it look nicer. I have watched youtube videos and did a fair amount of research on the proper way...
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