Building a road down to the river

[BrokenTrack]

I like o use the burrow pit type of road construction. That is where you dig down on each side of the road and then spread the material across the width of the road. This forms a ditch at the same time the road is built up. Then just spread gravel as a surface material across the top and the road is done.

I had this cardboard layout complete with elevation contours and everything showing the soil engineer my plans for my latest and she was insistent that I had to use road fabric. I HATE ROAD FABRIC. so we had our go-around, but after coming out and seeing my sub-grade she was like, "Oh you don't need fabric." I was like..."I told you!"

Earthworks is rather fun because you can do it so many ways. If you have a steep hill, lets say a 100 feet long. If you cut the first 50 feet 2 feet down, and then fill the next 50 feet, the grade is significantly changed! The same if you cut one side of the road and put it to the other side.

It would seem to me too, that if you are by a creek then maybe you have your own gravel bank on your place??? You could ask you local Soil and Water Conservation District, or check out Web Soil Survey which has all the soils mapped out in the USA. Again...use what you got, especially for sub-grade.

Web Soil Survey

 

[gersus]

Road is in! I gave up pretty quick on doing it myself. Too steep, and trees in the way. I知 glad I had the loader come down and do it. You can do in a few minutes what I wouldve never been able to do. He wanted to cut the road out of the side of the bank but there was a rock out cropping in the way. I think he did a great job! He did all that in one day! Money well spent.

 

[GirlWhoWantsTractor]

Congratulations! Same here, 100+ ft drop to the creek and no way down. Huge dozer/excavator got the road done professionally in one day. Now get the road covered quick before it rains heavy, either gravel or grass. I chose grass as it's way less maintenance, esp on a steep slope.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Congrats for getting it done, and thanks for the update.

 

[MossRoad]

Nice! :thumbsup:

 

[EddieWalker]

Looks great. Thanks for the pics!!!

 

[gersus]

Thanks guys! Luckily the ground was a lot of rock that crushed up nicely and he did a great job of using that topping it off. Its solid and looks like its already graveled. Nice big runoff areas and its crowned so we’re gonna see what happens when it rains to see what it needs.