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Was contracted last week to do a quick rebuild of a local small road for a 10 year customer I do a lot of farming and Conservancy mowing for.
The road is a 1200’ straight shot through the woods with 4 driveways. It’s seen better days, but it’s also been there for 100’s of years. The customer doesn’t want a complete rebuild. Just fill the low spots and add a fresh layer of stone. They know it won’t last forever, so I’m comfortable giving them what they want.
Began work this morning. 4 tri‘s of 3/4 clean delivered.
First truck got stuck-that’s commonplace around here in spring. This road sits just a few feet above a flood plain. The Mack with the blue dump bed was easily able to pull out the white Mack with my chain since it was empty. It got stuck with full power divider lock and axle differential lock.
Next I used the 9HP push type debris blower to get most of the organic material off what is left of the road.
Once I cleared the edges of the road, I began sprinkling stone and back dragging it into low spots. I have done several of these stone road rebuilds, including installing a new road from scratch, but this one is just a quick freshening-up.
Here I am using the Kubota with my 8’ bucket to get the low spots taken care of.
What I like to do is after the low spots/potholes are filled, is sprinkle a thin layer, maybe 1”-2” thick onto the old road surface, then back-drag with loader in float.
Tomorrow and Friday, we will be using a 5 ton roller to roll that thin 1-2” layer down tight. It will “bite” into the old layer and form a fairly level, solid surface for the “finish” layer.
Got home about 6pm enjoying the extended daylight and beautiful weather.
More pics coming.
The road is a 1200’ straight shot through the woods with 4 driveways. It’s seen better days, but it’s also been there for 100’s of years. The customer doesn’t want a complete rebuild. Just fill the low spots and add a fresh layer of stone. They know it won’t last forever, so I’m comfortable giving them what they want.
First truck got stuck-that’s commonplace around here in spring. This road sits just a few feet above a flood plain. The Mack with the blue dump bed was easily able to pull out the white Mack with my chain since it was empty. It got stuck with full power divider lock and axle differential lock.
Next I used the 9HP push type debris blower to get most of the organic material off what is left of the road.
Once I cleared the edges of the road, I began sprinkling stone and back dragging it into low spots. I have done several of these stone road rebuilds, including installing a new road from scratch, but this one is just a quick freshening-up.
Here I am using the Kubota with my 8’ bucket to get the low spots taken care of.
What I like to do is after the low spots/potholes are filled, is sprinkle a thin layer, maybe 1”-2” thick onto the old road surface, then back-drag with loader in float.
Tomorrow and Friday, we will be using a 5 ton roller to roll that thin 1-2” layer down tight. It will “bite” into the old layer and form a fairly level, solid surface for the “finish” layer.
Got home about 6pm enjoying the extended daylight and beautiful weather.
More pics coming.
