lhfarm
Veteran Member
Pictured is a section of wagon road that was used up until the 1950s to get to our farm site. The original house on the site was disassembled and moved down this road around 1912 to a location closer to the school. My wife's grandfather continued to farm the "hill" until the depression. In the mid-50s, a new residential lake was built near by and new roads built around the lake that allowed my father-in-law to build a home on the original site.
We want to keep the wagon road, as part of the history of the place. This section is a steep downhill, cut into the side of the hill. To the left, in the picture is a drop-off. Behind the jeep, the road curves to this section, The road has eroded to a "V". As you can see, looking at the space under the jeep, the bottom of the "V" is very deep - 2' at the extreme. I can get the jeep and tractor through here, by straddling the the ditch. But it is very difficult walking the primary use of the trail today and on the wife's "fix it" list.
I'm thinking I might use my box blade to rip up the downhill side (left side in the pictures) and try to level out the road. I may be able to haul in some fill from another project. I know I'll need to figure out water control. There is water run-off from the top and right side. I've been considering cutting slots in the bank on the left, with log sections in the road to redirect the run off. I think I can use my BH for this part.
Suggestions or ideas? I don't have access to a dozer and I'd like to use the equipment I have if possible. I can take more pictures next weekend if that would help.
Thanks,
We want to keep the wagon road, as part of the history of the place. This section is a steep downhill, cut into the side of the hill. To the left, in the picture is a drop-off. Behind the jeep, the road curves to this section, The road has eroded to a "V". As you can see, looking at the space under the jeep, the bottom of the "V" is very deep - 2' at the extreme. I can get the jeep and tractor through here, by straddling the the ditch. But it is very difficult walking the primary use of the trail today and on the wife's "fix it" list.
I'm thinking I might use my box blade to rip up the downhill side (left side in the pictures) and try to level out the road. I may be able to haul in some fill from another project. I know I'll need to figure out water control. There is water run-off from the top and right side. I've been considering cutting slots in the bank on the left, with log sections in the road to redirect the run off. I think I can use my BH for this part.
Suggestions or ideas? I don't have access to a dozer and I'd like to use the equipment I have if possible. I can take more pictures next weekend if that would help.
Thanks,