I recently leveled out a place on my property using a box blade that includes a driveway, an area in front of my shop, a place to park trailers and to turn around. It is roughly 150' by 150' and the road leading from the main road to it. After leveling I dumped about 100 yds (4 semi loads) of gravel onto the area and spread it out evenly over the area. It is about 4" thick and I drove around on it for about a week before the rain hit these past few days.
Now I think the mud problem is almost worse than it was before. The dirt is so soft underneath the gravel and driving on it leaves ruts about a foot deep as the gravel gives way and I sink in the soft muddy dirt below.
I plan on reblading it after things dry up and then I was going to try to pack it down so it would not be so soft. I was thinking of getting a 2' or so diameter pipe about 8' long and filling it with concrete and welding some brackets on it so it will roll and can be towed behind my tractor and using it to pack the gravel and dirt around my place. Would this do any good? Would the weight be sufficient or would I need more?
Now I think the mud problem is almost worse than it was before. The dirt is so soft underneath the gravel and driving on it leaves ruts about a foot deep as the gravel gives way and I sink in the soft muddy dirt below.
I plan on reblading it after things dry up and then I was going to try to pack it down so it would not be so soft. I was thinking of getting a 2' or so diameter pipe about 8' long and filling it with concrete and welding some brackets on it so it will roll and can be towed behind my tractor and using it to pack the gravel and dirt around my place. Would this do any good? Would the weight be sufficient or would I need more?