DAP
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- Joined
- Nov 28, 2001
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- Tractor
- JD LX288 and a B7800
Project: 1,000 feet of driveway
Problem: This 'lane' is an easement which serves as access to my property. It's long, it's narrow, and it's not flat. At about 10 feet wide at best, it is lined with forest trees (prohibiting a blade for snow removal, must blow or bucket it out).
The previous owners NEVER did anything good to this drive, except ruin it with a rear blade on an old JD collector tractor.
It has several depressions which hold water seemingly all year.
The center section of it is a gentle rise of about 60 feet but has a terrible rut on the low side. Water collects and travels down the grade. When the water collects, the structure softens. When the structure softens, driving on it exacerbates the problem (delivery trucks, trash collection, oil delivery, etc.)
I refuse to pave this lane as A: it's an easement and not my property, paving would cost 20,000+, paving would look bad aesthetically.
Some sort of stone fill is required. I have a local quarry which I have not stopped in at yet.
By spring, all things willing, I will have an orange machine to help correct, if not temporarily, parts or all of the lane.
Solution: <your ideas here>
Attached is a picture from last year showing the lane as it heads out 1000 feet to the road, to give you an idea of size and restrictions ... Looking closely, one can see some of the "small ponds". Of course, since I'm in a severe drought ... they're kinda dry prior to this weekends snows.
Thanks!
Doug
Problem: This 'lane' is an easement which serves as access to my property. It's long, it's narrow, and it's not flat. At about 10 feet wide at best, it is lined with forest trees (prohibiting a blade for snow removal, must blow or bucket it out).
The previous owners NEVER did anything good to this drive, except ruin it with a rear blade on an old JD collector tractor.
It has several depressions which hold water seemingly all year.
The center section of it is a gentle rise of about 60 feet but has a terrible rut on the low side. Water collects and travels down the grade. When the water collects, the structure softens. When the structure softens, driving on it exacerbates the problem (delivery trucks, trash collection, oil delivery, etc.)
I refuse to pave this lane as A: it's an easement and not my property, paving would cost 20,000+, paving would look bad aesthetically.
Some sort of stone fill is required. I have a local quarry which I have not stopped in at yet.
By spring, all things willing, I will have an orange machine to help correct, if not temporarily, parts or all of the lane.
Solution: <your ideas here>
Attached is a picture from last year showing the lane as it heads out 1000 feet to the road, to give you an idea of size and restrictions ... Looking closely, one can see some of the "small ponds". Of course, since I'm in a severe drought ... they're kinda dry prior to this weekends snows.
Thanks!
Doug