Old Guy,
I have a farm in Bledsoe County just outside of Crossville. I ran into this situation with all the rain we had last year. I spent over $1,500 in dozer work and gravel on a 200 yard drive only to find out that with the recent rain, I'm having issues again. The dozer driver is one of the best I've had and I can't fault him. He did put water bars in the road to slow running water. What I learned though, similar to what an earlier poster stated, is that water is running out of a hole in the middle of a grade in the hill above. I'm therefore going to have to go back and have culverts put in to keep the water off the road and have it flow under and to the downhill side. The downhill side will need the pond rebuilt to hold more water.
Also to add, as long as the ruts aren't too bad and I can get a tractor up there this summer, I'll use my box grader to address what I can.
I have a farm in Bledsoe County just outside of Crossville. I ran into this situation with all the rain we had last year. I spent over $1,500 in dozer work and gravel on a 200 yard drive only to find out that with the recent rain, I'm having issues again. The dozer driver is one of the best I've had and I can't fault him. He did put water bars in the road to slow running water. What I learned though, similar to what an earlier poster stated, is that water is running out of a hole in the middle of a grade in the hill above. I'm therefore going to have to go back and have culverts put in to keep the water off the road and have it flow under and to the downhill side. The downhill side will need the pond rebuilt to hold more water.
Also to add, as long as the ruts aren't too bad and I can get a tractor up there this summer, I'll use my box grader to address what I can.