Hey all, one of my relatives just bought some acreage and wants a service road of gravel about 1/2 mile long. What should one use for attachments to make the road. We have a dirt scoop, a loader, no box blade or other wide earth moving attachments. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Road work Suggestions?
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If they can swing it I would be looking at 3 different implements.
First, a good top of the line rear blade.
Second, a good top of the line box blade.
For finish grading and maintenance of the road a good road grader-land plane blade.
If money is tight, then just get the good rear blade to start with.
Another thing that is very helpful when grading is to have Top and Tilt hydraulics on the 3pt hitch. Makes grading a lot easier and better.
Good luck.
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I think that Brian has just about covered it...
Of course, you could just "bring" the road to the site, too!
Lay down some road fabric "typar" and back the dump trucks up! You could do it all with your loader and a big CHECKBOOK!
AKfish
Of course, you could just "bring" the road to the site, too!
Lay down some road fabric "typar" and back the dump trucks up! You could do it all with your loader and a big CHECKBOOK!
AKfish
jenkinsph
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Alot would depend on your terrain if you wan't to DIY then Brian is right on.
This will wind up being expensive if you need lots of new material and prep work.
I would recommend you get some prices from local contractors to compare.
Some times it is important to have a good vibratory roller to pack with, but you don't need to own it. Again depending on the terrain it may be better to have someone with all the toys do the job. Then you could have the maintenance tools.
This will wind up being expensive if you need lots of new material and prep work.
I would recommend you get some prices from local contractors to compare.
Some times it is important to have a good vibratory roller to pack with, but you don't need to own it. Again depending on the terrain it may be better to have someone with all the toys do the job. Then you could have the maintenance tools.
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The fel and a rear blade with gauge wheels may be all that is required.
But; having a loader you can utilize it for the work at hand.
But; having a loader you can utilize it for the work at hand.
If they can swing it I would be looking at 3 different implements.
First, a good top of the line rear blade.
Second, a good top of the line box blade.
For finish grading and maintenance of the road a good road grader-land plane blade.
If money is tight, then just get the good rear blade to start with.
Another thing that is very helpful when grading is to have Top and Tilt hydraulics on the 3pt hitch. Makes grading a lot easier and better.
Good luck.
Thanks Brian, they will need to rent some of this.
I think that Brian has just about covered it...
Of course, you could just "bring" the road to the site, too!
Lay down some road fabric "typar" and back the dump trucks up! You could do it all with your loader and a big CHECKBOOK!
AKfish
Hey Akfish, I did not think of the road fabric lay it all on top method. Probably a bit quicker than most other routes, I would imagine.
The fel and a rear blade with gauge wheels may be all that is required.
But; having a loader you can utilize it for the work at hand.
i was thinking adding a box blade and the rear blade to do the minimum.
Egon
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Oops; I had gotten the impression that you were working with a loader and not a tractor.
By all means get the rear blade and a box blade if you wish.:thumbsup:
By all means get the rear blade and a box blade if you wish.:thumbsup:
Oops; I had gotten the impression that you were working with a loader and not a tractor.
By all means get the rear blade and a box blade if you wish.:thumbsup:
Nope, just a tractor at this point, and if the tractor does the job, then it will be a combination of existing attachments and some rented ones.
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Without having a better idea what conditions are on site (watershed, slope, soil, etc, etc, etc), I don't see a way anyone can make a recommendation. Just sayin.....
Might be as simple as dragging an old bed spring back and forth, and yet it might involve some heavy duty equipment like a bulldozer or backhoe. Removing rocks, boulders, trees and stumps? Or just smoothing out some sand burs?
Any help from your end about the conditions?
Without having a better idea what conditions are on site (watershed, slope, soil, etc, etc, etc), I don't see a way anyone can make a recommendation. Just sayin.....
Might be as simple as dragging an old bed spring back and forth, and yet it might involve some heavy duty equipment like a bulldozer or backhoe. Removing rocks, boulders, trees and stumps? Or just smoothing out some sand burs?
Any help from your end about the conditions?
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Nuru
Without having a better idea what conditions are on site (watershed, slope, soil, etc, etc, etc), I don't see a way anyone can make a recommendation. Just sayin.....
Might be as simple as dragging an old bed spring back and forth, and yet it might involve some heavy duty equipment like a bulldozer or backhoe. Removing rocks, boulders, trees and stumps? Or just smoothing out some sand burs?
Any help from your end about the conditions?
beenthere,
I agree but he has yet to mention the conditions, about all you can do is give a somewhat generic (useless) answer.
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I agree jenk.
We've seen some examples of bad road work posted on TBN that didn't allow for water runs and existing conditions. One was the absentee owner (pilot) that paid $5000 for his developer to have a contractor do a minimal job of putting in his long drive, only to learn that he may have to invest several times that to get it done right.
I didn't mean to trivialize any comments so far, as we have no idea what Nuru's conditions are yet.
We've seen some examples of bad road work posted on TBN that didn't allow for water runs and existing conditions. One was the absentee owner (pilot) that paid $5000 for his developer to have a contractor do a minimal job of putting in his long drive, only to learn that he may have to invest several times that to get it done right.
I didn't mean to trivialize any comments so far, as we have no idea what Nuru's conditions are yet.
JDGreenGrass
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Sounds like they are building a road from scratch.??...
Anyways, you can do a lot of road work with a bucket and a rear blade.:thumbsup: At a minimum you will need those 2 items.
Thanks all, the conditions that I know of are:
This is the construction of a gravel road from scratch:
They want to put in a road that will be probably at least 1/2 mile long.
They can probably get by with:
This is the construction of a gravel road from scratch:
- semi-wooded field.
- 1 foot brush
- some rocks, dunno the size
They want to put in a road that will be probably at least 1/2 mile long.
They can probably get by with:
- a box blade
- a rear blade
- a FEL
Jenk; I would not say any of the comments are useless as they do cover a lot of conditions.
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What size tractor are you working with? Size will make a difference. It can be done with just the loader. However, I'd recommend a box-blade and a york rake. Use the teeth on the box blade to prep the road bed, the loader and box blade to spread the gravel, and york rake to finish. Just another method to consider.
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