We got a lot of rain immediately after I graded the road. My next visit to the property depressed me. The road was very soft and sloppy. I was concerned that the road would be too wet to use all winter.
However, a few days later the road seemed much better and firm enough to drive on. After we've had a few dry days I intend to drive my truck up and down the road several times to pack down the dirt. I believe doing so will help a lot. I can already tell a big difference in the parts of the road that have a few tire tracks on them.
After the road packs down a bit I'll have some gravel delivered. As you can see from the "before" pictures, I had a good bed of gravel on the road before I dragged dirt from the roadside to fill in the rut. Now there's a lot of soft dirt on the road on top of the original gravel.
I'm not sure exactly what kind of gravel to get. Maybe I should get some big gravel initially. After the big gravel packs down some, then maybe I should get some crushed gravel. Any body have any suggestions?