got ruts?

[theboman]

They are looooong ruts. Some 50'-75', some 10'. Some 2" deep, others 6" deep. It's rains about 3 days a week in this part of Kentucky these days.

 

[Highbeam]

Rain in Kentucky is good. Without Kentucky rain, we wouldn't have Kentucky bourbon.

 

[PineRidge]

Bo I have a section of 155' of yard that has to be driven over with the TC-40D year round because of our home based business. Needless to say in the winter or when it's really wet I end up with mud and deep ruts. In the past we just waited for the ground to firm up some then used the box-blade to knock off the high spots and fill in the low spots. I would then drag the landscape rake in reverse to smooth it all down before planting grass. Been doing this for 6 years with good results but it finally got old. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

The first part of the week I finally dug out 155' X 10" wide X 12" deep worth of dirt, put down geofabric, spread 40 ton of #2 stone, and capped it with 40 ton of crusher run. Can you say smooth drive extension? No more mud! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Louisiana_John]

I did not know they were that long. Knok downd the high spots with your Box Blade. Then get a clay mix to seal off the ruts so they don't soup bowl. cap off with a top soil. Then seen and hay no water needed with you luck. I think you will need to add dirt because of the compaction. That is what I would do. If they are not holding water now and water draines out of them then just use a sandy top soil.
John

 

[EddieWalker]

After you smooth out the ruts, try to scrape up some exiting grass from anther area with your FEL and use that as fill material or cover material.

The area you take the grass from will grow back and the area you put it will take off real fast this way.

Eddie