EddieWalker
Epic Contributor
Very nice looking driveway. I'd love to have that kind of elevation change, but here in East TX, it's all pretty flat.
Eddie
Eddie
I spot collections of solar Christmas lights along the drive. I get them on sales after Christmas. Visitors love seeing lights in the middle of a remote forest.
Ok also off subject, but how do you get the electric to your house it doesn't seem like you would have to many neighbors up there?
I do all the heavy grading uphill to try to counteract the tendency of the gravel to migrate down the hill.
Terry
Hi Terry
I have a similar situation with my driveway but, unlike you, I have ZERO experience. I am (hopefully) getting delivery of my first tractor in two days' time.
When you grade uphill, do you start at the bottom of the hill, which seems to mean dragging a lot of material a long way, or do you start a bit down from the top of the hill, grade to the top, then go down another bit and grade up the previously graded section?
Ken,
I start at the bottom and grade all the way to the top. I use an angle blade to move the gravel that gets thrown to the side by traffic back toward the center, clearing the ditch line. Moving gravel up the hill is secondary, so not much gets carried up. My idea is mainly to avoid making the natural migration down hill worse by grading down.
I do grade the top 150 feet or so back away from the garage because I can't get my blade close enough the other way, but that section is level anyway.
I don't use a box blade because I'm trying mainly to move the gravel sideways, not forward.