fried1765
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I lived with gravel drives almost my whole life and maintaining them is a never ending job. Steep drives are really a pain and to keep the water damage to a minimum requires lots of rock, ditching, and colverts. Tight curves and loose gravel are good problem areas also. A heavy roller to pack the rock helps after grading I have found out. And the heavier the roller the better. I have a curve that isn't sharp but it's probably a couple hundred feet long or longer and that's my biggest area of problems. No problem with run off from rain but with delivery trucks and hot rods that think their on the interstate. I'm going to solve the problem of rock getting pushed and threw off in the yard by putting in a nice speed bump. It is aggravating spending thousands of dollars putting rock on the drive and having some ya-ho's come flying in throwing rock everywhere. I feel like i spent the money on rock for the drive not the yard. No one is in that much of a hurry that they have to drive that almost thousand feet in under two seconds. I always have consideration on someone's property knowing how much work and money is spent on keeping up a drive.
I have a 2100 foot long gravel driveway, through a wooded area, and a small hill with a curve.
Because of excessive speed, on the curve, the gravel migrates to the outer driveway edge.
I do think that my..... "Caution - Moose Crossing"..... sign may help a little bit (it is a joke of course).
It is at my seasonal residence in Canada, so there actually is a slight bit of credibility.
Cow crossing...deer crossing....sheep/goats/horses/turkeys etc. are other more believable sign subject possibilities.