How to fix this road with ruts

[mopardude318]

This is part of my driveway. Its got some bad ruts in it. I have a 7 foot hydraulic box blade, probably weighs 12-1300 lbs, behind an M7060 with top-N-tilt. I don't have a heavy rear blade like the LandPride RBT4596, but I'd love to get one eventually. Its really hard, rocks make for a bouncy box blade. lol. Should I first start by scarifying the heck out of it? And then just scraping the loose stuff away to try to get it somewhat smooth? I'm a little worried about the loose stuff and having traction issues with vehicles driving up. Guess if I can't screw it up than nobody can. lol

 

[atsah]

I fix a guys driveway up the road a couple times a year that looks like yours. I tear it up with my ratchet rake and then with my back blade I put a crown on it so the water doesn’t wreck it again to quickly. Never had a box blade but I would think tearing it up first would be a good place to start.

 

[oosik]

There will be things to do to fix this.
1) establish a ditch on one side of the road for the water to flow in. I would have to be there to determine which side but that is the root cause of the ruts. The rain water is flowing down the road, creating the ruts - rather than running down a ditch on the side of the road. Heavy rear blade can create a road side ditch. So can a box blade.
2)use the tines on your box blade to skerf up the entire road surface to a depth of about 4" and restructure & crown road
3)pack it down once its restructured and crowned by driving the tractor on it

You can do all of this with the box blade, the scarifiers and hydraulic top link. It IS doable with your existing implements - it just would be a lot easier with a heavy duty rear blade.

 

[Thomas]

If I..I loosen travel path than clean ditches and crown the road,pack road much as you can.

 

[Citydude]

Spending extra time ripping it all up will give you a clean slate to work with. After getting the shape of the road done with the boxblade, I use a full, level bucket and doze the area to pack it.

 

[atsah]

You just to ditch both sides of the road and crown the middle with the material you get from the ditch.. You want there to be a place for the water to run other than down the middle of the road.. If you don't crown it high in the middle you will always have a washout in the road.

 

[Ford850]

The best time to rip into it is after a good rain while the road still has moisture in it. The damp material also packs better after you rip it up, compared to the dry dusty fines. By the looks of your pictures it's very dry and hard packed, and you might not have an option to wait for rain.

 

[bcp]

It looks like a long driveway on a hillside. I wouldn't crown it, or put in an uphill-side ditch, unless there is surface flow from the hillside. Make it flat and sloped to the outside 3-4 inches.

A long hillside ditch will collect lots of water, form small dams, and then flood and wash out onto the road. That's what happens on the "public" gravel road on a hillside I use.

I have a 6-8% slope gravel driveway on a hillside, made with a side slope like the top diagram. Not a trace of washing after 5 years of 40-60 inches of rain a year. I do keep it from forming tire ruts that can run water down the road.

Bruce

 

[Cord]

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Bruce

That's what I was thinking from his topic title, then I realized that he really wan't looking to "fix" the problem (not controlling the water).

 

[airbiscuit]

It looks like a long driveway on a hillside. I wouldn't crown it, or put in an uphill-side ditch, unless there is surface flow from the hillside. Make it flat and sloped to the outside 3-4 inches.

A long hillside ditch will collect lots of water, form small dams, and then flood and wash out onto the road. That's what happens on the "public" gravel road on a hillside I use.

I have a 6-8% slope gravel driveway on a hillside, made with a side slope like the top diagram. Not a trace of washing after 5 years of 40-60 inches of rain a year. I do keep it from forming tire ruts that can run water down the road.

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Bruce

This looks like good advice. The best advice I ever got is "water's going to go where water wants to go". Gravity always wins. The best you can do is divert it, redirect it or slow it down. To me that means get it off the road bed (either with a gentle side slope or crown). Do not let it run down the road and pick up velocity.

Basically make it better, watch how that works, and make it better again.