Road work Suggestions?

[beenthere]

Nuru
Without having a better idea what conditions are on site (watershed, slope, soil, etc, etc, etc), I don't see a way anyone can make a recommendation. Just sayin.....

Might be as simple as dragging an old bed spring back and forth, and yet it might involve some heavy duty equipment like a bulldozer or backhoe. Removing rocks, boulders, trees and stumps? Or just smoothing out some sand burs?

Any help from your end about the conditions?

 

[jenkinsph]

Nuru
Without having a better idea what conditions are on site (watershed, slope, soil, etc, etc, etc), I don't see a way anyone can make a recommendation. Just sayin.....

Might be as simple as dragging an old bed spring back and forth, and yet it might involve some heavy duty equipment like a bulldozer or backhoe. Removing rocks, boulders, trees and stumps? Or just smoothing out some sand burs?

Any help from your end about the conditions?

beenthere,
I agree but he has yet to mention the conditions, about all you can do is give a somewhat generic (useless) answer.

 

[beenthere]

I agree jenk.
We've seen some examples of bad road work posted on TBN that didn't allow for water runs and existing conditions. One was the absentee owner (pilot) that paid $5000 for his developer to have a contractor do a minimal job of putting in his long drive, only to learn that he may have to invest several times that to get it done right.
I didn't mean to trivialize any comments so far, as we have no idea what Nuru's conditions are yet.

 

[JDGreenGrass]

Hey all, one of my relatives just bought some acreage and wants a service road of gravel about 1/2 mile long. What should one use for attachments to make the road. We have a dirt scoop, a loader, no box blade or other wide earth moving attachments. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Sounds like they are building a road from scratch.??...

Anyways, you can do a lot of road work with a bucket and a rear blade.:thumbsup: At a minimum you will need those 2 items.

 

[Nuru]

Thanks all, the conditions that I know of are:

This is the construction of a gravel road from scratch:

• semi-wooded field.
• 1 foot brush
• some rocks, dunno the size

dunno if the ground is wetland or just plain dry land with rocks

They want to put in a road that will be probably at least 1/2 mile long.

They can probably get by with:

• a box blade
• a rear blade
• a FEL

they are gonna need some patience

 

[Nuru]

beenthere,
I agree but he has yet to mention the conditions, about all you can do is give a somewhat generic (useless) answer.

Jenk; I would not say any of the comments are useless as they do cover a lot of conditions.

 

[SLHawkins]

What size tractor are you working with? Size will make a difference. It can be done with just the loader. However, I'd recommend a box-blade and a york rake. Use the teeth on the box blade to prep the road bed, the loader and box blade to spread the gravel, and york rake to finish. Just another method to consider.

Hawk