Straighten my drive
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Buy a 12' wide front box blade, set a pair of road flares 1/4 mile ahead of you and line them up. Never back up: keep going straight. You could probably also use the North star if you can operate at night. Go fast though, the Earth rotates and could put a light arc in your line.
silverdollar6
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Nevermind, I was going to help you with your golf game.
SnowRidge
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Racer71
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I think the north star could work but the drive runs east/west. I might try the flares though.
Erik_in_Hoyt
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depends on length of drive -- use t-posts and fence wire to give you a guide line down one or both sides if it's not too long.
2manyrocks
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Mark the boundaries with "yellow snow."
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Racer71
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You guys crack me up.
SkunkWerX
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Get a laser level, point it at your mailbox, attach a piece of cardboard to your tractor that you can see from the drivers seat, paint a bulleye on it. While grading , keep the little red dot on the bullseye.
When you get to the end your mailbox will be in the middle of your 12" drive, move mailbox 7 feet to the right or left.
When you get to the end your mailbox will be in the middle of your 12" drive, move mailbox 7 feet to the right or left.
sandman2234
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As soon as you get the drive straightened out, your wife will decide she wants a circular drive.
David from jax
David from jax
HappyCPE
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I guess this is the "comedy" thread on TBN this week...
Here's my uninformative contribution:
what's wrong with your driveway? Mine is straight and I'm trying to figure out where to put curves in. The curves are picturesque and give you the opportunity to place interesting landscaping at certain places, which beautify your spread. You can also frame views.
Here's my uninformative contribution:
what's wrong with your driveway? Mine is straight and I'm trying to figure out where to put curves in. The curves are picturesque and give you the opportunity to place interesting landscaping at certain places, which beautify your spread. You can also frame views.
Egon
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Ahh Racer, the answers you have gotten!
If you wish to change your drive put in two lines of stakes to delineate the edge of the drive. Then figure out the drainage and how the ditches should go and drain. Next decide if topsoil must be removed and if fill and what type of fill is required.
Dig your ditches, remove the topsoil, pack in the fill and top it with crushed gravel or some other medium of your choice.
From your picture I'd suggest keeping the drive about a foot or so higher than the surrounding land so the snow does not drift onto the drive. A hedge father back on either side of the drive may act as a snow fence.
And yes, make sure "She who is in Command" is in agreement befor the project is started.
If you wish to change your drive put in two lines of stakes to delineate the edge of the drive. Then figure out the drainage and how the ditches should go and drain. Next decide if topsoil must be removed and if fill and what type of fill is required.
Dig your ditches, remove the topsoil, pack in the fill and top it with crushed gravel or some other medium of your choice.
From your picture I'd suggest keeping the drive about a foot or so higher than the surrounding land so the snow does not drift onto the drive. A hedge father back on either side of the drive may act as a snow fence.
And yes, make sure "She who is in Command" is in agreement befor the project is started.
SnowRidge
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And the need to move it should be quite obvious, since the mailbox would clearly block most of the 12 inches of drive.SkunkWerX said:Get a laser level, point it at your mailbox, attach a piece of cardboard to your tractor that you can see from the drivers seat, paint a bulleye on it. While grading , keep the little red dot on the bullseye.
When you get to the end your mailbox will be in the middle of your 12" drive, move mailbox 7 feet to the right or left.
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Racer71
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I am thinking of the fence wire with some sort of plumb bob mounted to the tractor to follow the wire with. I know I need to raise the driveway for the snow drift issue. I am trying to decide where to take the dirt from.
Erik_in_Hoyt
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Racer, Egon has the right idea.
dig wide shallow ditches on either side of the new drive path - this will give you material to crown with and some drainage for melting. Then, since you already ran fence wire to start the project, put up some snow fence to solve your drifting problem. (I know, you'd need to move the snow fence back about 15 feet, but it sounded good!) or use the strung wire as trellis for a hedge, blackberries, etc...
If you lay 6"-8" of "big" gravel (3 minus or something similar) on top of the newly crowned surface, it should compact down some and give you a solid base. Then add another 4-6" of "road mix" to that and you should have most of that foot of elevation Egon suggests for drainage, etc...
Of course, none of this is cheap unless you have your own quarry, but since I'm playing with your $$ and not mine, it's easy to make the plans!
dig wide shallow ditches on either side of the new drive path - this will give you material to crown with and some drainage for melting. Then, since you already ran fence wire to start the project, put up some snow fence to solve your drifting problem. (I know, you'd need to move the snow fence back about 15 feet, but it sounded good!) or use the strung wire as trellis for a hedge, blackberries, etc...
If you lay 6"-8" of "big" gravel (3 minus or something similar) on top of the newly crowned surface, it should compact down some and give you a solid base. Then add another 4-6" of "road mix" to that and you should have most of that foot of elevation Egon suggests for drainage, etc...
Of course, none of this is cheap unless you have your own quarry, but since I'm playing with your $$ and not mine, it's easy to make the plans!
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Racer71
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All I need is a sponsor for my driveway.
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