Sounds fun!! Still a bit wet/muddy here. I still have snow in places.
But I did get out on the tractor this weekend. Unfortunately, my neighbor that I share a driveway with passed away this last week due to a stroke. The medics couldn't get up the driveway due to the mud and ruts. They had to park on the county road (blocking traffic) and in my portion of the driveway. His portion of the driveway is significantly longer and steeper than my, first, part. My (other) neighbor took this photo for me.
That's my driveway they are parked at.
My neighbor's sons, the one who passed, contacted me to inform me that their father had passed. During that conversation, they asked if they could use a pile of dirt (that wasnt dirt, it was snow that had dirt covering it) to fix the driveway since they will be going up and down frequently over the next several days/weeks. They were planning on using their fathers small Mahindra tractor.
The next morning, I offered my services to fix the driveway (they didnt get to it). I offered their father, several times, over the last several years to fix that driveway. He always declined, stating that he would get to it eventually.
So, Saturday morning, I hooked up to the box blade and started grating. I found HUGE canyons that ran down the middle and sides of the "road!" I thought my section, the first little bit of the main driveway was bad...
Washout that was at least 18 inches wide and twice as deep! I just kept going, moving dirt up hill and back down again. The road was very soft in some places (still a bit early to be doing this work), so I would go lightly over those spots. But in the end, I made it at least passable. Filled in the canyons, leveled the ruts, moved a lot of material.
I have a 'guy' coming out tonight, he owns a major landscaping company and does driveways, and is a friend/neighbor, to look at regrading and graveling the entire thing. Hopefully it wont be horribly expensive. But how can you not have emergency access for those first responders? It's worth whatever the price.
Anyway, thats what I did.