I posted over in the what have you done on your tractor today thread that I maintain a lot of steep gravel driveways.
I cut in "speed bumps" or water bars to prevent wash out. These aren't perfectly crowned roads with immaculate drainage and all that. When a storm of biblical proportions comes through it washes over my water bars and the water carries all the gravel down the road. Like way down. It takes baseball sized rocks down there.
I go mine it and carry it back up the road with the bucket and spread it out with the box blade and bucket and re-cut my water bars.
Looking for a multiple event solution vs. an annual or bi-annual solution. I have 3 big water bars and multiple small ones cut in with a hoe.
Should I cut in like 20 big speed bumps? Spending a fortune to re-profile the whole drives and bring in thousands of dollars of stone isn't happening.
For a steepness measure. I can't drive my half ton pickup to the house in 2wd without tearing up the surface. I always use 4wd coming up the steep part.
I cut in "speed bumps" or water bars to prevent wash out. These aren't perfectly crowned roads with immaculate drainage and all that. When a storm of biblical proportions comes through it washes over my water bars and the water carries all the gravel down the road. Like way down. It takes baseball sized rocks down there.
I go mine it and carry it back up the road with the bucket and spread it out with the box blade and bucket and re-cut my water bars.
Looking for a multiple event solution vs. an annual or bi-annual solution. I have 3 big water bars and multiple small ones cut in with a hoe.
Should I cut in like 20 big speed bumps? Spending a fortune to re-profile the whole drives and bring in thousands of dollars of stone isn't happening.
For a steepness measure. I can't drive my half ton pickup to the house in 2wd without tearing up the surface. I always use 4wd coming up the steep part.