Thanks for sharing! It would help if the people y’all are working for would put some fabric down. It is unbelievable how much it helps. Saves a lot or gravel. Have a good week
Fabric wont help when the clay is pumping like that. All you can do is dig it out and fill it with rip rap ,then #4's and then crush n run . Then when it rains again ,add to it . But that's not cost effective or gonna happen ,so just hookem n drag em lol. We've had jobs where we had to drag trucks in And out !
I lived in a cabin off a section line in the nineties and every spring for the eight years I lived there I had to haul in 2 loads of rock with my one ton truck for the two sink holes. They were bottomless. By fall freeze up there were axle deep ruts.
That reminds me of a place I worked back years ago.There was a crust about a foot deep that was stiff enough to hold a truck or tractor up,but you could see like a ripple in it moving ahead of the truck.It was just enough to drive on,but if you ever slipped a tire or managed to break through you were going down like the Titanic.
Just an idea, in a case like this where you have a mud problem on your temporary roads, couldn't you use wood chips as a filler that can be generated from some of the same trees you're cutting down?
cant believe that triaxle driver allowed you to chain his truck loaded like that and drag it to the dump spot. Obviously not the owner of the truck. I wouldve dropped that load right where it started getting soft and been on my wayThe frames and EVERYTHING connected to it werent designed to withstand the punishment of doing what these guys did with 23 tons of payload on the back. Break things realy quick and torque the frame
cotontop3 --- Instead of road fabric we've used weedblock fabric from Lowes or HomeDepot. Also we often use Tyvek house wrap to keep the stone from sinking, it works.
you ever think about buying crushed concrete from the plant demo? its pretty local and if you can work out a deal it might be worth piling some at the shop for future use also i like this intro its short catchy, to the point and gets your name out
Is this a temporary road till the job is done? It is funny some would think you don't know how to build a road. You have been doing this long enough in your area to know how to build a road.