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Can a skid steer be used to level a gravel road
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:30:01 -0600, Ignoramus27667
wrote: I have a gravel road that deteriorated, has huge puddles when it rains, and the water enters the building from the side. http://yabe.chudov.com/Enterprise-Du...-8975.jpg.html The problem, I think, is that the slight grade that is there, is kind of ruined and so the water does not go down along the road towards the rain sewer. Instead, it puddles and some goes into my building. Can this skid steer pictured he http://igor.chudov.com/misc/ebay/tmp...i/291.JPG.html be used to rearrange that gravel a little bit to restore the grade? Or is it too light duty? thanks Igor, I don't know about the machine in question but I do know that it takes a lot of learning to operate a machine like that. Several years ago I bought a Case Consrtuction King backhoe. It has a digging depth of 14 feet and a loader on the other end. I bought it to install my septic system. The ditches needed to be flat and level within 1 inch over the 3 by 50 foot size of each ditch. Getting the flat and level part was very hard to judge when I started the first ditch. After getting some good advice from a real backhoe and dozer operator I was able to make faster time but I still had to constantly check my work. I can't count how many times I climbed on and off that machine digging those ditches. So I'm sure you could probably develop the skill to opertate a proper machine but the time involved for a novice, along with the weather right now, might mean the road doesn't get fixed until the rain stops. I bought my machine mostly because there were no reputable septic installers that could install my system in the time frame I needed. They were all booked out months. Now I don't regret buying the thing because it still gets lots of use by myself and my neighbors and it is lots of fun to operate. Eric |
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