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Can a skid steer be used to level a gravel road
On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:23:00 -0600, Ignoramus19744
wrote: On 2011-12-01, DanG wrote: On 11/30/2011 10:22 PM, Steve B wrote: id wrote in message ... 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 Call for a truck or three of gravel and spread it out. Done. Quickly. Steve NO This is probably why he is having the problem. If you just raise the exterior grade without making provision for drainage you are just compounding the problem. I would imagine that the building has weep holes one or two bricks below finish floor. This becomes the highest possible point for exterior grade - everything else has to be below that. This is my thinking exactly, that adding stuff to the road is the wrong solution. I think that the road needs gravel removed or moved to the side. No, gravel allows water to flow through it easily. It's the dirt road underneath which needs the grading. Then a flat load of gravel on top would be OK. -- Intuition isn't the enemy, but the ally, of reason. -- John Kord Lagemann |
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