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ib,

Well, I've never attempted that, but it seems logical.

Maybe my paths around the place will be crowned!

Geno

valsdad…...invest in a good set of chains for the rears......its not 4wd...is it?......a friend had one like that....same size etc.....any little bit of slick ground, and it was spinning a lot.....good chains on his , made a night and day difference.


they are handy to have around.....bob

Thanks,

yep, 2wd, so chains could come in handy. I'll see what I can find around here.

Geno

The loaders I'm familiar with, the futon disengaged the tranny.
It allows you to throttle up, making the loader lift faster, without
putting the tranny in neutral.

For personal use, not a big deal. Loading trucks all day, it matters.

A big deal if you are on uneven ground, where you don't want to be lifting the
bucket way up and driving around.

Aha, that makes sense.

Geno

22 tons of gravel, mostly spread evenly today.

the truck spread it fairly well yesterday evening:



I finished most of it except for a small section, that had no gravel to start with, I can maybe get to tomorrow. The rest of the driveway had too light a layer for my desires, the native soil (mud) showed through whenever I moved snow:



Got it dragged out pretty smooth with the tractor, finished up with a rake and shovel, and wheel rolled it as best I could with my Tacoma. I'm happy enough with it for now.

Geno

I maintain a pretty long driveway here.

Last time I had gravel delivered it was several loads of washed rock. (Like small river rocks about an inch across)

Since I use that as road topping, I just back dragged it with my loader on my big tractor. The type ground we have that gravel or rock will be absorbed into the base slowly when it's wet... So I have to do it again if I want an all weather road.

After I'm done, it's like driving on pavement for a couple years.

I'd love to have an all weather base and just smooth it up with a box blade, but a box blade cuts the top off too much here, and leaves a mess.

You did a good job on the gravel Geno!

Funny you should mention the box blade problem, I had the same thing going on and resorted to back dragging with the loader bucket for the majority of it.

With only an inch or so of 3/4 inch driveway rock existing over the native soil, any little bump I went over trying to spread 2" of the new stuff (3/8" rock) resulted in me pulling up mud. Had we some good freezes recently, I might have gotten away with the box scraper.

This thing was sure a bit more work than the Bobcat loader I used 30 years ago, I was much faster in that, probably as it maneuvered easier.

The 3/8 is supposed to lock in pretty good with the 3/4 and it's a lot easier to walk on barefoot as I have a habit of doing. Once this gets some traffic, I'm thinking I'm set like you for a couple of years. At least I hope so. Any money I have next year for gravel is going to access places around the outside of the fenced yard, like back to the wood and storage shed and the chicken coop. Frozen in the winter, or dry in the summer is no problem, but fall and spring (and this warm winter) suck as a footstep can go a couple of inches in and equipment just makes ruts.

Thanks for the compliment, not bad for a fish biologist, eh?

Geno