Looks good. Did you dig down a little to make a trough for gravel to sit in? I did this on the road behind my shop and couldn't believe the dirt pile I ended up with.
I only remove down low enough to remove the organic material on most jobs. Of course, this depends on each individual job. On this job I had a very deep ditch to deal with and I was able to use all of the organic on the wings/banks. You know how bermuda is...it'll be growing back with the first decent rain.
How many hours does a job like that take you...
This job was a couple hours away (reflected in the price of course) and it took about 30 hrs. over four days. The culvert supplier is actually a half an hour the other way from my place which was a bit of a pain. The gravel pit is also kinda far away from this area too. I usually don't travel this far for work, but I did a referral job down the street and then was referred for this one.
...and do you get set up with any of your costmers to maintain the drives? Reason I ask is it seems like people kinda freak out about price when it comes to building a road and then they don't have a way to maintain it. I think I've said it before but a friend of mine spends several days a month maintaining roads he's built for folks with a road runner blade. Usually charges $100. It's a good way to fill in between jobs.
I school them on the use of Roundup and how speed and turning when stationary can ruin a driveway...IE, tell the fedex driver to slow down or else!
The Roadrunner is awesome and I'm getting one for my ctl this year, but I also have a landplane for my tractor. It uses less fuel and hauls easier since it's a bunch lighter, so I use it for maintenance. I'm setting up my 20 year old with a trailer and he'll be doing gravel driveways when needed and most of the maintenance. By next March we'll be expanding our services, but I won't go into it much yet since I have competitors that monitor my photo threads online.
