cuttin edge
Senior Member
Just spent the last 3 days grading haul roads for a major peat moss company. It's an annual event that I have done for the last 15 years. It's kind of pointless really. The roads are built over bogs using logs, geotec cloth and about 3 feet of sandstone. The sandstone is tramped into Oblivion by eight wheel tractors hauling wagons, vacuums, any number of tow behind impliments, and a fleet of loaders with monster truck tires. The material is very difficult to cut, and what you end up with is a mixture of powder and rocks. Crown is key there, wider roads have up to a 12% crown. The main haul road, about 5kms was a bit flat this time at about 6%, so I took extra time today to grab as much powder and rocks as I could find and drag it to the center. Not ideal but it does get tramped by all those rubber tires, an more important, it keeps the field boss happy for another year. Just as I was finishing up, we got a freak rain. I thought it was the end of days. Walked the grader back to the float, loaded up, chained her down and headed for home, about an hour away. I watched in the mirror as my powder and rocks crown rutted up under the weight of my truck and grader. So much for that. Could also see a fleet of vacuum trailers bring up my rear as well. Better luck next year