Started putting down new gravel last couple of days on the roads I pulled shoulders on this spring I put down 3inches of gravel when we do a mile thats 1900 ton a mile a belly dump goes 69 feet and about 84 loads a mile here’s a few pictures I took.
I absolutely love it definitely makes laying down gravel go much faster and nice to be able to compact in lifts only thing I dislike is it’s not and independent axle packer like the walk n rolls and handy hitch packers but having this is better than nothing at all
what kind of gravel is that? Crushed, or screened? Looks like it would be muddy. We used a sandy river rock for years, and still crush it for some jobs, but mostly quarry now. The quarry makes better agg for asphalt, and the 1 inch minus is a byproduct, so it is cheaper than the river rock. Packs harder than concrete, but really hard to do anything with after the traffic hits it.
This is 3/4 crushed gravel has a good amount of clay in it think the plasticity rating is around 8 so it’s some sticky material I love it you get it laid out right and get a couple of rains on it and it sets up like concrete only con is you pretty much have to have moisture in order to work with this material.
You're flirting with disaster with a missing cutting edge bolt.
As far as I’m aware I’m not missing any bolts?
I see what your talking about there’s not a bolt that goes in there just a hole i the cutting edge
Because of the versatility of the aftermarket blades it's common for there to be a hole in the edge because there's not a matching hole in the moldboard. Move the edge to a different location and that hole might be used. Mine are the same way.
What's the chances of that going well.....
It was not too crazy. A few belly dumps, and a lot of those belt unloaders. They managed to get 29 trucks. By the time number 29 dumped, you had about an hour before the first truck in the round returned. They got 3 rounds each a day, and were happy with it. Wonder what the rate was? Took 2 days to get the tonnage down, and they stock piled for shouldering later on. About 4 days to fine grade, and they started paving this morning. Back down in the morning to float the road ahead of them, and then help mark out center. If the rain holds off, they should get the first lift on, then I won't have to go down there and grade on the weekend. 1 1/4 quarry, flat tires galore, and when you grade out the pot holes they just drive faster, and get more flats.What's the chances of that going well.....
