Rocking the Dirt Road To Beat the Rain

Tuesday December 10, 2024 Guerneville CA.

Road work

I rode on up to here where my equipment is parked and warmed up the Skidder in the middle, there.equipment

Rain

Rain was on the way, maybe tomorrow, so I needed to get some more rock on the road, so the neighbors that live back  here in the hills can get in and out of their places.

Hauling rock to fix soft spots

I got a load of rock in my bucket and headed down the road to fix a soft spot.rock

Soft spot

I spent most of the day hauling rock to this spot, a hairpin turn that goes off to the right around the big redwood tree. There’s a lot of soft dirt here which might get real sloppy if I don’t rock it.rocking

I’d dump a load of rock and then head back up the road to get another bucket full of rock, about a half mile up.traveling

I did that most of the day until around 4, my machine needed fuel so I stopped for the day.

My fuel was down in my yard, so I’ll have to fuel the machine up tomorrow before I start moving more rock if I don’t get rained out.

Nice day.

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Fixing Mushy, Wet, Muddy Spots Hauling Rock

Monday December 9, 2024 Guerneville CA.

Road work

I went up to where I was working on getting the road ready to rock as I needed to fix some wet stuff. I used the skidder to haul rock from a place at the top of the road to do some repairs in anticipation for putting a six inch coat of rock on the road, with help from the Park guys at a later timeequipment

Spring wet spot and muddy

I hauled rock to this spot that was all muddy, I got enough rock on the road to fix up the messy spot, so no more sliding here.rocked

Fueling

I was watching the fuel gauge and when it got to the red zone, I stopped to fuel up Skiddy.fueling

With a full fuel tank, I went back to hauling rock down the road to fix bad spot from springs popping out of the hillsides.

I hauled rock to a spring that was making the road muddy. It wasn’t too bad but could get worse from people driving on it. It’s mostly just wet on the right side of the road.spring

I was able to get some rock on where it crossed the road and will put more rock on this spring tomorrow.rock

Needs rock

This turn has quite a bit of fill on it, so I will work on rocking it tomorrow before the rains hit in a few days.turn

The road down below where I’m rocking it, is in bad shape with water running out of a spring and running down one side of the road for a long ways, making it slippery.wet

The spring is popping out of the left side of the road, right in the middle of it. I worked on changing the slope here to drain the water off to the right so it stops going all the way down the road.sloped

I stopped at 3 to go talk with the park guys about rocking the road soon. We rode on up there so I could show them what we needed to do.gate

Unfortunately

Unfortunately, the park guys had to move their equipment to another park, so they won’t be able to help me rock the road like it should be with their dump truck before rain comes in a few days.

I’m not able to rock the road like it should be without their help. I can however put a light coating of rock on the road and with the local guys from back in the woods driving on it, it’s getting well packed in.

Scattering rock

To scatter a light coat of rock on the road, I overload the bucket so when I go down the road to fix a wet spot, some of the rock falls out of the bucket to scatter a light coat of rock on the road.

Nice day.


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