Prepping the forest road for gravel

Now the old road is complete, we are working on a different forest road on my property. And maybe one day both will connect. But for now we are forging a path through the forest, pulling up stumps, laying down dirt and soon will have a gravel top dressing.

We have been working on this road for about two years now, at first it was all chainsaws, lobbers and sawsalls. But now we can get back there with bigger equipment like my skid steer.

A small part of this road already has gravel, the area is already very compacted. But past that is all freshly applied dirt. And at the time we just got rains and was too soft to lay down gravel with their big truck.

Luckily its been a few days without rain again (guess that is good in this case) so the road has hardened up and ready for gravel.

We preserved the largest of trees, as most were scrub trees and the few large ones we wanted to keep. I think its important to keep the large trees as there are not many around. Seems the previous owner really liked to clear cut and sell to logging companies, that would explain that old road I completed.. Being an old logging road.

Driving down the road to make sure its hard enough for a dump truck. If my truck sinks surely will the dump truck.

A week ago a tried driving this in the UTV and it was forming big ruts, but this week its much better now its hardened up.

Had to clear some tree branches to make it easier for the dump truck to get back here.

Took just a minute, climbing up in the bed of my truck to reach.

We can see one of the turnaround spots, making it easier to get around back there without backing up all the way.

Amazing to see how far this has come, it just to be just dense woods.. no path at all.. now we can get back there with ease and soon to be even more easy with gravel added.

At the end of the forest road is a creek, we are planning on having a bridge engineered. Its beyond our skill and looking into finding someone that can weld beams together to span it.

But for now the road ends here, a nice place to come down and relax. During the summer its cooler by the creek in the wood line, and a very quiet and secluded place to get away.

The stream is very low now, but normally its a foot or two deep.

If my truck fits the dump truck should too for the most part.

Really glad we have got so much work done around here. Another project wrapping up.

Soon I will get some new pictures with the gravel added, will look completely different.

Not bad, the tires are not that covered in mud. So I think we are ready to add the gravel. This will help with erosion and keep the road up longer. Just like the old road we worked on, will probably need rock added every so often.

Drove the truck back to the workshop and its ready for its next adventure. Sure it wont be long.

Soon the trucks will arrive with gravel and dump many truckloads of crushed limestone on the road. Will post an update once complete.