I learned something new about road building this weekend. Never call in for a gravel delivery when your on your way to the site. Make sure to take a look first. I found this out the hard way last weekend when I called for some gravel to start building the road at the barn site. It looked very dry on the drive down, but when I got there, apparently a stray rain storm had soaked the prop, leaving things pretty muddy.
The gravel truck found this out that hard way as he nearly got stuck trying to turn around and left some deep ruts. It's no small task to pull a loaded gravel truck out of the mud, so I'm very grateful he was able to make it out.
So instead of backing in then pulling forward to dump the gravel, he did a switcheroo and backed up while dumping. This had the effect of creating a road to drive on as he went. It's not as good as pulling forward, but it worked good enough.
Luckily I had the bulldozer to smooth out the piles after the dump was done.
Here's the finished result. I think it turned out pretty good considering. It almost looks like I know what I'm doing. Almost.
I found a great deal on hay. A local grower, A&R Farms, gave me a great price and delivered as well. They brought their own tractor and put the rolls exactly where I needed them. What a relief to have my winter hay taken care of.
My first round of grass planting went very well as you can see in the background. I'm looking forward to the day it needs to be bush hogged. That will be the sign of an established field.
After all the work was done, I had enough time to get a little bow hunting in. I didn't see any, but I heard one behind me. Prime time is really in the morning, so I guess I'm going to have to get up early if I want to get a deer.
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