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Observe Grader Repairing Road Damage

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Farm almost lost in the blink of an eye....days of hard work..just lost..

What happens here

Driving his UTV further down the property, the narrator shows a section of the road that was entirely washed over by the creek. He explains that the creek burst its banks, rising approximately 4 feet. A large yellow Volvo motor grader is visible in the distance and then up close, actively scraping and moving dirt to rebuild the washed-out road. The narrator notes that this section had been washed out 'all the way clear to the pipe', indicating a new pipe was installed previously.

Goal: The narrator continues to document the damage, showing a section of the main road that was completely washed out by the overflowing creek. A Volvo motor grader is seen actively working to repair the road, relocating dirt to rebuild the damaged sections.

Tools and materials

  • UTV (Utility Task Vehicle)
  • Volvo Motor Grader Volvo
  • Gravel N/A

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feet deep out of its banks and right here is where he's working with the motor grader trying to get all this stuff done so I don't know if you can tell but look at the grass right here it is just decimated water came down through this valley right here probably 20 times faster than I've ever seen it come down this is the biggest storm we've had and here he is fixing this this was washed out all the way clear to the pipe and that's a brand-new pipe so he's got all new gravel in there all new rock these guys really really know what they're doing making these roads there are several dirt roads here in my County I'm gonna say probably 25 dirt roads and I'm sure they're working on all of them right now so awesome they're jumping right on ours so we're gonna ride on down to the next road first of all I want to show you my Creek Crossing right here and seriously my pond was overflowing probably in a 80-foot section this is all rock this is all stuff that we have to pay for out-of-pocket the road is maintained by the county this is a state maintained road but everything off that state maintain road like this is ours we've paid for it we built it from scratch there was no bridge here when we moved here so I'm gonna walk you over and show you just how bad it is so water was flowing out of the creek and all the way up here that's about I'm gonna say somewhere in the neighborhood of six feet out of these deep creek banks and you can see this is how deep the creek banks are so it'll hold some water but it was just not enough we washed out right here and this is our bridge this

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