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Finalize Road Construction and Maintenance Plan

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The Big Scrape! Bobcat Skid loader..building campsite areas..and finishing up the new gravel road!

What happens here

After the crowning process, the road construction is deemed complete. The remaining task is to pack down the 'solite rock' by regularly driving on the road. The presenter emphasizes the importance of proper road crowning to prevent gullying and water damage, which is a key aspect of long-term maintenance. The plan is to maintain the road by flattening and re-crowning it once or twice a year (spring and fall). This newly built road serves as the main access point for the entire back 90 acres of the farm, highlighting its functional significance.

Goal: The road is considered complete once crowned. Future maintenance involves periodic flattening and re-crowning to prevent wear and ensure proper drainage, especially since this road is a primary access point for the farm.

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so that's it so that's what we're gonna do guys want to thank you a whole lot for joining us here on the farm I hope you've learned a little bit here we took the skid loader and we did basically all the bucket work with the skid loader I know I could do it on the tractor and I know there's a whole lot of folks out there that say all you need is a tractor with a bucket well all you need is a tractor with a bucket but the skid loader really really makes a difference in maneuverability and speed so moving that rock took about a quarter of the amount of time with the skid loader is it would have with the tractor so it's a real time-saving machine and it's not mine so it's very nice to have it on the farm here to use so building this roads been a bit of a challenge but I'm gonna say we're pretty much complete with the road here now all we got to do is just pack it down by driving on it using the road here this is gonna be our access point for the whole back side of the farm and soon guys I'll have a map posted up okay so that you'll know where we're working when we're working okay so at the beginning of most videos once I get this map built up I'll show you where we're working on the farm if it's something that's important because I know you probably don't know where the heck we're at but we're on down past the house we live on a dirt road we go past our driveway and we swing in to the right and this takes us into the back

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