What a mess!!!

[super99]

Township rocked the road last spring, bigger rock and few fines. Didn’t get much rain to be able to work it in . They plowed snow and this is the result. I usually mow to the road, not sure what to do with it now.

 

[Devin Down South]

I’ve got a good feeling the plow driver was a Packers, Vikings or Lions fan.

 

[Jim in LA]

Convict labor pick up every rock and pebble.

 

[used red MN]

You need to have the county send out a group of prisoners or some on community service with some rakes. Probably doesn’t happen in this day and age.

 

[used red MN]

I’ve got a good feeling the plow driver was a Packers, Vikings or Lions fan.

I don’t know what Super99’s sports convictions are or maybe your reply has nothing to do with that. I would take it that you mean fans of the teams you mentioned are slobs, we paint with a broad brush don’t we?

 

[cjunrau]

PTO powered side delivery rake.

 

[hoghollow]

skid steer with rotary broom attachment or lawn mower with broom attachment I prefer skid steer with a broom

 

[tomturkey]

Hire some teens give them rakes and shovels and lawn mower/tractor with a wagon and collect it all and put in your drive way. Our driveway is limestone and I reclaim as much rock from the grassy areas every spring after plowing snow theu the winter. I don't think you would have liked the roadway if he had left his blade elevated 4,5,6 inches. gobble

 

[TerryfromSWIowa]

I have the same thing, I have to rake up before springtime mow. There are no good grader operators anymore.

 

[marloweg]

with no frost in the ground it is impossible to plow with out digging in

 

[Mcrafty1]

Where are you located? Just curious because we just hit the first day of winter a few days ago, we have lots of winter left here in Maine. What I'm sayin' is around here we wouldn't worry about cleaning that mess up anytime soon, the rest of that road surface would likely be on top of whats already on the grass before spring.

 

[38 Sears Roebuck]

Just kind of makes you wonder what the heck they were thinking. They wern't. Around here I see a lot of salt piles on the roadways,this younger crew just doesn't care how they operate the equipment. Don't get me wrong,I'm very appreciative of the time and effort that they put in to keeping our roads passable. They just need better training .

 

[Fawteen]

Where are you located? Just curious because we just hit the first day of winter a few days ago, we have lots of winter left here in Maine. What I'm sayin' is around here we wouldn't worry about cleaning that mess up anytime soon, the rest of that road surface would likely be on top of whats already on the grass before spring.

That's for sure. I don't get much in the way of rocks, but I usually wind up power-brooming about a yard of salt/sand out of the first 6 feet of the lawn. My Echo/Shindaiwa power broom has paid for itself a couple of times.

 

[used red MN]

I don’t know if the snow was removed by a truck or a road grader. I will add that probably no matter which if you haven’t set in the seat of one to do this operation you don’t know exactly what it takes to do a better job. I do see the one photos shows a straight run for some distance in which case you would think that some correction could have been made to lessen the result. My father ran the grader for our township, I have quite a bit of passenger seat tutoring about road maintenance methodology by him as we traversed country roads, trust me he had a pretty high standard. (RIP Dad 2010)

 

[oliverkid]

I don’t know what Super99’s sports convictions are or maybe your reply has nothing to do with that. I would take it that you mean fans of the teams you mentioned are slobs, we paint with a broad brush don’t we?

Check the sign on the barn door in the last picture and the joke will come back around to you.

 

[super99]

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Western Illinois, ground isn’t frozen yet so the blade really digs in. Not just my place, new road commissioner, first time plowing snow, everyone on gravel has the same thing

 

[jhwis]

Western Illinois, ground isn’t frozen yet so the blade really digs in. Not just my place, new road commissioner, first time plowing snow, everyone on gravel has the same thing

It's a little aggravating no doubt and I'd be annoyed too. But, I always try (doesn't always work) to put it in perspective. I'm thinking SoCal flooded folks would beg for just some rocks to rake out of the lawn. Most of us have small problems.

 

[mechanicfred]

I've bladed thousands of miles of roads, summer and winter. Unless the road was completely covered with fines and compacted smooth this will be the result. The 3/4" rock has a lot of surface area for wet snow to attach itself to, even if you hold the blade up it will pick up rock. The only other things that can be done is drag them in with a pipe drag after a snowfall to build up a nice hard packed surface. Water them in to freeze the rock down or pave it. Grandsons help me clean up our mess every spring, then I take 'em to the tavern for lunch!

 

[cjunrau]

I will say there is no need for that. If they stay 2-3 inches up on the first pass. let it freeze and who cares about the ruts for a day or 2. Then come back and grade the road. Mix the snow with the gravel, stone, level it and let it pack in. I couple municipalities around here grade the road all winter. They knock of the worst of it and grade the rest. wind and cold gets rid of the snow and gravel stays on the road.

 

[Paul from MI]

Run over it with a cultipacker a couple of times,,,,, set mower as high as possible, run Very SLOW AND hope for the best.