What a mess!!!

[ratface]

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

Northern Illinois here, same thing, maybe it's an Illinois thing?

 

[scootergmc]

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?

Inattentional blindness strikes again!

I'd say that brush is pretty narrow, if not spot on.

 

[Devin Down South]

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?

There is a Chicago bears flag on the door of the shop in the photos. The bears play in the same division in the nfl as the teams I mentioned in my comment. Rivals I guess you could say. I was afraid most wouldn’t pick up on the humor.

 

[jhwis]

There is a Chicago bears flag on the door of the shop in the photos. The bears play in the same division in the nfl as the teams I mentioned in my comment. Rivals I guess you could say. I was afraid most wouldn’t pick up on the humor.

As a Packer fan, I can say it was quite funny!

 

[Fritz Maurer]

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)

They need to bring a grader and cut that shoulder down. If the snow plow is bringing up dirt, that means the water can't get off the road.

 

[Butch(OH)]

Place I caretake the owner likes to plow his own driveways and I take care of the mess like that every spring.
Own a 3 point landscape rake? or have a tool rental near by? or a neighbor with one? Leave it lay until spring when the ground is solid but the grass isn't growing yet. Shorten the toplink a little so the rake teeth are more dragging than digging. Overlap each pass by half and drag it back up on the road

 

[scootergmc]

Seriously though, I'd say the new guy was probably on the plow. Call the shop, talk to the boss and I bet he already knows.

 

[used red MN]

There is a Chicago bears flag on the door of the shop in the photos. The bears play in the same division in the nfl as the teams I mentioned in my comment. Rivals I guess you could say. I was afraid most wouldn’t pick up on the humor.

Since we got the emojis, when I attempt “perception humor” here I usually put a smiley face after it. It can spoil the effect sometimes. Sorry for reading face value.

 

[used red MN]

They need to bring a grader and cut that shoulder down. If the snow plow is bringing up dirt, that means the water can't get off the road.

The “right way” per my father would address those last pictures where sod/ dirt is pushed in the ditch would in his opinion need worked now if the road will support the machine and there is any amount of moisture there. Sod and gravel pushed in the ditch brought back up on the edge of the road. Then gravel on the road needs cut down to the point that some of the original dirt/gravel mix under the new gravel is taken up and bladed up a ridge on the side. All that in the ridge needs a couple back and forth passes to push it across the road and back to mix it all together. Then laid down on the road again. A lot of folks would be of the opinion of mixing it up like that would ruin the “new” gravel. But in fact the new, old and dirt mixed together makes the best road material that will hold up to traffic and stay put. Also the owner of the property wouldn’t like this but the road where it passes by that farm place is too low, it would be better if it was raise up a foot or more. That is partly based on the area where we lived in NE Kansas that had rolling hills and a 2 inch down pour thunderstorm is not uncommon.

 

[37 chief]

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.View attachment 137709View attachment 137709View attachment 137710View attachment 137711View attachment 137712View attachment 137713View attachment 137714View attachment 137715View attachment 137716

If you don't mow it will the city mow it? Stan

 

[showcrop]

As mechanicfred posted it is not the plow driver's fault, and no matter what the weather was rock like that is not going to pack in unless the road material is VERY wet when it is put down. It is just plain numb to put rock on a hard road surface and expect it to pack in.

 

[Princeton Bill]

Chris rent or buy a three point landscape rake. Put it on one of those Ollies, angle the rake and drag most of that back on the road. Blaines Farm and Fleet or Rural King will be glad to help you out if you buy one.

 

[Frank(Mi.)]

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.View attachment 137709View attachment 137709View attachment 137710View attachment 137711View attachment 137712View attachment 137713View attachment 137714View attachment 137715View attachment 137716

That looks exactly like my yard and ditch every Spring. Takes me about twelve hours raking to get it decent again. I'm gonna rent one of them rubber roller things this year...

 

[Mrfred54]

Worked for the road commission for 30 years, did a lot of snow plowing and from the pics that would be cause for a few days off and no pay. Then you would be out there in the spring cleaning it up by yourself. Plowed many gravel roads and always told the foreman to keep record of which roads were stoned the previous summer and to make sure that those roads would be plowed with carrying the blade up a couple inches. I would even sometimes blade the first pass into the opposite lane, then come back and fluff in out across the entire road. Always said there are truck drivers and truck operators. Always knew who were the drivers that should never been behind the steering wheel let alone in a plow truck

 

[McCormick 40]

I would love to have that problem! Around here if we get .30" of rain or more you about need four wheel drive to get anywhere. Our county is too tight to put out rock, they spend all that money elsewhere.

 

[J.Wondergem]

I scrap off the most with a back blade. Then set the mower a little higher. I can't get it all but it helps.

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

skid steer with rotary bron mower with broom attachment I prefer skid steer with a broom

And do it before the grass starts growing.

 

[Ray,IN]

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

Skid shoes will help.

 

[Mcrafty1]

I'm not privy to what the laws are in your state but here in Maine there is a distance the state/county owns as right-of-way from the center of the road to each edge. I believe in my state its 33ft. for a total of 66ft side to side. You may need to look into that before you rave on. Just sayin'

 

[TerryfromSWIowa]

County does own a right of way, but my county does not mow road ditches along gravel roads. I mow my yard right to the gravel and a pass along opposite side of the road. Some farmers mow the roads along their fields some don't.