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I have to have 25x something (I forget what depth from the asphalt) for the driveway per the township. I also needed room to turn out/in a 53' trailer semi and that was very clear from the get-go with the wetlands guy. Since the shoulder/ROW doesn't count against my impact, it doesn't cost me extra when I convert it either. :)
The silt fence is sold as 100', and I'm a bit beyond it now (need to clear brush this weekend and add another fence). The project states 250' of linear impact. I haven't measured it personally.
The land services supervisor was out a week or two back, when I just had the field stone down, and he complimented me on the work. They like what I'm doing so far. Now I just need to keep it from growing too wide going across, and I should be golden.
Came from a pit up in Crosby. It's about 45 minutes one way.
I had 25yds per trip on Monday and Wednesday (2 trucks in unison), and was almost able to keep up with them while moving rock to the back.
If I was allowed to make the road wider, we could've dumped in the roadway and pushed it over, but that was spilling over and crushing my silt fence and making a wider bed than I'm permitted for. As it is, I'll need to rent a mini-ex to clean up my edges, but that'll wait until later this summer. I need to get home and tend to my business for a few weeks.
Aside from the gray battle ship McMansion (complainer #2), the overwhelming majority of residences on the lake are older cabins with a smattering of updated and rebuilt seasonal homes. New homes on our road are well under 3% of the 140 or so total. I've had several dealings with the neighbors over the past week (other than complainer's 1&2), and everyone's been very positive on the road's construction and our future plans to build. I've gotten to do some PR work explaining how I've been working around the weekend traffic, and that was well received too. So it's been a good week. It's also nice being able to drive across the swamp. :D
I swept up this morning before heading home. We're expecting a good day or so of rain starting right about now, so that'll help clean up the asphalt.
And got a right side up, upside down, accidental selfie in my main culvert (the one further from the street is primarily for overflow). This should be pretty close to a normal water level, although it's been raining a bunch so it might be a little higher.
The iron staining clears up pretty quick. I was pleased that by Wed afternoon the swamp was back to it's normal hues, because Tuesday it was very red and I was nervous about getting calls on it.
I took this quick before heading home today. I'm very tired and it shows. :oops:
Clearing trees with a root grapple and 7,000# behind it is really efficient. I went from 6' of clearance to around 18' in a couple hours just shoving downed trees to the sides of the trail. We'll buck these up and process them into firewood over the summer.
Youtube is trying to stabilize this, so I might have a better version if that works. Keep a barf bag handy if you get sea sick easily. :D