Farm track maintenance

[Boomerang]

Usually use road plannings to keep track in good order, just fill in depressions or obvious area where a pot hole would form .
Heap is dwindling, so need a resupply of plannings, or can anyone recommend anything else suitable, don't need big stuff as not filling in big holes.
Gravel ?? Will that washout ??

 

[davidroberts30]

sub base?
crushed concrete as long as its crushed small <2inch

 

[farmerm]

Usually use road plannings to keep track in good order, just fill in depressions or obvious area where a pot hole would form .
Heap is dwindling, so need a resupply of plannings, or can anyone recommend anything else suitable, don't need big stuff as not filling in big holes.
Gravel ?? Will that washout ??

I would avoid any river washed gravel. Had a load of recycle crush a while back, for some reason it had high gravel content rather than usual crushed concrete and brick. The rounded gravel doesn't bind well and can move.

 

[essexpete]

Not sure any material rolled into an existing hole will stay there but road planings have more chance but best laid in warm dry weather.

 

[Agriimark]

Run a tooth bucket through it all, grade and roll roll roll

 

[Kevtherev]

Water control is key on any road or track

 

[serf]

As above recon your just aswell putting tooth bucket thru the drive and create slope from middle out and compacting again, these holes are always the same weak spot .

 

[Bob lincs]

We had some 20mm down track ballast and it was really good stuff .

 

[Y Fan Wen]

We had some 20mm down track ballast and it was really good stuff .

Yes, I use 20-40 graded pebbles as they are more resistant to moving. Planings are a waste of time in our wet climate.

 

[Bob lincs]

Yes, I use 20-40 graded pebbles as they are more resistant to moving. Planings are a waste of time in our wet climate.

I don’t like plannings as they end up as black mud after a few good frosts , track ballast doesn’t grind up or stick to tyres and get carried into the grain stores .