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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 3238940" data-attributes="member: 29706">Yeah the rain can really screw things up when you are trying to keep stuff clear.Depending on how bad things are washed out you may want to get a good crown put in and compacted before adding gravel.  Then lay the gravel in and run a sheepsfoot over it a while and regrade then sheepsfoot it again.  Eventually you will be able to give it a final grade that should stick around pretty well for a while but you have to get either a good crown going or angle it to one side or the other if a crown will not work the whole goal is to get the water to drain SOMEWHERE other than down the road so even draining to a ditch on one side is better than it running down the middle.  With the rain destroying everything you may as well get it made as best as possible but the grade has to be where it needs to be before adding gravel to it, if you grade the dirt flat the road will be that way as well.The ultimate compaction device I have ever had the pleasure to work around was a great big belly scraper.  The ones I was around were able to haul 15 to 20 yards of earth and they would take and nearly furrow an old hard compacted gravel road that a sheepsfoot would not even make a dent in with their weight.  Then again when you start to do the math on the weight you can see why, 62 tons fully loaded will turn paved roads to gravel. <a href="https://www.ritchiespecs.com/model/caterpillar-627e-motor-scraper" target="_blank">https://www.ritchiespecs.com/model/caterpillar-627e-motor-scraper</a> Seeing those things load up was interesting as well, pull up to the borrow and drop the pan all the way down and start digging in then the old push dozer would come up and shove them full in about a 100 to 150 feet or so.</blockquote>

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