Arrrrgh stop the rain.

UncleWillie

UncleWillie

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My yard is officially nothing but mud. This morning we had a flat on the Suburban and took it off where it is sitting in this pic. There was grass when we started. After we finished it was just mud. You can't even walk without it sucking shoes off.

I finally put down boards to try to keep mud out of the house.
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If anyone wants mud feel free to come get all you want.
 
2018 has to rank pretty high on the list of rainfall totals.
 
Those boards are just gonna get mudfy and slick....
Looks to me like you need a couple truckloads of gravel.
 
One of our neighbors has measured over 125" of rain here in Penrose this year.
All of the roads around our house are flooded or have been flooded in the last 2 days. More forecasted for Monday and Tuesday.
I'm over it!
 
Looks like it's flat as a pancake or is a shallow bowl the water cain't leave. Grade some slope through the drive to drain it and maybe some gravel.
 
I was helping the guy that did my site work the other day. He was telling me about a project he just did....repairing a 2800 ft driveway to a new 750k house. Original contractor just did a dump and run of 57's over topsoil. Couple of months of use, and the road was shot. He had to dig out 4' deep over a 400' stretch to get down to solid dry ground, then fill with rubble, ballast rock, then dress with stone on top. Had to haul in 900 cu. yards of fill.
 
kaiser715 said:
I was helping the guy that did my site work the other day. He was telling me about a project he just did....repairing a 2800 ft driveway to a new 750k house. Original contractor just did a dump and run of 57's over topsoil. Couple of months of use, and the road was shot. He had to dig out 4' deep over a 400' stretch to get down to solid dry ground, then fill with rubble, ballast rock, then dress with stone on top. Had to haul in 900 cu. yards of fill.
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My house needs this same repair, hate to think what that cost!
 
I've been lucky. I live near to the top of the highest point around here. Still, I get run off, ditches over flow making my yard look like white water rapids. The front yard and drive dry up pretty quick, but the back yard is mush. Only my dogs have been out in it.
 
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Yep right there with you... rain rain go away!
 
kaiser715 said:
I was helping the guy that did my site work the other day. He was telling me about a project he just did....repairing a 2800 ft driveway to a new 750k house. Original contractor just did a dump and run of 57's over topsoil. Couple of months of use, and the road was shot. He had to dig out 4' deep over a 400' stretch to get down to solid dry ground, then fill with rubble, ballast rock, then dress with stone on top. Had to haul in 900 cu. yards of fill.
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This sounds extensive and over kill....what was it? A bog? Almost sounds like drainage issue as well. I do understand that topsoil and roads don't mix. My opperator did cut and haul a packable clay mix in for my drive. But not 4 feet deep any where.
 
WARRIORWELDING said:
This sounds extensive and over kill....what was it? A bog? Almost sounds like drainage issue as well. I do understand that topsoil and roads don't mix. My opperator did cut and haul a packable clay mix in for my drive. But not 4 feet deep any where.
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Swamp/bog upstream of a pond. Flat sandy land, soil was saturated. Was dried up at time they put in driveway. Guess they figured is would stay dry. Until a wet year
 
My land doesn't have a flat spot on it. It is all on a slope. Yes the boards will get muddy, but it is better than having your shoes sucked off when walking.

And as far a gravel. HAHAHAHAHA. The tiny driveway where the Honda is parked is 3 feet of gravel. A buddy down the road has been putting rock and gravel down for 30 years and he still has a swamp. This whole place is all red clay with occasional bedrock.

Fortunately if I don't drown before April 2020 I am out of here when the mine pays off.
 
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I have same issue in my back yard bc of natural springs in fall and winter I get 10 bales of straw and spread em out so dogs and myself don’t track mud in the House works very well for me!!! And if you toss seed down before hand it’ll help that grass grow back next year.
 
drkelly said:
2018 has to rank pretty high on the list of rainfall totals.
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We passed the all time high of 62.32 inches set in 2003 on dec 22th. 2018 is now the wettest year (triad) in recorded history

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This shit is crazy. I spend a lot of time on the river systems and I'm seeing water levels right up there with the great flood.
 
UncleWillie said:
My land doesn't have a flat spot on it. It is all on a slope. Yes the boards will get muddy, but it is better than having your shoes sucked off when walking.

And as far a gravel. HAHAHAHAHA. The tiny driveway where the Honda is parked is 3 feet of gravel. A buddy down the road has been putting rock and gravel down for 30 years and he still has a swamp. This whole place is all red clay with occasional bedrock.

Fortunately if I don't drown before April 20202 I am out of here when the mine pays off.
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Needs a layer of larger stone that doesn't pack into the clay. This floats the layer of smaller stone, this supports finer material if you desire.
 
Has anyone put any thought into what this is going to do to freshwater fishing in 2019?
 
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