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Gravel driveways... Am I kidding myself?

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Subject: Gravel driveways... Am I kidding myself?
From: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:14:52 -0400 (EDT)
Howdy,

Related to doing a gravel driveway/parking area myself...

I've got some equipment, but nothing like a professional excavator or 
anything...

I've got an old L185 4wd Kubota (compact, 18hp), with a 5' blade, 24" dirt 
scoop, and 6' landscape rake, all for the back.  For rototilling, I was 
planning on renting a rototiller attachement for the tractor and getting 
that done quickly.

I'm not too excited about moving all that soil (probably 130 cubic yards), 
but I don't really want the gravel area to be a lot higher than the 
existing driveway area.  I was hoping that by rototilling it, the back 
blade (which only has gravity down pressure) on the kubota would do a 
decent job of scraping down to the depth I want, then I could dirt scoop 
the soil over to the backyard area, then landscape rake it all 'flat'.

I was hoping to get the project done in a week or so with some help from 
my wife & parents (with my dad or wife on the tractor and me doing as much 
of the physical work as possible).

Of course, if everyone tells me I'm a complete idiot to be thinking this, 
I guess we can try and find a way to pay someone with real equipment to 
come out and do the work... :-)

So... Am I being an idiot?

Mark






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