He dug up about a foot depth, then laid down this cloth to stop the nice fill dirt from migrating into the mud:
Then he dumped and smoothed out three different grades of fill:
Some was actual mine tailings, straight from a local gold mine:
Since he had the front end loader, he also dug out some of our old stumps, including my old splitting stump, which is unrecoverable after eight seasons of beatings:
It was so amazing and effortless, compared with chopping them out by hand!
7 comments:
That's some good infrastructure work, my friend! Congrats.
Nice. Will it be muddier after snow melting?
There might be leftover gold sands :-)
Nice work! All ready for winter & next spring's thaw:)Hopefully this will alleviate parking in the mud:)
@mdr: No; it'll be far less muddy. :) The gravel and fine sands drain water much better than the natural mud.
Hey, what do you think he would charge a non-neighbor? That is exactly what my driveway needs.
@Nicole, I don't know. We did not ask for a "neighbor" discount, although I'm sure being located across the road kept costs down. Here is his info:
https://www.yelp.com/biz/solid-ground-dirtwork-fairbanks
His name is Kalem.
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