Graveling

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Just a mistake

We were laying fresh gravel ,

Ya know put it in low [4 inches of gravel at the speed we were dumping] hit the pto to raise the dump bed .

Start by looking at the last load in front of you the place ( end of the last dump) where the last load was dumped

See it , Just over your hood , then proceed.

by the time your load starts to dump you will continue where the last guy/load leftoff.

Your speed ( the gear your in ) will determine the thickness of the gravel you dump .

The mistake, = Someone dumped his entire load in one spot !

A big pile of gravel in the middle of the road = no one getting by .

My boss was pissed , didn’t want to get a grader or cat to spread it out, so

He ran right into the pile with his dump truck, to spread it out ( we had been doing so good ) We still had to get it leveled anywho.

I’m talking about state work , on a gravel road that slowly sinks into the surrounding bog , about 50 mile from Canada, Minnesota.

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