What to look out for: Gravel Driveway Repairs

I’ve seen this time and time again; I show up to a job needing a driveway to be repaired with all the gravel in a ditch, they say something along the lines of their family member or friend has a Harley Rake, Box blade or Skid Steer and did the kind thing of helping them only to find out after the first hard Missouri rain that all the gravel they did have is now gone and complain that there are now ruts up down side to side and every which way. It’s not sabotage from said family member or friend is just simply this, Gravel Roads need to be crowned compacted and ditched properly for the longevity of your driveway. A gravel road seems simple to someone with little expertness with repairing them, smooth it out with what ever you got and throw some gravel on top. only to be calling the quarry over over again threw out the year because every time it rains your gravel ends up in a gully, here at Mid America Excavating we know the ins and outs of water diversion on gravel roads and driveways let our experts come take a look at your problem driveway or road, they will be able to solve any water issues that you might along your gravel road or drive way. You could need a new culvert that is typically done within one day or something as simple as crowning the road properly and making sure your road is above grade, a properly made and maintained gravel road is something that can be enjoyable, and beneficial, while your neighbor up the road who got asphalt two years ago has pot holes and cracking he can’t maintain, you have a gravel road that has simple maintenance that is easy and take as quick as 30 seconds with proper water diversion. Or imagine this, a large storm comes threw, hard winds and rains come, in this scenario you have a asphalt or concrete road and a large tree fall along the road, the routs rip up the driveway, on another area of the road a large washout has happened a long the side of the road. Now I want you to think about the cost of repairing that vs repairing the vary same damage to a gravel road, its a fiction of the cost.