Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

[saysfaa]

My grandma used to say "the hurrieder I go, the behinder I get"

I think I like your version better.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

My grandma used to say "the hurrieder I go, the behinder I get"

I think I like your version better.

"my" expression is attributed in origin to the Navy SEALS, but I first read it some decades ago in a (military) sci fi novel, and have seen it since in lots of other novels. Most recently a Progression Fantasy (similar to LitRPG) book. So, no credit to me. All props to US Special Forces training.

 

[Sally PB]

"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast."

Very true! I have heard this in several gun classes.

 

[Molpet]

"Careful could have saved it "

Not sure where it came from originally, but a boss at work used to say it.

 

[Sally PB]

Are you getting some rain, Stormcrow? We've had more than an inch overnight, and more is on the way.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Are you getting some rain, Stormcrow? We've had more than an inch overnight, and more is on the way.

Started as I began my biscuits and gravy (ok, sausage gravy on sourdough toast from the old loaf). Less than 1/4" so far, expecting another 90 min of this +/-.

DESPERATELY need the water. But if it comes down slow, it won't wash out the driveway (much). I mixed a half ton of concrete mix into the sand and lime rock in one of the places it tends to rut out the worst. Expecting epic fail, but if it works even a little it will be worth the $pend.

 

[Sally PB]

We have a steep crumbling blacktop driveway. Tire tracks are worn down to sand/gravel. A month ago, we had a 2 yard load of crushed asphalt delivered at the top of the hill, and we raked it out to cover what it could. I wish we'd gotten 3 yards, but maybe next year.

Three yards is as much as we could get delivered at one time, as I told them to send a small truck; our driveway is narrow, winding between trees, and has tight turns and hills.

The asphalt has helped keep the usual washout spots from washing out when we get our monthly inch plus of rain in a short period of time.

Eventually, we will have to have the hill resurfaced. That will be costly, I'm sure. The 2 yards of asphalt cost about $175, delivered, and took us under an hour to spread out. It has not packed down as well as I'd hoped it would. We'll see what happens this winter.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

We have a steep crumbling blacktop driveway. Tire tracks are worn down to sand/gravel. A month ago, we had a 2 yard load of crushed asphalt delivered at the top of the hill, and we raked it out to cover what it could. I wish we'd gotten 3 yards, but maybe next year.

Three yards is as much as we could get delivered at one time, as I told them to send a small truck; our driveway is narrow, winding between trees, and has tight turns and hills.

The asphalt has helped keep the usual washout spots from washing out when we get our monthly inch plus of rain in a short period of time.

Eventually, we will have to have the hill resurfaced. That will be costly, I'm sure. The 2 yards of asphalt cost about $175, delivered, and took us under an hour to spread out. It has not packed down as well as I'd hoped it would. We'll see what happens this winter.

I had 18 ton of #47 limerock delivered. Spread it after work over the course of a couple days - say 2 1/2 hours? $2k. My driveway could use another 5 loads that size (that's the third I've had delivered - the first load was half that price, a few years ago).

 

[Sally PB]

Well... there's a new gully in the driveway now, on the other side.

I'm wondering if someone who does blacktop can even get a truck back here. They did, 45 years ago when the house was built. Along with the equipment to pour a basement, a garage floor, and build the house.

The trees at the pinch points in the driveway are 45 years older, bigger, taller. The fire chief suggested we have a few taken out, as they might not be able to get a fire truck through. Since our house is all wood, by the time anyone got here, I'm betting the house would be a total loss.

Last summer, a couple of the guys on the fire crew took a look at our house and said, "Wow! Look at the load on that!"

My dream house is built out of stone. I won't ever have one, but a gal can dream, right?