If you own a ranch, you know how important ranch roads are to the daily operation of your property. With that in mind, we are going to present to you the basics for creating ranch roads, no matter which state you may live in. We are J & A Excavation, serving the Greater Fort Worth area with quality driveway excavation, ranch road excavation, pond excavation, and all other jobs which require expertise and proper equipment. Call us today when the job has to be done right but is just too large for you to handle.
Now let’s go over the basics of planning and creating ranch roads.
Ranch roads begin with detailed planning.
Before you ever grab a shovel, or start up your machinery, you need to know where you are digging and what you are digging.
Once you decide where you want your ranch road, you need to map it out, with detailed measurements, and then you need to check with the county to make sure there are no pipes or lines buried where you will be creating your road.
Stake out the future road so the path is clearly marked . . . and then do your homework.
Ranch roads are only as good as the soil.
Building a ranch road requires a knowledge of soils. Will the soil that is there support the weight of heavy machinery? Will it support cement if you should choose to pave the road? Not all soils are capable of supporting great weights, and that means shifting of soil, and that means natural destruction of the road in a short amount of time.
If you do not have the proper soil to support your road, you will need to bring new soil in to supplement what is already there, and you may also have to remove what is there and completely replace it with new soil.
Don’t forget drainage.
When it rains, water seeps into the soil. That water will destroy a road if there is nowhere for it to go, which means providing a drainage system underneath the road. Pipes must be laid to prevent water from forming underneath the surface.
Finally, grading and final steps
Once all of that has bene taken care of, it is time to grade the planned roadway, smoothing the surface and, if you plan on paving the road, it is finally time for that to occur.
All of which raises this question: do you have the expertise, and the proper equipment, to do these steps? We are talking about road graders and backhoes and dump truck services. Do you have them and do you know how to operate them safely? If the answer to those questions is no, you really should consider hiring a professional excavation service for you ranch road excavation.
A final word about J & A Excavation
J & A Excavation is the name in the Fort Worth area to remember for all of your excavation services, from road excavation to building pads to pond excavation. Call us when the job is too important, and too large, for you to handle.