This is the only way to get firewood from my woods to my house to split it and block it up. What’s the best method to make this driveable for tractor and fourwheeler to get firewood out of the woods.
by GarbageGoober137
This is the only way to get firewood from my woods to my house to split it and block it up. What’s the best method to make this driveable for tractor and fourwheeler to get firewood out of the woods.
by GarbageGoober137
25 Comments
My advice is to quit driving over it when it’s so wet bro.
Corduroy road
Log road is what we do where I live. Other than that.. haul in dirt and use a tractor and a boxblade to drag you a higher path.
Bring in come clay and build up maybe. And after you compact that you could add gravel too. Basically make a dirt road through your property.
I’d haul in a bunch of field stone to build it up, then put gravel over the top.
Drive somewhere else lol
A sledge
Additionally, I would drive somewhere else, but this very wet spot stretches from the left property line to the right property line. Getting through this is the only way to get to the wooded area of my property.
Corduroy road. Use the logs around you, drag and drop, fix them how you need them. Then after a few years of setting the path lay some gravel
Large amount of wood chips in the low spots. I put down about 10” of chips and run a UTV over it all the time now. Have to add a layer every few years. OR, what others have said – grab some fallen lumber from the woods and make a log road then a small amount of chips on the logs to smooth out the bumps.
And if you dont have a trailer yet, look at a yard glider. Acts like a sled and glides over just about anything. Easy to haul pretty big loads of logs/firewood with.
Dig a pond to drain the water and build up your road. The problem is the solution.
Depends on how much money you want to spend.
You could hire a tiling company. Install drainage and discharge into a creek assuming your local DNR would allow it.
Log road is a great option.
Buy a JDM Toyota 70 series, put tractor tires on it, strip the interior out and throw wood in the back.
Possibilities are endless depending on your capabilities and wallet
Based on the responses I think the best move for me is to make a log road in this spot. I have a lot of cinder blocks also if that would help this spot. I don’t have a lot of money to spend and looking for a DIY solution. So log road is probably the best
* Haul in gravel\rock
* Create a corduroy path
* Depending on the elevations, you might be able to put in a culvert or drain tile to move water from one side to the other, but you might need to build up your path with gravel\dirt
* An old timer in my area used to throw bigger rocks into the tracks and eventually that firmed up the ground where he drove through the forest
* In my region we let the ground freeze and drive in the forest then to avoid soil compaction
How far are you driving? I vote firewood zip line lol
If it was my land there’s a couple of things that I would do all based on budget.
$-cut down trees that are 6-12 inches in diameter and lay down a log road.
$$-400 bags of quickcrete and just lay them down like cobblestone.
$$$-clear it a section and build a pond with drainage from this location going into said pond. After that’s done bring in whatever type of material you want to build a road out of
Can you get some sort of culvert/drainage system going? Lay a bunch of logs crossways, pack with clay, drive over a few times.
Haul in either dirt or gravel to build a log road. That, or build a pond hole to dry out the surrounding dirt.
Having worked in muddy, low tech places, I just want to emphasize a comment that got buried: if you build up a road make sure you connect the two wet sides with a culvert, otherwise there WILL be a spot that naturally becomes the overflow point between them.
Cut a bunch of trees and lay them across the muck. That is a lot less expensive then filling it in. Good luck!
My neighbors and I have some amazing roads – massive amounts of gravel and ditches dug on each side (time consuming to do, easy to maintain). Edit: Or do as us Finns do – all forest logging is done in winter when the ground is frozen. Better for the land.
This is more than likely a wetland, and any work in the area (adding fill material, cutting drainage, etc.) may require State/USACE wetland permits if you are in the US. I would avoid that.
Timber mats are often an acceptable way of traversing wetlands without impacting these areas, depending on where you are at.
Does the ground freeze in your area? If so, collect firewood when the ground is frozen. I’ve got a spot like that on my property, and any project to be done in that spot gets done in January or February.
2 choices. Get firewood in the dry season or when things freeze up.
Pour a shit ton on money into upgrading the road. It may need culverts, gravel, heavy equipment or more. Also realize some areas are massive money pits when it comes to putting roads in.
I’m not clear on whether or not you live in a area with cold winters, but normally do felling and skiding in woods lots when the ground is frozen for just this reason.