Posted by HalWA on June 21, 2009 at 19:47:44 from (208.81.157.90):
In Reply to: Building a driveway posted by Bob seND on June 21, 2009 at 13:26:25:
I don't suppose you have considered building nearer to the paved road, or to an existing driveway? Or maybe there is another good reason to build something that far out in a wheat field.
Having had a long driveway for awhile, when we built our new place fairly close to the gravel County road. It is a whole lot easier to get in and out in the Winter only having to move a hundred feet of snow.
And I have spent a lot of money buying gravel for the driveway I have. In my area, unless you have a deep gravel base where you drive, you WILL get stuck in the mud during the 3 or 4 weeks of mud after the frost goes out of the ground. Unfortunately, I have some experience at getting my tractors unstuck when I tried to drive them to areas off the gravel too soon in the Spring.
It also costs quite a bit to run power to a distant building. I suppose it wouldn't make much difference if you were just storing vehicles in a building, but I have found that it is sure nice to be able to plug in a battery charger when I am trying to start something that has not been started in a while.
Good luck with your project, but I would put the building somewhere where I didn't need to build so long of a road to it.
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