Woodrock Roads, 2007-2008

Berm, ditch and crown

1.1 Keeping a Crown on the Road

Experienced professional grader operator to keep bring the graded material up to the center of the road

1.2 Rain Run-off goes to the ditch

Places where we have erosion across or down the center of the road are where there isnt enough road
crown.

1.3 Dragging the Gate

Dragging the gate behind your truck will do a good job on a single lane, such as a driveway, but it tends
to wipe the surface material to the side. This will destroy the crown if often used on the two lane road.
We have been allowing individuals to drag the gate from lot 17 to the individuals driveway to use it on
their own property

1.4 Turn Banked Road

Our roads have been constructed and maintained to have banked turn. It is nearly impossible to make a
high enough crown to avoid cross road erosion in these areas. I would like to eventually minimize the tilt
on these banked turns.

Ditch erosion

2.1 Heavy erosion in some of the steeper ditches

The heavy rains last summer caused some of our steeper ditches to get much too wide and deep. The
straight run from Eschelmans to sucking rock is an example.

2.2 Filling in the deep ditches

We tried filling the ditches with rip-rap, (2-5inch) rock, but this was seen to be too expensive. Obviously,
simply refilling them with dirt would only last until the next rain.

2.3 Detention Ponds

Another method to control erosion has been to dig deep pits in the ditches to retain the run-off. This
works in some cases, but the pits are dangerous and unsightly. We have been making these pits longer
and with a slope to allow trapped children or animals to escape.

2.4 Cross-Ditch Rip-Rap

We are now attempting to use the method of laying rip-rap rock across the ditch as a small dam at
intervals along the steep ditches. This seems to be working and it costs much less than completely filling
the ditch with rip-rap.

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Cost Trade-off on Road Grading

3.1 Professional Grader Operator

We get a much better job, with much less wear and tear on our equipment by hiring a professional heavy
equipment operator, Keith (Punkin) Young. The operators pay obviously comes out of your dues.

3.2 Old, Worn Grader

Our old road grader is on its last legs. Keith estimates that we might get two more years out of it. The
more we use it the quicker it wears out.

3.3 Thus, Wash-Board Roads

We only grade the roads when the roads are in bad shape, and when we get enough moisture to make the
road surface pliant. Between these times, the roads can get rather bumpy. Just think of the money we are
saving by avoiding grading.

Snow plowing

4.1 Who Wants to Do It.?

Getting out of our warm bed in the earlier morning hours to snow plow the roads doesnt appeal to many
of us. Thus we pay our volunteer drivers $20 per hour. We get our roads cleared off in a timely
manner with resident drivers, but still we have trouble getting enough drivers.

4.2 Timely Plowing

Part of the problem with snow plowing is that it is easy to zip the nice dry powder snow off the road, but
very difficult once it gets packed down. Thus very early morning is best. This is hard to do with
volunteers.

4.3 Packed Snow

Thus the usual situation is packed snow. Last year we had to get Punkin to gouge and scrap the pack with
the grader to make any progress. This is costly and time consuming, but ahs to be done. Getting the
sander operating properly will be a priority to alleviate some of the slick packed snow problem.

Equipment use and maintenance

5.1 Grader
The grader is old and leaky and Punkin spends a lot of time and money maintaining it. We need a new
grader or some other way to grade our roads.

5.2 Snow Plow Truck

The old snow plow and pick-up truck are old and also need a lot of maintenance, but I think that this setup will be OK for a few more years. The truck is relatively low mileage. The plow gets a lot of hard use,
but has been able to be repaired so far. Thanks to Byron and Ed.

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5.3 Old Trailer

We have an old home-made trailer on lot 17 that I would like to get rid of, but I dont know where it came
from. Does anyone know about this vehicle?

5.4 Back Hoe

The back hoe/front loader belongs to Mr. Myrick. He lets us use it, but only the professional operator
may use it for WPOA. Mr. Myrick has let Nate use it by the ponds, and he has done a good job
with it. We do maintain and refuel this equipment.

Gate damage and upkeep

We have had a couple of incidents of people running into the gate, and knocking down or otherwise
removing our signs. We have had to absorb the costs of this damage.