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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:27:20 AM EDT
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If I run a tracked vehicle up my gravel road will it destroy it or compact the gravel? Yes. Depending on how many turns there are on your gravel road and how competent the driver is. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:29:09 AM EDT
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Probably neither. It won't hut it unless you do donuts. The PSI from the tracks is less than from your car so it won't compact it either.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:34:42 AM EDT
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What kind of tracks?
That makes a bit of difference |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:35:38 AM EDT
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How big it this tracked vehicle?
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:38:17 AM EDT
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Just drag a few weighted old boxsprings behind it.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:39:26 AM EDT
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What kind of tracks? That makes a bit of difference As in, dozer or excavator. Steel or rubber. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:39:51 AM EDT
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What kind of tracks? That makes a bit of difference ^ This, rubber or steel tracks? Weight of vehicle? |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:40:54 AM EDT
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How big it this tracked vehicle? ^ I've seen a dozer eat up asphalt. If it's big enough, it can fuck shit up. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:42:44 AM EDT
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Driving up and down in relatively straight lines will do little to nothing to it. Making sharp turns will churn it up, how much depends on how aggressive the tracks grousers are and how sharp/frequent the turns are.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:45:42 AM EDT
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How big it this tracked vehicle? This is the question that needs to be answered. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:56:44 AM EDT
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This is the question that needs to be answered. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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How big it this tracked vehicle? This is the question that needs to be answered. This and this. I run a 70k# excavator up and down my paved roadway regularly. If it's relatively cool out with minimal sharp turns there is no problem. I run the same 70k# excavator over new house lots to compact the driveways and yards. In true arfcom spirit: Get both. 
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:57:16 AM EDT
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A few scuff marks that'll be gone after a few cars drive over them.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 11:05:13 AM EDT
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If I run a tracked vehicle up my gravel road will it destroy it or compact the gravel? it will destroy it if you pivot steer.. but not much as its gravel... nothing a rake wont fix... black top is what you can easily destroy with steel tracks. my buddies blacktop driveway is totally fucked up, from a concrete truck driving down it... a member did some dozer work at a womans house, and was careful to avoid her new asphault driveway..... later that night the woman calls cussing him out for fucking her driveway up....... member goes back to house and discovers the womans boyfriend ( not member) had decided he wanted to move the bulldozer to the other side of the driveway on his own, and fucked the driveway up pretty nice while crossing it.. the weight is likely not a problem actually... as a tracked vehicle, spreads its weight out and puts less pressure down than a heavy truck would. IMHO a concrete truck, would fuck your yard and driveway up a hell of a lot worse than a m1abrams. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 11:05:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What kind of tracks? That makes a bit of difference |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 11:10:59 AM EDT
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This is the question that needs to be answered. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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How big it this tracked vehicle? This is the question that needs to be answered. nothing too fancy.. OPs got some squatters. 
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Posted: 4/24/2016 11:21:45 AM EDT
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What kind of tracks? That makes a bit of difference Steel or Rubber |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 11:27:07 AM EDT
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If your worried throw tires under it as it goes. It's just the grousers digging in that do the damage. Keep them off of it and it won't cause any marks.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 11:45:32 AM EDT
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Destroy a gravel road/driveway? After a few turns I wouldn't say destroyed. But there's a solution:
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Posted: 4/24/2016 1:25:45 PM EDT
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Good opinions. Large bull dozer to get to an area to clear and level for a parking pad. Don't know much about heavy machinery. The I am planning on using is a professional.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 1:29:47 PM EDT
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Dozer tracks will leave marks and possibly dig it up.
But gravel is fixable. Excavators with Street pads won't. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 1:31:10 PM EDT
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grouser plates?
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Posted: 4/24/2016 6:20:01 PM EDT
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grouser plates? No idea |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 6:25:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No idea Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: grouser plates? No idea  |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 6:31:02 PM EDT
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grouser plates? That's what I'm used to running! As others have said, if they need to make sharp turns it will tear it up, but being gravel it's repairable. It's not gonna leave ditches at all. For the straight runs it will be no big deal. Cheers! -JC |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 6:32:22 PM EDT
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I fucked my driveway up with a mini ex a few days ago
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