posting of the roads

[thecfarm]

I saw the orange signs today.
We are in a warm spell. Might even go above freezing for 2 days. temps are above freezing almost every day, might even get 50 one day.
Can't see how it will last.
But the 7 day forecast is above freezing each day.

[GAB]

Our 5th season - MUD SEASON.
You know it is a good mud season when the postal people get stuck with a 4WD or AWD in the middle of the road.
GAB

[WV Sawmiller]

  These descriptions remind me of the rainy season in Cameroon and The Central African republic. The roads there off the main highways were dirt/clay. During the rainy season usually near a village you would see three posts with a cross arm which might be a pole, a big piece of bamboo or a rope/cable stretched across the road. Two of the pole were set just wide enough for a typical passenger vehicle to pass between. On the other side would be another wider opening for the log trucks and any flatbed transports that might be passing through. I don't know how they passed the message when to close or open the roads. They were supposed to be open to passenger vehicles but were not safe for the bigger rigs. There was always an attendant somewhere close by and when you'd pull up he/she would eventually stroll out and open the small gate for passenger vehicles. Of course more often than not when they saw a white/foreign face the rain gate just became a toll gate and the attendant would want some compensation for their time and effort although I am sure they were appointed/paid by local government. Of course those same governments were also notoriously slow paying.

[Ed]

We still have a few remote country roads that are cordury under the gravel, mainly in low places with a high water table.
On a bad year, the frost will push the timbers right out of the roadbed. They become impassable and the road gets closed 

Ed

[SwampDonkey]

They will post roads here locally March 6th according to their website. Feb 27th in the southern region. I have not seen enforcement around here in years.

"There used to be RCMP officers whose job was to enforce the road safety code, placing themselves on the highway with a radar, on the lookout for speeding vehicles.

But those days are gone.

Because of lack of resources, the RCMP dismantled the traffic unit in the Moncton region, in the southeast region... and other traffic units all over New Brunswick.

In the 70s and 80s, New Brunswick had its own police force, with more than 100 officers in uniform working in traffic.

That force was dismantled in 1989." [August 2018 report by the CBC]

[Al_Smith]

With the mild winter I don't expect much frost damage this spring .They keep the roads in pretty good shape usually .
My 600 foot driveway looks good but come mid April I'll grade it and run a roller on it .That should do it for the year .About every 5-7 years I have around 80 tons of top dress hauled in .Driveway gravel is a lot like beer--you can only rent it .

[SwampDonkey]

Driveway here is better than the main road passing by. I can guarantee you that. Don't plan on being in a hurry out there. Plus if you don't watch it, you may slam into those wild turkeys down the road that cross all the time. Yep, I watch for them buzzards every time I go down by there. They might be smart or lucky so far. :D

[thecfarm]

These prices are from about 6 years ago.  
You can't live in a $150,000 house and drive your $20,000 car on a gravel driveway without spending money on it. Even $100 a year will help.  :
I see some driveways unpassable around here.
I have a 500-foot driveway I maintain. I make little ruts, about 2-3 inches deep in places. Some maybe only 40 feet long. but I fill them up each year.
As Al said, driveway needs to be updated every 4-5 years.
I am lucky, I am on a hill, so everything drains away from me. But still have to build the driveway high to get out of the water.
There are some roads where I live top speed for me is 25mph and less.
Summer time they do get a little better.

[SwampDonkey]

I hauled 5 loads last summer here @$160 a pop. :D My driveway doesn't wash much, some gets 'moved' in plowing over time. Not with a shovel or walk behind blower so much as with a tractor. I mostly only use  a tractor on the wet heavy or crusted over stuff.  430 feet here to maintain.

[Bruno of NH]

The postings went up around me the 7th of February 
We got 6 to 12 of snow on the way tonight 

[beenthere]

SD

Plus if you don't watch it, you may slam into those wild turkeys down the road that cross all the time. 

We have lots of wild turkeys around here, and very seldom see one that was hit by a car/truck. They are pretty road smart from what I can tell. 

[Al_Smith]

We have local flock of turkeys at the far end of the road .I think somebody is feeding them .It surprises me with the amount of oaks I don't have any. Got just about everything else .No moose or polar bears though .

[woodroe]

Those bright orange BUMP signs will be going up next. 
Besides the rough roads there are some potholes out there that will
swallow a whole tire, usually the town maintained roads like Chesterville.
Hi Ray !

[SwampDonkey]

We had one down the road last year until July before they repaired it. It's an old culvert that has sunk every year for 20 years before they got ambitious enough to fix it. :D A lot of times those signs get stolen if they sit around for months on end. After awhile they appear on the side of someone's shed or barn wall or yard tree.

[thecfarm]

woodroe, I have a different job now, no more hardware store. I delivery parts for motor supply in Livermore Falls
Guess what my run is?
Chesterville and Mount Vernon. Ever been on Egypt Pond Rd? 
The van I had has a bad tranny. I am driving a small Toyota pickup. One of those ¼ ton one. With one broken spring and needs shocks bad. Oh well keep it in 3rd gear, 30mph is job about top speed to keep it on the road.  ;)

[woodroe]

I noticed  you weren't in the hardware store the other day Ray.
Good luck with the new job. At least your not humping 50lb grain bags anymore. Seems most of the town and secondary state roads were never built properly for tar.
They basically paved over buckboard roads.

[Jeff]

I see the frost law signs are up here now. Not sure when they went up.

[chet]

Jeff yours have been on for over a week, they went on the 14th.

[GRANITEstateMP]

We are going to be posting our roads soon too... But looks like we got some plowing ahead this week first

[barbender]

We're hoping for a few weeks of winter roads up here yet. In good years (for logging😊) we get all of March.

[barbender]

Our legislature, as I understand it, passed a law that MNDOT can only keep spring restrictions on for 8 weeks. That has balanced things out pretty well, as it makes the DOT reluctant to put restrictions on too early, as they then may have to open the roads back up before the frost is out all the way. I've even seen years where we got a really warm spell early, and the put the restrictions on. Then it got really cold again so they opened then back up for a while.

[Al_Smith]

I'll just say Allen county Ohio ,right in the eastern corn belt most likely has the best maintained roads in the entire state .It's been a mild winter but any pot holes before long will be filled in .The town ships keep the ditch banks mowed but some of us do it for them .I take care of 600 feet I own on one side of the road and nearly a 1000 foot on the other side .The farmers won't do it who own the fields .It doesn't take long and the Toro could likely mow bamboo if it came to that .I just haven't figured 
 out how to operate a zero turn and drink beer at the same time .  

[Corley5]

Seasonal Weight Restrictions - Michigan County Road Association (micountyroads.org)

They're creeping north. I'm willing to bet that we'll see them early next week.

[Peter Drouin]

Mine are up here. Have a logger piling logs on a landing, Will bring them after. Have no idea how many loads. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
One thing with a sawmill $$$$$$$$$$$$ buy logs when you can get them, sell lumber to get the $$$$$$$$$ back with a profit.
A lot of $$$$$$$$$$ setting there.  :D

[twar]

No load restrictions yet in SE Norway. Mild this week, but -10° to -15° C next week. So it'll be a few weeks before the roads are "posted".