I recently had a new driveway done. In the process, I had the contractor dig up the asphalt that is behind my driveway (alley) and I am putting in gravel.
I need to level the dirt and remove a bit of dirt to accommodate a 4" deep geo-tex mesh that will help stabilize the gravel. This is going to require me to remove a couple inches of dirt that is currently very compact and difficult to remove. The area is fairly small at 20' x 30'
I'm wondering if there is such a thing as a small, walk behind, or riding mower size tractor that I could rent for both grading the area and spreading the gravel. I ordered 12 tons of gravel so I'm thinking that doing all this by shovel may take a while as well as do me in.
Any advice? I feel that a full size bobcat would be too big for this job.
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