equipment needed to install gravel driveway

[shamban]

I need to install a 1/4 mile gravel driveway on rural Ohio land. I want to dig a channel about 6" deep to hold the gravel, but I am not sure the best equipment to rent for the job. Any suggestions on equipment most effective for the job?

Thanks,

Joe

[Rich]

That depends on how long you have to do it. If you have unlimited time then a shovel would do.. less time would be a bobcat.. less time would be a backhoe.. less time would be some type of front end loader. Check the rental costs of each of those and see which fits best for you.

[RedneckRepairs]

late post but a paddle scraper would be most effecient for cutting to subgrade and a motor grader would deffinatly be easyest to cut to final grade with .. it could all be done with a standard endloader if your operater skills are up to carrying a grade anyway my .02 ( i used to work road construction as an operater lol )

[Dragon]

I'd go for a D6C with a tilt/angle blade, but that is only because that is what I'm used to. I can cut the grade, cut the ditches, and spread the excess dirt out with it.

Then use it to take gravel to grade and backblade.

a 1/4 mile would take a day, depending on the presence of rocks and soil type.

[Cole]

I would go with a dozer or a bobcat.