Dairy lane repair
in Otautau.
Otautau farms in the lap of the Longwoods, on Aparima flats that grow grass like mad and hold water just as well. Dairy lanes around here - Drummond, Wreys Bush, out toward Nightcaps - do a hard winter's work, and the ones that were never shaped right announce it every June.
How I sort it
The short version
- Shape first
- I regrade the lane and get the crown back so water runs off instead of sitting in the ruts.
- The right rock, only where needed
- Existing metal gets reused where it is sound, and I cart in fresh rock where the lane is starved.
- A cow-friendly finish
- The power rake screens the coarse stone out of the top and leaves a firm, even surface that is easy on feet.
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The local picture
Around Otautau
Otautau is barely twenty minutes from my place, so this is home-patch lane work for me. Western Southland lanes often need their edges cut back as much as their crowns rebuilt - years of buildup traps water on the surface like a bath. I open them up, reshape, rebuild the weak spots and leave a compacted cap the herd can move on properly.
Getting to you
Otautau is about twenty-five minutes from my place - one of the easiest call-outs on my map.
Districts I cover from a Otautau job
- Drummond
- Wreys Bush
- Nightcaps
- Ohai
While I am there
Other work I do around Otautau
One machine on site can knock off more than one job. If any of these need doing too, mention it when you call and I will price the lot together.
Got a lane near Otautau that needs sorting?
Send through a couple of details or just give me a call. Free quote, no pressure.