Hosing Down the Roads

It has been surprisingly dry so far this Spring.  In fact we are getting into some of the dusty and dry conditions on the roads that we did not experience until mid-summer last year.  We decided that it would be a good idea to wet the roads down a bit; not enough to make mud, but just enough to keep the dust away and get some solid traction with the equipment.  We do not have a well yet but there is water in the stream.  We obtained a 12V pump which could run off the tractor and hooked it up together with our 60 gallon water tank to create a mobile watering system.  It worked great.  And now that we have gone to this much trouble, I am sure the Spring rains cannot be far behind.

Pumping water from the stream.
We mounted the 60 gallon tank on pallet forks behind the tractor.

While we were pumping water a local crayfish paid a visit perhaps awakened by the vibration of our pump. 

Drive the tractor to where you want, turn the pump around and spray.

Dry roads become wet roads in no time at all.