The plan after moving the catamaran and boat trailer from the 2nd half of the side car park area was to move the El Camino and the 51 Chevy to that spot, lining them up behind one another, leaving the middle section open for movement of vehicles or equipment. After cutting the grass over the area I come to find that this area was muddy as hell. This area will end up taking a lot of gravel to mush into the mud to make the ground solid enough to handle vehicular traffic, much like the problem i had with the midway, the deeper in I got. After getting a load of gravel I started spreading the gravel over the area, starting at the edge of the midway driveway. As I moved in I had to back the truck in more. As a result the tires would mash into the mud/gravel combination. Luckily I was able to back in where one tire was on solid ground and the other was on the middle of the newly covered section where it was somewhat stable. As I backed in I had to add gravel to the rut that was created by the truck's tire as it mashed into the muddy gravel. I spread enough gravel to create a long enough section to handle the El Camino but more than likely will need more gravel spread and the truck rolled over the ground to mash the gravel in more. After spreading the gravel I then went to pull the truck out to stage it in front of the El Camino to pull it into the compound and get it ready to see if I could be able to pull it in and park it in the newly graveled spot. Since I was doing this job solo, I had to prop something in front of the tires of the car to catch it as I pulled it along. I aired up the tires and hooked up the chain and started pulling the car from its resting spot of several years. Now as I pulled the car along I ended up finding that because of the slight downward grade of the land, I was able to push the car along after I got it on the graveled driveway. I ended up just turning the wheel to just steer and push the car into the compound nose first, then steer it over to the opposite side of the midway where I had moved the 65 Mustang and Ranger frame. From there I would move the truck onto the side path and hook up to the back of the Elco and pull it onto the ground, turning the wheel to help park the car onto the newly graveled spot. And this is where my worst fears were realized. When I staged the truck on the side path to get ready to hook up the Elco, the left front tire of the truck was on the new patch, right in one of the mushiest spots of the whole patch. I wasn't so far in that I would've gotten stuck but I was far enough in to create a ridiculous rut in the ground. I backed the truck out of the rut and tried in vain to push the gravel and mud back in but even when I tried to just step on the slop it just pushed around more and allowed my boot to sink in. I had to pull the plug on the plan to move the Elco to this spot. I would need to add more gravel, probably even some concrete to the rut area to fill this worst spot in so when I come back over the area with more gravel, it will be less likely to push out under the weight of a car. In the meantime the Elco is still parked off to the side out of the way. Of course since its there, the F250 will have to be parked on the side path where the 69 Mustang used to be parked at. The ground is plenty solid for the big truck but of course I will have to get another load of gravel over this area and concrete the rutty area before making any further moves with any vehicles. I will definitely have to dump a couple of loads over the rest of the side path area to accommodate the 51 Chevy when I do get around to moving it to the spot behind the Elco. Since we're talking about some tight maneuvers, I can't afford to have the ground be the obstacle that stops me from moving any further with any of these moves I'm making.
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