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Originally Posted by Phil Yearout
“Boss, the culvert they sent us doesn’t fit!” “Quityerbitchin’ and just make it work!”
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Keeping in mind that many of the 'unimproved' roads, especially from Kokadjo on up into the Allegash, belong to the Paper companies, who don't work to a particular specification. Plum Creek owns more land than the State of Maine. Pulp contractors laugh at the thought of speed limits, and weight limits are treated as mere suggestions.
Because the grade on the Rockwood Rd, coming down the west side of Moosehead is much less than the Lily Bay Rd, coming down the east side, the road condition on the west side doesn't get 'accordianed' from braking, the way the Lily Bay road is.
Repairs are done hastily, so as not to interrupt the trucks, and the compaction is constant, in the direction of the loaded trucks. That culvert will get a lot worse before it's 'fixed', unlike on state roads where endless studies have to be made. Studies, up there, consist of a couple of guys standing around, passing around a pouch of Red Man, and going 'Yup, Maybe So'.
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