Iowa DOT puts 4:1 slope in their ditches just so they can be mowed with single tire, 2WD tractors. That's what's on my first dam, and it's sweet. Newer dam is about 3:1, and it's a bear to be on with the tractor. Even the ATV makes me a bit leary.


In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250 times. My wife figures I'm due to die any day now...