May be the discussion should be what not to do. Start with "do unto others .....". DO NOT leave rock larger than your surface material in the road. I carry a potato fork to clean-up with as needed for automobile traffic. I have seen roads left with 4 inch plus river rock scattered like land mines over a finished job. DO NOT attempt to blade on a muddy road. A waste of time unless you are just trying to improve some drainage. Same goes for a road without sufficient moisture unless you have a water truck available . DO NOT pull ditches until you "know" where the utilities are. Knowing where they are suppose to be won't help you much when explaining that wad of copper wire or that smell of mercaptan in the air. DO NOT use the grader to find culverts as it decreases their worth considerably. DO NOT expect traffic to equate your presence on the road with slowing down. I especially like finding a trail of oil leading from the windrow to the side of the road, or better yet, several miles of oil trail leading to an abandoned car. Expect a call from an upset citizen. If you don't put up signs at both ends, you might be responsible for those peoples (lack of) driving ability.
Most of this is common sense, but we all get in a hurry sometimes. BTW, does this contract including snow plowing ? If it does, then you can easily double this list of "do nots"
