Did your supervisor also tell you to stop raking like you're trying to level a baseball field? Because that's the part I always got yelled at for. I spent my first whole season at a site in southern Indiana basically launching artifacts into the next county with a shovel, then acting shocked when the bucket came up empty. Turns out a trowel and some patience beats brute force every time, who would have guessed. Now I sift like I'm looking for a contact lens, slow and annoyed. Crazy how one grumpy veteran with thirty years of experience can undo all your bad habits in a single afternoon.

Stick with the 2 ft unless you want more ridges.

Kept seeing this same thing play out in so many parts of life, not just trucks. People let one tiny thing slide, then another, then one day it's all one big mess and they just give up and start over. I did it with my teeth for years, skipped a cheap cleaning, ended up with a crown. My buddy did it with his roof, one missing shingle turned into a whole new deck. The trick Dale gave you works anywhere, deal with the small stuff while it's still small. That one per payday list on your phone is honestly a life habit, not just a truck habit.