I bought farm land (no buildings) 30+ years ago. Ten years ago I built a new house and put up two pole buildings. I'm in the bottom of a river valley. Neighbor up the valley about 1/2 mile has complained several times to my wife about how our buildings have destroyed her view of the river about another 1/2 mile away. I have dawn/dusk security lights on all buildings. She's gotten me so POed with her constant complaining that I switched out all LED lights to 10,000 lumens. My place is so lit up that it looks like a baseball game is going on.

@imacrazyguy5831

3 жыл бұрын

If they were so concerned with their view, they should have just bought all the land! Sounds like you need a few more security lights pointing in their general direction, lol

@hazelumbrella9485

3 жыл бұрын

You rock😂💪

@maverick6817

3 жыл бұрын

Hey that’s my grandma your talking about j/p

@Fatamus

3 жыл бұрын

Sucks to be her

@glennfryer1539

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha... plenty of light ... that will teach them ....

I wasted my life being a plumber, electrician and contractor, hating every day of my life at work. It wasn't until I retired and got a tractor that I realized my calling was dirt work :) Now I love every minute I'm working with a tractor digging, grading and moving dirt and rocks. I do all of my neighbor's work for free and I actually enjoy it.

@VBELTandSON

Жыл бұрын

Glad you found your calling that’s awesome!

@effthegop

Жыл бұрын

@@VBELTandSON I didn't know that some dump trucks have a diverter to spread the gravel out to the sides more but while watching, I thought about it :)

As a landscaper. We surely appreciate those who take time to actually get a good access/construction road in place. Especially one wide enough

@kingpohhere2678

2 жыл бұрын

with an awesome grade so it drains good too. should be some happy customers

@brianadams429

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering why they did't put down the mat like tarp stuff that the rocks go over? Seems like the mat would keep the rocks from disappering into the ground, and i think the mat helps with weeds and drainage.

@danielnordeen8410

2 жыл бұрын

I am about to prep my site in TN 10 acres total. How wide should I make the road from tree to tree

I remember when I ordered a truckload of gravel for my drive years ago. It is now concrete. The day I ordered for it called for it to be 50 degrees and partly sunny. It actually turned out to be 30 with freezing rain. Guy was going to spread it out. It came out like one huge rock. Driver was more upset than me, lol. I said no worries. I was early 30's then. Now 60 and have had open heart surgery so it would be a big deal now! You did an awesome job here. Thanks for posting!

The trucker dumping the rock did a fine job! You did a great job improving that road! Best wishes.

I crack myself up. I’m an old woman....and loving this! Lol

Man that truck driver sure did a good job spreading that. I never get lucky with drivers, the ones out here are like refrigerators. As soon as you close the door the lights go out. They couldn't spread rock forward much less in reverse and looking that well.

@VBELTandSON

3 жыл бұрын

Sure make the job a lot easier when they can drive. This one needed talked into the road but he got it done👍🏻

As a building contractor I've always liked watching the guys doing site work. I've seen many lots graded with a box blade. Now that I live out in the country, I could actually use one to maintain the dirt road leading to our home.

Had the same issue. We bought the land then the neighbour complained we put a hole in their forest. It was our land and l advised them of that.

Backwards tailgating through the woods. Things can go bad really quick and they did an awesome job. Great video.

Well wow after watching the road construction to new builds here in Exeter UK ,that gravel lorry reverse driving was ace,when you see a gang of 12 and a metre an hour ,made it so labour saving..glad you made the video..

Props to the driver tailgating the rock backwards 👍🏼. Not his first rodeo

@ThePsychoNad

3 жыл бұрын

I thought so too. Normally see those guys driving forward.

@adamfrbs9259

3 жыл бұрын

I'm 42 and I could watch videos of that all day long lol.

@backyardbuilttrucks1

3 жыл бұрын

You do quite a bit of backward spreading on entry roads or drives so your on the rock not to get stuck

@brandonpanozzo86

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely handled that shit

@piddersohoolihan2222

3 жыл бұрын

For a split second I was surprised he was doing it in reverse...then I quickly realized he needed to, he wouldn't have the traction to get in there if he didn't.

I don’t know anything about this type of work, but it’s amazing what these pros know how to do, and I’m mesmerized and impressed at what I am learning about this form of construction…thank you.

Never underestimate the value of a good truck driver.

@quest4adventure495

2 жыл бұрын

So true. I’ve had to spread rock that drivers just dumped in a pile and left. Not fun

@sylvainlaurence1554

2 жыл бұрын

In backwards mister ,not gonna be stock great driver

Wow, nice video there's a lot to balance out here between you and the homeowner, and the gravel haulers, and the loggers! Nice work

Having options is always better. Your12, tractor and a good transfer driver can get it done. Your blade runner would be another option. Nice content change up.....Thanks for sharing Sam👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

Sam, the box blade has always worked best for me when trying to grade dirt or gravel. Wish I had the hydraulic tilt on my tractor.

@harryballzack

3 жыл бұрын

Hydraulic top link is very handy with a box blade!

🔥🔥🔥 GOT THAT PROPERTY LOOKIN’ GOOD FELLAS👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Love watching these kind of videos, little bit of everything. 👍👍

The proper equipment makes all the difference. Good job 👍

I did a job in the nineties clearing some property and the neighbor across the road called the troopers on me for destroying her favorite view. She thought being able to sit on her porch and look at the guy's property took precedence over him building a home there. Real fun neighbor.

@SuperWagner23

3 жыл бұрын

So on my property is as abandoned gravel pit my grandfather opened in 1939 and closed in the last 1970s. It is an awesome place to show firearms. Same thing, a urban core couple with kids escaped the city for the peace. They call the Sheriff anytime we engage in target practice. They have lived their 3 years. My family owned the property since 1867.

@nwngunner

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperWagner23 we had the same thing happen on my farm. So I started calling the cops before hand and then offered for them to shoot with us. They don't even show up any more.

@AshenTech

3 жыл бұрын

i would hire somebody to daily, walk around nude in front of a floor to celing window, during the times shes prone to look at the property.. somebody whos not a pretty sight nude... whos not me.... would be amusing as hell.... bet she would move...LOL...

@Zachary77

3 жыл бұрын

@@AshenTech unfortunately she would try to have you arrested for indecent exposure probably.

@mr.e6175

3 жыл бұрын

@@BIOxHAZARDTv Nope, if you're visible from off your property you will be arrested for indecent exposure. You can't hang out with your Wang out in front of your window bro. Talking in the USA here

Great job, you stayed and noticed and fixed problems, I’m sure a lot of other contractors would of done the job and left

You did well on that road. Up in Alaska some boroughs (counties up there) require poly stabilization fabric for the roadbed before laying the gravel. We did this for some aircraft taxiways/vehicle driveways on private property. It really stabilizes the soil long term and allows drainage of rain water in areas with higher levels of precipitation. Works well...

@wanderingtexan854

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering why they didn’t use fabric myself

@smoothlandin

3 жыл бұрын

My experience is because many customers don't want to spend the extra money, even if it's in their best interest.

@googlemustdie

3 жыл бұрын

I have been wanting to do that myself but didn't know anybody who had used it. Thank you so much for the info.

@mikejohnson5491

2 жыл бұрын

It works good

@MrLinkiscute

2 жыл бұрын

It helps keep the gravel from sinking and the dirt coming up

We have the same setup on our little b21 kubota to pitch and roll the box scraper it's fantastic. I like the big back tires on your big kubota sweet.

Well done to the dump truck driver. Most can't spread stone going forward must less in reverse , plus he stayed directly in the center of the road.

That ol' boy in the 10 yard end dump definitely knows what he's doing! That was impressive to watch him spreading gravel EVENLY going backwards. 95% of the drivers you get on something like that would want to do it driving forwards and end up getting themselves stuck, or you get the driver that just wants to dump it in a pile and tells you: "You can just shuttle it."

My dad bought land while I was in the military that was "off grid". Our second piece of land like that. 1st was in the 70's. This was in the late 80's. This piece had a "right of way" in it for people who lived behind us. No problem. We put a fence up with a gate for cattle. All we asked was they kept the gates closed. Of the 7 people who lived above us only 1 had a problem with the gates. So we put in a cattle gate. Still not happy. Each time they called the sheriff's department on us. My dad was a retired us deputy marshal. The sheriff deputies knew my dad wasn't breaking any laws because he hadn't stopped anyone from crossing our land. They finally told that landowner to either grow up and quit calling them over b.s. or sell out. He quit calling the sheriff's department about the gates but tried to intimidate my date both physically and mentally. My dad had a legal right back then to carry canceled without a permit. He never did back down and pulled his weapon once when the man threatened him with a shovel. My dad was 89 yrs old at the time and had been medically retired from the marshal service in 1960 at 100%. 460 volts of electricity for 9 seconds.

@blakelylochridge9138

2 жыл бұрын

Love to hear a son tell a story about his father. I hope that one day my son has a great story to tell about my character. ✌🏻

@osok3121

4 ай бұрын

Where I was from, there were several encounters like you are describing except they ended in gun play... and yes... some didn't make it. Over a gate on a road that was legally placed there! I just don't understand the reasoning. Getting killed over a gate....

I agree with you about the box blade, it is a more precise spreader than back-dragging a dozer blade, we also had a scraper blade we used to dress shoulders. Although I used spreader trucks the driver in your dumper knows his equipment. How long a gravel road holds up to a logging operation is directly proportionate to how soon after rain they start up. We got tired of watching loggers get the profit from work we did so we did federal, county, and state roads like this: 1. Clear cut with a CAT 325 out front 2. The excavator knocks down the tree and lifts the entire tree so our saw dogs could remove the stump and cut the first section to 16' 6", saw timber specs. The log trailer is behind the excavator so as soon as each log section is cut to spec, the excavator turns around and loads the log trailer. The trash is pushed to a burn pile or ground up, depending on local regulations. 3. The remaining trash is cleared and dirt work starts. We used a D-6 E to rough shape the roadway, wings and shoulders and a 12 G motor grader to finish grade the roadway. A effective thing to do when you put down # 4 stone first is roll the compactor before you follow with crusher run.

Good call on removing the mud before adding the rock. Allot of people just dump the rock on top, wrong! Also the scraper box is the way just like you called it. Good job. 👍

I can count on one hand how many logging roads the landowners put rock down on for us.

@astroboy5456

3 жыл бұрын

I always got, you can have the tree if you can get em....

@mikeevanoski1108

3 жыл бұрын

I put straw down. Works better than 2b.

Very impressed with the skidsteer and blade. I used to run D3 , D9 Cats. Started with the non Hydrostatics ( tru workout machine!) But what a great versatile machine that one is. Great video all the varied camera angles. Thanks.

It's always the folks living in a 200 unit apartment building in a concrete jungle worried about cutting down a couple acres to build a house and raise some chickens.

@SilverStarHeggisist

Жыл бұрын

Someone watches Tim Poole

Love your work and explanations. Cheers

Liking the look of that mulching machine.👍👌

Before the house is finished I suspect there will be several more loads of gravel on that driveway.

@pdoutdoors7272

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@Luckyrider1958

2 жыл бұрын

Yep.. that was base rock.. it'll need 1 inch minus to finish it..

Love the video man I'm actually trying to buy a skid steer with a brush cutter/tree clearing attachment to get into this and doing driveways and all that I learned a lot from this video Love it

Nice. Glad to see that was just the temporary road to get access. Should be a really nice home site when finished.

That driver delivering the rock sure had some dumping skills. Dumping and spreading in one pass.

Great video. I very much enjoyed watching it. Take care and God Bless.

Nice job back spreading!

Very impressive machine. Rolling that clay like it was snow.

Good job. Well done grading. 👍

Wow, those were some great looking logs harvested from that property ! All the best to you on this project 👊👍🙏

Great video. Nice work. Looks great. Thank you for sharing.

nice video.... geo fabric would keep the stone from disappearing that stuff is a game changer

Unfortunately bad neighbours are more common than good ones. If it’s your land and you aren’t breaking any laws or bothering anyone it’s all good.

As a 25yr experienced professional heavy equipment operator, now heavy civil superintendent in nyc, I must say you boys do a fine job!

Those Box scrapers are the awesome thing for that job , I don’t have one , but I have a pull scraper that can tilt both ways , and it’s farther behind so you have more visual, but it takes more room to Operate . You have a lot more , manoeuvrability

I prefer a York rake over a box grader for spreading new gravel but each to their own that's a nice tractor just came across your channel enjoying it on my Thanksgiving break

Great job and boy that looks like fun!

Nice job on spreading it from the tailgate and also that first grade was nice also

Nicely done Sam.

I had a close call last week with a small fire on my mulcher in the bottom of it. Due to an employee not paying attention to what he was doing and spell oil in the belly plan of the machine and with the brush that fell in it caught fire. But think go I got one good employee who acted fast and help get the machine out and I was damn proud of him for his quick response when I hollered for him. But anyways good luck guys

Hey, 80k lbs. of truck ! 👍 Excellent work my friend 👍

Little tip for spreading gravel on soft roads like that. a 55 gal. drum against the tailgate (before getting loaded) will fill the tracks, which is where it will be sorely needed when construction starts. And ya could have used that 6way blade and been done in short order.

@harrytaint3089

2 жыл бұрын

Explain better

@wizzlefits

2 жыл бұрын

@@harrytaint3089 Very simple... the drum blocks material from flowing out the center of the tailgate.... thus filling the tracks.

You did a pretty good job on the rock with the old box blade. I used one for years to maintain a mile or so of private drive and various other dirt work duties. Then I found the road boss grader, and I never looked back. It's the easy button for rock and fill dirt. You would love one behind the kubota. Especially with the tilt kit. Still need one of those on my tractor.

I have been living in my little semi-detached house here in the UK for 27 years, I have had new neighbours either side of me who think that they have a say on what i can do on my own property, putting up a wall behind the fence i own, they were going to get professionals to look at what i was doing in my own garden! The other side getting petitions to make me have my wood burning stove removed! Ordering me to replace his fence as it was rotten- it was his fence and hadn’t been maintained for 27 years as i know! Lets not go there with the shared drive, he ha been out there with a tape measure, i have two vehicles he has at any time up to five on his drive! It just seemed after years of trying to be nice it was a waste of time, i have just told them where to go and mind their own business, if they have a problem then phone the police.........I haven’t spoke to either for a number of years and that suits me fine, shame because the previous neighbours said i was the best neighbour they had ever had!

@invictusbp1prop143

2 жыл бұрын

What neighbors expect of you like you owe them something is absurd. I had some property that had an access easement down one side to get to the property behind me. I used a different entrance at the front of my property as a driveway to my place and drives to my pole barn area came off of that. The easement was clear and totally open for him to use as intended to access his property. He proceeded to get a quote for pouring a concrete drive all the way back to his property and presented it to me with a payment schedule for me to pat for half of it. I laughed and asked what the hell that was for and he was incensed that I wasn’t ready to shell out for half of his driveway at a cost of more than my own house for a drive I would never use but had to give up a portion of my own property for him to have. I didn’t even have a full concrete drive myself and I was in the concrete business! I could have done his whole drive for less than what he mistakenly assumed I was going to pay. And I would have done it for him at cost just to keep a crew working during a slow season….so it would have cost him even less to do with his contractor if he would have just been cool. I ended up selling the place but last I checked he was still driving on caliche from the road to his garage.

@d.i.sgusted3820

2 жыл бұрын

@@invictusbp1prop143 Is it me I have asked myself but no I am a decent chap, looks like i am gettig my 70 ft length of shared driveway ripped up after Christmas and having it replaced with some nice gravel, no doubt this will bring solicitors letters through the letter box pretty much immediately! My neighbour is a total bellend! I have found that the best answer is "phone the police" mind you having the missus being a lawyer always helped!

@invictusbp1prop143

2 жыл бұрын

@D.I. Sgusted A lawyer in the family is always a handy thing. Your neighbor is a belland….I love the way y’all speak. Lol! Good luck!

Thank you for this video. The owner of the company I work for wanted to buy a dozer attachment and I told him I didn't think it was a good idea.

Back spreading is an art. When I spread for driveways I tell them to not go over it with a skidsteer. When I get done there is a perfect crown. But I do see he is sloping it. Without a ditch.

Looks like good honest work.

If you ask alot of places will spread "on a block" they throw a block in front of the tailgate. It forces the stone over to the wheel tracks. Instead of in the center. Might be an option for next time

Thanks, now I want a TL12 and blade. Anyway, good work son!

My brothers neighbor halls dump loads with the biggest dump trailer you can buy, like 48feet long, and spread a driveway for us that was 500ft long 6inches deep of gravel so perfect we literally didn’t have to touch it afterwards. I’ve seen people do it before but this dude was an absolute master.

Wow! What a great video. Excellent footage, editing and production. I also really like the way you explain the ins and outs of the job, and the soundtrack was just the ticket 🤗 You got a new subscriber. Keep up the excellent work 👍

@VBELTandSON

2 жыл бұрын

Very much appreciate that! Thank you!

Dirt work is by far my favorite. That’s my future goal is to be doing it to make myself money instead of someone else. That tailgating wasn’t bad👍🏻

Wow great video Sam 🇺🇲 it looks great 🇺🇲

Neighbor's gotta learn to mind their own business.....

@lorallamb2673

3 жыл бұрын

AMEN!!!

@toomuchdebt5669

3 жыл бұрын

Must be a Karen.

@albertcyphers1532

3 жыл бұрын

You're lucky you don't have my neighbor 🤣

nice job on the rough-in on the access road. i would have used slag as an initial layer - pack it in solid - then some larger limestone before what you dropped. that drive is going to need a much harder pack to hold up long-term.......especially with heavy equipment/trucks using it to build a house. and, once that home is there, the owners will come to hate that long driveway.........drainage/snow will be an issue - not to mention the maintenance it'll require.

The Bradco worked better than I thought one would, been kicking around the idea of one for my 12, so thanks for the demo. I agree with you 100% on the box blade, just can't beat them for that job, but yeah I've had the charlie horse from hell in the rib cage after a few hours of being twisted around like a barn owl. P.S.*** Sam, what year Charger are you looking for??? Over the weekend I ran into a few, A 67 that was about 45min. from me, it is straight as a arrow, actually looks like OEM paint. It was a bit crusty looking because it's been sitting in a old garage a long long time, but was rust free. I tried to message you on what I thought was your latest video, right date but from 2019. It sold this morning for 18K, but also located a 69 that's not bad, and a 68 real hemi all #'s matching and it is bad a$$, but... he's asking 95K, figured you probably didn't want one that bad, but who knows.

You blokes do a good job.

Water bars are dug to control road erosion so the road doesn't get big channels in it and stays driveable for a long time. Doesn't really have anything to do with controlling sediment going into the stream, just a bonus.

Nice lot ! would love to have that tilt setup on my box Scraper I have the same scraper.👍

Those 3 point grader blades are the best for any work like this

I had a piece of property similar behind Twain Heart Cal , I had to get permission from the L&F to cut out the trees for buildings & septic etc , bought a backhoe/16” bucket , had a 4in 1 Front , then a used wainwright coupler & old ripper tooth off a bulldozer , welded it into the coupler so I had a 2ft long ripper tooth to totally rototill , to remove all roots To remove the trees , (Pine up to 42” on the stump) I dug a trench around them , 4-6ft away about 6ft deep , then positioned the tractor to push in the direction I wanted them to go , putting the backhoe bucket against tree & then coming down , until the tractor started to lift , then dumped the bucket so the teeth dug into the tree , then used the extendahoe to push . Had to be the correct distance away to do this ! The tree going down pulled the whole stump out , chip the dirt off, as much as possible with backhoe , then dig out the big supporting roots . You don’t want any wood in your building area , as it will rot & ground settles & your house cracks ! Sold 4 big load of logs , bigger than the ones on this truck . Also built a road using the hoe to do the basic, then the bucket to bulldoze & 4in1 to grade , hang the hoe to the side to give crown ! Sam did good with what he had !! 👍

Looks good! There’s always going to be the person who doesn’t like what you’re doing, unfortunately. Keep up the good work

Looks like fun pushing dirt around in the skid steer. I could use something like that for a day. Cheers

We use a Land Pride HR3584 box scraper with TnT and it works great for us. Now if we were professionals, we might prefer something else, but I imagine our use is pretty close to the average poster.

Another great video, thank you. How will you deal with the stumps? Do you grind them or dig them up and mulch them?

Nothing works better on a gravel/dirt road then a Road Boss!!! Recommended to us by a local commercial poultry farmer. Has 18 wheelers coming in to load poultry every 45 days and has never had a problem since he started using it. Looks similar to a box blade.

The best way to blade with a skid steer is to have the boom all the way down and use to curl to raise the blade.

@jimandskittum

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations you successfully cracked the code. Way to blurt it out on YT. Now everybody knows

@danielscott9769

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimandskittum Just for you Jim, dial down the speed control so you won't lurch around and gouge the ground. Slow and steady wins. HaHa

Nice looking job.

I think the box blade is a good alternative to a grader or switching implements all the time.

Doodling in the dirt! Gotta love it!

About 10 years ago 4 of us living about a third of a mile on dirt road off the paved road, got together and purchased the asphalt millings from the replacement of a parking lot for a large complex of stores. Once that stuff got packed down it was almost like driving on rough pavement and no mud when it rains.

@LucidDream34

2 жыл бұрын

Put a little diesel on it and catch fire on a hot day and it'll flatten it out

That Kubota is a relatively hard to find tractor especially with the top and side tilt, hit a gold mine on that machine. Wish my B model was set up like that

Get a harley rake or power rake for that tractor you will love it for driveways and finish grading

Always clear the land on the sides as wide as the driveway or you'll spend every single year trimming.

I just bought 34 acres back in December of 2020. I've been doing all the clearing and work myself. Just me a 35 horsepower tractor and a couple of chainsaws. I agree with you on the Box Blade. Its a fantastic tool. Spread 411 tons of gravel to build the roads back to the build site. The other tool i love using is a landscape rake. Its a fantastic way to push gravel off to the sides or pull it back to center, Fix ruts that form or wash-boarding that happens climbing the hills. Its not too aggressive so you can just lay it down and drive without trying to look forward and backwards at the same time. Nice work well done.

With all that gravel, you could also expand, an make a nice little narrow guage logging railroad, and build a real live steamer loco, like a gear driven Shay or Climax or Heisler, lol.

So long as you have the machines and the labour, a lot, such as this, can be achieved in one day :-)

You do good work. As for the Neighbor 🤔 some people need attention. Thanks for the video Buddy.

Soon your boy will cut some new roads...nice work Sam..

People who get angry over what's happening on the land next to them, or who don't want the view spoiled by anything being built on it, if they're that concerned about it, should have bought the land themselves. Or they can just wake up and live with it like they used to when they lived in the city.

@blly8325

3 жыл бұрын

As if you’re suppose to approach the adjacent land owners before you buy ! “Oh hey I’m buying this property, before I buy it do you wanna offer me more money before or help me decide where I should build my Fkn house ? “

Truck driver helped you out quite a bit. Must be a vet

I do the same technique spreading over mud. Gives you traction in the dump truck

I bet a lot of people are looking at their trees and seeing gold right now with the lumber prices where they are.

@VBELTandSON

3 жыл бұрын

Lumber prices are low as ever here

@patmcbride9853

3 жыл бұрын

@@VBELTandSON Too bad it costs so much to ship it to Kalifornistan.

@VBELTandSON

3 жыл бұрын

Shipping isn’t bad when the mill is 1 hour away. Sucks that the mill doesn’t pay crap anymore

@patmcbride9853

3 жыл бұрын

@@VBELTandSON The raw goods suppliers get screwed. Dimensioned lumber has gone up close to 200% in the last year.

@dangoodwin5954

3 жыл бұрын

Pulp wood junk is never worth anything but good timber on the coast is bringing record prices. Cedar is gold right now.

Great video.

The truck driver did a great job of dumping the rock

Nice job, that looks great! Stone truck guy did a nice job dropping in that narrow path too! Sweet! 8) --gary

Good job! I don't have any kind of blade or front end loader, but if I did...I'd still would have used my box blade to spread that gravel. You made the right choice!

@randywilson6869

3 жыл бұрын

I was talking to a guy that built house pads for 40 years with a box blade and he said massy Ferguson . I couldn’t believe how he worked a big pile of dirt we had out in front of our church. He told me that now days u can’t hire a box blade operator because every body has went to skid steer

@2020HotShotTruckingLLC

3 жыл бұрын

@@randywilson6869 I dug out a 2 ft oak tree stump out of my front yard with mine...almost 6 ft deep. looked like I was building a huge swimming pool!