Sometimes, people say that you can't see the forest through the trees...thank you for reminding some of us that we're just not looking for answers in the right places. The kitty cats deserve a big bowl of milk for jobs well done across Hickory Ridge. 🚜Thanks for taking us with you on this project and for sharing the eight fur babies; it will be fun watching the kids grow. (Pyr puppies are the cutest, sweetest balls of white fluff who will grow up to be big dogs with equally big hearts and souls.) At the end of a 107 degree day (heat index), we enjoyed spending our evening with you. We appreciate the heavy equipment and their operators who helped build America, one road at a time. Thanks for the message. May the Lord bless you and keep you and your viewers safe. Mike&Pat

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Mike&Pat! I appreciate y’all supporting the channel. Those CATs definitely earned their keep on this job…😀 God Bless

Thanks again. I forward your videos to unsaved friends

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Hey Dennis that is awesome! That is a great way to share the message with folks. That was my intention when I started the channel. To hope was to entertain folks and then share the message with folks who may not be hearing it at all! God Bless and I appreciate you supporting the channel…

Awesome Job Sammy a little nerve racking 😂 THANKS FOR SHARING 👍

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Jon! 😀

Great looking road Sam. Glad you gave up the chef gig and went back to what you know. Thanks for sharing. Great message.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Ron! Oh, I’m just getting warmed up on my chef skills! May get a hibachi channel going…🤣🤣🤣

Thanks again for your good messages, they really help and make a person think, enjoyed the video and watching your methods of grading and they are fun to watch also!!!

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thank you Brian, the message definitely keep me on my toes as well… God Bless

Wow, that's pretty amazing considering what you started with. Cat is getting it done! Nice job

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Thomas! It’s pretty cool to see how quickly a project begins to take shape.

Thanks Sam for that shoutout! Amazing work like usual, that driveway looks like quite the project!! Beautiful dogs as well. Grant

@tristardiggin

2 күн бұрын

Thanks Grant and you are welcome!

Awesome video and message Sam thanks. It looks like you are building a highway!!!

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Kevin! I do enjoy the jobs where the property owner wants a nice road…😀

Your videos keep getting better and better. Camera angles and music added in etc.. I do enjoy listening to the machines work. Another great message.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thank you Nate! I do keep trying to get better editing the videos. I appreciate the feedback too! Glad you enjoyed the message and God Bless

Great video, the dry conditions,hickory and white oak roots and hot weather are sure to make for some "FUN" DAYS! Good job. '

@tristardiggin

3 күн бұрын

Thanks Charles! It sure is some tough digging for sure…

Great video Sam. I liked your message. God is our saviour. Omg those puppies are so cute

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video and message. Those pups are fun to have around.

Great job Sam! It’s amazing how a couple days of dirt rolling off the dozer blade can transform that property. You make it look simple. Truly inspirational. Wonderful message! Wish I had the room for one more dog. 🙏🏻

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Dave! It is pretty cool what a dozer can do in a short amount of time! Surely 1 more cute puppy is possible…🤣🤣🤣

Hi Sam…You’re making really good progress on the new road. We have our share of Hickory Trees here as well 🤦🏼‍♂️. They burn good, pain in the rump getting them out though , Lol. You have some good looking Pups there Buddy 👍🏻. As always, Thank you for sharing the Message. I appreciate what you’re doing Boss ! Have a Safe and Blessed Week !

@tristardiggin

3 күн бұрын

Thanks Evert! 😀 They are definitely a pain in the rump. 🤣 Have a great week…

I can tell you really do like building roads because that road is a work of skill and devotion - nice job Sam!!! God Bless!!!

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Allan, I really do love road building. I learn something new every time I do a new one! God Bless

Ok Sam, I’m jealous, I’m his family and I only received one sweater and Grant shipped you all that stuff lol, geeze, I’m going to have to have a talk with him lol. This is really kind of you Sam! Great video and nice work 😊

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

🤣 Sounds like he has been holding back on you! Glad to do it, thanks…

Nice work and another awesome message. Pups look good! Thanks for the video brother, have a great weekend!!

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Mark and hope you have a great weekend too! God Bless

I am back, tough road building for sure. Thanks for the message.

@tristardiggin

Күн бұрын

Thanks Mike I appreciate that! 😀

Looking great Sam!!! Happy 4TH hope you had a good one!!!

@tristardiggin

4 күн бұрын

Hey thanks, we are having a great weekend and hope y’all are too…

Good work, good music. Thanks.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thank you John! 😀

Great job Sam.👍The puppies are cool.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks John! The pups are going to require a second job just to feed them…🤪

Enjoyed it keep them coming

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks I appreciate that!

Great job Sam as usual 😊 Check an access plate on the right track. Seemed loose where you had the gopro mounted. Maybe it's supposed to be. 😆 God bless brother 🙏

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Jim! I will check that out. It looks a little floppy to me too…

I love watching the D5 push dirt.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Eric! I sure enjoy watching dozers work too. Especially the big ones…

Awesome Job & Message!!

@tristardiggin

2 күн бұрын

Thanks Greg! 😀

Sam I could watch that dozer all day long, be well my friend.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Joe and I’m with you on that! Love to see dozers in action…😀

Nice work. Love watching the dozer cut and push. Question; have you ever done a video showing/explaining the engineering aspect of a road, grades, slopes, crown, drainage etc? For example how you decide how to handle runoff from a higher slope. What you do to keep trash from washing down. Does all the overburden pushed down just stay there? Are your roads subject to county inspection, are there industry standards you have to maintain. I’ve heard you touch a little on it, but only briefly. I.e. Your last big road had some washout repairs you had to address. Thanks for sharing. Not expecting an answer here, just thought it might be a good subject to go into on a video. On a side note, I never hear you belittle or trash talk other people. I like that about your channel.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks and I really enjoy watching dozers work too! 😀 I try to touch on those things you mentioned as I go through the road builds but could probably be a little more detailed on some of it. There are no inspections for private roads/ driveways except for where it meets a county or state road. The biggest deciding factor on a road/driveway is the budget. Some folks want the bare minimum and other want a really well built road. The challenges are different on each new road too. That is why I like them so well, it’s never the same thing. It’s cool that you noticed that I don’t run folks down in the video because I don’t enjoy that when other folks are doing it. Thanks, Sam

Good video and message

@tristardiggin

2 күн бұрын

Thank you Danny!😀

Great video! And I found you through Canada Brush COntrol lol, this is awesome!

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Hey John that’s pretty cool you found me on Grant’s channel. I appreciate you coming over and checking it out! Make yourself at home…🤣🤣🤣

@JohnLamontange

3 күн бұрын

@@tristardiggin will do I love your videos!

Man, that is some loose or sandy looking topsoil you scraped off with the root mat. I'm surprised you haven't hit rock yet ( I hope I don't jinx you). Looks like it's turning out great, though. I can't wait to see the conclusion. More important than road building, I had to tell you about one of my retired fireman buddies. He does lawn care/maintenance and has a 96 y/o customer. He said for about 3 months, the Lord has been burdening him about this lady. He couldn't figure out why, so this past week when he was finished with her yard, he took a few minutes to sit and talk with her. It turns out that the Lord has been burdening her too, and she was asking my friend about his upbeat attitude and why he's always joyful. He told her about his past life and how God had changed his life. She started crying and told him that she wanted that too. He got his Bible out of his truck and showed her how she could be saved. She's going to be baptized this coming Sunday. God made a way and is still working in this old world. I thought it went along with your message pretty well. Thanks for sharing Sam.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

It sure is dusty around here for sure! Wow, what a story! I love hearing testimony like that. 96 years old and realizing she needed that peace and assurance. God bless that feller for being obedient and God used it to change her life! AMEN…😀

Sam. Road is really looking good. I’ve found that a dozer will push a downed big tree out of a hole easier and faster than an excavator can roll it out. I think you showed that today also. Following gods will is always the way.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Yup, I was pretty surprised that the dozer pushed it up hill into that thick group of trees and under brush! Amen to that! God Bless

Another excellent video and message

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thank you Scott! 😀

You gone mess around and get good with that drone!! Lol good work buddy

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Adam! At least I haven’t destroyed this drone yet. The three before it wasn’t as fortunate!🥵

Love your videos & messages. 😊

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thank you Jeff and glad you are enjoying the message… God Bless

Nice video

@tristardiggin

3 күн бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate that…😀

I love how you do your videos!

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Hey thanks, I appreciate you watching and supporting the channel too…😀

Looks like you're building a super highway

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

It’s a good size road for sure!👍 Thanks…

Ah, the good old " make me an access road through the foliage edition 😂" And that you have done.... now just a small matter of actually building an acceptable road base !!! No problem to you and your Cats, yoh will soon haveit whipped into shape !!! 💪💪💪 And more four legged family members...... oh my !!😵🤣 Spent the past two weeks rebuilding our garden wall, been an interesting challenge.... it curves, changes height, and was 100' long..... not a bad job for the missus and I to tackle while I had two weeks off work 💪💪💪 Had plenty of people admire our work, offers of work locally, and two job offers !!! I would take them up on their offers, but my back said " no way" 😮😂😂😂

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Alex, love these road jobs when you can’t even see where you are going! Makes things more interesting! 😳🤣 Sounds like the wall turned out pretty nice. If you have some pics send them to my email, would like to see how it turned out. tristardiggin@gmail.com

Hi Sam hope your family had a great.fourth of.july

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks, we had a great time for sure! Hope you did as well! 😀

@user-nb5kh3pt2e

4 күн бұрын

@@tristardiggin our family did to

You're doing a good job, Sam. You might want to get your track adjustment cover bolted back down soon. It'll fill up with dirt and destroy your seals, besides making it a rough day to tighten the track. Plus, you missed a bolt on your belly pan. You are definitely getting much better on making a road and much quicker than the last one. It's great to see some red clay in the road. Hopefully, you had a great 4th of July as well.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Charles! I noticed the same thing in the video while I was editing it. I was wondering when that belly pan bolt fell out! And also the adjustment covers were moving around a good bit. I definitely enjoy the road builds and learning more each time… Thanks

Great job on building that road.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thank you Shawn!

@ShawnBrown-yw4kf

5 күн бұрын

@@tristardiggin You are welcome. I've missed moving dirt like that

That big old hickory would be a piece of cake with a stumper.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

David I sure do need one of those! Would make life easier for sure…👍😀

Nice work.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thank you John! 😀

Nice video Sam.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thank you Harold!😀

@haroldhawkins9370

5 күн бұрын

@@tristardiggin You're Welcome.

My friend at least you had the whole tree for leverage hickory stumps are a pain LoL they will make a kitty cat grunt LoL

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Cliff that is exactly right! I definitely want a standing tree to take down instead of digging out the stumps. Thanks

Hi buddy. You hawe nice weather on your side of the pond

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Hello Niklas, weather has been pretty hot and humid here lately though…

Another great video Sam!! Quick question-after the construction phase is done, does the customer have you come back and do a final grade, cleanup the banks/edges, and lay and pack the stone in for a finished driveway?

@tristardiggin

3 күн бұрын

Shawn that changes with each job. It really all depends on the budget the property owner is working with. Some just want access and others would like a completely finished project. Thanks

Hi Sam, thanks for the video ! Good job 👍 What is the length (distance) of the site ? The little dogs are very beautiful !! You gonna keep some ? 😎

@tristardiggin

3 күн бұрын

Thanks Nicolas! The road is around 2400’ long. Planning to sale all the pups. I have plenty already here…🤪

Theo says it’s really kewl when you put the camera on the tracks like that!

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Theo and I like that view also…😀

@poorfarm-nn6ii

5 күн бұрын

@@tristardiggin I’ve got a vid with some of that in it on the D4H but it’s so jumbled up I can’t seem to put the video together. GoPro put vids all over the place instead of in order. It’s been doing that a lot lately. Very tough to get things sorted out.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

@poorfarm-nn6ii yup, I know what you mean. That is very aggravating. I think most of that comes from the date and time not being set in the GoPro. If you leave the battery out for a good bit it will loose the date and time…

@poorfarm-nn6ii

5 күн бұрын

@@tristardiggin I will check on that. I’ve noticed if I hit the record button to turn it on instead of turning it on and then recording it will do it too. Sometimes I accidentally hit record instead of power on.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

@poorfarm-nn6ii haven’t noticed that about the power button. I almost always just use the record button to turn it off and on…

Hola amigo.. excelente su video.. y mucho más. Cuando esta la palabra de Dios.. quiero conocerlo.. Dios le bendiga siempre 🙏

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Hey I appreciate that and glad you enjoyed the message! God Bless

Amazing dirt works as usual. At what point do you have to roll in fill side of your roads?

@tristardiggin

4 күн бұрын

Thanks Justin I appreciate that! 😀If I’m using any of the fill side as part of the driving area I pack it in lifts starting with the first lift. This one will be all cut for the driving area. I will slope off at the cut line so people don’t drive on it.

@BigFella73

4 күн бұрын

​@@tristardigginappreciate you replying Sam.

Looking good but ya almost look like your having too much fun lol

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks Jim and I’m definitely having fun building this road…

👍......

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks 😀👍

Have you had a chance to check out the new Cat 255 and the 265? I have been looking at getting one of them.

@tristardiggin

4 күн бұрын

Mike I sure have they are sweet! There is a video on the channel from a few weeks back where I was at a CAT demo day and they had them there…

Great video. How to n the world do you envision where and how you're going to start a new road like Hickory Ridge ? Enjoyed the new pups. I got eatched a full video on Canada Brush Control channel. Different work than I've seen in this area. Worth subscribing to. Glad to hear my "replacement" for the gifted hat is on the way.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Well Randy, I’m not sure how it happens either. I just keep looking until I see it in my mind.😳🤪 I’m sure Grant will appreciate you watching and subscribing… Thanks

J 3:16 NKJV !!!

@tristardiggin

4 күн бұрын

Amen! 😀

Howdy Sam

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Hello Tugboat

What is the constant beeping in the dozer?

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

It’s the seat belt dinger.

Yep, my suspicions is true. You are much better operators than a Japanese chef, but with a little practice, you can probably get there for the record,I’m no grill master.

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Hey Raymond, I would have to agree on the hibachi 🧑‍🍳! Crunchy rice probably isn’t what you are supposed to end up with…🤪😳🤣

I really enjoy watching you run the Dozer. Even after a full day myself, it is relaxing. Thanks for all you do! Phil @diggindeeperpcg

@tristardiggin

7 сағат бұрын

Thank you Phil and I know what you mean. I enjoy watching dozers work after working all day too…🤣🤪

Hey Sam great video, any word from Smithworx? im getting a bit worried

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Thanks I appreciate it! 😀 I talked to him a week or so ago and he is doing good. Said he was still real busy with the other work that he does and hasn’t had time to do any excavation work…

@pigslayer106

5 күн бұрын

@@tristardiggin Awesome thanks for the update

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

@pigslayer106 you bet…

Water truck next purchase? That is dusty.😢

@tristardiggin

5 күн бұрын

Kerry that is exactly the conversation we had when we were pushing the dust. However, I did find some clay with moisture about 3’ down that I can get to… Thanks, Sam