Hi Stanley, it’s nice to see a guy out there who takes his job seriously and wants to do quality work for the customers.

On my second home, I sprayed Roundup and let it sit there for 30 days. Rented a Rototiller & laid down sod. Didn't see a weed for over three years. I learn my lesson from the first house.

@garyt7830

4 жыл бұрын

Great Job on the Terracing, leveling, and super fast What area of the Country is this in .. What kind of grass you putting in ? .. What, would you recommend, to this Job, if you did NOT use Sod...…. but Seed , Straw … 1) Round up, Kill every weed, and hopefully seeds wait some time, than terrace like he did … or 2) Use a Pre-Emergent Weed Spray of sorts .. Crab Grass, seems to come quickly

I remember this job you finished it 2 years ago just as winter shut you down. 2017 winter. Now some Kentucky Blue grass seed and some Straw and he will have the yard his neighbor's will envy.

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Im with ya!

@gregpodrasky110

3 жыл бұрын

Straw for more weeds...

That yard is going to be beautiful this time next year! Nice long runs to make the stripes pop. The owner will really enjoy sitting on that deck and relaxing with his new view.

@M3rVsT4H

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same.. From that deck a beautiful lawn will just meld into the edge of the golf course. It's going to look very cool.

I would be awesome to see an update of this backyard after it’s seeded and grown in some.

@delt19

4 жыл бұрын

I imagine a lot of weeds have sprouted since all the existing weeds were worked into the soil. If I was the homeowner, I would've sprayed the life out of that backyard in anticipation of laying down new seed. Maybe that was done though. It would be interesting to see the yard today.

@louisvillelouisville218

4 жыл бұрын

D T yeah that is what I was thinking.

@lifeisgood070

4 жыл бұрын

@@delt19 The problem with spraying (what no one tells you) is that glyphosate kills all bacteria in the soil at a 1/50th of the plant killing concentration. Plants can get nitrogen a few ways: 1) through air... (very slow), through fertilizer that is ammonia / nitrogen-based (very fast, but short bursts), 3) through bacteria and fungus - the bacteria and fungus eat the sugar / carbs produced by the plant and offer poop.... nitrogen in exchange. Best way to kill weeds is to till them. Wait 2 weeks and till them again. Unfortunately it's not practical I agree.

@delt19

4 жыл бұрын

@@lifeisgood070 Interesting information. I did not know that about glyphosate. I've personally never used roundup to kill weeds and more than likely will never use it. I do use a mixture of tenacity with a surfactant for weed control and plan on applying it to my backyard to get it ready for regrade and seeding job.

@lifeisgood070

4 жыл бұрын

@@delt19 gotcha most people don't spend that kind of money ($60) when other concentrates are so cheap. Going for the horse not the zebra. And Idk the unintended consequences of tenacity; I have not studied it.

Great job, love how we as the viewer get both perspectives, customer and contractor, and how both can win.

Interesting video Dirt Monkey... That lawn was a "yard sale!" The finished product with the fact that you did not remove or bring in any materials on that job was unbelievable! That harley rake/bucket implement is off the chain! That man has a chore ahead of him to seed and properly water it in that large area w/out an irrigation system. You gave him a great starting point! Well done!

Man, that bucket/harley rake is a slick set-up!

LOL you said, “ what the bucket can do” You got skills Stan.

As long as the Customer is Happy , That's all that matters , GREAT JOB 👍😀

Great video Stanley, I find these films fascinating. The best bit was the customers reaction, he was thrilled with it. Keep safe mate

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Awesome. Grading my lot tomorrow morning just as you've demonstrated. Feel good about your technique! Thanks!

I’ve worked with heavy equipment for years, but you rigging it all up makes for genuine entertainment and lead me to realize lots of folks wouldn’t know where to start where as it comes second nature to me. Love the vids.

@The_Cyberz

3 ай бұрын

Good for you

Thanks so much for the great video. Even my wife enjoyed watching it.

Love all your videos. I started my own landscaping business last year in Colorado and your videos help me out alot. Just wanna thank you and love your work ethics.

I worked in surface mining and excavation for years and watching these transformations never get old. The satisfaction of setting back and looking at the finished product is priceless. Also l would have hydroseeded all that. Nice work guys keep up the good work.

Rewatched! I have thoroughly enjoyed the skid steer grading the entire property! Liked, Shared, Subscribed!

No hate the dirt work was top notch but after finishing up a similar job on my own lawn I can say with certainty that no matter how much grass seed the homeowner puts down working those weeds into the ground instead of spraying them and removing them from the property they will no doubt be back within a few months

That’s awesome, my parents started a gardening company and I’m trying to start more of a landscaping, land molding section of the business. Tools like these are perfect, great to see in action and how to apply them.

@paulpersons799

2 ай бұрын

How's ur buisness going now?

Man, you could have a helluva garden that back yard. That's a lot of lot!

I do a lot of small jobs in my neighborhood when the home owner is usually in the way with his shovel and rake. I got tired of always having to look back to make sure no-one is there and there is reall no good place to put a mirror on a skid steer so I installed a backup camera on the drops and put the monitor in the top left hand corner of the ropes right behind a light so it is out of the way. Now a quick glance up and I know the way is clear.

@brianb2454

4 жыл бұрын

we do that with all our skids.. after somone hit an elderly women at tufts medical center during a snow storm

This actually taught me a lot.

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

sweet!

@larryezell8387

4 жыл бұрын

That is what Stan does really well. He explains things as if we knew nothing about what he is doing and in my case that is true. I bought a JD 333 compact track loader to use on my ranch and Stan has pretty much taught me how to use it.,, thanks

Wow brother you made magic out there...3.5 hours seems like great time for all that uneven land. You came in like a real veteran too! Your the man!! Thanks trying to learn

@Dirtmonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for bein here bud

Nice job. For real! I wish I could afford to do this to my sons yard. WOW! What a difference.

Spread some seed out, some starter fert, and get some sprinklers on timers, 7 days later spray out a half bottle of tenacity. Keep the watering up, in a month do the other half bottle of tenacity and you’ll have a nice lawn in 60 days.

We’ve had the same problems with the cat quick release. Found that greasing them everyday wether we thought they needed it or not helped tremendously. Also spray some liquid wrench or WD40 on the springs everyday.

Nice to see you on the job , thanks

Beautiful job... Thanks for sharing.

Been my experience if you don't kill off the weeds before working them into the soil, you will have yourself a nice crop when all those weed seeds germinate and the roots re-establish themselves.

@jeffklaubo3168

3 жыл бұрын

Was thinking this myself.... why didn't they round up that yard first

@jasonjulius9670

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffklaubo3168 If this was spring then yes best to kill the weeds first and start from scratch.. fall is best since weeds don’t germinate.

@andreaberryman5354

3 жыл бұрын

HOPEFULLY they use Preen on it for the next 5 years!😬 Weed seeds lay dormant for years, and noxious/illegal ones thrive in disturbed soil, surviving and even multiplying when shredded like this. OOPS! The dirt has to be thrown out.

@ArtThouNotEntertained

2 жыл бұрын

Right? The customer got ripped off because the weeds are going to grow right back.

@TripleAstyle1

2 жыл бұрын

@@ArtThouNotEntertained customer didn't get ripped off at all..... he literally put a finish grade on the yard, which means to lay it flat. From there its the owners decision on what needs to be done. Should have killed the weeds first but thats not what a dirt monkey gets paid to do.

i like your style of grading with the skid steer! iv done a lot of it and learned some tricks just from watching this. thanks!

WOuld love to see what this yard looks like after they plant the seed! Should have put in a sprinkler system for that.

I would quickly seed with grass seed and if possible get a truckload of compost to use as a thin seed cover which will amend the soil. You can get ahead of weeds growing and once the grass starts growing keep it mowed so that the grass can starve out any weeds that re-emerge.

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea!

Now the client can see and enjoy the golf course view. I would have never wanted to look out the back windows before. Looks great.

Takes skill to grade like that with such a short track and small bucket......that's an incredible attachment!

That is just incredible , only 3 and a half hours for that big mess and it looks so good now. I am mesmerised watching stuff like this :-)

Stan, your years of experience clearly shows itself in this video. Very good technical vid. Kevin-LawnsForLess

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro

great work as usual Stan that is one big lot backing onto a golf course, when he gets it seeded and given s few seasons it will be really nice, its almost big enough for his own miniature golf course

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

SUPER NICE TO WATCH, P.S.#1English is my second language ia am a POLISH man in UK, P.S.#2 I HAVE USED A SMALLEST TYPE OF MINI DIGGER TO WORK ON MY MOTHER'S GARDEN YESTERDAY, (sorry for cpslck) I have ordered it from tools hire shop and I tried using it with v litle exp (exp of 20 minutes about 8 years a go) and my 1st 30 minutes on mini digger (kubota) and I was thinking to myself, that was a waste of 200 pounds a day but then i had a coffee and a cig, and another go and i was like, c'mon Rob, u got it man :D and By the end of the day I have smashed , learnt how to co-use 'work sticks' to play the TURFED OFF SIMPHONY in a better manner, next day mornig i had a go with some work left over from day before and with newly acquired muscle memory it felt natural, amazing, it pay's off to just try stuff u never did and discover once again that ONLY WE LIMIT OURSELFS! lol I hope I made sense here XD Stanley Genadek thanks for this good clip, (btw are you Polish origins? stanislaw-stan?

Watched, Learned, watched, learned again, shared, Commented, subscribed....Subscribed..... greqt commentary learned alot! Great video!

Hey! Watching this from Sweden. I do similar types of work in Sweden. I use an excavator, a cat M317F with factory mounted Rotor Tilt. That gives me the ability to attach a lot of diferente buckets and other equipment. Keep up the good work.

Nice job! Quite the transformation on that yard! 👍🏻

I could go the rest of my life and never hear Stan say creamy like that again. 😂😂😂

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

Love this video! Love the skid steer usage!

Good looking Cat 👍🏻 and good job

Nice ditch witch shirt, their mini skids are awsome and service is some of the best iv experienced with any company

As my dad always told me when I was breaking out on a dozer, "if God wanted you to back drag he would put the blade on the back, now push it boy"

@flomain5252

3 жыл бұрын

You gotta back drag to keep that blade SHARP!

Damn you you just topped the weeds and covered them in fresh nutrient rich soil. Leaving the owners with a lot of work as soon as the next sprouts come up. And they will before and faster than anything else.

Another great vidio,what I am picking up from them, is to get a good finish ,you have to take your time and attack from all directions ,will give it ago tomorrow in my little tractor ,Thanks again from Mark from down under.PS.Hope all is going well with what is going on in the world ,for you and your family

Be awesome if you came back and show how the yard looks after the grass has grown and what it looks like! Awesome videos!

Man you do good work. Wish you were around NJ. My yard looks just like that and it’s taking me forever to fix it. Moved in a few years ago and had a tree company remove all the dead trees and bushes in the back half of my yard which looks like the previous owners never even cut or trimmed once in 40 years but I didn’t realize how many roots, vines, rocks and crap were still back there on top of what looks like a construction company dumped concrete, clay and metal pipes and cement. I’ve managed to do a lot by hand but I feel like I can never keep up with how fast the vegetation grows. That bobcat and bucket look like it would have solved years of manual labor I’ve been trying to do. Love the videos and the love you put into what you do.

The bucket release pins have grease fittings and keeping them greased will help prevent them from sticking.

To change the cat sensitivity on the controls go in to the cat menu on the screen and its in the settings menu

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bro!

At first I read “regarding a yard choked with weeds”. Scholarly yard work

The harley rake bucket is awesome. Now, If it also would clamshell so you could use it as a dozer blade too, that would be something!

@augustreil

4 жыл бұрын

Have you ever used a Rock Hound ? One pass backwards and you're done, chucks all the junk into the bucket.

Yup the pins on the bucket release is 100% a cat problem, we have 2 fairly new 289d3's at work and both of them have at least one of the pins sticking, no amount of greasing ever helps.

Ohh so that’s why this retaining wall looks so good then!

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

Customers with that amount of enthusiasm and gratitude make this line of work so worth it.

you should watch out for a cheap small disc harrow they work great for this stuff drag it around with the skidsteer or an atv

Time for a new set of quick connects and a drain of the hydraulic system and a new hydraulic filter. Then ask your crew to wipe the connectors before connecting a new attachment, it will save putting dust and dirt in your system. Nice work you did on getting a perfect slope

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea

14:25 Spanish Weeds aren't necessarily worse than grass, depending on the 'weeds' you have. Sometimes some native groundcover that doesn't require maintenance is better than a grass lawn. Of course, in this situation, the lawn looked awful with those weeds.

awesome video. i like your passion. I had my first and second run on a bobcat skid today ... i tore the place up. and it didn't take long. it was fun though. it would take a lot of practice to be efficient. beats you up too...watching you work that jobsite was helpful ..good knowledge

Really appreciate learning new tools and techniques. I have a city lot (MPLS) that's around 42 x 120 feet, and there are fences and trees and stuff that don't really allow for heavy equipment to get in and be useful. You can barely fit a Dingo. I like that you explain what you're doing and the feel of the machine, because I can translate that a bit and it makes my work better.

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

I love how many times i can relate to what you say in your videos

Good job grading, but if you’re mulching the weeds won’t the seeds grow back in?

Now I just want to climb and prune the trees there.

You should have made rolling hills and maybe a ski cabin. It would be hot to see a Dutch guy savaging the earth with this beauty.

As a fellow Minnesotan you are 100% right on black dirt vs. top soil! Awesome video!

You did a great job on the contour, from what we could see.

Props to the camera guy. Kept up the whole time. Very dedicated..... Never seen that hybrid bucket. New toy!!!!

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Sam rocks!

Don’t talk crap about Mississippi equipment until you’ve worked in Mississippi we don’t know how stuff gets in places either😂😂😂

Probably the only person born in ‘94 who was thinking “or I dream of Jeannie” before you said it

That grass will grow in just fine if homeowner seeds and waters lightly and properly. Especially after that thorough tilling job. Good job and advice Stan!

@augustreil

4 жыл бұрын

Starter fertilizer, lime and straw helps huge.

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, you are right

I remember when you guys installed that wall in your ugly shirt haha then you changed ! Awesome stuff Stan ! Thank you

that whole yard had great soil...seeding will take easily. would love to see after the seeding. no wonder matt martin says grow anything on the ground, all those weeds made some great soil lol

Nice job! That yard is going to look amazing!

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Hope so!

Hi. You need to put a blanking plug/socket over the unused hydraulic outlet on the excavator to prevent dirt getting in again.

Thanks for pointing out the Topsoil goof. I hate when people call it that :P

I’m impressed with the work you guys do in every video! Love it!

2:40 I have one of those wrenches. Cost only $30 on Amazon.

Those thing cost a lot but it's amazing how much work a good operator can do with one.

Nice looking yard clean up.

That is awesome work. A great learning video.

Should have prayed all those weeds first! They will come back before the grass seed take and choke out the new grass.

@kylequinn1963

4 жыл бұрын

That's the idea behind the bucket, in theory, when you run it over at the end and mulch it all up it shouldn't come back. In theory.

@Katana622

4 жыл бұрын

how about stop spraying poison on everything

@JasonNace

4 жыл бұрын

That’s my same thought.

@SAMPINJ

4 жыл бұрын

Or flame thrower the yard will kill seed and spores

@tomlorenzen4062

4 жыл бұрын

@@SAMPINJ soil compaction will kill all of those trees now anyway, so might as well nuke the yard..

nice job I like that bucket

That bucket was great for yard grading

can you show us what it looks like after the grass gets established? I have to do this to my yard

Talk to your Cat dealer and see if they can have someone going over the control settings with you.

@hamm3r

4 жыл бұрын

They can also recalibrate the joysticks and implement/motor solenoids. That can make a huge difference in responsiveness.

over here in Québec, black dirt is all organic matter and very black. Top soil is a mix of black dirt and sand that you put over the finished grade before seeding. I gess a mix of weeds and the top layer of dirt underneath it like what you get with that power raker could be considered like top soil, so great machine to prepare a lot for seeding at a much lower cost on material. i would like to see a finished picture after the seeding is grown.

I have to find one of those wrenches I have a socket wrench like that and makes things so much easier with just a inch of leverage.

Well done Stan turned out great awesome video

First 30 seconds. I know the feeling. We have a cat 249d. Yesterday statted with a hydraulic leak from the grapple a knocked a track off of it

His smile and excitement makes me smile.

Have you thought about installing a backup camera on some of the equipment with limited rear visibility? I bought a couple of cheap ones on sale a our local farm store, but have not yet got them on. I have an ASV RC30 and rear view is terrible.

You asked about language of song you played. It’s Spanish. Anyway it was an awesome job. It came out real good :)

@arezhik7774

3 жыл бұрын

Lyrics in English: I already lost count of the times that I went out to look for her and she disappeared. I looked for her on the big stages on the old Hiphop records. If you ever saw me fail me or if I lied to myself, forgive me. We are eternal barbarians in an eternal condition of weightlessness. I found the way to carry on with four notes in permutation. I found them on the big stages on the old Hiphop records. If you ever saw me fail me or if I lied to myself, forgive me. We are eternal barbarians in an eternal condition of weightlessness.

The good stuff is black gold. 👍

That’s the case drain fitting, you can unthread it from the valve body on the boom. Clean it or get a new one.

Nothing like a happy customer! Great job!! God bless!

@OldDunollieman

4 жыл бұрын

lol Happy customer till all these weeds reemerge with the grass, unbelievable for a supposed landscaping company.

@Dirtmonkey

4 жыл бұрын

God Bless brother!

Great Job Stan.

Bet the neighbor was pissed with the backup alarm. I just disconnected mine, but I'm sure being an insured business on a job site that's a no-no.

16:08 what a great MANS handshake