Grading disaster day2
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Day 2 gets tricky- Steep hills are putting pressure on the house basement. I cut the reverse grades & build a swale. About 600 yards of fill gets moved to control the drainage. Sandy soil makes it more challenging.
So much rather watch Stan and his adventures than any of the content on cable TV these days. 30min is perfect!
3o min it is! Ill start aiming for that time frame
@@Dirtmonkey Maybe go for the traditional 22-24 with with a few couple minute breaks to hear from some sponsors! Quick tool wars, sponsors, favorite tools, next vids or trump/biden ads have to pay well! No one wants those!😅
@@Dirtmonkey sounds good
@@Dirtmonkey I love seeing guys who take there work serious. At the same time has fun doing it and doing it right. Keep up the awesome work and content.
OMG! This is the video I have been waiting for! Thank you for your thorough explanation of your strategy and plan of action to complete the task, I love the skid steer dirt work, and the execution of the plan! This is perfect content and video! Please share more and continue!
Hey Stan! I'm actually liking the longer videos. I also like that you explain how and why you do certain things! Knowledge is power! Keep up the great job! Dont burn yourself out though man!
Awesome, thank you!
Thought that stump grabber would of came with a hose guard and that metal thing should have both sides bolted on. Nice job!
Love your videos Stan! I go to school for engineering but grew up on a farm. Running equipment is still one of my favorite things to do. Keep the longer videos coming. Love the content and go get em
Right on brother!
The longer videos are awesome, keep up all the good work!
Love the camera and explanation while inside the skiddy. Do this more as we - or at least I do - get a real picture of what your doing & thinking of doing - and WHY you're doing it as you work. Excellent!
Thanks, will do!
I like these longer videos too.
Even though I dont do grading,
its so nice to see the lot before and try to guess where the problems are and guess what the grading solution will be,
then hear Stans take on the problem and solution,
then watch the sped up to see how its tackled, where first second third, etc.
Love the channel!! Thanks for the heads up on the Milwaukee Hatchet!I had to have one. Sometimes you just dont want to drag out the Stihl. I love it. Quick, light and handy. Good call brother
Right on tim!
Watching your videos has taught me a lot. I bought a 333d a month ago, just been messing around my property with it. Probably be putting in a bolder wall here pretty soon lol. Thanks for the inspiration.
That is awesome!
Perfect timing! I was just scrolling through my homepage looking for something to watch and then it showed I had a new video in my subscriptions page. So here I am 😁
Perfect! Hope you enjoy it!
Awesome- Glad to see you hear!
A good way to wind down the day 👍🏻
Dan again here from Brennan lawn and landscaping out of Lakemoor ILLINOIS. Stan I'm seriously addicted to your videos. I'm new so I'm on that pink cloud cant wait to get to work energy! I wish I could share pics of some jobs I did that in was scared to death to take on but felt confident enough to because your videos!!!
I love this guys videos, I bought a dump truck this year and an equiptment trailer, hopefully an excavator in spring! Stanley is keeping me motivated, love the advise he gives, keeps me positive and motived. Hope to be the best property maintenance and landscaper around someday! Keep the videos coming!
That is awesome!
I’m Steve down here in South Georgia I think your videos are outstanding man :-) retired construction worker
I’ve run equipment for about 25 years and I’ve got great respect for anyone who can run those little skid steers and do a great job like you. At 6 and a half feet tall I usually can’t fit in the damn things comfortable enough to punch the hours needed to perfect the control. I run heavier equipment regularly D9,D10 988s, 80-120 ton excavators. We normally don’t even have smaller gear on site. But I can see the skill needed to use them
Well said my friend.
30 mins to 40 mins is perfect and can’t wait to see what it looks like once it’s done and I still can’t understand how the building inspector allowed this on such a negative angle. But you and your guys will put it right I am sure like you guys always do can’t wait to see what you and your team has in store next.
Edited Excellent work and thanks for the content stay safe and take care
Thanks Hayden- more to come on this one
@@Dirtmonkey No problem and can’t wait to see some more. Take care friend 👍
⭕⭕ Stan, go to a truck stop and get your hose keeper there. Then get a round magnet from a big box home center on a pole used for picking metal things up (a pickup tool) now mount the hose keeper to the magnet. You may need 2 magnets. 👍👍
Great idea
The music by Duffmusiq - Drill Bite is the best I have heard. More like it , please. God Bless
A great job utilizing the equipment to its capabilities! One thing I've learned from many years of working in an excavating company is when working water control swells is if you are planning to bring in black dirt you should overcut your swell deeper than you need so when you place the black dirt you won't end up bringing the grade back to flat or sloping back the wrong direction. So basically if you need to drop the grade 4 inches, you need to cut it 10 to 12 inches and then bring it back to grade with the black dirt. That will ensure a sufficient layer of topsoil for the grass. I can say these are great videos and super educational. GG
Wow, significant progress bro....loved the POV. Can’t wait for the next video!
More to come! and thanks for the feedback!
Man that grade is brutal!
These are your best videos ever.
I like the wire idea for the hydro hoses. Those buckets are awesome. But the hoses are a headache. I recently rented one of these on a brush clearing job. They had the hoses zip tied to the bucket. Zip ties broke at some point so the hoses were loose (I didn't notice in time). Driving along and one of the hoses got sucked under the left track of the machine. Sounded like a shotgun and next thing you know the windshield was covered in hydraulic fluid. It snapped the male coupler on the machine right in half. Cost me the better part of a day. It was just one of those days...
THE BOTH OF YOU TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR WORK,.WHICH IS A GOOD COMBINATION TO HAVE....KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!...GOD BLESS!!!!!
Last Week I had my first opportunity to use an OLD John Deere 42 inch Riding mower. I grew up in the city where it wasn't needed to have a riding mower so I never got to use one, but I was at my Uncle's Church and they had a large field to mow and I was board so I hopped on. I just have to say I don't remember having that much fun in recent years! maybe I'm just weird, but it was So satisfying! Next I need to find someone with a Bobcat. . .
I love days like that- relaxing and fun and running equipment- thats like this jobsite!
@@Dirtmonkey There was just something about the bumping and being jostled that made me feel like was was actually part of the machine. I've never really felt that
Very cool thank you. What a difference from day one. I never thought to leave sticks on the site, that seems sacrilegious. :)
Glad it was helpful!
I love all your videos
Like an artist, the Dirt Monkey works in sand, clay and soils! Haha. Wow that was a lot “contouring” in a skid’r, interesting to see how you do that. Thanks for the narrative SG.
The final part of the job is coming up
Stan I give you credit for responding to your viewers it the comment section. Many you tubers don’t do it at all. 👍👍
It's a million times better already.🤘
Cool Beans bro!
that is the key to any grade ..MOwable
Thanks for another great video sir. As always, very informative and entertaining.
I'm not trying to over criticize when I make my comments, it's just what I see. The video's are good, I like watching them and your doing a great job making them, like I said before. I run pretty much everything but skid loaders. The older skid loaders had foot pedals and I'm 6'5" so I didn't fit in them things good. Legs were too long to work the foot pedals. Plus after being used to bigger excavators, I don't like working with the bucket, dirt, and dust so close to me. I always like my front window in excavators open most of the time and the skid steers you mostly have to close them up tight. I feel like I'm in a confined space then. So I just stayed away from them for my career. They are handy machines for sure, and have their place no doubt. I just never got used to them.
Making some good progress Stan👍
Thanks Bro!
Amazing video man. They always grab my attention 👍
Glad to hear it!
Good video yeah you had to cut a swail pretty much all around the house good job!!
For my claw type attachments I put longer hoses ,And black tape a corded bungee cord halfway down the length of hose and attach it to the handle on the machine seems to be working
You do a good job Stan, I enjoy the effort you put into your work. You should consider putting the door back on the CAT, not only for safety but your lungs will thank you.
Nice video Stan. Very educational.
Glad you enjoyed it
Stan we need to fix the keeper on the cat it needs the another curved piece welded back on and the hoses would run just fine
yes- Definately!
Another great video
Glad you enjoyed it
I would not only get the hose keeper, but get longer hoses. Longer hoses won’t let it have enough tension to tug on the connection locations. That was my first thought was the hoses were too short for that machines arms. Absolutely love the longer videos btw! Keep em coming!!!
longer sucks, I've broken hoses with that mentality, he already has the slack in the hose tied up on the arm
Landscape engineering done well 👍 Tam.
From UK Another interesting video
Thanks Butch!
Stan, it looks like you’re going to get snow and some good hard freezes! 😱 We’re hoping for a good winter here in PA! 🤑
Can't wait!
I’m not gonna mention the squeaky pins and bushes😁.. but what I would do with those hoses is cable tie an old coolant hose to the back of the bucket and a piece along the top of the boom. Route the hose up through the one on the bucket, loop over the attacher and back up along the boom to the spools through the second coolant hose. Then wrap the two hydraulic hoses in some garden hose at their highest point and cable tie them together. That way your slack is over the attacher and not one side or the other causing a pull or pinch point.
Grease those pins FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!
Exactly ! Please GREASE THOSE PINS
He can't hear all that squealing when wearing those 3M Worktunes headphones.
I heard mine make one squeak like that and I about pissed myself.
Everyday needs couple pumps of grease if you using it Especially like this. Stop dirt or even worse sand from grinding down them pins. That’s how it gets sloppy
i know im randomly asking but does anyone know a way to log back into an instagram account..?
I stupidly lost the account password. I would love any help you can offer me.
What you call a slot is that like a steppe like you see in the wine country and all over Italy they have steppes Asia they using steps for Rice growers... Another upper step and then a lower step could alleviate the problem and help redirect the runoff anyway just thought and you get to look at great pictures of beautiful mountain sides! 😁
Try tying the hoses over to the left of the rock bucket, to bring the hoses out of the pinch and stretch area. Run them across the back of the left grapple cylinder post. Tie them so that the stretch load isn't directly on the fitting. Take a look at how Bobcat routes the hoses on their root grapple if you get a chance.
Ill check it out-Thank you
your vids are super informative man thanks
Add a spring to your lines so the hoses can expand and contract.
Yeah boy loving it keep it going
Who’s up for Stan to make a play list of all these tracks we hear? Great work👍
I would LOVE to come to work for you someday... I can't use or operate machinery at all, but man, the way I watch your vids, I feel I can learn within a few hours
I appreciate that!
Hi Stanley, about hitting your trailer. You could mount some wooden boards or beams on top of the edge of your trailer. That way if someone bumps them and they get damaged you can replace a board without damage to your trailer.
rock bucket hoses... run 4 long hoses. from the cylinders.. to at least the Pogo stick.. where the Tees are then single hoses to the quick disconnects.. this eliminates any fittings that can get loosened in a place where it can get yanked.. at the POGO stick you can run the Tees with the side outlet to the cat connectors.. and 90s on the ends of the hoses. or use a 90 swivel on the hose to the cylinders on the Tee.. when you mount the Pogo... if it uses 3/8 bolt.. 3 buck motor mounts from any parts store part numbers 2122 or 2123.. will give you a cushion mount if you mount the pogo like a shock absorber on the rock bucket.. you will need some big washers to do this.. you can get cupped washers in a large size if you get a radius arm bushing for a mid 70s ford Pickup 2wheel drive.. the hole in the middle will be too large but that is an easy fix.. this gives the pogo stick some wobble ability. if it does not already have it.. i have never had a pogo stick in my hands..
Thats solid advice. Thank you!
I like a combo of both I'd live to see some longer snow plowing vids with a good mix of time lapses but that's just me lol great content keep it up man
Fantastic learning experience about earth moving and runoff grading in watching the videos of this job. Please do more operator seat views, explanations and your thoughts while you're doing it from an operator's view and thought process. Please also could touch on how do you figure the cost of job like that? Hourly+ (operator & machine), flat rate/hour + material, by total job estimate or other. TYVM, truly entertaining and educational.
Stan ,come on down and grade my yard this winter down here in Georgia. We have that hard packed heavy red clay soil. It sucks. I miss the dirt from upstate NY.
I have been stationed in GA and NC, remember that clay. That being said, here in CNY, my acreage of 3 lots and totaling 35 acres, is all pretty much a rock farm, and has a lighter clay soil. We were lucky we were able to put a pool in few years ago due to soil conditions. And the rocks, every time he makes a swing though with that skid steer he would be unearthing more.
you have a usable yard ,now looks perfect ,raised home value substantially
If I was the owner, I would grade both sides and rear as flat and level as possible, and just box in the whole property line in retaining wall. Could even black top the rear and park the cars back there, and do a custom rear entry garage. That amount of slope and dirt land would be a pain to maintain due to the slope..
This is what I was thinking initially. Might not have been in clients budget though.
I wish we had landscapers like this guy in south africa 🙌🙌
Geez, Stan, a bull dozer might have been a good choice for this massive earth moving project. That is a ton of dirt that got moved.
No this was perfect for the Cat
Probably the cat would be to heavy and damage the building.
He owned a case dozer for awhile but sold it. I thinks he’s trying to do more with skidsteers and less with other equipment
@John Thomas Oops, yes I might the D8. I still think a Cat as a bulldozer not a Bobcat or any other machine.
@John Thomas Ok you got me again. :)
I like the 30 mins videos but the 15min to 20min won't burn people out. Great content Stan
I like the 30 minute time frame as well. basically I just let a video be a video. If I think its good- I leave it in. if not-then I chop it. Whatever is left is what you see.
Man i just love the long videos man
Sweet- me to!
Is lookn great stan.... very good job roughing it in or getting to rough grade if you like. Good splaining back-dragging , worked for a guy in my youth that teased that I was sharpening the cutting edge when I'd backdrag ;-).... good second day, remember, if you make it look too easy, they'll think you're charging too much!.. lol... IM KIDDING!!! See you day 3 bud, ive caused enough trouble...he he
Awesome stuff! Thank you for sharing!
Be careful using wire to hold your hoses it will cut them warp your hoses wit pipe installation and a hose kepter .
Great video
usauly in the uk they build a wall around the garage allowing a three foot wide gap around the garage level with the garage floor
Let's bring in a few dozen jacks under that house and raisa it up about ten feet. Just like Chicago, eh?
Honestly that looked like a spaceship control panel
such a cool cab
Ich könnte da Stundenlang mit machen oder zu schauen :-) Gruss aus Germany ;-)
I started out with the carnival for 28 years then cement for four years then construction for 48 years did alot of landscaping in my day can make some awesome ponds tell a German ya can't do something and they'll find 10 ways to do it
What a mess. I have confidence in you.🙄👍
This one turns out nice IMO
8:20 I have u-bolts welded to the side of my skidloader arms so the hoses go down with the pivot... no trouble at all
Good point.
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@@Dirtmonkey fyi, your cat skidloader IS equipped with the hose holder on your loader arm.... the 2 L shaped rods on your lower loader arm...
Dude, good work.. but you need to get those bucket points greased.. I couldn't be doing with that squeak every time I crowded the bucket!
Also love how the instrument panel is on going forward, then soon as you reverse the back up camera comes on. Trick!
Dange stanley looks awesome
Thanks!
All that sand was probably the saving grace and the water mostly went down before it ran off.
You guys need to keep your hands off hydraulic leaks. You could get hydraulic injection. You might want to educate your guys about. I run my hoses on a bucket like that straight down and then up to the connectors. Haven’t ever pinched mine and I am not nice to it.
Oh yes. I always forget about hydraulic injection but its no laughing matter.
You should pick up a used dozer at auction man!!!
I see you really like your ASVs . I'm suprised you like them over this 259
Stan, can you please do a video on hiring, your team is made up by great guys and I think it would be interesting to hear your strategy for acquiring great guys.
Grease that bucket!! Mr.squeaky
DANG i wanna do this for a living again.
10:30 Look at it this way, every stump you pulled out is a section of slope you don't need to drop since the stump did it for you...
Mixing a bit of sticks in to hold it together. Like fiberglass.
Awesome vids
I would totally work for ur company if i was closer i love do this kind of stuff
Yeah- I love it as well! glad to have you on the channel though!
@@Dirtmonkey awesome video and awesome job. I apologize to any or all who read my comments or may have been offended by them. Great job and mad respect for you Mr. Genadek for working along side your employees. Keep 'em coming stan 👍
Shoutout to Danny the new editor! Doing a great job!!! I bet Stan is liking the music titles back, LOL.
You know it!
Is that squeaking just because u haven’t greased the machine or is there no grease point where the sound is coming from?
All the pins on the front end have grease points, even the quick coupler has two grease points. And since it’s such a new machine the odds that the pins and bushing are already messed are low, but even if he has to replace them it’s not super expensive and he can do it himself with a pin driver and a hammer.
Looks good
You might look into putting french drains around the foundations to control the drainage.
Mike over at Dirt perfect can probably help you out with that.
And on your rake bucket , a snorkel tube for your extra hose running parallel with the bucket so it wont pinch the hose. You really need the full forward roll out . I 'm not criticising , l hope the suggestions help.
When I ran carnival rides ya can feel every thing in the control s
You are to hard on yourself, it looks really good!
I'm curious about how you decide which jobs to do personally.
Is it just based on who's available? Who's skills are better for the job? Or do you pick the jobs you think you can make the best videos with? Or were you just what was left at the bottom of the barrel? lol
My bet is that it’s just scheduling. Most contractors will visit there job sites frequently and will spend a small amount of time working on it when they can. I’m sure Stan loves being on the job site working but his schedule probably doesn’t always allow it. You know what they say time is always more valuable than money.
It’s a good question..i have been wondering too
We line up the jobs with the guys skills. Blaine and Tim are craftsman- they get the more meticulous jobs. I prefer dirt jobs-playing in a big toy in someones back yard-so I take those when the guys are behind.
@@Dirtmonkey Cool. BTW: video lengths are fine. You tend to do short ones when it's appropriate and longer ones when needed. You seldom just throw in a bunch of filler to make them longer or leave out info that's needed to shorten them. Both tactics are annoying when I see them on otter youtube channels.
You might also consider using a French Drain to aid in keeping the water away from the house.
Plus teeth on a bucket are very efficient.
Must be grinding if they want it super clean
very good camra worck
Just curious why you would opt to only use a loader. A mid size excavator with a tilt grading bucket could’ve laid out the contour much quicker and accurate and worked around the foundation tighter with less risk. A quick push with the blade to clean up the area and a skim with a Harley rake to level would have it dressed pretty quick.
I agree. It appears he has focused more so on an army of skidsteers recently rather than nicer excavators.