Mud-Free GRAVEL PARKING Areas
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Today we are building a two car gravel parking pad and taking care of a few other things to get ready for winter and decrease the mud around the homestead that we always end up tracking right into the dome!
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Dressing the yard up will lift your spirits especially in the Winter months. My Grand Parents had rocky ground like that, they called it Boney ground. It will not surprise me that you will be picking up rocks out of that ground until they put you in it. But good progress in any event. Enjoying you uploads from a Kiwi living in retirement in Taiwan.
Thanks. I like that 'Boney Ground' great name to call it LOL. And you retired in Taiwan! Nice....so curious what the weather is like there?
It’s just amazing how much you’ve accomplished, looking fabulous!
Thank you so much! It really feels good when it all comes together :-)
I stumbled onto your channel today, and boy am I glad I did .. It's always a pleasure to experience others excitement when their plan comes together ...
That guy on the heavy equipment, is a fricken artist the way he moves the big machines ..
Keep Doing What Your Doing .. Because What You Are Doing Is Nothing Short Of Amazing !!
Welcome! And thank you so much. It feels good to see our dreams coming true. And yes, the excavator guy is very very skilled and was absolutely amazing and we couldn't have done it without him!! ~Kathie
Nice work, guys.
As I follow these there's parts where I say, 'glad I'm not doing that', but more where I'm plain envious!
LOL. We appreciate your support either way! :-)
Mud free? Wouldn't gravel free be better? That stuff's expensive. 😁 What will you do with your mudroom now? Repurpose it? 😂 Is that the new automated, self-driving Tesla Tamper, Rich? Seems legit. Yooz have awesome neighbors and chose well. It's so romantic to be snowed in on a cold night with the fire going and a pot of stew atop the trivot. Peace.
Lol. All correct! The mud room is now the laundry room😁 looking forward to a cozy snowy night!
Wow- great progress Kathy and Rich! Happy for you guys! Stay sane. 👊🏽 (Phil and Mo.)
Thank you my friend!! We’re looking forward to a warm winter 👍
Looking great 👍....Sometimes blessings come disguised as work.
Very true!
THIS IS SUCH SUCH AN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVMENT TO BOHT OF YOU 😇👍👌✨✨🚀🚀Cheers 🍻🍻
Thank you very much!
was there any talk of using driveway fabric for gravel, , I did not know of it until i searched for help after having low spot/potholes where I parked my truck.
Yes, but we chose to not do it because we used hardpan as the base and we are hoping to build a carport over the area down the road.
Two things that make me grumpy and my wife will not hang out with me is Wind and Mud. so today its suppose to blow here 58 MPH and I have already gotten on a ladder to fix a loose peace of tin by the light on my impact driver.
Both make me grumpy too! Not fun to be out on a ladder working in the dark! Youre bringing back memories LOL
So glad you got to check-check-check off so many pre-winter tasks. Can't wait to see how you fare throughout the winter.
Thanks! We are looking forward to seeing how the winter goes too!
The property is looking so good! Taming the mud will make things so much easier. 🙂👍👍🇨🇦
I think so too! It was really making a mess of everything :-)
I always thought those little compactors was garbage, but I was wrong because I see one in action and I was amazed on how well it worked, I would also consider some day down the road is to rent one of the big roller type just make sure that the roller is a drive wheel also, I recently see one of them in action and they really compact ravel, but what you did is definitely good, and if you're all set that's all that matters buddy. You and your wife are doing one heck of a job.
Thanks so much! It was old but worked great! I still have it and plan to use it in different directions this weekend.
I bet it feels great to get up out of the mud and have the dome covered. That 3/4 stone wont really compact and stay if you dont allow the fines under it to work there way up into it. The fines are what lock gravel in place. Item4 would make for a more solid gravel pad.
Yes, unfortunately it would have cost us another $700…doing what we can for now. 👍😊
Okay what is that grayish looking powder and what does it do? We are trying to control dust not mud but are very curious what that stuff is and what it is for.
It’s called pond scraping, but it’s basically the stone dust from the quarry. We were told it’s used to mix up an item 4 so it was cheaper to do it this way. Time will tell. Where there wasn’t any gravel it did get very mushy after it rained though. But the gravel area has been great so far.
Lots of progress. Taming the mud is a good thing! So glad that you are in the final stretch of the ground work.
thanks! Final stretch before winter but the really work starts next spring when the wife wants to plant a million plants LOL
Place is looking Awesome, putting that stone down is going to make life so much better, not having to great with all that mud
seriously huge for us. so tired of sweeping and cleaning every time we go outside!
Looking great guys, what an awesome job you've done.
Thank you so much. We are looking forward to relaxing a little this winter :-)
I raise my hand to you both for never giving up!!! Looking so good!!!
Thank you!
Detailing now, so the BIG jobs are done. Yay!
😁😊👍
Good job! Why did you choose not to use road fabric under the gravel and instead use a sand mix?
Because the dirt under it is called hardpan and will pack down really well and we are hoping to put in a carport down the road so it will be dug up again....
Replace the shelter logic tarp with metal roof panels . From the big box store. Seen it done on another channel .
Yes, we are planning to do something like that but the metal roofing is so expensive we just don't have the extra money in our budget. I have been keep my eye on facebook marketplace. Also looking into corrugated plastic....
It is sure going to be a different winter for you two this year and you scraped and sweated for every bit of it. Wonderful 😂
Very different 😁 thanks!
Man that's an old packer with a wood base plate.We had one like it at work, but the steel bottom plate had worn through to the wood.
it may be old but it is still going strong! Like me LOL
You need to drink a beverage at the end of the video, and hope you get noticed by the company of that beverage.
Ha! Just thinking what kind of beverage LOL
.....very exciting as the zone zoomed in to see the greeen on the roof!
It's growing so well now!
It looks like you are going to be much more prepared for this winter! Good luck and thanks for sharing your experience.
thank you so much! We appreciate that you follow along :-)
Will be so much better for spring
absolutely :-)
Looking great!
Blessings ❤
Thank you :-)
That looks way nicer and cleaner 👍
Thank you!
Looks fantastic 😊
Thank you so much!
that funny she call a tractor a loader🤔
Everything looks fantastic 😊.
Thank you!
I’m so happy for you two 😊. Your patience and hard work is paying off. It is looking wonderful ♥️
Thank you so much!
Just lovin' your work ethics.🫰
appreciate that!