I really like your technique for building the swale. Using a tiller and then the frontloader is a technique i have not seen before. Your work seems great and I can totally imagine why these folks called you in. I hate to point this out, but I think its quite important as you mention a slope around minute 3:44. A swale does not have any slope. A swale is an absolutely level ditch that is meant to soak the water into the soil. A ditch with a grading that is supposed to drain water away from a house is just that, a drainage ditch. Lets use clear language so that people that DIY this stuff and find your video as inspiration don't get confused. Thank you for sharing though, great work!
I really like how you were able to conserve all that sod/soil by grinding it up with the tiller. I have a big driveway to do and I need a lot of fill dirt. Win/win.
I wonder if the French drain man would have done it this way? I am thinking a slotted 4"or 6" pvc pipe french drain with round stone wrapped the geotextile fabric might be less costly than the swale? However, the swale does work a great job!
Swale is more reliable. Surface drainage is cheaper and less maintenance. Make sure you exhaust all surface drainage options before installing drainage tile.
@@TractorTimewithTim Thank you for your prompt reply. I think I’m just gonna go with discharge lines out to daylight & add a large catch basin. I do have a natural swale on left side of house do to heavy rains but of 5 ft away from foundation kind of close to the house I wish I could get add another swale more in the middle of yard away from house. The good thing is I’m on a hill excellence slope in the front out to the storm drain. I also added topsoil around the foundation. It’s 1970 bi level with a walk out stone wall & large cement patio. We never got water coming inside. No matter how much rain or snow amazing. I’m guess my clay footer drain tiles are working good thank God we are on a slight hill.
When we purchased our house, the seller told us that over a fifteen year period, they could never get grass to grow in the yard. I spread four inches of compost top soil and then six inches of mulch. After the mulch biodegraded, I got a bag of grass seed that had seven different types of grass seed mixed. I did not water it any, it was just being watered by the rain. Only two grass types survived. I let them over grow until they put out their own seed sprouts. When the seed sprouts dried and turned black, I mowed. I did this several times over the first year. Within on year, I had a full yard of wonderful grass and never have to sprinkler. After 20+ years, we have grass that grows like a forest and we do not own a sprinkler. Great job on your little 1025R. We looked at the 1025R with the backhoe, the 2025R and 3025E two days ago. We were told John Deere has developed a reinforced backhoe for all the 3025E tractor, but is not for sale yet. Your videos are very convincing of the capabilities of the 1025R.
folks still call before you dig it is the law in most states and is free !!Smart to go out when it is raining you then can get a clear picture what the water is doing .You don't want dirt touching your brick should be at least 4 to 6 inch below the brick.Burying your gutters discharge pipe out to the swale .
@@TractorTimewithTim sorry, you did use a laser level. Unfortunately, I’ve never used a laser level and wouldn’t mind seeing how you set it up. If it’s dead simple and self explanatory then it’s probably not worth adding it to a video. BTW, I really enjoy your videos!
Thanks for the video Tim. I have a Howard rotovator that I may use to do just that. I was going to use my Tuffline Ripper. Prolly get the same result but the ripper will let me go deeper. She is in Mass? She should consult an attorney. that flooding is required by law to have been disclosed. But TIM TIM TIM. You didn't show how you groomed the swale into that nice shape. Did you use the angle capacity on the three-point to pitch the tiller off at an angle?
I think they will be fine. It filled the crawlspace from outside. We now have that drainage issue fixed. Not sure why I needed the blade, I thought that the slope came out great!
Tim, I found that a box grader would work wonders in this type of application. You can cut a ditch in no time with it. Maybe talk to the CFO in investing in one. your method works as well.
Ah, hey David er Sally! You may lose your handle if you don’t point out something where I nearly killed someone :-) We were really pleased with how this turned out. I was wondering how we would get the side slope worked out, but tilling with one wheel in the dig out portion made it look beautiful.
I can, yes. I have to do it manually. I’m too lazy and impatient, I guess. It doesn’t work very well for me. The approach I used seems much faster and easier to me. Can you do a slope quickly by adjusting the lift arms?
Tractor Time with Tim it works well in bare dirt but not so much with sod. My tractor is to small for ripping sod with box scraper, tiller works better in sod. I have an LS xj 2025h runs out of traction before power. Think I'm going to fill rear tires with RV anti freeze, non corrosive and non toxic if I spring a leak.
Ok, I hate you. Here in VA I have clay and quartz. I can not go 1 foot without hitting a basketball size rock. All my soil is red clay and I have to augment everywhere I want to grow. Grrrr, and your nice northern dirt. Great job Tim, that will fix that water. Nice yard guys. :)
Tim from being from a family in construction background and done construction here and there the top coarse of a block foundation or 6-12 inches from the bottom of the trim should not have soil up against it the moisture further down needs a area where it can breathe and dry out the more soil that gets level with the rim joists the foundation will sink
Thanks for the reminder Nathan, we have looked and measured and have the 6 inch clearance. We would like to be closer to the 12 inches, but that is just not possible with the lay of the property.
The laser was incredibly valuable for this client. They couldn’t see the slope accurately. They originally wanted me to run the water uphill. Once we showed them with the laser, we convinced them to run that water from the house out to the new swale.
Going to do this in our yard once it dries up. I got a 647 tiller not long ago for my 1023e . It works really good! I just plowed up about 3/4 of an acre last week for food plots without a single issue. Thanks for all your videos!
There was a movie, "DRAGNET" (1987) with Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks. There was a character, Connie Swail, (the Virgin, Connie Swail). Do you realize what it was like to be reminded of that for years after seeing that movie? Almost everytime I saw a concrete swale. Eventually, I forgot about it, UNTIL !!! LOLOL :)
They had a pretty good idea what they wanted. The challenge is for me to understand their vision. That is why we keep asking “Is this looking like you expected?’ And ‘what do you think so far?’
Tractor Time with Tim You may be using the wrong words. Instead of " is this what you expected?" Try, "How can we make this even better?" That way you are not implying that you are getting it wrong.
could be ...but the way I've been handling it has been working well with customers. I think they kind of like that I am not over-arrogant about our approach. Honestly, I can't imagine being able to please our customers any more. Every one of them seems to be delighted when we leave, and even more-so if we speak to them again later.
Timely video! I'm buying my 1 series for projects around my house, and one of them is to correct some drainage issues. Fortunately, the problems aren't near my house so I can learn by trial and error, but this video will help a lot. Question, though. I envisioned using a box blade for this sort of thing but now I'm thinking tiller. I will need to level low spots in yard too. Thoughts on tiller vs box blade? Thanks!
I was glad Christy visited 6 weeks after the work was completed and provided the after footage and updated info as to how the swale performed. It looks great. I am glad the client no longer has rain water collecting near the house. Awesome job!
Nice job! I kinda have the same thing done across the back and down the side of my house to divert rain water and the runoff from melting snow on the hills behind me
That tractor and front loader did a great job in that yard, and they must be so happy not to have the standing water in the yard also. I want to do some cleaning in my yard, but there is too many trees in the way, meaning plenty of stumps in the way. I have to fill in some low spots with dirt and see what I can do with the soil already here.
Wow! Awesome change! Really appreciated the extra effort of shown what the completed project looked like with the grass grown back in again with very successful seeding attempt... yea! O:-)
Nice Job! Learning a lot from your channel. You convinced me to get a rototiller. Got a used Gearmore with new tines. Had to replace the seal on the gear drive but now it’s new. Can’t wait to use it. I’m trying to do the same kind of business in north San Diego county.
Great Job guys. Looks like it turned out well. I thought of a couple of french drains but it looks like the swales are working. Loved there Great Dane our neighbour had one for years they are such gentle giants and loveable dogs. I'M not sure I would of closed on a house that had water in the crawl space the day of signing brave people. Love you guys. Keep up the great work. Tim hope your dad is doing ok from his stroke. Happy 4th of july. God Bless America!!!
Yes, quite brave. However, this is the type of 'bravery' that increases one's net worth quickly. I'm sure they got it "cheap"...and now that they have fixed the problem (for likely ~$1000 or so), they have increased the value of their house dramatically! Yes, I think Dad is doing as well as can be expected. Thanks.
French drains are great for ground water, the problem we were dealing with here is surface water. If we see ground water issues we will go back and do french drains. (hoping we do not have to do that)
Nice job Tim. That was great to see and hear how it worked out after getting the grass back. Nice filming Christy. Christy I noticed the van was still there. Lol Y'all take care and God bless.
I agree about the follow videos. I really think it would enhance your channel. I think most regular viewers are curious about how your projects do long term. And, that goes for your garden videos also. For example, how did those potatoes do? Did the lime on the grass work? How did the drainage project go? Etc...you get the idea. Also, I would love to see weekly q and a videos as well as product reviews. Your channel is growing and you deserve it. You guys seem like rock solid people and I really appreciate your hard work. Thank you.
I think folks who don't work with this type of stuff as frequently don't "see" the elevation changes as easily as folks who work with it every day. We find that the laser is the "great equalizer" and "truth teller". Need to come up with a good name for it... Anyway, once folks see what the laser tells them, they are more trusting that they might not be seeing things from the proper, uh, ...perspective :-) We have found this helpful. So much so, that we plan to have our laser with us even for future 'estimate' visits. In the past, often we have sort of debated with a customer about the elevation changes during the estimate process. Again, I think the laser will help that.
Tractor Time with Tim laser level is a must bought one 20years ago when I built my shop. Almost impossible to live without it now water simply don't run up hill with out some form of help like a pump. You can dam water and back it up but for it to drain must have fall.
I can only say one thing...Awesome job!! That was a very well thought out and even a better execution of very unique solution for an urban flooding problem. Well done Tim and Johnnie for an urban subdivision flooding problem. You proved that by just thinking about a big problem that a simple well thought out simple solution would work better that anyone could imagine....Thank Goodness for Johnnie he certainly took what could have been weeks of hard back breaking work into just a few hours of fun! Most people would have done more work than needed and would have gotten much poorer results than you all achieved, and Johnnie was the perfect instrument to do the job!
We have found several times where we can solve a problem for a few hundred dollars where many companies have proposed a $10,000 solution (or more!) We are not out to 'stick it to' customers. Rather, we want to find the simplest, most effective solution to their problems. In this case, surface drainage, along with a fix by the city was the solution. Honestly, I think we could have even handled the 'vast amount' of water being dumped in their by the broken city drainage pipe after we implemented this ditch. It would have drained sufficiently to protect the house. ...but the city's solution makes this a virtual guaranteed long term fix. Summary. Focus on surface drainage solutions FIRST.
I had a swale put in sever years ago to help move the water in my back yard since it stayed soggy. Swales do what there suppose to do. That was some nice grass seed he put down looking at 6 week return video. Great job Tim and Christie
Nice work Tim. That swale is going to help that home owner keep his house dry. I noticed earlier in your video that he didn’t have his gutters set up to drain farther away from the house. Your “after” video didn’t show if he fixed that. He put in a lot of effort to get that grass growing in so well.
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Can't imagine being without the tiller. I continually mis-treat it, but it keeps coming back for more. At this point, even if I destroy the gearbox on it, it has more than paid for itself. There are some limitations, but overall, it is my go-to dirt work attachment.
Next time you see that tomato lady ask her what tomato plant produces the most tomatoes and what do you have to do to the soil in preparation? Thank you!
All wild tomatoes are from Ecuador and Peru. The wild relative is grows like a weed (even through walls in city areas). Prolific depends on what you want for a product. If you want the most mass of tomato produced It is your Cherry tomatoes (standard red and round). If you do not let them freeze they will keep going for multiple years (actually are what we call short lived perennial species). To prepare the soil: They are pretty hungry, so decent amounts of nitrogen and other nutrients. Also like fairly well drained soil.
More great stuff Christy and Tim !!! Thank you all so much !!! You did a great job !!! Please be safe and God bless you all !!! Also I love seeing rainbows !!! It gives me " Glory bumps " !!!!! May God have mercy on America !!!! Eddy
Also, they solve different issues. We watch for a year, and are pretty sure this is a surface water issue. If it turns out to be ground water we will have Tim, Christy, and Johnny back to help with some french drains. Note, if your issue is surface water and you put in french drains you can still have surface water issues.
Great and thanks for the follow up video that was awesome!
A scripture at the end! Cool!!!
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It works well
"Compactor......cheeseburger enhanced!" 9:31 Ha!!
I really like your technique for building the swale. Using a tiller and then the frontloader is a technique i have not seen before. Your work seems great and I can totally imagine why these folks called you in. I hate to point this out, but I think its quite important as you mention a slope around minute 3:44.
A swale does not have any slope. A swale is an absolutely level ditch that is meant to soak the water into the soil. A ditch with a grading that is supposed to drain water away from a house is just that, a drainage ditch.
Lets use clear language so that people that DIY this stuff and find your video as inspiration don't get confused. Thank you for sharing though, great work!
Ah, perhaps it might be useful to note that a mature oak tree exhales about 2000 liters of water per day.
I am enjoying these old Tim videos, love the creating of the swell!
I am about to dig some swell swales in my yard. This video really helps me plan out my swale. Thanks for the great video
Sounds good! I enjoy making swales. Be sure to use a laser level if you have nearly level terrain.
@@TractorTimewithTim will do, thanks
Watching this dude make a good living when his tractor is smaller then anything you own, good on him .
Very very very nice work guys.
I really like how you were able to conserve all that sod/soil by grinding it up with the tiller. I have a big driveway to do and I need a lot of fill dirt. Win/win.
These are the vids I like to see on this channel
Project videos?
Great job Uncle Tim.
I wonder if the French drain man would have done it this way? I am thinking a slotted 4"or 6" pvc pipe french drain with round stone wrapped the geotextile fabric might be less costly than the swale? However, the swale does work a great job!
Swale is more reliable. Surface drainage is cheaper and less maintenance. Make sure you exhaust all surface drainage options before installing drainage tile.
@@TractorTimewithTim Thank you for your prompt reply. I think I’m just gonna go with discharge lines out to daylight & add a large catch basin. I do have a natural swale on left side of house do to heavy rains but of 5 ft away from foundation kind of close to the house I wish I could get add another swale more in the middle of yard away from house. The good thing is I’m on a hill excellence slope in the front out to the storm drain. I also added topsoil around the foundation. It’s 1970 bi level with a walk out stone wall & large cement patio. We never got water coming inside. No matter how much rain or snow amazing. I’m guess my clay footer drain tiles are working good thank God we are on a slight hill.
I am amazed at how Stone Free the top soil is. Here in New England there are always lots of small stones to rake out. Jimi Hendrix would approve.
When we purchased our house, the seller told us that over a fifteen year period, they could never get grass to grow in the yard. I spread four inches of compost top soil and then six inches of mulch. After the mulch biodegraded, I got a bag of grass seed that had seven different types of grass seed mixed. I did not water it any, it was just being watered by the rain. Only two grass types survived. I let them over grow until they put out their own seed sprouts. When the seed sprouts dried and turned black, I mowed. I did this several times over the first year. Within on year, I had a full yard of wonderful grass and never have to sprinkler. After 20+ years, we have grass that grows like a forest and we do not own a sprinkler.
Great job on your little 1025R.
We looked at the 1025R with the backhoe, the 2025R and 3025E two days ago.
We were told John Deere has developed a reinforced backhoe for all the 3025E tractor, but is not for sale yet.
Your videos are very convincing of the capabilities of the 1025R.
folks still call before you dig it is the law in most states and is free !!Smart to go out when it is raining you then can get a clear picture what the water is doing .You don't want dirt touching your brick should be at least 4 to 6 inch below the brick.Burying your gutters discharge pipe out to the swale .
The heavy hitch tooth bar works very well for your needs
Yes, it is perfect!
So Tim, tilling is the best start for your projects?
I’ve had ONE project where starting by tiling turned out to be a mistake. In Colorado, leveling for horse arena.
@@TractorTimewithTim do you have that one to share? That would be good to see.... Also, keep me in your prayers, I am preaching at church tomorrow!
I know this is an old video, but would you consider how you use a laser level to ensure you’ve got the grade you want
Not sure I understand the question. We used a laser in this one, right?
@@TractorTimewithTim sorry, you did use a laser level. Unfortunately, I’ve never used a laser level and wouldn’t mind seeing how you set it up. If it’s dead simple and self explanatory then it’s probably not worth adding it to a video. BTW, I really enjoy your videos!
Thank you.
I have shown a bit more with the laser box blade we have been using more recently. Maybe those would be helpful?
Nice work. Can you tell where to find the clamp on bucket teeth? My Bolens h1502 would love some!
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That was an interesting video. Would a box blade with scarafiers work in place of the rotary tiller?
Somewhat…but hard to beat a tiller.
@@TractorTimewithTim thank you for your kind reply! I’ll keep an eye out for a used tiller.
Thanks for the video Tim. I have a Howard rotovator that I may use to do just that. I was going to use my Tuffline Ripper. Prolly get the same result but the ripper will let me go deeper.
She is in Mass? She should consult an attorney. that flooding is required by law to have been disclosed.
But TIM TIM TIM. You didn't show how you groomed the swale into that nice shape. Did you use the angle capacity on the three-point to pitch the tiller off at an angle?
I thought we showed it. We just dug the middle out, then tilled with one wheel in the dug out portion. It angled the swale perfectly!
Have y’all made the decision on what tractor to get
Nice job
Should have also brought you grader blade to grade it better on the slop. Also sounds like they need a sump pump in there crawl space
I think they will be fine. It filled the crawlspace from outside. We now have that drainage issue fixed.
Not sure why I needed the blade, I thought that the slope came out great!
Tractor Time with Tim thought it may have made it easier to slope the edges
It is a pain to switch back and forth between attachments. If second tractor, then maybe, but the bucket works well for most of these tasks.
Tractor Time with Tim I bet it is even with a quick hitch
Yes. I don’t like changing attachments while at the client job. Another reason for a second tractor!
I think you guys did a great job. John and Natasha did a fantastic job with their gardening too!!
Yes, they did a great job. Their yard looks fantastic!
Tim, I found that a box grader would work wonders in this type of application. You can cut a ditch in no time with it. Maybe talk to the CFO in investing in one. your method works as well.
I have an 800 foot swale to make this was very helpful. Your friend Sally.
Ah, hey David er Sally! You may lose your handle if you don’t point out something where I nearly killed someone :-)
We were really pleased with how this turned out. I was wondering how we would get the side slope worked out, but tilling with one wheel in the dig out portion made it look beautiful.
Almost forgot, happy independence day
Can you tilt the lower links on Johnny ? That's what I do with the box scraper and tiller when I want slope.
I can, yes. I have to do it manually. I’m too lazy and impatient, I guess. It doesn’t work very well for me.
The approach I used seems much faster and easier to me.
Can you do a slope quickly by adjusting the lift arms?
Tractor Time with Tim it works well in bare dirt but not so much with sod. My tractor is to small for ripping sod with box scraper, tiller works better in sod. I have an LS xj 2025h runs out of traction before power. Think I'm going to fill rear tires with RV anti freeze, non corrosive and non toxic if I spring a leak.
That's one sweet swale.
You done a swale job Tim! Heehee!
Great work Tim and Christy
Thank you, I was wondering about an update
Very nice job by both families involved
Thanks Kevin. Yes, John did a great job getting the grass to grow.
Great job, well done. Thanks for the follow up, they did great with the grass.
Great before and after video. That helps me visualize projects on my west property. Thanks.
Thanks for the feedback!
Nice work
Thanks for sharing !
Ok, I hate you. Here in VA I have clay and quartz. I can not go 1 foot without hitting a basketball size rock. All my soil is red clay and I have to augment everywhere I want to grow. Grrrr, and your nice northern dirt. Great job Tim, that will fix that water. Nice yard guys. :)
No question that we have great soil here! Thanks for watching!
Tim from being from a family in construction background and done construction here and there the top coarse of a block foundation or 6-12 inches from the bottom of the trim should not have soil up against it the moisture further down needs a area where it can breathe and dry out the more soil that gets level with the rim joists the foundation will sink
Thanks for the reminder Nathan, we have looked and measured and have the 6 inch clearance. We would like to be closer to the 12 inches, but that is just not possible with the lay of the property.
Soggy house, too bad they bought that issue, nice people,
Once again, you done a swale job!
nice Job Tim.... it helps when you have good equipment 👍
...even if it IS green, right? :-)
oh... i ment the laser.... LOL
The laser was incredibly valuable for this client. They couldn’t see the slope accurately. They originally wanted me to run the water uphill. Once we showed them with the laser, we convinced them to run that water from the house out to the new swale.
Very true. We just could not see how the water up by the garage was going to go. The Laser was amazing!
Nice work Tim.
That tiller works great. I didn’t see any rocks either.
Good job Tim the before and after is cool!
You guys do very nice work looks great
Looks great! Nice work!
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Going to do this in our yard once it dries up. I got a 647 tiller not long ago for my 1023e . It works really good! I just plowed up about 3/4 of an acre last week for food plots without a single issue. Thanks for all your videos!
There was a movie, "DRAGNET" (1987) with Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks.
There was a character, Connie Swail, (the Virgin, Connie Swail). Do you realize what it was like to be reminded of that for years after seeing that movie? Almost everytime I saw a concrete swale. Eventually, I forgot about it, UNTIL !!! LOLOL :)
Nice job Tim.
Looks good.
The customers seem very happy with the results. Great job!
Yes. This is the typical customer response to our work.
Good job pleasing customers not knowing what they really wanted. 👍
They had a pretty good idea what they wanted. The challenge is for me to understand their vision. That is why we keep asking “Is this looking like you expected?’ And ‘what do you think so far?’
Tractor Time with Tim You may be using the wrong words. Instead of " is this what you expected?" Try, "How can we make this even better?" That way you are not implying that you are getting it wrong.
could be ...but the way I've been handling it has been working well with customers. I think they kind of like that I am not over-arrogant about our approach.
Honestly, I can't imagine being able to please our customers any more. Every one of them seems to be delighted when we leave, and even more-so if we speak to them again later.
You Guys are The Best! You helped us get exactly what we wanted.
Good stuff
Timely video! I'm buying my 1 series for projects around my house, and one of them is to correct some drainage issues. Fortunately, the problems aren't near my house so I can learn by trial and error, but this video will help
a lot.
Question, though. I envisioned using a box blade for this sort of thing but now I'm thinking tiller. I will need to level low spots in yard too.
Thoughts on tiller vs box blade? Thanks!
The 1025R is a real workhorse! I finally received my tooth bar - makes a BIG difference. Keep the great videos coming.
Congratulations! Yes, the toothbar transforms the loader!
Tim Cristi good show give the viewer some good ideas on how to landscape keep the vedios comming
God Bless all
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Thanks for your continued encouragement!
I was glad Christy visited 6 weeks after the work was completed and provided the after footage and updated info as to how the swale performed. It looks great. I am glad the client no longer has rain water collecting near the house. Awesome job!
Here for dog
Nice job!
I kinda have the same thing done across the back and down the side of my house to divert rain water and the runoff from melting snow on the hills behind me
That tractor and front loader did a great job in that yard, and they must be so happy not to have the standing water in the yard also. I want to do some cleaning in my yard, but there is too many trees in the way, meaning plenty of stumps in the way. I have to fill in some low spots with dirt and see what I can do with the soil already here.
Yea, that will probably work better than you might think. Once you get started, the plan often 'takes shape'.
Nice job Tim
Another great job.👍Johnny make it right
that was a nice job lovr the idea of making use of what you got and made different
Wow! Awesome change! Really appreciated the extra effort of shown what the completed project looked like with the grass grown back in again with very successful seeding attempt... yea! O:-)
Thanks for watching!
Nice Job! Learning a lot from your channel. You convinced me to get a rototiller. Got a used Gearmore with new tines. Had to replace the seal on the gear drive but now it’s new. Can’t wait to use it. I’m trying to do the same kind of business in north San Diego county.
Great Job guys. Looks like it turned out well. I thought of a couple of french drains but it looks like the swales are working. Loved there Great Dane our neighbour had one for years they are such gentle giants and loveable dogs. I'M not sure I would of closed on a house that had water in the crawl space the day of signing brave people. Love you guys. Keep up the great work. Tim hope your dad is doing ok from his stroke. Happy 4th of july. God Bless America!!!
Yes, quite brave. However, this is the type of 'bravery' that increases one's net worth quickly. I'm sure they got it "cheap"...and now that they have fixed the problem (for likely ~$1000 or so), they have increased the value of their house dramatically!
Yes, I think Dad is doing as well as can be expected. Thanks.
French drains are great for ground water, the problem we were dealing with here is surface water. If we see ground water issues we will go back and do french drains. (hoping we do not have to do that)
This old fart enjoys your video! Thanks!!
Nice work, looks good.
Nice job Tim. That was great to see and hear how it worked out after getting the grass back. Nice filming Christy. Christy I noticed the van was still there. Lol Y'all take care and God bless.
Ha! Maybe we need that van as our new work truck??
Tim, I like the follow up part of the video. You should do more of these, even if they are separate videos.
Yea, kinda hard for us to do. I guess we should make a special effort to drive around to some of the prior jobs.
I agree about the follow videos. I really think it would enhance your channel. I think most regular viewers are curious about how your projects do long term. And, that goes for your garden videos also. For example, how did those potatoes do? Did the lime on the grass work? How did the drainage project go? Etc...you get the idea. Also, I would love to see weekly q and a videos as well as product reviews. Your channel is growing and you deserve it. You guys seem like rock solid people and I really appreciate your hard work. Thank you.
Thanks for the good advice.
Fall. Need fall for water to run down hill. Some people never figure it out. Good work
I think folks who don't work with this type of stuff as frequently don't "see" the elevation changes as easily as folks who work with it every day.
We find that the laser is the "great equalizer" and "truth teller". Need to come up with a good name for it...
Anyway, once folks see what the laser tells them, they are more trusting that they might not be seeing things from the proper, uh, ...perspective :-)
We have found this helpful. So much so, that we plan to have our laser with us even for future 'estimate' visits. In the past, often we have sort of debated with a customer about the elevation changes during the estimate process. Again, I think the laser will help that.
Tractor Time with Tim laser level is a must bought one 20years ago when I built my shop. Almost impossible to live without it now water simply don't run up hill with out some form of help like a pump. You can dam water and back it up but for it to drain must have fall.
What the brand transit are you using.
It is in our amazon store: amazon.com/shop/tractortimewithtim In the ‘general’ section.
Tractor Time with Tim ok thanks!
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Sorry about that. I had messed it up, and didn’t test! Try it again.
I can only say one thing...Awesome job!! That was a very well thought out and even a better execution of very unique solution for an urban flooding problem. Well done Tim and Johnnie for an urban subdivision flooding problem. You proved that by just thinking about a big problem that a simple well thought out simple solution would work better that anyone could imagine....Thank Goodness for Johnnie he certainly took what could have been weeks of hard back breaking work into just a few hours of fun!
Most people would have done more work than needed and would have gotten much poorer results than you all achieved, and Johnnie was the perfect instrument to do the job!
We have found several times where we can solve a problem for a few hundred dollars where many companies have proposed a $10,000 solution (or more!)
We are not out to 'stick it to' customers. Rather, we want to find the simplest, most effective solution to their problems.
In this case, surface drainage, along with a fix by the city was the solution. Honestly, I think we could have even handled the 'vast amount' of water being dumped in their by the broken city drainage pipe after we implemented this ditch. It would have drained sufficiently to protect the house. ...but the city's solution makes this a virtual guaranteed long term fix.
Summary. Focus on surface drainage solutions FIRST.
I had a swale put in sever years ago to help move the water in my back yard since it stayed soggy. Swales do what there suppose to do. That was some nice grass seed he put down looking at 6 week return video. Great job Tim and Christie
Great before and after shots. Looks like the dog was big enough to pull a plow.
Nice work Tim. That swale is going to help that home owner keep his house dry. I noticed earlier in your video that he didn’t have his gutters set up to drain farther away from the house. Your “after” video didn’t show if he fixed that. He put in a lot of effort to get that grass growing in so well.
It’s all about keeping the customer happy. Happy customers talk and talking customers makes more work
HEY CHRISTY.....
THE ( FORD VAN ) ACROSS THE STREET
WOULD MAKE FOR AN EXCELLENT
( ✌🏼"WORK - TRUCK/VAN" ✌🏼 ) Hahah...
[ I'm Just Saying My Friend ] 😉 .....
🇺🇸 HAPPY 4th. Of JULY 🇺🇸
...TO YOU T.T.W.T. FAMILY...
From "PITTSBURGH" Pa. ......
( KNUCKLE👊🏽BUMP ) Stay Safe....
PS.
I HAD 1 ( SWELL 👈🏼 OF A TIME )
WATCHING THIS VIDEO TOO....
🙃 Snickering Here ......
I wonder if it would be worth while or if you've considered buying one of those blue bird sod cutters?
Yes, it might be worth it. However, would be a LOT more work!
Two things: that grass sure grew fast in that ditch. And the more I watch you use that tiller, the more I think I need one!
Can't imagine being without the tiller. I continually mis-treat it, but it keeps coming back for more. At this point, even if I destroy the gearbox on it, it has more than paid for itself.
There are some limitations, but overall, it is my go-to dirt work attachment.
saw the tractor man with rake in hand twice does that equate to 2 cheeseburgers?
Sounds good!!
LOL don't forget the pepsi
That’s awesome. Fantastic work you all did! Guess I need to invest in a tiller for my Jonny, that’s slick!
Tim, great work. Home many hours do you have on the 1025 now?
Don't walk on the grass? Lol.
As usual, you and Johnny did a fine job, it looks great especially after the grass has come back up...
I can see you guys pulling the tractor around town with the scooby-doo van
Scooby Dooby doo, who are you?
Next time you see that tomato lady ask her what tomato plant produces the most tomatoes and what do you have to do to the soil in preparation? Thank you!
All wild tomatoes are from Ecuador and Peru. The wild relative is grows like a weed (even through walls in city areas). Prolific depends on what you want for a product. If you want the most mass of tomato produced It is your Cherry tomatoes (standard red and round). If you do not let them freeze they will keep going for multiple years (actually are what we call short lived perennial species). To prepare the soil: They are pretty hungry, so decent amounts of nitrogen and other nutrients. Also like fairly well drained soil.
More great stuff Christy and Tim !!! Thank you all so much !!! You did a great job !!! Please be safe and God bless you all !!! Also I love seeing rainbows !!! It gives me " Glory bumps " !!!!! May God have mercy on America !!!! Eddy
I always get jealous seeing a tractor dig in beautiful soil! My poor little JD 2305 gets beat to death on our sand and rock laden Texas ground 🙄
Yes. I’ve never before experienced soil like we have here.
why no french drain O:
I’m a strong believer in surface drainage. It never fails, and is quite cost effective.
indeed
Also, they solve different issues. We watch for a year, and are pretty sure this is a surface water issue. If it turns out to be ground water we will have Tim, Christy, and Johnny back to help with some french drains. Note, if your issue is surface water and you put in french drains you can still have surface water issues.
youre absolutely right.
Wow! The before and after footage was a real treat!!! That came out awesome!!!!! Great Job again!!!!
John is a superstar when it comes to growing grass!
That was very informative thanks much!
I like how you did this I need to do it at my house when I get a tractor
Great work!
You should look at a Massey Ferguson 1540 with a DL 120 loader is what I have on my farm it has a shuttle shift transmission
he will get a ven trac
Love the Boston sweat shirt.
Quick question how do you guys promote your work ? Do you guys use Craigslist or is it all just from your website ?
sometimes use craigslist. ...but now we get several opportunities via this channel.
Tractor Time with Tim I appreciate the response thank you
Tim you are really becoming quite the landscaping expert, have a happy 4th, stay safe, God bless and remember, bad choices make for a good story! :)
Tim, I'm really digging these videos :D
Glad to hear that!!
David Sharrow Very punny!