Repairing Washed Out Gravel Driveway
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2023
- Here I repair and improve a severely washed out gravel driveway such that heavy rains will no longer damage it.
Equipment Used:
Excavator: 2022 Bobcat E50 R2-Series
Skidsteer/CTL: 2021 Bobcat T66
Excavator Tilt: Bobcat Power Tilt
Dump Trailer: 2020 BigTex 14LP
Camera: GoPro Hero 7
End video of rain performance and corrections were excellent. Not many people would actually go back to see how their work performs. A+
Great job. What is more valuable is a man who stands behind his work.
“Repairing” is an understatement. You built a whole new driveway. Great work!
Thanks!
Exactly! Digging the swale!
Nice
Your work is great, very detailed, for someone who works alone...well done
As a UA-cam standard these videos are just for Entertainment value 9.6% are just someone that got a piece of equipment and telling you they are the best 😅but every once in a while you run into the 4% which you are. Know what you're doing I've been in construction over 40 years and I would say to you keep up the great work
86.4 won't see your error in decimal point. 96% 💪
Your math ain’t mathin
After watching you compact that driveway, I will never complain again about mowing my friend's 1-acre yard with my 42" riding mower. Nice job.
As someone that does this kind of work, I was very happy to see that you placed the stone under the asphalt for a base. It's all too often I see contractors just using fill dirt as a base and placing asphalt on top and knowing it will not last. Nice work!
??? English kidding ? But that’s exactly what he is doing.
I’ve got my driveway to repair, and obviously the way he is doing is extremely economical because he collects all gravel that have been washed out, but the problem isn’t no more pure gravel, it’s polluted with dirt and even worse : humus.
I don’t see how he can have the hope of cohesion for such a base.
I think he should find a place to dispose all that material at some place at the customer, maybe needs a truck or a dumper to move that, or pull it aside maybe ?
Then purchase expensive stone and gravel to build the crown after having cleaned the existing material from remaining dirt or humus
It is not easy to find such an ethical tradies nowadays. It is a pleasure to watch your video end to end.
I believe that'll be a lifetime driveway some people may think it's a little Overkill but they don't realize it will hold out for years and years to come with very little grading maintenance to the middle job well done 👍👏👏
This is the BEST driveway remake I have ever seen. The plan was flawless. The use of materials, excellent. The grading supurb. The finish beautiful. Thank you for giving us a peek into your mastery.
Pipe will be clogged in no time
Wow nothing like falling all over him with comments Do you have some other motive in mind😂
great job. you're really good at running the machines.
What an excellent outcome. It looks great and works as intended. Love the follow up during the rain to see how water actually flows in the swales. Excellent work and attention to detail.
nice work...thanks for you tubing it for us!!
That driveway had everything working against it! The finished product you delivered is a job well done for that homeowner! 👍
Simply amazing, like watching an artist/ surgeon.
Damn, Those are some quality asphalt millings..
Very interesting watching your video from start to finish ! So quality workmanship & attention to detail. Not many can do professional work like this. If I had any driveway work, you would be at the top of the list to hire !! 👍
Thank you very much!
Nice job! I had a gravel driveway, on a similar hill, that I battled for thirty-five years. I finally had it asphalted fifteen years ago. The issue with asphalt is it requires sealing often and the edges are prone to crumble over time. Good job on those wood chips. I have a tree stump grinding business. I ALWAYS inform my customers that grass will not grow over wood chips. The best thing to do is haul them off.
Agreed, you can’t just throw seed on woodchips, but as long as you throw an inch or so of topsoil over the chips, grass will grow… it’ll just sink as the chips deteriorate.
Really good driveway rebuild, it looks great! With all that rain, it held up really well, looks like it passed the test.
I watched your channel for the first time and was most impressed by your work and the final result. You did a good job.
You have introduced me to a whole new dimension of landscaping. Wow! My days of watching guys mow, edge, blow and go may be coming to an end. I'm on board! Txs for sharing.
Haha thanks! Watching mowing and sidewalk edging is quite cathartic as well.
You did a whole drive way build. that was massive. Great job.
I guess you missed him undermining the whole build with the addition of top soil and tree roots lol
Looks like a fantastic job to me honestly. Water is quite the force to contend with no matter the circumstances and sometimes youve got to go back and correct a few spots. Thats just how it is
Nice. Tail-gating material can be a time saver.
The driveway looks really good, I’m sure the owners are happy.
As an artist such as this man, Id make each layer 5 feet think. The homeowner could use the lawn as the driveway and admire my work from afar.
Rewatched! Love this video and the transformation!
Very good operator! Fun to watch.
A lot of contractors wouldn't put their name on a project like this. Some people dont have the funds available to have a proper base put in, unfortunately yes that will mean it will need repairs again. You did a lot more than most contractors would have did for this customer. Hopefully one day they can afford to put a proper base under that driveway. Top soil is definitely not a proper base material. Thank you for looking out for the low budget folk.
100% The dirt should have been moved out and the base established in its place.
I wish I had the money to do my driveway like this.
Thanks for your intro., Explaining the 'how to' and 'why'.
Great job
I was taking notes during the whole video.
Fantastic work! Your video has helped with ideas for the downhill sloped rural road that passes in front of our property.
french drains where you can are a great help.
STILL love this video... so much to watch and enjoy about this project!
Subscribed. I was most impressed with the sandy loam swell on back of curve and the fact that you didn’t bury the root crowns of those trees.
You sir are an artist ! I’ve spent many a happy hour on a skid steer as an adult ( old man) and many a day on a dozer as a youngster
Never as an occupation , I never reached the level of a great operator but I get by , nothing like the rush you get from running a good piece of equipment! Great content ! Thank you !
Exceptional driveway job Brian!
Also, your video editing skills are second to none.
omg yayyy i had to resort to going back & watching my fave old vids from your channel.
Very nice work. That customer should be very pleased.
that was cool to watch. I enjoyed working with this type of equipment when I was younger. Good job.
Super terrific workmanship. Great satisfying video. Educational too.
I watch alot of content like this, and first time seeing something from your channel. Excellent!!
Thanks!
I don't know about functionality, but I do know that it's beautiful.
Great job. Bravo sir!!!
Really enjoyed watching you work, this driveway held up very good for the amount of rain fall you had. Man you know your way around a skid steer and excavator. 👍👍
You even took the time to show us your handiwork and what you changed while it was raining. Great video
Nice video, love the rain check at the end, it’s always surprising what actually happens when the rain picks up. We have a 400ft steep driveway in the mountains and it’s a forever project. Not found anywhere yet that can deliver asphalt filings so struggling for options to seal it off in a diy fashion. It’s mainly base that compacts well, but if extremely dry summers turns to dust and gravel
wow, and i thought only gate city foundation drainage revisited his work, good job.
Looks great. Hopefully the mail man can navigate the new pipe.
And dead trees also all the soft spots that will turn into pot holes from the mixing of top soil into the road base
Great job 100% better. Water issues should be eliminated.
Nice. A quality fix and upgrade. Good to go for decades.
oh heck yeah, I want one of those machines. that thing moves so fast work gets done real quick
Homeowner got his money worth .Very good job.
How do you know that without knowing the full price of the job ?
Never put topsoil in a road regardless of how much stone you add because it stays mushy,
especially when wet.
Always save topsoil and spread it out on in the grass where it needed it.
This is why no one listens to contractors that know what they are doing. They see shit like this and think its ok. Did anyone see the ruts in there after the dump truck dropped off the first 3 loads of gravel. The driveway is unstable and will continue to stay wet and shift. The culvert too, omg.
Road base is not used for a standalone road topping, as the name Implies it is base for something else.... asphalt, concrete, at a bare minimum 1” & 3/4” crushed rock And if you want pretty top that one and three-quarter inch with a little pea gravel it’ll be UA-cam pretty
I wondered about this. Why didn’t he place his equipment on the grass and while he was digging the swale, pull all that dirt onto the grass instead of on top of the rock on the driveway?
I was very surprised to see him to add this topsoil on the driveway. Seems to me that’s a kind of guarantee to have it unstable
Thought the same exact thing. Also cringed when I saw him scraping all the tree roots. Hope the trees don’t die cause that’s proof
you made some lemonade 👍👍 they cant all be asphalt or concreate 😂
Fantastic job, that client should be very happy with that.
nice work showing the aftermath with the heavy rain! Was hoping for that
This is not a halfway poor workmanship job. 100% quality, considering that materials that were used and discussed with the customer, it couldn't have been any better. Even put grass seed down with straw to protect it. Great job.
Spend the money to do it right this way.
It nice to see an operator work. More often then not all you see is lever pullers and a mess. Had to clean up a few in my time
wow that road is picture perfect !
You are doing good work for a man working alone, good Job there 👌
I bet a road trip with Jimmy is a real hoot! Your dirt moving capability will definitely increase with that baby. Maybe Jimmy won't get stuck as much too.
Love seeing updates at the end of the video to see how the drainage is working to learn a little myself.
This was a fun video to watch. The rain at the end was excellent
Thanks for showing the rain storm
Lovely finish. Great video. So pleased you showed us the rain at the end 👍👏👌☺️
What a brilliant job buddy. I like the idea of the stones down both sides of the driveway. It's the first time seeing your chanll.
Thank you ! It was great watching you working.
OUTSTANDING!!! Loved the video, you do great work!!
Smooth strong work.
Blow snow, don't plough. Enjoyed the video, thank you.
I can not stopp watching this video.... it has so many things to look at!
@@martinr1834 this relaxes me.... lol
Good job !! I'm glad you waited until it rained and took some more video to show how things were really working.
Very nice work! Always great working for folks who want a job done the right way!
Sam
Great job and you are very articulate.
Exceptional driveway job Brian!Also, your video editing skills are second to none.. Excellent work. The whole job came out great..
Just as Im thinking, "Id love to see that after a good rain" BAM there is it haha. Great job. Should last them a long time.
I saw a driveway with some washout and after passing the same driveway a few months later I noticed the home owner had installed some guardrails every 40 feet at an angle to divert the water to the sides where he also had some 3/4 stone installed. A year later when I passed by there was some damage but not like it was before it did the work. Thanks for the video
Awesome job...Looks great....Thank you for the footage during the rain so we could see it working well and holding up just fine.....
Thanks 👍
This is STILL a favorite of mine to watch all 1 hour worth of footage. Great video!
Excellent video and great job. Thanks for showing the performance at the end. Learned some things that I may do on my driveway.
Let's go already..looks like a good project
Finished job looks very nice! Good work!
You definitely got the technique down on how you totally fixed the drive like it should be done in that area where the drive is located. Sure wish you were living in my area ( TN) ! Difficult to find good quality knowledgeable workmanship !! 👌
Thanks 👍
Well done and thank you.
Just remember you ever just fill a hole or wash out it has to be cut out first so material will blend or same wash out will occur again down the. All ruts have to be cut if not underneeth what you can't see has not changed. You drive down a highway and see wash outs on slopes these cant just be filled because the edges of the wash out are tight thats why they stayed and did not wash out which is why the must be cut so material can be blended then graded. 74 yr old retired union operator lol Just saying.
Wow what a remarkable difference‼️😎 Fantastic Job‼️😃
Excellent work. The whole job came out great.
Thank you!
that's just beautiful to watch
Beautiful job, well done!
Bravo! More like rescued and great aesthetics. Fine job sir
That was a great video you do good work. Glad to be on board
Liked and Subscribed.... Love the content and the driveway project! Please share more!
Came out great.
Great job. Greets from Germany.
Looks Beautiful, great job!
Excellent operating skills!
The water channel on the side of the driveway should have been dug deeper, at least 36 inches or more, and run a 12” pipe under the drive way to release the water to the lower side. When looking down the drive way, the left side will spill over
So many little details in this video that I love! Best video ever!
That's solid work for a one-man crew!😊
-like you said there's more than one way to do something and when we are not privy to how much money the customer wants to spend the only criticism I kind of have is the size of the pipe but that could be due to the customer not paying for the correct materials but I believe that pipe will be filled up in a relatively short period of time. Hopefully it makes it past the 2-year mark because unless you have the customer sign something your responsible even though you may not have wanted to put that pipe down due to the customer not wanting the correct materials who knows but let's just hope it last two years.
And for my own knowledge would be awesome if you did a follow-up video to yours from now to see if that pipe is holding up. 👍
All in all good work!
Fantastic job you done there 👍
Simply put....nice work.
Nice job , and got your 10 mile walk in .