My First Excavator Job With ZERO Experience

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  • Опубліковано 6 тра 2024
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  • @OutoftheWoods0623
    @OutoftheWoods0623  Місяць тому +7

    Run equipment? Buy this and thank me later: amzn.to/3UvvpvE

    • @Canadian_Living_in_Mexico
      @Canadian_Living_in_Mexico Місяць тому

      I like watching UA-camrs grease their machines using an air or electric grease gun and seeing the used grease ooze out of the joint. sounds kind of creepy, but I like it.

    • @steveshoemaker6347
      @steveshoemaker6347 Місяць тому

      l think you did very well with the Ex.....Thanks Nathan 👍
      Nasty stinky Old Shoe🇺🇸

    • @kswaynes7569
      @kswaynes7569 Місяць тому +2

      Love my Milwaukee cordless grease gun, I'm heavily invested in Milwaukee batteries, so it was cost effective to stay with Milwaukee.

  • @CraigGrant-sh3in
    @CraigGrant-sh3in Місяць тому +13

    The moto of life "I sure don't need it but, I sure want it " Should be on a T shirt

  • @RayWint-od9uj
    @RayWint-od9uj 11 днів тому

    A man after my own heart ....plan every day but start with coffee.

  • @2naturesownplace
    @2naturesownplace Місяць тому +11

    @Nathan. My experience...dig the creek mud back out. Lay some of that rip rap on the sides of the culvert til even with the top. Then slat across the top followed by the creek mud. Bonus Atta Bhoys if you cut out some 4 by 10s and make a loggers bridge over the top.

  • @billupstateny9151
    @billupstateny9151 Місяць тому +25

    I might have installed the culvert pipe differently however the important aspect to remember: no one, especially Nathan, sought my advice.

    • @davidcolwell614
      @davidcolwell614 Місяць тому +1

      You are fired from UA-cam. lol

    • @billupstateny9151
      @billupstateny9151 Місяць тому

      @@davidcolwell614 Also ineligible for advice 👌

    • @tarogue1
      @tarogue1 Місяць тому

      He specifically said "You guys will be the judge." Is that not asking for feedback?

    • @billupstateny9151
      @billupstateny9151 Місяць тому +1

      @@tarogue1 Silly rabbit, say what you mean BUT do NOT mean what you say. Nathan is toying w/ you. Viewers can affirm his plan or disagree, makes no difference. End of the day, Nathan pays the invoice, makes the decision. He does occasionally evaluate viewer input, however he remains in charge of Research & Development. 👮🚓

    • @ShannonFreng
      @ShannonFreng Місяць тому

      @@billupstateny9151How insightful.

  • @jackmcdonald4963
    @jackmcdonald4963 Місяць тому +12

    Nathan, the culvert is deforming because the pipe wall is not adequately supported by the bedding and backfill you used. When you load the top of the pipe, the pipe deflects from a circular shape to an oval or ellipse shape since the backfill gives way a little like jelly. I would suggest you dig the culvert back out and then build a solid bottom in your trench using crusher run gravel. Then re-set the culvert and backfill it with crusher run being careful to bring the backfill up uniformly on each side of the pipe. Make sure that you compact the stone well as you go. Once the pipe is fully encased in properly compacted backfill, you shouldn’t experience future pipe deformation.

    • @johnduncomb6171
      @johnduncomb6171 Місяць тому

      It's also very wet fill it will dry but I wouldn't drive over till it dries up.

    • @joebrunette5594
      @joebrunette5594 Місяць тому

      No, the pipe is not strong enough for the equipment weight. Pipe like that is meant to be under concrete for weight on it.

    • @markpashia7067
      @markpashia7067 Місяць тому

      @@joebrunette5594 Not so but it does need dry, compact material all around it to support it. Usually dry clay soil or gravel. Like the first poster said crusher run would be good, but even then you use the dirt to temporarily dam the water flow, dig til you are out of mud and then add back in dry material under, beside, and on top of the culvert. Then release the water by removing your temp dam. Most folks have all supplies ready and work fast until done. With that there is no wait time. See some Letsdig18 or DirtPerfect videos here on UA-cam. Couple of the best pros around, one in N Carolina and the other in Indiana. Letting the water run through while working just makes mud that won't support the pipe properly.

  • @johnclark5153
    @johnclark5153 Місяць тому +2

    My Dad had 3 levels of his purchase decision. I want...I need...I have to have. Go back and buy that tractor!

  • @mrbilky
    @mrbilky Місяць тому +11

    Just a thought have your tracks parallel to the ditch that buck really likes to be straight into the ditch then you can just nudge up a few feet and continue down the line as you progress but like you I'm no expert!

  • @RayWint-od9uj
    @RayWint-od9uj 2 дні тому

    Watched all the video now...good planning equals a good result nice for first effort.

  • @garycorrick
    @garycorrick Місяць тому +5

    We have creek going through our property. We needed a way to cross the creek with our tractor and RTV. Our excavator friend recommended putting in low water crossings. He did it in just a few hours. He dug out the creek bed a bit and made a smooth transition from side to side. Then he lined it with first big rocks and then much smaller rocks and packed it in with a track loader. Actually, he did all the work with his track loader. We've had the crossings for two years now and they have lasted well. They work very well. The water flows across them and we can drive across except when the water levels are very high.

  • @jeffbeaver7622
    @jeffbeaver7622 Місяць тому +2

    Maybe add another length of culvert to give yourself a little more room?
    Nice job though! 👍

    • @kevdimo6459
      @kevdimo6459 Місяць тому

      Don’t you just build dams? 😅😂

  • @donaldblackburn4836
    @donaldblackburn4836 Місяць тому +3

    Mud won't compact. Find somewhere on your property that has some good clay and make a little borrow pit. If you will pack it as you go in "lifts" it will hold together better. You can let the dirt you removed from the creek bed dry and use it later or use it to fill your borrow pit back in.
    You are doing the best thing there is to learn the skills, and that is just getting out there and doing it.

  • @Liz.Green789
    @Liz.Green789 Місяць тому +2

    Those old machines were fun to watch. Some of them look like faces. Headlights are the perfect eyes. Your land looks so pretty in Spring. The green grass is just beautiful.

  • @greatsilentwatcher
    @greatsilentwatcher Місяць тому +8

    I always enjoy the early releases. Thanks.
    When I was a kid my dad, son of a farmer, would take us to the tractor shows south of where he grew up In Victor, New York. I was always fascinated by the antique equipment.

    • @OutoftheWoods0623
      @OutoftheWoods0623  Місяць тому +1

      Very cool!

    • @texasjetman
      @texasjetman Місяць тому +1

      Yes that was a nice treat to see all the gas engines and classic tractors, i really enjoyed it too.

    • @alanatolstad4824
      @alanatolstad4824 Місяць тому +1

      I missed the early release. I was up early & this must have posted after I'd already signed off.---There's a small town in the next valley over from me, that has an Annual Old Town celebration at the end of September, and they have hundreds of vintage cars, tractors, steam engines. I love going over there. the second day there's a small town parade, as cute as can be. Growing up in North Dakota I saw many old tractors too, but that one Nathan attended had so many I've never seen/heard of. Fun stuff!

    • @texasjetman
      @texasjetman Місяць тому +1

      @@alanatolstad4824 yes I missed it too and did not see a notification on my phone this morning either.

  • @pmason4150
    @pmason4150 Місяць тому +1

    I've used the plastic culvert berore and the inspector told me I needed 20" of fill on top for it to be equivalent to using the concrete pipe.

  • @zapa1pnt
    @zapa1pnt Місяць тому +1

    Nathan!!! Keep Away from the candy stores!!!! 🤣🤣 😁✌🖖

  • @donaldadams5342
    @donaldadams5342 Місяць тому +1

    Well, I think your 'one shot to get it right' worked out pretty well. You nailed a couple of 'firsts' on this job Nathan. However yo do still have some problems with the bedding in of your new pipe & it will not last with the backfill you used. I thought that the rocks you picked up you were going to use to surround the pipe. Jack McDonald set it out well in his explanation below. I would take his advice which is what I would have given. Cheers mate & good luck with the reset. Don from South Australia.

  • @charliemurphy2523
    @charliemurphy2523 Місяць тому +1

    Mike Morgan would be very proud of your culvert job Nathan!!!

  • @dmorgan28
    @dmorgan28 Місяць тому

    Nathan I think you did a pretty good job of it! It looks good. Like you said after it dries you can put some stone or shale over it. I’m giving you a 👍! I really enjoyed that tractor show and that Minneapolis Moline did catch my eye. Cool video. 👍❤️

  • @ronstewart5750
    @ronstewart5750 Місяць тому +1

    Nathan you should check out a forest mulcher
    It can grind up all that under growth and even the pear trees mounted on Mr Kato

    • @johnhaas2523
      @johnhaas2523 Місяць тому

      Pear trees You've got to completely get the roots out

  • @anchor2056
    @anchor2056 Місяць тому

    Have you ever considered using your post puller to pull out some of the smaller pear trees? Would save a lot of time if it works.

  • @ascott6804
    @ascott6804 Місяць тому +2

    Watched dad and grampa put one in an old cow pasture. Nothing but mud. They dumped like 20 bags of concrete from bags down the side and covered that with the wet dirt. Ild bet a paycheck that it's still there!! Even better, Ild love to chat with the guy that took it out!! lol!!

  • @kswaynes7569
    @kswaynes7569 Місяць тому +1

    In case you are interested in some manufacturing history of that Minneapolis Molene, the original manufacturer of that tractor design was Cletrac, it was the only "wheeled" tractor they made, they called it "The General". BF Avery had that tractor painted red, sold it as a BF Avery and developed attachments call "True Draft" equipment. There are 3 videos on UA-cam of old factory film strips on how to sell these tractors. Montgomery Wards sold this same line under the name "Twin Row". My Grandfather's first tractor was a 1943 BF Avery, my Dad bought that tractor in 1950 and was the first tractor I drove in 1958. I bought a similar "Twin Row" in 1978 but sold all in 2005. Still have the "Twin Row" sales brochure from the 40's, $680.00 with battery, starter and lights but no hydraulics, in the 40's it was only lever lift with added helper springs.

  • @alanatolstad4824
    @alanatolstad4824 Місяць тому +2

    As you were tamping down the new culvert, I was deep in thought about your process and then the music sound effects caught me off guard & for a few blinks, I thought there was an intruder in my kitchen...uff da!---Way-to-go Nathan, and gave me a smile on top of it!

  • @jerrydonaldson3269
    @jerrydonaldson3269 Місяць тому

    Nathan. When you went to the old vintage tractor display in your video. You walked past a old tractor call COCKSHUTT .
    Those were built in Brantford, Ontario Canada
    So we're the John Deere machines.
    My brother lives neat were the factories were.

  • @x2lls
    @x2lls Місяць тому +2

    Oh those old engines are so sweet! They are displayed at the yearly country show at Highclere Castle Estate(Downton Abbey location) every year. They stink with the best stink!

  • @robertriggle2246
    @robertriggle2246 Місяць тому

    2"or sheall (slate rock) would do wonders to the top of your culvert crossing. Might also think about cleaning out the ditch line for better water flow and ascetics. It would look much better and you could use the dirt to fill in the stump holes from all the trees you have removed. Looking good tho keep at it, it will come around.

  • @seanlewis8399
    @seanlewis8399 Місяць тому +1

    I see others have already mentioned, it's pronounced Minneapolis- moLEEN. I appreciate the little tractor "get together" but if you wanna see a REAL antique tractor show, drive on over here to Iowa in September

  • @martineastburn3679
    @martineastburn3679 Місяць тому

    Doing really well on the low hour usage of the machine and man hands driving it. Cool. If cleaning up the long creek - I'd straddle the creek with the small bucket and dig and drive forward. (Harder to work backward when creek is crooked.) Fabric road grade - and 2" mixed with 1" would be great. Limestone
    if possible as it will crack and melt into each other. Great under dressing.

  • @coryheckler2354
    @coryheckler2354 Місяць тому +1

    Nathan, you did a professional amateur job. Tip: always park your excavator where you tracks are parallel with trench so you can move parallel without repositioning. Just move side to side. Check your reach then transition your tracks parallel. Same as you realign the trench/ditch to maintain a straight dig. Just FYI my friend.

  • @dorr221
    @dorr221 Місяць тому

    Drone fly over video before and after bush hog would be cool.

  • @jakezgab8576
    @jakezgab8576 Місяць тому +1

    Nice exhibition. Good job filming.

  • @sharonalexander2595
    @sharonalexander2595 Місяць тому

    Coffee is good anytime and any weather

  • @stanwebb3480
    @stanwebb3480 Місяць тому +1

    You need to ask your self a few Q's before completing this project.... 1) What water is traveling in the stream you are fixing??? What is it's source??? 2) Where is it going and how much goes there??? 3) Can you change it direction??? If so why leave in the middle of the field and not down a side of the field so it will be easy to maintain the field???? 4) if it is a lot of water why nor build a pond for many reasons!!!!

  • @stevestormssr5492
    @stevestormssr5492 Місяць тому

    You should have put gravel around the culvert before you covered it with that wet mud. Gravel stabilizes the ground better for packing the dirt in!

  • @bobbywelch6035
    @bobbywelch6035 Місяць тому

    I would use some of that black plastic instead of the fabric. I have used the landscaping fabric before, and grass is growing through it.

  • @fernandj.michaud7454
    @fernandj.michaud7454 Місяць тому

    You should backfill culvert pipe like that with crushed stone on each side 2/3 of the way up which they call the spring line. Makes the pipe real stable and stronger to cross over with equipment. Using muddy dirt like that doesn’t give the sides any support and will cause it to squash . Personally I should have used a longer pipe, 10’ just not long enough once you set it down in the ground and backfill sloping the ends down to keep the ends of pipe nice and open .

  • @JuneSmith-pk4zc
    @JuneSmith-pk4zc Місяць тому

    2 inch rock with large flat rock on top to keep it from washing.

  • @bobives3411
    @bobives3411 Місяць тому

    when you are trying to dig a straight ditch run your tracks parallel with then ditch to get a nice straight line

  • @lounar482
    @lounar482 Місяць тому

    You want to overfill over the culvert so it compresses to level. Should not drive on it till dry. Fabric should be placed on the ends with stone. The fabric will help to not undermine the stone with gushing water.

  • @lazaruslazuli6130
    @lazaruslazuli6130 Місяць тому +6

    I think you're supposed to run the excavator with the tracks parallel to the ditch, so that your bucket is always perpendicular to the work. Facing the ditch head-on requires you to keep moving the excavator back and forth. If you were working from the side you could just drive down the whole length while digging it out.
    You could make a corduroy road over the muddy culvert fill with some spare small logs. You don't have any logs, do you?

  • @mayforddavis9291
    @mayforddavis9291 Місяць тому +1

    Enjoyed seeing the antique tractors.

    • @OutoftheWoods0623
      @OutoftheWoods0623  Місяць тому

      Thanks 👍

    • @gentleben5888
      @gentleben5888 Місяць тому +1

      I'm from West Tennessee and loved the music over the tractor video. Now back to your regular program. 😎

  • @jeffmeyer3666
    @jeffmeyer3666 Місяць тому +2

    My Uncle worked at Minneapolis Moline (pronounced Molean) for many years.

  • @rl3898
    @rl3898 Місяць тому

    I am sure you have some shale type material on the banks of your valley.
    That is what you should pack around and over the culvert not rubbish alluvial mud.

  • @glennyork6800
    @glennyork6800 Місяць тому +2

    Love tractor show. Did not know about 1939 Sears Tractor. WOW.! Great job on culvert.

  • @hjemison
    @hjemison Місяць тому

    The riprap and 2” stone/fabric are necessary, of course. I would put more dirt on top and roll it out first.

  • @dougwalker4944
    @dougwalker4944 Місяць тому

    technique.... about@15mins.....turn the tracks parallel to the dig ..scoop up against the blade instead of track.

  • @moms762
    @moms762 Місяць тому +1

    Sorry nathan but you may already have a problem.
    I didn't see much clay go in there to be packed in and around the culvert. When that Top Soil gets a good soak, it's likely to wash out and get real mushy. Top soil does NOT compact like clay.

  • @fredbrooks8347
    @fredbrooks8347 Місяць тому

    I worked with a man many years ago, when I was a young kid, in a factory that made magnesium rods for water heaters. It was hard hot work and I always remember him saying, “there is nothing better than a hot cup of coffee to cool you down when it was hot!”
    Great video, it is going to be fun to watch the “back 40 develop”. Also your videos are so satisfying, I call them instant gratification because you see the work you do in a short time and don’t have to wait. Thank you my friend, keep it up.

  • @joeh5059
    @joeh5059 Місяць тому +1

    ROOKIE FOR SURE.

  • @bobpiec
    @bobpiec Місяць тому +1

    Lookin' good Nathan! 2 inch stone will do the trick.

  • @gnewman18
    @gnewman18 Місяць тому

    How about a small wooden bridge out of 6x6 wood. Of course you’d have to source the wood from somewhere?

  • @jormalonnberg1578
    @jormalonnberg1578 Місяць тому

    OO sh*t you should be driwing those old tractors, all of them, small and those bigger ones.

  • @jakezgab8576
    @jakezgab8576 Місяць тому +2

    The culver pipe is too short, min 16’ or 20’ would have given u more rigidity in the center of the pipe crossing.

  • @texasjetman
    @texasjetman Місяць тому +1

    Nice work Nathan, having the right machines for the job sure makes things nice, you have came a long ways, really enjoyed watching this all come together, sew a little mix seed on your fresh exposed dirt, that will take hold and may help with erosion, we are getting rain every week it seems.

  • @timrichey8038
    @timrichey8038 Місяць тому

    Great video and tractor show

  • @georgesheffer354
    @georgesheffer354 Місяць тому +1

    Your culvert should be longer than 10 foot

  • @robertr4193
    @robertr4193 Місяць тому

    Yeah that material on to of the pipe should be packed down a bit more is one thing I might suggest.

  • @avdtouw
    @avdtouw Місяць тому

    I would clean out the rest as well.. make it run even better. large rocks on top as your buddy said..

  • @calvinboykin4777
    @calvinboykin4777 Місяць тому

    How about some rot resistant 4x12 inch X12 ft planks layer across the culvert covered and sloped gradually to ground level with dirt or gravel. It would probably pack down with time to lower the rise but wouldn’t be a problem if it stayed a little above the surrounding ground level.

  • @billhatcher2984
    @billhatcher2984 Місяць тому

    Fabric and half a ton of crush and run it has enough cut in it to pack . If you don't use a barrier of some kind the gravel will just keep sinking

  • @johngagne986
    @johngagne986 Місяць тому

    Love those old "one lung" pumps. Beautiful old tractors. It was great to see the Farmalls.

  • @andysmith8544
    @andysmith8544 Місяць тому

    This may not interest you, but those Bradford/Callery pear can be grafted over to European Pears (the pears we're accustomed to). They act as a great root stock. Just food for thought.

  • @justjane2070
    @justjane2070 Місяць тому

    Ingenious ! What a tractor engine can be used for ! Lovely to see 2 COCKSHUTT tractors there. I spent years researching that name 😊 for the family tree 😊

  • @user-ew9kl4uk1n
    @user-ew9kl4uk1n Місяць тому +1

    Well the culvert wont last long. Gonna have the same problems stopping up in no time.

  • @judithyoungquist8409
    @judithyoungquist8409 Місяць тому

    I just love your channel and your sense of humor ✌🏼

  • @olddawgdreaming5715
    @olddawgdreaming5715 Місяць тому +1

    You're headed in the right direction with the fabric and 2" stone . It will settle down some when it has a chance to dry and pack . Best of luck to you. I know you're going to enjoy the extra area to mow when you get done with the brush hogging and culvert work. Stay safe and keep up the good work around there. Fred.

  • @aqacefan
    @aqacefan Місяць тому

    So great to see all of the other equipment from the show besides tractors. I thought the saw blade tooth setter was amazing.
    I was also remembering my Granddaddy, who used to have about half a dozen Matchbox-scale John Deere tractors that dated back to model year from the early 20th century. When he passed, my Grandma passed them on to me, since she knew I’d always admired them.

  • @kswaynes7569
    @kswaynes7569 Місяць тому

    A wider culvert would have been nice but..... Dirt over the culvert first, heavy driveway fabric, 1"-1 1/5" stone then a road gravel mix.

  • @jerryf581
    @jerryf581 Місяць тому

    Our first tractor pull was at Loretta Lynn's ranch (many moons ago!!) An older gentlemen was competing with a hopped up Minne.-Mo. That was my dad's favorite by far!

  • @erinmcgrathejm4985
    @erinmcgrathejm4985 Місяць тому

    I also favored that Mini-Mo, she was good looking. I was most jealous of the lathe at 4:10. That was real cool!

  • @PabloP169
    @PabloP169 Місяць тому

    Using something more solid than the soil you pulled out to fill around the pipe, would may that crossing better and then top it with solid if you want it to still have grass growing on it.

  • @williambryant5946
    @williambryant5946 Місяць тому

    Have you got one of the bigger tractors set up with a hitch to pull the dump trailer? You've got the mini excavator that you can load dirt into the dump trailer, and a skidsteer to level it out, but if the dump trailer doesn't hook to the tractor you don't have a way to haul it around your ever expanding empire. Not only dirt but anything else like the rip-rap or other processed stone.

  • @user-zk4wu9ss7d
    @user-zk4wu9ss7d Місяць тому

    LOL, you must have coffee coming out of your pores by now. I'm the same way with tea.

  • @captain34ca
    @captain34ca Місяць тому

    i have had to run culverts on my farm a couple times. I had a friend over for a couple sips first because he does that for a living on highway construction. Following his advice i set in a couple inches of crush under the culverts and then backfilled with 3/4- pit run to almost grade and covered that with more road crush. I sand the road all winter and it seems to be holding up quite well

    • @captain34ca
      @captain34ca Місяць тому

      of course I'm in NW Alberta where there is a problem with frost heaves lifting the culvert out of the ground, I doubt that happens in Tennessee.

  • @cliffordrode1296
    @cliffordrode1296 Місяць тому

    Nice job! Your first buddy is correct, just dress it up and let it dry out and it will hold anything you drive across it. I have put in many just like you did on my farm here in WV with no rock and run much heavier equipment across with no issues. The only suggestion I would make for any future ones would be to install a longer pipe, the extra width makes a much more forgiving road. Keep up the great work neighbor!

  • @paulkalff6408
    @paulkalff6408 Місяць тому

    Nathan! You will soon be a certified EO! Well done, again!

  • @kevdimo6459
    @kevdimo6459 Місяць тому

    You like to read Nathan, try reading up on how the Romans built their roads two thousand years ago, it was by layering the components! Guess what, the roads are still there in Britain and Europe. Great video as usual mate, you never let us down 👍🏼

  • @roysmith5268
    @roysmith5268 Місяць тому

    I love hearing those hot and miss engines… nice Moline also.

  • @michaelrambo4886
    @michaelrambo4886 Місяць тому

    Suggestion. Turn you tracks parallel with the creek and you can cut and move in pretty much one movement.

    • @michaelrambo4886
      @michaelrambo4886 Місяць тому

      Also Mr kato would have been good for tracking in the loose soil before running over with the tractor.

    • @michaelrambo4886
      @michaelrambo4886 Місяць тому

      Track it in before adding fabric and rock, or you’ll have a bumpy mess

  • @WRWhizard
    @WRWhizard Місяць тому

    There are always a bunch of those one shot engines at the Kutztown Fair in Pennsylvania around the 4th of July.

  • @coffeeandprofits
    @coffeeandprofits Місяць тому

    Always loved watching the hit and miss engines making homemade ice cream! Even better when dad would get us some! Antique tractors is something we probably have too many of now. Think we are up to 16 or 17 tractors. Most of them are antiques and we use most of them on the farm to this day. I was just bush hogging the other day. I can only do the flat ground. Any type of incline and i get sick at my stomach 😂. Have to call my brother to finish the rest for me. Great video. Loving the content.

  • @bjstone1980
    @bjstone1980 Місяць тому

    Old tires at the ends of the culvert

  • @thomasripley1548
    @thomasripley1548 Місяць тому

    This is why you are always behind, your as big a procrastinator as I am.....

  • @timziegler9358
    @timziegler9358 Місяць тому

    My grandfather had a Minneapolis Moline when I was a boy. It was one of my favorite tractors to use on his farm. Best wishes.

  • @valeriehenschel1590
    @valeriehenschel1590 Місяць тому

    Love the lathe.

  • @philipbrown1103
    @philipbrown1103 Місяць тому

    more red dirt and track it in with the excavator to compact each layer until it has that slight arched bridge look, letsdig18 and dirt perfect are excellent channels for info

  • @ronsafreed2400
    @ronsafreed2400 Місяць тому

    to bad you dont have a steel plate to lay across there,,thats what they use on the back roads here,,,covering big holes,,it works good,,course you could get to small ones,only where your tires go over it,then fill the middle...i watch them pick those plates up,,they got a hole right in the middle of them,they stick a chain in that hole and pick strait up..perfect balance..i think there only half inch thick.you didnt do a bad job on that Nathan,,but that dirt is mud,it wont hold weight..you got to have something solid..for a tractor..

  • @jimnfransmith9196
    @jimnfransmith9196 Місяць тому

    Start again. Dig deeper . Rock 3/4minus all around. Then put your pipe in fill withrock more and fill top with dirt. Otherwise it will be a muddy battle. Jim

  • @williambryant5946
    @williambryant5946 Місяць тому

    You wont keep the weeds out of it unless you spray it even if you put fabric. The dirt you put in front of the kiln would work perfect to fix that. Even consider taking some of the mud out before putting it on the pipe. Just my opinion.

  • @richardthornhill4630
    @richardthornhill4630 Місяць тому

    Great to get the culvert installed and working. The land looks much better after the brush hog. Good job.

  • @williamadam3888
    @williamadam3888 Місяць тому

    I'd go with the 2" rock.

  • @timmaggard8862
    @timmaggard8862 Місяць тому

    Nice job for your 1st try! Looks good, better when it dries. Gravel on it sounds great.. Good luck Nathan. Its gonna look great when you are done. Especially when you bush hog and remove the pear trees.. Best of luck!

  • @VacFink
    @VacFink Місяць тому

    As a sawmill focused channel, a few thick heavy slabs of Osage orange wood long enough to span the gap and connect the weight over to the opposing edges seems viable. That yellow wood is very moisture and rot resistant and considered a pest tree by some for its useless fruit. Plus the yellow wood cuts up pretty and don’t think I’ve seen it on this channel.

  • @douglasrdeaton
    @douglasrdeaton Місяць тому

    Good idea, put some felt down them stone. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼

  • @stephenrussell1766
    @stephenrussell1766 Місяць тому

    Great Job! Keep up the good work.

  • @tjjewell4115
    @tjjewell4115 Місяць тому

    Nathan, I think you did an outstanding job on your Culvert, great Video as always.

  • @ronthacker211
    @ronthacker211 Місяць тому

    That creek job looks like a ton of fun.

  • @stevesedgwick5789
    @stevesedgwick5789 Місяць тому

    Good to see you happy 😃

  • @robertgreen8695
    @robertgreen8695 Місяць тому

    Maybe you could use some your excess slab wood to make a sort foot bridge or a "cattle ' crossing .