Install a Gravel Driveway (4 steps in 5 minutes)
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- This is a quick, but detailed tutorial on how I install a new gravel driveway. We cover the 4 main steps to getting the project done, and give you some tips and ideas for how you can accomplish it.
**CHAPTERS**
00:00 Introduction
00:15 Layout
00:34 Subgrade Prep
02:47 Gravel Placement
04:27 Compaction
04:52 Finished Product
I wish more vids on youtube were like yours. 5min of condensed information from someone that knows what he's doing. focused and to the point. you sir, are a legend.
thanks for the feedback, I am working on a few more in this format. Stay tuned!
Rewatched! Love the excavator dirt work, the attention to detail, and the skid steer usage!
Thank you sir! Really appreciate the kind words :)
@@DirtAndRocksrewatched and this content and information is outstanding! It makes more sense to me now I have seen others do it! Love the dirt work, skid steer, gravel usage, etc
Great tutorial
thanks for watching and commenting :)
Really enjoy your videos!.. ready for some longer ones from start to finish.. job looked great as usual!
Yeah I can see making some longer ones in the future. I am currently trying several different lengths like 5,8,10,15, and 20 to see which ones do the best. Jury is still out. Longer vids are much easier for me to edit/produce, so part of me hopes those do better :)
Very nice work !!!
Thanks a lot! Appreciate you watching
Nice work looks great!
Thank you very much. And thanks for watching and commenting!
Love the Step by step process.... skid steer process was good to see. Great video and I liked it! This was perfect!
Thanks so much! I appreciate the positive feedback :)
@@DirtAndRocks Great breakdown and step by step by process!
Thanks Much!
@@DirtAndRocksI love driveway repair and build!
Great video! Thanks for showing the steps and pointing out different way to accomplish the steps. How many tons of gravel, do you think?
Neighborhood of 40 I think.
Nice driveway. How many tons of gravel did you use? Thanks for sharing.
I am guessing around 40ish. I loaded up 6 times but they were not super full loads.
Nice job, how do you like uour roller for the skid stear, any problems, make and model. Thank you.
Thanks! I really like the roller. It is a 72 inch smooth drum, and I got it from Spartan equipment. I have had no issues with it thus far. My only complaint is that it is a little tricky to hook up to the machine because if you curl out the bucket cylinders too much, the locking handles for the coupler interfere with the roller's coupler. But once I got used to it, it was fine. Thanks so much for watching!
@@DirtAndRocks thanks for the info. All are dogs were found along side the road as puppies or we got them from the pound. They are family, so I'm right there with you on scumbag people that mistreat animals.
Instead of a roller could you use a plate tamp say if you didn’t have a big driveway or road to do?
Yes, it is certainly going to be better than doing nothing. Depending on how thick you are planning to lay it, you might consider compacting in 4-6 inch lifts so that it is getting compacted all the way down
How did you establish a crown on the driveway?
the land had a natural slope from right to left, and we had built a drainage ditch on the low side earlier the in the project. This road was running along the crest of a slope, so I just matched the crest and let the water run to the ditch. If I had done a traditional crown, I would have had to build a way to drain water on the high side too. Since it was only a 9 foot drive, I opted to just slope it all to the ditch. Thanks for watching!
What was the cost?
This was part of a larger project. I didn't quote it separately. I think it was about 9 hours of machine time, and 4 hours trucking time. The client already had the gravel stockpiled on site. Thanks for watching!