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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- Part to of how to install a french drain, I also install a new drain for the downspout. I am using 4" perforated pipe and 2b river gravel. I used solid pipe for the downspout drain. I dug and backfilled everything with the RK 24 Subcompact Tractor
I have so much videos to watch from this channel! And I love it!
Looking Great just a thought we usually double incased the main pipe with a 6" or 8" schedule 40 for crush protection and freezing!! 👊
The dirt looks wet and soft and the backhoe attachment gives it weight in the back but like you said it is impressive .
You'll probably never see this comment , but i liked how you narrated over top of the video while you still was filming....
A project turning into a "little more than you planned". That never happens to me ?? The little RK 24 looks like a work horse, I'm impressed.Nice job as always
I love coming home from school and watching your videos before going out in the woods collecting firewood. keep it up
Another helpful video Mike. Thanks for taking the time to explain what you are doing and why. Another big thumbs up from Canada!! Cheers!
Never have I ever considered a sub-compact myself Mike, but that little tractor looks like the handiest machine ever! Can’t wait too see it with the mower deck in action
Thanks Mike, doing good as usual. Always enjoy your videos and equipment use.
Mike. Your channel is awesome. Just bought 40 acres and your videos are very informative. Plus watching the videos brings me closer to home in Western MD " miss the mountains" Thank-you. JB. Pensacola, FL
That seems like an exact match (size and horsepower) to my 1025r. I have to say don't let their size fool you. Every day my tractor impresses me with what it can do considering it's size. Another great video. Amazing to see how much water is in that ditch already. Thanks for sharing.
Isn't it amazing the excitement that one little out of place pebble causes. Oh well. Great video.
Both videos are extremely helpful to me. My back porch has a drain on each side that causes runoff water to erode ground going Done hill. This type of drain is what my wife and I were talking about just a couple of days before your first video. Thanks, I have a game plan.
Looks like playing with the tractor for 20-30 mins would be fun, anything longer it then becomes work.
I do enjoy watching these job's Mike,..well done,...again!
I need to do something like this between my yard and my neighbor. We end up with a lot of runoff from the woods behind us. I wish I had the toys to do it myself. Keep up with the great video content!
Good job. Looks like wonderful weather there. The compact tractor rocks. Take care.
Could watch you for hours. Sure like watching you 'gitter done' with such expertise...
Mike like you say the small tractors of today can to lots of work, one thing many people don't do and then are unhappy is get some weight. If you have rimguard in your tires plus the backhoe I can see why you can "drive right through" a pile of dirt. Good video as always. Bob
Hi Mike, it all depends on the maker of the tractor, some are not worth the metal they are made from. great videos keep up the good work.
Awesome
Mike- I love watching your videos and can't wait for the next one
That’s rite, the RK24 looks like a work horse!!
That worked out pretty nice with RK machine
Yup I like that little tractor! As always great info and commentary Mike.
Nice video mike! Im in the process of working on my french drain exit that dumps right by my shed! Im working on re directing the water!
Love the video Mike keep them commings .
Another great video Mike. I have a subcompact Kubota and love it, great little machines.
Love my sub compact! Great video showing useful these little guys are!
I spent my weekend doing the same thing. Wish I was half the operator you are, wouldn't have taken near as long as it did and would have looked better. I can't get to my French drain with the tractor tho, it has to be wheel barrowed..... Nice work as always.
took me a while to realize the downhill. Wow! who ever lived here clearly liked evergreens
Looks good Mike!! Thanks for the little tips on how to accomplish more work. New camera seems to be looking very well Sharpe and Crisp
Great video mike! I did a drainage job the other day and buried my mattock...oh well. thanks again for the motivation.
Jason Jeffers, that's a good thing to lose
Hadn't thought about it like that...lol
Another good job done Mike!
Actually tying the downspout drain into the french drain will create a strong flow of water to wash the silt out the pipes downhill.
It's amazing what you can do with a sub compact tractor (I have a Kubota BX23S). You can get into areas where a bigger tractor can't, and has plenty of power. Sure it can't lift as much, but the loader and backhoe is sized appropriately for the capacity so you don't run into a situation where it can't do the job. It may just take a little longer.
Great video Mike! 👍🏻
One thing that always gets me about a lot of the videos I have seen of guys operating machines in the states and Canada is that barely any of you run a 4 in 1 bucket,I operate machines here in oz and we all use a bobcat or droit with a 4 in 1 bucket,not criticising you guys but I think you guys could really benefit from them,particularly for any jobs like grading driveways,we use spreader bar which works a bit like your box leveller which we pick up with a 4 in1 bucket,final trimming of pads and levelling lawns etc.i like your videos any way,keep up the good work.
Great video as always. Took me a minute to realize fall = pitch (just what we call it up here)
Where is up here?
snappy work clothes!! awesome channel always informative.
I am SSSSOOOOO envious of your soil! I battled good ol' VA clay which was really MOSTLY rock (shale, broken up bedrock, and boulders). LOVED the rental Kubota L39 TLB that started my French drain projects (but thought it was actually bigger than I would need), and then rented a BX... [bleh] It was no match for my terrain, and I had to make two 3' jogs around buried boulders for one of the French drain runs.... Going to do the Goldilocks test to see if a B2650 or B3350 will be "just right"
Carla Heron I have built a 200ft road down a hillside in VA clay, dug up tree stumps, and boulders over 500 pounds the process ...all with a Kubota BX23S. A BX will do the trick, you just have to work within its limitations and take smaller bites with the backhoe.
For a quick guide of why hooking the roof to a drain tile is a problem a 4 inch pipe can handle 240 gallons per minute max without any pressure on the water a 6 inch pipe can handle 550 gallons per minute. For the roof you get 0.56 gallons per square foot per inch of rain so a 2,000 square foot roof will get 1200 gallons per inch of rain so if it is falling faster then it can exit the pipe it looks for other exits.
A key thing to install in any french drain system are clean out points. You can reduce the size from the large pipe but want to stay at least 4 inch to make sending a powered snake down easier if you have to cut tree roots. Also remember to check with the tool rental places near you for pipe jetting rigs as they will come with a longer thinner hose then garden hose and a tip that puts 1 jet forward and 3-5 back flushing the silt out of the pipe.
Awesome job there!!
Thanks for comment on subcompact tractors and what they can do
The concept of French drains might have started in France, but is was American Henry French who popularised them and they're named after.
I love your videos 👍👍
Hi Mike
...interesting vid.
Hello There!
Great clip, good music
Nice job...just a note that the ADS 3000 triple wall pipe is HDPE and I do not believe that PVC cement will actually bond the pipe....
You say well balanced. Is that because of the backhoe attachment? The tires fluid filled? Looking into getting a sub compact myself. Great vids. Keep up the great work you do. Enjoy every video!
Is that the Ray Baker drains idea? Looks like your new tractors are a good addition
One big problem I see is where your downspout joins your French drain. This is where you should have put a catchment that allows you to clean out leaves, shingle coating, pine needles etc before they enter the PVC. I know because I did it the way you did and had to dig it up 5 years later.
Can you curl the bucket and raise/lower the boom at the same time like you can on a kubota? That has been my biggest question. Otherwise, they seem like awesome tractors for the money. I’m also wondering if this is a similar size to a kubota b2301/2601?
I’m glad to see the RK 24 in action looks like a good tractor. How big is the back hoe bucket on it? And did you have any trouble digging with it?
I've found floating the bucket when back dragging very helpful. Have you had a different experience?
I float and don't float, kind of depends what Im doing
It looks like there are a lot of dead trees right around, and behind, your tractor. Will you be cutting those down for firewood?
starnet36, yes those dead pines will be coming down, not used for firewood though, we pretty much only burn hardwoods around here
I woulda liked to have seen the connection of the two pipes....
Good work, Mike.
Don't go wearing out that RK24.
(Didn't you say the Mrs. was gonna use it to mow grass all summer??) haha :-)
Great video Mike... On the downspout, did you also use the perforated pipe or was that solid... and approximately how deep do you bury the pipe... We can finally see the ground and we do want to do the same with out roof runoff since we do not use gutters here in the ADK... Nice spring project... God Bless... Chief {NYS/ADK}
Used solid pipe for downspout and the ditch was about 20 or 24" deep
I'm wondering, with the house set into the hill like that, is there a perimeter drain from the back of the house that maybe clogged or collapsed also?
i have dumb question - if holes in pipe are down - how does the ground water get into the pipe to flow through pipe and away from affected area? wouldnt holes up allow ground water into pipe then flow through pipe and away from affected area?
its not dumb a ?, the holes face down because it looks better that way ;o) also our holes face down as well.(bum hole,penis hole; fanny hole)
Why didn’t you utilize the RK 55 with a longer reach and bigger bucket?
Jim
James Morse, pretty small area there, the 55 with loader and backhoe is pretty long, with the 24 you can maneuver around very well
Mike, of the 3 rk tractors you are testing, if you only could have one, which one would be the most useful for your general usage. And what implements would be a must. Thx
Probably the 37, Lots of lift capacity and power. Would be a little big in some places, little small in others but just right in most. Attachments, Brush Hog, Box Blade, Rear Blade, Rake would be minimum attachments
Have you used the backhoe on it? Wondering if it's too big for irrigation and smaller jobs, and how long you figure to remove or install it?
I have a old 34hp Ford 1910 currently, but on the fence regarding the 24 37 or 55. Thx
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Is the front bucket removable on that thing and can you use other attachments. Doesn’t seem like it has the standard skid steer setup on it.
RK Tractor Guy that’s good to hear. Sounds like the BX has some competition.
I was taught a "french" drain is installed with holes up.
Mike, I am moving home to western Pa in July, I would like to look at the Rk's, where is your dealer?
Brian Kerr, Butler, but there's one in Washington and Monaca as well
I put in french drains for many years and never heard of putting the holes on the bottom. I put the holes to the top covered with gravel so the water will drain into the pipe and run off. I just cannot understand this.
Dale, the only disadvantage I see putting the holes on top is the elevation of dewatering, that occurs through the pipe, will be one pipe diameter higher than if you had placed the holes on the bottom. The holes can be on the bottom because the groundwater produces a hydrostatic pressure. The holes, regardless of their position, are a point of low resistance and the water will flow through them regardless of orientation. Since you generally want to dewater to as low as elevation possible it makes sense to place the holes as low as possible .
Holes on top water has to fill up to top of pipe before entering pipe. Plus holes on top allows more sediment entering pipe, also even though holes on top 99% of water isn't going in the hole until the water level filters through rock to bottom of ditch then fills to top of pipe
Hello! I'm just wondering if you don't use 45 deg angled connectors "downstream" as we do in Sweden, instead of sharp 90s? Good if you have to rinse the pipe and for flow rate and avoiding backflow in side branch. Another thing is the downspout there we have a 45 deg rinse lattice before the ground pipe to automatically take away twigs, leaf, pinecones, etc. images.biltema.com/PAXToImageService.svc/byfilename/large/88-458_l_1.jpg
Both works well here. Have a nice weekend. // hazze
Yes we do, good info thanks
looks great pal! Hopefully russian hackers dont find tractor videos interesting LOL!