Not only did you find a machine operator but you found someone who understands how the process works and the material reacts. Plus, you probably made his day. After 40 years of doing something it is in your blood. If you loved your work, you would be willing to pay to do it after you retire… at least once in a while.
Looking good.. I had a neighbor like Fred growing up.. Was a really nice guy all the way to the end and had a smile on his fast too.. Fred look to be super happy too.
70° here in the northern panhandle of W.Virginia Joe. Beautiful day today. Suppose to rain tmr and get colder over the weekend. Glad you got your driveway done buddy.
He is in his upper 70's but he didn't need help climbing in! I would have never guessed a retiree was operating. He was awesome and the machine was awesome! I hope you are well Glenn!
Nice video Joe. Before you place the gravel down, have you considered placing a geotextile material to prevent the rock from sinking into the clay. A barrier may actually reduce the amount of rock needed to support a larger truck. Have you seen Kevin's video in Skidder Kev, he cleaned out a woodyard and shows the advantage of using a geotextile and rock/gravel. He mentioned your name in the video.
Yahoo! That sweet feeling of getting it done must be nice. Elaine from Canada here, enjoying the fruits of Fred and your labor! Ha ha . I’d like to hear how Fred enjoyed the “new” machinery. Has technology improved greatly since 15 years ago?
I'm really glad you "hired" this out. Having run a mini-ex several times and not being that good at it I was worried that you would be in way over your head. Especially because it requires some precision to have a smooth level base. You're luck to have a friend with the skills to operate it. 👍Dave
Well done Fred, nice work ..........and the truck driver did ok too. 👌😎 Some good looking topsoil as well. Hopefully you didn’t get too much more rain before the stone was put down 🤞
No doubt you made Fred's day when u asked him to run the machine. There's something about digging dirt with heavy equipment that just doesn't get old. Atleast for me. Nice job Fred
Hi Joe not that you couldn't have done the job but some times calling a pro is the right choice and you even got Jessie to do some filming take care Jeff
Time is money. Also quality over quantity. I hire out often. You can still manage ask questions etc. These projects can be extensive good having a pro at it. Using the old dump trailer too
Hi Joe - it's Big Rodders in Ireland. It was the logical solution to bring Fred in to make progress fast. You would have had a double whammy doing it yourself - increased rental cost and lost log spitting time. I will be intrigued to see how far your 20 tons of stone goes. I once drained a small garden, not to the depth you went, and I spread 100 tones of 4 X 2 and 40 tons of 3/4 inch stone to complete the job.
Know your limits and good at and have friends that can help you when you need a hand. Great job Fred. Going to be great for Jesse when he gets his truck ready.
Yes I wondered if you were going to operate that machine. You looked a little nervous the day you got it. Good choice looking up Fred! I'm sure it is going to take way more than 20 ton to fill that trench. Great job Fred !!
Hey Joe, What a blessing to have a friend like that! Make sure that you buy him a nice dinner at that fancy restaurant in your area! That’s some nice looking topsoil he is digging up. Maybe you can sell some to recoup your rental fee! Have a great day!
Fred did a fantastic job. Take some advice from Mike Morgan see if you can get some geotex fabric to put down before you put rock on the are. It will prevent the rock from sinking into the ground. 👍👍
Good morning Joe. Awesome video. Fred is so good on that machine, he could scratch a flies back and not hurt a hair. A real pleasure watching a true pro work. Can’t wait to see the next video
Joe you made the right move in letting your friend operate the excavator. Just because you can rent it doesn’t mean you can operate it. Home owners think, how hard could it be? 🤔
It's great to have friends that are skilled at what you are not comfortable with. You should have taken the opportunity to get some seat time but I know that time is money
Great video Joe! Not only awesome on the machine, he was knowledgeable enough to get to the correct base. You won’t have to do the job twice now. I’m a firm believer in exploiting existing technology and experience.
I am sure Joe that by now the stone has been hauled but I would like to be a little bird in the tree when you see how far 20 tons of stone went, or I should so how little the 20 tons went towards finishing your driveway. Just remember Joe how happy you be this winter and next spring you will be that it was done the way you did it and nobody will getting stuck going back to your new wood yard. You had a swamp back there.
Hi Joe!!😀😀 Thank goodness Fred came to the rescue!! That way you got your money's worth out of the rental. He is really good at running it and definitely has the knowledge about how deep to go so your gravel will stay in place. Looking forward to seeing the next video!! Take care my friend!! Logger Al
Now that you know how deep the organics are, you can have a good idea of the final cost when that timber road fails. Use that info to do some calculations now so you can make a long term plan for the future. It would be nice to spread the expense over several years by breaking into bite size pieces now and then when the weather was best for it. Fred is just like my dad was when he was alive. Did not want to do it every day but a week in the seat now and then was heaven for him. He got to bring up great memories of a lifetime running that type of equipment. Died with his operating engineers union card in hand even though he was a company owner at nineteen years old and really did not need to keep it up.
The mats won't fail all at once. It would be good to have a few up on blocks to use as repair parts. What about using soil for the road base and using sand or gravel for the surface?
Nice post Mark. thanks for sharing. Your dad sounds like he was a worker his whole life. Reminds me of my dad! I like your thoughts of future planning. I am not sure but I hope that if I continue down this path I may want to move to a different location with more space and perhaps a store front. Not sure if that is what I want to do but that is in my mind. There are a lot of vacant lots around here that could be repurposed.
@@ohiowoodburner Worth considering. Jeff/Mathews Firewood, in his most recent video, discusses that exact situation. He said that if he had a woodyard away from his house that people would steal his wood and equipment. I guess he lives back East, I am not sure.
You're lucky to have a friend like Fred, not for what he can do for you, but because you know he is glad to help. Those type of friends are few and far between. I'm gonna guess you ended up with 40 ton of stone.
Great video Joe! Realizing your limitations actually saved you a bushel of money, which you will be able to use on the extra stone. I think Fred could probably tie his shoes with an excavator. Nice to have friends like that! Stay safe, have a great day, and may God bless…
@@ohiowoodburner I expect that 20 ton of rock would be a small fraction of the volume of material that was removed. Maybe 80 or 100 ton will fill it as high as it was. The road should not be the ditch. The road should be higher than the ditch so the water will run off of it. I think you should have constructed the road to the height desired with the best soil locally available. Then apply the rocks, saving some for later. It might be good to drive on the road for a while with no rocks to make sure that it is holding its shape and then put the rocks on. Without rocks the shape of the road would be more easily and more cheaply corrected.
My wife came in while I was watching Fred dig up the dirt with wood pieces and all she could say was she wished she had that black gold going in her garden beds.
hi there i did enjoy watching Fred . tell him thanks for me . now as entertaining as that was it may have been a great show with you doing it also . just a different kind of show . rock times 4 thanks john
Running a machine for years and years like Fred did, once you do it and become proficient and muscle memory kicks in, it is like riding a bike. Only thing Fred might of had an issue with initially is how sensitive the controls were and that would be a big if
What model Super-split kinetic do you have? There are three grades of them and ma considering one for resplits after splitting the knotty ones with my hydraulic splitter.
How long do you think the timber road will last before it starts to rot out or will need repair I have alot of mats available for very cheap I'd like to do something similar
Jesse, the log hauler, probably thinks you have gone berserk. I've driven 90k pound trucks beside the beet puller (harvest machine) while the truck was being loaded. If the ground is too dry, the farmer will irrigate to help the beets pull more easily and to help the puller wheels penetrate the soil. Sugar beets. Doesn't the logging truck load up at the landing where there are often no roads or trails? What is the difference? Less sawdust at the landing.
For a log landing, the skidder will pick high ground for good surface drainage. If someone were composting organic materials, the skidder would not make the logging trucks drive through that pile of stuff.
Know yourself. Know your limitations. Be honest. Whose idea was it to dig out the inferior material and to fill the hole with a large amount of rock-type material instead of filling the hole with better soil from your own place?
When you pay for that stone Joe just remind yourself how wet it would have been going back there with Jessies truck and your pickup this winter and next spring. In fact I don't think Jessie could have hauled back there this winter or next spring.
Joe, if you had a money tree, you would probably be looking at it wondering how much firewood you could make cutting it down...🤔 ............No you wouldn't.😁
There's a huge difference between someone who can run one of those, and a genuine 'operator'; you and I are the former, Joe, and Fred is the latter! 💪👍🇦🇺
Talk about luck, having Fred as a friend is well beyond that. A suggestion regarding backing the trailer. Hand on the bottom of the steering wheel. Look at side mirrors. Which ever way you want the trailer to go, move your hand that way. You probably already know that, but just in case... Enjoying your videos.
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Nice, Fred is a real operator. No wasted motions, he kept a nice clean hole as he worked. Great job.
He did awesome. I could have never done this
Who needs any other machine when you have an excavator , so damn versatile. Operator smooth as well Joe 👍
Not only did you find a machine operator but you found someone who understands how the process works and the material reacts. Plus, you probably made his day. After 40 years of doing something it is in your blood. If you loved your work, you would be willing to pay to do it after you retire… at least once in a while.
Great post and insight Bob. You are 100% spot on
Looking good.. I had a neighbor like Fred growing up.. Was a really nice guy all the way to the end and had a smile on his fast too..
Fred look to be super happy too.
He did great! Such a nice man
70° here in the northern panhandle of W.Virginia Joe. Beautiful day today. Suppose to rain tmr and get colder over the weekend. Glad you got your driveway done buddy.
We have the same forecast Nice day today!
Part 1 and Part 2, story nicely set up, with a few reveals, and told well. Looking forward to Part 3.
Awesome, thank you!
I'm a good operator with an E50 (not herky jerky) but this guy is excellent!... Compliment when I see talent
Loved it. He reminds me of my 93 year old dad. When I need a good operator I call him.
He is in his upper 70's but he didn't need help climbing in! I would have never guessed a retiree was operating. He was awesome and the machine was awesome! I hope you are well Glenn!
I knew you could do it Joe! I was just waiting to see how!! The background story even better!!!
Thanks Tom!
Nice video Joe. Before you place the gravel down, have you considered placing a geotextile material to prevent the rock from sinking into the clay. A barrier may actually reduce the amount of rock needed to support a larger truck. Have you seen Kevin's video in Skidder Kev, he cleaned out a woodyard and shows the advantage of using a geotextile and rock/gravel. He mentioned your name in the video.
Wow Fred really didn't miss a beat. You can tell he was an operator for many years
Indeed Mike. He was awesome!
Yahoo! That sweet feeling of getting it done must be nice. Elaine from Canada here, enjoying the fruits of Fred and your labor! Ha ha . I’d like to hear how Fred enjoyed the “new” machinery. Has technology improved greatly since 15 years ago?
It did for him. He had never had to enter a password for a machine to turn on before. LOL
I'm really glad you "hired" this out. Having run a mini-ex several times and not being that good at it I was worried that you would be in way over your head. Especially because it requires some precision to have a smooth level base. You're luck to have a friend with the skills to operate it. 👍Dave
I would have screwed this thing up royally Dave. LOL.
That’s awesome I bet he looked like a kid in the candy store, and doing that for over 30 years you would never forget how to do it. 😎
I think he had as much of a blast as I did Frank!
@@ohiowoodburner Can’t wait to see if Finnished 😎 And I hope you gave him a case of DR Pepper
Joe I am sure it felt good to Fred to be back in the cab again. I love watching a smooth operator dig. Easy to see Fred has years of seat time.
He was awesome!
Great advice at the beginning Joe. Looks like you got the right man for the job!! Looks like you made his day too!!
Surround yourself with good people. That is rule #1. Get an Eastonmade machine. Rule #2. LOL
Joe, someone has to drive the dump truck! Looking good.
I mastered that role!!
G'day Joe, calling Fred was as you would say a home run, that's nice looking topsoil black gold 👍.
Baseball euphemisms are my thing Ish!
Awesome job Joe! It's looking good!. Hope Jessie is coming along well with the truck build.
I will be bringing more on Jesse. He is doing well too!!!
Fred is a real pro but I am looking forward to you running the machine.
Well done Fred, nice work ..........and the truck driver did ok too. 👌😎
Some good looking topsoil as well.
Hopefully you didn’t get too much more rain before the stone was put down 🤞
The rain was definitely a factor. I always had one eye on the sky
No doubt you made Fred's day when u asked him to run the machine. There's something about digging dirt with heavy equipment that just doesn't get old. Atleast for me. Nice job Fred
That seems to be the case gym. I could tell he really enjoyed himself.
Joe, Fred's work looked like he manicured that rock pit! What a nimble hand. You were very lucky to have such a friend. - - - gr
Indeed I am Guy. he is a very nice man and fun to work with. Thanks for posting!
It was like watching a surgeon! No wasted motion. Every move was precise and expertly executed! And oh yeah….Fred did a pretty good job too👍
LOL... I was awesome backing up that trailer!
Hi Joe not that you couldn't have done the job but some times calling a pro is the right choice and you even got Jessie to do some filming take care Jeff
It worked out nice for sure. I needed both!
Fred knows what he's doing, that's for sure! Seems to go great! Awesome to have a relationship with him like that.
Indeed it is! He is a very nice man
Gotta put in some footage of you at the controls. Fred was awesome. Lots of topsoil there.
That was a lot of soft rich soil for sure. If not for Fred I would still be digging it. LOL
See the earlier video.
Fred is a smooth operator! 👍👍
Indeed!!
Time is money. Also quality over quantity. I hire out often. You can still manage ask questions etc. These projects can be extensive good having a pro at it. Using the old dump trailer too
Hi Joe - it's Big Rodders in Ireland. It was the logical solution to bring Fred in to make progress fast. You would have had a double whammy doing it yourself - increased rental cost and lost log spitting time. I will be intrigued to see how far your 20 tons of stone goes. I once drained a small garden, not to the depth you went, and I spread 100 tones of 4 X 2 and 40 tons of 3/4 inch stone to complete the job.
Well...Let's just say I had to order more rocks LOL
Fred a smooth operator 👍
Indeed he is Bill!
@@ohiowoodburner of what you dug out what percentage was rotten bark and wood waist?
Know your limits and good at and have friends that can help you when you need a hand. Great job Fred. Going to be great for Jesse when he gets his truck ready.
Yes it will be. I think that is why he stopped by LOL
You said Fred was the excavator, I’m sure you meant operator, he’s smooth on the excavator, guess he never lost his touch. Keep safe my friend
Fred is a real pro on the track how as you Joe are the Japa 365 fire wood processer.
Have a great day
Thanks Mike. He is awesome at that machine
Yes I wondered if you were going to operate that machine. You looked a little nervous the day you got it. Good choice looking up Fred! I'm sure it is going to take way more than 20 ton to fill that trench. Great job Fred !!
I would have messed this project all up had I did it LOL
Very smart decision to bring Fred in. Operating machines like that can take a long time to get efficient with.
I would have never been able to do this myself. I was lost in that seat LOL
Fred’s the man 👍. He did a great job.
He was awesome Rich!
Hey Joe,
What a blessing to have a friend like that! Make sure that you buy him a nice dinner at that fancy restaurant in your area! That’s some nice looking topsoil he is digging up. Maybe you can sell some to recoup your rental fee! Have a great day!
I used all the soil in the back 40. I hope that this all makes sense when I can show it to you
Fred to the rescue! I’ve benefited from having a few Fred’s in my life too.
He is a very giving man.
That's going to look good when you get it done.
I hope so. It has been pouring this week so I will tell if we did it right!
Hell of a operator. Lookin good joe
He sure is Chris!
Great operator there! On a side note, if you backfill each side of the timber road, water will be trap between the mats, they will rot faster?
Good point. Let them soak in temporary standing water if you want to compost them. As the water subsides the germs can thrive, aerobic decomposition.
I will keep that in mind Steve. Thanks!
Good for you Joe
Nice to have a friend like Fred
Indeed Chuck! He was awesome
Fred did a fantastic job. Take some advice from Mike Morgan see if you can get some geotex fabric to put down before you put rock on the are. It will prevent the rock from sinking into the ground. 👍👍
I had heard a lot about that but the clay base was rock hard. Only time will tell now.
Good morning Joe. Awesome video. Fred is so good on that machine, he could scratch a flies back and not hurt a hair. A real pleasure watching a true pro work. Can’t wait to see the next video
LOL... That is true. he is awesome at it.
Fred is a pro! Your lucky to have good people around you.
Indeed I am !!
Joe you made the right move in letting your friend operate the excavator. Just because you can rent it doesn’t mean you can operate it. Home owners think, how hard could it be? 🤔
That is totally my thought now. That machine was impossible for me to be competent in such a short time.
You definitely lucked out here with him operating the loader.
No kidding he was awesome at the controls!
Looking good so far👍 curious how it all turns out! And got to love friends with a wide range of skills👍
Ain't that the truth johnny?? Thanks
It's great to have friends that are skilled at what you are not comfortable with. You should have taken the opportunity to get some seat time but I know that time is money
I did get my time in. I had my fun but knew when I needed to give the seat up to someone else LOL
"A man's got to know his limitations" (Clint Eastwood) I like the way you approach work, ......good job!
Go Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry Callahan!
Ain't that the truth Wendell? LOL
So cool. Congrats Joe!
Thanks Lou!!
Great video Joe! Not only awesome on the machine, he was knowledgeable enough to get to the correct base. You won’t have to do the job twice now. I’m a firm believer in exploiting existing technology and experience.
Very true. Use your resources around you!
Have you considered putting down some geotextile?
I have heard of it but have not done it. Fred seemed to think the clay we got to would be good.
I hope you put some geotextile down before the stone. If not, I'd be afraid that the clays will intermingle with the stone over time.
We just went with the rock. The clay was rock hard but only time will tell now
I am sure Joe that by now the stone has been hauled but I would like to be a little bird in the tree when you see how far 20 tons of stone went, or I should so how little the 20 tons went towards finishing your driveway. Just remember Joe how happy you be this winter and next spring you will be that it was done the way you did it and nobody will getting stuck going back to your new wood yard. You had a swamp back there.
I am glad it is completed LOL... we did order a lot more gravel!
Joe hi, it's going to be a cool road, a cool excavator driver, he does his job superbly 😁👍
I just mailed something to Russia. Keep an eye open!
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Fifteen years away from the controls! Fred is a pro on the excavator. 👍
Indeed he is Warren!
Wish I had that top soul, looks rich in nutrients , and really not much rock in your area , here in northeast pa. We grow rocks , haha , great job
This soil was super stuff. It went down pretty deep too
Hi Joe!!😀😀
Thank goodness Fred came to the rescue!! That way you got your money's worth out of the rental. He is really good at running it and definitely has the knowledge about how deep to go so your gravel will stay in place.
Looking forward to seeing the next video!!
Take care my friend!!
Logger Al
He saved the day Al. I would never had dug that deep.
Now that you know how deep the organics are, you can have a good idea of the final cost when that timber road fails. Use that info to do some calculations now so you can make a long term plan for the future. It would be nice to spread the expense over several years by breaking into bite size pieces now and then when the weather was best for it. Fred is just like my dad was when he was alive. Did not want to do it every day but a week in the seat now and then was heaven for him. He got to bring up great memories of a lifetime running that type of equipment. Died with his operating engineers union card in hand even though he was a company owner at nineteen years old and really did not need to keep it up.
The mats won't fail all at once. It would be good to have a few up on blocks to use as repair parts.
What about using soil for the road base and using sand or gravel for the surface?
Nice post Mark. thanks for sharing. Your dad sounds like he was a worker his whole life. Reminds me of my dad! I like your thoughts of future planning. I am not sure but I hope that if I continue down this path I may want to move to a different location with more space and perhaps a store front. Not sure if that is what I want to do but that is in my mind. There are a lot of vacant lots around here that could be repurposed.
@@ohiowoodburner Worth considering. Jeff/Mathews Firewood, in his most recent video, discusses that exact situation. He said that if he had a woodyard away from his house that people would steal his wood and equipment. I guess he lives back East, I am not sure.
You're lucky to have a friend like Fred, not for what he can do for you, but because you know he is glad to help. Those type of friends are few and far between. I'm gonna guess you ended up with 40 ton of stone.
Thanks Jason. Your estimate is very close.
God bless Fred, Jessie & Joe!! Your thumbs up, Joe, is the best!!👍
Thanks Dianne!
It look really good you guys doing really good jop love your video buddy 🔥
Thank you so much 😁
I'm not sure that 20 tons gravel is enough, but we will see. Great video!
It wasn't LOL
@@ohiowoodburner Yeah sounds more like 40 tons..
Great video Joe! Realizing your limitations actually saved you a bushel of money, which you will be able to use on the extra stone. I think Fred could probably tie his shoes with an excavator. Nice to have friends like that! Stay safe, have a great day, and may God bless…
Thanks Don. Fred is awesome at that machine.
That was fun - my bet is on two loads of rock for sure and maybe three.
It took a lot of rock for sure Marc
@@ohiowoodburner I expect that 20 ton of rock would be a small fraction of the volume of material that was removed. Maybe 80 or 100 ton will fill it as high as it was. The road should not be the ditch. The road should be higher than the ditch so the water will run off of it.
I think you should have constructed the road to the height desired with the best soil locally available. Then apply the rocks, saving some for later. It might be good to drive on the road for a while with no rocks to make sure that it is holding its shape and then put the rocks on. Without rocks the shape of the road would be more easily and more cheaply corrected.
Great project, great friends, great video! -Brad
Thanks so much Brad it was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed this project although there were some stressful moments. LOL
Great video, great progress, great friend in Fred.
indeed Alan!
15yrs?! He runs it like it was 15 minutes since he last ran one. Very skilled.
Indeed I would have never known.
Shale. Much cheaper than gravel. Run the shale down with your tractor to pack it and then a load of #57 gravel on top
All I could source for this weekend was 1x4 and 57. Seems to work well.
My wife came in while I was watching Fred dig up the dirt with wood pieces and all she could say was she wished she had that black gold going in her garden beds.
That was some rich, healthy soil. I will put it to good use!
hi there i did enjoy watching Fred . tell him thanks for me . now as entertaining as that was it may have been a great show with you doing it also . just a different kind of show . rock times 4 thanks john
We needed a lot more rock. Didn't know we had to dig that deep. Joe
The machine helped but thats bcos fred knows what his doing good old fred xx
He saved the da Theresa. What a great man and freind
Running a machine for years and years like Fred did, once you do it and become proficient and muscle memory kicks in, it is like riding a bike. Only thing Fred might of had an issue with initially is how sensitive the controls were and that would be a big if
He had never typed in a password to start a machine before. That was pretty funny LOL
What model Super-split kinetic do you have? There are three grades of them and ma considering one for resplits after splitting the knotty ones with my hydraulic splitter.
MIne is the J model. IMO that is all you need. I think the HD etc would be overkill and much heavier to push around the yard.
How long do you think the timber road will last before it starts to rot out or will need repair I have alot of mats available for very cheap I'd like to do something similar
I'm not sure there Noah but i think it will last as long as I feel like selling. Maybe I will outgrow this and buy a place. Not sure
👍👍
Thanks Tom!
How many T-shirts do you have to sell to keep that machine...because it's a power tool...enjoyed it.
I would have to sell a lot for sure!
Hello from Piqua Ohio.
Hi Stan!
Thanks Joe
Sure thing Jim
Jesse, the log hauler, probably thinks you have gone berserk. I've driven 90k pound trucks beside the beet puller (harvest machine) while the truck was being loaded. If the ground is too dry, the farmer will irrigate to help the beets pull more easily and to help the puller wheels penetrate the soil. Sugar beets.
Doesn't the logging truck load up at the landing where there are often no roads or trails? What is the difference? Less sawdust at the landing.
For a log landing, the skidder will pick high ground for good surface drainage. If someone were composting organic materials, the skidder would not make the logging trucks drive through that pile of stuff.
Know yourself. Know your limitations. Be honest. Whose idea was it to dig out the inferior material and to fill the hole with a large amount of rock-type material instead of filling the hole with better soil from your own place?
When you pay for that stone Joe just remind yourself how wet it would have been going back there with Jessies truck and your pickup this winter and next spring. In fact I don't think Jessie could have hauled back there this winter or next spring.
This is exactly what I was thinking in my brain. I am glad it is done LOL
Joe, if you had a money tree, you would probably be looking at it wondering how much firewood you could make cutting it down...🤔 ............No you wouldn't.😁
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LOL... I'm sure I would leave it and let it grow larger!
Second idea for a business selling topsoil from your yard at a premium price
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I could wrap it in plastic and put my label on it!! I like it!
There's a huge difference between someone who can run one of those, and a genuine 'operator'; you and I are the former, Joe, and Fred is the latter! 💪👍🇦🇺
That is about right Tassie. LOL
Is a lot of fun learning how to use a mini-ex! Wish could afford the one Mike Morgan has, but is an $80,000 machine!
Hope you got Fred a case of Dr Pepper!
LOL... I'd have to see if he can have sugar LOL
I’ll bet you’ll need closer to 150 ton of rock, it’ll be interesting to see the final amount.
Def needed more! We had to dig down a lot more than we thought
THAT GOD FOR FRIENDS.
Indeed Alan!
Baseball... TEAM!!!
You better believe it! Thanks
You better double your 20 ton ballast order.
Talk about luck, having Fred as a friend is well beyond that. A suggestion regarding backing the trailer. Hand on the bottom of the steering wheel. Look at side mirrors. Which ever way you want the trailer to go, move your hand that way. You probably already know that, but just in case... Enjoying your videos.
Thanks JM. For unknown reasons I am very good at backing up a trailer. It is one of my super skills LOL
My guess is that you will need 160 to 180 Tons
Not quite but def needed more than our original thought
Yup, you can tell he has done that before
He makes it look so easy Larry. It sure isn't!
If you had a money tree in the back you’d probably cut it down sell it for firewood.
LOL I hope not!!
Throw him some money
He would throw it back at me. I made even with him though
Be warned 20 tons of rock will go no where in a trench that size. It will demand several loads to achieve your ultimate objective.
That was the case. We needed a lot more rock
Your going to need a lot of rocks
Indeed I did. !!
@@ohiowoodburner Have you noticed how the County builds roads?
Nice job but he's a retired Operator 0perating a trackhoe.
Oh well. Thanks for commenting Larry.