Maybe a note in each mailbox thanking Richard and asking for each person to contibute. Our camp is on a private road. We started a road maintenance association, it has worked out well. At the end of summer we have a cookout. It keeps us connected.
Might be worthwhile to ask him if he'll teach you how to run the tractor and do the section between your two houses so that you can take care of it if he gets sick in addition to saving him a lot of personal time. I'd take him a twelve pack of his favorite drink also even if it's just a soda 👍 Mom always taught me to appreciate anyone who does something for you even if you were paying them to do it and people would be surprised how much it counts to whoever is doing the work for you.
We had a neighbor in Minnesota, he always got up early every Saturday morning and would kind of pester people, walking house to house if he spotted you outside he'd walk over holding his coffee cup. I told dad, your mechanical (like me) he works all week to, but you can do things he can't. Engage him he's lonely. Dad found out he had a bad back but was late 30's early 40's too. Snow came, dad would shovel our house, his and others that had health issues, till I got old enough he'd let me help. But when the snow was over 6' and I was 5'5" at 11 and dad was 5'8". We started getting creative. Then one day we heard this horrible noise outside. Here was our neighbor, he'd bought a wide fancydancy snowblower, wearing cleats so he wouldn't slip, cleaned OUR driveway. Then taught dad and I how to use it. I think when I graduated High School and moved back to MO for college, I missed that snowblower the most on winter mornings. LOL
that looks so much like where i live, you are blessed to have such a man to help the neighbors,we are the only ones that live up here because my neighbors passed away,we could not get anyone to put down gravel over time, when i first moved here i would buy the gravel and get someone to spread it for me. People got older and they were not able to do the job. i finally saved 10,000 dollars and paid to get it blacktopped, it took a big bite out of my savings, but the driveway was washing away. it is fine now that me and my husband don't have to continue trying to fill the pot holes,so i know what you are going through, you are so blessed to have someone to help you and your neighbors, everyone on that road should try to put in some money to help if they can, we could not get the county to help,people who worked for the county would pass us and laugh
Your the kind of man that will probably be given his tractor, God Forbid him passing anytime soon, to continue to take care of the land that you guys love together.....
Exactly how it gets done in west and central Texas. Folks pitch in, pool their equipment and materials and get things taken care of. Neighbor helping neighbor. Harvesting, planting, or irrigating hay and crops if a farmer is ill/hurt and can't do it when it needs doing. Taking care of predators and helping replace big losses of stock if need be. Sharing windfalls. That's how I was raised and how I saw my grand parents and parents do. I taught my kids to do the same. Hope that lesson took.
I just bought a tractor Ed, great investment. I don't know why I didn't do it sooner. Get a box blade too, great for repairing gravel roads and drives.
GOB BLESS YOU It's all about people helping people...that is so lost in our current world...so glad to see this... Actually, this brought tears to my eyes... Reminds me of when I grew up in the country of N.E.Texas.
Southern Missouri/Northern Arkansas (Ozark Mtns), and North Eastern Minnesota 15 miles from Canada. You get snippy with neighbors there, they'll leave your ass in a ditch in 40 below with wind chill making it much worse, after ensuring the kids and wife aren't with you. Sure becomes a "lightbulb" moment for lots of folks. LOL
Ed if you get some stubborn potholes they just keep coming back you can take some Portland cement and sprinkle it on the bank run gravel as you fill the pothole and then a final sprinkling on top preferably when the gravel slightly moist like it is in the video or right before very light rain or if you have some old bags or concrete mix or mortar mix that are starting to get lumpy just put it on a little heavier as long as it's not a solid block an old-timer showed me that probably 25 years ago to keep the gravel in the road when you got a dig 2 repair utilities in the road and you're not going to blacktop that spot right away
Who are the people who don’t like your vids. I don’t always agree with your politics, but the wife and I have learned so much from you. Keep up the great work.
You have good neighbors. My drive is two miles long and it's all our responsibility. But we are OK with it since privacy is our reward. Building the road though 😌😌😌
My family maintained a minimum maintenance road years ago. It literally had a sign on it with my family’s name; it was called Mortenson Road. My great uncles maintained the road. They had tractors and other farm equipment. They have all died in the last few years. I was in Minnesota last July, and the Mortenson Road sign was taken down.
Sounds like you have a nice neighbor. I have a similar situation with a property located on a private road with public access. The county does not maintain the road so if I wanted to improve the road myself, would still require a permit from the county. Without a permit, I am opening myself up to potential liability with the other neighbors. If that road is not improved the correct way, without proper drainage, etc., a neighbor could sue me. Sometimes being kind can come back to bite us.
Back in the '80s when my fsmily lived on a couple different summer camps my late dad did alot of road grading both on oroperty and the portion that led up to the county road
Having been a dump truck driver for yrs that type of rock is called dga ( dense grade aggregate ) it's for a base that needs rolled, traffic will do that for you but with rain 1/3 to 1/2 will wash away depends on how hard the rain is. That can have a chip and sill ( sprayed tar covered with fine pea sized rock ) put over that, That will withstand the rain better.
rv sorce....I was kinda wondering if they were using the right sized gravel. Would the tractor be able to spray the tar? If nobody on the street has the equipment to spray tar should they just use the pea sized gravel instead of the dga?
@@ICU8-12 They have a trailer that heats the tar and pumps it to a tube that has spray nozzles on it, Once the tar is down a dump truck can then spread the pea size gravel very thinly. The pile shown in video if pea seize and spread right would almost go a 1/2 mile. As far as using the pea gravel over dga it could be spread on top to lessen the run off by covering and holding the sand in the dga but either way it should be rolled.
@@rvsorce7196, Nobody wants to pay for the 300 bucks of maintenance gravel now, Who is going to pay for a an oil sprayed road which would cost thousands ?
@@augustreil I know it would cost more I was just pointing out that a chip and seal road would resist rain and weather better as he was expecting a lot of rain the next day and it wouldn't have time to be compacted properly.
the Bnb guy down the street does it every year....he also plows my long drive every year...at least 6xs....major snowfalls...just today another lovely neighbour asked if I needed anything in town...it's all about pitching together
We hav those really bad honey pots dirt driveway on a swamp. The driveway was built on a swamp layed some logs down and gravel on top 1/4 mile driveway could be built better but it works
We have a 2 mile long road with multiple people living on it and it’s so bad. The cost would be a million or more. We need the county to take it over. Somehow.
Yes,Ed ,you will become the designated adult when those neighbors pass on. Country people help one another-should be better when SHTF.I just thought about something.Where will you get the gravel after SHTF?
Snow removal from the road in the winter is something that needs to be looked after too. Everyone should pitch in for common use things. However it comes down to the old 'tragedy of the commons' problem. Since no one 'owns' the road, no one is responsible for its upkeep.
The road isnt in to bad a shape. If he had a old township pull typ grader its easy to put a crown on it so water runs off properly then the pot hole dont develop as easy
Ed, are you guys using "road base gravel"? If not, you may want to use that next year. Road base is a mixture of sizes and it locks together when it gets tamped down real nice, unlike regular gravel. I'm mostly saying this for people reading this because it looks like that might be what you're neighbor is applying to the road. Lookin' good!
Believe me , there’s nothing better for the farmers soul than tractor therapy. It’s kind-of like you and I have found in bikes. I can honestly say I love the tractor as much as I love the bike.
My parents lived in a house for 25 years before a divorce. They didn't even know the name of the family next door or anyone else in the neighbor hood. So sad .
@Richard D. That's not uncommon. Unfortunately in this day and age people get up, go to work, come home, eat, watch TV, sleep and do it all over again. Sometimes on a weekend if you are outdoors you wave to a neighbor. We moved two years ago from that type of neighborhood. Now we know each other, have a neighborhood Facebook page, and help each other out. I love it here.
Hey preppernurse1 I saw you on the foogle news you should check the geography you might have a under ground stream that runs through that road that could be one of the reasons the potholes keep coming back it's good to see Neighbors getting along these days
Do for others that they may do for you. Help people and expect nothing in return. Luke 6:35 “But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.”
Nice video, please tell Richard that we all waved hi!!! He seemed really pleasant, & he seemed to enjoy his you-tube time! We would enjoy seeing more of Richard in the future if he where ever interested. :D
How ironic that you are doing a video on this. I have the same problem. However I cannot get my neighbors to get together on this so because im the only one who lives here all year round im stuck taking care of the logging road i live on.
You can't depend on the government anymore for anything. It takes great neighbors and a great community to get thing done. We'll done!! 👏BTW GET THAT MAN A BEER🍺
Should look into crushin fines. (im sure someone will correct me if i said that wrong) or even better crumble or black top crumble. Lay it an inch or two thick. (again if i named it wrong I'm sure someone will correct me)
Did you guys have to have a county permit to fix your road? Our county wants us to get the permit to be able to fix our road but the county wont touch it. Yes I am looking to buy a tractor very soon too.
We own our road too, and a peninsula down at the lake and the road down to that. Paying for class 5 and upkeep can be pricey but it's worth it not to have the county in our biz....
If several people live on and use the road then each is responsible for their road frontage. If mail is delivered and the road has a name then it is the county.
Maybe a note in each mailbox thanking Richard and asking for each person to contibute. Our camp is on a private road. We started a road maintenance association, it has worked out well. At the end of summer we have a cookout. It keeps us connected.
Beautiful property. I really miss living in the country . It's nice that you and your neighbor work as a team.
Neighbors helping each other is how it's supposed to be.
Excellent Video. 💯👍👍😎🇺🇸
The good ole days of neighbors being neighbors wish there was more these days
Nice to see people working together and caring. It was nice to feel part of it for only a few moments, that good people exist.
A big applause for Richard! God bless!
Might be worthwhile to ask him if he'll teach you how to run the tractor and do the section between your two houses so that you can take care of it if he gets sick in addition to saving him a lot of personal time. I'd take him a twelve pack of his favorite drink also even if it's just a soda 👍 Mom always taught me to appreciate anyone who does something for you even if you were paying them to do it and people would be surprised how much it counts to whoever is doing the work for you.
We had a neighbor in Minnesota, he always got up early every Saturday morning and would kind of pester people, walking house to house if he spotted you outside he'd walk over holding his coffee cup.
I told dad, your mechanical (like me) he works all week to, but you can do things he can't. Engage him he's lonely. Dad found out he had a bad back but was late 30's early 40's too. Snow came, dad would shovel our house, his and others that had health issues, till I got old enough he'd let me help. But when the snow was over 6' and I was 5'5" at 11 and dad was 5'8". We started getting creative. Then one day we heard this horrible noise outside. Here was our neighbor, he'd bought a wide fancydancy snowblower, wearing cleats so he wouldn't slip, cleaned OUR driveway. Then taught dad and I how to use it.
I think when I graduated High School and moved back to MO for college, I missed that snowblower the most on winter mornings. LOL
Team work makes great neighbors.
that looks so much like where i live, you are blessed to have such a man to help the neighbors,we are the only ones that live up here because my neighbors passed away,we could not get anyone to put down gravel over time, when i first moved here i would buy the gravel and get someone to spread it for me. People got older and they were not able to do the job. i finally saved 10,000 dollars and paid to get it blacktopped, it took a big bite out of my savings, but the driveway was washing away. it is fine now that me and my husband don't have to continue trying to fill the pot holes,so i know what you are going through, you are so blessed to have someone to help you and your neighbors, everyone on that road should try to put in some money to help if they can, we could not get the county to help,people who worked for the county would pass us and laugh
Your the kind of man that will probably be given his tractor, God Forbid him passing anytime soon, to continue to take care of the land that you guys love together.....
Exactly how it gets done in west and central Texas. Folks pitch in, pool their equipment and materials and get things taken care of. Neighbor helping neighbor. Harvesting, planting, or irrigating hay and crops if a farmer is ill/hurt and can't do it when it needs doing. Taking care of predators and helping replace big losses of stock if need be. Sharing windfalls. That's how I was raised and how I saw my grand parents and parents do. I taught my kids to do the same. Hope that lesson took.
I just bought a tractor Ed, great investment. I don't know why I didn't do it sooner. Get a box blade too, great for repairing gravel roads and drives.
Share the use of the road, share the upkeep and repairs ...
GOB BLESS YOU
It's all about people helping people...that is so lost in our current world...so glad to see this...
Actually, this brought tears to my eyes...
Reminds me of when I grew up in the country of N.E.Texas.
Southern Missouri/Northern Arkansas (Ozark Mtns), and North Eastern Minnesota 15 miles from Canada. You get snippy with neighbors there, they'll leave your ass in a ditch in 40 below with wind chill making it much worse, after ensuring the kids and wife aren't with you. Sure becomes a "lightbulb" moment for lots of folks. LOL
Ed if you get some stubborn potholes they just keep coming back you can take some Portland cement and sprinkle it on the bank run gravel as you fill the pothole and then a final sprinkling on top preferably when the gravel slightly moist like it is in the video or right before very light rain or if you have some old bags or concrete mix or mortar mix that are starting to get lumpy just put it on a little heavier as long as it's not a solid block an old-timer showed me that probably 25 years ago to keep the gravel in the road when you got a dig 2 repair utilities in the road and you're not going to blacktop that spot right away
What that man is doing definitely is a good neighbor and it's a no brainer to pitch in. just makes you a better man.👍. Johnny 1.out
Great neighbors! You should start sharing the trackter now. He seems real nice.
We live on a mountain with 1 neighbors but we are a community. We help each other always. That’s how it should be 😁
You're very blessed👍💖
country neighbors are the best Everyone pitches in help each other / work together
Who are the people who don’t like your vids. I don’t always agree with your politics, but the wife and I have learned so much from you. Keep up the great work.
One team one fight glad to see y'all are living it
You have good neighbors. My drive is two miles long and it's all our responsibility. But we are OK with it since privacy is our reward.
Building the road though 😌😌😌
My family maintained a minimum maintenance road years ago. It literally had a sign on it with my family’s name; it was called Mortenson Road. My great uncles maintained the road. They had tractors and other farm equipment. They have all died in the last few years. I was in Minnesota last July, and the Mortenson Road sign was taken down.
Looks like you have some great neighbor's.
You guys need a 6' wide ripper drag that can be pulled by any vehicle, including a good sized car.
Sounds like you have a nice neighbor. I have a similar situation with a property located on a private road with public access. The county does not maintain the road so if I wanted to improve the road myself, would still require a permit from the county. Without a permit, I am opening myself up to potential liability with the other neighbors. If that road is not improved the correct way, without proper drainage, etc., a neighbor could sue me. Sometimes being kind can come back to bite us.
For a private dirt road, that is actually a lot smoother than most of the city-owned paved streets here in Honolulu, Hawaii, lol.
Here in CA too
@@marymdavis3189, Here in Ct also.
Great video, thanks for sharing.
I love the country 👍💥
This isn't boring by the way. It is very important and interesting very sorry about the swatting u had to deal with..
MARFOOGLE Fam....
Back in the '80s when my fsmily lived on a couple different summer camps my late dad did alot of road grading both on oroperty and the portion that led up to the county road
Having been a dump truck driver for yrs that type of rock is called dga ( dense grade aggregate ) it's for a base that needs rolled, traffic will do that for you but with rain 1/3 to 1/2 will wash away depends on how hard the rain is. That can have a chip and sill ( sprayed tar covered with fine pea sized rock ) put over that, That will withstand the rain better.
rv sorce....I was kinda wondering if they were using the right sized gravel. Would the tractor be able to spray the tar? If nobody on the street has the equipment to spray tar should they just use the pea sized gravel instead of the dga?
@@ICU8-12 They have a trailer that heats the tar and pumps it to a tube that has spray nozzles on it, Once the tar is down a dump truck can then spread the pea size gravel very thinly. The pile shown in video if pea seize and spread right would almost go a 1/2 mile. As far as using the pea gravel over dga it could be spread on top to lessen the run off by covering and holding the sand in the dga but either way it should be rolled.
@@rvsorce7196 Thanks.
@@rvsorce7196, Nobody wants to pay for the 300 bucks of maintenance gravel now, Who is going to pay for a an oil sprayed road which would cost thousands ?
@@augustreil I know it would cost more I was just pointing out that a chip and seal road would resist rain and weather better as he was expecting a lot of rain the next day and it wouldn't have time to be compacted properly.
the Bnb guy down the street does it every year....he also plows my long drive every year...at least 6xs....major snowfalls...just today another lovely neighbour asked if I needed anything in town...it's all about pitching together
A box blade would be real handy for that drive
A ripper Drag would work also and can be used by any vehicle with a tow hitch.
Good neighbors
We hav those really bad honey pots dirt driveway on a swamp. The driveway was built on a swamp layed some logs down and gravel on top 1/4 mile driveway could be built better but it works
need to invest in a box blade so you don"t have to put gravel on it every year would be good money spent
Nice work
Yeah those tractors aren't cheap either. About the same price as a good used car.
Ed, you and your children are living the American dream. Blessings and favor to all of you.
We have a 2 mile long road with multiple people living on it and it’s so bad. The cost would be a million or more. We need the county to take it over. Somehow.
Love your videos as always brother.thank you for your hard work to inform us
Yes,Ed ,you will become the designated adult when those neighbors pass on. Country people help one another-should be better when SHTF.I just thought about something.Where will you get the gravel after SHTF?
Snow removal from the road in the winter is something that needs to be looked after too. Everyone should pitch in for common use things. However it comes down to the old 'tragedy of the commons' problem. Since no one 'owns' the road, no one is responsible for its upkeep.
The road isnt in to bad a shape. If he had a old township pull typ grader its easy to put a crown on it so water runs off properly then the pot hole dont develop as easy
Ed, are you guys using "road base gravel"? If not, you may want to use that next year. Road base is a mixture of sizes and it locks together when it gets tamped down real nice, unlike regular gravel. I'm mostly saying this for people reading this because it looks like that might be what you're neighbor is applying to the road. Lookin' good!
That's what the guy was using.
Believe me , there’s nothing better for the farmers soul than tractor therapy. It’s kind-of like you and I have found in bikes. I can honestly say I love the tractor as much as I love the bike.
My parents lived in a house for 25 years before a divorce. They didn't even know the name of the family next door or anyone else in the neighbor hood. So sad .
@Richard D. That's not uncommon. Unfortunately in this day and age people get up, go to work, come home, eat, watch TV, sleep and do it all over again. Sometimes on a weekend if you are outdoors you wave to a neighbor. We moved two years ago from that type of neighborhood. Now we know each other, have a neighborhood Facebook page, and help each other out. I love it here.
Hey preppernurse1 I saw you on the foogle news you should check the geography you might have a under ground stream that runs through that road that could be one of the reasons the potholes keep coming back it's good to see Neighbors getting along these days
It's a dirt road, they get pot holes in them, even in the desert.
Cool
Do for others that they may do for you.
Help people and expect nothing in return.
Luke 6:35 “But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.”
Nice video, please tell Richard that we all waved hi!!! He seemed really pleasant, & he seemed to enjoy his you-tube time! We would enjoy seeing more of Richard in the future if he where ever interested. :D
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I know you don't believe this, but Jesus love you PrepperNurse1.
How ironic that you are doing a video on this. I have the same problem. However I cannot get my neighbors to get together on this so because im the only one who lives here all year round im stuck taking care of the logging road i live on.
that tractor cost 20,000 .00 dollars I want one so bad
Yeah they do !
You are a good neighbor. How many home's use that road? Later
You can't depend on the government anymore for anything. It takes great neighbors and a great community to get thing done. We'll done!! 👏BTW GET THAT MAN A BEER🍺
What a great guy! I'd like to give him 100.00 just for being a sweet man!
Haha..your future tractor named Harley
Geez nice guy and well done on pitching in... I need to order a load for my driveway I've been buying by the bag at Lowe's to adjust lol
I HAVEN'T SEEN THIZ KIND OF NEIGHBORLY LOVE AND CARING LIKE THIS IN DECADES! DECADES!
😇🇺🇸GOOD NEIGHBORLY SPIRIT.🇺🇸
Should look into crushin fines. (im sure someone will correct me if i said that wrong) or even better crumble or black top crumble. Lay it an inch or two thick. (again if i named it wrong I'm sure someone will correct me)
Did you guys have to have a county permit to fix your road? Our county wants us to get the permit to be able to fix our road but the county wont touch it. Yes I am looking to buy a tractor very soon too.
No not at all.
We own our road too, and a peninsula down at the lake and the road down to that. Paying for class 5 and upkeep can be pricey but it's worth it not to have the county in our biz....
The person who owns the property.
If several people live on and use the road then each is responsible for their road frontage. If mail is delivered and the road has a name then it is the county.
Hey Ed...Who pays for the snow plowing? I own a property on a private road and the town stopped plowing it after 60 years.
People that live on the road do it.
@@preppernurse1 You're lucky they don't want money for that too. But I pitch in for that too, even though I'm not there in the winter.
Better get your tractor before we have grid down .
Who takes care of a private road. Lol. You do!
easy does it but do it
The person who owns it