U r a very blessed man. Ur hard work has paid off. Y'all have a top notch company. I bet u never run out of work. Wish i had more jobs like u get. Ur little tilt bkt 4 tha mini sure has paid for itself i would think. I don't know how u have time to film but I'm glad u do!!!
Man you work that thing like it’s your arm and fingers. I have a backhoe attachment for my tractor and it takes me forever to get one scoop of dirt. Lol I’m always impressed to see you work these machines
Hi Cris i love your videos i had my own company of plant and ground works before i retired.you are a great operater so is tim all the best to you .Roger
Another Great Job Chris !! Also, don't know if you have heard yet ? But, "Southern Homestead Transformation" the Man you an Justin went and showed what to do with the Big Pit lake , and Dam he was building, Well, his "Son' was killed on his job a couple days ago.....Very Sad... Our Heart goes out to him and his Family.....Thought i'd tell you in case you haven't heard ....
Giant imagine the toll the loss of a child can bring. The family will need the support of friends and family for months and years. Be a ear to them be a friend when they need it.
Great video, Chris, as always. Thanks for your dedication to putting out inspirational material on a daily basis. I realize it’s a lot of work and I, for one, appreciate your efforts!
Glad to see the dump trucks spreading the base material. The driver either needs to drive faster or narrow the gate opening to minimize the thickness of the base material...but this is a great start. You benefit from less labor on your part and less fuel burn.
just cant beat havin ol grader on the place , just so good an makes a smashing job , bloke driving has a good bit of noledge on how she works , good on ya lads
I just crusher them on that exact bait last weekend. Won the tournament and 2nd place was almost 3 pounds behind me. The more you use it the better it works. Also my son had a Original Chadder Bait on. Same color, same trailer not one bite. Over 19 in 5 hours. An I live in Ohio. We fish for 5 bites a day if we are lucky. But 19 keepers is crazy. Best 20 dollars on a bait I have spent. Made me over 6 grand this summer. 👍
Great logic regarding the entrance's radius! Many people will not think of the 'long loads'. Good job 'tailgating' the stone and a 'nice shine' with the grader!
Excellent video bro. A guys went loose on a roller like that here in NZ on some boy racers a couple of days ago, damaged 5 cars and hurt some people also. Must have thought he was playing squash.
I have a 6 ft pto rototiller i use first on those long driveways to cut that sod and chew it up then come behind with the skid steer makes life a little easier .
Nicely finished drive-way good to see you thinking ahead with the entrance way it won't get tore up with the construction trucks coming and going during construction of the house.
I did a 1000 ft driveway 1st with a skid steer then my tractor. Took me 3 weeks (over a span of time). I would have been better off paying a pro to do it. That said it was fun to do and was worth the experience. An adult playing in the sand!
Your pond looks a little lower than the roadway, have you had a land Survey done to see which way the water will flow once the capture pool get full ? It may be worth keeping the excess soil to act a a small moat or increase a proportion of the building side bank
any update on the truck storage depot that had broken steel culvert pipe like 9 feet down to the pond ? Nice lane to the pond ! (Searching for sink holes June13/2019)
Me; presses pause straight away, hits like button, stops video and something to watch later this evening. 🇬🇧 Edit; that's a really nice looking lot. Especially with the curvy drive. 👍
Its all those things. Additionally you do not have to excavate much past your topsoil. We went for 4" of #2 rock, followed by 3 inch's of "crush n run" on top of the geo fabric running 1400 feet. The base layer of #2 rock was to help prevent heavy equipment, concrete trucks, farm equipment, etc from quickly creating ruts.
Yikes, when I think back to what I spent on my 300 foot driveway plus parking areas over the years culminating in blacktop....whew...this guy must be Daddy war-bucks.
The pipe under the drive seemed low in the center. Is that just a distortion of the camera? If its low I'd be concerned about an ice dam (depending where the site is of course).
Nice looking drive, looks like you cut a good crown on the dirt before you layed the gravel down, is that correct cause I'm getting ready to put in like 1/2 mile of drive?
Have you looked at those Noram 65 graders? Would a new cutting edge have cut the grass better? I once saw a grader operator use his blade to cut recently paved asphalt. The asphalt was put down the day before and there were starting the next day from where they left off and he tipped his blade till it went into the asphalt like a knife then used the side shift to saw the pavement till it came out. Of course this guy was an old grader hand.
Hey Chris great videos as always but I do have one thing to ask. Why did you spread that first load of fill with the mini rather than a skid steer I would have thought the skid steer would be faster at doing it
M Robich cheaper homeowner insurance for one thing. Ready water supply for the fire dept. Out in the country there aren’t hydrants everywhere, so if you have a pond, the insurance company gives you a break.
Do you feel like there will be any drainage issues? That's a pretty long stretch, but I couldn't tell if it has a natural slope towards the ditches. I got a dirt road and 90% of my issues is lack of drainage right now and I've been avoiding trying to tackle such a large project because of it. My road is about half a mile, or about 2.6x longer than the 1000ft stretch you quoted at the start of the video. Also, what sort of place should I look into contacting for the road fabric. Something to google search my area for would be good.
I’ve always lived and done grading in the mountains. What do you do when thinking about surface water running ACROSS roads in flat places like this? I’m sure it’s a budget project versus a high budget project would be shooting grade and making sure no water crosses the road bed. Any thoughts?
This one is actually placed right on the ridge so water will go either left or right. But in some water either has to drain across or put a pipe in and let it go under
Yessirr buddy lot of money floating around in NC.........You could land a 747 on that driveway. Now they need a couple brick structures at the road entrance and then they need to turn you loose on that pond..........
love to see you were from driveways and pounds let me know next time you going to do a big pound I love to watch it everything you do on it thank you bye
Chris why do you put the pipe in at the road and mot the town or county? That is what is done in my area of upstate NY . They charge the home owner for the Pipe and the town will maintain it after that.
Most Southern states(not including FL) are much more independent, and don’t have so many restrictions on what you do with your land and how its done. We would( and have) told people who try to tellus what to do, to stuff it, and where! (Im in TN.) if we wanted that kind of busybodiness, id move back there!
Tim Mills well a 1000’ concrete driveway isn’t free. You need at least 4” of base that your gonna do for a gravel driveway anyway. Then about gazillion yards of concrete.
depending on slab thickness, 8' x 1000' is roughly 100 yards. Around here it would be concrete or asphalt for lower end areas, pavers for higher end areas. 100 yards of concrete would run 10k, here we could pour on grade, finishing would be about 10k to 15k... more than gravel, much nicer look though.
I’d never guess it would take over 600,000 pounds of stone to make a driveway. Pretty impressive. Love the grader video. So cool how it works.
U r a very blessed man. Ur hard work has paid off. Y'all have a top notch company. I bet u never run out of work. Wish i had more jobs like u get. Ur little tilt bkt 4 tha mini sure has paid for itself i would think. I don't know how u have time to film but I'm glad u do!!!
Man you work that thing like it’s your arm and fingers. I have a backhoe attachment for my tractor and it takes me forever to get one scoop of dirt. Lol
I’m always impressed to see you work these machines
Hi Cris i love your videos i had my own company of plant and ground works before i retired.you are a great operater so is tim all the best to you .Roger
Another Great Job Chris !! Also, don't know if you have heard yet ? But, "Southern Homestead Transformation" the Man you an Justin went and showed what to do with the Big Pit lake , and Dam he was building, Well, his "Son' was killed on his job a couple days ago.....Very Sad... Our Heart goes out to him and his Family.....Thought i'd tell you in case you haven't heard ....
My Condolences To the Family.
Keith, I cant thank you enough for passing this along.
My sympathies also go out to the family. My the Lord be with you in this time of sorrow.
Giant imagine the toll the loss of a child can bring. The family will need the support of friends and family for months and years. Be a ear to them be a friend when they need it.
Great video, Chris, as always. Thanks for your dedication to putting out inspirational material on a daily basis. I realize it’s a lot of work and I, for one, appreciate your efforts!
These projects and their execution are what some subscribers who have no idea about such things, find the most interesting.
Thanks for making these videos! You are truly giving back to humanity. Keep it coming.
Thanks for taking the time to make the video .
Glad to see the dump trucks spreading the base material. The driver either needs to drive faster or narrow the gate opening to minimize the thickness of the base material...but this is a great start. You benefit from less labor on your part and less fuel burn.
Aaaaand another fine days work. Thanks Chris. Take tomorrow off. You’ve well earned it.
just cant beat havin ol grader on the place , just so good an makes a smashing job , bloke driving has a good bit of noledge on how she works , good on ya lads
Of course you upload this today, would have been helpful before I did my 1500’ driveway 🤣. Nice job man looks great!
It would have been nice to have a grader on that project eh? 😄🚜🇨🇦
Keith Brettell yes but I would need Chris to come run it for me 🤣
I was thinking a box/blade would have made that project easier but you'd need something to pull it, which I don't think you have. @@eliteearthworksllc
Keith Brettell yes no tractor here
Something for the future, it would definitely have a place with your excavator and skidsteer. @@eliteearthworksllc
Great job! a drone video of the road grading would have been the icing on the cake. Fun to watch
Nice to have a wide apron on the driveway sure makes it easier turning off the road and not dropping the wagon wheels in the ditch.
I just crusher them on that exact bait last weekend. Won the tournament and 2nd place was almost 3 pounds behind me. The more you use it the better it works. Also my son had a Original Chadder Bait on. Same color, same trailer not one bite. Over 19 in 5 hours. An I live in Ohio. We fish for 5 bites a day if we are lucky. But 19 keepers is crazy. Best 20 dollars on a bait I have spent. Made me over 6 grand this summer. 👍
Great logic regarding the entrance's radius! Many people will not think of the 'long loads'.
Good job 'tailgating' the stone and a 'nice shine' with the grader!
Great job enjoyed that, your workmanship is excellent, start rite an finish up right!!!!
Another very nice job great work guys something tells me there is going to be a BIG house on that property 😎👍👍👍
Nice.
I always enjoy watching the motor grader operating.
Thanks.
Excellent video bro. A guys went loose on a roller like that here in NZ on some boy racers a couple of days ago, damaged 5 cars and hurt some people also. Must have thought he was playing squash.
another succesful driveway installation... looks good as usual
Man that grader sure does perty work, curves come out nice!
Stay safe
Dwayne
Everyone likes nice curves!!!
Great job looks really good. You guys do great work
I have a 6 ft pto rototiller i use first on those long driveways to cut that sod and chew it up then come behind with the skid steer makes life a little easier .
Great video Chris nice job on the drive way enjoyed watching
Nicely finished drive-way good to see you thinking ahead with the entrance way it won't get tore up with the construction trucks coming and going during construction of the house.
Great work and video Chris! Thanks phor sharing!
I did a 1000 ft driveway 1st with a skid steer then my tractor. Took me 3 weeks (over a span of time). I would have been better off paying a pro to do it. That said it was fun to do and was worth the experience. An adult playing in the sand!
That grass did not wanna turn loose . It turned out good
when will you go back to that huge pond/mini lake you built where there’s gonna be a stone bridge across it to see how it’s looking?
We could fault Chris on the titles of his episodes and follow ups
Very nice tailgate spreading with that t880 nine truck
Great job! Sure hate to see what cement trucks do to it when you build your home😢
Whew! $9000 just in stone (360 tonnes)? Appreciate it, as always!
REALLY how much did the whole job cost?
$9000 in 360 ton? WTH
Now THAT... Is Such a N1CE job... Your Hired...!! 😳😎👍✅
Finally! It's like waiting around for crack😎 thanks for the fix cris👍
Your pond looks a little lower than the roadway, have you had a land Survey done to see which way the water will flow once the capture pool get full ? It may be worth keeping the excess soil to act a a small moat or increase a proportion of the building side bank
any update on the truck storage depot that had broken steel culvert pipe like 9 feet down to the pond ? Nice lane to the pond ! (Searching for sink holes June13/2019)
Yeah he never concluded that job on video.
You're a professional installer, if you want to add Apple Car Play to your factory radio Thank you for the content
Me; presses pause straight away, hits like button, stops video and something to watch later this evening. 🇬🇧
Edit; that's a really nice looking lot. Especially with the curvy drive. 👍
I’ve always thought that was a cool little grader.
So if heavier rain falls what's about those driveways?
*Would love to see an Aerial view of this driveway*
Nice project 1000 ft driveway install Chris, awesome like allways Letsdig18 👍👌😎
Looking good! What is the purpose of the fabric? Weed prevention, erosion, or what?
Its all those things. Additionally you do not have to excavate much past your topsoil. We went for 4" of #2 rock, followed by 3 inch's of "crush n run" on top of the geo fabric running 1400 feet. The base layer of #2 rock was to help prevent heavy equipment, concrete trucks, farm equipment, etc from quickly creating ruts.
Yikes, when I think back to what I spent on my 300 foot driveway plus parking areas over the years culminating in blacktop....whew...this guy must be Daddy war-bucks.
Looking beautiful
The pipe under the drive seemed low in the center. Is that just a distortion of the camera? If its low I'd be concerned about an ice dam (depending where the site is of course).
Looks great as always Chris
Nice looking drive, looks like you cut a good crown on the dirt before you layed the gravel down, is that correct cause I'm getting ready to put in like 1/2 mile of drive?
have you heard the news so sad very sad Southern Homestead Transfomaton
loss his son in a horror crash i have sent my condolences to the family
Have you looked at those Noram 65 graders? Would a new cutting edge have cut the grass better? I once saw a grader operator use his blade to cut recently paved asphalt. The asphalt was put down the day before and there were starting the next day from where they left off and he tipped his blade till it went into the asphalt like a knife then used the side shift to saw the pavement till it came out. Of course this guy was an old grader hand.
Another great job... well done.
What is it you put over the pipe at the beginning of the road, is it stone flour? Sorry 4 my bad spelling.
Hey Chris great videos as always but I do have one thing to ask. Why did you spread that first load of fill with the mini rather than a skid steer I would have thought the skid steer would be faster at doing it
The Mini EX is faster at covering and packing in and around the Pipe tho -- especially that kind of Pipe.
Nice video. How many tons of stone can a full dump truck carry?
Jorge Ramos Legally 14 tons from where I’m from. Maybe different where he is
Jorge Ramos It all depends on the truck, number of axles, state, and if you’re willing to risk a ticket.
@@steelhorse4524 thank you
@@jeffguimond9442 I was talking about a truck like the one on the video.
At first I thought holycrap is he building a highway? then after you saying they had a camper, I was like, oh he’s smart!
Uncle makes it look easy
Nice video thanks Chris!
did you guys also do the pond, or did someone else get the job.
I was wondering about that too.
Unfortunately my wife and I didn't know Chris at the time the pond was built.
I never knew how much skill and concentration it takes to run a grader.
Your hand never stops moving on the controls.
why does it seem like everybody wants a pond on their property? what is the main use for it?
M Robich cheaper homeowner insurance for one thing. Ready water supply for the fire dept. Out in the country there aren’t hydrants everywhere, so if you have a pond, the insurance company gives you a break.
A place where I can teach my grandkids to fish, swim, kayak and fun that doesn't involve video games. Just for the beauty of sitting out on the water
How much from start to finish? I have similar job would like you to do. Thanks
Tim "Im going to roll up the grass with the grader"........THE GRASS..."O YA! HOLD MY BEER!"
Very nice. Good job!
Do you feel like there will be any drainage issues? That's a pretty long stretch, but I couldn't tell if it has a natural slope towards the ditches. I got a dirt road and 90% of my issues is lack of drainage right now and I've been avoiding trying to tackle such a large project because of it. My road is about half a mile, or about 2.6x longer than the 1000ft stretch you quoted at the start of the video.
Also, what sort of place should I look into contacting for the road fabric. Something to google search my area for would be good.
with all the heavy rain we have had over the last couple of days, no drainage issue's and the path is holding up very well
What stone did you use for the road pack?
I’ve always lived and done grading in the mountains. What do you do when thinking about surface water running ACROSS roads in flat places like this? I’m sure it’s a budget project versus a high budget project would be shooting grade and making sure no water crosses the road bed. Any thoughts?
This one is actually placed right on the ridge so water will go either left or right. But in some water either has to drain across or put a pipe in and let it go under
Is there an update on the plant that had the huge drainage issues? Id like to see that project get done. Thanks!
He said in a previous video he has to wait for it to get approval from the board
@@m2hmghb I know that but that was a long time ago so I was asking him if there was an update to the project. Thanks!
still no update
letsdig18 Thanks!
assassinlexx Exactly!
i like all your videos and does that mini excavator have a horn on it
Sweet!
What video editing software do you use?
Chris! No A,C ON THE Greider?
Damn nice job!!!
Yessirr buddy lot of money floating around in NC.........You could land a 747 on that driveway. Now they need a couple brick structures at the road entrance and then they need to turn you loose on that pond..........
Had to make the entrance 40 foot wide so you could pull the equipment out of there!
A job well done
But seriously.. Does it actually 'CURVE around' back up to the road? 🤣 Sorry.. couldn't help that one.. Nice, easy job there. 👍
For those of us that are hard of hearing can you turn on the subtitles function?
Tell you young Padawan to be were of the dark side you taught him well
Hi chris have you had any problems with putting plastic pipes in entrances? I have been to worried to use with heavy trailers going over them.
I think it is double wall pipe.
This is tripple wall plastic. It's DOTS approved plastic pipe.
Thanks. Will see if it's available around here.
How do you like your Yanmar Excavator?
That's a mighty fine piece of work! So what does a driveway like that cost in total... just generally speaking?
videolabguy I was wondering the same.
I want to learn how to operate heavy equipment any tips?
Andrew Camarata, who also does a lot of these videos, has one called "How I got started in excavation" or something like that.
Looks like Tim does most of the work lol
love to see you were from driveways and pounds let me know next time you going to do a big pound I love to watch it everything you do on it thank you bye
Why did the yanmar struggle with that grass ?
It didn't.
Chris why do you put the pipe in at the road and mot the town or county? That is what is done in my area of upstate NY . They charge the home owner for the Pipe and the town will maintain it after that.
cause it will take 3 months and it would not be near as nice as this
@@letsdig18 and cost 10 times as much
Most Southern states(not including FL) are much more independent, and don’t have so many restrictions on what you do with your land and how its done. We would( and have) told people who try to tellus what to do, to stuff it, and where! (Im in TN.) if we wanted that kind of busybodiness, id move back there!
Bro love these vids bro keep um comin
lol in canada we call that A gravel ,not stone.
..only 1000 feet, you should have it done by lunch..lol..great vid..
What are the horses names across the road?
Wow no trees died today . Lol
Great site work
Chris, how come people don't do concrete in your area? is it cost or ground conditions or something else?
Tim Mills well a 1000’ concrete driveway isn’t free. You need at least 4” of base that your gonna do for a gravel driveway anyway. Then about gazillion yards of concrete.
Thousand feet at 8 feet wide would be like 40 grand just in concrete.
Tim Mills So, money. 😉
depending on slab thickness, 8' x 1000' is roughly 100 yards. Around here it would be concrete or asphalt for lower end areas, pavers for higher end areas. 100 yards of concrete would run 10k, here we could pour on grade, finishing would be about 10k to 15k... more than gravel, much nicer look though.
It's like watching hillbilly Nascar 😂😂😂👍👍👍💙💙💙
What’s the culvert fill material?
looked like stone dust or #10 screenings
They call is processed fill here. It's screenings and rock mixed for the quarry
What kind of rock did you put down? I thought it was going to leave a brown finish but it didn't
ABC, base stone for roads
Thank you
What state is this?
William Acosta Nash County NC, i believe.
COREY WRIGHT 😎 HI