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  • @nooneyouknowhere6148
    @nooneyouknowhere6148 Рік тому +17

    I'm so sorry that you guys have to drive a GM. That aside.... i hear people all over Pennsylvania asking "why can't we get any gravel?" The poor quaries reply with "well you see... there's this guy who buys it faster than we can mine it."

    • @jamesbockenstette4332
      @jamesbockenstette4332 Рік тому +2

      Mike doesn’t use much gravel. He uses crushed stone. There is a difference.

    • @nooneyouknowhere6148
      @nooneyouknowhere6148 Рік тому +1

      @@jamesbockenstette4332 potato, patato. Same thing. Natural gravel, manufactured gravel.

    • @jamesbockenstette4332
      @jamesbockenstette4332 Рік тому +2

      @@nooneyouknowhere6148 No. Two different products.

  • @clausiusuf
    @clausiusuf Рік тому +17

    Thanks for putting this together. I started making a couple videos myself - overhauling old Coleman lanterns and stoves. It’s a lot of work editing and makes me appreciate how much you do and the production quality of your videos. Whew. Learning !

  • @EyesOnlyTeam86
    @EyesOnlyTeam86 Рік тому +1

    7:50 Concrete with the Hauses would be VERY PROUD of your mixing skills Mike!!! 😅😅

  • @midnightmusicfanx36
    @midnightmusicfanx36 Рік тому

    I have an idea/suggestion for your new roadside wood stand.
    I have watched your videos for a handful of years now and I'm familiar with your snowfall and snow plowing buildup at the driveway turnout.
    If you were to build the wood stand in upper and lower (bolted together) sections, you could have the upper section well above ground level. It would avoid extra moisture transference to the wood bundles and eliminate the need for full wood stand replacement, due to it being hit or long term wood rot etc...
    Granted, this would lessen the storage space (unless you lengthened it overall). However, a few extra restocking trips down the driveway may make it worthwhile.
    Also, should you ever want to move it, it's much more transportable.
    Have a blessed day and thanks for the great videos.
    Mark K
    Ps....Way to go Eva. The smile, wave and goodbye (as you drove past the camera) was a sweet and thoughtful gesture. Most people are so self consumed, they wouldn't have thought to do it.

  • @olddawgdreaming5715
    @olddawgdreaming5715 Рік тому +21

    Thanks for sharing with us Mike and Melissa , the driveway does look great. Mike sure does a great job with the equipment and gravel , his experience shows in the work. Looks like a good pull off for the eggs and firewood stands. Good luck with both. Stay safe and keep up the good work. Hello to Hunter, Levi and Eva too. Fred.

  • @Frankbever
    @Frankbever Рік тому +7

    Mike, this is one of my favorite videos. I love how easily you maneuver the rocks in place and make them fit. I always enjoy watching! “Franks wife”

  • @davidevans3175
    @davidevans3175 Рік тому +1

    In Los Angeles we can go 8 to 10 months with absolutely zero rain. Then a half day light sprinkle, the two more months rainless.

  • @greghomestead8366
    @greghomestead8366 Рік тому +3

    I wonder if anyone has driven by your place and went home and told their spouse......
    I saw a woman filming her husband pouring cement in a mailbox hole. Who would ever want to watch that?.....
    And I smile 😃
    Have a Jesus filled day everyone
    Greg in Michigan

  • @jefferyholland
    @jefferyholland Рік тому +6

    I have put many mailboxes in for folks, mainly because the old one got hit either from a snowplow or a car. I stopped setting them in concrete and just used compacted stone or gravel around the post, so it is easier to replace the next time. They stay in place, and I have never had any problems with them after.

    • @oldmanfred8676
      @oldmanfred8676 Рік тому +1

      Same here Jeffrey, pull out the broken treated 4x4 and a few hits with the post hole digger and fill with dirt.
      Always remember, they never cement Power Poles.
      I had one completely broken off from the West and within a few days the new one was completely broken off from the East. Slick Michigan Roads!

  • @John_Ridenour
    @John_Ridenour Рік тому +4

    In my old age(52😂) my neck pain makes it difficult to turn and watch things going backwards.
    If I had a track loader, I would get a quick attachment that hooks up 3pt implements. This way you could run the land plane "backwards," while running the track loader forward.😊
    My thoughts: "I'm willing to be temporarily industrious, in order to be permanently lazy." 😂

  • @domangst8232
    @domangst8232 Рік тому +6

    Please put the address sign back up as a fire fighter it is greatly appreciated to be able to find your address it is a god send when people do. Thank you ! Love, what you guys do. I hope to meet you someday

  • @davidhosmer1424
    @davidhosmer1424 Рік тому +1

    I had a oversized Rural Delivery mailbox in Beaver County. It was good the postal carrier didn't leave small parcels outside the box (drive was around 100 yd). You are probably always getting larger boxes / crates. Driveway looks fantastic.

  • @MikeZMonroe
    @MikeZMonroe Рік тому +1

    People who use dry concrete for certain applications like setting posts see absolutely no concrete failure. My uncle had a small lumber yard and sold bags of Ready- mix concrete. Occasionally bags would be misplaced and be exposed to moisture. Over a short period the bags were solid..very solid. Pouring dry concrete works as well as mixed.Moisture in ground / rain etc hardens it solid.

  • @pierremcculloch9971
    @pierremcculloch9971 Рік тому +3

    You didn’t save your address number on the post ? That’s what the 911 ambulance,police are using to locate your house in case of emergency….

  • @darylh100
    @darylh100 Рік тому +4

    I can't believe how much stone has been used in the several years watching your channel. Mike is the expert at building driveways and pads. Good job!!

  • @Augy.1
    @Augy.1 Рік тому +5

    Mike, the precision you employ while doing different projects is impeccable!

    • @davidbickford2539
      @davidbickford2539 Рік тому

      A master at that, no doubt. I’ve got a 600 yard long gravel driveway and only wish I could do half as well! Kudos Mike!

  • @tknoerle1451
    @tknoerle1451 Рік тому +9

    I love watching your superb accuracy using your box-blade going backwards & skid loader to get more stone. I do understand why you do what you do. Your accuracy is superb, Mike.

  • @TheWhitetailrancher
    @TheWhitetailrancher Рік тому +3

    Hey Mrs. Morgan, you almost have the Boy Scout breakfast stand going there! When I was a kid in pursuit of my Eagle Scout level, I remember having to make bacon and eggs in just a paper bag over an open fire! Throw in a cooler of bacon and a bundle of those old brown paper lunch bags (you remember them). at your one stop breakfast shop at the end of the driveway and you will find yourself with dens of scouts buying everything right there and making breakfast every morning! Laughs. Maybe not.... but it would be fun!

  • @jackcox475
    @jackcox475 Рік тому

    Mike, I live in Oregon. I am retired and do the same things you do. Except for my firewood choice, is madrone 1st, maple 2nd, and black oak 3rd. I just wanted to say that I appreciate the time and effort you put into your videos. I know it's not easy. Keep them coming. I enjoy them all. All of you that watch and aren't subscribed need to hit that button. You should have a half million plus!

  • @impalaman4546
    @impalaman4546 Рік тому

    good for you melissa for going to church 👍👍

  • @jamesp6122
    @jamesp6122 Рік тому +2

    A hoe works good for mixing concrete in a wheel barrow too . . .

  • @doylelindsey3706
    @doylelindsey3706 Рік тому +2

    I was born and raised two hours north of you in Sheffield Pennsylvania

  • @TheKajunkat
    @TheKajunkat Рік тому +1

    Another appearance by Mike's stunt double. That dude has your movements nailed. He needs a raise!

  • @marinbandel2574
    @marinbandel2574 Рік тому +4

    Good morning Morgan's! Looks very neat and tidy! Will be exciting to see the new firewood/egg kiosk out front. Hugs from N.C..❤️

  • @wish2fish
    @wish2fish Рік тому +2

    I need to see a picture of Mike Morgan drinking AG1! 🤣 I could see Melissa drinking it all day!

  • @doylelindsey3706
    @doylelindsey3706 Рік тому +1

    Now in Murray Kentucky

  • @scottmash4929
    @scottmash4929 Рік тому +2

    You didnt need to reattach the green address placard to the mailbox post? For us here in WV it linked to our 911 system for fire and sheriff/police in rural areas of the county.

  • @robertkeime4907
    @robertkeime4907 Рік тому +2

    Melissa ….. you might consider going nation wide with your eggs and fire starter ….. one stop shop. :)

  • @jeffclarke4720
    @jeffclarke4720 Рік тому +3

    Mike likes numbers…..I wish someone would go back over the videos for the last say two years to add up how many tons and times Mike has put gravel down on just the driveway alone. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @johnminto7723
      @johnminto7723 Рік тому

      There is actually a “contest” to guess how many dollars of stone they use in 2023. I was just trying to thinking of what my guess was??

    • @jeffclarke4720
      @jeffclarke4720 Рік тому +1

      @@johnminto7723 I entered a guess for that also. I just think it’s funny. Video subject that allows him to create content when needed. I think he could use less equipment if not for gravel. I am not complaining at all just think it’s funny he has a gravel problem

  • @doublediamondrailroad5949
    @doublediamondrailroad5949 Рік тому

    I had one of those Land Scraper, Driveway Revivers, 6 ft Yanmar on a Yanmar 224. Did lots of gravel driveway restorations 2015-2016. 😊

  • @richardbrowne1679
    @richardbrowne1679 Рік тому +2

    Good Morning Morgan Family 🌞- Have a Wonderful and Blessed Day 🤠

  • @martinwilson5770
    @martinwilson5770 Рік тому +1

    Hi guys, nice to see you guys working together Mike doing his thing and Malissa being very professional with the camera work.

  • @WSmith2024
    @WSmith2024 Рік тому +1

    Now that you have all the stone down, you can get Mr. Tom and his crew to pour you a beautiful driveway. Thanks for the video.

  • @mariowickel456
    @mariowickel456 Рік тому +1

    Now, that's how I set posts . Got a summons to appear in court for setting a new mailbox post at my mom's house before she passed, I was fined for setting the post in concrete against city ordinance, ( created for safety) had to go buy a new post and dug a hole a foot away from 1st 1 with the concrete cut the original one off at ground level

  • @NewfiBERN
    @NewfiBERN Рік тому

    Would you consider doing some detailed instructional videos on how to use the land plane, box blade add other implements? I bought a box blade last year to fix my driveway but that might have been the wrong implement. I made a mess of it. You’re a good teacher and I think a lot of us could benefit from the finer points of adjustment, selecting and maintaining a grade etc. I can’t find any decent videos on the subject anywhere else on UA-cam. The ones that are out there assume a certain level of knowledge or they just skip over the fine points, tips and tricks.

  • @twc-projects
    @twc-projects Рік тому

    Ha ha! 😅 Loved the way you took down the old mailbox. You had some awesome help putting in the new too. Turned out great.👍

  • @shawnmartisko4698
    @shawnmartisko4698 Рік тому +3

    Looks good from my house

  • @caniacstevehenderson7115
    @caniacstevehenderson7115 Рік тому +1

    Ooooh jazzy this morning too!!

  • @rickharper1497
    @rickharper1497 Рік тому +2

    Good morning from Pensacola

  • @homelessnomad101
    @homelessnomad101 Рік тому

    4:44 Melisa reminds me of "Stevie Nicks"

  • @terrylandis6831
    @terrylandis6831 Рік тому

    Tom would be proud of the concrete work.

  • @michaeltca3103
    @michaeltca3103 Рік тому +1

    Mike, out of abundance of caution, you might want to sweep back the stones that came onto the road a bit. Give it a wide birth lest some biker runs off and, of course, blames you. Cheap insurance.

  • @philt1658
    @philt1658 Рік тому +2

    The need for a gate is understandable and the entrance looks great. Will it present a problem for first response personnel to get access to your home?

  • @badcat4707
    @badcat4707 Рік тому +1

    Good afternoon to Hunter 👋👋😸and family and friends 😸 happy Purrsday y'all 😹😸😺

  • @altonsierra8723
    @altonsierra8723 Рік тому

    When I dig a hole I use my pressure washer to soften the rock and soil then use shovel and post hole digger to remove what’s left. Then if I need water out I use a old Shop vacuum. I enjoy your videos and family. Thanks for demonstrating what every man should do, loving and taking great care of your friends and family!! Have a not just day but great day. 😅

  • @JohnSmith-tv5ep
    @JohnSmith-tv5ep Рік тому

    MIKE,.. at the 5:41 mark in the video, Miss said, Your truck is really fast! And said you could have the keys to the Bronco.
    I think ya may want to consider getting that Shelby Cobra she's always wanted,or ya might not get the Duramax back!!! LOL

  • @doneggerton7313
    @doneggerton7313 Рік тому

    My wife and I were cracking up when you were pulling out the mail box with the mini-ex. I want one of those so bad but only have .7 acres lol. We also crack up by the way you say “stone”. Her Dad grew up in hughsville, PA….Marlin Rupert. Definitely don’t have that dialect here in Texas. Love you guys! Keep up the hard work it makes America great! Don from Texas

  • @johnminto7723
    @johnminto7723 Рік тому +1

    Good Morning Morgan’s! Hope you have a great & safe day!!

  • @richardhumble2296
    @richardhumble2296 Рік тому +1

    Melissa, you do fine camera work!!!

  • @brianmyers2368
    @brianmyers2368 Рік тому +1

    Mike just a thought I know you truck has a bed liner in it. But may I suggest you buy a cow mat for the bed there cheap and add about 3/4 of a inch protection for the bed and tools and stuff don't slide around as much or if you through some wood in the back you won't make dents.

    • @davidmorse8432
      @davidmorse8432 Рік тому

      Good idea, that's what I have in my pickup bed. I think Tractor Supply calls them stall mats. Pretty heavy though.

    • @brianmyers2368
      @brianmyers2368 Рік тому +1

      @@davidmorse8432 there like 50# but worth the weight for the protection

  • @dougstohlmann7726
    @dougstohlmann7726 Рік тому

    You know by now that Melissa is one of the best camera persons on UA-cam. Please be careful! It scares me when she is filming and Mike cannot see her when she is moving beside the loader or excavator. Great video!

  • @georgeshea2200
    @georgeshea2200 Рік тому +2

    Looking good! However, the gravel and stones on the road is VERY dangerous for motorcycles. Sometimes to avoid an oncoming car or oversize load and even pulling over for emergency vehicles can be catastrophic. Thanks, please be careful working on that road.

    • @davidmorse8432
      @davidmorse8432 Рік тому +2

      Yep, kind of like riding on marbles. I have learned to respect loose gravel while riding my 2 wheelers.

  • @BG-vq9fd
    @BG-vq9fd Рік тому

    Nice back drop at 17:48

  • @bushpilot4853
    @bushpilot4853 Рік тому +2

    I'm wondering why the address number sign got buried in the gravel, instead of going back on the mailbox post.

  • @johnholm8175
    @johnholm8175 Рік тому +2

    You know, I have been stressing about the mailbox

  • @Tdale85
    @Tdale85 Рік тому

    Hello Morgan family! Have a day!

  • @perryhynes837
    @perryhynes837 Рік тому +1

    great video... melissa has such a sunny disposition she even smiles while watering cement lol..

  • @jamesboris1233
    @jamesboris1233 Рік тому

    Mike would you tell on Melissa for speeding, Now the cop will be looking for her 🤣🤣

  • @eddeetz493
    @eddeetz493 Рік тому

    The wood/egg/firestarter/smoking bundles will keep Eva busy. They make a trailer that rolls off totes, bulk wood and materials.

  • @victorflores9790
    @victorflores9790 Рік тому

    I knew it! Melissa is so right…the ladies know what we need

  • @gtbproductions1
    @gtbproductions1 Рік тому

    🎯⚠🎯Anytime you place a concrete post in concrete, you should get some 20d galvanized nails and put 6 on each side of the post that is in the concrete. That gives the concrete something to grab on to. As you know, the post and concrete will shrink a little that can give the post a little wobble. Also mound the concrete up a little around the post so that all the water will run off and not sit around the post. Drive the 20d nails in about 1/3 of the way leaving the rest to be in the concrete.

  • @cgulden
    @cgulden Рік тому +2

    To show how people do things different, A person on another video put the mix in dry (which is what the instructions say), and then you put the bag in the hole to attract ground moisture. I do what you did, I want a good mix, some say you get it by pouring in dry, and fill the hole with water. Whatever.

  • @kevinscott404
    @kevinscott404 Рік тому

    😂Notice Mike didn't video Melissa having to roll the wheelbarrow of concrete 🤣 to the street?

  • @bigraywaxman2057
    @bigraywaxman2057 Рік тому +2

    First off I want to thank you for all the informative and interesting video's !!!! With all the projects and work you do is there at any point of your day's do you ever sit back and decide I aint going to do any thing today ? Luv you guys Keith

  • @kevinwiley9696
    @kevinwiley9696 Рік тому

    I’m sure the delivery guys and mail carriers will LOVE the new pull-off

  • @jacklachman5304
    @jacklachman5304 Рік тому +3

    GOOOOOOOOD
    MAAAAAAAAWNIN
    EVERYONE!!! Nice job videoing Melissa!! Driveway looks much better. especially the pull off. Looking forward to seeing watching the woodshed/fire starter/egg stand get built.
    Have a Day
    HELLOOOO Hunter 😊

  • @GM-NY
    @GM-NY Рік тому

    Looks great! It’s all coming along nicely. Pulling the old mailbox out was funny. 🚜

  • @LIVINGRETIRED310
    @LIVINGRETIRED310 Рік тому +1

    First thing i thought of when seeing AG1 juice is the movie soylent Green lol

  • @ascott6804
    @ascott6804 Рік тому +1

    Do I see a Vette in their future? Got bitten by the GM bug??
    ...that's a good thing!!

  • @tomjamson1055
    @tomjamson1055 Рік тому +1

    Think you should get concrete with the Hauses in for a nice concrete drive. Would look mint!!!

  • @jangrahame4891
    @jangrahame4891 Рік тому

    LOL. Who woulda thunk that Mike has a pile of 2a limestone handy? Gotta love the prepared mind! Melissa has no worries in that department. Nothing like lady driver break in on the new truck. That was the part I always loved best, because my guy hated to drive the new one to work where it would get all dinged up by careless folks on the job! 😊 Hello🙋‍♀️to Hunter!

  • @russellbowman8051
    @russellbowman8051 Рік тому

    Looks Sweet!! Nice Work!!
    Keep Smiling On!!😄👍👊❤️

  • @larryfischer1970
    @larryfischer1970 Рік тому

    Mike Morgan the Stone King! Love it.

  • @DanKlein_1
    @DanKlein_1 Рік тому

    not sure if you saw the green house number sign that goes on the mailbox post? it was in the ditch where the 2 stones where still attached to a splinter of wood from the old post.

  • @davidrussell9078
    @davidrussell9078 Рік тому +2

    ? Any feedback from Ford ?

  • @oldjarhead1125
    @oldjarhead1125 Рік тому

    Ahhh...all that stone, and it could be macadam. Just think Mike, you could make it a nice macadam drive. Just a teaser thought. And don't forget the goats..... Greetings from the Old Jarhead in WNC.

  • @D70340
    @D70340 Рік тому

    When the stickers are still on the tires of the MX5400, you`re not using it enough, lol
    I`m going to start calling Mike, CAPTAIN STONE! I`ve never seen anybody LOVE stone as much as Mike Morgan does, lol.
    Looks great Captain! Hey Mike, why don`t you have cutter bars on the rearward side of that land plane. Seems like it would eventually tear up the cutter frame work (?)

  • @michaelmullins1290
    @michaelmullins1290 Рік тому

    Melissa gets those action shots with the camera. The land plane is nice. My driveway needs some planing and other things! Lol

  • @jamespritchett1886
    @jamespritchett1886 Рік тому +1

    Excellent entry into y’all’s driveway. Should be no problem for anyone to make a clean turn into the driveway. Nice job. Plus moving mailbox I think make a little safer for mailman.

  • @barelystablefarm7151
    @barelystablefarm7151 Рік тому

    Hey Mike, not trying to be a Debbie Downer but it looks as though a fair amount of stone gets dragged out into the roadway or right at the shoulder lines. My caution would be motorcycles coming around that corner. Usually when they pave they'll make a bump out to prevent this from happening. It's even worse on a incline driveway. Mailbox looks good!

  • @Mustang-tt3zt
    @Mustang-tt3zt Рік тому

    The master of stone driveways.looks amazing mike and Melissa

  • @robertlaxdal8133
    @robertlaxdal8133 Рік тому +1

    I wish I had a dollar for every ton of stone you have layed LOL

  • @sellsformoola
    @sellsformoola Рік тому +2

    With the right equipment its looking pretty easy. I have a wheel barrel and shovel. 😅

  • @PatrickWagz
    @PatrickWagz Рік тому

    How does the driveway gate stay open for the extended time while you're spreading stone?

  • @markholmes1346
    @markholmes1346 Рік тому +1

    Great job spreading the stone on both machines, the perfect combo! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼

  • @tee-steel.0158
    @tee-steel.0158 Рік тому +6

    Awesome to see it coming together 👍 and thank you Eva for sharing your smile ❤ it just makes the day better.🎉

  • @dch923ster
    @dch923ster Рік тому

    Oh nope that post hole digger is the one tool I'll never own. When I was 15 I did summer work for my dad's construction company digging holes for patio homes 3 feet deep every 3 feet apart and there was 90 homes, my blisters had blisters- never again

  • @jeffgriffin7772
    @jeffgriffin7772 Рік тому

    The driveway looks good ,but the flower bed between the driveway and the new shop needs some work and new mulch.

  • @johnshane4443
    @johnshane4443 Рік тому

    You going to need that green sign that ended up in the far ditch with the numbers on it for EMT identification.

  • @clarencedobsonjr.2585
    @clarencedobsonjr.2585 Рік тому

    Mike, I have Dodge Ram 3500 diesel dually
    A couple of years ago my daughter borrowed it when her vehicle went to the shop. Didn't know if I would get it back. She loved it and she is a tiny thing. Women. Love that diesel power

    • @davidmorse8432
      @davidmorse8432 Рік тому

      What they like is the looks they get from men when they go by.

  • @peteatthefarm4459
    @peteatthefarm4459 Рік тому +1

    Morning Mike and friends, got some rain, now it's grass cutting time 😎
    Pete from 🇨🇦

  • @ryanamendala6524
    @ryanamendala6524 Рік тому

    Try mixing your next bag with a hoe. It's so much easier IMHO. That's if you mix it at all. For a mailbox post, I would just dump it in dry (in 1/3s) and soak with water. Never a problem

  • @franklackie2469
    @franklackie2469 Рік тому

    Mike maybe you could put a toy Kubota on your new mailbox !!

  • @terrygroce1594
    @terrygroce1594 Рік тому

    Dressed it up nicely. Job well done. thanks for sharing the videos.

  • @wyattearp1418
    @wyattearp1418 Рік тому

    Going backwards on my video catching up as well. Enjoyed, Thanks for Sharing.

  • @kipcudd7253
    @kipcudd7253 Рік тому +9

    Get Melissa a Mustang, get faster!

    • @ledbyonme2064
      @ledbyonme2064 Рік тому

      Looking good Mike as always. Melissa, sounds to me like you got a lead foot when it comes to your driving. My mom was the same way. When us kids went with her on a country drive on a beautiful Sunday, there was a lot of prayers silently said.

    • @ascott6804
      @ascott6804 Рік тому +1

      ...Vette!! Ooh yeah!!

    • @MichaelPicher43
      @MichaelPicher43 Рік тому

      Not one of those crappy battery mustangs though...

    • @kipcudd7253
      @kipcudd7253 Рік тому

      Mach 428 , OH yeah!

  • @dmorgan28
    @dmorgan28 Рік тому

    Great work on that driveway Mike and Melissa. Cool video. 👍❤️

  • @PabloP169
    @PabloP169 Рік тому

    You love your 2a Limestone. Using the box blade backwards makes complete sense to get a level surface quickly.

  • @terrancesnyder9323
    @terrancesnyder9323 Рік тому +1

    Good morning Mike

  • @carolscott3868
    @carolscott3868 Рік тому

    you scraped your emergency house number sign when you moved the grass.....1023 knocked it off, 1039 rolling with stone in bucket....7935