1000' Ditch Cleaning And Road Grading

[@Todd.Roberts]

You made cleaning that ditch look easy . That motor grader is the perfect size for what y’all do

[@duanecarter8043]

Looks fandamtastic as usual! I really enjoy these videos. Shoot I’ve got the ole lady hooked on them now too. She sat one evening and watched till she figured out which control did what on the excavator. Thanks for sharing and congrats on the 250k subs! 🙏✌🏻from Va. 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜. Oh cool 1st again. Lol.

[@justinspeer8481]

Duane Carter now that she has that figured out, she ought to get a kick out of the video of him using the rented Kobelco long reach with the backwards pattern trying to pull grass out of the channel 😂

[@williamuskoski1385]

@@justinspeer8481 the john deere controls 😂

[@markbridle9329]

My favourite sort of video, great view from the grader blade.

[@johncampbell6382]

Brilliant job looks absolutely great and getting to watch the grader from underneath was an experience.👍

[@aleldon9085]

Thank you for view from bottom of grader. I always was wondering about difference between grader and skidsteer. And after such view it is obvious. Please make more views from grader. That helps to understand it purpose.

[@1013redoak]

Chris your precision touch on the mini is amazing! When the ditch is rocked in and the land is leveled and seeded it's going to look amazing from the road! Great video!

[@kingslawn]

Was it just me or was there something hypnotic about that camera angle on the grader?

[@TheSoloAsylum]

yeah thats a good shot

[@warrenmichael918]

dont tease me, how did you know i watched that part 2 times,,,LOL

[@chrisskelhorn5727]

I was fascinated by that too! :-)

[@chaiarichman6665]

Great job, my 10yr old son and I watch all your video before he goes to bed every night. I’ve learn some great stuff from you, I have a landscape construction company in Connecticut. The KZbin is under my wife’s name, my name is Alan Richman

[@occultknowledge1085]

The grading part was very satisfying lol. Man somebody's got some money.

[@westpur]

It looks like they need a pond put in as well.

[@chazman4461]

I love watching the grader work.

[@TheTl204]

Never seen you use a power rake for soil prep for seed. What is you thoughts on them?

[@makingithappen9722]

The ditch became very smooth in all cases and so was the entrance road, but it was probably more fun to build the road than the ditch.

[@rockeerockey6941]

When doing biz with the GOV'T, city to Fed level. Always ask how & when you'll get paid! Govt is notorious for being quick to offer big jobs and very slow to pay! Even as long as 6 months

[@peterwilliams3776]

When you run the dozer, explain to us how you keep the surface level when spreading gravel without cupping the surface.

[@robbietoland5441]

Peter Williams all bout feel bud

[@williamuskoski1385]

Literally comes down to experience

[@mikejarvis4373]

Great angle on the Grader blade on the driveway, think I now finally understand how you use it to grade surfaces :=) Great videos, always interesting and informative, even have my wife watching them now :=) who needs terrestrial TV!!

[@chrisskelhorn5727]

I enjoyed that Chris! And yes, you may have found that a bit tedious, but I found it fascinating! Well done! :-)

[@toddamcewen3774]

Chris is definitely Quality workmanship, I enjoy someone with honesty and integrity. Thank you for truth !!!

[@MissippiHick]

There's that lil motor grader I like so much. Great video

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Looks great! You’re right about the ditch work being slow and tedious. The state will be calling you to make the rest of them drain 😁

[@aaronburford5701]

Love the excavator work and detail!

[@TonyGeneseo]

What a great great piece of property! Nicely secluded with a nice big lawn ! Just needs a pond ! Haha

[@leonblittle226]

That's a nice plot of land right there

[@mischef18]

Ditch and driveway look great bro

[@dennissastini3312]

Already looks 1000 percent better past few months I’ve watched your videos every day when I get home from work I’m not complaining I work for an Autobody shop 4days a week doing all the suspension and mechanical work then 3 days a week and evenings I work building pre 72 Hotrods everything but paint and upholstery kinda crazy how much enjoyment I get out of watching your videos because at 54 my passion has always been heavy equipment just never had the opening to do it did work for a company in my 20s that built parking structures so had some experience on rubber tire loaders and backhoe at the bosses property wish I lived closer just to maybe have a chance to meet you in person you just seem like a solid guy

[@janvandenbos7085]

Ditch clearing and road grading, very quick project again Chris 👍👌⚠️

[@rodneywroten2994]

What a awesome thing to see the highs and lows with the grader. And not see any bouncing. Pays to know what your doing

[@duanecarter8043]

Rodney Wroten I ran a grader ONCE. It looked like a washboard and I was famous for quite awhile. Lol. ✌🏻🙏from Va 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜

[@rodneywroten2994]

@@duanecarter8043 that's funny but yes I did the same. thought the second pass was going to buck me off.lol

[@jgerardi]

On your mini do you manually select between your thumb and tilt coupler? It appears they come from a single set of supply lines and there is some sort of diverter. I currently have a thumb and am interested in added a tilt coupler but wasn’t sure how I would do it with a single set of aux lines.

[@chrisbrandt3642]

So every 9 scoups is about 1 CU YD of material then? Trying to understand how much haul off you did with 1000' of road. Great video...

[@jbritt2549]

you did a nice job on the ditches looks like it needs to

[@wildcatwilly]

That is a good looking yellow machine.

[@northseabrent]

Final trim grader operators are usually old fellas because it usually takes about 100 years to get really good at it..Final trim grader operators are very sort after in freeway construction, and maintaining haul roads in open cut mines....

[@lancebass9883]

Good job, but if you ever do a job like this in Nash Co., call me first (DOT). What you did looks good, but should have moved the ditch back some to 22’ off center of road.

[@johnapel2856]

That's a LOT of ditch. And that's a LOT of driveway. Did I mention that that's a lot of ditch, and driveway? I like the motor grader blade cam. Thanks.

[@vermontapple]

The state/town isnt in charge of cleaning the ditches along the road?

[@rwd2177]

Wow watching the grading is mystifying, almost hypnotizing. There's a reason why you have 250K subs!

[@juniorraines1042]

Looking good Chris enjoying your video thank you for sharing

[@monoxidechild6161]

Maybe a ride along the entire drive way? (End of day on the way out) that's some serious driveway footage..1/4 mile? Ish

[@c2admw1]

Yeah a new video! Time to break out the popcorn and my favorite drink and see what mayhem and mischief Chris and company are into.

[@mrandrewdennis1]

Nice project!

[@ridingmanone]

What kind of grass will be planted? I am preparing a pasture in the upstate of SC and not sure if I should plant grass now or wait until spring.

[@knbcustomfarmingsolutionsl6055]

Rule of thumb up here in Michigan is plant it in April or August for pasture or hay.

[@robfraley4210]

Excellent job on that..!! You use the Rock Quarry by the RDU Airport much..?? Man do I miss N. C

[@Daniel-rb6vu]

Just a thought..you shouldn have a walky talky so you can communicate with your guys..like they do on Gold rush..

[@watunesochanel]

Nice Video My Bos,Excavator Job

[@marcryvon]

Man, that's a huge lot ! Will this be a single home property or kind of a multi-home private community ?? An aerial view would be nice, Chris !! Awesome lot ! As I said before, that Yanmar mini-digger is awesome. Incredible lil' machine. So versatile !

[@cathiwim]

Marc René Yvon someone was smart, and bought enough acres to give himself some privacy!

[@73turbopinto]

This is like watching a ditch grow! :)

[@charliefloria96]

I'm always worried about how hard it's going to be for the lawn care crowd!

[@stevenreinert7701]

Found what missing on your video. Here in Michigan they place signs before and after the work site. Then a truck load of orange cones every where.

[@augustreil]

Nice work Chris !

[@SledgeHammer43]

When I was a young Firefighter we had a structure fire down a driveway like that we ended up pumping out of a pond plus relay pumping to the fire. 1200 feet of 5inch LDH layed down flowing 2000 gallons a minute for a barn fire. It wasn't actually a barn this found out later it was a storage building for a pools and spa contractors. A unregistered business with 2000 lbs of chlorine. We stopped pumping out of the pond when we found this out. 26 firefighters when to the Hospital for chlorine gas exposure.

[@taponespantapajaritos3937]

Great videos! Could you give an indication if what ground like this costs to buy?

[@alanfarenden9378]

Old quotation; "If you need to ask, you cant afford it".

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

Tapon Espantapajaritos Find some land you like and talk to the realtor.

[@taponespantapajaritos3937]

Not much help

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

Tapon Espantapajaritos Well, its a question that can only be answered by a Realtor, its like me asking you how much for 747 landing gear. I have no idea, it depends on who is selling it. That land could be $150k or 20k if its not buildable, it could be $500k if its in an expensive area. It could be $1.2mm if its got a lake on it. Its not that our answer is unhelpful, its that you are asking the wrong people. If you want to price out land, you need to talk to someone thats actually selling land.

[@forestwolf60]

We are currently helping your client on this place with the forest/wildlife management.

[@axecuttimber8307]

No Bigfoots were harmed in the making of this video !!!

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

Adam Huffman that looks like a full time job in itself Adam!

[@bobjoncas2814]

..LOOKIN' GOOD..

[@TexSavage]

Very nice project.

[@metalartRestoration123]

Looking good.👍

[@neilpuckett359]

That's a sizeable job $$$$ what does the property owner do for a living?

[@engineer775]

Go Yanmar!

[@meanjoegreen4925]

only 4 ft for the shoulder hmmm what happens if get a flat or car/truck/suv dies,, nowhere to pull over rear in be in road someone flys around that corner & h my not a purty site

[@AlwaysDigging16]

mean joe green You should see the roads in pa lol

[@cathiwim]

mean joe green you oughta see the ditches in East TN! If you cant find a shoulder, it may be 20 feet down! Except for Chapman Highway- it may be 30 ft down! Thats a nice road they have there in NC!

[@meanjoegreen4925]

@@cathiwim i lived in west tn sure wish i was back as i look out & see all this snow .lol

[@meanjoegreen4925]

@@AlwaysDigging16 if worse no thanks .lol

[@williamuskoski1385]

Pnw you might get six inches of shoulder

[@bikerchic7938]

Just curious, do property owners own the land up to the edge of the road or does the county own x amount of the ditch?

[@thefrub]

It depends on what kind of road you're facing. A freeway owns like 100 feet of land, a highway/state route (like this one) can own about 20 feet, a residential can own around 10. The drainage is owned by the county and maintained by the state DOT

[@bobbymerwin1723]

What size is your grading bucket? 42-48

[@nicholasbaskin7741]

What type of bucket are you using on the mini ex?

[@donbraden8533]

I need to get the ditch in front of the house done what would be a good rate is it by the foot or by the hour very nice job let's dig18 crew 😎👍👍

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

Don Braden That will be up to your contractor, it all depends on how they work. (And what your soil type is.) That digging is like butter, where I am, its all rock, the ditches here take a lot longer. The main thing is, find a contractor that you can trust, get referrals, and check them out. Go and look at their work in the rain.

[@donbraden8533]

@@JimsEquipmentShed thanks for the reply its top soil and clay no stone would be easy to do have a good day 😎👍

[@krover01]

Thats a nice property!

[@leol1682]

Good job guy's love it .

[@raymondsyphers4239]

Chris you should send a bill to the state for maintaining there ditch LoL. I work for ODOT. Great job and thanks for your great videos ray from Oregon

[@tomkeating65]

So, abc stone is short for already been chewed? 🤔🤔🤔

[@whobee8868]

No it stands for. Another butthead comment

[@cashorcheck1]

What attachment is on that bucket?

[@garysmith8575]

With that distance is that t and m or fixed price

[@SeanONeill13]

No laws that require a road barrier with any ditch 5 ft or so below the pavement?

[@cathiwim]

Sean ONeill nope. There are places on Chapman Highway that have a 20+ foot drop, and no guardrail! You can get a car lost in the kudzu!

[@northernfarmer3689]

What's going on with the farm channel? It's been almost 3 months since David posted a video.

[@tylerclohessy2672]

What is the name of that channel

[@northernfarmer3689]

@@tylerclohessy2672 FarmLifeNC

[@HughzieTube]

Probably too busy to get the camera out! You seen how many Turkeys were running free, His business has grown a lot this last year.

[@whatsup1407]

Yeah why hasn't Hoss been posting?🐄🐄🐄🦃🦃🦃🐖🐖🐖🐔🐔🐔🐷🐷🐷

[@2xKTfc]

He was probably too busy running from that pack of turkeys. :D Now that those are dealt with he might venture back out haha

[@trenzmeister]

very nice work

[@jerrybrock5335]

Have you ever found something you didn't expect while digging. Besides gas and power or cable lines.

[@juliesnook6998]

Gerald Brock you would in UK. Even we found a fancy clay pipe. The housing Estate was built on rough grass field.

[@doughboy1966]

State mandates 4ft of runway to smooth the approach of the hold my beer moment prior to the cell phone piloted vehicle turning over in the ditch.

[@cliff4695]

They have to be retired. It looks like it will be a full time job just mowing the grass lol.

[@robfraley4210]

Would love 💕 that place Way back off the back road...!!

[@HughzieTube]

6:48 You caught Tim watching that Letsdig18 guy on his phone!

[@vampire64]

Depending in your state laws, you are opening yourself or construction company to lawsuits if that's a public road. You don't have traffic control setup. Yes even if you are working on nonpaved areas inside a public row you need traffic control. Also missing reflectorized delineators to warn public of ditch. If no warning someone could drive off road to fix flat tire or other issue and drive into the ditch. This potential could scare them and over correct flipping their vehicle. Also missing storm water pollution prevention devices. Private roads usually don't have pavement marketing.

[@alonzo8214]

Let me guess, your a liberal right ?

[@keithhoward2781]

Chris a question for you sir. I live in Oklahoma in an older neighborhood, I have a bar ditch in front of my house. What I would like to do is have the ditch excavated and a concrete or corrugated pipe put in for the drainage. The ditch is about sixty feet in length with concrete pipes on either end that go under the driveways. The concrete pipes are about 12" diameter. This will make my front yard much usable and easier to mow. What I am wondering is what you think a little project like that should cost?

[@augustreil]

Call at least 4 contractors and see if any get back to you, if any do, get a price and go from there. Most contractors need to see the job in question but maybe Chris will give his expert opinion on your situation.

[@whobee8868]

Why just four?? Why not like 10?? The more the better

[@letsdig18]

Because if I knew the customer called 10 others I wouldnt waste my time, because id already know they are only looking for the cheapest price and dont care about quailty

[@augustreil]

@@whobee8868, 10 is a little much and like Chris said, they're just looking for the cheapest price, not quality. I said at least 4, only because he might get 2 too call him back.

[@TheFunGarden]

This is a good place to go while waiting for Andrew to upload a video.

[@yammydodger1988]

My boss would have me do this entire job with just a jcb 3cx and no tilt attachment either.

[@1995jug]

We have a contractor here that his moto is leave it better that you find it like Chris does.

[@2xKTfc]

Over here the motto on any construction job seems to be "Never leave without leaving work for the next crew".... :/ Particularly the structural builders. Earthmoving and landscaping companies work a lot better than that. But why change, it works well for the crews. haha

[@ArtsOfJustice]

how come you dont get a cleanup bucket for the 220, chris? Also, lets see Tim on the trackhoe for a video! aha

[@Graveltrucking]

They still us archaic pin on buckets on the full size hoes, quick connect buckets have been standard issue out in the pacific northwest and western Canada for a couple decades or more.

[@williamuskoski1385]

Depends on application. If switching buckets all the time yes quick couplers are cool. If not no reason for one

[@Graveltrucking]

@@williamuskoski1385 Where I'm in Western Canada you switch from a digging bucket to a clean up bucket to a rock hammer all on one job. Quick connect buckets are a must along with a hydraulic thumb. BTW this applies to 1 ton to 40 ton excavators.

[@rickirelan8385]

Mud board is extremely therapeutic

[@MrAJWorks]

👍👍👍👌

[@davidnichols1363]

You should have your name on the equip. People driving by probably thought you were a county crew.

[@dalelewis1016]

You can tell it wasn't a county crew because there wasn't 3 guys standing around leaning on shovels...🤔

[@davidnichols1363]

@@dalelewis1016 my bad.

[@williammatthews2948]

@@dalelewis1016 Amen to that.

[@sparky178]

Dale Lewis, due to severe budget cuts, they only allow 2 guys to stand around holding up shovels 😆

[@williammatthews2948]

@@sparky178 At least you can afford shovels. Lol.

[@blackkimba851]

Show more grading. love the shot.

[@sighpocket5]

Nice!!!!!

[@Hunting451]

First what. ? Y’all mean there’s a prize ? Golly. 😏

[@KevinCoop1]

Chris, Between the two mailboxes you got to 3'-10 1/2" from the road. What's up with that?

[@warrenmichael918]

easy to explain, the county has moved the road over 1-1/2" from where it is supposed to be ! They arent as careful as Chris at this type of work !!!

[@letsdig18]

the state screwed up the ditch when they did the road, Im just making ti obvious lol

[@warrenmichael918]

good eye on the states blunder ! haha You do some nice work with everything that you do, well at least what you post, maybe you hold back the videos where you didnt bring it full send ! LOL

[@bigcody1658]

At least you didn’t have to geo the drive way to 😂 somebody would get tired of unrolling fabric

[@robj2704]

1000' of ditch cleaning can take awhile. Patience...lol

[@W94urndks9urneos]

Man you could Play golf out in the front of that place.

[@joelcanogaming6612]

possi track needs to learn how to use his 4 in 1 bucket

[@jacobsjogren3193]

get a rototilt :D on the smal one

[@williamuskoski1385]

20k or whatever they are. Sure are fun to run tho

[@arnoldromppai5395]

here you dont dare play on the road right away like that unless you have deep pockets, or you have a permit ti install a new drive way enterence, weather it is a secondary road or just a back country road, it is public oad right awat 66 feet from center of road out to both sides, the town ship looks after all the ditchs, the MTO LOOKES AFTER ALL HYW AND SECONDARY ROADS, INCLUDING REPLACING YOUR DRIVE WAY CALVETS AFTER YOU GOT A PERMIT AND INSTALLED A NEW PIPE ops caps.. once it rot out, its up to the MTO or town ship to replace after that

[@brownmilligan1936]

you are good. need i say more.

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Hi!

[@grahamefreestone5309]

Good evening. 🇬🇧

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Big Ben good evening!

[@grahamefreestone5309]

@@mrs.eliteearthworks .. Where's the usual motley crew? Lol

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Big Ben Mr. Elite is editing his next KZbin video. I’m not sure what D C and JasonWorksAlot are up to... no telling! 😂

[@grahamefreestone5309]

@@mrs.eliteearthworks .. DC won't be too long before he makes an appearance. ☺ I'm going to leave you with it because it's getting late here and I'm up pretty early tomorrow. So it's goodnight and I'll catch you all soon. ✋ 🇬🇧

[@aday1637]

When I lived in South then North Carolina, used to hear accidents where someone ran off the road turned over and killed themselves. The amount of roads with no shoulder and shear drop offs is downright stupid. I guess when you live cloistered without any outside input you tend to just do things from rote. That ditch with or without rip rap will kill someone in due course.

[@augustreil]

I take it from your comment, that you don't like what's happening ? lol. Also, won't a tree do the same thing ?

[@jamesrobertgrimes]

Don't text and drive and you should be ok.

[@sparky178]

august, no a tree would never kill anyone. They just stand around until Chris knocks them down. 😆

[@whobee8868]

He never mentioned trees. He was talking about just ditches with drop offs. The problem is drunk driving and phone usage. So steep ditches or trees make no matter. If drivers would just pay attention while driving and call an Uber when drunk and put the damn phone down. Problem solved

[@letsdig18]

lightpoles are closer to the road in the city than this ditch if you think about it

[@kevintolbert2699]

You may get a state contract for cleaning ditches 🤣

[@proyektech5056]

wow

[@KPearce57]

Should buy an old Gradall if your going to clean ditches.