Fixing pot holes

Fixing pot holes in a road, than re-visiting it a year later, and doing a quick re-surface.

[@ront8261]

I think we like Andrew's channel because he's really great at doing a whole bunch of different things, doing it with machinery and vehicles that he acquired used (not new with a loan and all the overhead that goes with that), that he repaired/refurbed/maintains himself, in a maintenance garage he built himself, in a home (a one of a kind home in fact) he built himself, where he has a hot tub/cool firepit/outdoor entertainment area he built himself; and most of the time, he figures out how to do all this without any help!!! And somehow he does all this plus business projects AND videos/edits/publishes his project content to share with us!! Yes, l love this channel too!!! I'm a fan Andrew!!

[@AndrewCamarata]

Thanks.

[@CranialAccess]

Single young man, working his ass off, successful....creative....knowledgeable.......

[@treeclimbing7798]

Andrew Camarata :You would get every job I need done, in Michigan.

[@petergerkens6045]

Andrew made me addicted to his vids!!! In a good way cuz he is awesome. :D

[@bbqpitboybillyricker-pitma9415]

Thanks!!

[@brandonpreston86]

I was right behind you on 209 today, didn’t realize it until you turned down a driveway and saw the side of your truck

[@AndrewCamarata]

Neat.

[@CEA1]

@@AndrewCamarata ok im watching this 2018 video on 2020,can i get to know about you where are you from n where do u work?

[@raeanker3078]

Giday mate nice to see a operator actually get out of your machine and finish by hand ,great to see people that have pride in their work,cheers from down under.

[@leol1682]

Good job Andrew on fixing the pot hole road .

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Great job Andrew! That road was in terrible shape, looks fantastic now! Keep up the good work!

[@BarnStangz]

Nice to see you revisit the sites and make sure that they are taken care of still. Quality work man, thanks for sharing!

[@AndrewCamarata]

Thanks

[@rrkreutz2]

I love to watch someone who is not afraid to work!

[@chadglenn8009]

Great video Andrew,thanks for making them.All the videos you put out are very high quality.

[@adonquinn]

I LOVE watching your work...Is some how relaxing. I feel I also learn a wee bit every video. Thanks

[@terrystephens1102]

A really good job done, such an improvement on the moonscape it was, and such great value to your client.

[@manny53o]

Would you mind doing a walk around and show us how you tie your dozer and other equipment down?

[@RobiSydney]

That would be a great video. I was following a yahoo that had a 3/4 ton dodge, pulling a flat trailer. His safety chains on the trailer had like 1/4" grade 3 bolts holding the broken chain together and just had a hook of broken edm trucker strap "locking" the hitch closed. I wanted to smack him so hard up the side of the head, not that it would do any good. which reminds me I need to replace the safety chains on my trailer, one of the safety catches just fell off.

[@dgdynasty2149]

Awesome a new video before bedtime. Thanks for the great entertainment

[@timsherman2164]

Thanks for the bonus clip spreading top soil!!!

[@wkuadkins]

i dont know how you do it but i watch every video you make and enjoy all of them.. who would have thunk it??? watching a guy with Excavating equipment?! lo great job

[@matthewschliesser3835]

Love these old short videos Andrew! I'm glad most of your newer ones are much longer....Can't get enough.

[@michaelb.5345]

Expert job as usual Andrew..

[@robertompv3]

Great job. Thank you for your videos

[@glenngoodale1709]

Nice work Andrew, you do make it look easy .... but we know it is hard work

[@BorisFett]

I like how you film something then wait and include what it looks like after a set of time. Cool to see it a year later.

[@AndrewCamarata]

Thanks, I have a few other videos too I'm waiting to go back and film the end.

[@firstgan114]

That driveway was more pot holes than road. Great job on fixing it up.

[@Graveltrucking]

Nice to see a homeowner(s) that have a wide driveway.

[@markkopf7526]

Andrew, Well done on those potholes!!

[@FreakinCoolUsermane]

nice always love seeing the dozer

[@ThatBobcatGuy1973]

Awesome work as usual

[@fwflyer78]

Nice work Andrew!

[@johnscally255]

SUPER Job Andrew sir.The Hardest worker i have seen and a great you Tuber video Artist.CHEERS.

[@sursomsatan1225]

Looks like such a fun job.

[@billfeldman3234]

Very good JOB!!!

[@pcdubya]

Man that's a nice job and the way you finesse that blade looks like a paving crew did it. I'll bet that road would knock your fillings loose before you took care of it. Nice and scenic in there.

[@josephvilla7359]

Nice job Andrew dumping gravel as your driving, looks good, that will save wear and tear on frontends and rusted body mounts lol

[@finksies23]

Awesome. Nice job

[@samoh2599]

I do like your driveway.

[@canvids1]

First time here on your site I like the way you do things have subscribed to you.

[@cat637d]

Good work!

[@edwardfast4525]

Love your videos man where you located its beuitiful?

[@robertjennings5357]

LOL you just make it look so ... easy and simple. Enjoy your laid back nature and attitude when problems come up. We both know that the obvious occasional melt down is edited out lol.

[@WinningJesse]

My new favorite KZbinr

[@johndowe7003]

I'd have a field day with my tiny 8n and scraper lol, good job

[@jamesbowers3540]

Very nice job

[@Autocar87]

James Bowers bbpa you yup she you dhbebwrbdeb the lady we're rireyurdudd

[@TheDisorderly1]

lol that entire road was a pothole with a few high spots.

[@hollymullett6383]

Just like Indiana

[@kenshores9900]

Andrew: You have an intuitive ability to grade a slight crown in the drive and grade out the curbs. This allow the water to drain off. Good job, good video.

[@mjb12141963]

God Bless You for fixing pot holes! I think everyone who owns a truck should be given a bag of asphalt patch to fill a hole. It would be a lot less expensive than paying someone. Oh wait, they don't understand that concept.

[@Shj.11]

big fan of you.

[@yamahattr6006]

Nice job man

[@free_electron]

Did you put a crown on the road? Love your attention to detail!

[@kebin760]

You make it look easy! Id prefer using a Gannon

[@TrevorDennis100]

It gets so that you recognize all the different properties Andrew looks after.

[@bobjoncas2814]

..those aren't pot holes, they're road ponds, lol ...nice repair..

[@taliakuznetsova7092]

Bob Joncas you must be new here. Up here north these are potholes. They get even bigger. These are on the large scale/size but still not big as they come.

[@davethemagnificent2576]

nightcoremixer1 I think that's what he was meaning. They're so big they could be ponds. We get some big ones in the south also, especially the county roads. We get some you could lay a sheet of plywood over and live in them. Lol 😂😂

[@bobjoncas2814]

..thanks Super Dave , just injecting a bit of humor into the vid. potholes up here in Canada are lake size in the spring..lol

[@taliakuznetsova7092]

Super Dave ah okay. I'm used to people not realizing how big potholes can be. I think the biggest pothole here was when part of a paved road collapsed. I mean the road should be there and it's now a hole, that makes it a pothole right?

[@taliakuznetsova7092]

Bob Joncas that reminded me. I think someone somewhere actually caught a fish in a pothole sometime. That must of been a interesting story to tell. Like the time i/we/my department caught a fish with the fire truck.

[@paulneedham1693]

I just got turned on to your channel recently and have been binge watching the past two weeks. Your work is outstanding. Your ability to repair your equipment is admirable. And your video production value has raised the bar for everyone. Would you be able to do a video on how you priced this job? Or a similar job? Your "How i got started in Excavating" video is excellent. I think this job is 'average' enough that you could say - ok, this driveway is 200 yards long. It'll take me 3 hours to grade it and 3 hours to 'Tailgate' it. And it will take me 8 loads in my 8 tonne dumptruck. 1 load/8 tonnes of 1" gravel is $200 bucks and I like to pay myself $50 bucks and hour - which has to cover insurance, fuel, etc.... Other things to consider when pricing/quoting a job... That sort of thing?

[@AndrewCamarata]

I charged $650 for the labor, and $500 per load of stone. I think it was 7 loads. I stone cost me like $220 per load.

[@paulneedham1693]

Thank Andrew

[@treeclimbing7798]

💪 CAMARATA to the RESCUE 💪 🚜 🚛 I’ve thought of revising this, but it’s just so true, that I’ve decided not to. 😎

[@dloglesby57]

WOW that road was really a mess, before you repaired it all...wondering, is there a set standard width you naturally do when digging out a new driveway or can the property owner ask for a wider one?? also I admire your work...

[@CranialAccess]

I live on a dirt road maintained by the town of Pittstown 20 minutes from the Capital of New York in Rensselaer County... the town comes through with a grader twice a year and we always have potholes, washboards, etc...Andrew’s work looks and lasts so much better than our government maintained roads. As a child in the 60’s we lived at the end of SilverHollow Road in Willow NY, I was amazed how much of that formerly desolate road had been paved, right up to the Greene County Line! My parents purchased the 210 acres for $27,000.00 back in 1962, it sold a few years ago for 3.2 million dollars....shows how property values can lead to public road improvements!!!

[@AndrewCamarata]

That's crazy getting 210 acres there for $27,000. That's a nice area.

[@CranialAccess]

Andrew Camarata way before you were born! Included a beautiful house, cabin, new horse barn, and an old Oliver Tractor with a manual bucket and PTO driven sickle bar mower towed behind!

[@CranialAccess]

My parents sold it to the original broadway star of “Man of LaMancha” for $78,000.00 in the early 1970’s...His wife sold it to a Mr. George Atkins from Woodstock for 3.2 million, he donated all but 20 acres to the New York City water supply ......

[@AndrewCamarata]

That's interesting. It would be really cool to have a huge piece of property like that in the mountains.

[@samuelbacon1596]

Andy thanks for the FYI on the lift. Be safe. Watch out for ticks it's the season. I'll catch up with you. JUNKMANDO

[@jacobbaker4545]

Tailgating gravel is the best! Show it more!!!!

[@cleusamaria551]

Sinto falta do LABRADOR nos vídeos.Me apaixonei por ele.😍😍😍🐈

[@trenzmeister]

nice job

[@smitty2868]

Have you ever considered acquiring a drag along compactor or even a motorized one since you do so much road work? In the meantime I really enjoy your uploads - thanks for posting them...

[@grizlybear5357]

Awesome video, as usual... Just a thought tho, any chance you might be able to talk to my local road builders and give them some pointers, cause they are using asphalt and it doesn't look half a good as the work you did. Or last as long... LMAO. Thanks for all the info, tips and tricks.

[@Wakeywhodat]

Nice job on the road. It kinda looked like a runway bombed from the air.

[@marcino8482]

Nice my friend

[@christopherwilliamson1756]

You should do it lineup for for all of your equipment

[@theshadow1559]

Now that was a really hole infested road. Because of the number of roads that you build, rebuild and maintain, maybe you should invest in a road roller. Keep on, Keeping on.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Roads built on swamps like that are cool. It's like driving through somewhere you shouldn't be able to.

[@Norseman220]

Andrew. You need a grader.. Great videos you have. Greetings from Norway

[@AndrewCamarata]

Yeah, a grader is on the list of things that would be cool to have. Thanks. Andrew USA.

[@SportsKid006-milbert]

good to see the dozer getting some exercise!

[@billkrebs2307]

I must be missing something - where is the side drainage ditch so the stone doesn't wash?

[@ustinman8446]

Andrew, If you could, I'd like you to return to passed jobs , where you cleared and seededand make a video showing them all recovered. LUV your work !

[@AndrewCamarata]

Yes, good idea. Ill do that soon.

[@norfizamdnor8356]

Good Day Andrew, I hope you could help me understand something. My family have invested in a mountain and were having to build a road to the location we plan to build our container house. Currently our rough grade road is maximum of 20 degree slope going up. The distance to the top is about 3/4 of a mile. at the moment we plan to put crush n run! There is also a creek that will cross that were considering a concrete bridge or using spanner concrete panels, at the moment we get washout a lot and have to ford the water about 60 feet if it's not flowing to hard that is. my question is two part if you might be able to help me a little with this. The road were considering dropping drycrete ... Would you have any recommendations for such grade we have to contend with to keep the road from washing out! perhaps any recommendations to the bridge we might need to build! I think the maximum load on the bridge would be 60 tons.

[@AndrewCamarata]

Try your best to keep the water on the sides of the road, that means ditches on the edge, crown the road, water bars, and culverts. When surfacing the road; larger stone is much less likely to wash out. Build a bridge than can hold cement trucks. An engineer will be able to tell how much weight your design will hold.

[@norfizamdnor8356]

Thank you for the recommendations you share. We are working on keeping the road crowned. I know at some points it's a questionable option as the road will meet the rock wall. Where we can w are installing 24-36 inch culvert pipe to keep water moving away from the road. one side is sheer cliff but water is running down toe rock face at some points on the hi side of the road. We still working on the plans for the bridges. as they need to be concrete with re-bar reinforcement..

[@JR-rf3zw]

on the roads/driveways with numerous potholes, can you attach a road grinder to bobcat/skidsteer and grind the base first - then apply more gravel?

[@AndrewCamarata]

Probably, that's what happened in the middle. But the dozer does a nice job crowing it and digging drainage ditches.

[@taliakuznetsova7092]

I need a sloped bit of lawn turned to a driveway/parking spot. What do you recommend? It's sloped upwards and it freezes/snows here heavily usually.

[@AndrewCamarata]

Put down road fabric, than stone.

[@AndrewCamarata]

Dig it down first if it will be too high once you add stone.

[@taliakuznetsova7092]

Any particular size stone you recommend? I was thinking of using the kind that you used in the video.

[@loganrieman851]

Hey Andrew I was wondering in one of your earlier videos when you used the Screen to filter all the topsoil in that one backyard, did you rent that or do you own it. If You rented it where from. Thanks Logan

[@AndrewCamarata]

I bought that.

[@quickquestion22]

How do you price your work?

[@mandylad]

where did you get the low loader trailer?you should make a video on it..show how its made!!

[@AndrewCamarata]

I bought it years ago. I wish I had started taking video years ago. I did a bunch of work to that trailer to get it in shape.

[@Shj.11]

good job keepitup

[@Farmall450]

Two in a day, lucky us

[@michelwong1]

👍👍👍.

[@calireu]

How often do you need to maintain the driveway

[@AndrewCamarata]

A load of gravel every spring keeps it in good shape cheaply.

[@peterwilliams3776]

You’re an artist at laying down gravel! Have you thought about buying a small road grader? How about adding a crown to the road?

[@AndrewCamarata]

Thanks. I crowned the road with the dozer. Plus the truck does it easy, because I do a load to the right, and a load to the left. They overlap in the center, and a crown is made.

[@bacazterchovej2235]

it must be a better way how to make good dirt road ..... maybe some vibating roller thingie pulled by dozer after laying gravel layer ?

[@rummysworld7531]

Why clean stone? Wouldn't minus (modified) be better and pack down more?

[@AndrewCamarata]

That's what they have at the gravel quarry I go to. A little dust wouldn't hurt. But they don't have that. They have item4, but there is way too much dust in their item 4.

[@walsh9354]

Is there anything you can do to prevent the potholes from forming again when you just grade the same gravel ?

[@AndrewCamarata]

They usually seem to come right back doing that.

[@walsh9354]

Andrew Camarata that’s why I asked, same problem with my drive way aggravating

[@sanfranciscobay]

I don't do road repairs. I would think they start small, and then every time you drive over them, they get slightly larger. I think the key is to fill them using a shovel and wheelbarrow or truck bed full of gravel before they get larger. Maintain the road as soon as you see low spots and grade the road so water runs off to the side.

[@mikebess57]

Andrew, you shoud try a Harley Rake on the front of your tracked skidsteer for removing potholes.

[@AndrewCamarata]

I want to.

[@rise-amorph8178]

Iran John Deere 650 4 years till I hurt my back nothing quite like running heavy equipment

[@UnderSprayedWhiteSkies]

I wonder if Mr. Camarata has been looking for a road grader? It seems given the percentage of road related work he does, it would be one of the machines he would use quite frequently. BTW, I have a cousin (in-law) whose maiden name is Cammarato.

[@roberthowell932]

how much did you get your dozer for?

[@AndrewCamarata]

20

[@1944chevytruck]

thanks 4 video. be kind...//////

[@helmutprost9714]

What ever happened to the place with the bridge?

[@AndrewCamarata]

I brought the load of logs out of there to get milled for the bridge deck. It wasn't enough, and he had trouble finding more. I guess he just ordered more boards from somewhere, and I am suppose to be there working later this week.

[@sproket168]

How much do you charge for 1 load just to cart and lay it

[@AndrewCamarata]

$250

[@AndrewCamarata]

If the job is close to the quarry ill do it cheaper.

[@sproket168]

Cool that's about what I charge depending on the product. Its interesting to watch how other people go about things in different parts of the world. But the principle is basically the same ( you build roads pretty much the same way as I do in western Australia. Keep it up mate, love the channel.

[@Military-Museum-LP]

Looks good. The day is coming your going to buy a 10 wheel tandem dump truck.

[@AndrewCamarata]

Yeah, your right.

[@UTubeGlennAR]

>^. .^< People not in the excavation biz do not realize that the faster you drive down a gravel road, the more energy you transfer to the stone and thus the faster and further the stone gets thrown from the spot where you roll ovet it with your tire...... Than you ad in a bend in the road and that adds what is called "angular momentum" to the stone as you roll over it so teh faster you go problem is still there but you add the throwing out the stone due to centrifical forces...... Than you add in one more item to the two described above (speed and bends in the road) and that is water. Speeding thru even shallow puddles of water creats a mini Tsunami and the water wave made by your tire washes out little rocks even faster and speeds up pot hole making to it's ultamate growth factor..... Actuallly the balck top is basicly just glue holding the little stones in place thats all and why black top roads are so smooth until pot holes develop.......

[@____________________________.x]

I’d assumed potholes were dug out, filled with larger rock and then smaller rock? Kinda thinking there must be a reason why they slumped in that spot.

[@jeffreid3341]

Holy pot holds Batman.

[@regsparkes6507]

Andrew, I was noticing the quality of the video especially in this one,..can you tell us the make and model of the Video Camera you use for this?

[@barr2644]

He does go over the video equipment he uses in one of his videos. Wish I could remember which one. Wasn't too long ago though..

[@regsparkes6507]

Barr, yes he did, didn't he ? I was trying to think which one,....I can't seem to find it though. I was wondering because this morning's video was nice and clear and not distorted ( especially the trees as he went up and down the driveway ) like most of the Go Pro cameras show. ( fish eye lens effect )

[@AndrewCamarata]

Gopro hero 5 is the best one. With a gopro karm grip if your moving the camera.

[@regsparkes6507]

So, it's the model ' 5'' then that makes the difference with the better lens. Thanks for this Andrew. I am about to buy a camera soon, and wanted something that gave a better picture than my Go-Pro Hero 2 does.

[@AndrewCamarata]

I suggest the 5, I do not like the 6

[@TheAnalogKid2]

Hope you made a reasonable profit on these jobs.

[@AndrewCamarata]

Yeah, me too.

[@RobiSydney]

reasonable profit on the locals and new york city prices on out of towners? I grew up in Morro Bay, California -- tourist fishing town. good rices for the locals and then there was the out of town prices. Not outrageously high, but 20% higher than locals price.

[@danieledistefano3651]

He Makes it look easy,but it is not.Takes more pratice a person that never operated this kind of machine can understand.i learned it the hard way.

[@danieledistefano3651]

Still,i hard lots of fun.😉😉😉

[@RRaucina]

Don't you hate guys that leave stumps in the road? And there is going to be a stump size sink hole there next year. Try a John Deere American iron 550g or h dozer. The Cat4 comes from Korea or Taiwan and just looks bigger. Weight is about the same.

[@Thewhseman]

Is it me or dose it look like someone edited the pothole out ?

[@davidnull5590]

Andrew, perhaps you could install woven driveway fabric (12.5' x 432) on that driveway for the owners, then cover it with crushed stone? Once installed it would be close to a real road. A place that sells a variety of geotextile products, there are a lot of choices available : www.landscapediscount.com/Driveway-Fabric-12-5-x-432-Woven-p/df-200-125x432.htm www.landscapediscount.com/default.asp

[@AndrewCamarata]

Yeah, customer didn't want to pay for it.

[@phillipbonner5215]

Yeah that road was one big pothole

[@OIF03040809]

Tree stump....Challenge accepted.