Around the farm with JT. Got some GRAVEL!!

Since the mud isn’t going anywhere soon I finally got some stone in!

[@daleolson3506]

Get rid of the organic material before you get gravel. Organic matter holds moisture you’ll never have a good drive way with top soil and grass mixed in.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I am sitting on clay here. In a perfect world I would have done that, but not gonna happen today

[@Gdone]

Michigan soil is very different a lot of sand

[@scottvampran1013]

Now you just need to hang a southern Battle Flag in your shop and you will have a complete shop

[@karlfischer1011]

you're doing it wrong 😂 (just for the reactions) I would use the 165 on the blade myself, the big tractors are for packing. (between the heavy clutch and maneuverability of our big tractors, I go to the small one). What i do, that takes 2 days and upsets my dad, is blade the old slop away or level it, then move the new gravel on top. It wastes the new gravel more evenly when you're doing it cheaply 😂. I get a pretty good surface when i'm done. We also have the blade reversed so you're cutting in reverse, no idea if it is better the other way. I have seen road crews using offset disks , maybe a couple passes with one of those on the old ruts first wouldn't hurt, and save time. I think you did well. you're at the stage of stopping the mud so you can figure out the next step, it's gonna take a lot more gravel to actually solve the problem. and some landscaping! thanks for sharing your adventure with us :)

[@ryanmeester6943]

Sheesh farmer… new shed, loads of gravel!! I bet you’re the talk around the local water hole.. don’t change a thing. Do enjoy watching your videos 👍👍

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Seems I have been popular in town lately 😆

[@garymcbrien2853]

Mite as well went to the watering hole an drank the price of the load of stone..it will never be a job the clay will keep boiling up through the stone

[@billyhord4508]

You send some of that moisture to central Texas and we'll send about 45 of our 100 pluse days.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I’ll send it your way!

[@douglasmayherjr.5733]

It seems like you’re always fighting mud, snow and frost in Michigan. When I was a kid the bus turned around in our horseshoe driveway, that didn’t help the battle. About the time we got everything squared away, my dad sold the farm. I couldn’t afford what they were paying. I still miss farming. I have 3 acres surrounded by hundreds, hopefully it stays rural for a while longer. If the 2010 would have had a hydraulic bucket, I would have used that. The 1105 looked pretty sharp though. Thanks JT.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right on! The trip bucket wasn’t much good when I put a load in front of the big barn last fall, but the blade on the 1105 did the trick!

[@terryhobdy5727]

I need several tons of gravel also. But anyway I enjoyed the video.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Military-Museum-LP]

JT you actually look like you know what your doing! 13:00 I would recommend base rock first then gravel on top.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I put on a good show if. Nothing else lol

[@martymartin2894]

Love these old tractors, bit of blue smoke out of that one is she burning a drop of oil JT.

[@perttikauppinen2353]

Here in Finland, usually when yards and roads are built, the topsoil is peeled off about half a meter. After that, insulating fabric so that the subsoil and coarser gravel or crushed stone don't start to mix together. When you do it properly, you don't have to hustle many times

[@martymartin2894]

Not much use putting that gravel down on muck, if u had a little backhoe u could have given it a scrape first JT.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Well, it was 38* and tractor wasn’t warmed up either

[@richardbrain3666]

Glad you finally succumbed to peer pressure JT…if only I had that sort of influence in my co-parenting situation 🙃

[@h20base]

Good Job ,there Mr gravel spreader. Yep I agree a few more truck loads and it will be perfect. Keep up the good work.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks 👍

[@Marcvandenenden]

It is a verry nice tractor the 1105. The gravel looks good J.T. 👌👌 Have a good week !🍻 Greets!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks, you too!

[@elstonjm4]

Nice to see the old masseys getting taken care of and put to work. I really enjoy your videos! Thanks for sharing

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks for watching!

[@user-cs2ir9xe1h]

Hi JT. I know exactly what you are saying about the dam rain. It's all we have had here (Winchester UK) since Christmas. It's driving us all crazy. That stone sure smartened uo your yard. Looking good 👍. Thanks for the share. 😊

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right on. Thank you!

[@billyhaddock5540]

JT, u done and did-it this time! you have finally kicked the MUD MONSTER BUTT. looking cool. Even Fluffy liked-it, from afar.....

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right on! Thanks!

[@dennisbelles9236]

👍 gravel was definitely a step in the right direction.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks

[@farmark457]

Good job making do with what you have to level it out. Never seems to go far enough though lol. Thx

[@user-pd7qe8he5g]

Nice work! There were times all I had was a shovel and a back blade would’ve been like heaven. Now I graduated to a skidsteer and got it made. Great vid

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right on!

[@davidwittmer8806]

JT, you made that look a lot easier than it is with a rear blade. Good job buddy!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks 👍

[@corydriver7634]

Comment for algorithm and don’t skip the ads…hook a feller up and help him pay for some gravel folks!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks 😉

[@jippel1]

Good job mate 👍I hope the weather is getting better soon🌞i love the sound of the 1105👌🏻cheers from down under 🇦🇺

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks 👍

[@ronzezulka6646]

Hey Joe. 1105 is a sweetheart. Nice turbo whine. Good to hear people are talking, lol. Nothing else much to do about now. Its mud season. Cheers 🍻

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right! Hopefully mud season slows up a bit with some good weather this week

[@cliffordarnoldussen]

JT I’ve been watching you and I’ve been as you’ve been moving that stone and I figured anytime you were going to hit the roof of your building with your top of your camp😮😮

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I kept a close eye on it 😉

[@davebur3350]

Poor LITTLEJOHN🚜 almost didn't make It Out of The BARN😵‍💫😢

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right! He backs right out easily now!

[@AndrewHCann]

Excellent video JT :) also yes looking lots better and would get shell small with sand or dirt in shed blade spread around too take lots mud also wash out to! I know lots money 💰 but pay off in long run and put some were store combine and tractors near work shop shed part too !

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I’m hoping to get a few more loads in the near futufe

[@AndrewHCann]

@@jtsbarnngrill6873 excellent 👌 👏 👍 JT you go !

[@iainpaton1865]

Hi friend your yard looks grand 😊🎉🎉

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks so much

[@iainpaton1865]

@@jtsbarnngrill6873 you are welcome friend from Scotland

[@ericfrancis9035]

The cab clearance in the doorway appeared to be getting a bit tight as you rolled over the pile; an optical illusion, I'm sure. Maybe next time the green bucket will see some action. Getting out of the mud would lift my spirits immensely.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

It got a lot tighter on the doorway lol. The stone made me feel immediately better 😉

[@Military-Museum-LP]

Yea I knew there was some mud out front of the shed but it didn’t merit me telling you your business. I only noticed the hole when the 1105 started rocking and rolling when pushing/pulling the gravel. Maybe the complainers would like to sponsor a few loads of rock?

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

That was my thoughts 😉. But no one offered to help lol

[@clintonirwin6825]

Far too much rain here in Ireland 🇮🇪

[@CircleTFarms419]

I feel your pain JT, I never thought when I was younger, I would ever grow up to hate mud so much 😂

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

😆😆. If I were still 20 with my 4x4 I’d have been in heaven lol

[@terrycannon570]

It appears that West Virginia is worse off than Michigan is. I saw drone footage of a town in WV that is totally flooded. Thanks for bringing us along. I put crushed stone down 38 years ago all the way from the road to the shop. Now I wish i had more. There is never enough stone.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I agree with you

[@duanedale2505]

After putting bigger gravel on the wet mucky spots I perfer gravel fines which is 3/8 minus that way you don’t get a lot of stuff in the lawn for the lawn mower to throw around at things. Looks good

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks!

[@jerryhill681]

Big improvement. I hate mud also.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right on

[@DarkTiran]

Like you said, not perfect but a vast improvement. The mud overstayed its welcome.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Sure did 😉

[@SuperJohndeere4020]

Have you considered a box blade for the future? That would be nicer for keeping the driveway maintained.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Wouldn’t hurt

[@Vicsonvee]

You would love a box scraper for this job for certain, they make levelling gravel a breeze

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right on

[@ericrice6748]

Nice job there JT, YEAH we are all tired of this rain and mud... My sump pump is just now slowing down from the over 5 inches of rain we had here at the beginning of the week!!!

[@martymartin2894]

Raining more than ever before everywhere what is going on something strange.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

It’s like this here every spring, but with me constantly getting tractors in and out it made it 10x worse 😆

[@garyfeltus9801]

Mud yuk looks a whole lot better. Two more loads you be in great shape.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Bingo! That’s what I was thinking

[@paulnelson7129]

Gravel ... wonderful!!!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks

[@terryhawkins4295]

Just a load of rock delivered last week, 15.8 ton was $575. Dam right it ain't free

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

This was damn close to that. And I could use a few more loads !

[@Papermaker-fl4bh]

Nice job JT... can't do it all in one day but you have a good start.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

You got that right!

[@SilojensenDK]

Precision farming!

[@wesleymckone4250]

Here on PEI Canada we have no natural gravel. So this is the norm for us

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right on

[@BMW_G81_M3]

With all that fancy gravel, you got a few millimetres to spare between the roof of the cab and the barn 😅

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right! She’s a close fit now!

[@thomasr.miller5553]

😁👍👍🌅 thanks

[@ncut5547]

Should add a couple or three suitcase weights on that blade mite help on the back blading ....should've just cleaned off that top soil dirt would've gone down better and stayed with out the mud but u most likely new that lol lol ....

[@Peanutbeards]

Thanks JT, boy that 1105 sounds great!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks! It has a nice tone when she’s working 😉

[@James-fu8fj]

Hey JT, is that door going to slide shut? Are you gonna have to cut your little groove down there?

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I had to dig a couple high spots but it shuts good 😉

[@davidbarnes706]

It’s not easy with a scrape blade working stone but you did a good job

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks! It’s the best tool I have in the box for that 😉

[@Englishpatriot106]

Yard looks loads bigger , gonna make a massive difference not constantly being in the mud 😀👍👍

[@Englishpatriot106]

Shame you don’t have a front loader with a big bucket , would make the job a lot quicker for you 👍

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right! The little trip bucket on Lettie John wouldn’t have been much help lol

[@perttikauppinen2353]

Jesus, that Ferguson❤ is sweet

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks!

[@averysenior6571]

That looks great well done I really like the content!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thank you very much!

[@troyshoup3695]

Nice job with using that back blade🍻

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks!

[@stevemccoy8138]

Good Morning J T, Ya gravel is always good, it's actually a must in most areas. Just a thought, would guttering be a option for your barn ? It would help channel the water away from the building. I agree with you about mud , I just don't like it. Ha. Have a Great Day and enjoy Fluffy. 😊

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

It might help, but the front of the barn is low anyway and it’s a mess every spring

[@chadtosh6831]

Holy cow, you got gravel?? You win a lottery you haven’t told us about?? Lol 😆. Comes a time around here where I break down and buy a couple loads as well.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Ha! Let’s say if I won the lottery I’d have a asphalt truck here instead of the gravel truck 😆

[@chadtosh6831]

@@jtsbarnngrill6873 me too!!! Lmao 🤣

[@karlfischer1011]

​@@jtsbarnngrill6873more like bulldozer and start with a clean slate 😂

[@mikedemott1720]

When you get all your stone in see if you can borrow a box blade and run over it.

[@paulprillwitz9901]

😄😄👍👍👍🍻🍻

[@richardschaffling9882]

Looking good I always have the guy tailgate spread it and we can use some rain but can you keep the cold up there we don’t need that in Tn.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I will have them do it on the next load, but I needed it all on this mud pit lol

[@gleanerk]

L👀king good JT!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks!

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks JT

[@christopherekman4862]

TY-JT...... for anther .....Fine...." Whats That Fella Up To !! " ....video

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks!

[@danforaker1867]

Need to get yourself a skid loader

[@ryanduren2739]

Great job! Looks good! Maybe a little weight on that blade might help??? Who knows I am not doing it! U are!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Probably wouldn’t have hurt

[@ryanduren2739]

@@jtsbarnngrill6873 mud sucks!!!

[@sallybrokaw6124]

Shed needs a run of gutter and downspout to get the run off away. Inside will dry up also.AL B.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Yup

[@d6joe]

love the clean stone. Is the inside of the shed higher than the yard? Many old buildings started out above grade, and 50 or 80 years later not so much. I hope the new shop will be a foot or better higher than the yard.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

It is about even, the opposite side of the shed is higher

[@dennispriser769]

Great work, looks better than the mud that was there lol

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks 👍

[@dennispriser769]

@@jtsbarnngrill6873 welcome

[@stevebeamer2153]

Yeah it’s amazing how far a load of rock doesn’t go, maybe the John Deere could have helped with the spread?

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I used it on a load I got a couple months ago and the trip bucket wasn’t great for that.

[@Porkchop65]

Dude! You live in Michigan! It's spring mud it's a way of life I know I live in northern Indiana

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right on!

[@larryklostermann5779]

Nice video JT

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks!

[@bombardier3qtrlbpsi]

Looking good 👍 Next video how I got rid of my rubber boots 😁😁

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

😆😆

[@ericrichardson5004]

You should try a box blade I like mine for doing things like that

[@jeremykluger7841]

Poor guy just threw his money away. That gravel is gonna go down in the mud and gonna have mud on top.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Ok. We shall see

[@ardtessa]

I guess you almost got stuck between rock and a hard place there JT ! Cheers, Ard P.s. Does the blade rotate 180 degrees ?

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Ha! I nearly did lol. That old blade is welded right where she is. Maybe I’ll upgrade that someday 😉

[@prevost8686]

👍

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

👍🏼

[@cliffordarnoldussen]

Isn’t that amazing what we could do the way we used to do it in the olden days now they would’ve said you could do that without the skid. You gotta have a skid steer level a lot of blade tractor and I’m 68 years old so what’s that tell you?😊😊

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

It is amazing! Anything can be done if you want it done with what you got!

[@andywilkinson3792]

Nice one j.t. Nice job. I did notice that the 1105 has very light float on the arms is she a bit weak or is that normal cos iv not driven one all the old masseys iv driven have never floated that much. Or were you on the lever that much. Glad you have managed to get some gravel down. Make you a lot happier.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Those don’t have any downptessure

[@ronaldschultz1189]

Here in Indiana we would have taken about 8 inches of the mud out and added about 6 inches of no 2 gravel then after settling and compacting added crusher run of no 5 and7 mix on top. Our sand has no base to hold .

[@JohnCarter-qv1ie]

Here on the Eastern Shore we would take 10 inches of mud out! And still be sinking!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

In a perfect world I’d have done that, but if I took any inches of mud out I’d just have inches of water to deal with lol

[@ohiofarmer1]

But gravel on mud is not a good combo, as expensive as gravel is I hope you didn't waste your money on that load Those looked like 57 limestone and really #2 or #4 limestone would make a better base there in the mud

[@JohnCarter-qv1ie]

JT, don't worry too much about the mud. Us bricklayers had to borrow a few pieces of OSB, and maybe a few 2x6s from the carpenters. Still can't figure out why they're upset?

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

😆

[@JohnCarter-qv1ie]

It's also the carpenters job to pick up all empty beer bottles. Wonder who drank them?

[@stinkydog5935]

nice like always 😛😛😛😛

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thank you so much 😀

[@tomislavjelcic8187]

In my country we like to say for jobs like this it is what it is and tournes like a pie made out of shit🤷‍♂️😂 I like you man!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks!

[@ronzezulka6646]

This is how it starts. Next thing ya know you'll be pouring concrete.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

With any luck 😉😆

[@dirtyeric]

That 1105 sounds really good. :) I would have put the blade on the 165 (if it fits) as I think it would have given you more flexibility and control. You might want 4 loads but what do I know, I avoid rock, its bad for the boat. :P

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Hard to say, the 1105 had the blade on and it was raining

[@jasonmitchell7849]

Should've told the truck driver to spread it thick. Need another load

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I wanted it all where I put it. I think I mentioned that in the video. The second load will be spread the distance

[@gigagamerYT]

Yes mate I have but not Michigan clay but clay over here in the UK despite the user name which is my young sons I am a farmer over here and it's not stopped raining for about 5 months for more than a week so I feel your pain love your content though 👍

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right on. Thank you 😉

[@jamiemckechnie3662]

It's about time!! LOL 😅

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

😆

[@gerthholm1220]

Looks great... next time maybe drag the top mud away... it makes a bit better and the gravel reach a larger area....

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Thanks for the tip

[@brianwestveer9532]

Good start with the gravel, will the barn sliding door still close, have to make a trench,or cut the door

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Yeah, I had to dig a couple high spots between the door will close 😉

[@briannelson4493]

I would have pulled most of the mud out then filled, you would be happier. Do what works for you JT.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Well, in a perfect world I would have but it’s all clay and would have made a bigger mess

[@briannelson4493]

Clay muck really sucks , gumbo is even worse

[@matthewanderson7766]

Crushed concrete is way cheaper

[@kenfrazier616]

looks good maybe of replace the mud with clay

[@660r2003]

looks alot better! that was quite a mud hole right where the door crosses over it appears. did u get a different truck? looks nice if ya did

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

That’s my work vehicle. I could use a bigger pickup though 😉

[@johnhatt1219]

lol

[@dsp11000]

1000000 bushel bin will be next !!!!!!!!

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Now we’re talking! Might take me 5 years to fill it, but better too much than not enough 😆

[@Farmer1277]

Only thing I'd have done is dig out the muck first to find something drier to put the gravel down into. But hey, gravel helps no matter what.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right! It’s miles ahead of a big mud hole 😉

[@Farmer1277]

​@@jtsbarnngrill6873 we are definitely over the rain here on the western side of the pond in Wisconsin.

[@donharper7759]

Put some gutters on that barn and stop the water from running right down where your doors are and maybe it won’t get so muddy right there…

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Ok.

[@dp8689]

No offense but you need a massey ferguson skid loader

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Wouldn’t hurt if I had one

[@billycapshew2411]

Crushed concrete is the way to go it's way cheaper you just have to watch out for metal the crusher magnet doesn't catch it all

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Right on

[@barnycanuck6234]

Had a similar project, used my JD FEL to haul and spread the gravel in the bldg. Could get right into the corners and any mounds could be easily back bladed level....seemed to work good for my application. Howze the shop coming btw?

[@bruceknowlton8691]

Don't think he likes green tractor lol.

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Hoping to have the concrete done this weekend. Weather is looking good to get that poured

[@edmikula9637]

Can you get youtube to turn on the closed captipons!

[@brocluno01]

Time for a nice used 6 way Gannon Box on something ... 😁

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

Wouldn’t hurt

[@betadoctor]

With the thousands of rockpiles lying there on some corner of land i smell a business model. All you need is a rock crusher :)

[@jtsbarnngrill6873]

I’d make good use of that!