Bringing in the heavy loads!

Bringing in the heavy loads! Today on the farm we're expanding and working on our driveway and turn around areas in preparation for some new buildings going up here on the farm. Hope ya'll enjoy!
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[@ebutuoyebutouy]

What happened to the $1000 tractor? Got excited for nothing?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

waiting on parts for old earl...remember this is real life not reality TV my friend

[@kman-mi7su]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Is Old Earl going back to work on the farm when it's fixed? It might not be a bad light duty or backup tractor.

[@laohantun7404]

He only has a pair of hands... be patience....

[@ericharris893]

Old earl will outwork the tractor he has now and it will still be working after the new tractor’s time on this earth is up. Maybe not efficiently as the new tractor but earl will be chugging loads of logs or pulling a brush hog until somebody looses interest in maintaining it.

[@NorthCountryOffgrid]

“Wait’n on a dump truck” Sounds like a country song!👍🏻

[@ericharris893]

Hey I’m a seasoned veteran construction business owner and the logger method is the cheapest way. The way your doing it, you may have to work the driveway in spots during the wet season. The paper does help it last longer. The paper comes up because the gravel gets plowed off Or bounced out into the yard. The logger method is large cobble rock down first in the mud. Top the whole driveway over the cobble with #3 crushed cobble. The sharp stuff. Smash it down good with a roller or roll heavy equipment over all of it. Then top with gravel. You will be able to drive 40 ton log trucks over it immediately and it will last through spring.

[@bcgrittner]

That was interesting. I enjoy watching dump truck drivers who know what they're doing.

[@michaelcook768]

There definitely is knowledge to properly spread gravel.

[@ralfie8801]

Michael Cook Without rolling the truck on its side while you're doing it! I used to drive an 18 wheel rock bucket for a redimix company, those things go on their side faster than you can blink if the pad you're dumping on isn't mostly level to begin with. It's an art, and there's a "feel" for doing it safely and correctly.

[@michaelcook768]

@@ralfie8801 Yes. Even with an 18 wheeler, because of the height, they are top heavy. At least for me, I could feel it...it is a strange feeling, actually. I could just tell that the truck was leaning...like it was just, uneasy. It was a good thing to have.

[@martineastburn3679]

For almost 20 years we have poured stone on our 1200 foot now 1500 foot driveway. If the ground is wet or soft don't lay rock. I always lay a layer of fine mix with granite dust and limestone rock and dust. Let that sink in - rain or sprinkle and once set - it will create a road base - then the rock on top. Before us this was a saw mill and they had trucks on half of the road but just dumped rock. We have a deep rock layer and dozens of feet of dirt (good river ) for more to sink into.

[@noc8076]

Should watch RR Buildings for inspiration on the new shop.

[@rockeerockey6941]

The formula to a building is; decide what you need, double that size and add 10%

[@davemi00]

Rockey Rockey - very true dat 👍

[@davemi00]

Closets are the same - Wooooo

[@jackspringer9283]

I have about 15 years in dumps,he was paying attention and had his hand on the hoist control before the lean,excellent work pushing the envelope and getting 'er done!!! That is why some drivers continue bringing stone and others are cut off early by the contractor!!

[@gregoryolson1782]

Cool slice of paradise. Thanks for sharing

[@lesphilaja5722]

I put down eight thirteen yard loads on my initial driveway ($375 load). I'm in Lake Superior country and we have a clay subsurface. I usually get a load every Spring after the frost road restrictions are taken off. I do this to add gravel to what the snow plow pushes off and gravel being pushed to the side in the road curve. Usually box blade it two-three times a year. Your gravel guy is good!

[@rockeerockey6941]

I totally agree on the fabric! Hate that garbage! Keep it natural

[@WPF17]

Very rocky soil where I live, no need for paper, one pass of the box blade takes care of the grass stripe down the middle. Going to spread out Reclaimed asphalt this summer and rent a roller to pack it down, should only have to be touched up every few years as opposed to grading three times a year. Gravel looks nice Stoney Ridge!!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Amen....Stoney ridge is a rocky place!

[@johnirwin1837]

I had a 400' driveway built last summer. They remover 6 to 8" of sod. put down 8 plus of # 53's and we simply rolled it in with our vehicles. I have had part of our driveway for 30 years and it has never seen a box blade or any kind of blade on it.About every 5 years or so it gets a fresh coat of # 11 driveway gravel and we are good to go.

[@larrycarman91399]

Best dump work I’ve ever seen & ur no slouch with the box scrap too. Great video with good explanations 👍👍

[@donbrutcher4501]

I like to take about 4-6" of sod and top soil off with the box blade. Fill the area with about 4" deep of bank run gravel (4" dia and down). After running over it for a couple weeks and some rain storms, I cover it with 2-4" of crushed stone (2" dia and down).

[@Will7981]

You are correct, and I have some experience in road building. You don't normally put the geo fabric down unless you are building through a very wet or marshy area. Then, you dig all the muck out of your roadway until you reach a solid base. Then lay down the geo fabric. Then fill back in with good dirt packing as you go. Then finally put your gravel on top of your fill dirt. So your fabric ends up buried a good 12 inches or so under your road. It would just make a big mess like you were saying simply laying fabric on top of the ground and dumping gravel on it.

[@BrainStormAcres]

I’ve built a few miles of driveways from Maine to California at places we’ve lived. I’ve built with and without geo textile. Some places the soil required the fabric - mostly in boggy areas. Expansive soil that freezes and thaws several times per season and is heavily used, also benefits from geo textile. The fabric stays in place and does not float up. Generally, if you can build by top dressing with gravel as your are doing, it will be cheaper as long as you can personally do the work. A load or two of gravel every few years is just normal maintenance.

[@97NRBhgfdkjsvfdkjl]

I can’t understand how anyone would want to have any life style other than this

[@dougdickey7381]

I work industrial construction for the oil and gas sector and we build gravel roads a couple of ways. It depends on the region and water table and mud etc...but in general we scrap off the top soil down about a foot or in some cases that may be several feet to remove muck and get to solid bedding. If it's a mucky muddy area with silty soil we will first place geotextile fabric and then larger 4" to 5" stone (we call rip rap) to build a base about a foot thick then cover it in a few passes with smaller 2A stone (1" to 2") and then crown it with either fines or what we call "crush and run".....I've had to build most of the roads on my farm this way due to natural springs and mud.

[@kevindircksen181]

Dump truck driver did an excellent job of tailgating that stone. You're right, it really does take some skill to get just that right thickness and not have piles.

[@jackspringer9283]

When you save the contractor equipment hours you get to stay on those better jobsites all day long, for a commission paid driver that's important...been there,done that..I was a favorite,still am, just different equipment now

[@semco72057]

You have a nice area now which is covered with gravel and spread out like you wanted it. The driver was great at laying it down perfectly also and you probably didn't have to do much except the area where you wanted trucks to turn around at, and the gate area where you had to spread it with your tractor and box blade so you could get into the field and out of it safely.

[@450rmaniac]

My most stable driveway was done with large stone (rip raft) then stepped down to a crush run on top. Total it is about 6 inches thick. Wouldn’t want to build it again as it was expensive but it passes over a wet area and needed it to be solid enough for heavy trucks and tractors. Been there through winter and wet seasons without issues. Have yet to add a load of crusher run to the top and it has been roughly 8 years. Touch it up with the pull style box blade. I have used fabric and have had success with it as well. Person has to be aware it’s there and you won’t have any issues.

[@njneer7511]

Cool job Josh. Love watching you move dirt and make your driveway look great. Im not sure if you purposefully made that circle pattern in the driveway for entertainment but if you really need to make an area like that look real good, look up how to drag an arena. There is a method to it that keeps you from closing in on yourself.

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Thank you 🎥👍👍👍

[@ohhpaul7364]

Josh, if you open a business or contractors account with the quarry your gravel comes from, they will often decrease the price per load for the gravel to be delivered. If you are buying that way, they will send any random person with a free truck and there isn't a guarantee you will get someone great at tailgating the load down the road. If you just hired the guy with the truck then he charges what he charges but at least you know he is going to spread it well.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Buying a dump truck at some point

[@robertfakler8564]

I don't use landscape fabric under my gravel either, but the mud comes up through it after a few winters. Except where I've put down a good base of larger rock first, and a finish rock on top of it. That lasts many years.

[@gerryhoffman5667]

Josh I live in western NY used fabric under driveway,made best driveway much harder in early spring when other drives are muddy & move up & down. Same gravel just fabric under it, holds tractor trailer .

[@JacobsTriangleHomestead]

I'll be building a driveway soon, and I will not be putting fabric or plastic under it. I plan to put down a base of larger rock, then cover that with road rock. The soil here gets pretty mucky in the winter, so I'm hoping the bigger rock will sink less. My dad built his driveway the same way you did, and he has to add rock every 8-10 years.

[@ohiofarmlife4020]

Spreading gravle around is one of the most relaxing and enjoyable jobs there is! I could do it everyday!

[@tuffram2165]

Great video as always Josh. Really looking forward to the Building project. Also one project I was really looking forward to was restoring the flex Wing mower you got from your Pop's. I'm guessing that is on the back burner for now and I know you have tons of projects going on at the same time. Keep up the good work and great content you continue to provide.

[@johnpyle8027]

I built a pole barn about 10 years ago. If I had to do it again I would not bury the posts. Morton makes 90 degree brackets that bolt to the concrete and you set your posts next to them and bolt them tight. They come up about two feet on the posts if I remember right. The other thing I learned. However big you want the building and double it or more! You will fill it!!! lol

[@backachershomestead]

I could use about 6 loads at my house. I'll leave the gate unlocked.

[@rickster9993]

Road fabric is good for certain places. I haven't seen any road fabric would help for what your doing. Any low laying areas of land that has plenty of softness or in other words, any place you won't drive into because due to moisture your going get stuck is a good application for road fabric.

[@chrisunderwood2524]

Hi josh, when we had our 2 driveways put in lower and upper by the builder contactor.he put in nine loads of crusher run... so , so wrong...seven years later so many ruts, had a road builder come to see...we then dug out what he could , most sunk into the clay..he put down #4 rock..on both drives to secure the bed..built it up..then applied 1 layer of crusher run.....that was back in 2008... just a first time upper drive grading in over 12 years...and I live up in the smoky mnts..NC up high on a mountain. .#4 is the way to go to build up your bed...

[@hwooden6831]

You need a hydraulic top link. Works great with a box scraper.

[@LostNationHomestead]

So need to do this to our driveway. Good luck with your new building.

[@charlesdando85]

The wallflowers instrumental cover gave me such a feeling of nostalgia. Thanks for all of the great videos!

[@donsdiys1140]

R&R building on KZbin . You will want a pole barn. lol love watching them.

[@henryrodgers3409]

R&R Building are not cheap . Besides he's not going to go out there to do a build .

[@donsdiys1140]

Henry Rodgers Well I wasn’t actually saying for R&R buildings to build it I was just saying they do a good job and they build some amazing pole barns.

[@simonrowley4913]

Good job Josh. Do it right first time and it last a lot longer. Wooo

[@drillsgtlangdon]

400 bucks/load... you got a deal of a life time my friend! Looking good brother

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

$450....things don't cost as much around here as most places

[@jameswest332]

The Pucker Factor was in full effect !!

[@TheRaulr151]

Just did this recently. 4 loads delivered at my place. Love my land, love my tractor, love my implements. Awesome life style for sure!!

[@robhakeman5873]

People sometimes judge you by if things are clean or a mudhole. Years ago I worked for a farmer and every year he rocked his driveway, he would spend 2 -3 thousand dollars and always had a pile for holes that would appear. Also we put up a morton bldg 54x130 and we cemented it out by ourselves but the day before we poured cement we put loads of 6 in. Rock down to form a base cuz the bldg was put where our grove was so we needed a base so we put down like 30 some loads and the night before we poured cement we got 3 in. Of rain but it didn't keep us from pouring cement and when we were done we went over it with inch rock cuz we had a nice base. I would never use plastic or anything for a base in case you have to rip it up down the road.. We always had a pile and we went over the rock every year, I think we put on 5 - 8 loads on the driveway and yard as we were sick of fighting the mud.

[@scotthoglund9628]

No plastic or felt crap. You got that right. If weeds come up just deal with it.:)

[@mikewhite3293]

I just put up a quonset hut style barn, its 40' x 80' with 16' ceiling height. I picked this style because it doesn't have any supports inside, its all open. I love it!

[@teamfun4u]

Get the trucks to back up on the sides of previous truck...best compactor you can get.... congrats on the pole barn . best choice 😉

[@dustinbjorkquist1185]

A rock intro for a rock video. Your awesome bro!

[@131dyana]

It is so important to have that driveway done. Thanks for showing this.

[@ChurchsFamilyFarmCFF]

It is nice when a plan comes together. God Bless From us at CFF

[@kurtbaker4078]

Looking great. Josh.

[@scottkonik3398]

In Wisconsin we scrap off the top soil put pit run down then gravel

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol...we have zero top soil here. Working hard to build it though

[@johnirwin1837]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer , I remove the sod top not all the top soil.

[@HamiltonvilleFarm]

Man, that dude did great! easier for you for sure! Good video Josh

[@detroitdieselpower1]

Road fabric is a pain in the butt. I know it helps to prevent pumping, but it’s expensive. 12.2’ roll is a $1.55 a foot and there’s 400’ on a roll. It’s just as effective to go heavy with the stone and at the end of the day cheaper and less labor. Keep up the good work Josh! You’re doing just fine!

[@23KCOutdoors]

Drives get better with time.. goood stuff brother

[@josephboley]

You put out some amazing and interesting videos buddy. Thank you.

[@douglynch8442]

This is something I am looking to do later this year. Nothing like having a friend with a dump truck! New building idea sounds great too!

[@davidzimmerman3787]

Good afternoon Josh, Stoney Ridge farmer. Just want to leave a quick comment about your gravel I have never used that felt paper or plastic and doing a driveway. And you forgot to say how many ton of gravel you would getting for that price? Here in southern Indiana, I paid 340 dollars for 20 ton of 73s. And I couldn't agree with you more that that guy driving that gravel truck is 110% real truck driver. Enjoy watching your Channel

[@rongeci4092]

Here’s my opinion on geo fabric, It is good to a point, it’s good for real soft areas because it lets water through but won’t let it come up, if stone is put about 8” - 10” thick and packed down good it won’t come back up, unless you have a crap load of down pressure on your rake or scraper or whatever you are using. I’ve put fabric on dirt roads and it hasn’t come up in 20 years and that’s on a public dirt and gravel road that sees lots of traffic and graded and raked every year so in my opinion if it’s used on a driveway that doesn’t see public traffic and it’s graded or scraped or raked right it should never come up, but fabric isn’t for every where some areas might be soft but have a good base and just stone is all that’s needed, I’m not arguing with anyone about anything I’m just giving my opinion on what I’ve seen doing dirt and gravel road work for 25 years. Anyways great video Josh and everyone have a great one

[@dejayblair7571]

I haven’t put the geotextile fabric on my driveway but I do install it on commercial sites which has heavy traffic and it works great! But you have to put plenty thickness down (6” minimum) to keep from pumping the fabric up through the rock. It works well in soft areas so your rock doesn’t incorporate with the soil. Did you get your baler fixed?

[@billbly1691]

Love your videos thanks for sharing your life with us

[@michaelcook768]

A new driveway takes years of gravel to build a sustainable base.

[@als8518]

or enough thickness the first time.

[@1guyin10]

It really depends on the soil. I have places where mine is on a mixture of sandy yellow clay and shake. You can't knock a hole in that stuff with a jackhammer so the gravel base stayed right where it was placed. On the other hand I have a section that is red clay and I have put tons upon tons of rock - big, little, bricks, ground pavement, you name it - down on it and it is just now getting to the point where you can put gravel down and expect it to not disappear into the earth.

[@terryl7874]

Absolutely I am on my third gravel spread

[@deaconlyric]

@@1guyin10 I know there are different color clays but do they have specific properties? Is yellow always harder than red? (I did a quick google and only found stuff about pottery clays)

[@1guyin10]

@@deaconlyric My experience is that yellow is generally harder than red. I am not sure how they form. My parent's farm is mostly red clay, but has a vein of yellow clay that was used back in the 1800's for a local brick mill.

[@amir-k-sang]

I'm following you from Kenya, Africa. This is one of the amazing work. Well done and the footage is wonderful!

[@FMcanada]

2nd .... very informative. Ontario Canada here ... 800 ft of driveway waiting for spring up here. No way am I using plastic/felt. I rototiller it every year to keep it flat and weed free. Let the rain and nature do its thing. Keep up the good work.

[@michaelcook768]

Always best to use thicker gravel for the initial base. Some use rip rap...but, you need a bulldozer to break it up and mash it in.

[@als8518]

road fabric AKA felt AKA geotextile is meant to be well covered, to work properly in poor soils it need a foot of stone over it. properly installed in a wet area it works wonders.

[@freepatriot6313]

you sound like you could use a landplane. Check it out on youtube. Brings the gravel back up to the surface, flattens roadway, and knocks out center grass/hill in road. You can dome the road by using the tilt on your three point hitch

[@allenhenry1113]

I used to drive dump trucks. They are very cool to drive👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@chrisspence3216]

Josh on new areas of rock try putting down bigger rock first like 2-3” at least then when truck comes back loaded ask him to drive over it a few times for some extra beer money 💴 now it’s compacted and ya have a good base that won’t sink as fast into the ground and then poor your gravel on top should last way longer !! Love the upgrades I’m so jealous I’d love to have a farm . I do tractor work for peeps grading and brush cutting etc ... I live in the city so I get a lil Taste but I Want more !!! Love watching your farm grow bud cheers and keep On keeping on buddy !!!

[@babranson1]

The dog says “you can continue going in circles if you want to, but I’m leaving”.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol...actually I told him to go to bed...didn't wanna hurt him

[@chrisspence3216]

That’s a great vs for a song

[@rustynail5676]

Here in Florida we used Marl-Clay as a bed and added the pea-gravel on top. Had a special hoe that we could run throughout the gravel to cut out any grass that would grow in the drive.

[@GoodOlBoy1976]

If you get crushed limestone on your drive way and get it wet. It will turn to a concrete hardness. I did the same thing for our drive way along time ago and is still good today.

[@enduser1982]

Watch all your videos so thank you there. In regards to the driveway expansion. Why didn't you strip the top layer and then build a hard foundation i.e sand or packing stone? Thanks from Ontario, Canada

[@harveylrousejr1615]

One of the brands I'm familiar with is Geo Textile and it is primarily used to establish a solid foundation where asphalt or concrete are going to be layed or poured on top. it prevents the rock from settling down into the subsoil. Not usually used in a driveway scenario.

[@majorpayne5289]

👍J is continually building the farm🇺🇸 Good stuff✌️

[@billshirk1737]

that driver is good thank him for knowing how to drop gravel the right way, he is saying a ton of work. wooo he's good.

[@jondavis4383]

i was going to say its probably time to fill in the circle turn around and right as i thought that you did it!

[@kdodson84]

Just found your channel a few days ago! You and your wife are awesome! Keep building that farm brother! Veterans for Farming!

[@jaredkean7841]

SRF you're getting pretty crafty with your camera angles and editing and such, looks really great. I've enjoyed the channel for a good long while and I'm glad to be a small part of your "DIY Farm Build" channel as a viewer.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

thanks so much Jared

[@azimaz5483]

Beautiful work

[@wildefox1478]

Great video Josh, looking forward to seeing that big shop building in the future, awesome stuff!

[@joshuaflahive9820]

Check out Morton buildings! Great looking buildings..

[@markpontes4457]

Your right Josh that guy was Great in that Truck! Got me Dizzy watching you Go Round and round! Lol ! You Done Good Too!

[@garyb8186]

good job Josh.

[@JohnSmith-lw2bm]

15 tons (tandem load) of 1” minus in my area is $185.00. Tailgated out on a lane. Still worth it.

[@1guyin10]

Where I am a tandem load is about $450. Half of that is the trucking.

[@rubyandrenaetheminiatureda6988]

Enjoying the content Josh 👍🇺🇸

[@travelingbadger]

The farm is looking great Josh. Looking forward to the next videos.

[@southerndirt9589]

I put geo fabric on all the driveways I build generally I put 4 to 6 inches of rock never had a issues the problem your going to have is by not stripping the organic materials off the top you will have some major soft spots as it breaks down cool video keep it up

[@ryanstonestand8094]

Great video, coming from Saskatchewan Canada 🤙

[@Floreypottery]

Need some of that crushed rock like stuff they use up here one it’s drove on it gets as hard as concrete they even use it for driveways here and road patches

[@chelemichele1524]

That's alot of rock... Have a great evening ⛄⛄⛄

[@troyeager8877]

To me it's like my French drains. The fabric deterarates and always interferes. It's the chore that just needs annual attention.

[@wendyc.5769]

That was awesome dronage!

[@joncrew9456]

I bought a place that did excavator work for a living and it was 3 feet deep. On my prop next door Iput it down an we only have 12 " deep. My hill road is still good after 14 years with 6"base and 3/4 minus top.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

cool....nobody does it here..no top soil

[@allanperry6507]

Thought you were going to build miss stoney a proper house. Happy wife happy life ☺

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Two of us 3 bedrooms and 2 baths 1200 square feet....we aint out to impress anyone. Soon we'll build our dream home....but first we pay off the farm!

[@allanperry6507]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer 👍keep up the great videos

[@larrysutton6530]

Ask him about back spreading everyone I know says it is even more difficult but it keeps the trucks from rutting up the dirt/mud and can give the driver a more stable base to drive on. He is definitely a skilled driver so I'm sure he would have said something about it if he thought it would be better but it never hurts to ask his opinion. The farm is looking great and seems to be improving every video keep up the great videos and the great job you are doing in building the farm

[@FarmallFanatic]

BOOM now every tractor trailer in the county can head on out! You gonna have v.i.p. parking spots? 😁

[@deanbarr5740]

Your right, rock is expensive. Prices are pretty much the same up here in W.V. Looks nice and purdy tho.

[@rockeerockey6941]

Like that tailgating of gravel! It's so cool

[@keepinitcountry4401]

Hey Josh, another awesome video brother! Thank you for sharing it with the world 🤠👍 -a West TX fan

[@wb6she]

Great video, I drove for a sand and gravel company for 30 yrs.. union job, so i've done many driveways like yours, but we had a truck and trailer, "transfer dump"..you guys have those back there?...

[@paulgargan6134]

Nice job,talented truck driver,not a steering wheel holder, a retired Cdl driver.

[@rafaelcastro9523]

You are very right that is a mess after worth.

[@beverlyparrott3890]

You made that look so easy but I'm sure far from it ,if not dizzy around and around in that at the end. Lol