Building A Road Between 2 Ponds With LS MT357

Today we build a road across the dam between pond 2 and Pond 3 using the LS MT357
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[@Bushman9]

My wife’s SUV is the best gravel compactor. My truck works too but the tire tread is fairly aggressive. I’m not suggesting it is a quick way, but it’s easy and works fantastic.

[@MatthewYBarbo]

Looking good. Be able to back the truck up to fish or camp out in no time!

[@giovannifiorentino8947]

Adam, make sure you tilt the tractor box to crown the dam passage. It will avoid ponding water and the consequent potholes.

[@jamesbegley2700]

Nicely Done.

[@uberuser1999]

Great job, Adam. I noticed over the past year or so that you have become much more proficient with your equipment.

[@TheHobbyShop1]

That rock turned out great. You’re definitely getting good at this. 👍🏼

[@dannygavin5860]

Great job Adam

[@l.j.b9863]

Outstanding camera angle shots Adam

[@markquigley4729]

Suggestion Load from the rear- so when you tip the crate- it won’t go over the side….. Good luck!!

[@rgoers]

But couldn't that hit the rear window of the truck and break it? It seems like those crates should have a way to unlock the bottom like in a vacuum cleaner so the falls out the bottom

[@alanbierhoff6831]

@@rgoers Those totes are designed and built to enclose a big 270 gallon poly tank inside the metal cage part. That’s how they come when Adam buys them.

[@harleyjetdriver1957]

That is one of your best projects! Looks super professional! LOL, does the quarry guy appreciate you putting his kids through college? Brother, you buy a ton (no pun intended) of various rocks! Happy Halloween!

[@aaro_n]

I've been pondering about what was next for this series :)

[@phredrolltek]

nothin' like a fresh load of gravel to brighten the day

[@dnb466]

well done

[@treetopfirewood7667]

That first IBC tote dump into the trailer had me laughing when the pieces went out the other side. What about dumping them over from the back of the trailer so they all fall into the trailer? I've transitioned to using totes as my staging to make bundles. Load the IBC totes to dry the wood and then fork them into the shop and bundle out of the totes. Great videos and love seeing the progress.

[@johnkirby6547]

Looks great Adam 👍

[@jimjensen1414]

Adam: I agree, using the excavator, to pack the rock is VERY good way to go !!!! looks good !!!!

[@robert.brokaw3829]

Nice job Adam. Hope you have a safe Halloween with the kids. Stay safe.

[@Guywithcrazyideas]

Good camera work.

[@ClintsHobbiesDIY]

Great job Adam.

[@stevedoty5841]

Interesting, never have seen anyone start with large stone like you’re doing. Then top it smaller stone. Neat. Real strong base now…

[@davidepperson2376]

Look great buddy!

[@nuclearcharlie6867]

Adam You could pump a siphon hose from pond 3 to 2 to reclaim that water for the upper pond Even better move your pump over temporarily To reclaim that water

[@markknister6272]

You are becoming 🎼a smooth operator!🎶

[@TheWildWestMill]

You need to make a set of forks that you chain the basket too them and the forks spin upside down

[@johncollins500]

Aloha Adam!! Will your pallet forks fit on your rotating head on the excavator??? Make dumping totes easier!! I think!!! Lol great content. Keep on keeping on

[@genesispuredeaf2390]

Yes, a pond video !!

[@VnazT]

That would make an awesome location for a harvest host. I’m not sure if you’re familiar with harvest host but if not, you should totally look into it.

[@jeffgraham48]

Property is nice.

[@Chrispy9393]

Tbh if you ever did want to bid jobs, you have the perfect stuff to show a potential client. A video like this. Especially as a new guy to the field

[@davidkettell1073]

As long as he does not show them the half assed way he emptied the totes .

[@Chrispy9393]

@davidkettell1073 who cares? It's wood. It's not going to get damaged. 😂

[@kentcorbett5436]

Looks good at it but I think you need a set of chains for your firewood baskets if you watch Allen Family firewood I know there's no completely open face but I think you can get away with the same with your totes if you had them chained to your forks with the bigger tractor you'd be able to lift it up higher and dump it into your dump trailer without having to drop the whole basket cuz eventually they're going to wear down and may start busting apart

[@toddpacheco4748]

Adam,where’s Neighbor Doug when you need him to make things go smoother 😮😊❤

[@1944chevytruck]

Good job!

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

Nice job Adam, as for a camper parking there I think I would have to cut out that one tree in the middle of road.

[@BillyGee]

Dream land!

[@shademan4077]

Great video Adam. As others have said, you need 180 rotating forks to dump those totes. Secondly, did you just have the quarry dump the stones for the content when they actually can spread the stones while unloading to save you some unnecessary work? Third as a side hustle along with everything else you're doing, maybe you could offer training on tractor, mini excavator for local people up there in PA. You're a former accountant, you could figure an hourly rate to charge people to get them some training on either one, make some extra money on the side and help people feel a little more comfortable that they too could rent/own/ operate these types of equipment. Could do the same with the firewood processing equipment too. Just a suggestion.

[@HometownAcres]

The ground was too soft to get the dump trailer on. Hence the need for the road

[@noelgreen9381]

That little road needs a crown in the middle, so water will run off to either side. Also a trailer parked straddling the crown would be level. Hard to tell if that is the case, but if not your soft problem will continue as the water will hold on top and seep down,

[@DDL2728]

You have the "patience of Job" with stopping what you're doing & moving your camera to give us different angles!! 🌟👍 Great job, great video, as always. Impressive skill backing up your trailer!! I cannot do that!! 🫤 God bless y'all! ♥️🙏♥️👍

[@Manoffire260]

He appears to have a camera operator for many shots now! See how the shots pan and zoom?

[@DDL2728]

@Manoffire260 I do, but then there's many shots where it looks like the camera is stationary & clipped to something. I don't know. I just appreciate all the different views! ♥️👍🌟

[@AlexeiTetenov]

How has neighbor Doug not created a better way for you to tip in totes full of wood into your trailer yet?! I bet his brain is going overtime on this...

[@TheWildWestMill]

We have a set of forks at the sawmill that spin upside down and you just chain the bin to them. For dumping bins just like that

[@Shippusher]

GOOOOOOOO MAAAAAAAAWNIN EVERYONE from back home in Virginia Beach….

[@mylife4137]

Go get those side jobs and keep making youtube videos. The misses will appreciate the solid income and you have more content just dont alienate your base of subscribers. Family first always. Side note: keep and stockpile every 24"+ stone on your property when you find them, even bring them home when your out and about with the excavator. You can use the big stones for all sorts of projects and they sell for a lot especially if you have them lined up and organized (customer can pick their flagstone or decorative rock) and you install. Best Wishes.

[@richardmain8059]

Good afternoon Adam, Life is All About being the CEO of your Environment and too never stop Learning. Adam you’re doing this and growing your Business, growing your Paradise, the smiles you have when you go to work must be precious and unique, do you still feel like pinching yourself sometimes. The number 3 rock and top dressing will serve you well, the efforts and skill you are developing are making you shine. 😀👍👍👍

[@vittoesmith1]

Getting pretty good with the spreading of material. Looking forward to the next video. Going to be digging the trench between ponds?

[@Forgeinthegorge]

Once upon a time, I worked at a place that had a set of forks on a forklift that rotated 360 degrees with a hydraulic motor. That would make dumping out totes into the trailer more controlled and effective. Just a thought…😊

[@agcordiale]

should look for a fork rotator and use the implement vavle to run it, saves the totes!!! just a thought!

[@lukehanson5320]

11:55 You wear crocs? That's it, we can't be friends anymore😂 Anyway, figured you might want a break from all the "suggestions" on how you handle firewood totes. Keep up the great work!

[@HometownAcres]

Haha don’t knock it til you try it

[@MurphyMower]

@@HometownAcres not to worry I’m a croc guy as well, ha ha Keep up the good work

[@peterlangenberg9228]

even better a rotation for the forks

[@averyclickman9078]

You have got to be my favorite KZbin channel currently. Always something new

[@HometownAcres]

Thank you

[@tompurvis1261]

Nice camera placement.

[@harleyfiremedic7796]

Well done!

[@texmexbbq7085]

The proper campsite for a trailer is actually probably better in the area behind the bench, where you could add a fire pit... but you might need to take down some of the trees or relocate them to make a good campsite. Not sure people would want to plop a camper down on a narrow gravel strip with no room.

[@garyjackson9057]

A simple "C" clamp put on thr forks would prevent that but that would require you to get in and out of the tractor at least once.

[@johannesels5288]

Look up and live..

[@garyjackson9057]

Sorry i forget you have to get rid of that edge, berm you have along the top of your damn also to allow water to shed even with the additional topping as i suggest .

[@ori8218]

Load from the back !

[@haroldphipps3457]

My favorite way! 😂

[@outdoorswithlarryrobin]

Hello Adam, if you lived closer, I’d let you use my HLA rotating forks👍🇺🇸

[@michaelsnell4034]

Ya know. You have a third function kit. With a cylinder from tractor supply and neighbor Doug, you should be able to make up something to front dump your baskets without dropping them

[@RobertDAmerigo]

Looks lIke its "Picture Perfect " to be a harvest host ?

[@JCWren]

I feel like you need one of the SSQA things that allows you to rotate the pallet forks 180 degrees sideways for dumping so the basket stays on the forks, but without strapping it on. I can't remember where I saw it, maybe the guys with the woodyard that you visit occasionally up near your parents? Can't remember the channel name just now.

[@brucemitchell5637]

Looking really good, Adam! Are you going to put rip rap oround the perimeter of your ponds like you helped Kyle from Spicer Designs do? I think that would look really sharp!

[@ranger178]

it is kinda funny the one camera makes it look like a little model of a tractor spreading gravel around like someone shooting a Godzilla movie LOL

[@harleygrower5401]

Not sure how often you do that but they make a rotating fork attachment to do exactly that. We had a hill with one setup like that for dumping scrap bins

[@BuckCountryWoodyard]

Great video, Adam! You are getting to be like Mike Morgan with your grading/tractor/etc. skills! I saw comments about rotating forks - curious if you had ever considered those and what the pluses/minuses are from your perspective? We've not purchased our tractor yet, so wonder if we should look at that? I was also wondering if you had considered the Hard Working Man/Old Guy Firewood IBC modifications to make dumping them out a bit easier?

[@Smitty5709]

The only way to get good at some thing is to put time in the seat.

[@bigearlrrr]

why dont you dump your firewood out of baskets from the back , it would all stay inside

[@ThePrevo02]

fitting the forks with a hopper attachment maybe, that way it would tilt all the way down. A little bit of welding is all it would take, I'm sure Doug could figure out an easy way to get the baskets to hook onto the hopper attachment.

[@GrassRootOutdoorWork]

At this point I think it would just be easier to dump them on the ground and scoop it with a firewood bucket.

[@QuercusAlba01]

Because Adam isn't the smartest guy

[@johnbeck845]

Sure as heck one would fly forward and hit the truck or the glass. Why chance it?

[@mattleb7335]

@@GrassRootOutdoorWorkwhen you do that you end up picking up dirt ,sod or gravel. Even when you do it on concrete which is the best case scenario you can’t Get it all unless your scooping from a massive pile. The idea is to eliminate steps in handling, And unless you want to spend$$$ upfront that comes from trial and error, from the errors comes experience then follows innovation.

[@puirYorick]

1:25 Try dumping the totes in from the tail of your trailer?

[@mark-ew8hk]

Dump the totes from the end of the trailer it works BETTER

[@johnspoon923]

Great job Adam. Did you consider putting down any geo textile fabric on the soft spot before laying the stone?

[@HometownAcres]

I did and I actually have some but I forgot. I got too excited after the stone got delivered and just started going. I wish I had put down fabric

[@johnspoon923]

Nothing like a freshly dumped load of stone to get a man’s blood boiling😂

[@OldIronAcres]

So... the age-old question.... landscape fabric! Why did you choose not to use it? The way you were saying it was muddy there (or the soil was staying damp) seems like fabric might have worked nice there, to not let the rocks sink into the dirt. Doesn't seem to be a high traffic area, so probably not too much of a big deal. Not saying anything you did is wrong!!! just wondered if it crossed your mind! Great job Adam. Best, -- J. Andre. / Old Iron Acres

[@HometownAcres]

I did and I was planning on adding it but once the stone got delivered I got too excited to start spreading stone and simply forgot to put it down. I’m stick kicking myself because I have the fabric. Just a simple problem of getting ahead of myself

[@OldIronAcres]

​@@HometownAcres -- I've never forgotten anything (total lie) -- I get it. Thanks for the honest answer Adam!!

[@cnettrouer]

Your road looks better than the rural roads in Michigan.

[@andyvana5931]

Hi there. Few suggestions: make or buy swivel fork for tractor - will save time and tote rack + will be much easier; In our country most of truck drivers have chains for rear hatch - depend of fraction of gravel and needed layer they'll open a hatch and there will be A LOT less work to lay gravel. P.S. If You would make swiveling fork Your subscribers definetely will enjoy this process. Good luck!

[@ALT·245]

This goes to show how a project can turn into a money pit if things start going wrong; it creates a domino effect where everything demands more and more money.

[@wwclark]

Or more content

[@ALT·245]

@@wwclark Ohh yes, for content it's ideal, that for sure.

[@garyjackson9057]

You should have crowned the road before you put the rock down. All that rock is nothing but a filter and rain is going to go right through it and into those holes and ruts and will stay soft and will be even worse because it can't dry out any because of the rock. What you should do next is get a big truck load of crushed concrete and spread it out 3 to 4 inches thick, the thicker the better. If it comes dry that's ok spread it out wet it good and roll it in. It will become like concrete and water will run off and it will be flexible and if it breaks its self healing . Roll it in good. No you don't need fabric like someone suggested you want to shed the water off the top of you damn so you can drive something heavy on it with out sinking in....good luck right now what you did your collecting water.

[@timadamany]

That area now looks like an opportunity to get payback from Spicer to lay down some riprap....by hand of course.

[@HometownAcres]

Hahaha I’ll make him buy it too

[@mattmoser6848]

Put a hydraulic rotator on that bad boy!

[@jonbowles7480]

Why not throw at least two of the totes in from the end and then fish them out from the side or was pick up sticks one of your favourite games as a kid? Could always carry a 1000lbs of log to increase your excavator steam roller weight.

[@chadfellers9128]

Having 2 lower ponds and not just one large pond so you can hold more water up to pump the main pond makes no sense. Dig a culvert in you dams so the water can backflow at lease

[@Bbutler787]

The trailer is longer than it is wide!🥸🥸👍

[@stevedoty5841]

LOL. The firewood dump wasn’t the best. Maybe you needed exercise to pick them up. Hs Ha

[@neilforbes1082]

Is that a Yeti in the background?

[@AlexRodriguez-kp6cm]

So there isn’t a skid loader under 80k??

[@laarland]

How about using a siphon to get water from pond 3 to pond 2? It looks like the waterlevel in pond 3 is higher than in pond 2.

[@AdamsMom921]

He will be digging an access into pond #2… so right now it’s intentionally drained to add that. Parts just arrived- so that’s next on the “to-do” list.

[@gerbil7771]

There’s gotta be a better way to dump those IBC’s, looks awkward as hell. At first I thought you strapped the bottom to the forks so it would just dump out but I’m not sure you have enough tilt on the bucket for that.

[@ericwilkinson1771]

hi why you did not unload from the back

[@Shane_Reynolds85]

Adam, who did you get the limestone from. I want to too coat my driveway in the spring with limestone, hopefully.

[@HometownAcres]

Hillside stone

[@Shane_Reynolds85]

@ thanks! They’re up closer to me even!

[@HometownAcres]

@@Shane_Reynolds85 I believe their limestone comes from barkeyville

[@Shane_Reynolds85]

@ I’ll give them a call and Erie Aggregates as well, see who can get to me handled, best. Thanks for the info.

[@MrRickoscar]

Hows pond # 1.

[@CliffAdams217]

Guessing the gravel came from cooperstown?

[@HometownAcres]

Barkeyville

[@bobsethbroc]

The beginning was tough to watch. Why not open the barn doors and dump them from the back of the trailer?

[@alanbierhoff6831]

Don’t your truck drivers know how to drop spread road base and gravel? That would have saved you a bunch of time, wear and tear on the tractor and some fuel

[@HometownAcres]

Ground was too soft to drive the dump truck on

[@neilforbes1082]

Hey Adam why didn’t you get the drivers to tailgate the material out, would have saved a heap of time.

[@HometownAcres]

Ground was too soft for a triaxle

[@johnhansen189]

@HometownAcres Great video as usual - only it should be twice the length or longer. I bet the vast majority of your subs are like me - seeking entertainment, not education. Its been a million years since youve been into the woods. Doing tree work is what I came here for - weather its cutting down trees, splitting wood or sawing it. Also - the subs are going up too slow, so if yo do this and stop the subs begging - Im confident the rest will follow. When I find a new channel that I find interesting - its entirely due to CONTENT. I then go through all of the previous videos and I did the same with your videos - watched almost all of your videos. When doing that - can you imagine how annoying it is to listen to the same music and" Please subscribe and click the thumbs up" every 15-20 minutes - I wish you and your lovely family the best and a Happy Halloween.

[@stephennummie7631]

Why don’t you have a net or tarp over the load of wood??? In Australia if a cop sees that you would get a fine. Imagine a chunk of wood came off and went through a window and killed somebody

[@ThePrevo02]

You haven't told us about the boat that's parked in the pole building o.O

[@HometownAcres]

It’s my parents pontoon boat. Nothing special just storing in the building for the winter

[@dougmccarty5427]

Why don't u dump them in from the tailgate so they don't spill out.

[@jmt6615]

LOL Don't you wish you had a rotator head to load the trailer ?

[@aaronpennington7297]

Next purchase should be something like this for your tractor or mini, kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXnFhZqofcp4p9E. Or neighbor doug and you could fab something similar.

[@tampafpv8989]

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