Concrete Is Expensive. Do This Instead

[@HAXMAN]

Go to DrinkLMNT.com/haxman for a free sample pack with any purchase!

[@dylanbyrne9591]

Can't help but see that product name as lemon tea.

[@FJB2020]

FYI, they are not actually keto or carnivore friendly..

[@Asad-2166]

Excellent job 👍👏 love you and your family 🙏🇬🇧🇧🇩🥰

[@000BlueTsunami000]

Ok...just so I have it straight....your previous video bellowed the virtues of saving money purchasing stone by making them out of cardboard and concrete. Enter today's video and you've apparently spent a ton of money on rocks....pun definitely intended....and a $50,000 skid steer to manage them. HAXMAN!

[@000BlueTsunami000]

Oh...and vinegar will destroy the seals on your pump sprayer. HAXMAN!

[@Chopperdoll]

We had a gravel delivery driver dump our gravel slowly and he spread it all the way down the driveway. That man was priceless to us that day. 😊

[@rodmills4071]

@@Chopperdoll get what you pay for.....🇦🇺😁😄😃

[@life-rethought]

tips are nice... for nice people......

[@amywert8088]

Ours did too, I wonder if Haxman's driver was just a jerk or it's different if you order from a gravel yard? Maybe they expect to have to do that for people.

[@grannysword]

The true Sabbath day is calculated by the Time/Calendar God ordained in the beginning of creation, Genesis 1:14 True Sabbaths are not calculated by the "Famous Gregorian calendar" or any other man made time. "He shall think to change times and laws..." Daniel 7:25 What calendar will be used for worship in Isaiah 66:22,23? God is seeking those who will worship Him in Spirit and in truth. Keeping God's Sabbath by God's Time in Genesis 1:14 is truth.... What if God should allow a Sabbath test to be enforce on nations, by "The Powers To Be", to see if His people will keep His Truth or no??? Read Judges 2:20-23 Judges 3:4 Also research "The Seven Noahide Laws" and the United States' Presidents connection to them. Will these laws be enforced on the world one day? God's truth is our shield and buckler, Psalms 91❤️

[@RamonInNZ]

@@amywert8088 standard gravel yard delivery, if you want a rolling dump ask before buying and be prepared to pay for it.

[@jeffreydawson4520]

The dump truck drivers aren’t very good if they can’t spread it out. It’s very little extra effort on their part and would’ve saved you a ton of time (pun intended). The driveway looks fantastic though!

[@HAXMAN]

Yeah, I was surprised they didn't want to do that. Thank you!

[@JGanes]

That's the difference between a $270 steering wheel holder and a $500 dump truck driver.

[@jeffreydawson4520]

@@JGanes amen to that! I got a buddy that started a dump truck company and has grown into a pretty decent sized business. Most of his guys are drivers thankfully but he’s got a couple steering wheel holders.

[@Lala-up3ib]

Lazy jerk

[@ragetist]

Hell, if a customer asks you to do it you could at least give it a try, even if it ends up half assed it would *still* save time.

[@JohnWerner-jy1ju]

My contractor hauls LOTS and LOTS of gravel for driveways and he chains his rear gate on his dump bed and it swings open about 4 or 5 inches and he tips the bed and drives forward and can "lay out" the gravel BETTER than anyone can do with a skid steer and a rake !!! SAVES DAYS of labor.

[@tjboylan20]

Man Dad was a dump truck driver for years his company would actually write you up if you didn’t spread the rock on a job that needs you to spread it, it really takes only 1 extra minute to spread a driveway

[@gauge6513]

Yep lazy. Customer service is none existant now. Your dad understood hard work

[@tjboylan20]

@@gauge6513 exactly, especially when you’re doing road construction if you aren’t spreading your load out you are killing the efficiency

[@phadejones685]

Ok so I know a guy who can put gravel to grade faster then a truck can dump it with a dozer. While dumping the dozer would be pushing up his a**.

[@alycewich4472]

💯💯

[@Omniverse0]

@@gauge6513 I've had more problems with boomers not doing a job right than anyone else. You can't tell them a damn thing either because "they've been doing it for 30 years" but they stopped learning anything new 20 years ago. Teaching old people is the worst. Leaded paint & gasoline ruined a lot of brains.

[@ineedtodance6032]

When I was a teenager, my dad wanted a gravel driveway instead of a dirt driveway. He didn't have heavy equipment or money to buy gravel, but he had boys, shovels, a wheelbarrow, wood & wire mesh. We made sifters by making frames from wood and stretching wire mesh over them. Then he had us dig the driveway and much of the yard up, to about a foot deep and put it in a big pile. then we sifted the pile, and what went through the sifters we put back on the yard, and the rocks that were separated out we put on the driveway. After a few days of work, we had a rocky driveway and a lawn that didn't have any rocks in it. Then we smoothed out the dirt on our lawn and spread grass seed.

[@alycewich4472]

Yeah, my dad taught us how to do stuff like that when I was younger on all sorts of projects. I remember one house we needed to add an addition. So he had us kids dig out underneath the existing flooring as we were smaller and could fit in the space much easier than he could. We'd dig some, fill a bucket and pass it on to him to dump. Don't remember how long it took but the job did get done. Later as an adult I had a truck, some shovels & pitch forks that had more tines closer together and 2 sons. When we weren't shoveling snow from the 314 foot driveway, we were going to the slash/mulch program that was a county run program to encourage people to cut down trees that were overgrown/dead or too close together and then have them ground up into mulch. The mulch was free if you loaded it yourself. So when the program was open (a couple of weekday evenings and all day on the weekends during the summer months) we would go and fill the truck bed to the top, cover it and return home to unload it on the driveway. It was hard work, but we eventually go the job done - 15 years later! I used what we call road base here as it packs down well and is used on many county maintained dirt roads to top it off before winter came as the mulch turned into a slippery mess when it snowed. But when finished the driveway was high enough to let the snow blow across it and was wide enough to get my 25' gooseneck trailer in and out with ease. It was VERY helpful when we had a forest fire where we lived and since my land was mostly meadow and the driveway was so wide and safe, the fire department used my land to help fight the fire. I lost my barn, but they saved the house. EDIT: Spelling errors and added additional information.

[@rodmills4071]

Sounds a bit like my childhood..... looking back , good times...😂😊🇦🇺 but that was 50 years ago...different world now.

[@lewis2553]

Yeah, dad used to take us over to a cotton gin in his truck and we'd load it up with cotton burs that had gone through a heat. Then, we'd go home, and he'd put them around the tomato plants and cover the "middles", the space between the rows, too. He put them about 3" deep everywhere. It was fine mulch and held water in the soil for the plant roots. We had tomatoes, delicious tomatoes, out the ears. He gave some to neighbors and some to the church members. My mother canned a whole passel of them. And still, some sat around until they spoiled. A kid up the road came over one day, and we had a rotten tomato battle. 😂😂 Also, when I was 14, we got tasked with building a 36' X 40' shop including building the 2" X 6" truss rafters by hand with claw hammers, using plywood scans. We drove about 75 pounds of 16d nails and 100 pounds of 8d nails in the construction of that shop. And there were no such words as air nailer in Dad's vocabulary, unless it referred to the fact that we breathed air and drove nails. 😂😂😂

[@johnmears6824]

Good for you. I once dug a hole for a septic tank with my dad. Equipment couldn't traverse across existing lech field so we dug it with spades and prybars..1977.

[@TheVTRainMan]

Oh, I'm glad I wasn't the only one sifting rocks from the yard when I was a kid. But I still stand by the fact, my dad was too cheap to cover it in top soil. That said, I never had to step foot in a gym to become a strong man.

[@raymondbrown940]

I think the best part of this video is how all of your kids pitched in. It was nice to see young people getting outside, exercising, and enjoying themselves while doing it. Great job at raising those young ladies.

[@davidpatriot1082]

money, a beautiful family, all together, land, ability to do projects this guys truly blessed

[@darylhill9400]

But things can change overnight!

[@davidpatriot1082]

@@darylhill9400 im very aware. my life was changed overnight fairly recently. went to bed everything normal, wake up, everything completely changed

[@RHDEM]

​@@darylhill9400yes one bad election and and it's over

[@CentralNH]

If a driver rolls his eyes to tailgate spread then he's flunky driver. A real driver wouldn't have dumped on your lawn like that he'd have pulled forward to keep in in the driveway

[@markmitchell1290]

Yeah that had to be one of the worst dumps I've ever seen. I have seen guys dump a load better than that literally their first time doing it. 'Tailgating' is standard around here and is not hard to do and doesn't add any extra time at all. You set the chains, start the dump and drive. The chain setting and your travel speed control the spread thickness - very simple once you know the two settings.

[@travisderthick9361]

I saw that gravel go into the yard too! Lazy stupid truck driver

[@TylerN737s]

Driver must not know what the gate chains do. 🙄

[@secretsquirrelaka-vesuvius3672]

Absolute first thought i had lol ... hotmix drivers do this literally every day and then i nearly choked when you said you got the gravel from an asphalt company - and thier driver didnt know how to tailgate.... facepalm.

[@seekingserenity2973]

I've been told that some drivers have been known to ask if they want it spread ....its " extra "...driver pockets it. If not they got a brother who can spread it for you ...here's his number.

[@martaaltheide5146]

Mom&Dad had 5 daughters and then 5 sons. Us girls learned how to do everything, lawn work, oil &tire changes, and keeping our cars clean. Also cleaning cooking and child care. They expected excellent grades too! Brothers learned it too. Miss Mom& Dad. They were the glue that holds the family together.

[@togle184]

What a lovely account of the power of family. Unfortunately, not to prevalent in today’s world.

[@tonij8322]

I couldn’t agree more. I miss my Mom and Dad too…they truly held us together as well. 💔

[@johnshaw4140]

I used to do driveway construction 30 years ago . I ALWAYS used a product called TERAM , a road laying fabric on a roll , under the stone dressing top surface . I regularly drive past customers driveways that I built in the early days of my business and they still look good all these years later

[@stuartwhitney4040]

You did it right, man! Geotextile fabrics are one of the greatest human achievements. Some people think the ancients used a type of fabric for roads. This guy on the video will have pots in ten years, forget about 100!

[@Saabalive]

That was my exact thought as well. When I saw "100 years" I fully expected some sort of geotextile fabric was involved, but surprised when it was just a layer of gravel. I just don't see that there's any way to get near that kind of longevity without a fabric. We used it on our dairy farm in NC around pasture waterers with large gravel dumped on top of it that eventually got covered with grass and such. It withstood years of use by the cows and I fully expect if we do a rock driveway it will need to be involved. But I could be wrong. . . @HAXMAN. . let us know how it goes one year, two years, etc. down the line as well as what maintenance is involved with weeds, string trimming, etc. Thanks for letting us in on the experiment 🙂

[@dchall8]

I am really glad to see you say that. I used fabric under some step stones with 3/4" Black Shadow chipped stone on the sides. I didn't want the stones melting into the underlying soil.

[@april7_]

Totally agree as otherways those weeds will grow everywhere pretty soon and you regred not to do it!

[@olasod1]

I was just writing about this but did a quick search in the comments first. This was a terrible way of fixing the problem. The same problem will occur in a year or two and then he has to remove 50 tons of stones and gravel 🤣🤣🤣. There are about a billion DIY videos on YT about doing this the ”right way”. Why on earth spend all this energy without stealing 10 minutes from your life on a good DIY video? And worst of all, putting out a video and looks to be proud of it?

[@mikeportell2870]

As a father i love your interactions with your daughters and how they work well with you ❤

[@HAXMAN]

Thank you Mike

[@warrenotey8258]

I'm 41, daughter is 14. She gets out the and helps her daddy. She is always a strong motivator for me. It doesn't bother me if she goes slow. Just her being there, paying attention. Much respect

[@ramonbmovies]

Me too. Great observation!

[@charlieredeemed]

As a father of three girls (19,17 and 14), I thought the same thing!👍🏼

[@chasson321]

Your daughters are as funny as you and a lot cuter. I have a cute and funny daughter myself and know that you are a good dad seeing your interaction. Strong confident daughters with a sense of humor, priceless!

[@LNCastanon]

Que bonito! The family that cares together about their home stays together. Gracias amigo.

[@ginalamey2170]

Shame on them for not spreading that gravel! Apparently they haven’t been trained or just lazy but most drivers should be able to spread. Driveway looks great!

[@tuckertruckerpatriot312]

Hax wanted to do it on video

[@Hombre_Viajero_2023]

Doesn't take a rocket scientist. The bottom line is drivers / owners just don't want to do it. They have other obligations.

[@Thunderbyrd.]

People aren't big on customer service anymore, any where you go it seems these companies don't train their employees to even say thank you.

[@phrodendekia]

You just have to drive forward. They are going to drive away anyway so why not do it with the bucket tilted?

[@frostriver4547]

@@phrodendekiaright? set the links and go

[@mikepaulus4766]

I'm a truck driver. After two years of driving over the road I drove a dump truck for 6 months. Spreading gravel is so quick and easy. Ridiculous if they won't do it for you.

[@Hombre_Viajero_2023]

Spreading isn't included in delivery. If you get a driver that does you're lucky.

[@SamClemens-n9q]

@@Hombre_Viajero_2023if I get a driver that doesn’t he’s fired

[@UAV1632]

I totally agree with above. Only drove one off and on at a ranch, and I could have done that (spread the gravel). 😑

[@sknopster]

Love your videos! I truly enjoy the subtle humor and sarcasm... I'm sure you'll never use the same trucking company again. The driver had no clue - chain the tailgate to adjust the maximum opening, raise the box and drive forward. If he needed help, you could have directed him how fast to go so he's laying down a 3" or 4" inch mat of gravel. A proper base makes the job: install 4" - 6" of 22A (gravel with binder). Compaction is king... either mechanical compaction or leave it in place for 1 or 2 years before installing the wear layer (gravel, asphalt, concrete etc.) I'm sure the traffic areas of your original driveway are stable, but the areas that you stripped sod and exposed soil are going to cause problems in the future.

[@traildude7538]

I watched a driver do that going backwards; he said all that company's drivers had to be able to do it without really thinking, to whatever depth of gravel the customer wanted.

[@TheSkyHive]

MOSS TIP OF THE DAY: If you like the look of moss on rocks you can order or find whatever color and style of living moss you you LOVE. Next, blend several handfuls of moss in a blender with buttermilk. This gives you a mass inocculant slurry which means you can mist it on the rocks or for a wilder look, use a paint brush and draw patterns on the rocks. In no time you will have flourishing moss growing.

[@yotersmitt]

Comments like these are why I read the comments. Thanks much!

[@TheAscolta7]

How much of each?

[@4BikeMike]

@@TheAscolta7 4 oz moss to 2 oz of buttermilk...shake well

[@Thom4ES]

Its true...naturally they move by getting eaten..deer or carabao ...

[@philtucker1224]

I’ve never heard of anything more ridiculous. Keeping the rocks clean with a yearly jet wash is always best.

[@MisterHughes]

Great to see the whole family getting involved. I used to do that kind of high-speed work with my Dad back in the day. He's 88 now and we still do projects like this together.

[@tonij8322]

❤

[@railguy6639]

I just finished pouring 12,000 lbs. of 3/4" crushed rock for a pad to park my trailer. I used Commercial Grade Geocell BaseCoreHD™ 2" Ground Grid Heavy Duty Gravel Stabilizer over Commercial Grade Landscape Fabric. This gave me a consistent depth of rock and the grid holds the rock in place. I packed it in the grid with a roller.

[@smgdfcmfah]

He didn't compact this driveway because it was clear stone (no fines). This won't compact. The reason people like it for driveways is that until is silts up with blown in sand/soil, nothing will grow in it and even if a seed or two gets through and pops up, it's easily removed. You can also quickly and easily rake it out a couple times a year to get rid of the inevitable tire ruts that will appear even in compacted Granular or asphalt driveways. Your Grid would help immensely with that as well, but since it's a pad rather than a driveway you won't have that problem anyway.

[@railguy6639]

@@smgdfcmfah I pulled my trailer onto the pad today with a tracked trailer dolly... the grid worked perfect to prevent loss of traction and kept the rock in place. When I got to a place where I ran out of grid, the dolly just dug itself into a hole. I will be revisiting that part of the pad to stabilize the rock with cement or glue. 🙄

[@criscristofferson7381]

15:42 man that was sorry of him. How was it such a problem to spread it while he dumped it.

[@otallono]

you have to tell them how you want it otherwise they just dump it. Not all, but I wouldn't assume.

[@ericdpeerik3928]

It was his first day on the job. He just came back from picking up the blinker fluid.

[@gregorymatre]

When I was a dump truck driver. I prided myself in being able to spread a driveway at any thickness that the customer wanted.

[@brianphillips1691]

Yeah any driver worth his salt can tailgate. Must have been a greenie !!

[@grilledcheesesammy]

I could spread gravel better than butter even up hills in the Ozarks. Better trade in that class B

[@lspyderp]

Worked for a builder do many years and what they used for driveways to save money was used 2inch recycled crushed concrete first, 17:12 then add 3/4 clear stone. First , 2inch creates a strong harder more stable base especially if u have water pool pockets/ sink holes, then use the 3/4 as dressing. We used to get that from asphalt company’s that recycled old concrete. Hey , I’m always learning new tricks, can’t get them all, and luv your honest family channel! And I like u even more because you remind me of Waylan Jennings . Shoot, if u even got half a decent voice sing the dukes of hazard for us ! That show saved our life here in the north of Canada ! Someday the mountain will get em, but the law never will !

[@HAXMAN]

I’m just a good ol’ boy.

[@ikigai47]

@@HAXMAN - never meanin' no harm

[@traildude7538]

Can't get recycled concrete free here any more, darn it!

[@all4kicks]

Result is lovely. The whole family has a good sense of humor. The British accent was good & 2 funny.

[@Warhawk76]

I have three boys and it would be a nightmare trying to get them to help. And your girls are helping. That is a sign of your superior parenting skills.

[@rekkoon-hd5vo]

one of his girls looks like a boy is she trans or smth

[@TheeRocker]

or your lacking of parental skills

[@KStewart-th4sk]

@@SallyIronic I grew up on a farm many decades ago. Everybody pitched in. 3 Sons, 1 daughter That's no excuse for being lazy, it's the lack of discipline shown today that let those sons away with that kind of crap. That being said there are Channels on here with young men who grew up learning about hard work and respect for their parents. "Cole The Cornstar" Channel and his brother come to mind.

[@TheeRocker]

@@SallyIronic I do understand for some it may seem that way, lol. Not in my family, and I have grandchildren. There is no separation of sons and daughters as far as expected responsibility in my eyes. And my kids knew it, lol. Sadly the work hard at not working attitude is really infecting the youth. Many of them, both male and female.

[@Chimonger1]

Making it fun/play doing it. There was plenty of horsing around & laughing. If they’d thrown a gravel-spread pizza party for a bunch of kids from the girl’s school, there’d have been more hands making lighter work, too.

[@brianasamuels]

i did almost the same but no boulders. I finished it with milled asphalt $12/yard then i pushbroomed busted bags of concrete and cement along the outside edge to stop erosion of rocks that i got from home depot and lowes for cheap or free. After brooming in I wet it and ran a compactor. it has held up awesome for many years . the best part is I can patch it perfectly by sweeping more milled asphalt mixed with concrete. wet it cover it with a board until it sets and it is good to go! Super cheap and easy to maintain forever.

[@s.l.wilson1921]

Where can a person find milled asphalt? I live in the Willamette Valley, in OR.

[@humblemonkm61]

I love the subtle Bigfoot cameos in your videos, I just start to cackle 😂. Team Haxman did a great job!👏👍❤️

[@Storx-USMC-]

We have a much bigger rock driveway, the way we maintain ours from weeds and movement is i use a pressure washer with oscillating tip to obliterate any grass or weeds growing in the rocks and along the edges and near the house i sprinkled down concrete mix on the rocks and it locked them in solid as it binds to the bottom of the rocks in the cracks..

[@lauriemacquanan2141]

I was just wondering this week if that would work to put cement powder an let it get solid under the gravel

[@tb6303]

That sounds like a great idea!

[@jakefriesenjake]

​@@lauriemacquanan2141it depends. If you only just enough powder and drive on it alot, it'll just break apart.

[@JamesLawrence-hv4ti]

Heyyy bro with a helpful comment... took a while to find it. i think ill jump off one of those bigger rocks and get on out the comment section. thx man

[@traildude7538]

When I was growing up we made home-made ice cream almost every holiday. Once it was all stored in the refrigerator the rock salt brine got sprayed on the driving surface of the driveway, and we never had weeds (though down the center of the driveway our mom put some sort of salt-tolerant clover, making a bright green strip).

[@natematheny8710]

As a landscaper i wouldnt have used boulders, or fieldstone on the edge like that. its all corners for tall grass to grow in that you cant get with the mower. So basically youll be stringtrimming for days every time you want to have company over

[@mitchchartrand]

Where were you when I built a flower garden 10 years ago?? And it devours the line on the trimmer to get between each nook and cranny.

[@CavanalK5]

@@mitchchartrandI like Oregon Magnum Gatorline.

[@MrWombatty]

Plus they'll be walking gravel through the house forever!

[@Tithulta1]

round up the crevices?

[@estherscegolsky1972]

@@MrWombattynot really,unless you walk in house with footwear which catch stone in the soles. in Ireland most driveways are stone chips and its ok.

[@EpicMale]

I use a needle spun polyester fabric under gravel. The gravel never sinks, as a result. I can show you projects that are 30-40 years old that still look like new.

[@JP-kb4yi]

You spent $5,500 for a maintenance nightmare! My current home has a 480ft gravel driveway that was existing when I bought the property. It was done wrong in every aspect and I learned allot and you just spent $5,500 and will end up spending another $5k to fix the new mistakes. 1 You just added an hour plus weed eating around those boulders every time you mow. 2 you did not install any kind of weed barrier? 3 the white vinegar….yeah that doesn’t work. I have a 30gal spray tank in my utv and have sprayed hundreds of dollars in vinegar trying that “hack”. It burns the surface of the grass/weed but as soon as it rains the plant recovers. You have to spray after EVERY rainfall and again your not killing the plant just the surface. I’m building a new house and the driveway is almost 1/2 mile total for the property and this is what I’m doing. Concrete curb to hold the gravel in place. Not brick/paver curb because they it will shift over time. I’m also adding low voltage wiring in the curb for landscape lights that will line the entire driveway. Weed barrier is a must! The best weed barrier is actually cardboard. I use 3 layers of cardboard, wet it down and pin it in place with landscape pins, then landscape fabric on top of the cardboard. This has been my go to for 20yr in all my landscape and i rarely get weeds. For the rock, 2 inch base rock topped with 1 inch “dirty” not 1 inch clean thats what they call it in my area. Great job on the glue. I love using this product and it’s great but it requires annual reapplication but that also depends on rainfall. I recommend investing in spray tank with all metal parts so the glue won’t clog up as easily. If you use a smaller aggregate you can use glue on the entire driveway to hold the gravel in place. This has been done in Europe for many years.

[@MrFirstone23]

You have to pour the concrete curb or is it pieced together? Know of a pic on some website showing your type of driveway? Thanks!

[@DonTruman]

For the boulder borders and the entire driveway, just spread salt on it. That sterilizes the dirt, long term. Will have to apply it twice a year a few times. Weed barrier is great but it deteriorates with time, especially when rocks are being ground into it by heavy vehicle traffic. And with time dirt blows onto the gravel, giving the weeds a new place to grow in. Bottom line: I expect the weed barrier will buy you a few years of weed-free, then they'll be back. I used railroad ties for the borders, which have worked well and look great. But of course you can't do curves with them.

[@enotdetcelfer]

"I got enough money for a huge property with 1/2 a mile of driveway, and this is what I’m doing: Spending a bunch of money doing it up nice, and then bragging about it on a channel about saving money with hacks. Why don't people just make and spend more money, the fools!"

[@kylequinn1963]

Lol... You think weed barrier helps stop weeds.... Oof. You also don't have to spend an hour with a weed eater to trim around the rocks every single time 😂

[@JP-kb4yi]

@@kylequinn1963 I don’t think I know. Ive been using my method 20yr. If you weed eat every time you mow “only lazy people don’t” thats easily an hour plus if you do it right. But i have a hunch you don’t even own a weed eater.

[@kimbass5220]

You should have sent the dump truck driver back. And told them to send someone that knew how to tailboard the gravel for you. And the gravel he got in your yard I would of made him scoop it up and clean up his mess. There was plenty of room not to have gotten in the grass to begin with.

[@computerweenie]

Exactly what I would have done.

[@michaeldunar8986]

Yeah thar driver is a piece of trash

[@Hombre_Viajero_2023]

He'd still be charged for delivery. Spreading is not an obligation. The truck is only required to deliver and that's what they get paid for.😮

[@Thunderbyrd.]

That's it.

[@Steven-gv1ke]

As a dump truck driver, I agree. It doesn't take me any extra work to dump it while moving. I would tell you that I can guarantee you a perfectly even spread, and you will almost certainly have to even it up, but I can save ya a LOT of work dumping it while moving. That guy was either brand new or having a bad day.

[@mikefendel]

Found your channel a few weeks ago and wanted to give you an "atta boy" for the wonderful job you do at both sharing the many DIY projects you share with us, but also the fun and entertaining way you come accross. It is clear that behind your light hearted style, are many many years of experience and joy you get from both the jobs and the sharing. Thanks so much and yes.....I have hit the "subscribe button"!

[@billbristow1768]

It never ceases to amaze me with what you can accomplish with money and equipment.

[@johnwax9759]

An excellent "gravel glue" is Portland Cement. Sprinkle it through a drop spreader on your crusher run gravel before a rain, and you have something very much like concrete.

[@greenmanatee6462]

will it hold the rock in place through winter plowing?

[@bellyacres7846]

I have seen that done and to my surprise it works

[@johnwax9759]

@@greenmanatee6462 Yes, so long as the plow blade doesn't, "dig-in". Keep it horizontal, or use a blade with a rubber edge.

[@sroutson9533]

Love the driveway.!!!! I about lost it when the driver dumped that nice pile of rock on the other side of the border after you nicely asked him to spread it and he clearly said no. Great job !!!!

[@olbuddyrow]

Hope you like using a weed eater, those river rocks are going to be a nightmare mowing around

[@DonTruman]

Spray the home brew herbicide along the rocks, or just salt.

[@Tarektioban]

I thought the same thing.

[@jackfrost994]

Lawn torch

[@professionalinspectionserv9468]

I would have used some GEO Fabric both stabilize and prevent/control weeds. Oh God are you going to have weeds! Use home brew to help.

[@0778drz110]

Yeahhhh he'll have to spray it every couple of weeks forever😅

[@LoriCrabtree31]

I've NEVER had a driver not spread the gravel if I asked. I'd never call that company again.

[@advil000]

I've never had a driver not ASK! You want that spread? Looks like you do...

[@Monkeybizness707]

You were talking about cheap alternative to concrete in the title and then proced to show REALLY REALLY EXPENSIVE aternatives. Those pallets of boulders aint cheap. Skid steer rental aint cheap...and that was just the first minute....

[@Timberland-Farms]

Still cheaper than concrete, need all that equipment for concrete too

[@Monkeybizness707]

Boulders are definitely NOT cheaper than concrete by far...

[@Timberland-Farms]

@@Monkeybizness707he stated that his driveway would be over $30,000 if a contractor came and poured a concrete driveway. He only spent $5700 on the materials he used

[@Monkeybizness707]

@Timberland-Farms giving a contractor quote will naturally be ridiculously higher because it accounts for professional labor and "machine time", which is a combination of machine costs (fuel/maintenance/wear and tear) plus operator experience. So, to sum it up...your argument is invalid. To use the contractor quote as a baseline is an apples to oranges comparison. An apples to apples comparison would be comparing machine rental to hiring a bunch of guys from the home depot parking lot with rakes and shovels.

[@Timberland-Farms]

@@Monkeybizness707 pour concrete 🤷‍♂️ he’s just expressing that there is alternative options and a significant cost difference. Add a machine rental, my area that same machine is $300 a day, probably took 2 days. So 3 days of rental is $900, $6,600 and it could be done with just yourself, he did it with the help of his family.

[@royreynolds108]

I agree with the people who told you you should have used a weed barrier. To get a drive or parking area that "sets up" order 3/8 or no more than 3/4-inch to dust crusher run. Spread it within a day or two because it will become almost like concrete with all of the sizes packed together. You can put stone down over geotextile without compacting the ground. Gravel is the type of stone that is taken from running streams and has rounded edges so it will not lock together; it is not what you want for a driveway. It is what you want to be able to comfortably walk on. Crushed stone has broken and sharp edges that will lock together as it compacts; which is what you want for a driveway.

[@davidtaylor4053]

Weed barrier under gravel is a joke.

[@bobloblaw10001]

Weed barrier is evil garbage

[@ketoinvestor]

Gravel trucks always roll forward when they are tipping out gravel, unless they’re green and don’t know how 😂

[@betterhoodproperties]

dang man, I thought I was tuning in to 'This Old House' but after being blown away by your filming and editing style, I feel like I'm watching National Geographics Geo. I haven't even reached the 1 minute mark!

[@dchall8]

1. When pulling stones or whatever out of a pile, always level the bucket/shovel with the ground before pushing in. In other words, don't stick the shovel/bucket into the middle of the pile. 2. Use the box blade on the back of your tractor to drag out and level the rock. That's exactly what it's made for. Using the bucket, even though it's wider, is the wrong tool. It can be done with the bucket, but the box blade will work faster. Also the box blade is what you should have used to scrape the weeds at the beginning. 3. Now that the rock is down, it needs to be dragged to level it perfectly smooth. You can rent a drag or make one with chain link fencing to pull behind your tractor. 4. After it's level it needs to be vibrated to compact it and lock it in. You can rent a manual, flat plate, vibrator.

[@hijinxignatius]

You don't need to vibrate and compact the 57's as they naturally compact to 98% optimum. Vibrating could result in breaking the stone into smaller aggregates which would cause a low spot.

[@smgdfcmfah]

Jinx is right - you can't compact clear stone. They'll need to rake out the tire ruts once in a while, but you get those even in asphalt driveways (and those DON'T rake out!).

[@nicholasmendoza6159]

I would have called and asked for a different driver for the next run. I couldn't imagine paying $54 a ton when its $17 at the quary.

[@Hombre_Viajero_2023]

Costs money. Nobody's spreading for free.

[@jacoblecoy3700]

Taking a few minutes to spread as it is being unloaded, free, earns huge rewards of future business. If I asked a driver to spread it as it unloaded, and he wanted to be paid for that, I would fire him on the spot. Don't know where you live, but in America, future business quite often depends on past and present happy customers.

[@ctamarack5229]

We did gravel like that in our driveway, one of the nice things the driver did was HE was pulling forward as he dumped, instead of dumping in one huge pile. In essence he did a lot of the spreading for us when he did that! I was so appreciative of that! saved me a TON of work!!! He didnt have to do it and didnt pay extra for it either!!!

[@kookiethebear]

The end result looks much better! One suggestion, even though it's too late now. I would have installed geotextile fabric before grading with rock to minimize weeds and decrease the likelihood of potholes.

[@denisemusicnut]

I wonder, if you had gotten the $500.00 delivery, if that trucking company employed drivers who could spread gravel as they dump it, and avoid dumping gravel on the grass! That guy was totally inept!

[@Dirt-Fermer]

Dude was jealous or hungover

[@r8edrv4fun65]

15:59 That guy must be a new driver. I would have spread it as I left. He just dumped like a boy.

[@beerbaron3003]

4:52 keep the shoe of the reciprocating saw up against the timber. Otherwise what was happening will happen... the timber will just be shaken backwards and forwards by the saw. And it is much worse on your wrists etc. too

[@chrisrollins52]

You had your best 3 guys on the project with you!..... I did laugh out loud when you narrated the "Half-Speed" section. That is what I looked like as a young helper, helping my parents. Awesome Family Time that the Girls never want to have again!😀

[@tooshieg2059]

That Big Foot is freaking amazing. I look for her in every video. She's so sly. Looks gorgeous.

[@scottlarkin4748]

How do you know Bigfoot is a her?

[@DonTruman]

Nice, and good tips. A few thoughts: 1. Lame of the gravel truck driver not to spread it out, even just a little bit. All he has to do is drive forward while it's pouring out. 2. I used railroad ties for the borders. Holds the gravel in great, looks nice, and can easily walk on it (left about 2-3" above gravel level) but the boulder idea is cheaper and easier. 3. For weeds I just spread salt over everything (I live where it snows, so we can buy 50lb bags in Winter, cheap). That sterilizes the dirt. Have been doing that twice a year and it's working. Still have to kill some weeds, but not many.

[@Turk_2023]

Did you know railroad ties have creosote chemical and can poison you, even cause cancer?

[@bobroberts7643]

Thanks!

[@HAXMAN]

Thank you so much!

[@privateuploads-geo2625]

I had 3/4 clean crush in my back yard firepit area for a year. I found that it moved around too much when you walked on it, and leaves, firewood debris and wood chips were impossible to remove, so it looked unsightly to me. I just brought in four yards of DG- deposed granite, at $42 per square yard. My Toyota Tundra hauled it easily, and I just shoveled it into a wheelbarrow, spread it out with a rake, then a 2x4 with a level, guided by a tight string. Then I ran over it with a broom to smooth it out, wet it well, and tamped it down with a hand tamper. Whole project cost me about $250 for an area about 800 sq feet. It's hard. Easy to walk on. I can drive across it leaving barely visible tire tracks, and I can use a broom to smooth it out and "erase them" if it gets chewed up. I'll be able to blow leaves off easily. The concrete bid was $9500 two years ago... And DG doesn't crack if the soil moves below it.

[@Joe-Skier]

Yes I think he's going to regret not compacting road base instead of the gravel

[@dude10067]

I love how the whole family is helping out

[@HAXMAN]

Me too! 😄 Thank you!

[@bikeny]

Us 4 boys, we were our parents' working crew. Granted, growing up in New York City, we didn't have to do the kind of stuff they're doing, but shoveling snow, weeding, hedge trimming, and whatever else needed to get done, we had to do it. Dad actually helped. Mom was the one in charge. And with a corner house, the sidewalk was longer than normal. Our parents called themselves benevolent dictators. So we did what they told us to do. It all worked out.

[@gearhead366]

Just watching you spread those boulders made my back hurt. Nice driveway.

[@pattyk101]

I hope your wife appreciates your sense of humor and fun. I was married for 28 years to a man who was mad at the world. I have learned and moved on from that but it would have been nice to have had a little fun all those years. Have a good one, funny guy.

[@appyhorsey186]

UGH! I still am - 40+ years, he hates everybody and everything. Unfortunately, I'm starting to be the same way after living with it for over 40 years. I hope his wife appreciates not only his sense of Humor but also his WORK ETHIC!! Getting out and DOING all that WORK!! Wow. I'm impressed. GREAT JOB, and not done "half assed" but done WELL and FINISHED. I'm VERY impressed!

[@jjj32801]

The Greta T. video clip was right on point. Love your sense of humor. You are the only YT channel that realistically shows how tough it is to Homestead/Off Grid in Florida.

[@MILLIEYUNZ]

huge glow up! Y'alls family is hilarious and heartwarming thanks for sharing

[@patriciastern9430]

I shouldn't laugh at Kim's weak stomach....but I do.........every time!

[@HAXMAN]

Me too! 😂

[@dirtcurt1]

I have five large dogs and every once in a while, I get to that long retching cough picking up those special deposits on the lawn. I don't have a weak stomach either.

[@katlis]

@@dirtcurt1 I have 3 puppies and am constantly picking up poops. I just hold my breath. For some reason my wife hasn't figured out this "one simple trick" and has vomited a couple of times cleaning up poops.

[@bryce8369]

Looks great! Those boulders lining the driveway create a lawn edging nightmare.

[@grantandre79]

exactly my comment. I made the same mistake and regret not (at least) putting weed barrier under the boulders. now I'm "edging" with vinegar and a flamethrower. not great.

[@129stacey]

I had that thought too, looks great but I would hate the grass side

[@alittlelessdumber2587]

Same comment I was going to make. Not to mention if there is a need to move a car or tractor into the grass, they’re not going to be rolling over those river rock.

[@grizzlygrizzle]

Another modification I would have made is to substitute broken quahog shells for the stone. They nestle in a lot firmer, and flip out less as they are driven over, and they make a nice white driveway. They stink for a month or two, though. An option if you're within a long delivery trip of any clam-processing plant.

[@kkmonte51]

yup same here. I was thinking if you really wanted to use them i would have dug them lower so i could ride my mower along the top of them or at least run my mowing deck above them. Whenever I redo anything, i try to make it the most maintenance free I can. I hate weed whacking. I'm going just a natural edge now on my mulch beds so i can mow easily.

[@amberjay5361]

18:10 half speed 😂😂😂😂😂 love their hearts! Good job girls!❤

[@ragetist]

I can imagine the family meeting, "Bad news is the RV we're getting is a bit on the small side but good news is you can all cancel your gym membership!"

[@grizzlygrizzle]

I would have just rented one.

[@josephxavier1707]

@@grizzlygrizzle I actually assumed that's what happened when I first saw it

[@gregmize01]

"Talk to me Goose." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@HAXMAN]

😄

[@pamperez4638]

Im impressed with your "Toys"! & The Drive looks awesome.

[@threeriversforge1997]

That mulch glue is pretty neat stuff. I think it's just elmer's glue.... but I could be wrong. And it's no wonder they couldn't dump-n-drag your gravel considering they didn't have any chains for their tailgate. Adds to your work, but also to the satisfaction you get from a job well done!

[@HAXMAN]

It’s funny you mentioned that because I wondered if I could thin down Elmer’s and do the same thing. I might have to try it somewhere hidden. Yeah, I got to practice in the loader more. Thank you!

[@Locksnut]

​@@HAXMANFYI, Elmer's Glue is water soluble! Great work on your driveway!

[@alycewich4472]

@@HAXMAN I used thinned Elmer's glue for my paper bag flooring. The ONLY problem is that when it gets wet (my rescue dogs weren't housebroken) it softens the glue again so it has to re-harden. Not sure how well that would work outside.

[@obscuripesnation8458]

@@alycewich4472 The Elmer's washable school version will soften with water after drying - that's the washable feature - but original Elmer's is not water soluble after drying.

[@Oops-IMeantToDoThat]

Two things IMO: Need to put barrier below all rock (including boulders). You will eventually get weeds as the seeds drip to dirty level. Also, founder edging can be problematic if you have cars, not just trucks. Boulders week be below view and cars could easily skuff a bumper or puncture the pan. You could use that plastic flower bed edging, especially as you used the glue (?) To afix the rock. Even so, it looks gorgeous. And rock looks much nude than blacktop or cement. Great job!

[@Scales_of_Life]

Great job 👍🏾. You guys did a great job. Rock on

[@cherriemater]

16:58 Apparently, they threw the eyeroll in for free! (when you asked them to spread it while they emptied it) What a deal! 🎉❤😊

[@thedirtprincess3293]

@@cherriemater 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Hombre_Viajero_2023]

Eye roll is free . Spreading isn't. 🤣🤣🤣

[@vindob8429]

If a dump truck driver can't/won't spread stone,He/She needs to drive a different type of truck. Perhaps one that's manufactured by Tonka toys.

[@131dyana]

marvelous job looks so well.

[@Metalhead_D]

Amazing job as always, sir! Doing something similar in our back garden, will definitely look into the rock and mulch glue! Thanks, Haxman

[@HAXMAN]

Thank you!

[@spood87839]

That pallet fork insertion scene 10:22 was intense!!

[@HAXMAN]

It was scary for me. 😂

[@thedirtprincess3293]

I would have bet money that the skid would not lift that pallet of rock.

[@129stacey]

I held my breath

[@dchall8]

Doesn't the skid steer have a tilt function? It can tilt a bucket, so why not pallet forks?

[@smokinquack89]

That skid would lift a house....amazing machines.

[@Blesseveryday]

Beautiful fur babies!!!😊 You and your family did a great job on the driveway!

[@betterhoodproperties]

15:47 OH THAT IRKS ME! if they would've just spread and dump like you asked...😣😣

[@ldqa2737]

Agree!!! The driver is lazy.

[@tedd8055]

Man, you wore me out just watching you lay those boulders. Awesome job!

[@GamerGeek84]

I *am* a professional landscaper, and I can't find any problem with the way you trimmed those topiaries. Nice job!

[@chrislindholm2255]

I love OSHA approved footwear help wears. And the speed at which they work. I swear I was watching my own children work 😂😅😂😅

[@sanohajian3174]

We installed a gravel driveway, but the dump truck did all the work spreading the gravel. Now several years later all the gravel has sunk and we are back to a dirt driveway. Concrete is the only thing that will last 100 years.

[@EnlightenedSavage]

No, you have to prep the ground. If you don't it will sink.

[@colleenbellue5845]

Love your personality! This is reminiscent when we would involve the children for home projects! The slow motion footage made me howl! Oh my gosh, my husband would name certain characters “ blister! “ ! Reputations are hard to shake after 20 years! Great memories…life is so exciting! Your yard looks amazing!

[@grantandre79]

HAXMAN! I've done a simmilar thing with 1-man stones to border a 5/8" gravel pathway... biggest regret: the grass/weeds grow up from under the border rocks and can't be easily managed with a weed-whacker (the stones break the string). I've resorted to using vinegar and a flamethrower (doesn't hurt the rocks) to manage the weeds. 20-20 hindsight: should've put a couple layers of weed barrier under the stones. You'll have to share if you have other hacks for solving this problem!

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

Someone else in the comments said they use a pressure washer with an oscillating tip to remove weeds among their border rocks

[@grantandre79]

@@Eyes0penNoFear good tip! thx for the note.

[@CDHpetcare]

14:10 as long as you don't hit 'rock bottom' you'll be ok. lol!

[@dopapier]

I see that your children are growing in your image - gentle, demur, reticent, shy. Nice to have them around.

[@lmbcars]

Scrolling thinking it was time for an upload from the haxman and Search for your channel. First video said "posted 3 minutes ago" 😂 awesome

[@HAXMAN]

Great timing. 😄

[@karu2355]

skilled at leaving skid marks 🤣

[@HAXMAN]

😉

[@nickboucher7339]

Man you're a stand-up guy. Everything you do is excellent great and fun. I genuinely love learning from your videos, it helps me.

[@HAXMAN]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@ericfrye5816]

You family is a riot :)!

[@runwillrobinson]

Excellent hurling noises!

[@RealWorldReport]

Thanks so much. Have been planning a barn using shipping containers. Was considering concrete, now I have another option.

[@jesus.maryandjoseph8880]

You do realize that you will have to whipper snip every single perimeter of the stones in the driveway every time you mow your lawn now, right? That is going to add a crazy amount of work to your lawn maintenance. It will look lovely, be practical for keeping the gravel in the actual driveway area, but what about the insane amount of extra work every week?

[@HAXMAN]

That was necessary when the straight edge was there originally but it's worth it to me for it to look better.

[@anonymous_friend]

@@jesus.maryandjoseph8880 Yes, I use a lot of weed eater line to edge my borders. I ended up pulling all of the rock border out.

[@mikeportell2870]

That's what kids are for 😂

[@dchall8]

I use RoundUp against my borders on a periodic basis. But that's what you're trying to avoid with your dogs, so nevermind.

[@IOSARBX]

HAXMAN, Your videos are fantastic! I just had to subscribe!

[@HAXMAN]

Thank you so much!

[@Blakehx]

Nice work Boss looks pro! Glad to see the fam helping out… I did my fair share of rock shoveling as a kid! Many punishments were carried out in the backyard… hears a shovel and a wheelbarrow now move these 10 ft of rock path! That or here’s a grocery sack to fill with mesquite beans! Sounds pretty easy unless it’s 105°

[@4EverMoore]

Damn even if the dump truck couldn't spread it over your whole driveway he coulda ATLEAST moved up slowly so it wouldn't have went over the big stone boarder 🤦 other then that looks good 👍

[@Jeff82556]

"boarder"? Amtrak by any chance?

[@4EverMoore]

@@Jeff82556 boader... I meant bolder lol

[@Hombre_Viajero_2023]

That's asking entirely too much.😝

[@Jeff82556]

other THAN that! (not then that!)

[@BeautyBeholders]

Daddy's got a new toy 😊😁 Love the way the girls and lady of the house felt at home with nature 👏 BTW, why ain't anyone wearing gloves until later 🤷‍♀️

[@ToddKing]

Any driver that can't/won't spread the load has no business driving a dump truck.

[@Hombre_Viajero_2023]

Just because you want it spreader doesn't mean the driver has too. 99% won't do just because...

[@ToddKing]

@@Hombre_Viajero_2023 Spreading gravel is a skill that is part of being a driver. Either learn to do it or get out of the truck. If a driver won't spread it "just because" he needs to be a Walmart greeter because that is all he is qualified for. There are times when it is not safe because of grade, overhead obstacles ect. but just because is BS.

[@anonymous_friend]

Did you buy that "Bobkat"? Then it was an $80,000 job 😂

[@alycewich4472]

I think he said he rented it.

[@gaminawulfsdottir3253]

This video made me laugh. You not only do good work, you make great videos: no fluff, and lots of information. You have won a subscriber ...plus all the people who will subscribe when I spread the word.

[@RK-kn1ud]

Propane torch the weeds if/when they come back.

[@alycewich4472]

I have a neighbor who does that on his gravel side driveway. It's amazing how well that works.

[@nadgerz]

There just HAS to be a history behind the 'British phrases/accent'... so funny :)

[@MrAdopado]

Speaking from UK here ... that was a very good accent!

[@brucealguire1577]

New to the channel and really enjoy you and your wife. You are funny and original. Also appreciate your taste in music. Well done, have fun. Cheers Bruce

[@smatterchew]

"Concrete is expensive"... But a farm tractor and skid steer is right within the budget... ROFLMAO!!!

[@lextheap1638]

Are you trolling? Any DIYer worth their salt knows you can rent equipment for a pretty fair price

[@smatterchew]

@lextheap1638 I actually work for an equipment rental company... define fair price. Just pick up, and delivery is outrageous, plus fuel and the need for a competent operator. It's a point of view, not a dick.... don't take it so hard...lol

[@jeanlanz2344]

It looks great! For weeds, some people put snow salt down on their gravel. Thanks for tip on buying from asphalt company.