DRIVEWAY REPAIR WITH A BOBCAT

This Almost Cost Me
I show you all fixing my off grid homestead road and I almost destroyed a piece of equipment
#offgrid #offgridhomestead
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Keeping It Dutch
P.O. Box 1484
Pryor, Ok 74362

[@janicefreedman8173]

Love watching you get so much done. And love your friendship with Kevin. You two have such a close bond.

[@mrscatmom5231]

It's amazing to see your new property transform week by week. You are doing an awesome job. Can't wait to see the pole barn put up and you guys homesteading the next chapter of your lives. Those girls sure have grown since I started watching your channel too. God bless

[@mrsdutch8994]

Thank you Gina ❤

[@mrsdutch8994]

Thanks for the help Kevin 🙂

[@janetruggles8708]

My Dad showed me how to call worms. Pound in a large a round stick, or rod into the ground and slap it with another stick, this will call the worms up. Really works. He learned from his Grandmother, a full Cherokee.

[@demeanderson3160]

We call that "grunting" here in southern Alabama. Works really well.

[@willaketcher9344]

Now there's a friend for sure..KEVIN! So glad you are blessed to have Kevin as a friend..he is another hard working guy..one of Gods chosen sons. Prayers for Kevin an family💕💕💕

[@davidstoughton3257]

Mound that driveway so the water drains to each side !! I just love how you all help each other out. The u tube, homesteader community is what MERICA is all about !! Cudos to Kevin !! Love his channel as much ad yours !!!!

[@willaketcher9344]

Yeah...getting your brother out there to help you BAHAAAAAA😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂HE should have been helping you already. I can say this..YOU ARE A HARD WORKING GUY an you ALWAYS have such a positive attitude. You have been a blessing to more people than you realize just by being a honest true Christian man. Prayers for you an your family Dutch as you all live your daily lives. May God richly bless you.💞💞💞💞💞💞

[@pattycox5985]

A father that stops working when he has so much to do and gets worms for his daughters....what a good father.

[@chrisryan5339]

Super job mate. Even when your working so hard you have time to think about what your family wants. Brilliant. Cheers. Chris from England.

[@aprilweber7287]

Looks like once you've settled on the property you're going to need Goats again for weed contol!

[@davidepool5884]

I used to operate a D8 Caterpillar bulldozer for my grandfather when I was 16 to 18 years old clearing land behind loggers for a local paper mill. I came across a lot of dead trees in all the land I cleared. We call dead trees widow makers. I also got into a lot of honey bees, hornets,and Yellowjackets. Honey bees almost killed my grandfather one time when he was clearing land by himself. He jumped off the bulldozer while it was still running and crawled to the road for help. The bulldozer ran into a tree and ran to the motor blew up.

[@vikithomasson7772]

Those bees r scary stuff! I’ve always heard the dead limbs hanging n a tree referred to as widow makers, especially after our big ice storm 12+ yrs ago. It took out all the tree tops and we still have a lot widow makers hanging and falling.

[@jeanettec6212]

You need one of those cats.. you will love being out there cleaning it up all the time. Thank you for all you do Dutch, and share. Thank you Kevin for always being there. The place looks awesome.

[@HiddenHeightsFarm]

Man that machine is a beast! Good work

[@KeepingItDutch]

I need one

[@stanmashek3085]

THANK YOU KEVIN FOR HELPING DUTCH.

[@cherylsmith-bell6509]

You should add some of those red wigglers to your 5 gal buckets for your tomatoes, too. Really helps keep the soil loose.

[@annrogers2489]

I like how you all work together to help each other.

[@sandyc6569]

👍

[@markmarshall6434]

Dutch the worm farmer. Now that's what a dad supposed to do. Stopped his work to pick up 🪱🐛so that his girls could go fishing. Excellent Dutch. Love how everything is coming alone. Great video also. Keep up the great work. 👍💯🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷

[@GunterHomestead]

Took me much longer to dig out my garden because of stopping to get the grubs out so my daughter could feed them to the chickens.

[@markmarshall6434]

That's how a parent should be, not like a lot of these thats always shoving them on someone else so that they can go do what they want to do. Children should be first in a family to learn from their parents. 👍💯

[@pamelathornton70]

Workin' good ole mother earth........how fun to watch. Thanks!!!!

[@judykey6457]

Thanks Kevin for helping him, he is always alone when working. Except when his father in law helps him, and the work he does you shouldn't be alone doing it.

[@stanmashek3085]

TRUE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN FAST

[@131dyana]

Your road is the most important right now. Good work.

[@crazgirl80]

We had a shipping container while my mother had her house built .The only problem we had was mold on the wood furniture . Some of it cleaned up some did not . Now you can order charcoal bags from Amazon to help with control of moisture and mildew inside the container .It will smell because it is closed up.

[@vivianwilliams2216]

You are right about the mold, storage companies that have units without climate control sold moisture control small pellet packages, once they fill of 💧 water ,you replace them, 😊👍💕💕💕

[@dorothyjohnson2042]

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[@rich7934]

Suggestion: On any Go-Pro/Camera mounted on vehicles where they are not in your field of view, add a tether to it. Something as simple as a shoe lace tied to the stem of the mount with a crummy aluminum carabeaner at the other end.

[@jennychevalier1588]

Making progress Dutch. Wish it was me. I miss the countryside living in a small town. One day when I win the lotto I will get me a small holding

[@sandyc6569]

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[@patriciapennington305]

Hi Dutch, love your videos. Your making so much progress and i really enjoyed this video. Your doing a great job, and you should be very proud of yourself as well as your family. Love your family and love i get to be apart of your family's adventure. God bless.

[@DavisFamilyLife]

That's a lot of work but will be worth it in the end. As my mom always told me "If you want good, you nose have to run." 💜💜💜

[@susankenney7536]

A thank you to Kevin for helping. I would buy one of those things that chips brAnches up you could use it like under the picnic table plus where the girls hammock us. So much to do. Roads tiny house. I am so hoping you finish the tiny house soon. So the girls Brandi and you can have a bathroom and a place to go relax before you start the main build. Everyday something more done.

[@louhorvath344]

Wow! Your so blessed. Granny Fan for a very long time.

[@naomifannin435]

I enjoy watching you get ready to live out there. It seems to me that you have a drainage problem and you need some drainage pipe laid down, otherwise the road is always going to be a problem.

[@helencline5768]

You SURE DO GREAT EORK, KEVIN IS A FFIEND FOR LIFE, NOT MANY HAVE THAT KIND FRIEND SHIP. Both are hARD WORKERS👍👍🤩👍 VE

[@bettytimberman8210]

Getting there you all.looking alot better. It's going to be worth it God bless you all

[@susamdful]

What a good daddy picking up worms for his girls!!

[@sandbeebe]

Its looking good. Your hard work will pay off for you and the family. Keep it up. Love y'alls video

[@vivianwilliams2216]

That sounds like a great idea 💡 for the shipping container, some gravel and several heavy duty concrete blocks to sit on 😊👍💕💕💕

[@donnaflanagan6612]

I think you better put “skid steer” on your Xmas list Dutch. You got a lot done. Cheers 🤓👍🏼

[@carolynmesser7199]

I hear blue jays in the woods .love watching you on the off grid property 😃❤️❤️

[@brandonwade215]

That's a lot of gravel... we enjoy your videos Dutch

[@GEMMA6511]

One day you will look back at these times and laugh.. . ONE DAY 😂😂😂😂💕❣💕❣💕❣

[@cliffords.8341]

By then he'll be too old and say I'll never do this again. 😁🧓

[@melindar8892]

Nice driveway , looks like your gonna keep them busy delivering gravel ... lol. .. Great job . Just love seeing Hidden Heights farm help ya out Visa versa, I say that is a true friendship..🙂

[@sandyc6569]

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[@stanmashek3085]

to build a good road you need to remove the top soil then large stone3 or 4 inch rock and then later the small rock that plastic doesnt do any good if the road bed still has topsoil on it it will just keep sinking down. hope this helps USE BIG ROCK DUTCH

[@lauramroberts07]

I love watching this all coming together from scratch and you'll have these videos to look back on all of it once you are done. That will be incredible. Keep it coming, loving this series.

[@lynleewilliams2132]

Looking real good guys!! 👍

[@kerbyrempel4348]

Hello from Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. You are doing a good job awesome video thank you for the video.

[@Kipperbob]

A little safety advice, don't stand beside a truck tipping a load, I knew someone who got squished dead by one that fell over sideways a few years ago, be careful.

[@gaileudaly9457]

Seems like good idea since the ground is so unstable.

[@duanemjohnson6519]

hello so it seams that you bye blue jeans with holes in them (not covering much with those broken mat for your road way, you'll hopeful fix it in future not by half to ..good luck.

[@robthompsonfarm3902]

You are pretty darn good on that skid steer...

[@barbarathompson9378]

You need large crusher run stone first to fill in the ruts and form a base. Good luck cause you have some challenging land to working.

[@williamsanders2808]

Relative of mine lives in North East Texas, and has land like that. He put down large crusher run, then crusher fines to cover the large stuff, then a layer of 2-3 inch stuff, ran a smooth drum vibratory roller over it several times, until the 2-3 inch stuff was embedded in the crusher fines. Wasn't a bad road. Made it better after a couple years by putting down a 4 inch layer of recycled asphalt. Was like driving on a paved street.

[@rebeccaplumlee9601]

I think some small Rio-rap for base & maybe use some dry concrete over sections to help hold rock in place

[@rebeccaschooley2628]

It's looking good out there God bless you all 🙏❤️

[@roberto.peterson9917]

Worms in top soil always good sign for quality of soil

[@Jeff-vt8kn]

I've seen road crews putting down old tires somehow they attach them together then pour gravel on top of them.

[@chrism2042]

Years ago I had a gravel drive 9/10 mile long. Without crowning the drive and cutting ditches, you may have continuous water issues. Even in the flat areas where drainage could have been a problem, I built the driveway up, crowned it and cut run offs where needed to drain water away from the drive. Low spots in a gravel drive is a never ending pain in the ***.

[@marklong8992]

Talk to flooring companies in the area and see if they will give you used house/office lots of carpet when they put the new carpet in. It can be great as a roadbase and saves you having to buy the matting. It should last for quite a few years even when buried in gravel. The companies are normally happy to give it away as they then don't have dump fees to pay.

[@pepper405o9]

It’s looking so good Dutch, how exciting to watch all the progress. I know I say this all the time...but your hard work has paid off! 🥰

[@sandyc6569]

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[@mrsdutch8994]

Thank you

[@geo-eu6ro]

Nice to see Kevin maybe you can use his kubota to clear some of the shade trees so you can dry out the swampy areas👍

[@marywallace6383]

Your buddy Kevin always comes through. Dutch you got so much done today.

[@sandyc6569]

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[@vivianwilliams2216]

Have you considered raising the road and putting a culvert to divert the rain flow, 😊👍💕💕💕

[@micaelahawkins5565]

Was thinking about taking some dirt from the woods & filling n to raise it, then put gravel over. Looks like water will continue to stand there. More work😥😅, but maybe better n the long run.🤔👍❤

[@phoenixrising3219]

The best advice possible. Speaking from experience!!

[@kencarr2998]

He needs to decide where to build when is wet not dry You might up building in a Swale

[@kencarr2998]

He built on higher ground He can't even get a drive way Love the guy buy my goodness

[@phoenixrising3219]

@@kencarr2998 I think we all have to remember as well, he is working with "Virginia ground" it hasn't been driven on much to compact it. Now that it is a total mud fest and he is able to see where the water sets and runs he will have a better chance at knowing where he needs to divert it. Having that stone is nice. It will, however, get worked into the ground and be gone. It will offer a semi base and drainage. But more will have to be added. We did about three load on an already established driveway thats a terror to get out of. We finally got dirt specifically for drive ways. It compacts when driven on and stays hard. Hopefully he can get some of that because I tell you, its worth every copper penny!

[@geraldinewillis5926]

Hey Shaun here in Ireland where it’s always wet they use a roll of a plastic grid that is put down before the stones to stop it sinking also they use a mix of rock and dust that packs down tight

[@pomspicer7851]

That swarm if bee's was headed back home to your buddy Kevin's house... Lol

[@susanfrey7065]

Doing a lot to the property looking good. Be careful especially when you are out there alone. God bless you from Michigan ❤

[@kajohnson2469]

You make that skid steer look so majestic! Watching it is strangely relaxing.

[@jessedanford9360]

You got it going on!

[@jeaninebunt9739]

That's a good garden spot. You have natural cultivators.

[@chelemichele1524]

Dang you were real lucky with that go pro... Have a good weekend 🌷🌷🌷

[@debinbc]

Maybe you need a culvert? See if the dump or recycling center has one

[@BumbleBeeJunction]

:::enter some unsolicited advice and valuable opinions here, along with something snarky that almost sounds friendly, and end with some well wishes to the family:::

[@mrsdutch8994]

🤣😂

[@pamgater9011]

Dutch is really making a lot of progress and theirs his BFF Kevin.

[@sandyc6569]

👍

[@justjan147]

It's really amazing to look back at your older videos of your off grid (40 acre 😉) homestead and see all that you've accomplished so far. Y'all have worked hard to get it ready. We're looking forward to more videos. I appreciate you asking your subs for advice and opinions. And thankfully you don't always get nasty comments, or at least you clear them out so we don't see them. 😁 Be safe and God bless!

[@lindahipp8329]

Got road looking good. Always good seeing you and Kevin helping each other. GOD BLESS Y'ALL.

[@clydegibson1146]

Great work! Just a suggestion...you need bigger stone for the base. Crushed stone will not hold up with how wet your property is. If it’s available you should consider it for the bed course before any additional roads you install. Make sure the pad for the storage container has at least a 8-12” rise from the road to prevent it sinking. Also, ask a friend that has a roller to compact the roads you have already built. Skid steer is good for spreading but doesn’t do much for compaction. You will see the low spots immediately.

[@lizregan1949]

You are going to think I am crazy, but you need to watch Martha Stewart on HGTV she puts in the most beautiful gravel walkways and driveways I have ever seen. She puts down this stuff that breaks down and makes it like cement and then pours gravel on top of that. Ok I know nothing just might look it up because my gravel has weeds growing in it.

[@taylorgontkovic4543]

Oh, Dutch feel you, we had the same promble, I was working for a road contractor, Class B, it took me awhile to build up that wet spot, and took time, it was Loomis soil so it sucked up everything...but finally...A contractor moved next door he had heavy equipment. So thankfully he hauled in alot more..You'll get it, it is frustrating..

[@maxinekelly8417]

Hi Kevin you are such a good friend nice to see you and Dutch always helping each other out it’s special ❤️❤️🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍

[@cindiallain8542]

You all need a roller. I would think that would help pack it down. We had one that attached to our yard tractor. Thank you for the video

[@keithsmart8437]

I would put some #2 limestone in the soft spots then top it with # 304's

[@gingerreid8569]

Those machines are amazing! As those trucks rolled in...my mind went cha-ching, cha-ching...that's a bunch of $$ there...has to be done...wanted to say, You need a good rock pad for your travel trailer...IF you every want/need to move it and it's rainy season...truck and trailer will get stuck...used to have LG horse trailers and I was told...get a crushed concrete pad to park that on along with area to back the truck up to hitch up...

[@waynejohnson3188]

That would be a great spot to grunt up some more worms. BE SAFE AND BE THE BEST

[@chrislaw3451]

Get a road roller to pack it should do a good enough job

[@robertgrimley9077]

You hit a food rich spot. Try adding some worms to the buckets with your plants. Worms create a Nitrogen rich soil.

[@michelestellar153]

I HAD. A gravel guy so good he could do my 300' long curving and fairly steep drive way with his truck, never even needed a skid loader to spread it. Jerry is gone now but he was every townships choice for gravel too. He saved folks money. He would use those hydrolic bed raisers while driving. It was awesome.

[@bobbieyounce3851]

Thank goodness to have friends like Kevin. You are Blessed to have each other.

[@sandyg3639]

You really accomplished a lot. The road looks great. Hope the delivery of the storage container goes well for you. Having good friends is the best.

[@juliemelnychuk8162]

Hey, hi Kevin. Good neighbor. Dutch, you did a lot today. 👍🇨🇦🙏😊

[@Hawkeye6936]

PERSONALLY, I would make a gravel pad and then set the shipping container on used RR ties.

[@williamgahman5028]

Need number two stone to lay down first. After you get a good base you can put screenings on top

[@KeepingItDutch]

This if 3 inch crusher run base rock

[@stanmashek3085]

@@KeepingItDutch BIG CLEAN ROCK FIRST LET IT SINK IN THRU THE YTOPSOIL BEST TO REMOVE THE TOPSOIL THEN PUT BIG ROCK NO LIME DUST LET IT SETTLE THEN LATER PUT THE SMALL GRAVEL ON OTHERWISE ROAD WLL ALWAYS BE WAVY AND RUTS

[@virginiacurrey2019]

Good job, Dutch! Got a lot done. Hoping this rain will move on soon so we all can dry out. That tractor surely helps with the clearing. Worms...wow, must make a worm bed in that spot. Good for dirt in gardens too! Thanks for sharing.

[@susieclark1498]

I thank you for your service. God bless you and your family.

[@stellajeffrey647]

Hi everyone 👋🏻 hope your day is good 😊

[@teresamariner4238]

Yours, too, Stella Jeffery! God bless!

[@debrabeam5474]

Looking good! I'm excited to see what you cleared. God bless🇺🇸❤

[@gambitsfox4216]

All those worms....that is a great place to have a garden! Put some in those buckets with the plants.

[@CynthiasCraftsandmore]

Thank you for sharing! Hugs and love to you and your family. ❤️✝🤗 Have a beautiful and blessed week. God Bless ❤️✝🤗

[@debbiew.7094]

Really coming along there at the off grid place! My prayers are with you Dutch, you are one hard working man. There's a good guy too Kevin helping a friend in need! God bless you guys! 🙏❤🙏

[@t.m.button7229]

The Bob cat is so needed on every farm and homestead for sure :) 😀

[@gingerburkett6342]

Every time i see one of those yellow machines, it reminds me of dig dug on the Atari games lol . Great job...

[@lisamoody212]

Kevin and Rachel are just the best kind of friends to have. You really lucked out with that best friend. Property is looking great! I’m thinking a skid steer might be as good or better than a tractor. Heck, Flair even feeds hay with his LOL! Thanks for letting us follow your journey!!❤️

[@aliciaschneidewent1064]

Money falling out of the truck. Shame it cost as much as it does. I've been burning brush piles while it's wet. My husband calls me, fire bug. If I was younger I sure wouldn't mind helping get rid of those brush piles for you. God bless.

[@karenturner7983]

It's coming along nicely.

[@131dyana]

It will be so nice to own your own home. No house payments no water bill and no electricity bill. It will be so freeing for your heart and soul. My Son put in sun panels. the electric company now pays him for power in the Summer here in Phoenix.

[@roxxic3677]

You could do what my Uncle did on his off grid property. He lined their trails with tree logs and also railroad ties and put rock on the trails in between the logs and railroad ties so their 3 wheelers and motorcycles and there John Deer vehicle could travel the trails too. He did wood chips first but then started replacing chips with the rock....so much better.

[@armidaperez5360]

Kevin is looking slimmer!

[@crazgirl80]

I see some french drains coming in the future off the the road .

[@james4582]

It’s coming along good Dutch that skid steer works well for you. You handle it really good. I had a picture in my mind of my kinfolk when they settled the land in Southwest Missouri with just manual labor and mules and horses.machines are great lol

[@BrainStormAcres]

GoPro -,yeah they have a habit of going when on a magnetic mount. Glad you found it and it was still OK. That road bed is going to be pretty solid from the rock trucks driving on it. You’ll probably need to add more as it settles into the ground, but hey that’s one of the prices of opening up raw land. Take care Dutch.