Driveway To The Crawl Space Is Finished

Driveway to the crawl space is finished. Hauled in the last of the 3" base rock to cover the rip rap. We used a total of 30 loads of rock 14 loads of rip rap and 16 loads of 3" base. I will top coat it with 1" base rock when the house is finished. They shouldn't have any problem getting the concrete and lumber trucks in here now. More to come from this site soon. Thanks for watching! #EliteEarthworks #Takeuchi #Driveway

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Great job

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks man

[@petehall2982]

WOW ! ! !

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks!

[@timmymalone5444]

The only roller you need, a loaded dump truck. 👍👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

That’s right 😁

[@chargermopar]

I don't think I have seen anyone besides you use an excavator as a grader. Quite a bit of material was moved to make that driveway possible. One giant open space with not a tree in sight. Excellent work as always!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

I use the excavator a lot for various jobs. I don’t have the money for other machines so I try to get the most out of them. Appreciate you watching

[@blackdogexcavator21]

Well, that driveway shouldn't ever get soft. I think that's the most rock I've ever seen go on a driveway that length. It sure looked good when you were done though.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Lol yeah it was a lot of rock for sure! It better be solid enough for the concrete trucks 😁

[@brunomckay1875]

Brandon great job as usual, mate I was a little disheartened the other day when you were explaining the amount of work that is required post production and the fact that it takes a great deal of your time, to pump out the videos regularly. I can assure you that they are greatly appreciated and always get played by me as soon as I see an upload. I am a retired contractor, in my prime I was maybe a four to five man band with never enough equipment, but we got the jobs done. I am now incapacitated to a great degree and take great enjoyment out of watching others, especially younger folk, coming through and bashing a piece of shitty old ground into a usable space for whatever purpose. Those projects will stand the test of time and be appreciated by many generations, indeed you will be able to show your own Grand Children in years to come what Grandad used to do for a living. God Bless, stay safe for you Mrs Elite and the soon to be shovel hand. Take Care.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

I really appreciate the kind words and the support. I have a lot of great subscribers like you that make it worth while to make the videos. I really enjoy the comments and interacting with everyone. I’ll definitely keep making them. That’s cool 3-4 man crew is good size able to get a lot done. Thanks again for watching and take care

[@southerndirt9589]

Nice job 👍👍👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks buddy

[@mauricecooper1276]

Bad azz 👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks!

[@retiree1033]

Nice job.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you

[@tedohio3038]

Sometimes I watch your KZbin video on KZbin’s streaming channel and there is no provision for comments. So this is a little late. There is nothing wrong with the format or sound on your videos. That is some driveway you built, lot of work. Be interesting to see how it lasts during construction. Nice series of videos. Like that new bucket.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! Yes I’m curious how it will hold up too. Time will tell. Appreciate you watching

[@HankinsExcavating]

That's looks nice there bud

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks man!

[@tristardiggin]

Sweeeeeeeeet little, wait, BIG DADDY road. Very nice work as always!!!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks buddy! 😁

[@CaptKirk1701]

A lot of rock! lol

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yes it was!

[@tancolepropertyrehab6108]

I'm extremely jealous of that excavator brother.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

I love it! It’s been a game changer for me

[@aaronburford5701]

I thought that was Rip Rap.... love it!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Me too!

[@sonnyblazer5504]

"ON THE ROAD AGAIN"! With that road SO bumpy, you tailgated that stone VERY WELL. NICE spreading with that BIG BUCKET TOO; Push the stone, Pull it back - COOL! Does it know it's NOT a DOZER but sure handles enough of the work of having one (this project & many others!) SWEET job buddy - BRANDON!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! Lol it’s like a dozer 😁 it definitely gets the job done. Appreciate you watching

[@sparky178]

Tailgating around a curve, impressive! I think you just earned your degree in tailgating 😆🎓🎓

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Sweet! 🤣🤣

[@olnamgrunt9857]

You sweat the small stuff, THAT'S GREAT, STAY SAFE, BRANDON.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you!

[@jefft7915]

Great job. Thanks for sharing.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you!

[@brianherron5400]

Alot of gravel, looks good and nice drone footage 👍. Have a great day

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks man! It was 30 loads I believe

[@ecolandmanagementllc1543]

I’m going to send your video to the South Carolina DoT as an instructional video of how a road should be built.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

🤣🤣 our dot is about the sane here

[@gibsonlandscapeconstructio7984]

Now that’s built like a highway Good job and good video 👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! It should hold up well!

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

Man, it's a shame all that awesome work you done, and the concrete trucks etc. going to tear it all up. Take care my friend stay safe and God bless.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

I know lol but it’s part of it. I’ll be back too fix it up. Appreciate you watching

[@bryanlloyd1099]

Excellent job as always!!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you!

[@bryanlloyd1099]

@@eliteearthworksllc You are welcome!

[@terryrogers1025]

With the grade bucket and the blade on the excavator, it seems to make that a pretty handy machine for finish work.thanks for the ride along, ,looks nice.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yes it’s a very handy machine now for grading and digging. Appreciate you watching

[@jimwest986]

looks like someone got them some top soil

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yes lots of it 😁

[@derrickpettit3489]

Excellent job Brandon, the drive looks awesome, never gets old seeing a fresh drive, cool project from the crawlspace to the driveway, great work man, thanks for sharing 💪🇺🇸💯

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks man! It’s been a fun project!

[@jakeduffin4626]

I am running a little behind this week but just wanted to say beautiful job on the driveway Brandon! That is hands down one of the best built I have ever seen. Really appreciate you sharing the video with us!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! I really appreciate that! It should hold up for a long time. Appreciate you watching as always

[@jakeduffin4626]

@@eliteearthworksllc your welcome and yes, most definitely!

[@CaptKirk1701]

That’s a lot of rock, looks great!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks buddy! Yes it was

[@dalepremo3695]

Lookin' really nice. I guess you could call it the limestone river, LOL. Those drone shot were excellent as well - thank you!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! Lol that’s what it looked it. Appreciate you watching

[@aaronburford5701]

Watched, Liked, Subscribed, Shared, Commented.... love the gravel being spread and the skid steer grading... just another great video by the BEST!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! I appreciate the kind words

[@technician41]

Quality in motion. Good 👍work

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! I appreciate that!

[@TonyGeneseo]

Looks great Brando ! That’s some serious “ fill “ I’m that driveway ! Lol. Take care bud

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! It shouldn’t settle lol. Appreciate you watching

[@jeffterhune8573]

Nice job, as stated before, do it right the first time and you did as always. Putting in a 14 by 22 pad for a shed for my next door neighbor (drive to work is 5 minutes), he thought 1 to 2 inches of stone. I said no, 3 to 4 inches of 2 compacted then 4 to 6 of 73's packed and level,doing it the right way, Brandon's way. Sorry for rambling, stay safe.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

That’s right! That will be a nice solid pad for sure. 👍🏻

[@metingordu627]

Another great job young man, keep those videos coming

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you!

[@shitloveaduck]

Really nice work Brandon. When I was first hiring guys to come in and build some of our roads as the $$ we had on hand was better from my own perspective, I couldn’t understand how much rock the road would take!!! I would complain to the contractors and annoyed the guy I eventually hired for 90% of my work. He offered me to make the decisions on one particularly bad stretch. I agreed but after a miserable spring the next year and after we pulled a couple loads of grain and feed trucks out of the mess “I” general contracted, I learned my lesson. I let the contractor do their job! He knew by feel driving over it and his experiences when we were getting close and his estimates got to be really accurate!! We didn’t use as much 3” initially as here, but almost all of our roads had ditches we paid to have dug and those tied in with the other ditches etc. there was definitely enough fall on most of our land that we could drain and control the water that way!!! Different system with the benefits of grade. Unfortunately we built the feedlot, associated pens and roads, on some very flat ground and the water needed to run down the roads and gradually through the pens in troughs or swales on the edges of the pens. The runoff was a BIG issue we had to watch because of the manure,,,,,,. Environment were very picky, respectfully, about not getting it into the natural runoff that eventually would make it to the creeks we had on our land. We had these huge concrete pits that would catch the slurry etc. that would get pumped out in the fall or early winter if it was warm enough still and be spread/injected into the soil in our fields. It was a nice side effect, but we really screwed up putting everything where we did!! We built roads like this here in your video and I almost cried at the amount of rock we hauled in there!!! 😂😂😂. We would use a new road and as the rock below shifted and locked together, of course the road dropped and we hauled MORE GRAVEL in,,, haha. If we got it right, those roads are still used today, daily with very heavy overloaded feed trucks (private land) and little to no issues. I did mention what the frost did to some areas though the other day to ya. Eventually you get there though. My contractor would see me shaking my head and remind me of “my first road” and I let him be!! He did so much work for us that we really did get great quotes from him and he stood by his work very well. Roads like this are $$$. Once they are worked in they are also very solid roads!! Where we could, we saved $$ on gravel and surface work, but paid for the ditch work instead! Do it right, do it once and be done!!! If the base isn’t there, as you have done so well here, the road will be constant work. Especially with the deep soil base there!! That’s going to look great with the new house in there once the landscaping is graded!! A good contractor a client can trust,,, priceless,,,,,. Not just you of course, but all good contractors. They do rise to the top and eventually get so busy they have to either grow or turn work away as they are comfortable with!! My guy had a crew of 3 generally and juggled 2-3 jobs at a time, no more. His work was timely and quality work. Like I have said many times,,, if you and I were in the same area, you would be my “go to” guy!! Stay safe, as usual!! Hoping spring is being good to you and your family!! Except of course for one apparent moment with the Fecon I see,,,,, 😂😂😂😂 uggh page wire!!!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you I appreciate that! I would definitely enjoy working with you. Yeah you can wrap some money up in rock quick but like you said you have to have it if you plan on driving anything heavy in there. Appreciate you watching and enjoyed the comment 👍🏻

[@tricksfixx8303]

Told Ya

[@joshandicoechea6770]

Well that turned out nice great job man thanks for the video👍🏻

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! Appreciate you watching

[@mikeembrey9176]

Looks great 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you!

[@chadshidler8903]

Looks very nice. Great job.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you!

[@kennymysak2079]

Driveway turned out really good. Good one to get more use to tailgating. Should of had the beautiful CEO Mrs Elite help you out. Keep up the great videos

[@tricksfixx8303]

She shud be busy,,grinding the diamonds outta the single drive dump

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! I tried to get her to help. Maybe next time 😁

[@skyhunter823]

Outstanding job per normal my friend looks like a nice Lil project

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks man! I enjoyed it

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

That’s a whole limestone cliff! Goodness, if that driveway sinks there’s not a prayer for any of them! I liked those drone shots… did you record sound through the drone? Or just synch it from another camera? The crawl space looked like a pond in the drone shots. There’s a fair amount of water in it. I was betting the loader would make an appearance after the last video. It sure makes spreading and finishing look a lot easier. We had 1 3/4” of rain on Friday night. These two days of sun and wind really dried it out. I hope it didn’t swamp you out.

[@sonnyblazer5504]

Want me to send you a couple UMBRELLAS? HEY, just thought of it. We had a DISC JOCKEY (back in the day) who closed his programs with, "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella - Don't Get a Mouthful of Rain"!

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

@@sonnyblazer5504 LOL… it does work if you’re thirsty though!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Lol yeah it should be good to go. I synch the sound in instead of using music. Oh yes I have to have the loader. 😁 I’ve been mulching so the rain hasn’t really slowed me down luckily

[@dansevern3291]

That is a solid base, nice job, and nice work with your 2150 "exca-dozer" there spreading rock. Didn't know that thing would push that well! (Although I guess I should have, since I think it probably weighs twice as much as my little dozer.) Looks like good solid road, (but either concrete truck drivers are better there than here, or you have less faith in their ability to get stuck. I think a couple of the ones I've seen could get stuck on a paved road.😉)

[@eliteearthworksllc]

It pushes better than I thought it would. I like that exca-dozer 🤣. Oh yes our concrete truck drivers are the same way. Appreciate you watching

[@tannerb55]

Love your work long time subscriber. Man how’s diesel getting you? $5.53 here in Ottawa,ks unbelievable.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! It sucks its $5.19 today but it’s suppose to go up again something has to change or people will just stop doing things

[@hjgilley5112]

How come you did do a video on the new grading bucket for the 2150 excavator?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

I had it in the video it was my first job with it. I guess there’s really not much to show lol

[@farmingwithbryon9846]

Looks good there mr deal. But that isn’t saying much since I need glasses

[@eliteearthworksllc]

🤣🤣 I’ll take that as a compliment coming from you

[@Warcity777]

Have you thought about getting a old road compactor?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yeah I’ve been looking at different rollers and such. Actually found a 142 Bomag with a sheeps foot drum we may get

[@Warcity777]

@@eliteearthworksllc Nice I know they aren't cheap no matter what way you go lol

[@user-oh1hc5vw5o]

how much would a job like that cost$....i need close to the same thing done

[@eliteearthworksllc]

I think it was around $17k material and labor

[@markkenes4848]

Man I get so mad when I only see 2 buckets go in da bed. But I no you can only haul so much !!! What size axels you got on da truck ?? Or can it be the cost that is why you don't have a dead axel . Anywho great job and I don't think that road is going to sink any time soon. Hell I could tram a 9 on it and not dig it with the cats !!!🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@eliteearthworksllc]

I haul around 16 tons he put a few 18 ton loads on too 😁. I still have more room but it’s a weight thing. Appreciate you watching

[@markkenes4848]

@@eliteearthworksllc I kind of figured that. It still gets me though !! I'm used to 21 22 23 tons on a coal bucket. The more you get on is $$$$ in the pocket .. Thanks for the reply just wondering.

[@98Pete]

How many tons is a tandem allowed in missouri? Im limited to 48k in Tx

[@eliteearthworksllc]

We can do 54k here on the tandems

[@DC-1]

First Comment 👍🇺🇸

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Sweet! 😁

[@tricksfixx8303]

292nd!!!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

😁 sweet