Freshening Up An Old Driveway And Parking Pad

[@aaronburford5701]

I almost forgot how mesmerizing it is to watch you work the skid steer! This brought it back to my mind!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! I appreciate that!

[@hphillips7425]

Looks much better than what you had to work with

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! I think it had been let go for awhile. Thanks again for watching

[@aaronburford5701]

Love the scraping up of the grass and material!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you!

[@aaronburford5701]

I am so thankful that you have your channel! You have so many types of videos that are so enjoyable to watch, pleasing to both the eyes and ears! It is so helpful!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! Glad you are enjoying them

[@aaronburford5701]

@@eliteearthworksllc your videos help me all day long all hours of the day!

[@aaronburford5701]

@@eliteearthworksllc I love watching your videos, listening to your strategies, and watching your handiwork on with the material! It is extremely pleasing to watch....

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Yeah buddy Rock On ! Nice job clean lines 👍🏼

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks man! I’m ocd on my lines 🤣

[@DIRT-BOSS]

@@eliteearthworksllc Heck yeah got to be That's why we're number one ! There's a difference ! 💪🏼🇺🇲💪🏼

[@eliteearthworksllc]

I agree! 👊🏼

[@tbirdage]

Mike is da boss but you da man! You 2 are my go to guys on the skid steer. I’m starting to get the hang of mine.

[@DIRT-BOSS]

@@tbirdage yeah buddy 👍🏼

[@aaronburford5701]

Rewatched! Always enjoy your content.... I have a new perspective knowinf that you work alone! Impressive!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks!

[@leoslandscape24]

The machine still kicking butt

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yes it is! I love that loader. Appreciate you watching

[@HankinsExcavating]

Nice job there ol buddy!!!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks man!

[@junehunk1]

great job,good to see you back home

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks! It’s good to be back

[@dalepremo3695]

Came out nice. Good to see you back home in your own digs. Too bad the owner wouldn't go for a 45 culvert there where the stone ends to drain across to the other side where it drops off. As you said, the water is just going to continue along that one side forever.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! Yes that would definitely help. Maybe they will change their mind after a few rains lol. Appreciate you watching

[@michaelkoop6731]

Looks great Brandon. Thanks for sharing. Have a great week.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! You do the same 👍🏻

[@brianherron5400]

Yes that was much improved, nice job

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you!

[@littlefinkle7757]

Just what I needed. I just took delivery on a new CAT 306 excavator last Friday and its end of Monday and I haven't used it yet cause I am playing catch up from all the rain last week.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Oh that’s aggravating lol I bet you are more than ready to use it.

[@littlefinkle7757]

@@eliteearthworksllc heck yeah! Finally got a quick connect ! It has a skid steer mode where you can travel with the joysticks, cruise control, and all kinds of goodies!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

That’s really cool! That skid steer travel would be neat

[@BentTreeFarmPa]

Looked nice buddy.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks man!

[@dustinpryde3121]

Nice straight edges. Looks good.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! I’m really picky about my edges lol

[@dustinpryde3121]

@@eliteearthworksllc its a good way to be. I do paving and edges being straight is one of my pet peeves. Gotta be perfect or I'm all over my guys.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

I would imagine especially with paving. You can spot wavy edges from a mile away lol

[@aaronburford5701]

This is a great video! I loved the ski steer work witj the removal pf topsoil!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you!

[@aaronburford5701]

@@eliteearthworksllc For some odd reason I thoroughly enjoyed fhe first part of the video when you were the skid steer to scrape the topsoil! Your attention to detail is always so greqt!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

@@aaronburford5701 thank you!

[@mikeembrey9176]

Not much you can do when the garage is lower than the drive, great job it will help

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Nope just an odd layout for sure. Appreciate you watching

[@derrickpettit3489]

Nice work Brandon, awesome job, your lines are good, some people have alot of over spillage an just leave it, good work, thanks for sharing.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks man I’m very ocd about my lines. Thanks again for watching

[@silentepsilon888]

what a lot of people do not realize is how land can raise itself. Leaves, dead weeds, dust and natural materials that are not cleaned up will decompose and turn to soil, and getting flushed down between grass blades while the grass then grows over it and slowly raises elevations over the years. I bet that without the owner realizing it, the grass in front of that garage door rose up by about 1 to 2 inches over the course of 5 to 8 years and that completely changed the water runoff. And it is the same for the rest of the land. The leaves on the grass do not look like much, but mulched up and left on the ground, they will decompose and turn to dirt that raises the land everywhere over time.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yep and I bet that’s what happened here. Years and years of leaves and grass. It does add up over time. Appreciate you watching

[@blackdogexcavator21]

Don't ya just love those job sites you run into where there is absolutely no way to get the water to run where you want it to? It looks like you did what you could with what you had to work with though. Its gotta help some with the way you regraded in front of that door. Keep on keeping on and stay safe my friend.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yeah it was one of those jobs where your like surely they noticed it was never going to work when they built it 🤣 so far so good last week he said he didn’t have any water in the basement so hopefully it works. Appreciate you watching man

[@swamploggersnc4720]

Nice Video!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! Hope all is well for you guys! Appreciate you watching

[@sonnyblazer5504]

Your thought process and logic at the intro seemed well thought out. And YES, those daily travel ruts will keep happening. Nice job for a tricky situation. Can't wait till you have a TILT bucket. Would come in handy for you. Thanks for another! Sonny (CT)

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! Hopefully it will work for a good while. Appreciate you watching as always

[@CaptKirk1701]

Looks awesome, great job!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks buddy!

[@satan2133]

Sweet! Just when I was looking for something to watch.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Lol don’t get too excited it’s not that great 🤣

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

You’d think Satan would be super busy. You know, running the underworld & all. So it’s a high compliment that you found time to watch! 😂

[@eliteearthworksllc]

I know I feel very special 😁

[@littlefinkle7757]

@@mrs.eliteearthworks 🤣😂🤣😂

[@meyer629]

@@mrs.eliteearthworks he's too busy with the election tomorrow 😝😂🤣🤪🤯🤡

[@jakeduffin4626]

Nice job and great video!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! Appreciate you watching

[@keithdunlap2701]

Right On Man !! Turned out Great !!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! 👍🏻

[@SLCFarms]

Looked good. What about a drain In front of that garage. Maybe tie it gutters and a new foundation drain together to get the basement dry.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks man! Yeah that’s probably what it really needs. Chris is suppose to get me the name of the salvage tomorrow then I’ll email you

[@craigwavra3495]

Nice work on making it better. Looks like you made quite the improvement.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! Yes I don’t think they have out any rock out in quite some time. Appreciate you watching

[@tomwainwright7102]

Hooray!! teacher`s home........lol

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Lol thanks

[@kennymysak2079]

Tuned out really good what better way to let the bowl of chili cool than watch Elite Earthworks. Keep up the great videos

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! Lol sounds like a great evening to me. 😁 Appreciate you watching

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Mmmmm! Now I want some chili!

[@kennymysak2079]

@@mrs.eliteearthworks its really yummy been slow cooking all day in the crockpot

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

@@kennymysak2079 do you have cornbread too?

[@kennymysak2079]

@@mrs.eliteearthworks yep

[@bubbaspropertymaintenance3689]

Looks real good

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you!

[@Moose-rq8gv]

Great video great work love your channel

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! I appreciate that!

[@jensruppert1860]

Good job, Brandon. That looks pretty nice now.👍👍👍 The lesson learned today: you can't beat physics, water will always flow downhill🤣 Anyway, your work definately improved the situation.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! That’s right you just have to go with it lol. Appreciate you watching

[@mikenixon9164]

I bet you missed that dust. Good video.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

You know it 🤣 Appreciate you watching

[@davecrable1356]

Driveway turned out nice. The only other way that I could think of to handle that uphill side runoff would be to install an 8" cast iron crossover pipe with minimal cover just uphill from the garage.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! That would do the trick. It’s just crazy that’s how they built it. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Thanks for watching

[@davecrable1356]

@@eliteearthworksllc As an FYI, I like to angle my culverts across my roads as water doesn't do 90-degree turns well...

[@eliteearthworksllc]

That’s a good idea too

[@DC-1]

Elite Rockworks LLC......looks swale Brandon 👍😂

[@eliteearthworksllc]

🤣🤣 thanks buddy 😁

[@johnjmar609]

Look at them pretty side boards

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Lol for now hopefully they will last

[@joemascioni3101]

well, it's good to see that you haven't forgot how to run them "uchi" machines! lol

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Lol just like riding a bike 😁

[@timmyfrierson2684]

Another great video Brandon and I hope you get your wish list for Christmas with Miss Ellie. Lmaoooo. Keep on keeping on with her and maybe she’ll let you get one new piece of equipment for Christmas. Lol. But anyway brother great video you and miss elite y’all stay safe and keep the videos coming brother

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! I hope so she did say yes on a bigger trailer 😁. Appreciate you watching again

[@stevedabbs4257]

As usual a great looking job, your idea was better . My big boggle is having a machine there and not taking out that stump??

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! That stump wouldn’t budge should have dug it out with the excavator when I had it there lol

[@janetolch8129]

I see you finally replaced the bed liner 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@eliteearthworksllc]

No it’s still laying bat my shop 🤣

[@royceabbottsexcavation3709]

I do believe that will work. Brandon.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

I hope so lol. Thanks buddy

[@mtu-engineer3220]

Bonus footage from another job stuck in there at 7:10. Had to do a double take.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Lol yep same job site as the big yard I just finished lol. Appreciate you watching again

[@bryans5339]

Is that 3/4 crusher run? If it is, that is the perfect road material.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yes that is what it is

[@chasebodiford4363]

awesome video buddy 😎👊🏻👍🏻 have you thought about pulling the stump out with the dump truck

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks man! I doubt it would have got it that thing was in there. Appreciate you watching buddy

[@chasebodiford4363]

@@eliteearthworksllc you are welcome buddy 😀

[@jackhume4532]

Another great 👍 job Mr Elite Earthworks, sometimes less is more you know, if this is o.k to ask how’s the weather bean where you are situated in the U.S Sir.?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! That is true. It’s great this week 70’s all week. Last week it rained everyday I only got to work Friday. Appreciate you watching

[@scruffy6151]

👍👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you!

[@clydeacor1911]

At the beginning you almost sound depressed that you're not back in North Carolina running a TL12. Lol...

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Lol I still like my old one even though it’s not as quick. Appreciate you watching

[@clydeacor1911]

You betchya buddy. It's crazy how some of our equipment can be our favorites to run. I've got a few that I would rather run over running a brand new machine. It's funny how a machine can be sentimental to us.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yes it is. I’ll never sell my loader cause it was my first one lol

[@DirtBrute]

Great job . What kind of rock is it ? It looks just like our (3/4 dense grade ) . I have a customer has a summer home here .he’s from Texas and he calls it Colicchie 🤷‍♂️

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks buddy! It’s 1” base rock or crusher run. I’ve heard that term before and the person that told me was from Texas too lol. Pretty odd name. Thanks for watching man

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

Dirt Brute... i lived in Texas for a while... it is spelled Caliche. It is similar to limestone but has silt, clay etc. in it. The limestone that we have in SW/MO is almost pure. Some of it is so pure it is cut into blocks and used for buildings, sidewalks and statues. The crushed form of it is what he calls baserock.

[@DirtBrute]

@@sassafrasvalley1939 oh cool thanks ! We have dense grade here in Massachusetts . Mostly blue stone or granite crusher run that comes from the quarries . But a lot of us will use crushed concrete or asphalt Depending on the job .

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

@@DirtBrute I envy you... my daughter lived in Virginia. I rebuilt her driveway with crushed granite. It was marvelous to work with and didn’t degrade under traffic nearly as fast as limestone. Around here the only places you see crushed granite is along the railroad tracks or in bags at Lowe’s!

[@DirtBrute]

@@sassafrasvalley1939 yeah the granite is not as popular as the blue stone mix of dust and 3/4. Or 1-1/2” crushed stone

[@jeradstorr8020]

Hey bud what ya charge for a job like this?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

My day rate and what the materials cost

[@ben9of9]

If the weght is not to much i think a 4in1 bucket would work very good for what your dowing.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yeah I just haven’t figured out a good brand to try. Chris keeps wearing his CID’s out One of these days I’ll find one lol

[@littlefinkle7757]

@@eliteearthworksllc🤔 Chris cant get AMI to build him one? Or the rest of us one with his logo

[@eliteearthworksllc]

I’m not sure he’s talked to then about one yet

[@littlefinkle7757]

@@eliteearthworksllc may be time, if not just to help those of us who don't have the pull to get it done. 😛

[@Suicidal122]

Nice work as always! Was it tough getting back into your older, less powerful machine than you recently ran? Or did you miss old faithful? :D

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! Nah I love my old machine pretty much the same as his just a little slower. Appreciate you watching

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

Brandon... I see what you did all last week during the rain... when you dug that first bucket from the garage apron and turned around, I almost spilled my tea! Like an obedient puppy the Peterbilt pulled up there and parked right where you needed it. Who needs a helper... That has to be heavy training or a remote control you installed. Last weeks work in the shop is gonna pay huge dividends! One question... what treats do you use to train your Pete? I couldn’t tell the exact height of the lip on the outside of the driveway but... to get the water away from the garage door, could you have dug a wide shallow swale across the drive to pitch it away? If so, that would be cheaper and easier to maintain than a pipe or collection box and drain... especially with all those oaks.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Lol yes lots of editing last week and training the Peterbilt 🤣 That would work too on the swale it’s just a poor design when they built it. I may be back at Diamond grove Wednesday I’ll let you know

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

@@eliteearthworksllc I’ll keep that in mind... I asked about stickers... does MrsE have them too? Tell her I pay cash!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yes she does and your money is no good here. I’ll get you some stickers

[@axe609]

Looks like that garage is below grade in all directions (at least from the video), so unless there is a ditch along the main road you could pipe a drain out into I can't really see a fix for it, besides closing it in. You need a toothless bucket, would make somethings faster for you I think.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yeah there’s no real good way to fix the issues beside close off that door. A smooth may help but I’m just so use to the teeth lol

[@littlefinkle7757]

Is that a #57 stone?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yes

[@littlefinkle7757]

@@eliteearthworksllc thought it looked familiar! It locks in really well.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yes it does

[@sparky178]

Looks great, until someone figures out how to make water run uphill it is what it is. 😊

[@eliteearthworksllc]

🤣 that’s true. Thanks man!

[@delcasaleexcavating9508]

Damm Brandon...you gotta get an elite earthworks micro sprint the way you haul butt with that skidsteer !! And was that Miss Elite I saw backing in the Pete ? 😝😝😝 I figured we were gonna see Miss Elite running the jobs from now on being you've been on tour with Chris ! Seriously though... everything you touch buddy comes out amazing !!! You're an Awesome operator too.. best of luck with the rest of the season and stay healthy too

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Lol it was my Red Bull mode. She may show up more often. Thanks buddy I really appreciate that 👍🏻

[@delcasaleexcavating9508]

@@eliteearthworksllc always sir ! 😊😊

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Hi! 😁

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Howdy! 😁😘

[@hphillips7425]

Hello we are wondering what’s for supper?

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

@@hphillips7425 there’s chili & cornbread over at @KennyMysak ‘s house

[@sparky178]

Hi Mrs. E, greetings from Green Bay 😊

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

@@sparky178 Hello!