Fixing A Junk Gravel Driveway!

[@oldbuzzard76]

You do very good work , and have a great kid there ! The best kind of team a man can have .

[@DirtBrute]

Thank you and Thanks for watching !

[@aaronburford5701]

Rewatched! This is a all time classic for me! This is when i began my obsession with driveway work, skid steer usage!

[@DirtBrute]

That’s for watching!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Great video buddy! Yeah that never happens when they have a good budget but want less work done. It’s almost more difficult to do lol. Driveway looked awesome! 👊🏼

[@DirtBrute]

Thanks man ! Yeah it’s not normal for us !

[@yousifmohamed4770]

Great video! You and your son make a good team and work very hard. Your video production seems to be improving as well. After every valley there is a hill and after every hill there is a valley; some are steeper than others. That was random but I felt I should say it lol. Wish you the best!

[@DirtBrute]

I love Randomness lol ! Thanks for watching!

[@rossmorrow3013]

Not doing “Tail-Gating” is a very wise move, trucks cost too much money, and as you explained some people have lost their lives doing it! That’s a first-rate job, Very well done!

[@DirtBrute]

Thank you and thanks for watching!

[@kriskringle3164]

I live up here in the Colorado mountains. I'm going to buy a skid steer and do driveways during my retirement. I also noticed that no one up here uses gravel in their driveways. We do have tons of pine needles, but I have to say that black gravel on top looks real sharp. I have a long driveway to my house and around my property, I'm going to do the gravel thing just to get some practice. I'm actually amazed that no one does this to their driveways, it looks so much better. You are doing a great job with this project!

[@DirtBrute]

@@kriskringle3164 thanks . Yes it looks great and holds up well too. It’s 3/4” crust stone dust mixed. You can pave on it after with no problem! Thanks for watching!

[@mikenixon9164]

Looks good from Michigan. Good video.

[@DirtBrute]

Thanks for watching!

[@frankbirkemose4967]

Nice job, I like the blue stone, we have some here in southern maine. We also do both, tailgate out a load or spread with a machine, and it depends what's around us, wires, trees, etc.. and you'd right, if it's your equipment, then do what you want, that driveway, I'd done what you did,, dump and spread it

[@DirtBrute]

Exactly. Also depends on what truck your using. I’d feel more comfortable with a spring ride truck. Thanks for watching!

[@elmarty4803]

I think it looks pretty good. Nice work. Make it look easy.

[@DirtBrute]

Thank you !

[@wraith3951]

Ever thought about investing in a SR3 from ABI? you could rip rocks out then turn around and grade without ever changing Implements unless you really wanted to. Great Video Regardless of what you used. Takes a lot of Skill to accomplish this type of grading

[@DirtBrute]

I’ll have to check it out . Thanks for watching!

[@dakotac69wgs]

About the tailgating... As a person looking to start out in dirt work business, I appreciate your explanation as to why you shouldn't tailgate. Asset protection and safety are paramount I believe.

[@DirtBrute]

Yup . These trucks cost to much to fix nowadays! It’s also just dangerous and not worth it to me . Thanks for watching

[@WillyB2122]

In a hard packed sandy area driveway, what would you suggest going over it with? Crusher run and then maybe a little gravel at the parking spot for cleaner feet going inside the house?

[@DirtBrute]

Yeah sounds good to me . You can cover crusher run with whatever you want . Stone or pavement

[@WillyB2122]

@@DirtBrute thanks a lot for the reply. Just learning and trying to do a little here and there to make a little extra money. Enjoy the videos!

[@DirtBrute]

@@WillyB2122 thanks for watching

[@workinghardusa]

Cool, well done Steve!

[@DirtBrute]

Thanks watching!

[@bxx7666]

Just booked a wheeled skid steer for my driveway... Is that a big mistake? Should I always use tracks?

[@DirtBrute]

Wheel’s actually pack better. They have more ground pressure. A lot of paving companies still use wheels for driveways. Us excavation guy spend more time in soft dirt so we like to buy track machines.

[@ryanhansen8312]

I run a skid steer, yet I would never turn down gate spreading. Here in WA I've only seen one person fuck up gate spreading and it must have been on purpose. The cats meow is the reverse back spread. You have good machine skills. No reason to put your nose up at something that aint hard.

[@DirtBrute]

I didn’t say it was hard. I’ve done it many times in the past . I just don’t like doing it. I think it is hard on the truck. Where we live no one does it anymore. Thanks for watching!

[@balrog006]

It’s a skill and has to be taught or handled down. If the drivers don’t have the skill or no one was there to show them they won’t be able to do it. It’s tough to teach yourself so many new drivers can’t or don’t know how. It’s almost becoming a lost art in many places.

[@DirtBrute]

@@balrog006 we just don’t have the room here. Cape Cod is such a small place. There’s low tree branches and wires everywhere here. It’s not worth smacking the headboard, beating on the truck and I’m not interested in getting a pruning bill for all the hanging dead mangled branches.

[@balrog006]

Definitely a time and place for it as well as you described-not every job is the same or has the right conditions to make it worthwhile-that actually goes for a lot of standard practice-some jobs they work and others they just won’t. Use the tricks and methods you can that suit the job to get it done.

[@DirtBrute]

@@balrog006 exactly! 👍

[@douglassmith7515]

Nice job. Love the looks of that stone.

[@DirtBrute]

Yeah it’s nice stuff. Thanks for watching!

[@jasonmckee5030]

Steve it sounds as if the customers neighbor might be a little bit jealous of her driveway looking good. We have a lot of that down here in Bama. Neighbor really likes it but too dang tight to spend a little bit of money to improve his place. LoL I've had that same thing happen to me and then next week he called me and hey come give me a price on fixing my driveway because my wife seen it and is on my ass now about our driveway. LoL. Great video man! I'm still thinking of using your tailgate side swing hinges on my tailgate. I wish you were closer and I would hire you to come help me. I mean I can weld but I really like your pattern. Thanks

[@DirtBrute]

Yeah I totally agree with you on The neighbor. As long as you can weld man you can do it. Might take a little longer than you want but at least you can say you did it!

[@smokintruker27]

Everyone has there own way of doing thing. You do you and someone else has a way that works for them well good. You have a nice truck. I used to wash my truck every day and sweep it out every day. While waiting to get loaded and down time I broke out the armor all. It drove me nuts to have a dirty truck. You believe in safety first as it should be

[@DirtBrute]

Exactly! Thanks for watching!

[@rtaylor8522]

Hard to find people that still care about their reputation. Good job.

[@DirtBrute]

Thanks !

[@mikekopie9897]

You and your son do nice work Steve. You won't have trouble getting work if you relocate. 👍👍

[@DirtBrute]

Thanks appreciate it ! My wife really wants to so it looks like that might happen

[@dLLISh7108]

Don't blame ya on not wanting to spread in tight area's ,the roof of my cab is crushed in from the box laying down with a limb under it, what i ended up doing was getting a couple box vibrators and mounting one in the middle of the bed and one in the very back under the gate, i can dump or spread a load with my truck without raising my box more than a couple feet, just a helpful thought, Anyways What my question is, i noticed you don't compact your subgrade? do ever have problems with it turning to sht while your laying down your gravel? Where i live we get a lot rain so if we don't at least static roll the subgrade it will either turn the road to mush or you run the risk of dragging mud on the clean gravel. not criticizing just curious on the way things work in other places. And that truck is sweet, this out of line but can you give me a ballpark on the price?

[@DirtBrute]

@@dLLISh7108 thanks for watching! So this driveway is in a rocky hard area of town and most of the driveway is hard clay mixed with the old crushed gravel so when I was scraping it I could tell it didn’t need to be compacted anymore. I could hardly Dig It up .If it was a new driveway I always compact the sub grade first . The old driveways that have been driven on for many years don’t normally need it if your just adding to it you can just compact the material you’re putting down. I think we charged $4200 for this. It would be way more with todays prices.

[@doylemaintenance]

I do not use fabric on my driveway jobs interested in your reasons for not using it. My own driveway is .6 mile long, no fabric 3 years later looks great even parts that go through a swamp. Base was 4 +/- inch then 2 +/- inch then 3/4 B gravel. I find fabric does not stop weeds and a pain to work with and when pieces poke through years later.

[@DirtBrute]

It’s pretty much a waste of time for weeds. They will just grow on top of it if they’re going to grow . It’s expensive and like you said it’ll poke through eventually and become a pain.

[@mariscal4732]

Maybe I missed it, but what’s the name and size of that material you used on the driveway? Also what brand of tilt tach are you using and how has it held up?

[@DirtBrute]

It’s recycled asphalt 3/4 minus . It’s made by Paladin . And it’s held up really weld so far but I don’t use it all the time . Just on driveways and fine grading .

[@mariscal4732]

@@DirtBrute thanks man, great video and great work

[@landscapeone2957]

You did what she wanted. She doesn't do much to the house either, but it's a lot better. Good job.

[@DirtBrute]

Thanks for watching!

[@ahwootton5]

It will get covered in pine needles but it's your clients drive and you're giving them what they want. Nice job guys.

[@DirtBrute]

Thanks for watching!

[@brucebonkowski9568]

I wondered if you might want to look 👀at a riding construction roller to pack down that stone like those soft or hole to compact it 🤔

[@DirtBrute]

I almost bought one but The amount that we would use it The cost is not justified. Thanks for watching

[@verticalscale]

Looks great. Why not do the tail gate spreading ?

[@DirtBrute]

Because I’m not in an open area and I don’t like my truck hitting tree branches. #1 it breaks things on the truck. #2 you damage people’s trees. #3 there was a guy here that got electrocuted from power wires.

[@velez910]

Huh a simple walk would solve hitting stuff. When things are in the way dont spread just drop when open spread...

[@trevorburton2718]

Professional job well done.

[@sccolbert]

That gray/black gravel is a premium down here in TX. White limestone is the cheap go-to here. I love the look of the black though.

[@DirtBrute]

Yeah it’s 3/4 blue dense grade and it packs the best! Thanks for watching

[@aaronburford5701]

Enjoyed the video!

[@DirtBrute]

Thanks for watching!

[@aaronburford5701]

​@@DirtBrutegreat content! I subscribed and shared it! Move driveway repairs.

[@DirtBrute]

@@aaronburford5701 thanks for the share!

[@torchup]

If I was the homeowner I would have chosen a 3/4 white stone gravel if she wanted to match up with what she has closer to the house. The classic "Cape Cod" look would be a far closer look like your own home driveway and I don't specifically what stone you have in your driveway that is available in the Northeast, but I really like your own driveway stone which has a lot of white and tan colors..

[@DirtBrute]

Yeah my driveway stone is native 3/4. Which is starting to get hard to find . Lately only one place has it.

[@NextEraCustoms]

how many tons of rock was this in total ?

[@DirtBrute]

I don’t remember. It was last year.

[@jeanlucvilleneuve480]

I always thought dumptrucks dumped that air so theyd have less chances of it flipping though..pls no quote me on it but last i was told anyway

[@DirtBrute]

@@jeanlucvilleneuve480 not if your driving while spreading. You dump your bags so you don’t over extend them and bend the leveling valve arm. If your driving you should have air in the bags or you’ll slam the frame on the stoppers. I’ve had both happen in the past. Yes if your dumping a full load and the bag blows you can go over but if your tailgating the valve lets air out as the load comes off slowly

[@TO-FLXTC]

Great job Steve and Bryson! Why is dense grade so expensive around here?, the guys in upstate NY are only paying like $10 a ton...

[@DirtBrute]

There’s a lot of rock and pits in NY . All our stuff is trucked in far . I had a semi that hired out to truck that stuff to the asphalt plant and my truck burned $300. In fuel 3 years ago at lower price pre gallon. So I’d say trucking is the reason for the cost!

[@TO-FLXTC]

@@DirtBrute Yeah that makes sense, love that stuff tho, then a layer of 3/4" native looks sweet, can't believe she didn't want to top it with anything... Thanks Steve

[@kidhenderson8260]

Ya should of told the neighbor if he was paying for it them he could comment...LOL. Good job!!

[@DirtBrute]

Yeah true! I just had to walked away from him 😂.

[@kidhenderson8260]

@@DirtBrute Good man...

[@champony6245]

I gate spread every chance I get that being said crushed asphalt doesn’t gate spread for crap. Do what works best for you and your investments there’s a million ways to get a job done as long as the customer is happy and your happy you do you!

[@DirtBrute]

@@champony6245 exactly! Thanks for watching.

[@sonnyblazer5504]

Quick Question, STEVE - PLEASE? You know, the BIG GUY, "DIRT BOSS" brought you to many of us and he's been quiet for a while. IF you know, is HE & FAMILY are doing well. I mean, I hope he has his handsome face buried in some Chicken PARM so anything you can share is a THANK YOU! Take care, BUDDY!

[@DirtBrute]

I’m sure it’s just really cold where he is ! Probably has frozen ground. I talked to him yesterday he seems ok 🤷‍♂️

[@sonnyblazer5504]

@@DirtBrute Appreciate the word. Means a lot! Carry on!

[@joewebster4981]

you should get a big ass roller to pull behind the skid steer

[@DirtBrute]

I’m probably going to get a vibratory roller for the front like the one in the video I did on my buddy’s brand new 289 cat skidsteer . Thanks for watching

[@timmyvechett]

I think he’s good at his job. It looks like he’s doing the wrong thing, but everything comes out perfect.

[@jamesfournier6114]

Just Saying 🤪Driveway came out nice. Good Job 😀

[@DirtBrute]

😂 thanks for watching!

[@rileygarrett3551]

Keep up the good work

[@DirtBrute]

Thank you!

[@skyhunter823]

Great job sometimes it is very difficult to to do a job as the customer wants

[@DirtBrute]

Yes . Some people you just can’t please because they have trouble visualizing the end result

[@stuby2014]

Your comment at 19:45 is the reason you forward spread your stone from the pile. Then your tracks are always on stone. Can't believe you didn't roll a base layer. Even if the customer doesn't want it, it's your responsibility to educate them on the whole process and why you need to do certain things. If you can't convince customers what needs to be done properly then walk away and let someone else be a hack.

[@DirtBrute]

Forward spread? Oh, so you’re the guy that just pushes the pile over knocking them into the woods making a fucking mess. Besides, you’re always going to have some dirt that falls off your tracks. The driveway already has a pretty hard base layer of clay, rock and stone. Why would you rip off the customer by selling them something they don’t need ? That was one of the hardest based driveways I’ve worked on plus the dense grade material we use packs like concrete. It’s been almost 2 years now and the driveway still like the day we left it so save your speech for something you actually know about.

[@ttaylor70ify]

Did he say the price?

[@DirtBrute]

No . Because it depends on where you live and what you pay for materials in your area

[@sonnyblazer5504]

"OH, I wouldn't even do it"! What does that mean? You installed a new (3in) base not just create a new spot for pine needles! We do the best we can with the recourses we have available in the best interest of the task + I think it all came out GREAT! "BOSTA"!

[@DirtBrute]

Yeah I’m really happy with the results and his customers texted me a couple times saying it’s holding up awesome and she’s really happy. thanks for watching!

[@highwayhydroponics5823]

Looks good.

[@DirtBrute]

Thanks

[@iveneverdonethisbefore8390]

man alive, that is some expensive stone where you are from. That's 18$ CAD delivered within 20 miles where I am.

[@flacadiabla3193]

The end conversation was the best😂 Just sayin'

[@DirtBrute]

Lol thanks for watching!

[@theimprovementsguy8871]

End of the day if you do what they ask then job done. Give advice to manage expectations but end of the day its always about what the client wants

[@DirtBrute]

@@theimprovementsguy8871 exactly

[@jamescheever7982]

What stopped you from scooping all the rocks and getting rid of em for her if she mentioned it? Widen her drive n do your own edges ... more stone more removal ... eat up that budget n buy her a back pack blower to maintain it! Lmao ... kudos nice job ... people dont really know what they want!

[@DirtBrute]

Her budget was all spent on Dense grade ! The job was originally to just fill the holes . In my area you pay to dump everything so getting rid of the rocks would’ve cost her more.

[@highlanderthegreat]

i believe the best way is to dig out enough dirt to place used tires down, but also cut the sidewalls on each side of the tire out then dump the gravel down, the tirers will keep all the gravel in place, use cement blocks as borders all around. you will never ever get any pot holes and will last forever or until you dig up the gravel and tires.. it is so strong as well that you could driver an 18 wheeler over it with no problesm...just my 2 cents.. your job looks great thought...you will never get any rain water build up because the water will seep through with no problem as well..

[@DirtBrute]

Thanks for watching

[@Gary67242]

guys, job turned out great...just sayin, thumbs up !!

[@DirtBrute]

Haha thanks 😂

[@38baby2]

Why everyone so slow? My boss has me put our tl8 on rabbit with the idle turned all the way up, I can do a stucco grade and final grade within an hour easy if the site clean isn’t too bad

[@DirtBrute]

👏 congratulations. Your beating on the machine and at the speed your probably going to have an accident

[@franksfamily]

Nice work. Just put a bigger rock for a base next time

[@DirtBrute]

@@franksfamily thanks for watching. Bigger rock was not necessary for this driveway. I did this driveway a few years ago and it’s still mint condition is three-quarter dense grade is the best material around for this application.

[@franksfamily]

@@DirtBrute Ah, so you already have a base of larger rock. Good stuff.

[@oshitt1]

You have any rock that looks like dirt

[@DirtBrute]

Not really

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

Wish I had her budget. My driveway needs the same treatment. Pine needles and all.

[@DirtBrute]

Just start somewhere and do a little at a time !

[@gregbannish8423]

Great job! Just saying...!

[@DirtBrute]

Thank you !

[@ryanvess6162]

If you're hitting wires, you aren't focused on what you're doing. Nuff said

[@DirtBrute]

we don’t ever have to worry about it because we’re just never going to do it. I have more reasons not to .

[@highwayhydroponics5823]

Always a nosey neighbor even in the middle of nowhere.

[@DirtBrute]

Yup always! Thanks for watching.

[@Tachsman]

A toothed bucket would make this job a lot easier.

[@DirtBrute]

@@Tachsman probably but it’s mostly sand where we live so it would sit around in the yard most of the time. Thanks for watching

[@skitzochik]

just say you dont know how to tailgate the rocks ..its not easy. you have to have some serious skill to do that

[@DirtBrute]

I’m not saying I’ve never successfully done it. I’m just saying it’s not worth the risk of damaging multiple things. Especially where I live. Everything is close quarters. Thanks for watching.

[@joshsalmons1867]

There's always a nosey neighbor. I don't know why people care more about their neighbors' yard than their's. Has he ever heard of a leaf blower?

[@DirtBrute]

@@joshsalmons1867 she’s probably never blow one leaf off

[@wildandliving]

Wanted it to pook rustic

[@magoo_1990]

Prius drivers...just saying

[@DirtBrute]

Yeah she’s a loosely wrapped fruit also 😂

[@jasongrinnell1986]

I think you did an awesome job. Just saying! Lol.

[@DirtBrute]

Thanks, Really appreciate it!

[@iveneverdonethisbefore8390]

Drop a load, he says

[@eatonpaving]

12 tons on that truck, not safe at all, and i bet not legal at all.

[@DirtBrute]

Actually, it is legal. Truck has an aluminum frame . It’s lighter than it looks when I built the dump all day I took out the ribs to reduce weight in the passenger side tank is completely empty. Dummy tank just for looks. I also took out the spring suspension and put an air ride because it’s significantly lighter. Truck is a custom built Truck that is completely legal in my state .

[@GiftsbyJoanne]

I don’t know if I like it, just sayin, if she wanted country she should have used natural looking gravel, not black asphalt. But I’m no expert, just sayin (smirking) ☺️

[@DirtBrute]

That’s not black asphalt. It’s crushed blue stone that is wet . It’s what she already had there for years in most spots. Also native to our area . Thank for watching

[@highwayhydroponics5823]

Wow there are a lot of negative viewers that know-it-all.

[@chaunceypullman3380]

Like they say, a fool is born every minute. I have never been a student to stupidty. I am a student of what needs to happen, and asphalt guys would be laying in what's needed. All that vegetation within 15 feet of the driving would have been dugged out for various icy n debris falls and failures from heavy snow and ice. The stupid gene of it looks cute don't run in my veins. What's safe and easily maintained does. Gravel don't fall in that catagory.

[@DirtBrute]

Sometimes you have to do what the customer is paying you . It does not matter what you suggest they do or don’t do . It’s their property and their money . As long as. It’s legal and up to town code you just do it or walk away . If I walked away from every customer I didn’t agree with I’d have no business. Thanks for watching

[@garydenham7236]

Big Tip. Watch Andrew Camarata repair roads and driveways before you do another.

[@DirtBrute]

🤦‍♂️ Andrew is in New York. Not the same material or soil conditions. Plus Andrew doesn’t do anything special or different.

[@seap9570]

Not worth a shit. Need to dig down, remove that soupy crap, play down geotech, they compact 3/4 down limestone in 2" lifts. Waste of time.

[@DirtBrute]

😂😂 we don’t even have lime stone here. I don’t know where you’re from, but dense grade the best material here. Nobody’s gonna put down Geotech and import limestone, to fill in some pot holes on a gravel driveway 😂 what do you expect me to charge this single mom $100k. ?? I’m not geologist, but from what I understand limestone breaks down over time anyways. Thanks for watching.

[@tl2955]

Limestone is garbage we use quarried granite in my area I don’t understand guys loving the dinosaur poop

[@Big12Walt]

That driveway will wash out in a year or two, poorly engineered. Looks good cosmetically, but it won't hold up!

[@DirtBrute]

It still looks the same today . she was just looking for a touch up . There was no engineering. 😂

[@davepane7306]

Just strange that you give a speech about safety for yourself and your equipment yet you operate the heavy equipment, aimed right at other workers, while carelessly only being a few feet away them. Not cool.

[@DirtBrute]

Newsflash every construction crew at every company I’ve ever worked for is always within a few feet of the guys. Unless the operator is new or inexperienced. I’ve been a laborer at large companies before and it’s common practice Unless you suck.

[@jordanknight4129]

eh

[@DirtBrute]

Why bother saying anything?😂

[@TonProud]

your dangerous. I hope you don't injure someone seriosly.

[@DirtBrute]

You think spreading stone with a skidsteer is dangerous? Because that’s all I see happening hear . Go take a nap . You must be exhausted