Grading An R/C Airport Runway

[@zacbrown650]

I love watching the grader just roll the grass and little bit of top soil right over. I can watch that all day long, its mesmerizing!!

[@farmcentralohio]

Just when I think you're running out of different things to show us you come up with a runway for r/c planes. The variety of stuff that you get into is one of the things that makes your channel always interesting. and I appreciate that you keep it about work and don't add unneeded ranting or sharing of your views on things in the world, we're here to watch dirt get moved :)

[@tulsaman0871]

The underside of the scraper view... top 5 favorite moments! It's one of those things that you really never ever see.

[@mojo6524]

as an avid RC enthusiast, this is a project that I can appreciate.

[@pmgodfrey]

I can as well. Cheers fellow RC enthusiast!

[@ljfinger]

@Deplorable Centrist Heck yes, we do. My club has a 750'x50' concrete runway that was leveled by laser-scree while also having a 400'x36' geotex runway, a control line circle and a truck track. We've had 3 million dollars worth of planes at an event at one time, some of which cost over $50,000 each.

[@brockshields9336]

"The only difference between men and boys, is the price of their toys." Really holds true here!

[@Rel1369]

@Deplorable Centrist It's certainly better spent than the millions spent on gambling, alcohol and so many other pastimes.

[@Dogman21]

@Deplorable Centrist is probably a club field that you pay dues.

[@k.steelman2584]

Watching the two of you work together is like watching a well rehearsed dance.... amazing and calming to watch. Thank you for letting us share your days.....

[@smokeymacpot76]

thats some savage filmwork puttin the go pro under the grader...sick :)

[@briangarrow448]

That's one hell of a playground for adults! I bet it would be great to see that airfield in operation.

[@Skorpychan]

Seems like most of what he does is create adult playgrounds. Like that fishing/shooting range place, or the lot clearance with a rifle range at tha back.

[@HaroldC4000]

Putting the cam down under the grader was very unique. A totally different perspective. Thanks for another great video.

[@wbrcflyer]

I watched day 3, of hydro seeding the grass area. Can't wait for our new runway grass to settle in. Our members should really appreciate this leveling job to relieve the headache of broken landing gears. Thanks RDRC CLUB members 👍🏽

[@todddufoe]

Chris I appreciate your videos it's a pleasure to watch you operate

[@kevinmurray7135]

I see now why seeding and straw on pond dam area’s is grass holds the ground together better than i realize ty for that so far I’ve learned a little more about the process.😎🇺🇸

[@joelongrid7625]

The grader blade rolling the sod is one of the best camera shots I have seen. Nice job.

[@paullewis6612]

As a member of the RC community, thank you. A good house, starts on a good foundation. I can see they will end up with fine runways, because you’re doing the foundation correctly. Thank you. 👍🏼 BTW, Is there anything you can’t do, Chris? I think we’ve seen it all now 😁

[@letsdig18]

this is a first

[@stuartandrews4344]

@@letsdig18 The word will quickly get around,you'll be doing more of these R/C runways...

[@cathiwim]

Stuart Andrews the RC community might pay him to visit places and arrange for the equipment to be there to do those extensions!

[@EdwinMaxwell1947]

You have the right guy doing this he is a perfectionist

[@randytravis3998]

@@letsdig18 too bad it cost so much to move the top soil screen unit ,, you could have run that threw it and reused it ,, its a pain trying to get just the grass off i have tryed in smaller areas .. great work as always CHRIS

[@stevengullison5123]

Good evening you must be gifted, because you are good at everything you tackle. Thank you for all the videos

[@canvids1]

You have a good man there working for you Tim!. I remember when he started working for you. You have taught him well and he seems to enjoy the jobs with you. It means a lot when you enjoy who you are working for and that you enjoy your work to come to every day.

[@larrylittletonjr.5305]

I've told him the same. He better get payed peeerty good

[@timmyfrierson2684]

Great video Chris you and Tim and John and yawls families y’all stay safe brother and keep them coming

[@larrykeenan598]

Why are you not using an RC skid steer and dozer?

[@aarongrabowski3775]

The view from underneath the grader was stunning.

[@Mrjohnboyd1959]

It is super cool when you film underneath the grader. You see everything. Thanks!

[@49michaelh]

What a great project, very interesting and some great video shots. Many thanks Chris.

[@davidbrickey5925]

Grader does such a beautiful job. Realize in the beginning you Gotta have power. the dozer does give that. I really enjoy watching your videos on dirt work. Be Safe 👍☕️🍩🍀

[@jennifersaunders1302]

Absolutely love the videos Chris 🇺🇸 & Tim 🇺🇸 from Australia 🇭🇲 you guy's are simply brilliantly working your Machines Love it 💜👍🏼🇺🇸👍🏼🇭🇲

[@virtuestreams2616]

That’s quite an investment to fly RC Planes-WOW!

[@richardbeanii6662]

Shit, the planes cost twice that for each.........

[@leeharris3061]

Some of the model fighter JET TURBINE planes cost around 10-20 thousand dollars complete...the model Concorde jet on youtube has 4 turbine engines and weighs in around 300lbs and 33ft long not sure on its cost but its a custom built plane in germany i believe or someplace where they dont speak english..some model jets fly around 140 - 200mph...idle around 50,000 rpm and max out at around 140,000 rpms..its very impressive to hear,see and smell the exhaust

[@webb6158]

The Radio Control community is a very big thing and people take it very serious!!! And as much as RC planes cost that's just a small investment that they will make back in no time!!

[@zacbrown650]

Shoot this runway didnt dent their wallet compared to those RC jets they fly!!

[@y4nnickschmitt]

@@zacbrown650 Well that job wasn't cheap!

[@odin-eliottodinson7330]

Another nice project. Can't wait to see the finished result.

[@Wijnamar]

Working a grader is just a form of art. Great video. 👍

[@jamesfarnham1976]

28:05 Run Forest run! Lol Great job, neat and tidy.

[@MYSUPERBOAT]

Awesome R/C flying field, wish I had that one to fly off of !

[@keithdunlap2701]

Gonna have to see that pretty Top Soil you made go on there !! Great as always Chris, Til the Next...Have a Great Evening.....

[@joelongrid7625]

I have no idea why but it is relaxing just watching that dozer strip the ground.

[@scotabot7826]

Sweet. I know where you're at!!! Been fly RC and full scale airplanes for 40 years! Sweet!!!!

[@daar1113]

Peeling off that grass with the motor grader was oddly satisfying.

[@friebrid]

yes it was

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

Very satisfying.

[@grahamhayden9770]

I said that to myself too,kinda cool the way it just rolled the grass like a wave,very mesmerising. Showed my wife ....just rolled her eye's.....😳

[@jcmathisiii6432]

Oddly satisfying like a moth drawn to a flame 😳. Chris knows what his viewers like. 👍🏻

[@bradh74]

That little grader has a good amount of power. I was surprised how well it did. Some of that's the operator though.

[@willb3018]

You could have really impressed your client if you had an R/C dozer and grader to do the work. 😎

[@kens.3729]

There is Machinery/Tools for each job and you’re lucky to have what you need to be successful.👍

[@nemo227]

I highly approve improving R/C airport runways.

[@randallgates3679]

13:38 my camera still there?? Yep! Work on 😁

[@juniorraines1042]

Looking good Chris hope you have a great weekend

[@bayarea5168]

Looks like they might land a couple of full scale Super Cubs. It is always nice to have a large runway when your flying big rc jets like the ones flown at Crows landing, California. The runway is about 2 miles long (Abandoned NASA airstrip). Thanks for sharing to how to video for RC runway build.

[@macguy12341]

That would make a great video watching this RC airport being used!

[@stephenkeefer3436]

Dang Chris, the way you’re peeling that grass off, I’d guess you could skin a mess of catfish just as slick. You rock bud!

[@TL64329]

That's a lot of runway. These guys must have some big and fast planes. Nice work and video.

[@stephangosselsberger9861]

Uuuuhh that grass roll is satisfying!!

[@davidhughes1634]

This make a change from being in the woods or muddy swamp,👍

[@michaelmcclure8673]

Chris Some of your camera angles are great, gives much respect to you running that grader .😉

[@frblmtn8238]

Should get a good tiller for your Kioti to chop the sod up, would make it a lot easier balding and controlling depth.

[@Todd.Roberts]

Looked like the grader was doing a good job . It was just peeling it up . But always like the camera view of the blade on the grader

[@oldbeardy933]

Aww come on! Where are all of your die-cast scale construction machines Chris? A perfect job for them!

[@jwdickinson643]

Chris, have you thought about mounting a closed-circuit GoPro set up to a display in the cab of the grader so you can monitor depth of cut real time?

[@robfraley4210]

Very nice, a pretty cool lob to get but very Exacting...!! 🤭😳 In the early 80s I flew RC at a club in Anderson SC on my first flying job on DC- 3s. I was living in Raleigh at the time but had to stay down there for two weeks at a time, flying the RC planes gave me something to do..!

[@drainprosinc2536]

Nice job. Looks good.

[@davidbuchanan1938]

What an awesome team you have.

[@TrevorDennis100]

It's surprising how varied your projects are, but it must make it more interesting for you guys. Tim is looking way more proactive in recent videos. He is looking for work to do and his timing is spot on. I can't help but think his love life has improved and changed his whole outlook on life. 😊 This is going to make a dent in your screened topsoil, but it's good to see it being used so soon, and it is going to make a beautiful base for the runway. They could hire it out to a lawn bowling club when they are not flying. Speaking of which, just how big are these RC planes that need a 600' runway?

[@btpearce]

I played bluegrass there for a fly in last spring , The new runways are going to be awesome ( Got the right man on the job ) :-)

[@WildBillFlysRC]

The county just did the runway where i fly.... milled up the old, crowned, and repaved with 1.5 in base, new striping.... 50K + . 425x75 feet.

[@76guzzi78]

Ahhh, there goes that material rolling off the mould board again! I am satisfied once again.....

[@KPearce57]

Grader did a good job stepping sod.

[@williambrewer6346]

600 yards, looks like the RC Jets are coming! I can smell the turbine fuel burning, lol

[@jonathanharrington9648]

Diesel fuel is jet fuel basically

[@theodoredugranrut8201]

JP1

[@nighthawk784]

Jonathan Harrington jet fuel is kerosene, not diesel fuel.

[@jonathanharrington9648]

But yet kero can be burned in a diesel engine its the same

[@marcryvon]

@@jonathanharrington9648 You could even burn corn oil in a diesel. You can't fly a jet with diesel ! Definitely NOT the same as kerosene.

[@laneritc]

My favorite pastime, flying RC planes! Nice flying area.

[@george8873]

Neat little project.

[@leol1682]

Love the job your doing Guy's .

[@Bass2010]

And thank you again Chirs for another long video and if you have never watched people fly the crap planes you really should it’s pretty cool and did you know they have to have a million dollars worth of insurance to fly and all the Different sizes they come in I know a lot of people that fly and the Helicopters are cool and the things people can do with them and oh my the crashes are Spectacular👍👍👍👍

[@bradh74]

I believe they have to be so big then you need a license and insurance to fly it. I believe there's also altitude restrictions as well .

[@mischef18]

Going to be an awesome place for RC planes once all up and running bro, made for a great video too. Stay safe guys

[@Bcc0rg]

lmao, wondered who was doing this job and then it pops on here as the next video! it's looking good Chris.. we have been watching the progress on the airfield website.

[@brentcrowder976]

Why is it so satisfying to me to see the grass roll off the blade 13 minutes in the video?

[@barryevans9691]

That grader really looks like with a bit of black paint it could be in mad max !

[@paulhammond7489]

Adds grading runways to resume... :)

[@darylb4814]

That would be good stuff to put threw your sifter and get top soil from.

[@treebutcher4142]

Those r/c guys got some money! You could land a real plane on that new runway. Does that place have a KZbin channel?

[@Oshkoshtruckfan]

Its RDRCs airfield

[@tdimccullough]

Boys and their toys! Must be a very big well heeled club to spend that sort of money on the landing strips, when you include the amount of top soil you've been grading recently

[@stevecobb6001]

Great content. Love your skills. Can't wait for the next post!

[@MrFboyle]

That was cool how the grader rolled the grass

[@monoxidechild6161]

"Why is this so entertaining?" I'm not sure but I watched every bit of the 31:13 😅 I thinks it's cool how he got some timmy footage to end the video! Chris's prodigy in the making 😂

[@larryshedd5734]

Was thinking same thing. Have Bobcat T870 with grader attachment. Said would cut better with that than dozer.

[@TheHillbillyEngineer]

One day you're clearing lots, next day you're a stripper? who da thunk it? :)

[@warrenmichael918]

somebody come get her, shes dancing like a stripper,,,,sorry , tic tok during lockdown has taken over my head LOL

[@GlobalistJuice]

...and a mud wrestler on Tuesdays & Thursdays (ha)!

[@alansmith4734]

WWII Fun Fact: During WWII in England, the airport runways were not paved and had trees scattered here and there so that it didn't look like an air base from the air. The Germans had no idea what to bomb!

[@Skorpychan]

Actually, they were mostly grass strips because they were easier to make, and to repair after crashes or a bombing. Big paved strips were used for bombers, like at Duxford. It's pretty easy to spot an airfield from the air in daylight, since it's surrounded by buildings and has a long straight path. The ones that survived the war were generally the larger ones, and got expanded and paved. Smaller ones either ended up as race tracks, or just got turned into housing. Even nowadays you have to be careful when expanding runways, because you'll dig up unexploded german bombs, or the charges designed to wreck the runway in case of invason, to deny it's use to german gliders.

[@marcryvon]

@@Skorpychan "Smaller ones either ended up as race tracks". Yep, like Goodwood of Lord March.

[@sagaciousalso5026]

Chris, Enjoy your efforts in showing us the process; very informative. You mentioned that after you complete placing topsoil and grading same, you'll have the new area hydro seeded. A question, if I may regarding the topsoil you're going to use. Assuming it's the blended product that you screened, was the topsoil tested to determine if the Ph had to be adjusted for the grass type to be sown? Just curious. Graders are definitely an excellent investment! PS Also, am following a KZbin site (ScaleJetFred) on R/C models which raises the hobby to another level, if interested.

[@michaelmijatovich8983]

Hope there's a part 2 to this video be nice to see the finished job

[@beozzie690]

This is the time you guys need that bucket from Norm Engineering!

[@RockMonster1000]

Imagine being at the airport and seeing a Gigantic 'Dozer just scrapin' by.

[@maineman11]

The Grader was definitely the right tool for the job.

[@74jojo]

They've made a good choice to hire you guys, nice work by the way! 👌

[@clydeacor1911]

As much grass as you had to strip and it looked like good grass a sod farm might have either come and done it for free or even paid you a couple bucks. Here in Idaho the sod farms are hauling it as far as southern Utah and Arizona.

[@george8873]

You could almost reuse that sod with the way it was peeling up and rolling off the grader blade. Well, if it was a better quality grass that is. Speaking of sod, how is that sod doing in your lawn? The sod that looked dead when you layed it down I mean. I know it looked pretty good on the update, just curious if it's still surviving well.

[@slobberpuss8261]

Wow I sure would have liked some of the sod you were peeling off

[@bigsway4414]

Your videos should come with a disclaimer. You make it look so easy to strip that topsoil off and keep everything nice and level and neat but it’s not that easy. I watch you spread gravel in your parents driveway with your tractor sometimes just so I know you’re human lol.

[@HughzieTube]

They must get a lot of R/C planes there if they need 2 runways!

[@dadtasticskills3948]

Nice undercarriage grader shots 12:96 I mean I get to fish all saturday morning till noon, then I come home after cleaning fish & shower to relax watching this smooth grading. Firing my therapist!

[@alexosborne5629]

Aye, canny job there you three !!! Definitely spending a few pennies on the site.... Whatever happened to the backwards laid pipe you were said you are lined up to do close to an airport Chris ???

[@trbowlin]

assuming 2.5" stripped, 50' wide x 600' long...230 cubic yards...about 23 truck loads

[@rockeerockey6941]

Chris, do you ever get a sod cutter to remove the sod? That was nice lawn that likely could be sold? Nice vid, interesting TY

[@f150bc]

Seems like the dozer and the grader cut about the same, graders faster.The uneven turf makes an even cut not possible on one pass unless its deep.the dozer is better for pushing.

[@lw7212]

You make that grading work look so esay

[@sydneyshinshi]

I really like the underside of the grader footage. You thought you knocked the camera off at one stage there.

[@robertrockwell7581]

neat project . i always wanted a nice helicopter.

[@FarFromN0thing]

PLEASE CONSIDER getting a skidsteer sod cutter! You can make money on preserved sod, reuse, charge for sod preservation and stop struggling with thankless dozing, grading, loading and hauling scrambled sod.

[@samsmith996]

Watching the grass roll up like that using the motor grader is oddly satisfying love the content also what are the forks on the front of the grader for keep it coming stay safe

[@DaMisfitz]

Those are not forks but a rake. Can be used to turn up the soil some.

[@samsmith996]

@@DaMisfitz Thanks

[@dennisryan7487]

Chris, You shoulda rented one of those " Charliegraders" !

[@randywilson6869]

DENNIS RYAN what is that?

[@GARDENER42]

@@randywilson6869 His mate Charlie does super accurate grading using GPS & sensors - level to within 1/4" or better.

[@satan2133]

Who needs a sod cutter when Chris can roll sod with a grader 👍

[@donzender9008]

The strobe light is on in the grader, so you know he means business.

[@iriliral6366]

Dozer seems to be capable of doing almost all the work; but when and how do you decide it is time for grader to takeover?🤔

[@johnscott2849]

Some pretty deep pockets to be doing that. Won't even tell you how a cheap a## like me would have done it. Looks good