Grading! Topsoil removal and why we romove it.

[@steventaggart167]

I learned Dozers in the Seabees at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. I was sitting in a 1984 Model D7 in the training area at the moment the Twin Towers was attacked. So my career became more Convoy Security Element oriented and I didn't get much stick time in Dozers after training. Now I live in Switzerland and last week because I have a Dozer Certificate I was informed the day before that I would be moving 10,000 cubic meters of dirt that was coming from one excavation to backfill and grade a Farmer's field in the Swiss Pre Alps. Turns out the machine was a D5M xl. I googled it and found your video with the same machine, basically saved my career cause I haven't been in a CAT Dozer for years. I usually operate a wheeled excavator digging ditches under the streets for distance heating pipes, water pipes and tearing out old asphalt for street repairs. I never saw that type of controls for a Dozer before and your video helped me a lot, you can see the end result and the D5 on my twitter @DaryllDoe. Thanks for the videos!

[@DLHFarms]

Well I'm glad I was able to help you out i really liked the M series cat dozers they were very good in thier day, but they can't compete with these new hydrostatic machines.

[@steventaggart167]

No doubt the new machines are much easier to operate, but the 1984 D7 was also pretty hard work with and the D7 H model still used the same controls. Here in Switzerland Komatsu is popular, what I see the most is D65 PX, saw one D61. How did you get cameras mounted under the Dozer?

[@DLHFarms]

I've got a good magnetic camera mount👍

[@Atoyota]

Up here we have a 30acre field that had a subdivision put in next door. About half to 2/3's of that field was used by the developers to dump fill from the basements they put in. That was the deal when my brother bought the 167 acre plot (that had this field). About 5 yrs later we now want to develop the field for agriculture (vineyard) as the whole farm with suitable topography will be cultivated. So to make a long story short... county is widening a road nearby and needed a place to dump topsoil. Our site guy got us a deal where they pay per load to dump, and that money goes to him to pay for his loader and dozer to spread and grade it out for us. Meanwhile we are putting in a drive about 1-2mi's in length and so we also got a deal on millings from some parking lots being resurfaced. (Millings are free, crush n run gravel is not.) So with the loader here we took loads of millings night after night (thousands of tons) and the loader ramped it up each morning while the trucks came and dumped every night. So the long and short of it is we got millings and topsoil free. A nice backscratching session of trades.

[@DLHFarms]

+Atoyota. You did a good job of bartering sounds like your coming out really good!

[@howardyounger5456]

with the top soil it is the same here in Colorado. your equipment operating is pretty impressive, fun video even without the dance. lol.

[@DLHFarms]

+Howard Younger. I'm going to start another channel where all I do is dance! Lol

[@howardyounger5456]

better keep your day job though,lol let us know the name of channel

[@DLHFarms]

+Howard Younger. Yeah I guess your right! Lol

[@PAFarms]

Love the camera angle. I wonder with all that iron if you would be able to move the school bus size rock I had in my one field. We had 2 log skidders on it and an dozer... well it's still there.

[@DLHFarms]

+PA Farms. Lol sounds like a big rock!

[@sandmansandman6819]

can you blast it into smaller chunks?

[@nnaatz1]

All organic material does makes more organic mush. ...and takes on water... great vid

[@DLHFarms]

+nnaatz1. Thanks!

[@davidhowell1228]

What kind of setups do you have for screening and classifying dirt/soil/gravel? Have any videos with that kinda stuff, that I maybe haven't watched yet? Reason I ask is due to having 60+ acres, and I'm in the process of reclaiming/renovating the property including landscaping... There is tons of sand and river rock of all sizes... basically like an ideal quarry lol... just haven't figured the ideal equipment to build yet lol! Great videos and insight bud! Keep it up!

[@DLHFarms]

We don't really classify anything since where not a quarry were not required too, we buy most all of the stone that we sell and we sell it as it's classified to us. As far as soil goes there is basically two different types top soil (black orgainc) or fill dirt (usually more red with no organics) we sell screened top soil that we process ouselfs with a trommel screener with a mix of 1/2 inch and 3/4 screens on it.

[@davidhowell1228]

Ah gotcha, so a trommel / rotary screener! I'm thinking one of those for the finer stuff and think I'll be making a Rock Grizzly if I can get my hands on an old top angle dumpster lol Just google Muskoka Motorsports if you are wondering what mishap I am up to lol

[@eddiesmith7076]

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[@ml2trick]

You are the only Equipment Operator that I ride along and watch the whole Video. lol

[@DLHFarms]

+ml2trick. Well thanks! Lol

[@billyjoeekers5903]

keep up the videos, grew up on dozers and excavators enjoy videos and the way you explain to people who might not know what your doing!

[@DLHFarms]

+Billy Ekers. Thanks Billy!

[@stevemondal.]

DH, I am real dummy. I started following your adventures back in the winter, and I thought you were up in Ohio. Not 2 hours south of me. Continue the good work, be safe.

[@DLHFarms]

+steve mondal. Lol it's ok I don't know where I am most days

[@matthannigan8247]

Love your videos Dennis, I check in everytime to see what youve got going on

[@DLHFarms]

+Matt Hannigan. Thanks for the support Matt! Glad to have loyal viewers like you!

[@AndersonCattleCo]

I haven't run dozer too much but we did rent a D8 one summer and I pushed 3 big dug outs in and I had a lot of fun and you can push a lot of dirt per hour. There are a bunch of guys that get all the top soil when the city makes a new subdivision and they screen it mix compost in it and sell it back to the home owners when they want to landscape their yards after the houses are built. One guy told me that he used to work hard with his construction company trying to make it all work and now they make way more money dealing and trucking top soil.

[@DLHFarms]

+AndersonCattleCo. D8 is a good size dozer sounds like fun! Yeah there is good money in topsoil if you can find a good source to get it and have a good screening machine.

[@stevemondal.]

Did you come down on I-81, or over on 64? down good old 220. Next time honk when you come by in VA, ha ha. Thanks for vids. Oh like your vid on swiping J grass, wanted to comment that seems Round up can take couple weeks to burn down some weeds, vs 2-4D or others. I sprayed some fence rows in April, then in May, at 4-6 o/gal and seem like was 4-6 weeks till really burned brown.

[@DLHFarms]

+steve mondal. Good to know about the round up! I come down 58 to get to Martinsville since I live in Patrick county, Va.

[@12ozbuds]

Man I just had a flash back to my younger days working in Atlanta Ga. I worked at Atlanta Country Club and remember digging in that red clay. It was so hot you would sweat clear through then lean against a clay wall and your wet underwear would soak up that clay. No matter what you did to wash your clothes that red stain would not come out. Thanks for the look back at the good old days. I enjoy your videos.

[@DLHFarms]

Lol thanks for the story! Glad you enjoy the videos!

[@DiamondHillFarm]

That's across from the speedway ain't it? We park up in the field through the tree where your working at in the video. Cool video

[@DLHFarms]

+Diamond Hill Farm. Yep, that's where it's at. Thanks!

[@zfilmmaker]

I saw the title of this video and thought, I wish more guys had access or would watch KZbin. I see some many inexperienced (and experienced) farmers rent a dozer to level or clear a field and push all the topsoil into a hole, and then wonder why nothing grows in certain sections. It likely happens more then we all think.

[@DLHFarms]

+zfilmmaker. Yep it kinda important to remove topsoil from weight bearing areas and replace it where vegetation needs to grow, makes life a lot easier.

[@sydneyshinshi]

Not many farmers are going to bury their topsoil. It is their living and they know it inside and out.

[@amunderdog]

One of them there orange safety nets around that hole would be nice? Them things can be impossible to see and/or easy to overlook in a truck.

[@howard8803]

This job site was done behind the state police station in Ridgeway,VA

[@DLHFarms]

+Howard Ullrich, Jr. 👍

[@waynechristopher1135]

I think Komatsu hydraulics are the best. Our cat Excavator seems to want to come out of the ditch to fast. With our Komatsu you can drag the flat bottom of the ditch with both levers fully engaged.

[@DLHFarms]

+Wayne Christopher. I like them both but I perfer the Komatsu in that size machine, in mini excavators I like the cat a little better

[@Farmall450]

Wow this channel has a bit of everything. Cat and Ford, hard to complain about that. Unless it were Case and IH...

[@DLHFarms]

+Jack Johnson. Lol 👍

[@shawnfox8002]

Are you not able to keep the well that is down in the hole of where the house was

[@DLHFarms]

No we had to seal both Wells off.

[@PhatboyHD88]

I got a question that i think you might be able to help me with,, i need a good strong hardy grass to plant along the one side of my house,,i can plant grass and get it nice , then after winter is over its all dead and gone and have to replant every year ,,, the area only gets about 2 hours a day of sun and so is in shade most the day and it seems to stay pretty moist,,, so any advice on that ? Again i live in mountains of PA... any help would be appreciated thank you ..

[@DLHFarms]

+PhatboyHD88. We use Kentucky 31 and mix in about 10 percent annual rye grass just to help cover the ground while the k31 is getting started. Then cover the area in straw. Don't mow until it's about a foot tall.

[@PhatboyHD88]

DLH Farms thanks buddy ! I’ll give that a try as soon as spring breaks ... appreciate the help and great videos !!!

[@DLHFarms]

+PhatboyHD88. Sure thing!

[@jlsmith6310]

Your soil is like ours, it's almost idiot proof for stripping it off and knowing when you're into the subsoil. Brown and when you hit red stop. Some areas I've been alot of people wouldn't know the difference cause the subsoil doesn't look much different than the topsoil. Big difference in the smell of the two also

[@DLHFarms]

+jlsmith6310. Yes the topsoil smells terrible most of the time.

[@dougbarber4209]

Another great video!! Thank you!. It looks like your a pretty good skinner. Cats were never my strong suit. But in the last 24 years Iv ran them enough to do what I need to do. Every time I make a pass it looks like some California landscaping!!! The old boy that taught me to run a cat had two sayings, one was " you Kees the top of the blade full and the bottom will take care of its self" and my favorite was " good hell kid just make it flat, we don't need any of that fancy shit" lol. I guess I need to learn how to spell dozer hahaha. Thanks again for the video, it looks great

[@DLHFarms]

+Doug Barber. Thanks Doug! I've used that make it flat no fancy stuff a few times. Lol

[@codysmith260]

Is that carter cat in Abingdon Virginia?

[@DLHFarms]

+Cody Smith. Salem, Va it's the same company

[@codysmith260]

DLH Farms oh, I pass the carter cat in Abingdon all the time going up interstate 81. It must be fun getting to run all that equipment everyday haha

[@DLHFarms]

+Cody Smith. Yeah, it's pretty fun.

[@jdhorton1432]

Thanks for top soil explanation! I had no idea of differences & its uses!

[@DLHFarms]

Glad it helped you understand 👍

[@jakeziegler599]

U guys sure got some red dirt. Good high speed dozing!

[@DLHFarms]

+Jake Ziegler. Thanks Jake, yeah we have all kinds of dirt around here.

[@AndersonCattleCo]

Jake when I saw he red subsoil I just thought that the yard had red ash instead of gravel on the drive way , I didn't know it was subsoil until it was mentioned. So then I understood why there as so much red soil.

[@DLHFarms]

+AndersonCattleCo. Yep we have lots of red soul here! You need some? Lol

[@zaka7334]

How would you price a job like that

[@DLHFarms]

It’s not easy

[@jlsmith6310]

Open cab hi-tracks are the worst for eating dust

[@DLHFarms]

+jlsmith6310 I agree with that statement!

[@shawnfox8002]

Do you screen the topsoil

[@DLHFarms]

Yes we screen topsoil.

[@TC-ue5sr]

How much y'all charge for top soil

[@DLHFarms]

+T C. My dad typically sells it, not sure what he is getting per yard right now.

[@ericjohnston3569]

Doze up a super pile then use a frontend loader to fill trucks three times faster.

[@DLHFarms]

+eric johnston. No the excavator is faster and cheaper than wearing out the undercarriage on the loader.

[@ericjohnston3569]

DLH Farms you use a 3 yard bucket and I will use a 12 yard bucket. Who finishes first?

[@DLHFarms]

+eric johnston. Lol!!!! 963 don't have no 12 yard bucket! Lol!!!!

[@ericjohnston3569]

DLH Farms cat 950M and several more brands can lift 12 yards of soil. 963 isnt worth taking off the dealer lot. Slow, no power small bucket. The idea is to move as much dirt as possible as fast you can. Get the job done and move on to the next.

[@DLHFarms]

+eric johnston. We work with the equipment we have and have and made it just fine, the biggest loader we have is a 963B our biggest wheel loader is a IT28G, our bigger excavators will out load both.

[@jakereynoldsvter]

Hey I hope you read this my comment on the others vid was just my option and I don't want you to think I am some dick on KZbin ever one has the right to what thy like and what works for them keep posting vids me and a lot of other people respect your. Vids thanks for posting what you do

[@DLHFarms]

+Jake Reynolds. Thanks Jake! I guess I'll let you keep watching then! Lol!

[@rickgarrett6103]

Do y'all do house lots +dlh farms

[@DLHFarms]

+Rick Garrett. We have done them.

[@sneakysnake109]

Thanks for another video!

[@DLHFarms]

+sneakysnake109. Your welcome sneaky!

[@chuckstevenson2929]

Good video Dennis. Do all of your tandems run pony axles?

[@DLHFarms]

+Chuck Stevenson. Not all but a few that we run to the quarry often do.

[@prasantharyabhat4881]

hi DLH FArms thanks for the video, CAn you please give me an approximate area that can be done in one day.

[@DLHFarms]

Not really it depends on a lot of different factors

[@forestlawrencegrading9154]

How much you have to strip off depends on geography and what state you're in Alabama sometimes we would have to take off a couple of feet of the top it could stay on site if there were berms required that's where it would go other than that it would go to a farmer's field that was low down in Florida totally different it's Sandy ground you only have to take off a few inches sometimes unless you're in a low area where nature silts it in then you just take the dark stuff off the top but you were wondering if all that dust was good for you I don't think anything about running equipment all your life is good for you 35 years off and on a dozer to a scraper in and out of the dump truck your back is what will go your lungs will make it

[@DLHFarms]

+Rusty Stuff. My back and lungs are still going so far, I've got over 20 years on equipment now. Our soil depends on geography also!

[@noelhohberger1188]

Do you guys just do site prep?

[@DLHFarms]

+Noel Hohberger. We don't build the structure. But we do all pipe work and site work on the outside. We also do a lot of main water and sewer installs for municipalities. We do anything that has to do with excavators, dozers, loaders and dump trucks basically.

[@emtfireman813]

KY regulations are the same way. Topsoil must be stockpiled and capped back over any fill areas.

[@deanbrown4512]

You can operate anything, l believe you enjoy farming better, is that right?

[@DLHFarms]

+Dean Brown. I think I do, but I can't make a living at it.

[@leonmarut917]

how come you get all the fun of dozer driving mate

[@DLHFarms]

Just lucky I guess. Lol

[@stevesmith-wc2gb]

Wish I was there I would help you run the equipment

[@DLHFarms]

+steve smith. 👍

[@Jimo225]

your lungs have these little flappers that help get dirt out but it can only get a few pounds out at a time.

[@DLHFarms]

Good to know

[@stevesmith-wc2gb]

I would have hoped on the 953

[@fredf3391]

They let you burn trash but you can leave dirt pile without planting grass on it I scratching my head over them rules

[@DLHFarms]

+Nobody Sam. Lol, yep we can burn wood, we hauled all the trash to the dump several loads of it actually.

[@Fixinthatupvideos]

yep i need top soil

[@MrOner07]

9:50 is where video starts at

[@earthexplorer711]

Awsome

[@DLHFarms]

+earthexplorer711. Thanks!

[@FishFind3000]

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