Hauling stone in and brush out

Cleaning up the wood debris on the edges of a new driveway by loading it in a dump truck and removing it. Than hauling in stone and smoothing it out as a temporary driveway base.

[@willaimr.kirkland8170]

Now you know that a bunch of us old men really enjoy watching a young man work hard - makes us remember our own youth - although most of us did NOT do the same kind of things you do as a matter of routine. No BS - that's why you get such fine comments from your many fans. Thanks for sharing. Wondered where all the trimmings went.

[@fynbo1007]

Thank you Andrew for sharing another amazing video. God bless you and your family

[@nanomaine]

Always enjoy your vids; they are fun and informative. You pick great music, for your time lapses! This project is a favorite for me, love to see the progress.

[@yosheyoshe9767]

Andrew, love your videos and your editing. I'm in my med 50's (where's time gone) but I along with 5 brother and 1 sister were born and raised in a heavy equipment home, I was driving back-holes at 10. My point is my dad would always say, "I could build the world and not get dirty and there always a 100 different ways to do a job right". I read comments about how someone would have done things different, I think you do a damn great job. Love your dog Levi I to have two Lab's, Harley and Davison.

[@AY-nh1ek]

I agree

[@helmutprost9714]

This is an awesome project. Huge land improvement.

[@Jessethesoundguy]

Great vid! That looked like a heck of a swampy mess getting that truck in and out before that stone was placed. Looking good now. Keep up the awesomeness.

[@michaelb.5345]

Really enjoy watching a pro work, great looking job.

[@mrjon1985]

Loving the road building. Can't wait to see that bridge go up.

[@randallhutchcraft4039]

So my first time here and was impressed with your work habits, as always Andrew camarata great job.

[@mschmidtTX]

It's amazing your dump truck goes through all that mud without getting stuck!

[@RF-lq1jh]

Andrew: I am a retired engineering geologist and worked on large civil engineering projects for my 45 years. I must say that I see more ingenuity and engineering behind your work then I have seen from some supposed "top notch" engineers. And your problem solving skills are also excellent. I have enjoyed your videos and am now subscribed. Unless I may have missed it, you should consider going to college for a civil engineering degree, Get the required years of experience and then get your Professional License. You can then sign and seal plans for your projects and build them as well. There are few engineers that are willing to be both engineer and contractor. That is what I did and it was both satisfying and profitable. Excellent work! Thank God America still thrives with people like you.

[@AndrewCamarata]

Thanks. Maybe, the last few projects I needed stamped plans on, I just drew them the best I could, than went over the plans with a licensed engineer to double check everything and answer any of my questions.

[@davidb8559]

Another excellent video!!!!!!! Thanks Andrew.

[@sterlingdavidgrasssr]

You know Most people don't work that much in the winter time,its cold ,wet, dirty, muddy,you name it.. Not old Andrew, on to the next JOB...I Love it..

[@tongsli]

Love your channel, very happy every time you post something new

[@chadglenn8009]

Thanks for putting out the great videos,hope you are posting another one soon.

[@markduncan6690]

You can sure handle the equipment Andrew! Nice work!

[@AtticusDraco]

yes, i appreciate the drive work and all,,but, I REALLY WANNA SEE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT BRIDGE! lol,, dont skip that part

[@AndrewCamarata]

The forms are getting stripped today.

[@ItsLilRobs]

So does that mean you can begin to build the bridge deck,

[@coreymccurtis4548]

The hardest working county boy in NY...

[@Bigwingrider1800]

Dude you really are a bad ass..not afraid of work, a real roll your sleeves up kinda guy. I use to be that way but now i have my oil changed..great vids

[@georgemartinez8434]

I was very much in awe watching this operator do his thing, it was very exciting. Now i want this to be my dream job...lol

[@NuckinFuts930]

I like what you do bro, thanks for posting all these videos.

[@salmonhunter7414]

Looks like you have someone working for you now ,if so great to see you expanding your business. You do a very nice work thanks for sharing.

[@williamingle1684]

Excellent vid! This guy is a pro!very few if any waisted steps !

[@markduncan6690]

Nice piece of work! You are a magician!!

[@pneumatic00]

You really work your gear very well. Great video!

[@annalog88]

Man, you seem to have fun every day! :D Really fun projects to follow!

[@BarnStangz]

Making it look easy man. I lost count on the stone trips. I bet you'll have a lot going there before everything is all said and done. Looking forward to the bridge build. That should be neat!

[@danielcostner4106]

love the video Andrew keep them coming thanks

[@sixosixo]

Looks great! enjoyed watching this.

[@mmanut]

Real Nice Project‼️ Let’s see that Bridge‼️ Enjoying your videos 👍🇺🇸 Vinny 🇺🇸

[@johnscally255]

YES SIR Always Good Work, We Like your videos.We are excited about the Bridge work.Thanks

[@jackassman6726]

Nice Job ,,, You really know how to move those Machines around ...!!!!!

[@kevinmccormack7659]

Another excellent video, Thanks Andrew.

[@bradbatcho4048]

your a good operator for sure!!

[@kev7874]

This guy needs a tv show "The Andrew Camarata Show" awesome videos

[@truckertom3323]

Looking good,tidy work as always.

[@IntegraDIY]

Clearing out over the bridge is gonna be a pain!! Looks like there isn’t enough room to even work before you clear the entrance. Love the videos man! Love the ford too!

[@arlingtonguy54]

We will all be glad when winter is over and things can dry up a bit. It’s been a wet winter here in NC.

[@patrickcoyne2598]

Keep Up the great work and the videos!

[@allcureman3403]

Love the time lapse!!!

[@helenreddypantysissy4030]

I always love the time lapse!!

[@johnm.evangelis693]

Another great job and video AC

[@oby-1607]

Really like that demo grapple for picking up stuff. I gotta get one for my loader.

[@AndrewCamarata]

Yeah, the root rake grapple is great for brush and cleaning up land clearing sites.

[@davesilvia9711]

there are many kinds, i have the 72" root grapple from bobcat, the quaility and visabilty are great. the cheeper ones arnt as good.

[@chrislawver966]

More satisfying then Dr. Pimple Popper!!!

[@perakamaripojanseikkailut4231]

Great job man 👍

[@cat637d]

Looks mighty good!

[@BobGeorgeMalem]

Andrew, I envy you. You are living my dream kind of job. Can you make a timeline video of your humble beginning to date, with all the added equipments; when you acquired each piece, and how much you spent for each?

[@victor58010]

bastard nosey You

[@jamesguinn5889]

Andrew install Goodyear mud and snow tires on your dump trucks to help with traction in mud and in snow.

[@jgsmith1624]

Really cool project!

[@vbsimkins]

Thank you for all your "A1" video's.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Andrew .

[@ReyGarufo]

this kind of videos make me feel satisfied, and I do not dedicate myself to this work

[@johnnyreb8030]

I feel satisfaction watching this too, I dont understand LOL

[@benforch1]

Really like how he never asks people to like and subscribe like other channels do.

[@stephennewman1142]

Andrew I am hooked on your videos. Just some food for thought and I know your busy downloading and uploading but it would be great if you would put videos together that would show the progression of your different jobs. This one is an example. I watched the bridge video before I watched this one and saw your bridge at the end. Just think it would be a nice touch to put them in the "playlists" as a complete package of the job site. I am doing marathons watching your videos just to get caught up.

[@uknowulikethat4042]

that leftover concrete at the end, we would always put rebar or chain into it so it could lifted out of the way. I know you could push it but it was handy to have it there.

[@davidbailey5006]

I’m looking forward to watching yr vids when there isn’t any snow. Or mud. Been real wet down here in Raleigh putting a lot of my jobs on hold. Hard to grade mud and I’m not in the mud and water business. I’m looking an older truck like that now from watching yr vids. A tandem would be nice but it wouldn’t fit in those tight spots. I sold mine for that reason.

[@mickowen568]

if I live in the states and needed work doing I would call u ,u do such a good job ,must pay well u deserve it lol

[@poisonwater7241]

Man, all I can say, I like your videos! You make it look so easy, you've just inspired me to just go and buy an excavator, dozer, truck, maybe a chainsaw,a pair of gloves and go into business myself!

[@AndrewCamarata]

Yeah, go for it.

[@jessiporch7715]

At the end of this video when you can see people working on the bridge I got the feeling that I was seeing something from another timeline and that the veil between worlds was becoming thin.

[@leol1682]

Like the job Andrew keep whate your doing and no chipper it's to long work .

[@AndrewCamarata]

I wouldn't mind trying a tub grinder. Building a big burn pile on this site right now for the house clearing spot.

[@lucb6883]

Hey Andrew, I was just wondering why you still have old equipment, but your excavation company has grown so much.

[@AndrewCamarata]

IDK, that stuff works great. And I haven't grown that much. Plus the new stuff is all computers and check engine lights.

[@fwflyer78]

Good video!

[@jackman6256]

what amazes me is you tought yourself is wat you told in one of youre videos you are like my soninlaw dont know what you like best running heavy equipment or buying it or both

[@arkansas1336]

Well done! ....13

[@forrestyoung6588]

You clearly take pride in your work!!! Great job

[@tranquilswana-z3782]

Doing two jobs at same time ……credit where its due well done .

[@ThePostie501]

This lad's a grafter no doubt about it.

[@Bravo4699]

wish we has stone like that in houston!

[@CranialAccess]

When I cleared about 3 1/2 acres of my 6 acres I wanted to have the stumps and stuff hauled away but the trucking costs were prohibitive...ended up pushing it in a low spot and letting it rot....

[@horstszibulski19]

Who drove your truck at 5:47 ? Or tips it by remote? :-) Nice work, the bridge building seems to be interesting too... Thx&have fun! :-)

[@AndrewCamarata]

I just had it dumping while I went to start the skid steer.

[@johncollado1151]

Hi Andrew... this looks like a long and involved project. I'm guessing there were quite a few permits to build that bridge.

[@mikeshearn8925]

Nice truck.

[@leebrains]

Cool edit lad. Dirty old weather.

[@christopherlankard9730]

Nice job man. I was in suspense thinking you were gonna get stuck. What are the rules in nys for when the silt fence is required?

[@AndrewCamarata]

Yeah, ground is pretty hard there. Since we were working right next to that stream we installed it. Usually I wont bother.

[@tux1968]

Let's all chip in to get Andrew a chipper.

[@stephenlees9752]

Good stuff mate, we have just had a cyclone come through Darwin Northern Territory Australia and I have been doing a bunch of clean up work with my CASE 40XT skid steer. Do you have a video on the excavator thumb? How it’s connected to the machine and what you made it out of as I would like to make one myself

[@AndrewCamarata]

I started filming a video talking about thumbs, but its not ready yet. You can just buy weld on thumbs, probably better than making one. Make sure the end of the thumb is as long as the end of the bucket, so when the bucket is against the thumb the teeth of the bucket line up with the end of the thumb.

[@allanpeters4403]

Love the music with this video - heavy metal???? - or do you use a music dubbing company for your videos?

[@richardjimenez7394]

Awesome 😎

[@larryshulman8845]

what is the stone called? for wet muddy spots, i use geotex but then tear it up when i grade or plow

[@kristofferm1075]

Excelent video as allways! I have watched every single one that you have done for the past 1-2 years now. I have two questions if you dont mind? A couple of episodes back you put grass/hay on the road you had just made.. Why ? was it to dry up the road ? Second question ive allways been wondering, what you do with all "scrap" material from the woods, such as stumps and branches ? take it home to just fire it up? or leave it at some recycle station? Greetings from sweden!

[@AndrewCamarata]

The hay was to stabilize the ground, it helps prevent muddy water from running into the stream there. And it looks good (keeps inspectors happy) and helps grass grow. Sometimes I take it to a burn pile, in this case I found a guy with a mulcher that wanted it to make wood mulch.

[@Military-Museum-LP]

I see the day coming you might need a 2nd dump truck like a 2 axel with maybe a pusher lift Axel. Looks like winter is still there too.

[@CountyLineGarage]

Were there permits involved with building a bridge like that? Also how/when do you know when you're required to install silt fence?

[@AndrewCamarata]

Yeah, he got permits. Since we were working right on the side of a stream we used silt fence and spread out mulch hay after working.

[@markconger8049]

Andrew - is your company building the bridge or is it a separate contractor? Can't wait to see that video.

[@AndrewCamarata]

I'm helping with it.

[@paulwiedeman4501]

Great video Andrew! When was this shot? Either you missed all these Nor'easter storms or it was shot before the storms? We are getting either snow from storms or lake effect snow after here, just outside of Syracuse.

[@AndrewCamarata]

We pretty much missed the snow

[@shayn4220]

Mud is the worst lol , but you did an awesome job , curious do you price jobs by the job or by the hour , not being nosey just curious cause I do similar work for myself

[@05victorylly]

Man we are still buried with over 2' of snow! I wish I could be doing road work.

[@casycasy5199]

you don't remove the top soil before you bring in the stone ?

[@glenngoodale1709]

All that brush .... I see a big fire comming !!! ya-hoo

[@AndrewCamarata]

Yeah, there will be a cool fire there. That brush that got hauled out got mulched

[@jamesbowers3540]

All right can't wait

[@doumor99]

on your skidsteer do you prefer treads over tires on compacting? I prefer Tires.

[@AndrewCamarata]

Yes, I like the tracks. The wheel would have just left ruts.

[@robertbradford2734]

Awesome video as usual I think a tandem dump is in your future

[@BarnStangz]

Yeah he needs one for sure. Less trips for stone and he'd be able to make more $$$'s too!

[@tonya8094]

Hey Andrew, You think you would consider talking about how long it takes to do these jobs? Like... This was 500 yard long driveway that took 80 hours or 2 weeks worth of 6 hour days and I made 20 trips worth of debri removal and 15 trips of gravel etc.. Just to give an idea of the time and labor involved. Also, someone suggested you name or number the videos so we can follow them in order while binging. I also watched the bridge one before this one and would love to watch them in order. Great LONG videos as always. Thanks for sharing !!

[@AndrewCamarata]

Ok, ill try to mention that more. I have in some other projects.

[@slamsshenanigans2296]

Andrew why don't you tailgate the stone out of the truck? seems like it would save you alot of time and fuel on the skid steer

[@AndrewCamarata]

That big stuff doesn't tailgate really, it would still need to be spread with the machine. Plus the skid steer spreads out those piles really fast.

[@Jschmitz17]

You seem to enjoy this job, how would you recommend getting into this line of work coming out of highschool

[@AndrewCamarata]

Check out the video I made "How I got started in excavation"

[@Mercmad]

you need a bomag compactor to get the drives you build packed down properly now.:-)

[@cwdtransport2247]

Mercmad That would be guilting the lily. By the time all the concrete trucks, not to mention Andrews dump truck deliveries it will be packed down. Then it will be trenched once if not twice for utilities

[@BikerFail16]

Just a quick question. What is the furthest you will travel for a job? And do you charge more to travel further?

[@AndrewCamarata]

I try not to travel more than 30 minutes, and I do charge more.

[@whisper197]

great vid! the Music at 7:50, is that from the Classic game quake 2? those monsters starts haunting me again when i hear that tune…:)

[@michaeladams9807]

Nice 👍👍

[@stephenlees9752]

Looking forward to the bridge build, just did one across the creek into our gun club, lasted this wet season so far. Where did you buy you thumbs for the excavator? It is not something commonly used is Australia

[@AndrewCamarata]

Excavators don't have thumbs in Australia? Thumbs make excavators much more useful. Lots of places sell them, even Amazon.

[@stephenlees9752]

Andrew Camarata not so much I have see them from time to time but I see them a lot more in the USA than Australia, for sure they make an excavator way more versatile

[@stanpatterson5033]

Is any of that brush going to become firewood and/or fill at your place, or did you find some other place to get rid of it?

[@ratystast]

i would like to know that too

[@seantap1415]

He just burns it ...

[@AndrewCamarata]

I brought most of that to a guy with a mulcher. It will be ground up into mulch.

[@stanpatterson5033]

I haven't seen a mulching/shredding attachment, but I have seen stump grinding attachment. Had no idea that Bobcat made those. Either way mulching/shredding/grinding, I'd hate to see the price tag of one of those brand-new. As for asking Andrew where he trucked the brush off to, I figured he would have taken it home to use as firewood, or fuel for his hot tub heater, or simply to use as "fill" (which becomes compost, albeit very slowly) in a huge hole or over an embankment. Taking it to a mulcher is good I guess, if the guy accepts it for free....

[@finessfishing8125]

Stan Patterson they are quit expensive not to mention maintenance and keeping them going, they are always breaking or running through her teeth

[@albertbatfinder5240]

Andrew has moved more rock in upstate NY than the Laurentide glaciers.