How to Dig a Swale! Subcompact Tractor, Tiller.

[@aaronburford5701]

Another great moment with Tim educating us on digging a swale!

[@aaronburford5701]

Haven't had my Tractor Time with Tim today! It's always great to both listen and watch the GOAT at work, especially on the tiller!

[@aaronburford5701]

Tractor Tim with the tiller is a beautiful sight!

[@justinsikes2221]

Always a good day when the property owner listens to your recommendations

[@monroejosh]

I have to say, these “little tractor big jobs” videos are my favorite.

[@ssnydertrucking1121]

Got up this morning to a crappy day, But tractor time with Tim just took my mind off things for awhile. Thank you for that. That power rake is an awesome piece of equipment.

[@Kcolby47]

You sure make getting the grade and finish work on that job look easy. A display of talent and the right equipment for a good end result. Great work Tim! Blessings.

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Nice job I need to create a couple of swales leading down to my pond

[@wibiles3756]

I am very glad that you're beginning to feel better since your stent was put in. Praise the Lord.

[@bradauringer4873]

As much as like watching Johnny work. I enjoy watching Vinnie even more. He is one awesome piece of machinery with all his different attachments. Thanks Tim and Kristy.

[@KWayneWord]

You are a lucky man to be able to do all the things you do.You have a lot of good people around you and your wife is a one in a million woman, they don't make them like her anymore.Glad to see you are doing so good with your heart issue.Thanks for your videos!!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

God has blessed! No doubt!

[@aaronburford5701]

Always enjoy the tiller process! This process is fascinating to me. Viewed, Liked, Shared, Subscribed!

[@christopherjilek5467]

Kristy did great with the power rake. That is a pretty neat machine. I hope you are continuing to feel better Tim!

[@realpdm]

I wish I had someone like you could come show me how to do things like this in my defective soil down here in central Texas. Our soil is like 90% clay and 50% lime stone and 37% roots. See those numbers don't even add up. This is why I call our soil defective! Thanks for sharing, enjoyed watching you make it look easy!

[@A-Sidhu]

lol

[@aaronburford5701]

Love this video, you do a great job! Tractor Time with the GOAT!

[@josephsierra7295]

Nice work on the swale with nice tools! Thanks for sharing!

[@BiffsEquipment]

I like how you said that Tim, there is so many different ways you can do the same type of job with these tractors and the different implements. I always thought that you should stick with what works best for you and your given situation.

[@darrenburch3326]

Thanks for putting smile on my face. Keep it up.

[@allenhunt3070]

Nice video Tim! Love seeing you working on church properties!

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

looks like it did the trick. Well done!

[@Cinder2008]

I just completed a similar job using techniques learned from your videos. I enjoyed this video as well.

[@steventhomson2042]

Vinny sure is amazing! I liked seeing what can be done with he tiller and power rake complimenting each other to get the job done. Another great video!!!!

[@photocontrol]

Great job on the swale! Those are tough sunglasses, luckily they survived unscathed!

[@philirwin2028]

This what we did at camp with my 2305. Sure beats digging by hand.

[@SKEvolved]

Great video, happy to watch it. -Steve

[@shadlundquist2329]

I needed a tractor fix this morning. Thanks Tim

[@tommyordoyne7461]

Nice work. Thanks for the education. Have a blessed day.

[@juliewoods8193]

Hey! I know that guy!! We rode with him in CMA. And my kids do co-op at the church!! Also, my husband says: If you need weights moved again, just call us, we live right down the street. We have the means and won’t charge you anything! 😀

[@royscarbrough3589]

Your scripture choice always add the extra WooWHOO to the end. Praying we are well led. Blessings

[@davem5370]

Another job well done 👍. Thanks Tim and Christy.

[@ilmo2313]

Christy to the rescue....brings in the Ventrac and power rake to clean up Tim's messes. LOL That worked really well for that ditch swell.

[@andysmith5220]

I give you great credit you have honestly changed my opinion on the ventrac. Yes they are expensive but a very unique and innovative machine. Great video If ventrac had a rear pto. What a innovative machine

[@tucksmith8300]

Another awesome job Tim !!!!

[@FKSPARTO]

you made that job look so hard

[@mr.pickle5296]

Great work Tim! Looks real good, I might get myself one of those msl loaders for my 1025r. Also, I was using the backhoe on my 1025r the other day, and I had the rops up and forgot to put them down, and trust me my garage is not tall enough. Lol

[@nealtubbs9608]

Nice job guys. That looks like it'll drain perfectly.

[@peterkober6758]

Tim Christi and Chuck job. Kooks perfect now must let grass grow God Bless All PaK

[@TelescopeJunky]

Yes Master Tim I sure wish we had the good soil you do here in Central Texas. Here we are busting and plucking out boulders first when creating swales. 👍🙂

[@texaschief8389]

Almost the opposite around here. You need to move dirt to get a flat spot to garden. Tiered yards are very common. I'm lucky to have a couple flat spots that only needed some work, but could be better. So plenty of drainage, but that also comes with more tree roots and rocks.... my 1/4 acre garden required removal of around 8,000 lbs of rock - on initial tilling (lots of starts/stops with the Husqvarna rear tine tiller). Plus side: going to reuse the rock on a washout area and some to build a floor in the chicken coop.

[@larrymortimer4833]

Beautiful swale! That power rake with Christy's touch, does a very nice job. Like you said not everyone has the nice soil you have there in Indiana. We are very envious. The clay we have here turns into concrete about mid summer.

[@bufkinmanor]

Looks awesome you two! Job well done. Makes me want to go out and make a ditch of my own lol

[@tinachambers4887]

Live long an prosper friends have a day love from TEXAS

[@daveknowshow]

looks good from where I'm sitting. nice job.

[@dougthegrouch]

Just finished burying tile and leveling off 30 ton of dirt i hauled in behind the barn with my 3032e(not Tim's favorite tractor ha ha). Sure was alot easier to do than with the old 62 Ford 4000 with a trip manure bucket and pond scoop. That power rake would have been nice to play with. Came in for a snack and had to watch your video.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Wow, lots of work!

[@kenrichardson4144]

Great video! Thanks for sharing❗❗❗ 🙂🙂🙂 👍👍👍

[@williamgaines9784]

You got lucky on those shades. I have several "half-pair" of gloves because I bushhogged the other half. Stop to wipe the glasses and forget to put the glove, usually the right, back on before taking off and it falls off my lap to join the rest of the mulch. I recently found a pocket knife I thought I had lost 3 Thanksgivings ago inside the stake pocket of my pickup. Every know and then one gets a break. That appears to be the same park that you did the walkway on. Great channel.

[@thomasyerbey337]

Hey Tim 🇺🇲 great vlog it looks really good 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@justinsikes2221]

Looks great!

[@kipcudd7253]

Exactly how I've done swales in the past!

[@GrampysTractor]

It looks like when you set the bucket angle to push the dirt across the swale, as you then went down one side and up the other the MSL kept the bucket at the same angle so you didn't have to make that adjustment as you raised the loader arms up and down. Just a thought. Very nice looking swale. It should be a great improvement to the drainage issue.

[@gregnewlin1074]

Tim says to Chuck, “pick up that big rock there” Chuck proceeds to pick up a rock that looks to be about the size of a dinner plate? That may be big for Indiana! But in south central Pa. that is a stone! We live in the heart of limestone, sandstone and shale veins across the state. This make ground work somewhat difficult. Great job on moving the swale. Continue to get well Tim. P.S. can you send dome of that Indiana dirt this way?

[@aaronburford5701]

Needed some time with Tim, questions.... The difference between leveling and grading? Why is tilling important in this process?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Tilling allows me to work with soft soil for the final grading. Working with packed soil makes it more difficult.

[@aaronburford5701]

@@TractorTimewithTim ok, makes sense..so in essence it makes the process start off easier depending on the state of the ground! Got it!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

@@aaronburford5701have you seen this one: Attempted Reengineering on Our New Blade for Compact Tractor kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6TGkoKqhLGLnZI This is my brother Tom’s favorite.

[@aaronburford5701]

@@TractorTimewithTim Just watched! Wow! enjoyed that one... Alot of wisdom in that one...

[@chrispileski6640]

My kind of video. I just completed a project similar to this. Our ground is too flat too, and the rains and then drought finally killed about 1/3 acre of my lawn, so I had to regrade it and plant it again. Now I need rain.

[@mikebrazil9815]

What did you add to make your king kutter xb fit your quick hitch?

[@bobpurs]

Looks good.

[@marinetidefan]

What kind of tiller do you use. I need to do some of this same type of work and I need a tiller for my JD 3032.

[@curtwhite876]

Those must be some durable sunglasses. I pulled a droid turbo 2 in my grader/scraper box who knows how far. I was amazed the phone survived.

[@Dan-oz4qb]

Looks to me like they flipped over the tiller and then he found them on the next pass so they weren't exactly run through the equipment. No sunglasses could survive that. I stick mine on my hat like Tim does and they occasionally flip over and off the back.

[@bobcat9501]

I ran over my iPhone a few times in a single day then I went looking for it to take a break and found in in dirt compact dirt inside but still works

[@TallTexasGMan]

With all your experience on Vinnie Power Rake it would be great to see how Johnny and the Frontier version would do for you. I belive I've seen a power rake on your larger tractors. But the 1 series would be interesting.

[@aaronburford5701]

So my question is what the successful completion of a scale? I see grading and drainage, but didn't realize so much goes into making a swale.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

What is your question again?

[@aaronburford5701]

@@TractorTimewithTim What is the purpose of a Swale and the desired result?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

@@aaronburford5701drain water so that it doesn’t puddle…and have gentle sides so that it can be mowed.

[@SoldierMed68W]

I don’t know if it’s actually true, but I’ve always heard the highest point in Indiana is the banked corner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. LOL

[@HalDIY]

Hi TIm. Great stuff, exactly the kind of leveling I keep trying to do but the see-saw effect from ridges in the dirt is even tricky for backdragging in float. Curious about your level. Do you set the desired grade manually and then just use the measuring rod to see if you are high or low? Got my hands on a 1000 foot level recently and thought that would be my approach. Keep healing.

[@bryce099]

Is there any benefit over using a tiller compared to a boxblade, grader blade etc. I'm trying to decided what to invest on based on my needs for a ditch line, swale and grading

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Tiller pulverizes the soil making it easier to work with. It cuts to a consistent depth. Personally, I am not a fan of the 3 point box blade. However, most others totally disagree with me :-)

[@nathanbrodeur]

Tim would the 2038R have been a better choice so the tiller didn't buck as much

[@TractorTimewithTim]

No. The roots caused the bouncing. Woulda been same with 2038r

[@denisewildfortune4058]

Who makes those indestructible glasses, Tim? Smiling broadly!

[@nbragtop]

Another great video. It is a good thing you did not run over your glasses with the Ventrac and Power Rake,. They would have been minced meat !.

[@BradMyers]

As you pointed out there is usually more than one way to complete a task. My grandpa would say "there is more than one way to skin a cat". That concerned me as a kid because I had no idea why grandpa would be skinning cats, yet it explained why cats didn't last on the farm long. 😁

[@thomaskennen3470]

Do you worry about the tiller breaking on the roots? And rocks?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Not really. Plenty of experience with it banging and bouncing around. It seems to hold up. Worst case, we would break a tine…which is replaceable.

[@williamrussomano3014]

Tim, is the tower project done or is there still more to do?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Still more to do...we’ll wait until the leaves fall now before we take more brush down...we want to see if the brush mulchers behave differently when no leaves :-)

[@williamrussomano3014]

@@TractorTimewithTim makes since thank you for the update

[@collinslawnmaintenance]

So is the powerrake easier to use on the ventrac vs using it on the john deere? Also what is the bracket for on the back of the ventrac?

[@roybrochu5409]

What the accessories you installed on the headache rack of Vinne?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

From artillian.com

[@Dan-oz4qb]

"Free shipping with code TTWT for the kevlar infused sunglasses." 😎

[@roybaughman306]

If you had a chance to would you buy same brand of tiller or change to another?

[@roybrochu5409]

Love the Ventrac, such a versatile machine. Have to figure out how I can get one.

[@thegreatchickenoverlord5976]

They were bought by Toro recently

[@roybrochu5409]

Bought by Toro early in the spring. So Ventrac just falls in with a major brand. But will always be what they are a specific “niche” market.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

All indications are that Toro will continue the Ventrac line, and it appears that they will increase the speed of innovation of the platform.

[@MrBemma1]

I just noticed, do you have the versa turf tire on the rear and the R4's on the front? If so, is it ok to mix them like that? Thx

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Laziness. I haven’t taken the time to put the Versa turf on the front yet.

[@AkDadStuff]

Hey there Tim Nice job. I see you and Hank Hamilton are on the same wave . Both have new videos called how to dig a swale. Are you guys talking? LOL

[@jeffzittritsch4578]

What level setup are you using?

[@unclealansyard5176]

Which power rake do you like using better? Ventrac or the three point hitch one you showed in the last few videos?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Ventrac is easier to use.

[@unclealansyard5176]

@@TractorTimewithTim thanks! It does seem much easier to use and you can do more finer details with it seems like. I wish we had something like this at the last landscape company I worked for!

[@k6outdoors]

Hey Tim, is your tiller a forward rotation or reverse rotation, I cant quite tell.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Forward.

[@alanharrison2804]

Is that a church in the background

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yes. This project is for our church.

[@talusranch990]

Is that a Mormon building 12:29

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Nope, not a Mormon.

[@yamaharidr450]

That a different ventrec that one sounds diesel. Thought you guys had a gasser before.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

This is the Kubota 32hp gasser.

[@tacticalrabbit308]

Sounds like you need to oil that adjuster on vinny

[@martingardens]

If you have poor absorption, increase your soil's organic matter. Gabe Brown videos will show why.

[@bradolsen9981]

To all tractor time with him fans I want to ask all of you please to continue to pray for Tim’s health to improve with his heart and any other thing going on with him please pray for him earnestly and speak in tongues cause that you’re talking directly to the Lord please pray for him to keep his heart strong in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord amen amen👍👍👍👍👍😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@dougbinyne4831]

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[@texasnative]

Haha, I just noticed that the "i" in your logo has a cheeseburger.

[@mumenrider862]

the angle on that bucket makes me cringe...