Mini Excavator Making Trails

[@justinrees2400]

Very nice trail! I would maybe smash the lower bank down with the bucket and take some native grass seed in to help with erosion

[@liquidcode1704]

I love seeing this on the steep terrain, I'm in north central WV and have nothing but hills. A mini ex is most likely exactly what I need to transform my land and make it accessible

[@sergioortegacovarrubias896]

Gran video ... tu esfuerzo ha sifo bien recompensado . Es unos de los vídeos que mas me ha entretenido de ver educativo al mismo tiempo. Felicitaciones.. ojala pueda hacer lo mismo en mi campo.

[@claudepage6214]

Very interesting, my land is on the side of a mountain, so it's not easy to get around by ATV. I would love to be able to make trails like yours but, when I dig into the ground, what may seem like a small stone is sometimes surprising, because what was apparent is only the tip of the iceberg. A rock that protrudes just 6 to 8 inches can actually turn out to be a rock over 3 feet in diameter.

[@timbodnar6711]

I build trails for a living. there are always rocks. if they're to big to remove. which is rare. you redirect.

[@jcee2259]

Funny. I have 67K miles using 2-wheel street legal dirt motorcycles. On dirt through temperate rain forest into sub-alpine mountains. My practice area is found in KZbin as VEDDER MOUNTAIN. Open year around, free, with volunteer groomed routes. Rides specific for 4x4, mountain bicycles, and motorcycles. I recommend watching the wet and winter freezing ride conditions from a safe sofa.

[@panicrev555]

TNT

[@ericjohnson9080]

Nice job. I need one of these machines.

[@YamahaC7SRG]

Thanks for posting that! It was very inspiring.

[@nbookie]

The 1 and only job that a stucker mini dozer may be actually a good fit for. Still need the mini x but the dozer may be able to make the rough plow part go faster.

[@Girthmovers]

Check out the Sweco/Sutter trail dozer

[@TonyGerena]

If you had to do it again would use the same size mini x or opt for one a little bigger? Great video!

[@chimangosemaragatos]

Good Job!

[@natsterlive]

Amazing forest. Loved it

[@AGRIMOVIEemi]

Great Video 👍👍👍 Great Channel 👍👍👍 👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@northerndreamer7738]

This is one of the best trail building videos I have seen. Very inspiring. I have a large property and want to build trails throughout. I like what I see with the JD 17. Does it require much maintenance?

[@Girthmovers]

Super easy to maintain !

[@HealthSupercharger]

@@Girthmovers Would this trail support a 4x4 mid size SUV? Is it wide enough for a 6ft wide SUV plus maybe 1ft on each side?? Do you have to add rock to the trail to support dirt bikes, ATV, small cars? What about a canal on the side of the mountain does it not need a canal?

[@Girthmovers]

@@HealthSupercharger probably could rip 4Runner up it. Made it for dirt bikes and utvs. I put culverts and water bars and packed it all in off camera.

[@bass_and_trout_fisher5864]

@@Girthmovers if you get a heavy rain it’s all gonna run on top of the culverts a water ditch on the side is better

[@Girthmovers]

@@bass_and_trout_fisher5864 hasn’t been an issue

[@TF856]

It would be nice if we could hear the equipment more.

[@arasdrawno]

Excellent 👍

[@staconcrete2140]

Nice video

[@toma0000]

Awesome!

[@joeltemplin3570]

Nice video...wish it was a little slower speed though so I could learn better. I just got a 17G and my butt can't gauge the center of gravity yet. Feel like I'm gonna tip over half the time.

[@Girthmovers]

I like to use the boom as a counter weight. You can go up some pretty steep terrain with all the weight down low.

[@yogiandbooboo7232]

You can slow the speed of the video by tapping the 3 dot button in the upper right hand corner of the video. 😉

[@bernardmccann7676]

Nice work bro

[@dirtbiker9687]

nice video can you make a video a you riding the dirt bike in the background on these trails.Thanks!

[@desmondallindrallintscmint7479]

Hi. Great >Vid. What sort of mileage did u manage to cover per day? Ie your ground coverage on average?

[@HealthSupercharger]

1600m /5 day = 320meters / day. or 32m/hr if you worked 10 hr days

[@MerMachinery]

hello, how many days did you do the whole job? I like❤

[@phrangbamon7355]

This is very helpful for me... What is the length and time taken to complete this trail?

[@Girthmovers]

Thanks for watching! Trail is a mile long. Took about 5 days.

[@HealthSupercharger]

@@Girthmovers 5 days x 2 men? How wide is the trail 6ft 8ft 10ft? big enough for a 4x4 mid size SUV?

[@HealthSupercharger]

@@Girthmovers 1600m /5 day = 320meters / day. or 32m/hr if you worked 10 hr days

[@Girthmovers]

@@HealthSupercharger 1 dude 5 days 4 hours a day. Two dudes couple hours to cut trees and play a little. Some sections are more narrow than others 8-10ft wide

[@georgestfd7148]

@@Girthmovers thanks for the answer.

[@ChannelAlatBerat]

Good....

[@yogaerik]

How much do you use the blade - you make it looks so easy to spread the dirt flat at the end?

[@Girthmovers]

Pretty much use the blade every time I move back and forth. Back dragging helps to keep it super buttery

[@engchoontan8483]

The military have light, medium and heavy tanks. Do you believe those tanks have real capability when you have trail making experience.? (Tear bitumen road by tracks without rubber inserts, tear beaches apart with rubber inserts, tear itself(tracks) out on mixed terrain.)

[@kenjackson4471]

How long is the trail? How many days to build? I have 2 miles to build, already logged and most not quite so steep. Going to rent and wonder how long to plan for. Thanks

[@Girthmovers]

Trail is a mile. Once you start flowing it goes pretty quick. The bigger machine you rent the faster it goes too. Get it for a week and see what happens.

[@charleslloyd4253]

Berms left on the drainage side. And some of the trail draining on the inside with no water diversions. It will not take long for erosion to take over some of the trail.

[@Girthmovers]

Good observation

[@HealthSupercharger]

what would you suggest to build for the drainage?

[@charleslloyd4253]

@@HealthSupercharger First no outside berm or debris, a few degrees of fall from inside to outside. Not much in case the trail is wet. And a slight trench on the inside with a slight cross over at bends turns and change of grades.

[@GuyMSaunders]

@@Girthmovers Hows the trail held up in rain events over time? We live in a high rainfall area and making my drainage correct the first time is my goal with a similar grade of track...

[@theoneandonlyclockwork]

Very NIce! Been hand building in very similar terrain for over a decade and about to move up to a machine. What would you say was spent on gas or better gallon consumption for that mile?

[@Girthmovers]

Burns about 5 gal a day

[@peterbowen4068]

@@Girthmovers and was that with almost continuous use? thanks

[@Girthmovers]

That’s running the machine all day long

[@peterbowen4068]

@@Girthmovers brilliant, thank you!

[@theoneandonlyclockwork]

@@Girthmovers Nice thats good info. I am starting on a 2mile project on private land and while I am not by any means new to trail building I am very new to mechanized building. I am president of a local mtb group that is looking to build 40 new miles of trail and we've been given the green light by the forest service to train and go through the steps to be able to cut them ourselves vs. paying $400k to a company to hopefully hit our mark to make the new trail plan a reality.

[@travisrichmond3797]

How’d it hold up this winter?

[@Girthmovers]

Held up great. All the loose dirt packed in nicely. A couple spots needed some work just took one a pass with the tractor to make it good as new

[@joseballadares9711]

Con todo respeto, me gusta mucho ver vídeos de trabajos de diferentes máquinas, pero est es lo peor que he visto, ya que en cámara rápida no puedoi apreciar que es lo que está haciendo y ninguna técnica, ojalá alguna vez logre ver otro buén vídeo, gracias saludos desde Chile

[@georgestfd7148]

Depends on you experience, how long the trail can you complete in 1 hour of work?

[@Girthmovers]

Depends on on the dirt,how steep, how many trees and roots brush and rocks.

[@georgestfd7148]

@@Girthmovers thanks. You have already answered it in another comment. That's enough to know the estimate.

[@mikolajone]

very entertaining to watch!

[@atlasdestroglier2242]

Prezzo escavator

[@curvedbridge]

How much fuel did you use up?

[@Girthmovers]

Burns about 5 gal a day do you run it hard

[@tansurullah3666]

👍👍👍

[@pabusto]

Great video, I'm looking to get a 17G to do the same so this was very helpful. Is the 17G powerful enough or would something bigger be better? Can you pull out stumps and large rocks with that? Thanks.

[@Girthmovers]

The jd 17 is a great machine. It’s super stable and surprisingly can lift a lot of weight. Perfect for making trails

[@Girthmovers]

The thing fucks through stumps

[@HealthSupercharger]

@@Girthmovers Trails is for what? non vehicle traffic? is is a trail good for small 4x4 SUV?

[@Girthmovers]

@@HealthSupercharger trails for hiking, dirt bike, atv/utv, small 4x4

[@HealthSupercharger]

@@Girthmovers I see this is inspiring so building a driveway would be bit more work because it would have to support bigger vehicles even dump trucks.

[@norbertmboutcheng]

Ça coûte combien

[@mattwoody1089]

Hi is it a new zealand location

[@Girthmovers]

California

[@mattwoody1089]

@@Girthmovers California is super nice thanks for the reply

[@the_atomic_punk487]

Can’t imagine the permits required to do this in California. 😱 you cut down a tree also

[@costabravaamine7262]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@saidmunir5795]

lincah x yaa

[@mattwoody1089]

Hi can you buy land in New Zealand

[@ChuckNorris-ju5fn]

Dozer would have been 50 times faster

[@Girthmovers]

Definitely

[@Girthmovers]

Sometimes you gotta work with what you got.

[@phrangbamon7355]

Chuck Norris would hv done this 100 times faster with hoe and chisels😂😊😊

[@33jayy]

According to that logic 2 dozers would've been 100 times faster! Wish he had 2 dozers!

[@kaovi1978]

Sozer would cost 20% of price of this small chinese escavator..

[@wandahill791]

Boy you don't know how to one one I know how to run one of them excavators

[@Girthmovers]

Good to hear! This was my first time running the little guy. Definitely takes a few hours to get good.

[@Girthmovers]

You should make some videos!

[@LinhKhmervlg83]

Ae oi tương tác nha

[@Girthmovers]

Yes