Moving a Huge Pile of Topsoil Off Site

[@DieselandIron]

Spending all day on a pile bombing trucks is one of my absolute favorite things to do. Nice video!

[@DLHFarms]

It is fun

[@centoslimetime]

More dozer videos piles are great an all but need to learn more about gps systems I guess working for cheap company’s for the last ten years screwed me haha

[@jimoakley3436]

I had a operator out at one of my farms with a D 8 and pull scraper.He had been mainly running that type combo for 30 years +.I could watch him for hours on end,the same as your channel.

[@DLHFarms]

👍

[@JohnJohnson-vx2wr]

Thanks for sharing Dennis. I bet you are about ready to trade that top soil for snow.

[@DLHFarms]

Snow would be good

[@garymaris9471]

The poor truck driver, hair not done up, no makeup on, on TV, dangit, got a good laugh outta me. Thank ya, Dennis!

[@DLHFarms]

Haha

[@robinlance]

Dennis, Only you can make a Truck Driver look good on TV....Merry Christmas to the Family and you. I bet Dawson is getting Big? Need to bring that Boss boy that likes steering wheel jerking back on TV. God Bless......

[@DLHFarms]

Haha! Merry Christmas

[@josephboley]

Hello there bud. Merry Christmas to you and your family. We got about 5-6 inches of snow here in West Virginia. The snow plowing videos should be pretty close. LoL. Your snow plowing videos are my favorite.

[@DLHFarms]

I’m glad you got some snow. We just got a bunch of ice.

[@Vanbulance89]

Nice video! Hope you got your coffee and made it home safe!

[@DLHFarms]

Yep got coffee and went and looked at a tractor. Haha

[@stephensfarms7165]

Good morning Dennis, what a pile of dirt. Enjoyed watching you operate the bucket. That sound like a nice new truck you mentioned that is automatic, stay safe and God bless you and your family. Merry Christmas 🎄 too. ‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@TheByard]

Back in the day I loaded tunnel clay from a spoil heap, used a 1.5 yd. bucket Front End Loader. It was hauled away in 11 yd. 6 wheeler trucks. 3 mins to load one truck and the next one backed in ready. The tunnel mined 24 hrs. I worked 12 so had to get em loaded and out. I'm sure there will be no problem selling the top soil, the clay I loaded was made into bricks, so a great use for it. Isn't it great being top of the heap!!!!!!!!

[@DLHFarms]

Sounds like a good job. They needed to buy you a bigger loader though haha

[@TheByard]

@@DLHFarms Bigger is not always better and thinking of that why don't you and your family have a great Christmas.

[@allenbreedlove8906]

Another awesome video Dennis .. Can’t wait to see a video on the new Mack !!

[@DLHFarms]

I need to get that made

[@BornRandy62]

a contractor did the work to replace a bridge with a pour in place culvert. they had a huge hole dug and had the dirt separated. Yellow clay is good blue clay and top soil is bad for compacting beside the structure. They had a summer helper running a crawler loader backfilling and running a compactor. He loaded trucks that the county supplied to haul away the blue clay. Empty truck, first loader bucket , phoom the truck jumped off the ground. I guess it knocked the built up dirt off the frame and bottom of box. bright side

[@DLHFarms]

Haha!

[@Poppi2006]

Surely you guys got some snow on the roads! I’m expecting a plowing video after Christmas.

[@DLHFarms]

Unfortunately no it was just some ice. Didn’t even get to start the tractor. ☹️

[@elliotpilson6063]

When David said let Micheal come back and help me “for a few minutes” I laughed way harder then I should have, it is never just a few minutes

[@DLHFarms]

Haha got that right!

[@bjenkins803]

Glad your dad didn't get hurt and I hope nobody else did in the wreck. Glad they fixed the truck. Is that the same truck from previous videos you used to pull the beast!

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks yeah that’s the same truck

[@bradtoothman7650]

Loved it. Relaxing to watch you run heavy equipment. Merry Christmas to you and your Family.

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks Merry Christmas!

[@TrailTrackers]

Yeah let's see a video on that new Mack. I'm looking and thinking about a Mack Titan for sale right now. Haven't pulled the trigger yet but I'm thinking I want it real bad.

[@DLHFarms]

It’s a nice truck it rides a little stiff empty but that’s about the only complaint.

[@uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759]

What? A Komat'su without the Luxury cab options pack including an Espresso machine! Have they even delivered one without this pack? You must have done a bad deal, Dennis! Haha

[@DLHFarms]

Haha this one is an older model

[@eddiemortontapman7252]

How many miles on your Dodge Flat bed ? Did you get enough snow to push on 12/16/20 ? I always Look forward to seeing your snow pushing videos. Thanks for sharing , Merry Christmas to all your folks in the Meadows of Dans !

[@DLHFarms]

81k on that truck now with no problems. No we only got Ice unfortunately

[@DLHFarms]

Merry Christmas!

[@stanhensley3082]

Good days work. Thanks.

[@DLHFarms]

👍

[@rubenmanitowabi]

Right on love Komatsu shovels I’m fixing to crush about 15000 yards of “A” gravel digging outta the ground for a new pit I’m making loading out on b40e bell rock truck 30 35 yard loads

[@DLHFarms]

Awesome! Those are the big toys there

[@tuffram2165]

I'm hoping you have us a snow pushing video after that Noreaster you just got!!!🤞🤞🤞

[@DLHFarms]

Unfortunately we only got ice which really sucks cause I was all pumped up for some snow and making a video of it.

[@tuffram2165]

@@DLHFarms Dang it man I guess we were both disappointed Dennis 😞

[@Darryl603]

Hi Dennis, So you don't drop it in neutral and mash the throttle to downshift the Mack? Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎄

[@DLHFarms]

Nope it will do it for you or you can pull the Jake brake stalk on the steering column and it will downshift

[@danielshort3410]

The school bus that I drive has an Eaton automated manual transmission believe it or not. Called the Procision with a dual clutch. It takes some getting used to compared to a regular automatic transmission.

[@DLHFarms]

Yeah it different but it’s a lot easier on the driver doing these short hauls

[@waltermattson5566]

Good video.

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@agirlandhercows501]

looks like a lot of work

[@michaeldalton7700]

Heck been watching you for a little while. Didn't realize you were close to me. You from meadows of dan.

[@DLHFarms]

Yep that’s where I’m at.

[@michaeldalton7700]

@@DLHFarms iam from hillsville. I know you're dad from when I worked at Micro metrics.

[@michaeldalton7700]

@@DLHFarms enjoy watching .

[@dougvaldivia3395]

ya'll deliver to texas?? good looking soil merry christmas to ya'll

[@DLHFarms]

Haha I guess I could send it by rail.

[@kevinvallee9049]

👍🏼👍🏼 . Relaxing to watch. What’s your truck you’d prefer. ?

[@DLHFarms]

The Mack or the Western Star

[@gatecity5284]

Out of all of the excavators you have ran what would br your pick. Just curious

[@DLHFarms]

Honestly the PC200 that I was running

[@jonathanwhiteacleanwaterop8210]

Hey Dennis, Quick question. How come just tri-axles in your fleet instead of quads? Would quad axles just not be anymore beneficial to your guys application? I know down my way in Southwest Va. most are Quad axles . Most of your paving/trucking companies run Quints. Might see maybe one or two tri-axles. Just curious being that we are both from VA. Hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

[@DLHFarms]

We like the shorter lighter trucks for working around job sites we don’t do much production hauling.

[@davidhorne2326]

I need some of that topsoil!

[@DLHFarms]

Come get it.

[@evergreen7889]

how far from Hillsville VA are yes. I'm From NJ my uncle lives in Hillsville... how are yes holding up yes have a lot of work

[@DLHFarms]

I live about 20 miles from Hillsville

[@evergreen7889]

@@DLHFarms nice if yas are ever looking for a operator or driver let me know heard it’s nice down in southwest Virginia..

[@ralphdeemie4916]

How long will it take to get it all out?

[@DLHFarms]

A while the way the weather has been we can’t do anything. There is probably a couple hundred loads left so four more day of hauling.

[@almyers8074]

Hey Dennis, Are you storing the topsoil to be used later on this job?

[@cntslesfabrication]

He said they are going to need some of the topsoil but very little

[@DLHFarms]

We will need some. We’re just trying to get rid of the rest any way possible.

[@sams7655]

Why don't those big excavators have pushing blades on em like the mini excavators?

[@Darryl603]

They're heavy enough and the footprint is wide enough you don't need it. With a unit that size, you have dozers and graders to level the dirt. You can rough it in with the bucket and roll over a small area with the tracks but really, it's designed to dig and load.

[@DLHFarms]

Darryl is right. One of the main things that the blade is for on the small excavators is for stability.

[@404nitro]

I never got a notification for this one. YT sucks. Just so you know, I've been (ridin) around looking at all the (green) equipment. ;-) Who got the ticket for the accident? That new truck didn't look near full, so do you have a weight scale on the hoe that lets you know how much weight you are putting on each truck load?

[@davidhorne2326]

You just put Laurel Fork on the map, talking about the truck wreck!

[@DLHFarms]

Haha yep

[@bobhorne5406]

can't believe the ins co was going to total the truck for such little damage.

[@DLHFarms]

Yeah crazy

[@mrdfarms9373]

Surprise Michael, 38,000+ people saw you waving while you got the last load of the day

[@DLHFarms]

Haha

[@tbirdage]

Won’t chya bring me about a hundred yards up here to WV?! I could sell every bit of it

[@DLHFarms]

I wish we could. Send us some trucks I’ll load them for free.

[@mp3625]

Lol coffee!!!

[@DLHFarms]

👍

[@cntslesfabrication]

How far was the round trip for the trucks?

[@DLHFarms]

Probably about 6 or 7 miles round trip

[@cntslesfabrication]

@@DLHFarms that's not to bad. If you had 7 or 8 trucks running and it takes you 3 minutes to load 1 truck and the round trip takes 25 minutes. You could do 135 to 150 loads per day without any major issues. Do you agree?

[@Darryl603]

@@cntslesfabrication Shouldn't take 25 minutes to drive 6 miles. A marathon runner can do 6 miles quicker than that

[@cntslesfabrication]

@@Darryl603 I know that but not every driver puts his head down and does work. It's better to be realistic to be safe than sorry

[@Darryl603]

@@cntslesfabrication Aww, you didn't have to say you're sorry. I forgive you...

[@accomack100]

No Donuts!!

[@DLHFarms]

Actually.... 🙃

[@smjhobbies4527]

Call me wrong, but I would have let him total that then I would have bought it back off 7 fix the hood and ran the truck and took the rest of the money and bought another truck

[@robbobcat7286]

all i see is a Huge pile of Cash!

[@DLHFarms]

Yeah just needs a screening machine

[@drmautz]

You don't talk much without some coffee in ya. Ha

[@DLHFarms]

Haha