Regrading gravel driveway...tips, tools and techiques explained

Regrading gravel driveway...tips, tools and techiques explained Today I'll go through the details of how we maintain and repair our gravel driveway. You'll get details on the tools and techniques to get the job done right!
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[@FarmallFanatic]

I was sitting here watching this video wondering why you didn't have a MEMBERSHIP button. Then I remembered I already hit it! 💥BOOM💥

[@HamiltonvilleFarm]

Bro, you're a little late to the party 😂😂 but better late than never 😁

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Farmall Fanatic is crazy!! LOL Channel memberships are a huge help to the farm for sure buddy..thanks so much for your contribution!

[@FarmallFanatic]

@@HamiltonvilleFarm actually, I was one of the first members and had my bank card stolen...cancelled the card...thus, cancelled the membership. So Im a "new member." Hahaha

[@divo2147]

I have no farm, I have no tractors, I have nothing. But I highly enjoy watching your videos!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I appreciate that!

[@davemi00]

Josh, always luv your attitude and yer patience to explain things. It’s one of your many strong points. Keep the faith.

[@4x4Moses]

For those who may not know: Titan Attachments are made in China. Titan IMPLEMENTS are made in Tennessee. Huge difference in quality.

[@bigwhiskey5748]

I also believe Titan is now A company called Ironcraft.

[@fredhart7904]

Relaxing watching you grade the driveway, nice music playing in the background, beautiful landscape,

[@douglynch8442]

Have to do this on mine as well. Too much rain and mud right now but Spring will be a better time. Thanks for the video!

[@susandarcy8300]

This was a really good video. You are friendly and explain things really well. It felt like you were just talking to us like we were there. Nice. I learned a lot! I like that you don't yell into the mike (unless you have to because of the tractor). The whole thing was well done, lovely to watch, SO informative! Thank you.

[@stevek5738]

You are such a great teacher. I love watching your videos.

[@othmarvohringer]

Great video and advice. We do the exact same with our driveway ones or twice every year.

[@HamiltonvilleFarm]

Great video Josh. Very detailed 👍

[@semco72057]

The equipment you have did a great job on that road and have your gravel where it should be. I have a box blade which came with my first tractor when I purchased it as part of a package deal and I love it. I have used it around my place, but it has been sitting for over a year now and is ready to be put back to work. I also have a landscaping rake which is on my second tractor for use in my yard. I currently have my bush hog on my first tractor and use the other implements attached to my second tractor as they isn't that large and I use the bush hog most to work my lawn or land back off the road away from my house for mowing.

[@ChurchsFamilyFarmCFF]

You have the BEST people watching your channel. We can only wish that they will want to watch us too here at C.F.F.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

slick...I like it 😜thanks for having some class..and creativity

[@ChurchsFamilyFarmCFF]

Stoney Ridge Farmer you have built a great group of people around you.

[@FarmallFanatic]

Ill give ur channel the ol' college try 👍

[@kphyfe]

Good to find you. I am up the road from you in Glade valley. I am a disabled Vet that has limitations due to medical reasons. Bought my tractor back in Oct last year. Love watching how others fix things up and allow me to learn and due things that I had thought lost to me.

[@thomasdesmond2248]

Josh you should try a land plain. You will fall in love with it for driveway maintenance. Only one attachment rather than two. God bless

[@whodatnunyabiz6050]

About to grade and build gravel road on our property in east Texas. Great info! Pretty sure you just saved me from doing it wrong! Thank you! Subscribed!

[@gckshea]

Great job, Josh. One thing I learned VERY quickly when using my landscape rake behind my tractor, while driving forward: Don't drive too fast! Those tines will engage some stuck rocks, and the tines act just like a slingshot. When they engage a stone that "cocks the trigger," and then lets go, you get pelted with gravel, and if the rock it big enough, it'll bean you in the head, and damage the lights and paint on the tractor! Those rocks really launch. I found that if the rocks in the driveway are not loose enough, that is, loosened up by the tines of my box blade first, then it's better to use the landscape rake spun around 180 degrees and drive backwards. That shoot's the rocks the other way. It's also easier to slow way down.

[@bcgrittner]

Back in the 1960's my maternal grandparents had a summer lake home in northern Minnesota. The driveway, all dirt and 150 yards long, was flat and did not drain well. It seemed like every spring it would rain hard and then the frost would come up. The driveway turned to mush. Getting a dump truck in was impossible due to the overhead power line going down the middle of the driveway. We hand shoveled that driveway endlessly every spring. Drainage was the key. The current owners of that property had the power line buried and are there full time, so the driveway stays firmly packed. I wish we had your knowledge and equipment back then.

[@danielmcqueen1024]

Josh, Glad this video came up! I live a rural sub-division of 14 of 1 to 20 acre lots with a looong gravel road. I'm sharing this video with my neighbors who give me heck every time I do maintenance on the road... City Folks living on the outskirts of a Farming town! The first third of the road just get hammered and I've dropped the rippers to breakup the pot holes and bout gave 3 neighbors a heart attack :) But when I got finished the road was Sweet! But never a Thanks??

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

Great information Josh! You may want to get a small 4' tow behind roller. You would be surprised at how well they pack the stone (they usually weigh about 900lbs when filled), and how much longer the stone will stay in place. WHOOO!

[@dnapson5786]

Love the complete instruction!!! You ARE the BUBBA!!!

[@talantavares4239]

Awesome video the drive way looks great

[@laohantun7404]

Woah ....that is how to reach the hidden rock under the deep soil....the attachment is great Josh....learnt so much.

[@butler386]

Good information. Love the long driveway as long as I don't have to shovel it.

[@gwavery55]

Nice video thanks for sharing. George from Maine.

[@blackhawkinternationalsecu6962]

Your driveway looks great. I did mine last week before it started to rain AGAIN.

[@iloveamberist]

In Texas we call it a box blade and we call his rippers scarfires. Another great way to level the road smooth as silk is a piece of 6' x 8' long 6 ga. chain link. Worked great for me.

[@gayle61766]

Awe your vid is cool, and very informative. Thank you! I have a home that has a long driveway and went with gravel. It’s lovely and I love it! Have an awesome day. 🌞

[@studio1108]

Great video. A contractor told me I couldn't reuse gravel piled up on the sides of my driveway because it had dirt and grass. He wanted to remove what was there and bring in clean gravel. That didn't seem logical so I searched youtube and found you doing exactly what I asked him to do.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

yep...sounds like you're contractor may have been misinformed

[@benjaminstockton3917]

Bubba does a good job Josh thanks for sharing these awesome video's i appreciate them

[@kevineakes4446]

I love a clean farm My OCD would be putting in over time..Make life easier on a farm when things are in its place very Professional..God Bless you and your family. Fort Bagg N.C is my home as well

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I don't call it OCD...it's attention to detail sir....and most don't have it...that's what makes a good farmer great...a good surgeon great...and a good lawyer great. Attention to detail...because the details are what makes it great! WoooooO!

[@sonnyjordan1911]

Nice job on your drive Looks good

[@ravenskydaisy]

Nice video Josh, thanks for the upload 🚜

[@aaronhorn2015]

Love the Arms Family Homestead shirt!!

[@keithnelson5962]

Thanks, liked the show & tell. Learned a lot.

[@etiquettefiend]

Subbed. Positivity is infectious.

[@kevinbutler5491]

Great explanation! Your video was very helpful.

[@scottt8424]

Hey Josh thanks for the video I enjoyed it your driveway looks nice there now you did a good job and now I did learn a little bit from your video to

[@markmankin4975]

Thank you Josh. Very informative. Happy New Year

[@thomaslowe9534]

Love your channel sir. Thanks for what you do

[@cdub6935]

Sweet looking Grand National - I had an 86, awesome cars

[@stan3198]

Very interesting video Josh. Lots of work to maintain your own road !!!

[@terryosburn9660]

Like your t-shirt! Arms Family Homestead.

[@timetraveler5725]

Good video Josh, it my favorite kind, and was the same type of my first one of the channels I viewed, jon dear blade fixin the water control ruts on side of drive , you have came a long way from 20 k or so subs, yea, i like watching tractors work , enjoy the rain today, heck, what ever the weather is try to enjoy it. @ 200 $ for 25 ton delivered, its worth using tractors to get more bang for yer buck for sure. stay safe. Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

[@deanbarr5740]

👍👍👍great job Josh ✊✊✊

[@wraith3951]

Using that TR3 made life easier didnt it! Lol Definitely changed my life with projects around the house

[@bobjoncas2814]

..lookin' good...great vid..

[@Land_sea6969]

I have 50 acre farm and i use a ventrac that thing is a beast thanks for advice mr Stoney ridge

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Heck yeah....it's been my go to for mowing and maintenance here for the past year!. Put nearly 300 hours on it last season!

[@MrKamccarthyinc]

Grand National and a 454SS the dreamof every kid who gre up in the 80's and 90's.!

[@rongeci4092]

Hey Josh great video but I have a few suggestions that might help. If you plan on resurfacing your driveway I’d use 2RC limestone with a binder in it, I’d have it delivered wet ( not too wet or you are paying water weight ) once the stone is laid down spread it out ( unless you have a good driver who can tail gate a load ) shape your road then pack it in good, the binder will hold the 2RC in place for a long time you will get what we call marbles on the sides after a while but that’s normal after about 3-5 years scrape everything back to the middle spread it out over your crown and you are good to go for maybe another 3-5 years maybe longer but you are right a good crown and proper drainage will keep the driveway in good shape..

[@HMSSfrigate12]

Hay Josh, For over 30 yrs I used a horse drawn grader adapted for a tractor to pull and it did an excellent job of grading over 2 miles of roadway's and lanes, because you did not get the ups and downs like you do with pulling a blade on the back of a tractor. Dave from Canada

[@johnhamilton9229]

Great video. Would like to see that grand national up close

[@MrEddiekessler]

Great video again Josh. Eddie from Scotland

[@Flipflopfarms]

Hey just watching with the kids and it looks like you’ve got some loom from your hydraulics hanging down. We use tractors on a rocky farm and trust me you don’t want to catch one of those lines on a snag in a fields or on a rough rock. 👌 👍Keep on making these great videos. My boys love watching some “Stoney Bridge Farmer”!

[@sewingmachinemastery]

Pretty cool!

[@brianmeattey4151]

Looks good bud I surely miss the farm life I use to work and go down to a big farm that belonged to my mom and dads friends but they passed off a while ago and land got sold .its to bad but so many great memories and ther land extended into 4 diffrent towns and 2 states so just a beatiful place just like yours just awsome views and beatiful landscape etcetera. So as allways I love the vids bud and godbless and I sure would love to come see ya all sometimes I'm 51 now and not getting any younger but till the next vid godbless you and mrs stoney ridge .

[@DoubleTopHoneyCo]

Nice vid! #57 limestone is a good base in the mountains of Tennessee, but one cannot climb hills hardly at all until packed down. You'll just spinout and have to get a tow up the hill. Important to note that this should be a fine cover, not 2" thick. Add crusher run limestone/dust after. Nearly turns into concrete after a few rains causing less #57 gravel to slide out to the sides over time. Just a different method for mountain folk.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

yeppers....#57 is what I use to "top dress" the driveway once compacted...most of the time I'm using a crush run rock because of exactly what ur saying..great comment thanks!

[@mohamedhadaga7859]

thanks for the video.

[@pamelaroden4381]

Looks great.

[@CarlosGunX]

I had the same problem on my 300 yard long road. I removed the gravel, crowned up the road, cut two ditches on either side, and put the gravel back... No more washouts..Is saving me a ton of work and lots of $...

[@dmorgan28]

Cool video. 👍👍👍❤️

[@gwenlazarus1471]

Live the videos I have a 1984 ford 2810 and need to do some work on it. I like the advice as to which attachments to buy first. Looking for my box blade now. 👍

[@kevin6959]

i love your channel mate best videos ever

[@robertjackson9601]

You make it look easy, want to stop over and do mine :-)

[@fullstridepropertymaintena3776]

thanks for sharing

[@BobY52944]

Grand national? Nice.

[@narlee2014]

That’s that fancy Polish yard gravel!

[@deanbacon8245]

Grand National , nice !

[@kraut39]

Rule #1 When adjusting the box blade always, and i cant emphasize this enough, make sure your fly is up on your overalls. this is very important......

[@JohnDoe-bh2ph]

Hi I just got back from West Virginia ( my name is Spencer ) and it was good

[@michaelbobbiharris2587]

Good video

[@davidgallego2854]

Josh you get busy good Info

[@RidgeLife]

I was just needing to do this also!

[@davidvelen9835]

Looks great Josh, you made that look easy but I doubt it is. I can see you are very experienced with running the tractor and box blade. Come next Monday 1/13 we close on our 26 acre tract here in East Texas and one of the first orders of business will be the construction of a 500 foot gravel driveway, looking forward to all of the fun up ahead, thanks for putting this informative video out.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

getr done buddy!

[@TheRealSkitch11]

In Arkansas here we had ice all over melted fast we usually use the 1070 to scrape our driveway

[@s.pursell8901]

Josh, have you considered doing some grading work? To keep the water from running down your driveway. You seem to regrade often. Maybe putting in some swales in to direct the flow would help.

[@MrRoboto57]

Thanks for the informative video. One question I've always had... What do you do with all the gravel that's accumulated in the box scraper at the end of your run? Do you just lift the box scraper and let it leak out?

[@atate208]

Maybe you should buy/build a roller to help pack that Rock in as well.

[@danzilla3223]

Love the Chevy truck!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

It's a 1990 SS 454 ...fun to drive for sure!

[@danzilla3223]

I have a 91 and 89. Actually sold my 2019 and got the 89 cause I love the 88-98 so much, they are easy to fix and seem to last forever with good care and they look so good

[@flat4314]

I use a atv snow plow with weights added for downpressure it gets the job done but it takes a while.

[@jackp160]

Josh, thanks for a great instructional video. Would the Ventrac effectively pull a 5 foot Box blade as well as handle the rake portion of gravel driveway maintenance?

[@macminn18]

Love the video, thank you! We have a driveway that has quite a grade to it. When we bought it, the driveway was quite rutted up. A neighbor leveled it for us. A few weeks later a heavy rain made those ruts again. We put taconite tailings on the driveway (it's in northern MN). They lock in place and worked well for a couple of years. We just had to put more tailings on it last year. I now have a tractor and am wondering if I can do this myself. Wondering how the box blade would work with the tailings. If I use the rippers, would that bring too much soil up into the mix?

[@jdhogyellowhelmetproductio358]

COOL!

[@michaelfoucht8830]

Do a video of on all your attachments and implements

[@Ridefastorgetpassed]

Sweet Grand National !!!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

thanks...wish I wouldn't have sold it!

[@Ridefastorgetpassed]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer 💔

[@bradduff5898]

Guess You prefer the box scrap over the ventrac power rake ? Still got the job done. Looks great 👍🏻

[@salahuddinayoubiayoubi4865]

Good

[@steveadams4009]

It would be kinda cool to have the landscape rake on the front of the Ventrac in that straight blade on the back of course have the straight blade turned around wait supposed to be where can actually cut in and move some rock. You know I wish I'd known about that been track when I first got my farm my driveway was a little over a mile long and it was all gravel.

[@RedBeardShaves]

Hello Josh, love the channel. Quick question. What is the purpose of placing the chain around the 3 point arms on the boxblade? I am getting ready to do my driveway for the very first time. Should be a blast!

[@ronneitzel2869]

So Jealous of all the boy toys!!! hahahaha great stuff buddy

[@TrueN0rth]

Thank you for your instruction! I notice you don’t have any potholes and you mention it briefly in your video. I’m wondering if I should be trying to do anything first or if the process is the same. I sometimes find that when I try to grade, my little Kubota goes into the pothole and the blade floats into the pothole behind it. Do I just need to increase the number of passes?

[@ThomasFitzmaurice]

Thanks for the info, doing my driveway tomorrow and will be doing what you did only with a JD 3032E with a rake and boxblade... but quick question, did you have the box blade angled slightly to a side to help with getting your crown laid?

[@steveadams4009]

You know the East Coast is the only place where they call it number 57 first time I ever heard that I didn't know what the hell they were talking about. A member 1st time I went to Chicago for a construction company up there I went in for my interview and guide those a set of plans upon the table and is what gauge our those holes I told him, "I didn't have any idea" and he just got started to turn around and walk off and I said, "but if you are talking about the diameter they are three-quarters of an inch". He kinda grinned at me and said we going to have to learn our terminology, aren't we?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

yep.....interesting how some folks can treat ya when they don't think you know what you're talking about huh

[@ohiofarmlife4020]

Around here it is best to wait until spring to do that because if we worked all our stone loose and then got a snow when we scrapped the driveway we would take all the stone with the snow.

[@flhusa1]

if you are using a blade put a piece of pvc pipe over the bottom edge.

[@WorldsOkayestFarmer]

*Nice job I really enjoy doing that work* #WorldsOkayestFarmer

[@petehall2982]

Grand National Baby!!! Turbo 6!!!!!

[@jeremiahperry1958]

Absolutely brilliant! Now the math... LOL 20:55 Leap year?

[@thomasyerbey337]

WOOOOOO!!🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@billrawlins9488]

Hey Josh check out "Outdoors with the Morgans" Mike show the Land Plane looks great for what your doing on the driveway, I have never used one but they look great

[@chelemichele1524]

Looks great... how often or have you added fresh gravel to the driveway? Have a great day ⛄⛄⛄

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

So this driveway is only 4 years old...typically I'll add rock as needed or have a thin layer of #57 dumped covering the entire drive once per year. Once you've got a good base you shouldn't have to add more rock after about 5 years. I've kinda gone to the extreme on how much rock we have here on our drive since I want to establish one heck of a base

[@cat3rgrl917]

just wondering if you only had the small tractor how you would go about doing your drive