Rough Grading With The Takeuchi TL250

[@aaronburford5701]

Any videos that you are grading I am watching! You are the best!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks! 😁

[@aaronburford5701]

It's amazing looking at some of your videos you had 19k views in 5 yrs! A lot of people like your grading like me!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! They seem to get steady views.

[@brandonlowe4049]

I say good job bro! I've literally been in the same machine for almost 3 weeks straight and I love it!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

It’s a great machine! Mine just rolled over 10,000 hours

[@aaronburford5701]

Rewatched! The best ever!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks man!

[@dalepremo3695]

Gumbo is right! Plus it's always nice to have a pickup truck in the middle of where you need to work. Like you say, needs more work, but what you did so far is night and day better looking.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Dale Premo LoL yeah the truck doesn’t help. Thank you I’m anxious to get back there and finish it up. They are bricking it now so it’s tough to work around them

[@shootersoptiontargets]

You did really well for what you had to work with as far as dirt. maybe the weather will change and head in the right direction for once. On the bright side days are getting longer, which lets you get in a few more hours. I'm sure you really like working more, lol.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

S.O.T. Metalworks thanks! Yeah this stuff is just annoying. I do enjoy the longer days but it’s cutting into my editing time 🤣

[@aaronburford5701]

Still imoressed by you doing this by yourself! Your rough grade is just as good as your final one!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you! That’s what I shoot for

[@aaronburford5701]

@@eliteearthworksllc Just enjoy your work and talent! Thanks for sharing and responding to my comments! Means a lot!

[@Digginok]

Looks like a challenging lot for sure! Nice work

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Digginok yes too many elevation changes, keeps it exciting I guess lol. Thanks Frank

[@DirtPerfect]

Looks like fun cleaning up everyone else mess nice work as always 😁👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Dirt Perfect lol oh yes story of my life! Thanks again Mike

[@r3landservices133]

Nice job as always!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

RED DIRT DOZER thank you!

[@burningdinosaurs]

It was sure nice to see they cleaned up the yard before you got there ;) And that the dirt was so nice and easy to work with lol!! But it ended up looking REALLY good, especially considering what you had to work with (and around)! The video looks really good too! You must be figuring out the settings on stuff - looked and sounded good! Thanks for the video!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

BurningDinosaurs LoL it was cleaner minus the truck in the way. Thanks I have figured out some on the audio, I don’t think I’ve done much on the picture but I could have hit something lol! Thanks again

[@topnotchexcavatingllc5193]

Muck Muck Muck ! Gotta love working with wet gumbo and rocks ! lol That's a nice home site next to the pond. Always love the siding and gutter guys they really think about the finish work guy.....NOT ! Nice job there Brandon you da man !

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Top Notch Excavating LLC yeah it’s definitely working around them on top of trying to spreading this junk. Thanks again

[@josephboley]

hello there Brandon. great video as always. hope you and Mrs elite earthworks are doing very well. thanks for the awesome content bud. as always stay safe out there and take care. hi Mrs elite earthworks. ✌👍💪👌

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Joseph Boley Hi! 👋

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Joseph Boley doing great just super busy lol! Hope everything is good with you. Appreciate the support!

[@grantajgaming5459]

Thts a damn good job man

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thank you!

[@grantajgaming5459]

How much would be a tough price for a job like this ?

[@melaniew77msn]

Glad I am not the only one burning midnight oil. Ramen noodles for supper at 12:42 AM!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

tdej80 LoL that doesn’t sound fun!

[@louisianadirt2188]

Good video, still looks cold up there.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Louisiana Dirt 218 thank you! It’s starting to warm up now finally

[@VintageFarm1086]

It hard to grade when you have crap dirt to work with. You did a good job with it though.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Monty Bussard yes it is, makes it very frustrating. Thank you!

[@anthonyjcarolan3161]

You have done a great job on Rough Grading I love ❤️ your video 📷 the are best thing I can't wait for the next video 📷 #EliteEarthWorksLLC

[@eliteearthworksllc]

me In leather jacket and pants good thank you! I appreciate the comment

[@bruceblais7958]

You sure no how to use that skid steer nice job grating. 👍👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Bruce Blais thank you! It came out fairly well considering the material

[@CaptKirk1701]

Nice job again, that base dirt really sucks!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Kirk Overly thank you! Yeah it’s crap, I think this was the lot that everyone dumped junk on

[@cathiwim]

Looks like pure clay!

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

Looks like you had some of my TOPsoil.... ain’t it amazing that it still grows stuff?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

William Harris LoL yeah it blows my mind anything will grow in this stuff

[@kurdt-l8c]

Im guessing this is a joystick machine? If so whe you are final grading do u use the right joystick more then left? Or do u barely touch the left joystick?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

It is. The left stick does all the tracking and the right controls the bucket.

[@jakeg6570]

Good job! How many cubic yards or SF per day of dirt does this accomplished?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

You wanting to know how many loads of dirt on this job? Or how much the loader moves

[@jakeg6570]

I wanted to know the average output capacity of this equipment. Like how many square foot or yards of dirt it can do in a day.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Jezreel Montecillo I can spread 250 cubic yards pretty easy. I’ve done 500 in one day before

[@arkansas1336]

Looking good! That site seems to not be ideal for a basement....but you and the landscapers will make it into a 'good appearance'.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

arkansas13 thank you! Yeah I agree definitely not a spot I would put a basement house.

[@ferenzi7741]

I have a tl26 takeuchi is there a float function on it for grading?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

It should I would try the left button on the right joystick if it has those

[@ferenzi7741]

@@eliteearthworksllc it doesn't have buttons on the joysticks could it be anywhere else?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

@@ferenzi7741 it should be but I don’t know much about them

[@TheGuyWhoHacks2]

Great video. Would you recommend a takeuchi? Bobcats are so much easier to come by but I heard everyone loves there takeuchi's! Have you had any issues with yours? Thanks

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Travis L thank you! Yes I love Takeuchi, would definitely recommend them but it you don’t have a dealer nearby that’s understandable. I haven’t had any major issues, this machine has right at 7,000 hours on it. I did just change the pilot pump and I put my first set of sprockets on it at 5500 hours. They are beast for sure. Thanks again

[@markmortensen4341]

When your doing the rough grade like that especially about at the end of this video before you talked about how crappy it was. How far do you cut down to leave for good fill❓I don't know if I said that right as I'm so tired right now lol‼️ I just thought if it's really rough you have to leave more for good fill. Thanks for sharing your video.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Mark Mortensen yeah I will put about 6” of good dirt on top of it. I still need to cut down behind the curb in the front yard and it should settle a bunch on the sides of the foundation since it was just back filled. I’ll go through and do another rough grade before I add any dirt. Thanks again Mark

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Glad to see you out making me some money 😁

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Mrs. Elite Earthworks lol I’m trying

[@Digginok]

Ya gotta keep him on track! lol

[@southerndirt9589]

👍👍👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Spradlin Excavation thank you!

[@charleswaters455]

Do you do it all by eye? I have zero experience, but want to use this tool to do a rather complex (from my point of view) grading project. I have 2 acres with a ditch in front a house in the middle and a 1/3 acre pond on the side of the house. So I need to grade toward the ditch in some areas, toward the pond in others, away from the house always, etc. Do you ever drive wood pins marked with depths or do you just eyeball everything?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Yes most of my yards I eyeball in unless it needs a swale or the drainage is really close I’ll use a laser level. You could set stakes to help get the elevation your looking for. A lot of times I start spreading dirt up by the house and driveway to use that as my line and work my way out.

[@barryhansen6854]

Can't believe that when you come in on these jobs that you need to clean up all the other sub-contrators garbage before you can do your thing, surely they know you are coming in to do it hope you get paid for the extra work for clearing their shit.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Oh I know it gets old I charge for it too!!

[@briangardiner1015]

You can't make chicken salad out of chicken S&$*

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Brian Gardiner LoL that’s right!

[@whskythrttl]

Put their material at the farthest end of the site ....aka, I'm aggravated

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Anthony Rafferty LoL yes! Or least out of my way

[@waltermattson5566]

Take that piece of siding off you don’t like.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Good idea! Lol

[@georgezgreek]

That's an ugly looking home that design is weird, do you get that allot in Missouri? lol

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Depends that was a custom home so they must have had their own plans

[@cathiwim]

Ya cant account for other people’s taste, huh? Lol