Spreading 400 Tons of Stone

[@bobferranti5222]

Tim has been a awesome addition to your business. He's a really fantastic worker and does a great job.

[@ackack612]

Impressive skid steer driving. Not a wasted moment between the bucket or the machine. Very nice.

[@ryanconrad1516]

Very efficient! Using both ends of the machine to spread the stone! Nicely done Driver..

[@SovaKlr]

If power was measured by noise directly that would be the most badass skid steer ever...

[@janvandenbos7085]

Spreading 400 tons of stone, thats a lot of stone Chris nice Skid steer operation Letsdig18 👌

[@aaronburford5701]

Love listening and watching gravel being moved and spreqd!

[@mischef18]

Looks sweet bro it finished up real nice from what you started with. Loving some of the comments, there is some great thinking minds in this world.

[@barkleygentry2504]

At least no wet spot where the water line ran through...

[@genecoppedge5972]

How much damage did the stone do to the tracks between the idlers and do you factor the wear and tear into the bid? Great skills on the track loader by the way.

[@williamjohn8404]

Chris tell your saw mill buddy that Reel McCoy has a great video up this week.Thanks for your time man.

[@whateverittakes5580]

Under what conditions would you put down fabric? And, do you ever put a larger stone down first before the fine stuff? Thanks,

[@xboxTVchannel]

i always wonder that too

[@kaleip]

anytime the ground is spongy dig the muck out first then put some ballast rock down and then recycled rock on top fabric on bottom have seen hundred ton cranes walk on water beds

[@yota87truck]

When calculating materials what depth did you plan for on this job?

[@canvids1]

Chris the man operating the skid steer is a very talented man I must say and I hope your pay him well. there are not many out there that can see the whole area and work it.

[@letsdig18]

Im running it, should I make more too? LOL

[@Mike.Howard]

That skid-steer really moves on stone!

[@Simonsimps]

5:33 that lady in the background is admiring your skills Chris :D

[@swhouston2954]

When the bucket is flat on the ground and you are moving forward or backward spreading stone, are you floating the bucket? Amazing job and great videos....thanks!

[@uggy7]

Nice Chris and Tim. 👍👍🇵🇪🐕

[@tophauler8626]

i was telling the owner of gravely grading of western north carolina about u yesterday while delivering to him,as i was leaving i noticed he had a volvo 210 excavator and a takeuchi skid steer as well

[@KODArunner]

You have one Hall-of-an operator in Tim! I know several companies who would just love to have someone like him!

[@the_atomic_punk487]

How long should it take to spread 1 load (20 tons) of stone with a machine similar to this one?

[@donbraden8533]

Man that skid steer is a fast little worker 😁👍👍

[@silentepsilon888]

400 tons is a lot of weight. Aren't you concerned that by putting so much weight in one spot of the planet - where it obviously wasn't before - and by removing it from another area of the planet, you could shift earth's weight across it's rotational axis and increase global warmi .............. sorry, I had too much coffee today.

[@brownwarrior6867]

Silent Epsilon Don’t you will have the Flattard Tin Foil Brigade on Chris’s ass in no time posting words like rotational and axis

[@TheUserid82]

400 tons is nothing as that can fall in a light rain. 1 foot of water over 1 acre is 1,359 tons so a pond would have a much larger effect on the earth then spreading a little stone around.

[@jasonking2943]

Lord have mercy, you have been watching too much cnn!

[@jeffpalmer3560]

Maybe if he’d have moved it to another hemisphere...😉

[@braden3087]

Meant to say meth is hell of a drug!!!!!🤯

[@TH-od1nk]

Chris, what is that mix or blend of stone you are using in this video, looks great!

[@LAKESIDEBOB1]

By the way what size stone are you laying out and what is the price per ton in the pit for your area?

[@genecoppedge5972]

Nice job. What kind of gravel is that?

[@shootersoptiontargets]

you guys got that project looking good. those horses are always expensive for sure.

[@stanleybroadhead8978]

Damn, it ain't bragging if you can back it up! Good job guys.

[@Ndiazbacci]

Hi man, love your videos, is that 57 stone? does it compact well?

[@Thisandthatdude]

You should make a video on how to finish grade inside of forms for a concrete pour

[@joelshuman9243]

How many hours do you have on your skidsteer now, have you had any problems with it?

[@northstar2007]

do you have a bad idler in the track on that machine? sounds like a clanky bit is moving more than it should when it's moving

[@LAKESIDEBOB1]

What is the capacity of the bucket on the tracked loader?

[@Todd.Roberts]

I think Tim can run that skid steer better just saying lol

[@TrailTrackers]

Todd Roberts : You're either joking or plum crazy. I just watched the video of Chris laying in that driveway with parking area before I came to this one. Chris is smooth as hell and doesn't waste movement. Watching Tim in this video drove me bat shit crazy. Especially when he kept turning into the pile and getting all those fucking rocks in the sprocket and idler. I ended up having to fire one of my guys cause he wouldn't stop doing this even after I warned him 3 times. I gave him the option to switch to flat-work (scrubbing concrete) but his ego was too far out there so he said no. No sweat off my balls in the end. Nobody is going to tear the shit out of my expensive equipment. I can totally understand why Chris won't let ANYBODY drive his 220.

[@Todd.Roberts]

Listen I’m just joking with Chris and he knows that . I have seen him run that said steer in person for two days he is a master with that machine

[@juanwaller1942]

Nicely done Chris 👍🏻

[@louisianadirt2188]

At first I thought I was on Elite Earthworks channel with that skid steer in thumb nail! Lol Stay safe Dwayne

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Louisiana Dirt 218 🤣

[@DirtPerfect]

Lol me too

[@gerryvanwoerkom7241]

no fabric to keep the stone sinking ???

[@1995jug]

Tim is running the shit out of that skid steer.

[@keithdunlap2701]

Another good one Chris.......

[@legendaryexplorer8119]

AWESOME VIDEO CHRIS!!! So how come you haven't considered getting a Cat Skid steer?

[@letsdig18]

because I dont like them

[@legendaryexplorer8119]

@@letsdig18 oh ok do you have a reason? Lol you dont have to answer if you dont want to. I'm more of a Volvo and Cat Fanatic. But when it comes to Skid steers I'd have to go with Cat. I like Volvo for their Excavators.

[@randywhelan8944]

C aust A mother T housand

[@larrygldn9245]

I'm not sure what your doing but I think I have an idea. You drive the skid steer back and forth, the the bucket of the Volvo loader goes back and forth. Do you have a license to place crowds into hypnotic trances. Thats not right but I keep coming back. Is the problem you or us? Thanks for sharing.

[@arthurbuckyelksjr7918]

Looks to me you need a dump truck driver that knows how to spread rock. You been done a lot faster. It does look good. Have a great day and be safe

[@jasonike13]

Wheres the 4n1 bucket? Seems like that would work better.

[@clavoillon]

Is this considered "regrading the stone"?

[@memyselfandifarmer]

Why no fabric under the stone.

[@jamespaulaski5697]

What is your personal favorite machine to run?

[@samuelbacon1596]

Hey Chris how many ton will your big new dump truck hold ????? Or did you guys,, have a truck with a trailer dump haul in for you. Take care JUNKMANDO

[@jimmydickson8854]

How’s your new Takeuchi holding up now you had it a while any problems with it ,if you could respond to this as I’m looking for an up grade on mine

[@calebalt1557]

Advice from me: Don’t get a Takeuchi, get a Caterpillar, 289D is a VERY impressive machine and I love mine

[@63256325N]

Thanks for the video.

[@johnnyholland8765]

Is this a private home? How do you like the Takeuchi and is it a good reliable machine?

[@letsdig18]

yes, its been a pretty good machine. they are really strong

[@siRiderkdw9]

Looks awesome guys!

[@Manoffire260]

Don’t you get whip-lash “back and forthing” so fast like that? I got three bulging discs in my neck from my big Bobcat! No suspension at all!

[@jeffpalmer3560]

Amen! I had the same issue! Doctor said it was “micro trauma” everyday from loader work and I paid for it years later. Be careful out there guys! Great videos always!

[@jeremyking7924]

those high drop spreads are great

[@bosshogg6030]

Good job man 👍🏻

[@HWhite-iu4ec]

Why didn't you tailgate spread what you could then spread with skid steer?

[@animenut69]

Guessing it might be to soft still for the trucks to run through the lot

[@brianwebber7168]

I'm guessing that they did and didn't show it. Pretty small lot for a quad axle.

[@letsdig18]

for the driveways we spread with the truck for the parking lot it was just easier for me to spread it

[@jeremyking7924]

Trucks would definitely not be able to make it look that good. Ends up being high and low in spots where you would end up making a mess going over it a second time. Makes more sense to just do it with the skid. Once.

[@matttom94]

Try spreading over those stump holes... you’d have bigger swingers than most. Unless you like your tip truck to lay down and have a rest

[@windygorge1]

nice place you have

[@Goose8202]

And you call this work? Looks more like fun to me!

[@stuartluig2911]

You are the ken block of equipment.

[@randywhelan8944]

14 G motor grader and D 4 and bang that job out by noon and be fishing by 1:00pm great video looks great.

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Nice to see you in a Takeuchi 😉

[@Will7981]

His poor faithful Volvo though is going to be heartbroken that he went and cheated on her with that Takeuchi. LOL

[@monoxidechild6161]

He was just at an action..........smh

[@robertrockwell7581]

nice looking job guys .

[@EuropeanDreamz]

Very good operator

[@markevans3027]

Like always, nice work guys...

[@mikesmith-ld1gu]

man that thing is LOUD!!

[@bigdawg1944]

From a person who doesn't know much about your trade, why didn't you use your nice orange grader you have at home? Either way you do some excellent work sir.

[@letsdig18]

easier to just used the skid steer and it was already there

[@bigdawg1944]

makes complete sense to me. thanks for the reply! @@letsdig18

[@jonschneck4559]

the time to move it in and out may not offset the time saved doing the job

[@silentepsilon888]

I am not in this trade too, but my guess is that the orange grader is simply too big for this job. Graders like long straight or slightly curved roads, but they are not very useful on tight turns, narrow roads or in areas like the relatively small parking lot that borders on fences, trees and other landscape that would get torn up by the graders 'overhang'. Remember, the grader's blade is in the center of the vehicle and in order to grade to the edge of the parking lot, the front or rear end would extend several feet outside the parking lot, but there are fences and trees there. Besides, the skidsteer can turn on a dime and move a bucket of gravel to another location in seconds, but trying to turn the grader on this lot to go another direction would be super tight and very time consuming.

[@canvids1]

What you crazy a grader going to it better and faster than the expert in the skid steer LOL get a life man..............

[@Jmeinema1]

Nice skidder! I'd take a tako over a John Deere, cat, or bobcat any day

[@Jmeinema1]

I definitely recommend you try their line of mini excavators as well they have an insane amount of cab room and function just as well as their skid steers

[@topnotchexcavatingllc5193]

Very nice !

[@rickgordon873]

Good day boys Tim I know your truck can spread rock so why don’t you do the more often it seams like it would be a lot faster and easier on your equipment Thanks

[@jakeschisler7525]

Track skid steers are so much better than wheeled ones

[@SunSandAndSea]

What kind of stone are you spreading?

[@letsdig18]

abc/ crush and run. its a base material for driveways. once it sets and gets hard people usually spread pure gravel over it

[@mrandrewdennis1]

Good stuff👍

[@contractorjorgenrattenborg4813]

Nice work . but why no ground cloth? (Google Translate 😂😂)

[@aj12271]

Chris...will your next skidsteer be a Takeuchi or are you going to another brand? If you are going to change brand, why not 100% happy with Takeuchi?

[@letsdig18]

ill get another one

[@aj12271]

@@letsdig18 thx man

[@RedDFilm]

Just wondering, why not just push it with a dozer? Wouldn't that be quicker?

[@thederrick1966]

nice job that was a lot of rock .

[@TheSoloAsylum]

I think you should sit in the truck and put the window down every now and then just to yell at Tim. Do some pointing and put the window back up...Tim's got it to easy around there.

[@letsdig18]

yeah I was over running the skid steer that day

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Spread it on! Lol! Looks great!

[@leol1682]

Really nice video guy's .

[@julianljackson]

Time to Rock and Roll!!!!

[@mikesbobcatservicesllc-mic6927]

Faster faster faster

[@rgw3629]

Hey Chris, really enjoy your video's. I was just wondering if you have to ask permission to film from the property owner? Keep up the good work, I look forward to the new ones Everytime they come up. Thanks

[@letsdig18]

most of them watch my stuff already lol

[@jonschneck4559]

@@letsdig18 have you gotten any jobs from someone that saw you on youtube and liked your work

[@chrismontgomery1521]

Who’s driving

[@letsdig18]

me

[@BentTreeFarmPa]

I hope for your sake it's quieter on the inside!

[@jpa1282]

I would slowly bash my head in if I had to run that skidsteer

[@A_l_x]

Some mwters boys. Gj

[@matttom94]

Tell us CHRIS your the one of the only Americans that uses a 4in1 bucket but you don’t use it where it would work the best? Tearing a pile apart and short spread is where you can move some dirt ( gravel )

[@letsdig18]

cause its currently broken thats why im not using it lol

[@matttom94]

letsdig18 maybe buy a 4in1 from Australia that won’t break so often 😂😂

[@jbirtk9]

Poor timmy did all the work lol

[@letsdig18]

i ran the skid steer lol

[@ivansantiagoacostahernande5470]

Haga el favor y mandé más videos 🤠🙏🤠🙏🤠

[@regsparkes6507]

Yes but,..why didn't you use your Grader, maybe too costly to move to this site? Seriously, I'm just asking, because I thought this job would be perfect for a Grader.

[@letsdig18]

wasnt worth the time to move it there when the skid steer was already there

[@regsparkes6507]

@@letsdig18 Asked and answered,...Thanks.

[@jerryrolen9639]

Why not tailgate spread with trucks then fine grade with motor grader.? Not criticizing but 400 ton lot of rock.

[@michaelbligh1375]

So who is going to say he should have used a dragline cause I know someone would say it

[@ivansantiagoacostahernande5470]

Muy bueno 😸😸😸😸😸

[@diassisalvesdasilva4828]

Show 👏👏👏👏

[@drewgardner81]

I would ask a stupid question or make a stupid comment like some but I can think of anything any more dumb than some of the comments I have already read so I will just say. “Slick job Driver”

[@ivansantiagoacostahernande5470]

Nesecito urgente trabajo

[@dwightjones5826]

I thought your trucks would haul more than 20 tons we can haul 19 tons on a tandem axle here in Ga

[@dennisocallaghan1380]

Skidstear some machine to go

[@stevenrichey5068]

Shame you don't have a road grader. ..lol

[@brians48now]

He does have a grader but it wouldn't work very well in a lot like that.

[@papaw5405]

That's not a skid steer is it? It's a track loader ain't it? A skid steer don't lift and dump like that does it?

[@pirox2720]

Papaw no it is still a skid steer/skid loader the tracked ones like this one work better on soft ground the wheeled ones work better on hard surfaces

[@papaw5405]

@@pirox2720 Well I won't dispute your word but Takeuchi calls it a track loader. They a have a whole nother category of machines they call skid steers.

[@pirox2720]

Papaw skid-steer/skid-loader/uni-loader are all a universal type name people use for those types of machines now most companies do have specific names for them however like I said most people use one of those universal type names

[@jonnicholas8028]

Your gonna wear that stone out! Where's your dozer and grader?

[@BobL84]

tim was going pretty fast but his overall operating skills are not the best

[@timtuoni3544]

considering i was on the roller