We might be Losing Money on this one.... #1/4

EVERYTHING seems against us on this one. NEW site but problems start right away. We are rebuilding a BIG engineered wall and have one issue after another.

[@350speedfreak]

I like the style of Stan narrating and giving additional insight into what is going on. Your crew is the best!

[@Dirtmonkey]

Much appreciated!

[@jackbrunner4126]

I need a retaining wall! Will you come to Northwest Michigan? I live on Lake Michigan. It would make great videos. I would like to get your opinion on Rosetta Outcroppings for the wall.

[@dougsmonsters4866]

The joys of construction 😌. I've noticed what u said about Ur crew, they care about the company as much as u. Means there growing in knowledge, out come projection etc. It means it takes away from any added stress for u, plus they want success as much as u. Outstanding

[@Dirtmonkey]

Very true!

[@snymat_68]

Stan, I built a 250ft long timber retaining wall along my property line this summer ranging from 2 to 4ft tall. I used the .23pcf UC4B treated timbers and soaked every cut I made with the copper treatment stuff. Tiebacks every 8ft every other course, and full rows of deadmen 5ft behind, also every other course. 6" of 2A compacted as a base and 18" of 2B for drainage behind with french drains the whole way. 8oz geotextile between the 2B and soil. Bottom course and all deadmen staked every 4 ft with 1/2" x 30" rebar. All timbers held together with 8" timberlok screws. (Went through 1500 of'm.) 😄 Did it all myself. (I'm 33) Took me and my subcompact tractor with backhoe 3 months! It was several hundred timbers. I want to thank you for the good info you put out on your channel. I had watched everything you had on retaining walls (as well as doing tons of other research) and put a lot of your tips to use. Hopefully the wall holds up for a good long time. Matt from Pittsburgh

[@Dirtmonkey]

That wall doesn't sound like it will ever go anywhere. very good attention to detail.

[@snymat_68]

@@Dirtmonkey 🤣 If it ever needs replaced I'll just call you guys! What's your rate to travel to Pittsburgh? 😬

[@pqworks9019]

Great job Stan!!! Another great video! The old timber retaining wall was in bad shape. The new wall you are putting in will hold up that hillside much better.

[@Dirtmonkey]

That's the plan!

[@brucebenson9651]

A reason I started following you was because right after high-school and collage summers I worked for the best landscaping co. In the area. I was on the wall building crew and I built dozens of these timber walls. They were all built like this one with deadman every few feet and few layers. It was in Ohio and we built them on the shores of Lake Erie to prevent lake erosion, we did Creek walls to prevent property erosion from an overflowing creek and some for landscaping. It's been 30 years. I wonder if any are still there. Soooo over engineered. I think we said a 40 year guarantee. Such great summers. I loved that job.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Kind of awesome to know there are people building really good walls.

[@briangriggs7651]

You are a great boss Stanley .I've searched for 40 yrs to find someone like you .but to no avail. I'm multiskilled in concrete drainage paving diggers and yet still treated as as a word i hate a groundworker .i class myself as multiskilled .I've been a foreman since i was 20yrs old but moved from job to job searching for someone like you .your a great boss .full respect to you Stanley. Please reply .

[@caseyarmstrong7064]

Stan just absolutely love how detailed you are. Love how you give the customer all you can when it comes quality and well built systems, they appreciate that. Keep it up man, can’t wait to see the next one

[@Dirtmonkey]

Glad you like them!

[@charleswise5570]

You do have a heck of a crew! Sam just steels the show! HAHAHA! Love listening to him! He always makes more sense then you realize at the time!

[@Dirtmonkey]

yeah- hes a good dude!

[@volvo850rex]

Watching this from Colorado Springs. Showed up in my feed. Interesting though because I am from the cities, having gone to Rosemount High School. Also, back in the late 70’s I worked at a landscaping company out of Delano and we did a bunch of those timber retaining walls with deadman. This wall is pretty involved though. You guys have a ton of knowledge of dealing with drainage conditions.

[@JJLandscaping]

Have to be totally honest, your videos are the best. Most youtubers just show a video of themselves or their guys working, you actually explain what is going on. Thats AWSOME and yea its cool that your guys think about time. I can't find 1 guy or gal gives me a honest day's work, there always trying to slack off somewhere.

[@Dirtmonkey]

I didn't always have this great crew. It takes time to find and develop the people and atmosphere in the company

[@joeschratz9360]

Its comforting to know that even with you level of experience there are some jobs that go south. Great video and thanks for sharing.

[@Dirtmonkey]

You bet- stuff happens to all of us.

[@midwesttrashtrucks]

Props to you guys for pushing through some tough conditions, always enjoy seeing what each new video brings!

[@Dirtmonkey]

Appreciate it!

[@SteveDoesEverything]

That ASV rocks! I just bought an old Bobcat 763. my first skid steer. Love your channel Been watching you for a couple years

[@nathanbrodeur]

Stan something else to put into consideration is that those trees when the wall was built they were not putting as much of a weight load on the wall one thing that I might suggest to you is on some walls to thin some trees to shed some of the weight of ground behind the wall

[@Dirtmonkey]

Very true- trees put a dynamic load onto the wall- its unpredictable. removing them is best

[@tomkiser1418]

Well oiled machine that you have. Great personnel and problem solving. Well oiled machine!

[@Dirtmonkey]

Thanks 👍

[@mattdonaldson2304]

I love Sam, probably gets paid well and sticks to his roots and only buys things he needs. Doesn’t have the newest cars and he’s ok with that. Love that dude so simple and calm

[@Dirtmonkey]

You summed him up well.

[@63jeepj20]

I've got a forklift operator that I've never seen even upset. He's worked for me 3 years and just does his job, no complaints and even though he is an older guy he outperforms anyone else. The guy had a heart attack and drove himself to the VA.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Wow- thats kind of incredible.

[@haydenuk02]

Looking good and I would have thought that the tree besides it would have been putting pressure on the wall and I think that’s why it failed. Keep up the great work and thanks for the amazing content stay safe and take care

[@Dirtmonkey]

Good call!

[@haydenuk02]

@@Dirtmonkey Thank you hope all is well at your end

[@justjacqueline2004]

Fascinating as always. Machines are sent to irritate me particularly big names that promise much and deliver little particularly starting. As alaways,a great and knowledgeable team.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Machinery can make or beak you.

[@PDXBeach]

Cool Project Stan. Looks a lot like my backyard situation. I will have to use a sump pump to daylight the water from several acres of uphill ground water.

[@Dirtmonkey]

We got lucky and could daylight some of our water problems. Are you rebuilding a wall?

[@PDXBeach]

@@Dirtmonkey Yeah, re-building. The prior owner installed 5' high wall without drain rock or engineering. Wall failed when we had a neighbor's culvert backup and flood our entire backyard/crawlspace.

[@Nana-hu3xm]

This channel is worth supporting because unlike people that do dumb stuff and get a lot of views and money, those guys work every day. They put a lot of effort in their videos and deserve everything they have, and much more. . Good job

[@Dirtmonkey]

Thank you!!!

[@millarsexcavation6657]

Great to see a well built timber wall, in my neck of the woods customers go for timber sleeper walls because the believe they are cheaper, this is only because they often aren’t built strong enough and you see them start to fail and lean over, a well built timber wall would cost just as much as a block wall, but never last as long

[@GarrettWilliams2017]

We have the exact same CMP grapple. As long as you release the Hydraulic pressure before taking to hoses off it doesn’t take more then 2 minutes max to unhook or put on

[@Dirtmonkey]

You still like yours? Ours has been flawless

[@GarrettWilliams2017]

Oh ya! Put 700 hours on it this year and had minimal issues

[@jayroberts5705]

I enjoy this format on your videos. Keep up the good work and stay safe.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Awesome, thank you!

[@corycourneyea6802]

Have an awesome crew. Keep up the great work guy's

[@Dirtmonkey]

Thank you! Will do!

[@firesurfer]

Do you ever use large concrete truck washout blocks? It looks like a perfect fit here. They can always be parged.

[@stevepearce1913]

When I first started out the blocks would have come on a truck and there were no fork lifts or pallets so we had to unload and stack the whole lot by hand! To make matters worse that would either be at lunch time or just as we were packing up to go home on a cold dark winters night.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Sounds Tough, but builds character!

[@trackmader]

Those solid tire look better than the old airboss airless tires with the bolt in sections

[@maxclement1502]

Thanks Stan. I always enjoy your videos at 7:00 after I finish my homework

[@Dirtmonkey]

Glad you like them and good have you here tonight Max.

[@bis-manoutdoorservicesinc.6499]

Love the videos Stan! And seeing your awesome team inspired me to never give up on employees, and today I have something I never thought I would.... an awesome crew who I can trust for anyone else about to give up and go solo DONT DO IT! The right employee is right around the corner

[@Dirtmonkey]

That is awesome! Its inspiring to hear stories like that! Thank you!

[@paulnelson7384]

Stan, we could never get away with placing the clay for use with the grid. It would have to be CA-6 and truck out the soil. As far as the timbers go they would have lasted another 20 years if the contractor used drainage stone behind the wall, wet timbers = rot. A trick we use to reduce excavation is soil nails attached to the grid, you have to have an engineer that understands them but they go in fast and hold well if the soils are proper.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Sounds like you talk from experience. you Must have been doing this for awhile?

[@paulnelson7384]

STAN I started in 78 but grew up in ln a landscape family. Started pushing a broom when I was 10, and at 12 I could transfer a plot plat to drafting board. I retired in 2008 but have kept up with my certifications as you never stop learning!

[@zerobudgetracing]

Been there. Dad started the company in the 60's. Definitely jobs where what's on the plan and what's actually there don't add up. I'd be proud of your employees too. So many don't care how long it takes or how much it costs.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Sometimes those unseens just wreck a good job.

[@p3trolino1]

Timmaaaaayyyy!!! Love that lol

[@Dirtmonkey]

YES!

[@derKarl_stp]

those tires are good on some areas of use but definitly not on all... was talking to engineers on the bauma expo in munich some time back and the skid steer is actually a licensed JCB in volvo colours and with their powerpack under the hood... the tires are the same tho as used on the other brands machine... and I have seen them on many other skid steers over here in Austria... they do work good on hard surface when used for cleaning up lose materials around trenches or when moving pallets of pavers on asphalt and so on... they even work on recycling yards when handling trash and glass but this is what they were designed for, not for use in compacted and hard grown ground... the problem is that there are a lot of people in the offices buying "airless runflat" tires as they "can't lose air" but at the same time suck at work in many other fields of use and a tracked loader will always have a better pushing power as well as less ground pressure on the area (even with higher machine weight) by the way... one machine that might have been good for you on that project the JCB 1CXT (a tracked skid steer with a backhoe on the rear end)

[@Dirtmonkey]

Id like to try one of those JCB' machines out. Ive seen them-very interesting

[@derKarl_stp]

@@Dirtmonkey the new series does have seat mounted joystick controls and they are pretty good (and the extending digger is nice as well) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpWlpqifgJarfJI here's the official video from JCB NA 😊

[@420zyzer]

That was a beautiful wall they built held up well for that much water

[@Dirtmonkey]

It really did- they did a great job on it.

[@shredct3118]

Yes sir, I definitely have more bad days then I'd like to admit.😂 One thing after another.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Right on -you and me both.

[@erici8750]

@@Dirtmonkey what a pompus prick you are. You have the balls to put you stuff on a public forum. Then you you erase comments pertaining to your video about solid tires. Make no mistake the best in the west is cocky but put him up against you and he is cocky for good reason. You are are dillusional.

[@The_JEB]

I live under the philosophy of being an optimistic pessimist. I am either always right, or pleasantly surprised.

[@marksmith8326]

So since you you do post on a puplic forum. What do you think of the best in the west guy? He does set a different standard than I have seen on KZbin. For being a concrete pumper it's amazing how much better on a skid steer he is than you and your guys. Just stating the obvious. Don't get butt hurt stan.

[@The_JEB]

@@marksmith8326 who the hell is that guy?

[@richardsedorski1206]

Love this type of vid watching builds etc.👍👍👍

[@Dirtmonkey]

More to come!

[@ryanhenry9826]

Its hilarious how somehow the asv end up on every job one way or another

[@Dirtmonkey]

It came in and saved the day.

[@ryanhenry9826]

@@Dirtmonkey yeah lol

[@MrGameing101]

@@Dirtmonkey I'm starting to consider getting an ASV to replace my old new holland

[@Dirtmonkey]

get a new one then, the older units are not the same as the new ones

[@ryanhenry9826]

@@Dirtmonkey im 11 it will be a while but i want to be either a diesel mechanic or land scaper may be one day

[@drich6816]

I like those blocks. I did a wall at my house 20 years ago with them. held up well. They make them in East Dubuque IL Top Block was the company

[@Dirtmonkey]

These are called Versa-Lok Standard units. My favorite by far

[@drich6816]

@@Dirtmonkey Yep that was the ones, Thanks

[@robertvannicolo4435]

Stan at least Sam tried to fix the loader and he called and said it was down most laborers or help would wait till some boss or Forman showed up then tell he’s a good employee so is Blaine. As for the Volvo/JCB what do use it for useless with those tires I guess the manufacturer gave them to you for a steal wrap a set of steel grouser tracks over those tires. Hope the plow contractor doesn’t push all the snow on your work site.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Can't do that then we couldn't use that side open door- we looked into options

[@robertvannicolo4435]

@@Dirtmonkey True I forgot those loaders only have 1” clearance door side it needs air tires then if using for demo fill them with slime had great results with it those solid tires will destroy pins and bushings same as using a hammer on a excavator or backhoe

[@Dirtmonkey]

Yes! There is just no give to them.

[@rolfbjorn9937]

Couldn't the timbers be coated on top of being pressure treated? I'm fairly sure there are a couple compounds that would double or triple their life underground for not too much money extra, that could also be touched up after cutting.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Yep but since I don't build with Timbers I don't have a recomendation of a good one.

[@lachlanjepsen7270]

Landscaper based in Melbourne and we use timber sleepers very often. However we concrete gal steel 'C' and 'H' posts into the ground and then slot the timber sleepers in between the posts - hence no timber in the ground. Thoughts on this method? (plastic and drainage behind wall also)

[@Dirtmonkey]

Man-Id love to see that! Hard to picture

[@King1018-t9w]

Big excavator wise in my opinion john deere has it the bag their 350s and 470s are surprisingly quick for hpw big they are cat is right with them, i use to hate john deere dozers but thw 850 ive been renting has impressed me and my dealer support is amazing.

[@krehbein]

Did you go back to get more $ for the additional drain tile since you couldn’t have foreseen the water issue under the parking lot?

[@danielmoore6507]

I got a timber wall in front of my property about probably a 2-3 ft tall........ wanna replace it with a proper stone one like what I see you guys do.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Are you tackling it yourself ?

[@danielmoore6507]

@@Dirtmonkey that's the plan. I just need the money to get everything and the time to excavate the area to do it right.

[@7.3powerstroke6]

Me and my dad have a concrete company. He has over 33 years of experince. This past 2 weeks have been horrible. Simple tear out and patch. 2ft thick - 40ft long footing. Turned out to be way thicker and tied into the slab around it. I've been running a skid steer with a jack hammer for the last 4 days straight we aren't making any money on this one either.

[@Dirtmonkey]

OOh man- Im sorry. i feel your pain.

[@dave_n8pu]

Seeing you guys being concerned about lost time on a job speaks to me that they have a good boss, you Stan. It's obvious that you care for your guys and in return they care about the work they do. I worked 40 years in a union shop, I had bosses that caused me to just want to show up, do what I had to do and then go home. I also had bosses that knew what they were doing and respected their people, then you cared what you did and tried to work with them to help cause the work flow to be more efficient, which in turn caused them to 'look good' to their boss.

[@Dirtmonkey]

im with you- the attitude comes from the all people being on the same page

[@drich6816]

Also do you ever use those large block that weight 1500 plus pounds? I see them used here in Colorado quite a bit. They have a round bumps on the top to lock them in

[@Dirtmonkey]

Not often- they are very expensive.

[@amirlang8305]

That's a lot of work don 't know how you do it keep it up.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Thanks 👍

[@amirlang8305]

Question do you run steel weed eater

[@Dirtmonkey]

we do

[@winningRus]

Curious on the block situation. Those all look like split pallets. I get charged $50 per split. Was it cheaper to get the pallets split than than have them bring out a piggyback forklift?

[@ryanhenry9826]

When I watched this I was eating gold fish and goldfish made every video better great vid

[@Dirtmonkey]

That's awesome. I like extra toasty cheez-its myself.

[@ryanhenry9826]

@@Dirtmonkey nice

[@paulmurphy4277]

@@Dirtmonkey extra toasty cheez-its are the best!

[@Dirtmonkey]

agreed!

[@royamberg9177]

Do you use helical anchors to hold the wall back so it don't lean

[@Dirtmonkey]

Geogrid.

[@keithparady2594]

Another good one when u say the engineers is that someone who works for the city or the property owner

[@Dirtmonkey]

We hire an engineering firm to draft up the plans for our projects. then we turn that into the city for permitting.

[@blakef8088]

Block is like gold nowadays and dump trailer for the win !!

[@Dirtmonkey]

Loving that dump trailer- and yeah- you can't get blocks!

[@micheal4487]

I have to say you are the coolest understanding boss.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Wow, thanks!

[@micheal4487]

@@Dirtmonkey you’re welcome.

[@alexbrice3742]

I always wondered who you used for wall engineering. Being in the hardscapes business myself we use CDP out of the Twin Cities for all of our engineering work.

[@Dirtmonkey]

what kind of work do they do? walls or more?

[@alexbrice3742]

We do retaining walls as well as pavers and then we have a sister company that does landscaping as well. Mostly commercial and municipal work but dabble in residential work here and there. Mostly do work in the Eastern Iowa area.

[@alexbrice3742]

@@Dirtmonkey sorry I read what you wrote wrong there. They do mostly retaining walls but they do also do paver systems that need to be engineered as well.

[@toddmiller5322]

This is why I bill time and materials. A job costs to do what a job costs to do. I'm not in my line of work for charity. If it's something easily quantifiable like a batch of kitchen cabinets I'll give an estimate. But the second I have to take something apart to perform a job, T&M.

[@SP-yx2cl]

I love the constant in and out of you trying to talk lol

[@Dirtmonkey]

LOl- I didn't want to talk over the guys...

[@justinotten6673]

Hey Stan. How do you get the pins through on the geogrid???

[@pierobernini5964]

I started working for a different minnesota landscape company, (elk river area) and they compact 8 inches of base and then pour a 6 inch slab of concrete and lay the blocks directly on top of the slab. Thoughts on that?

[@Dirtmonkey]

Time consuming and if that base is off slightly- then the wall can't be adjusted.

[@pierobernini5964]

@@Dirtmonkey I agree.

[@ryanlustyk9457]

Any chance your tire comments were guided by another channels call out? Lol Enjoying the videos!

[@Dirtmonkey]

lol- I didn't watch that video but Ive heard about it.

[@merlin47181]

Glad to see Blake is back!

[@Dirtmonkey]

Yeah- he got hurt but pulled through

[@jorgyjones6897]

I'll take a solid tire skid any day over air tires. I can't stand the bouncing when driving and turning. Makes me want to bang my head against the glass. The traction issue I get though. We used to run my feeding skid on the farm on concrete 85% of the time so they would be flat from the turning within 500 hours or so

[@Dirtmonkey]

I had the same issue with my early tires.

[@cntslesfabrication]

If you bought a 1/4 inch thick plate 3ft by 3ft and cut it the same size of the jaws. Then drilled 4 to 6 holes through the plate and jaws on 1 side and 1 for the other side of the jaws you could move more dirt when needed. The install and uninstall would take less than 5 mins to do

[@Dirtmonkey]

Yeah- that would move a lot of dirt.

[@cntslesfabrication]

@@Dirtmonkey I figured you would understand what I was saying because your a visual thinker like I am. You would only be into less than $100 and it would truly make a big difference

[@Dirtmonkey]

It took me a minute than I could see it.

[@cntslesfabrication]

@@Dirtmonkey if you want me to draw it up and email it to you send me a email [e-mail]

[@papierskispropertyservices2532]

When you say 12” below it. Are you referring to 12” below the other tile?

[@Dirtmonkey]

below the block- the tile is outside of the surcharge zone of the wall.

[@papierskispropertyservices2532]

@@Dirtmonkey ok thanks. I think i misunderstood when watching.

[@jonathanreilly6663]

Love the vids

[@Dirtmonkey]

Thank you!

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

Nice video Love the videos

[@Dirtmonkey]

Thank you so much 😀

[@edschultz3334]

When you're doing a retaining wall what is the average depth of fill that you put below it? I like your videos the wife and I watch them almost every evening

[@donaldeverette6498]

Love these videos🙌

[@Dirtmonkey]

Glad you like them!

[@gurban333]

why dont you use non woven geotextile fabric around your drains? specifically around the stones thats how french drains are built to stop soil clogging stone.

[@Dirtmonkey]

The tile comes pre wrapped

[@kobelcofan]

What are your thoughts on the Daewoo after owning it for awhile? It looks like it's the perfect size for a lot of jobs.

[@Dirtmonkey]

It leaks, doesn't have great power, but other than that-its ok.

[@sgninjasllc8172]

I watch your KZbin videos everyday

[@Dirtmonkey]

I appreciate that Treyvon! Thank you my friend!

[@jonboyer4058]

As much as I like the hardscaping aspect of landscaping, for reasons like you see in this video, is reasons I stick to lawn and garden care lol

[@Dirtmonkey]

always something "fun" at work right. hahaha

[@quincyvenable2279]

Hey brotha, what were you drinking for this video? Before all your videos you have to start doing the drink review lol!!! God bless

[@Dirtmonkey]

I will- its kind of fun. I think it was coconut waterloo today.

[@jefftapper4799]

What brand are those solid tires? Have you tried Setco tires?

[@Dirtmonkey]

Not yet on the setco's

[@johnds6621]

Customer Q & A is important when looking over a job for sure.

[@Dirtmonkey]

It sure is

[@curlerforlife7786]

we had a timber wall that we pulled out and the ground behind in was so stable that the hill did not lose dirt from in before we put the wall up for almost 1 month we put the block that use pins to hold them.

[@Dirtmonkey]

I bet it was all clay soil.

[@curlerforlife7786]

@@Dirtmonkey It was the wall was there for almost 40 years to

[@martyfarrell9459]

Richard Rawlings keeps his beard neat. If you're going to be part of the 'Monkey' clan, step it up (the wife will appreciate it too!). 😎

[@Dirtmonkey]

haha- yep- im getting scraggly

[@martyfarrell9459]

@@Dirtmonkey👍

[@deanb4799]

Not sure how I got here but I really enjoyed this video!

[@Dirtmonkey]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@brianherron5400]

Is that what you call a headache that just begun 🤔

[@Dirtmonkey]

YES!!!! that was one of my title options actually- well called on your part Good sir!

[@Ptro1]

Could the bank not be reshaped to avoid a retaining wall all together? Steepness and height is always hard to judge from a video!

[@Dirtmonkey]

Technically the parking Lot goes right up to it.

[@ronsgarage2057]

What blocks do you use again?

[@b.2221]

You have a team that is wired to your ethos and ethics so it’s win win 👍 Tam.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Thank you- my guys are awesome!

[@bwillan]

Any particular reason that your block delivery guy doesn't have a Moffet on his trailer to unload the materials for you? Surely the extra cost for that is less than having your guys and your machine time to unload the trailer for yourself.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Not all the truck have them- I prefer they unload themselves whenever possible

[@conroufos1699]

Why is it none of your skid steers have 4 in 1 buckets, we in Australia wont have a skiddy without one, can do so much more with it

[@Dirtmonkey]

I have a bucket- don't use it. Just not for us Minnesotans I guess.

[@nicksgreenthumb905]

Why type of stone was used behind the wall

[@scorpio6587]

Good to see Blaine. I hope he is doing well.

[@Dirtmonkey]

He is- Back is getting better.

[@brandonprice1759]

Maybe it’s just me but wouldn’t have been more time conscious to unload the block and just move it directly up the drive to the site instead of on the street and then moving it a second time??

[@Dirtmonkey]

That poor guy had already been waiting for hours. They wanted to get him going as fast as possible.

[@brandonprice1759]

@@Dirtmonkey oh I gotcha, I worked at a lumber yard and got my ass chewed one time because I was moving lumber a second time just so I could get the trucker unloaded!

[@rah4124]

The problems you're getting with the Volvo are the exact problems I hear people talking about with the JCB skid loaders. Their concept is great but they aren't reliable machines.

[@Dirtmonkey]

They are both made by JCB actually

[@gillbujold1918]

Had a JCB for a couple years at work. Hated it, would never start without a boost, cab never got warm, cab was just not comfortable... we have Kubota units now. It’s night and day.

[@MrCAcompora]

Anyone know if there is a way to clean the white stains that seem to occur on Versa lok standard walls over time? I am sure is something in the soil, but I have seen a much older wall (over 15 years now) at a university near me in Central NY, and it is very stained, makes the wall aesthetics look terrible. I have a 6 to 8 course high versa lok wall and am seeing small white stains start where the wall weeps and allows moisture to pass through. Wall is only couple years old but I would like to keep it looking good

[@Dirtmonkey]

I'd love for a versa-lok rep to answer that. Ive heard its leaching from the wet mix they use? but not sure.

[@williamdegnan4718]

How do you protect yourself in your contract from having to "eat" differing site conditions? Is this covered in your "rock" clause?

[@Dirtmonkey]

We don't include soil corrections so that will be extra, but its the lost time that really hurts. We lose time while we come up with solutions -sometimes days while we figure out the best options available.

[@lmilne4859]

That tracked machine sure does look mean will pay for itself in now time.

[@Dirtmonkey]

We love that thing!

[@yardhelpwithjames821]

this is the first time i have seen that Volvo tractor in a long time

[@Dirtmonkey]

Yeah- we only use it for plowing

[@nealamberg807]

There has been one question puzzling me. Because you always say that the tires that are on the Volvo are terrible for landscaping and off road. I know that over the summer when the Volvo was on the pool demo you guys were having the same issue. So why don't you replace the full rubber tires with air filled ones?

[@Dirtmonkey]

We use the ASV and Cat for dirt jobs- the Volvo for demo.

[@michaelmaker8169]

Don't get mad. Pray, adapt and adjust for next time.

[@Dirtmonkey]

yep- getting mad doesn't help much

[@kurtdietrich5421]

Murphy's Law strikes again!

[@Dirtmonkey]

Yep-like 3 imes

[@PrecisionCSGO]

Poor Sam...at least he has his grease gun ;)

[@Dirtmonkey]

give him that grease gun and hes happy. hahahaha

[@PrecisionCSGO]

@@Dirtmonkey I’m the same way with my grease gun 👍🤣

[@mitchelltjuh3000]

Why don’t you sell the volvo skidsteer And buy an other asv. ? And for the daewoo buy a encon or steelwrist tilt rotator

[@pacificdynamicbuilders4380]

Why not leave the old wall and build one in front of them?

[@Dirtmonkey]

Space constraints, otherwise a fine idea.

[@PAINFOOL13]

GoD Bless you too Stan.

[@Dirtmonkey]

Thank you Bro!