The Tractor Implement We've Been Waiting For!

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[@Bobby127901]

thumb nail tricked me....

[@thomasb188]

That is a good inexpensive way to keep your road in good shape. I always watch your videos and I like watching you two working together, learning together and making a better life together. Carry on and have a great day. 🙂🙂🙂

[@jmwarden1]

Greg, probably one of the best attachments for maintaining your road would be a box blade because it gathers up the dirt and gravel and deposits it in the low spots, it also has a scarifier which has teeth that you can lower which will break up the hard surface and make it easier to grade to a smooth surface.

[@2wwwilly]

After grading you need a side drain for the water to be able to flow off ..

[@gregribbons2379]

Hi,should had got a box blade with front diggers, quickly levels out your road as well as spreading stone deliveries. A grapple for moving those logs around, safer than using that bucket with straps. Somethings to consider when your financially able. Love your vids cheers

[@tomparker9966]

Greg box blades are good for moving dirt from point A to point B. The rippers are for cutting uneven ground. The box fill up with dirt and they pick up and burp piles of dirt on long pulls. Scrapeblades work better for driveway maintenance because you can angle them and if you swivel them around backwards and use the edge to smooth out your work and set them at a sharp angle and remove snow without digging up your driveway. I'm speaking from experience I had an 1800' driveway I had to maintain. I had a 5' box blade, a 5' scrapeblade, a 6' scrapeblade, and a 6" landscaping rake. It took all of them working year round to keep up with it. The trick is cutting ditches and keeping them clean.

[@jrae5085]

Good start. Need two angles: left/right angle for moving dirt away from edges to the center of the road, so you can raise center and tilt angle to create a shallow drainage swale on either side of the road while smoothing the slope from the center. That way you can dome the profile of the road side-to-side so water runs off the surface and along the edges. Pick out run-off spots to drain the edge swale. Downhill side just send the run-off downhill, but uphill sides look for flat areas to create collection basins so water absorbs into the ground over time. Large flow from the uphill side requires a culvert. You don't want water crossing the road. If you don't dome the profile, then the road becomes a stream bed and rutting is a constant problem.

[@tomparker9966]

You're a man that is speaking from experience. Great advice and explained well.

[@manfredpaul7937]

Good job you guys and I am so happy for you. It's all about priorities and if opportunity presents itself then you obviously have to grab it with both hands

[@kevincerce5056]

Did Greg thank you for all the work you did while he was away riding his motorcycle?

[@ThisOffGridLife]

I did!

[@kevincerce5056]

@@ThisOffGridLife Thought so, cool man

[@AL_K_]

Great thumbnail work, Katie!!

[@highdesertnation1285]

We have an off-grid property very similar to yours in New Mexico and our road in and out is always an issue.. you two are doing a great job 👍

[@hansd4861]

Put in some 'thankyous ' or Missouri crossings. Divert the water off to the sides. Cuts in the bed at and angle

[@hansd4861]

Smooth surface is good but slowing the water and diverting it to the side is the best.

[@debbienewmex]

Where in New Mexico? I'm Katie's Mom & I'm in Albuquerque

[@PoorMansHomesteadCanadaBC1961]

Yes Grader blades are on very very sharp angle that pull the gravel out of the ditch and up onto the road all the time back and forth but one way come back the other way its on a really sharp angle like almost halfway

[@tomparker9966]

Sounds like you're speaking from experience. You know the old saying "Good Judgement Comes From Bad Experience".😅

[@PoorMansHomesteadCanadaBC1961]

@@tomparker9966 I was a paver for nine years most of what I did was the road construction on Vancouver Island

[@Grafbuzz]

Keep up the good job guys every little thing makes your place looks better ❤

[@rusty7720]

When is the buss departing the property??

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Not soon enough

[@LastChanceTinyHouse]

I find it funny that a lot of channel creators, have taken to thanking their patrons and not the people who got them where they are. I'm not sure if it's just a conscience or unconscious way of saying the people who helped you get where you are just don't matter, or maybe it's a way of committing channel suicide. Still I'm noticing it a lot, and I'm wondering if you would care if I didn't like or stay subscribed but still watched your show?

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Wilber, we absolutely appreciate your viewership. I hope you don't feel otherwise.

[@hughroney6342]

Push the top link out! It will make your blade dig down deeper lessening the number of times needing to go over it. I have had the same blade for 30 years. Although to turn it you should just have a drop in pin, not have to frig around with a bolt and nut each time

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Good idea

[@tomparker9966]

All good advice. It take hours of run time to figure out your best adjustments for the job at hand. There is no one size fits all. Your constantly making adjustments to get the desired results.

[@micahwatson9017]

That blade will be super helpful to maintain the road, but a good box blade with front rippers will be even better. I know you have gotten forks from watching future videos, but log tongs will work much easier and they are only $200 and will keep the logs closer to the tractor for more stability.

[@MarioMarti-tc3ry]

When are you going to finish the exterior of the family home, which is something very important to protect the enormous work that you have done in addition to giving it aesthetics?

[@terryfraser3395]

I have been wondering the same thing.

[@paulmonk7820]

Isn't it weakening those trees to be cutting so close to them? ❤ 😮

[@sandratweedale2579]

As usual Greg is nailing it. As I’ve said before I admire you both so much. Wishing you great success and happiness in all you do. A fan from Ottawa 👵🐶🥰

[@tomparker9966]

​​@@paulmonk7820 No the trees stabilize the dirt and help keep it from washing into the driveway. As long as you don't cut the tap root they will be fine. Damaging the bark is worse than cutting a few roots.

[@lauraquigley6403]

You need a grader for the road.Yeah! Happy you got that Greg! 🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s

[@RexMoore1984]

First grade towards the middle creating a crown so water drains to side where there should be drainage.

[@theshyguitarist]

Why the seeming digs at Greg all the time?

[@fredrickugarner8278]

He is right! Turn into the middle

[@sprtplt]

Clickbait thumbnail lol.

[@tmc9525]

Thumbnail too small to trick me with my poor vision

[@nathanshiflet4517]

Always listen to the lady.

[@PoorMansHomesteadCanadaBC1961]

And they go from the high side to the low side so the rocks work all the way off the road

[@Ramdodge582]

what's with the thumbnail?

[@gaguy2]

When its time to put the backhoe back on, pick it up with the bucket and move to a more level spot to put backhoe back on, hope that will work.

[@tomparker9966]

Yea those frame rail back hoe attachments are a bear to get back on even on level ground. A old motor grader dedicated to driveway maintenance is the way to go and are surprisingly inexpensive and the old ones last forever. Keep em full of antifreeze and change the oil ever couple of years no more than you use it.

[@marvinflournoy345]

It will definitely cut better angled rather than straight.

[@backyardmechanic921]

You need to angle the blade more and lower one of the hydralic arms so the corner of the blade is cutting the high side of the road. The road needs a crown in the middle so it will shed water.

[@lucyl2770]

All of the trees and flowers are soo pretty - thank you for showing them! Greg loves his tractor! Greg, please be very careful when working on the tractor while it’s running . My 78 year brother, who had been around tractors all of his life, he was standing between the two tires on one side, when the tractor jumped out of gear and ran over him. His wife just happened to see it happen or he could have been there for hours - or even died there. Luckily, his injuries were in the pelvic area, which healed but he went through a lot of pain. I DON’T want that to happen - your channel is soo good!

[@wadeprior5203]

Good morning you guys I hope you guys have a good weekend brings back so take it easy guys❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 hope you have a good weekend Katie catch you later 😉🤠🙂😘🙂😘🙂

[@dans9206]

A box blade would be an alternative if you can find an affordable used one. Sometimes the condition of the road helps also, meaning not too dry or too wet. Either way your road is starting to shape up. Keep up the great work!

[@alantorrance6153]

Divots(?) you mean "ruts". From Google:- divot noun plural noun: divots 1. a piece of turf cut out of the ground by a golf club in making a stroke or by a sports player's boot. "he hit a wedge shot and carved a hefty divot out of the fairway" a small hole made by the removal of a divot. "if your ball finds a divot to rest in" 2. SCOTTISH a piece of turf, as formerly used for roofing cottages.

[@raymondrhorer2695]

The most versatile piece of equipment I have owned is mini excavator. Lifting, 360 swing, even have brush hog to stream tree branches. Need lot less room to maneuver. Got it from a equipment rental company as they rotate inventory

[@richardgunick]

Pallet forks? Just started watching the video. And 2 seconds later... I'm wrong :)

[@Graeme408]

KATIE IS SMART! Katie you have terrific mechanical skills.

[@duncanperry1344]

Good catch Katie

[@thefakerscritic1397]

I will tell you again, You have the wrong vehicle for that area you live in. What you need is a small excavator with a blade on the front and a bucket with a thumb. Much better for handling your wood and scraping your drive. That tractor is just not the right tool. It is meant for flatter elevations and farming style implements, mowers and such. There are so many more implements that could be attached to an excavator that would be very useful to you. The back hoe on your tractor is mostly useless because you have to reset it it for every use. It is made for digging small holes or ditches. You need to be able to grab stuff and move it at the same time where you live.

[@davethomas8907]

Please get your feet and legs out from under that blade or for the same sake your loader pins when making adjustments (Best advice, stand in your bucket when releasing the quick attach on loader). Had you completely removed that nut with the blade in the air like that, BEST case your right foot would have been broken. New equipment is exciting to use, but spend a hot minute familiarizing your self especially if it comes with no safety docs. I have the same tractor and the backhoe getting hung up is annoying too, but a trick I've found is to set it down on a pallet. Once the hydraulics lose pressure, it will be much easier to reattach like you said in the video.

[@BitterDemo]

Mam: I know you do not know me and are to young to even remember me. But when I was your age I did a lot of Entertaining and writing. You. should embark on being a stoty Teller. I have introduced man young people into Carriers they would have never even thought about. And listening to you talk, You have so many , many exciting stories about just your life. Your Husband is young and he either had a lot of help, money or dept. He could spend three hours a week telling his story he could make mega bucks. You are already in and that is the hardest part of getting a name.

[@TheUglyAmerican007]

You were using your adjustable wrench the wrong way when you were loosening the nut. Right way when you tightened it back up. Always want the pressure on the frame and not the adjustable jaw. Comment for the algorithms 😂

[@larryperdue508]

If you guys are close to Andrew Camerata, he could help you out with that road 😊 PS he has a UTUBE channel 😉

[@MB-wq1hm]

Don’t make the road level, make it 4 degrees out slope, for water run off, so it doesn’t run down the middle. Put in shallow drain dips every 100’ by hand. You’ll get less erosion. A 4 or 5 degree out slope is so little you have to have a trained eye to see it. 10’ wide with a 4” drop on the out slope is enough. Less water will build up when its raining as it runs off.

[@pfe3883]

I take the backhoe on and off my massey ferguson as needed. I cannot put it back on as quickly and smoothly as the youtube videos make me think I should. Just be patient with yourself when putting it back on.

[@deeprootslandscaping4499]

If you get a chance buy a box blade /grader. They work amazing you can plow and drag with them.

[@marklangkamp3151]

Not to be a know it all but scraped gravels for 25 years for road commission, put the blade at 45 in a keep it that way keeping the gravel in the middle so it crowns up in the center, don’t straighten blade on middle wind row just fluff one side next time you scrape fluff to the other side.

[@PoorMansHomesteadCanadaBC1961]

It wouldn't be difficult if you had level of the ground in front of it before you put it on

[@eldonjenkins551]

Back blades are good but I found a box scraper works 100 times better to maintain a road. But that's just me and i do use my blade a lot. Guess deferent tools for deferent jobs.

[@Mfullen09]

With all the negativity that I’m reading, I would like to say thanks for sharing your adventures with us. I think y’all are doing a great job with the tools that you can afford to get. Keep up the amazing work on YOUR HOME, not ours….. Don’t let them get you down, I truly appreciate you sharing your journey with us.

[@robertschmidt6383]

When I saw the video with you rolling by hand with that flip rod I said .....get an excavator with a thumb. Your going get hurt doing it that way with the tractor.

[@georgehigdon4974]

sure you already know this, but your road needs some gravel, or else you will never have a good road. I know it's expensive but it's the only way to defeat the mud!

[@takedeadaim8671]

Do not ever stand in between a tractors wheels without the park brake on. From a Paramedic with 27 years experience in farm country

[@brianfisher3991]

Those small tractors don’t have down pressure on the blade . Add a bunch of weight to it and you will see a big difference.

[@dbrown1576]

That is going to be a handy implementation add. Perhaps a trench and French drain with the backhoe could help direct water off the road. Idk. I’m not there.

[@dill5500]

Gotta show some skin to get the views

[@samd.2207]

Modesty is a forgotten trait

[@dill5500]

@@samd.2207 ain’t that the damn truth

[@tonywilkes1425]

Hi guys watching from Germany from the start and also wonder why you two don't finish the outside of the of the house before the cold times catch up with you 2.

[@RolandLetendre]

Connecting and disconnecting the backhoe would be easier if you found a level surface to park it.

[@lennyross2813]

Black dog company featured a product on Good Works Tractor you tube channel that has pallet forks that fold away but stay on the bucket.

[@joebenjamin9840]

I just started watching you guys in the last week or so. I really enjoy it! I was wondering what size tractor you have and how do you like it?

[@Mr_Mojo_Risin]

We’re those government helicopters tracking y’all? 😅

[@charlesemmer8856]

Please replace the running thread and nut with a hitch pin.

[@geebopbaluba1591]

Katie saved your foot from being crushed and I always love you guys having your dogs in your videos and sadly we lost our 18 year old Pom this week and I was so heartbroken.

[@ThisOffGridLife]

❤️ so sorry you had to say goodbye to your friend

[@geebopbaluba1591]

@@ThisOffGridLife Thank you

[@Bealle66]

Grapple clamp

[@jillsanto397]

I don’t know the right name but the fork arm thingys for picking up large tree trunks

[@michaelmiller7208]

Get Katie to drive when you are hooking or unhooking tools! Dangerous as shit what you did. Tks

[@jerrywelch5323]

come up along side of the back hoe plug in the hydraulics a boom down and it will tip the frame down

[@jimsandyrobinson3446]

I found that if you put cement blocks 0n your grader it wont bounce up and down and put it on a angle to move the dirt to the outside and it will do a great job for you guys.

[@ericanderson8556]

Kioti…..very good tractor. I bought mine in 2007

[@martin33w20]

go back watch putting the bolt in the blade angle hole, until you figure that out. okay long enough drop it in from the top no nut needed. is there ballast in the tires of the tractor, water in the south, something that doesn't freeze for the north. chains are a pain the ass.

[@darylmiller7456]

you needed a box scraper for what you are doing they work a lot better should have got your self pallet forks cheap if you buy the ones that clamp onto your bucket and i hate to say it not really but Katie does a much better job operating the tractor you are to wild and going to hirt your self one of these days please be careful

[@haelandnaturals651]

How are the bugs where you are? Never see you swatting bugs away and always wearing shorts?

[@williamspurgeon3803]

Land Pride makes a tilt scrap you can dig a ditch off set to move dirt over real good scrap I have one not to much money to buy and not so heavy

[@shfaasho]

clickbait

[@luckeychuckey70]

Wish KZbin had a clickbait warning button.

[@waynespringer501]

Why did you put a girl wearing no clothes as your thumbnail?

[@donaldbassett8769]

hope you only paid $50 dollars or less for that scrap mental back blade

[@awy1977]

Nice choice on the thumbnail. I know it was no accident, got a click from me!

[@georgegoupil4476]

I think you a grappler so you can pick up the logs from the Forrest and take it to your mill

[@waynehall8131]

I started with a blade but after a few years I got a box grader an it is much bettter to level my long drive an the hill as well after a heavy rainfall

[@tomgraham2987]

now all you need is a set of forks then you could pick up logs and other things better.

[@fredrickugarner8278]

You have to Do it more than once just keeping taking small bites

[@timkirkpatrick9155]

I agree box blade then grapple! Learning to make bar ditches helps the runoff rutting. Making slope changes and turn sweeps wider can also reduce erosion. Crowning also reduces rutting and controls erosion.

[@cedricbroussard8738]

You need some more weight on it and it needs to be tilted forward a lil bit to and maybe even put a edge on it too! But as always love the video 📹

[@davidmcouch7453]

You should not have to take support frame off! there should be a video on how to take that off easier

[@rcinnovations1]

Gregory, why do have to be so “snarky” with Katie?

[@ronaldsnider8078]

Did you get the bus back. I saw it in the back ground?

[@fredrickugarner8278]

Grapple for picking up Thr logs so you can put the logs on your saw

[@robertgibson2999]

Forks for your tractor… and you must lift more … bend those knees

[@hipichicfazio7758]

I love that you take time to admire nature and i love that your animals are always around

[@MarioBrbovic]

The closer u get to the tree roots the more problems u r going to have with fallen trees in the near future.😢

[@Mrtapr1]

Oh man! My guess was a grapple. Y’all need a grapple. Lol

[@coralsancetta7242]

Something that helps you with the road, that's my guess.

[@donmoore502]

Any day you get a new toy for your tractor is a great day!!! If you want to put a little crown (not the drink) on your road, you can always adjust your three point link to tilt the blade. Enjoy.

[@RogerP-q2z]

Enjoyed your video.Where you located?

[@carolfaberpeake857]

I think Juniper saw. a stick in the dirt the plow was pulling 😂

[@tomcarlson3244]

Grade to center and before long the water will drain down the side of the road.

[@larrytelford5077]

Add some weight on top of the blade…it will cut better

[@TheSawLoon]

Try shortening you too link to make the blade more aggressive or lengthen to make less aggressive, time, experience you will do great

[@tomparker9966]

Shorten for less aggressive lengthen for more aggressive. But you got the right idea.

[@StewartBellinger-rg1zl]

i watch your videos everyday i love them you twoare so great

[@SherriP]

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[@Marion51268]

Luckily your message is short 😵‍💫

[@jamiemoen-bi3gd]

Much better than Forks in my opinion...you could fabricate forks that would work with your bucket. In my opinion. Love ur channel by the way