Laser Controlled Box Blade for Compact Tractor! Randall & Tom; Long, Deep Swale!

Oil Belt Christian Service Camp has a drainage issue around Tyler's house. Tractor Time with Tim, Tom, and Randall create a huge swale with the John Deere 1025R, JD 3320 and Ventrac 4520.
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[@jeffreycurrie3410]

Tom and Randall could have their own channel. They are definitely a TTWT fan favorite.

[@aaronburford5701]

Tractor Tim grading.... I'm both watching and listening to get educated! Absolutely love it when you are grading or tilling!

[@georgephillips1185]

Good to see Tom and Randell back on video. They are very interesting and knowledgeable

[@danimalx23]

I'm agnostic now, but have fond memories of bible camp from my youth. Compassion and empathy are virtues we all benefit from.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Ah, but what IF there is a heaven and hell? What IF the Bible is true? What if there IS eternal life and eternal damnation? Our recent trip to Israel certainly made the Bible seem 'more real'. Definitely not a fairy tale!

[@jonathanguess4052]

Your dad would be proud of you guys what you're doing with this Camp to help him out

[@MrDoyle07]

Tim, you really do make me want to retire from my industrial electrician job and spend me days working from me tractor. I hope you know how well the Lord has Blessed you. There’s a ton of aggravations getting equipment to and from jobs and all the maintenance on the equipment (I was self-employed as an electrician for years so I have some experience with all that) but, in the end it is something I long for again. I live the life vicariously through your videos! Thanks for all you and Ms. Christy do to bring these videos to us!

[@josephdriscoll8527]

Once again making good memories with your brothers, I like watching you guys do projects together.

[@terrybenson3632]

Awesome project Tim & Christy!!.. Great to see Tom & Randall back in action, as well!!.. You all did a wonderful job for such a great organization!!.. May God bless you all!!.. Have a great week..😉🙏

[@kencramer1697]

That episode reminded me of the camp I attended as a child. Camp Elim up by Woodland Park Colorado. It is amazing how much impact these types of camps have on kids as they begin and even continue their journey with the Lord. It has been 30 years since I attended my church camp an yet every trip I take to Colorado, I find an excuse to run by the camp and see what has changed and what is the same.

[@maxclement1502]

always a good day to watch TTW when Tom and Randall are on. Great video Tim and Christy thank you

[@ThePenn7]

Loved seeing the after shots with the grass growing. Great work!

[@timraber6575]

It’s always fun time when you work with family to get a project done in honor of your dad. Thanks for bring us along. I attended a church camp over by Kentucky Lake. Those where very special times.

[@bradolsen8629]

This is Tim having fun on the job throwing grass seed in the air Grass seed in the air weeeeeeee

[@georgephillips1185]

Good to see Tomorrow’s and Randell back in video. They are very interesting and knowledgeable

[@frankhartmeyer9841]

Great video Tim and Christy and sounds like a really great camp for the kids. God bless 🙏🙂

[@tlm3574]

Super scientific.We used to just wait for big rain, then drag from the dry knobs into the mudholes. Love your camerawork. Very professional video. Thanks.

[@marlondeere3039R]

I love to see these videos from around home! (Browns) awesome when you said baker seed! Tom's a couple years younger than I am. Love the channel.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Cool! Second commenter from Browns today!

[@SudheendraKaranam]

Thanks for taking pics of 2.5 weeks to show us the results - looks great Mention TTWT and they might hang up on you 😊

[@olddognewtractor5760]

Great video Tim! Thanks for highlighting the importance and blessing of Christian church camp in the midst of your project video. So many kids like you and me were fortunate to have that life changing experience. Mine was Timberlee in Troy, WI. My kids went to Horton Haven in TN and the “fuge” camps in GA and KY. Send a kid to a good church camp!

[@cwing606]

I can’t believe it! I’m from Iowa and I attended Oil Bent each year while growing up between about 1981-82 till about 1989 very found memories. My uncle Howard Newlin was a very popular preacher in that area. God Bless you!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Anita, Howard’s wife grew up in our church. Very close friends of my sisters when they were young.

[@BattlestarCanada]

Best summer camp I can remember was a christian camp. Great fun!

[@shadlundquist2329]

Always a pleasure watching you and family doing a project.

[@hughhead9079]

Great job giving back to that which gave so much to you all!

[@d.a.ballou9740]

Very nice! Well done!. Great to see Tom and Randall again. 😁👨‍🚒

[@lutherprince9304]

Awesome job!! Just goes to show what can be accomplished with small equipment in a pinch. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@erichedges2948]

Tim, I always enjoy videos with your family.

[@10rcoleman]

I used to love going to vacation bible school when I was young its good to get to learn about Jesus and make new friends your own age God bless you for helping them.

[@richpicone7788]

Love seeing the family work together, and for a good cause!!! Hope you are all well!!

[@halsnyder296]

Saw you on TFL! Good job, tractors rule!

[@seanstractortracks5744]

This was an awesome video. I liked watching 3 tractors working together and y’all having fun doing it. Great job with the videoing also, the overhead shot were great

[@kdeckster]

Great project, and great to see the three Bro's working together again!

[@steventhomson2042]

Great video!!! Oil belt is always a well deserving mission project. Thank you TTWT and Marks family!

[@jimmcknight3021]

Wow TTWT helping a childhood ministry of Tim's roots and on TFL to beat a Ram Cummings all in one day. Got to love it. Lol. Well done to all of you!

[@terrancesnyder9323]

Good Sunday morning , God bless you all & thank for sharing

[@brianshipley7740]

Nice work and for a good cause God bless

[@lanceharsh7025]

Great to see your family working for a worthwhile goal. 🤠

[@mburke1211]

Great episode. I always enjoy watching you guys work together. That was a nice array of equipment as well!

[@PurpleCollarLife]

Laser controlled!! Wow - that's amazing. The Deere did a great job.

[@Kcolby47]

Wow, what an operation! One had to see it to believe it. Once again goes to prove how much work can be done with smaller equipment, willing hands, and the Lord’s guidance. Very impressive. Thanks for explaining how you planned it and the grade determination etc. Interesting and informative. Neat to see the follow up on the seeding as well. Outstanding! Blessings to the Oil Belt camp and all the willing hands.

[@jamesharrod8733]

i have been over by Newton,Ill. - use to work at marshall , Ill. and lived down at Farmersburg, In

[@ilmo2313]

Your project turned out really well. Good to see your family again. We know several kids from our area that have attended the Oil Belt.

[@dave.lawrence.3894]

You had a Great Time (Folloeship)... Great Video.... 👍🙏🤞✌👏👏👏

[@jeffstrains4014]

I need to invest in a new box blade given my long drive and roadways around the farm I am leaning on the towable kind. Great video Tim was fun to watch

[@mirandamarks6261]

Love it!! Oil Belt Camp was my favorite place to go during the summer time! I went to 29 camp weeks there!! Great job on this video!!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Miranda!

[@jonathanguess4052]

The three men in Christ are having fun

[@Earl_of_Peck]

I like the after photos. Helps complete the story

[@frijoli9579]

Really appreciate the "after" shots!

[@subsidized2778]

Good video. Grew up in Browns, IL. I went to oil belt. The group of independent churches I think are the answer to why this is amazing. Just good humble country people doing work for God.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

ECHS grad? Did we go to school together?

[@subsidized2778]

@@TractorTimewithTim No. I was just east of bonpas/county line and went to mt.carmel.

[@SLCFarms]

“May hang up if you mention ttwt” haha great. Job came out super the grass was filling in really well. Thanks for sharing.

[@ddupy]

That's crazy! I spent time in Flora installing wireless antennas back in the early 2000's

[@bibleandbibs6407]

Love this in many ways.

[@photocontrol]

The swale turned out great, it should take care of the drainage issues.

[@erinh9660]

Nice swell. That’s good work.

[@GrampysTractor]

My family comes from Mount Carmel, IL and we had several oil wells around on aunt's and uncle's properties. Great video to the Marks and all their fine work on creating the swale.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Have known you all this time and didn’t know you were from Mt. Carmel?? Very close to me then!

[@GrampysTractor]

@@TractorTimewithTim Lots of Family their but my grandparents moved to South Bend after they married and that is where I'm from.

[@bwlyon]

Looks like Tim needs to have a meeting with the finance committee to see if he can get approval for a tractor and 53’ dropdeck trailer to haul more equipment! Love that grading system for cutting in an accurate slope for drainage.

[@scottsoper]

Nice camp! Job looks Good!

[@bobcriss600]

I’d love to know what kind of audio video equipment you use. From all the channels I watch, yours sounds the most clear.

[@timkd5vmv583]

Great job!! Good seeing Tom and Randall. It is amazing what can be accomplished with these little tractors. Keep up the good work and God Bless. The Other Tim With Tractors.

[@thomasburton5843]

Spent many weeks at camp there as a kid.

[@lonahlen8266]

Fun video. I lived in Flora in ‘63-‘65. Yeah, a few years ago.

[@npalen]

Interesting project!

[@johnsides4331]

That coyote was sure keeping an eye on you guys!!

[@tucksmith8300]

God is good all the time!!

[@chickenman298]

Nice job

[@AdamMuhle]

"Mention TTWT and they might hang up on you" LOL

[@earlyriser8998]

what a good job....looked like an aggressive slope at first but seem to turn out ok

[@donalexander4083]

i like pretty much all of your videos but i have to say that this one is my 2nd favorite.... only surpassed by your tribute to your dad

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Don. We thought this one was great too!

[@MARKLOCKWOOD2012]

Tim Milwaukee has a portable unit simple to use connect lock on the valve stem it reads the tire pressure you simply just add what you need. Just uses a big drill battery. Im wanting to get one at some point.

[@curtwhite876]

When you call Baker Seed, mention TTWT and they might hang up on you! Lolol

[@randysavage8963]

Let’s get started

[@ranger6x660]

Good job guy’s! I enjoy seeing your family hanging out doing projects together. We get so busy we don’t alway take the time to be with family. Tim if you put an oil cooler with an electric fan on your tractor would that help to keep the hydro oil cooler? Thanks for sharing.

[@OldGuyGolf]

I went to Oil Belt a couple of times when I was a kid. My kids have both been a few times. I also attend the Men’s night they have once a year. Well that was before Covid. I don’t think they have had one the past couple of years

[@shanesherwood343]

A lot of work but looks like a fun project that laser grader sure is handy toy I mean tool

[@cg1547]

I do not ask for much, but please do more videos with Randall.

[@RealTylerBell]

oh you guys are also from indiana, cool,

[@livelearnwiththefarmers5288]

Is there room on Johnny X to add a oversized hydraulic oil cooler ? Really enjoyed the video

[@chevyphil3969]

Tim i think your fertilizer spreader was cranky cause he needed a double cheeseburger lol great work. someone has to help out the big guy

[@TractorTimewithTim]

He had a 5 stack of cheeseburgers for lunch. No kidding!! I had one too! 5 patties!

[@williamrehberg2546]

"Mention TTWT and they might hang up on you"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AdamMuhle]

On a more serious note, I recently regraded some of our front yard (the driveway culvert was lower than the dirt on the outlet side so it always sat full of water and I realized our garden expansion likely went right through where the water drains) and completely forgot to use the project to justify this box blade setup. It wouldn't have worked anyway, but it would have been an amusing conversation with the finance committee.

[@brianhillis3701]

Don't.know the layout but consider making a pond or primitive swimming pool near the end of the swale. Can be a place to teach swimming, water supply for fire fighting, nature area, or recreation. As a pond a few picnic tables with big trees for shade ( tarps and until they get big) would give a pool of Betheda ambience to it.

[@rinardman]

Dang, I wish I had known you guys were working on this project. I would have dropped by to say hello. Might have even bought cheeseburgers for you guys for lunch! 😁

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Coulda used another hand!

[@rinardman]

@@TractorTimewithTim I would have been happy to do what I could. But I'm not as good looking as you guys, so you might have had to blur me out of the video to not scare your subscribers. 👴

[@jddriver9565]

I loved seeing the 3320, how many hours are on it?Thanks!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I looked...but forgot. I think somewhere around 900-1100

[@bradolsen8629]

You got a put the number five rock in there Tim??

[@zanepaxton7452]

Wow, 0.4% slope is very low! “Best Practices“ suggest 2% minimum slope for positive drainage. The water will move very slow and it’s exceedingly difficult to be that precise even with concrete! That’s less than 1/16” drop per foot! But you’ve optimized the conditions with the best available technology. I have the same challenge on my property and I still don’t have any ideal or obvious solutions. It rains 75” a year here. I’m pondering a collection pond to intercept the drainage from beyond my property and using the spoils to create mounds for orchard trees to keep their roots drier… I’m trying to avoid a drainage system to sumps with sump pumps.

[@martineastburn3679]

A rear view mirror would be of help to the neck ! Turning the head for the Green light on the laser system has to be tough.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

No, I have my own indicators on those control boxes to my right.

[@kipcudd7253]

Little dozer and Vinnie with the power rake would've done that in under 2 hrs. But you wouldn't have had as much fun.

[@tlm3574]

Little agri-fab broadcast spreader is super fast and inexpensive.

[@ga3049]

I'm in need of building a shale how deep did you build yours

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Swale? Deep enough to drain the water. Everyone is different. Just enough to generate slope.

[@danmoore2399]

Good Day Sir. Great job on your videos. Is there an email address that I could use to ask you a few questions. Thanks again for all that you share for us.

[@charlieboy9297]

Hi

[@doclull1989]

Hey Tim!! Is there a website for the Randall bluetooth spreader?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Voice activated….but it complains a lot!

[@lynnahawkins]

I'm interested in the fertilizer and seed planter that fits on the back of the John Deere. Please let me know where to find it and find out the cost. Is the dirt packer all one piece and will it hook on top of the tiller blade.?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Woods CSS48. Check out woodsequipment.com

[@bradolsen8629]

I stand corrected you will not be putting number five rock down little bit surprised I thought it would’ve been beneficial to use that oh well it is what it is

[@chrisvvvvbbbb]

How is it handling all the water.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

We’ll have to wait until winter/spring to see how it handles the rainy times.

[@vincentvolk1590]

Tim i dont understand why you pull so much dirt. isnt scraping about taking long drives and level it just by inches for the best result?.

[@ga3049]

What complications did you run into

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Perhaps watch the video?

[@bradolsen8629]

You guys should test that channel before the christening call the fire department stick a fire holes in there and open it wide see if it turns the way you wanted it

[@alexthomas637]

😎😎😎👍

[@jackabbitt3419]

Why didn't you make a small Swale and entrant and put in a 8 to 12 in smooth plastic pipe with manholes every so often to catch the water and it would look so bad it wouldn't have the heart place to mow and then when not have to wash down the side even on to win the ground and out of pipe over where it looks like he was running out over the hillside he also could make the standpipe from the pipe up perforated within the steel manhole covers on top of that or you can't even get heavy duty plastic just wondering

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Anything underground requires maintenance. Surface drainage always prefers if possible. We were probably 3” below where we needed to be…but this will allow the swale to last longer, work better

[@glenlong9894]

Seems like you could have tilled, moved dirt with front loader, and then box bladed

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Take a look at the thumbnail. Moving a much larger amount of dirt with the box blade than I could with loader. Also, very hard to stay ‘smooth’ with loader. It wants to ‘dig in’, or ‘slide over’. Pull type box blade works wonderfully!