Assessing and Repairing Flood Damage!

[@Sgod100]

I’m glad you are ok. I was worried about you guys when I heard about the flooding. Also, just because others have it worse, doesn’t mean your problems are any less valid.

[@jrsf222]

Probably made a new friend for life with the man that drove you home….especially fixing accidents‼️

[@infopubs]

Whew! I'm glad you were able to repair the road damage. Your skills with the heavy machinery were a real asset, for sure.

[@user-vq4mt4zd4e]

great to see you over at morgan's place and excellent work on the new retaining wall going up there, thanks for all you do and take care brother.

[@shAnn0n1]

My buddy ALFRED, glad to hear that you're doing well. I kept hearing about Vermont and their historic flooding, so, I obviously thought about you and Morgan, and I prayed for both of you to be protected. You look well, Morgan too, so I know my prayers were answered.

[@lynnkhosla6277]

You make it look easy, but simply knowing how to use all the different pieces of equipment - as well as stellar skills in reversing - is impressive. Looks really nice now!

[@rodisham]

Reminds me of growing up in rural Vermont. Stuff happens, you take care of it, you move forward. The other choice is to give up.

[@larawalker]

The boom mic cameo made me chuckle, don't feel that ever has to change 😊. Love that you're ok. Also LOVE your channel ❤

[@cherylhuot4436]

I was thinking about you and Morgan during those bad storms and flooding. Was hoping you guys didn’t get hit with tons of damage. In the end, Mother Nature is a whole lot bigger than we are. We fool ourselves thinking we are in charge. You make using heavy equipment easy and graceful…..

[@jenford7078]

The true measure of a man is how well and how far he can back up equipment on a sketchy country road!🚜

[@nancywebb1845]

Wow that was a days work. You made it look so easy filling in that washout. Nice job!

[@gily3344]

You'll be surprised about how much content you could make from fixing that driveway. Marty T made an epic driveway-fixing playlist on his channel.

[@bonnied.5535]

So nice of that person t give you a ride home. It was good to be able to fix your road without too much of a problem. Yes, and let's hope that those who had worse flooding got the help needed.

[@heatherb4775]

😲 there are no words. Just glad you and yours are healthy and safe.

[@sabbys7750]

It was GREAT to see you on Morgan's Livestream!! 🤓🤓

[@bonniea.1941]

Watching this reminded me of the movie Cars when Lightning McQueen had to fix the road. You’ve got mad skills, Alfred!

[@LpoolDogLover]

So glad it wasn’t too bad at the quarry and your home was spared. Thanks for the video update!

[@cathysteenson9591]

All that then driving your tractor back at night in the rain! At least you had a canopy, bet you were wishing for a full cab right at that moment, huh? Love watching you work, glad you were fairly ok with all that flooding.

[@quietkate]

Fortunate to have the machines for the road repair. My gosh remember as a kid no one had a closed cab tractor, recall the New Holland/Ford tractors years later offered air conditioning. On that narrow road with so many hazards to negotiate makes one grateful after a days work to sit down at the dinner table not having to fill out an insurance claim.

[@SandrA-hr5zk]

You need to have post 10 come out and do a little cleaning out on those culverts. He lives there in the New England area and travels all the states and cleans out culverts and drains to help prevent road washouts. He usually sticks to back roads/logging roads where beavers can create problems. I think most towns got on top of cleaning up drains before they came because his go-to spots don't flood anymore.

[@ronaldschmidt4748]

Glad that you got your Quarry road fixed. Hope the people in your state get their lives back together. Take Care Peace Out.

[@RamenNoodle1985]

If it wasn't for Morgan's livestream, I never would have thought your hair is as long as it is ❤

[@freyasgrl]

Wish we could take some of that water off your hands down here in CO. We need it. But man, your road is a river in the making. Glad you and your family are alright. Was worried about you guys up there.

[@vermontheritagegranitecomp2062]

Thanks 👍

[@bellepfeiffer3630]

And then it rained hard again on Sunday - never ends.

[@katiehettinger7857]

You got off easy, the culvert could have been gone. A few years back that happened to a friend of mine and it was a major project to repair the road. Happy to see you having a good work ethic and getting her fixed. 😉✌💙🇺🇸🕊

[@thomasrobinson8960]

Looks like that Holland was a timely purchase.

[@DawnDBoyerPhD]

That is so much work to repair what the rain washed out - rain - a blessing and a burden!

[@diane9247]

Yep. That road "calls for some repair." Understatement, Vermont style? 😮 Well, you guys are alive, anyway.

[@CuriousEarthMan]

Glad you are ok! Nice work! Thanks for posting Alfred!

[@MC-qb1jg]

Alfred i live in Florida. We get our fair share of storms and its devastating. I plan on helping the folks in Vermont in any way I can. Im so glad you were able to fix your roadway.

[@brucealvarez9263]

Alfred's Bad Awful Day. But you have the tools and skills to fix it so no waiting on someone else. And as you said, you got off a lot easier than people whose homes or businesses had 10' of water in them. Gotta keep things in perspective.

[@araceliedwards9323]

Satisfying to see the machines fix the road 👍

[@janegregware3595]

You are right about others having it worse. People in Cambridge, Jeffersonville and Johnson have flooded homes, cars and jobs.

[@barbarahouk1983]

I'm late as usual. I'm impressed with these skills too. Nice road repair.

[@carolynnr.6409]

Thank-you for taking me back over 50 year, remembering watching my Dad and Uncles paving asphalt, laying down the foundation.

[@amyfrancois9121]

Good Luck Alfred!!👍🏻🙏

[@txann9273]

I really admire your skill with the tractors. WTG fixing the road. Hope it doesn’t rain around there any time soon! 🙂

[@vermontheritagegranitecomp2062]

I think that we have another dose rolling in tonight! Hopefully it is manageable

[@Dd-sunshine68]

Think positive my friend you got to play with tractors lol I'm glad you got it fixed alfred

[@thaismatsumoto]

I live in western Massachusetts. The rain is unbelievable. And it’s raining continuously again.

[@barbersandy]

At least you got to play with some really cool tools fixing your road.

[@carylfontaine3640]

Woodstock and Ludlow got flooded unbelievably!

[@renedemers8218]

Well, glad that fix wasn't a large project, annoying setbacks aside. I suppose checking the culverts on that road before any major storm to make sure they're clear is going to become a habit after this batch of bad luck though (Serious, the Truck sliding off the road and then popping a tire? Awful luck)

[@crystalphillips696]

You did a great job on the road.

[@marielg9143]

Man you are good at what you do

[@christinejohnson7684]

Good to see you again been hearing about the floods and here in central Ohio I've been wondering how you are thanks for the update

[@Tillie490]

Another Central Ohioan here that missed seeing your videos! I’m so glad to see that your health is much better. Seeing the flooding videos, our thoughts and prayers go out to our neighbors in Vermont. 😢. Please continue the updates on Peacham. ❤

[@Lonesome__Dove]

Thanks for the update Alfred.

[@johnharder5618]

Nice video I live close to Toledo Ohio We have flat clay ground The 2-3" of rain we got was not as bad as the what you got But my land is part of what used to be the Great Black Swamp So even with a lot of field tile , the fields have standing water

[@wallyshedd3157]

The qualities that you like in this road, that it is set into the landscape and rutted … make it ideal for storm water flow. Basically it functions like a dry stream bed. Everything here looks like it can be repaired with gravel. If you find the road washes out often, it can be shaped better to encourage flow in ditches / swales at the shoulders.

[@vermontheritagegranitecomp2062]

Yeah, basically every time I go up or down with the excavator I will dig a few more water bars and poke holes in the downhill bank to promote drainage

[@lydias2012]

Hey Alfred. Thanks for the update. Glad you and your family are okay.

[@katherinemclean7103]

Did you get the culverts unplugged? I'm glad that you're ok! Prayers for health and safety!🙏❤🙏

[@markocosic5617]

Such nice to see video of yours. Even though its not about so pleasant subject.

[@ginnys8215]

Saw you on Morgan's live stream this morning, and I donated. Hope your road gets fixed.

[@vermontheritagegranitecomp2062]

I had fun over there!

[@ginnys8215]

The total donations reached 21k............

[@onetuliptree]

I wonder what post 10 would say about that culvert? Sorry for your troubles, take care.

[@johnaustin6649]

Great that you can still find positives in a bad situation, glad you weren't too affected by the storms though.

[@cpypcy]

Maybe it needs some culverts on certain spots? Maybe even some small plastic ones or something?

[@brendanmarriott5949]

Here in Australia, we didn't hear anything about the floods there

[@8.3leader15]

Culverts need up-sizing.. did 6 on my own road this year. Sucks about the tire.

[@shAnn0n1]

Come on everyone, sing it with me....🎶 MY BUDDY ALFRED 🎶....lol

[@paulehd]

Bummer bad day , but keep up the good vibes

[@nicholas3354]

Maybe it will be worthwhile to add a cage around the input of the culverts in order to prevent clogs.

[@californiadreaming567]

Hey Alfred. Hopefully you can fix it

[@cabinman]

That road could use some saddles and dips and outsloping but I realize that’s it’s too much to put on a road like that.

[@dshares]

Take those two small culverts out and replace with a small bridge ;)

[@sabbys7750]

I never thought that you would have to pave your own roads... Why? Cuz it never entered my mind But I guess it makes sense since it's on your land. But still crazy..

[@kailand3056]

Albert, I’m really glad that there was no permanent damage to the quarry road and that you were able to repair it in just one day, Were you able to unplug the culvert that caused the trouble in the first place? Apparently Vermont may be expecting another rain storm in the near future and the road could wash out again if the culvert isn’t working as intended.

[@minnahumble2294]

Can you unplug the blocked up culvert?

[@jamesdriscoll_tmp1515]

Your culverts were good.

[@lindag4484]

...and we're getting more rain tomorrow! (Sunday 7/16) Flood damage is devastating. I hope this doesn't happen again.

[@vegettosonlab]

Is it possible to make it a sturdier road?

[@j.k.1550]

maybe a bigger culvert. But if it’s only for huge storms might not be worth it.

[@vermontheritagegranitecomp2062]

I could replace those two smaller culverts with one larger one that is less liable to get blocked by debris. That would help out that section anyway

[@susanKWithAnE]

I hope you got regular weighted gravel rather than the floating kind 😂

[@FloridaJack]

Work ... die on the vine without it.

[@Toreld52]

🌿🌺🙏

[@nabihahabibullah1577]

💐✋💐

[@gregsullivan8956]

Hello

[@carlaworden6566]

[@victoriafisher6934]

U NEED LOTS OF ENDURANCE FOR YOUR QUARRY WORK!!!!!!!!!!! (PATIENCE)