Hello there! thanks for your video! I am trying to figure out how to make my own additional parking pad for visitors on the side of my driveway, but it has grass, dirt and rocks and is sloping downwards. Curious, why'd you use crossties instead of blocks? i would need to do some kind of small retaining wall but was thinking blocks. Just trying to do it myself and save some money. Any advice is welcome! Thanks!
Sometimes you have to turn these jobs down if the homeowner doesn't want to pay to do it right. Not worth the damage to your reputation when, not if, that bit of work fails.
@bigp6071 Brother I’m not sure if you noticed but this was 5 years ago and also I discussed with the home owner the risks of backing a 60,000 lb dump truck over a concrete driveway and busting the concrete all to heck. The owner SAID, “I’d rather you back in my yard because I can fix that RATHER than break my concrete driveway.” Also the main power lines were over head from the concrete which means the dump truck couldn’t raise his bed to dump if he were to have backed in the concrete driveway so the only option on this job was to back in the guys yard and he was cool with that. Let me handle my jobs. Yes that was 5 years ago and I was just starting out and things have come a long way since then.
Glad things are going well for you. I was more talking about the bad work. Not so much the ground damage. But that was def from you not the truck. Those marks are from you when you were moving the rocks around. Have a great day.
@@bigp6071 you have a good day too. But sometimes machines make marks in ppls yards. It’s easy to use a rake and smooth it back out but sometimes I don’t point my phone at it and show it. The video is mainly to show my brand new machine working. I am hiring my 7th employee if you’d like an application for a rake boy. Confirmed the area you’re upset about is where the truck backed in and I smoothed it back out with the machine so idk what to tell you
You did a great job. Can you come to myself now? I've got the bobcat. Just lack the know how, lol! But I'm gonna give it a try. You made it look easy!❤️
what do you think of the dt466 what power spec hp and tq is that truck? i bought a 2008 7400 workforce and with emissions it was terrible i think you go the last year with no emissions correct? heck of a nice looking set up congrats
This is the last year before the maxxforce. It has an egr but I’ve read it doesn’t really cause any problems. I can get it deleted for $1k. Mine is 300hp and I bought a programmer for 30% more power. So maybe realistically I’m at 350ish. I wish it had maybe a 10l cummins but I can’t really complain.
@@cameronward7137 nice I also have a 1995 AEROMAX l9000 w the L10 cummins. But it's a single axle and helpless in even grass. Does yours have a locker?
@@tcmoney1321 it has power divider but not full lockers. Yes if I’m empty it will literally get stuck on dry pavement if it’s the least bit unlevel. I thought the air ride would flex more but apparently not. I think the walking beam is the best for off road and flexing . As far as power, if I ever delete the egr I’d like to see what’s the maximum I can have to turned up to safely with the computer. They detune trucks like this so much from the factory they’re dangerous to drive loaded sometimes. That’s how my single axle f750 dump truck is. It’s got a 3126 cat amd allison auto and if I have 5 tons or more in it I have to put flashers on and say a prayer on the slightest hill.
I have watched your videos, and I have a lot of interest in a set up like this. How much does the bare bones truck weigh? And what’s the max payload you can put on I’ve been trying to do my research really haven’t gotten a solid answer. Thank you!
Use 57 stone at the bottom (spaghetti strainer for drainage) then a medium size crush and run with lye (it's will compact and the lye is a weed barrier) then last 2-3 inches a stone dust (easy grading for level and it will provide great compaction and even better weed barrier) Thanks!
I would not use this video as a marketing tool. And, as a landscaper, I would recommend to the homeowner that they make you fix the lawn. Quality workmanship is #1. You CAN do budget AND quality.
First thing is make sure you have steady work lined up. People think buying the machine is the hard part when that’s actually the easy part. Keeping steady work coming in is the real challenge. Marketing your business and showing ppl what you can do and what you have to offer is key! Good luck!
Thanks for the video! It's amazing how you handle the machinery and do such an exquisite job. May I suggest you shoot the front view of this so novice like me can figure out how you dump and grade while backing out. Thanks for the awesome job!
Thanks for the video! It's amazing how you handle the machinery and do such an exquisite job. May I suggest you shoot the front view of this so novice like me can figure out how you dump and grade while backing out. Thanks for the awesome job!
Thanks Cameron. A question. I am planning to rent a SVL-75-2 up north. Plan to do some work on a gently sloping mountain trail that we drive on. It is 8 feet (96") wide. Want to skim off grassy center part of the trail between the tires ruts in the road. Will skim off the top 4 inches by 48 inch wide. It will have some roots and smaller rocks. Do you see any problems with the SVL 75-2 doing the job? Will use a bucket with teeth to cut through any roots and rocks. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. Thanks much.
I picked your other video apart. This one is good. Stripped the sub grade. Brought in some compactable soil. Compacted it. Did lifts. Looks good. Good job
Wish that I had gone ahead and bought a dixie chopper big classic model zwro turn back in the early 2000's. Instead I bought a simplicity citation in 2007. Then I bought a walker mb48ghs mower in 2011.
