Shop Dirt Perfect www.dirtperfec... Using John Deere excavator and kubota skid steer to build a large curved retaining wall. The walls are to improve access to walk out basement. #dirtperfect #retainingwall #walkoutbasment
I love your work! I can watch your videos for hours just like I can watch Andrew Camarata. Most importantly I was sad to see that you are not located in my state. I have a huge retaining wall job that needs to be done as well as regarding my hillside with a french drain around my house and drainage in the yard. Seeing your videos helps your customers to see the integrity you show in your with. Thank you for your work and craftsmanship.
Dirt Perfect it's all good man. No problem. I'll keep watching and learning. Maybe one day I can try it myself. Keep up the great work sir! Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁
I have never been to Indiana. Wow, your soil is so very different from what I have ever worked with! 🇺🇸 Hello form north central WA. I want a wall like this but angled back into the grade. You helped me to understand what I need to do and anticipate. Thanks
I jave a job just like the one you have in this video. My dilema was exactly as yours was. How to pevel a track-hoe on the bank of a deep cut. I think I'll do thr same with the fill as you did then dress up the creek after we're done digging. The property owner says the large concrete block looks too "industrial" so we'll have to make som adjustments, but your Idea for leveling the machine was spot on...
My favorite thing about the Kubota skid steer is the hydraulic controls I love that over the electronic ones. And the hydraulics don't have a computer that can take a crap and cost you to $2,000 + dollars to repair
Nice operating Mike! Cool to see you pushing the 10 wheeler to the limit in the back yard fully loaded....That's the sign of an experienced "driver" knowing the limits and getting the job done. Your skid steer is proving it's worth lately on these multi-task job sites, bet you're happy you invested in it after all...That retaining wall came out great, what's the owner plan to do with the facing of it in the future? Work safe Doug@ the "ranch"
Most excellent job! Sure goes a lot quicker than the 4” X 12” blocks I used... If course that would probably have gone quicker if we hadn’t lost half a day rigging my grandson’s Tonka truck crane to set them with!
I love those blocks. You did this before you did the stream retaining wall, and that was great. This is going to look super. They can or have stuccoed it, paint them and the house to match and it will be very cool. Would love to see the finished product.
I do believe they will be “ retaining” your services for future projects Mr Dirt Perfect!😳😉🤦🏻♂️😆 As always it looks great , and it will greatly help with drainage!👍👍
I was watching, wondering if you'd put in a drain behind that wall, glad to see it! My dad needs this exact thing done at his farm house, the retaining wall put up by original builders has no drain and all the dirt washes in right around the wall.
Remember you trying to get semi turned around unloading with the little JD tractor that is a lot of tracking there. I thought for sure that first load of dirt was going to end up in the corn field nice job Mike 👍🏻
Indiana DOT used a screen shot from your video pointing out your tie down violations. Need more chains bubba, ALWAYS be safe when it comes to securement. Those are families your sharing the road with... Great vid's, keep up the hard work!
Captain Kleeman ... Stilt walking with shovels could become an Olympic sport! Make sure you practice it with the shovels turned backward so you can enter the 20meter medley event.
Captain Kleeman ... that would be awesome... maybe get Junior to fire the starting pistol, Wade can carry in the torch, Brandon can level the playing field and Jason can do the color commie-tary!
Would you believe that I use to buy them for $5.00 each 10 years ago but had to wait for the concrete company to dump their leftovers at the end of each day... I would put in an order for however many I needed on a Monday morning and would pick up the entire order on Friday night.....it was a great deal ! The following year...the price went up to $50.00 each because they figured out how much they were losing at $5.00..... I bought over 40 in one year and still have them for the 30x30 firewood bins I made.....all your walls look great Mike !
Hello there. Henry Wilson here. You work in some lovely places like that the retaining wall job by that big River. I thought it looked more like a lake.
I was hauling dirt a couple days ago and I was thinking about that old channel I knew you had some old content on here, or well kleeman did lol! Guess I’m a fan from way back! Keep up the awesome videos
For those block walls is there any amount of slope you can “go with” or does the length need to be perfectly level and step the base up or down if the elevation drastically changes?
Great video, what is the felt or fabric used for ? I’m just curious if it is for soil stabilization or a weed barrier I’m up in pac nw and we get soft soil conditions and use the geo textile over pumping soil then pit run compacted using a sheep foot roller if the rock in it is larger than a few inches , that seems to push the larger ones down and give the blade a bit of room for sub grade prep before rock and water truck believe it or not we still need them out here even with all the rain . Hey I understand you can go broke if you try to have every piece of equipment on a job and renting is a loosing proposition if you want to keep a little margin for your future equipment needs . Your doing it right keep overhead low and equipment paid for. And make the apprentice grease equipment after he s off the clock ! Lol I remember those days good luck 👍
Cooler temps are coming quickly.. Are you ready? Fishing is going to be great at Patoka Lake soon.... Enjoy your videos. Only about 2 hrs north of your location...
The blocks that your using i get that there good for shoring but I would think they should have a cap to hide the picking eye and the top. Not very appealing to the eye from the top. kinda like looking at K rail. Does everyone like the way they look? Do they get finished off with something?
How do you finish the retaining wall when it is next to a house like that? Do you face it concrete? What about the top and ends of the blocks? They are a wee bit ugly and the hard corners need softening IMHO.
You can’t paint your marking because @CaptainKleeman left his “tape measure” at home. I definitely will watch Kleeman’s channel. Even if he is only half as crazy 😜😝 as he is on this channel it should be fun to watch.
I see Hoover was not impressed with your Load Securement of the 4 blocks on the trailer. There are 170 comments so far on his FB page, at least you are helping others learn.
Just wondering why? Ya should use those for building a cinder or salt shed, Not a nice country home. Unless you cap parge and stucco them. Or maybe stone work?
Actually Sorry to say But I think it looks unfinished, those blocks sort of need to be tapered to follow the contoured to the ground. It looks like an industrial type of finish to me, as you would see at a trucking yard just done for a purpose, keeping a bank from slipping down, or a loading ramp. No actual finish. Put a few tyre rub marks and a few scratches on it, park a forklift on top and a trailer beside it and it will look right at home.
Thanks for you opinion but remember one thing you are not the home owner / customer just the lucky guy that got to watch a awesome video on RU-vid thanks for watching 😁
