I would love to see the whole process. Berm, road, all of it. Being a newish equipment operator for the village I work for I always love watching these kinds of videos to learn about new ways of doing something or a way I didn't think of. Plus I get to see equipment I only wish I could have to work with.
Here they explain things and reasons better then most do …. Other guys you can see how they do it then use that information to help you do things with whatever equipment you have myself I use a tractor with a front bucket and a backhoe to do most things around my home
As an operator for 30+ yrs I find this video very entertaining. Dirt has been here for millions of years yet Stan finds a way to wear it it out! 8-10 hrs to build that berm? C’mon!
Great video amazing use of the skid loader. Where I live we have rock hard clay and plenty of big boulders. Top soil is hard to come by. Enjoy watching you utilize what you have on hand and make it work. Thanks
LoL....when you told people go ahead and tell their options for moving the Widowmaker.... Made me think of this: When you grew up kinda hard and didn't always have the right tools to get a job done... It tends to make you creative...may not be the best way of doing something...but it gets done
I'm going to be so thankful some day when I can afford a skid steer I've done everything by hand. I dug a stump out with an automotive jack last week. I'm so thankful my landscaping business is finally taking off. I failed 3 times in attempting to start but finally got a few of the right customers and I'm getting slow but steady growth. I'm using just my Toyota Sienna and a few hand tools. I'm really enjoying the learning experience and getting out and working with my hands.
So true Stanley, 5 hours does feel like 5 minutes in a skidsteer! Lol Your videos feel like real life and sincere. Can’t wait to comes and meet you some day, hopefully near future👊
Time definitely flies when your running that machine I was using one 13 hours a day for a week none stop it went quick , fist time running one it was actually like a video game and a roller coaster.. but can be very dangerous if not respected.. I watched you teach your son and took those pointers 👏🏼👍🏼..
I live in Arizona and we have nothing but sand with flash flooding. I had a berm built and it washed away. I added broken concrete and river rocks to the sand and it's holding up. It's about 6 feet high. The guy I hired with tractor asked me what a berm is. It's been stable for about 2 years.
Privacy so hard to come by today, glad to see your gettin some stuff done at Shang roo all doosh lol, hope you had a great day stan, it was raining and gloomy all day today, god bless and ge get em, your pal and friend Alexander costa
Stan! Guess who got to run an ASV for the first time? I did, it was a brand new Rt-40 skid. I sucks on pavement but amazing on grass. I really like the joystick controls but being 6’ 1” I barely fit into the cab. That is my review on the first 20 minutes of running it. Loving this series so far! Have a good week Stan!
In permaculture we would call that privacy berm Hugelkultur. It works great because the trees basically become giant sponges holding water and organic material in the soil to feed the plants growing on top. I actually use this same technique to fill all of my raised garden beds for free.
You'll love my back yard lol. It starts flat but then goes down, probably perfect for sledding in the snow but horrible when mowing. Too bad you couldn't check it out cause I know it'll be a fun project.
A trick I learned years ago to stop erosion and establish a nitrogen rich Geo base is broadcast turnip seeds lightly after grading. Turnips grow real fast. (Turnip seeds are cheap.) Works good to re-establish natural or seeded vegetation.
I find the skid steer to be one of the most versatile pieces of equipment on a job site because you can add so many different implements to it I would like to see you do this job as you would if you were working for a customer the privacy burn seems first and foremost to me because once you get that burn up ain't nobody's business looking over it especially since that burns on your property run caution tape around the trees and tell him to stay off of it cuz it's not stable that way they don't climb over and look on you and what you're doing
Stan wow there is absolutely nothing to bind the sand together totally understand why you are using vegetation to stabilize the material the glacier really screwed you a million years ago 🤷♂️will be interesting to watch the process of building the new driveway 👍
Personally I'd like to see the actual road construction, because in Northeastern Ontario that's how logging, mining companies build cordwood roads in swampy areas, but I've never seen it done.
Wow I am no expert but that soil looks like it is loamy, good garden/growing soil? I'd love to have that for my gardens here in Ohio Stan..hint hint..next time your coming to Ohio LOL
Stan, another fantastic 5 ⭐ video, now just wondering how's your excavator skills I mean skid loaders are fun to operate I understand you run what you brung no extra, just curious anywhoo God bless yah go get'em see yah on the next one from Gaffney South Carolina viewer
@@Dirtmonkey I’ve used what is referred to as a corduroy road while building logging roads before in combination with water bars, it’s pretty much a top layer of wood where the road gets muddy. You place the logs so they run with the road, and I always made sure to pinch the sides in good by pushing up dirt or laying them between trees or rocks. Sometimes we would push dirt over the logs we payed and drive pickups over, but the heavy equipment went right over the wood
@@Dirtmonkey Logs were laid perpendicular to the road, not longitudinally...don't know if dirt or something else was put on top. Would of made a bumpy wagon ride into town.
We had a county road here in Isanti county, when they were rebuilding the road they dug out all the black muck and the crew found the logs the old time used, the crew took them home to mill for lumber ( no rot on the logs ) they should have left them in the ground because the road is moving around now since the logs are gone. Maybe they should try to use logs in some places and see if they help
Is this style of engineering no longer endorsed by engineers and or contractors? is that why you won't do it for hire, liability or are they more of a temporary solution for say logging or wild land fire fighting? All great information, never heard of this type of solution...I am very interested in former solutions ( past generations) from all over the world to situations and obstacles that need to be overcome. Thanks stan.
This is definitely an old school solution. It’s been used around the world successfully. But it has to also be used with common sense and a little bit of experience. Engineers won’t use a solution like this because it has too many variables. It works with just the right kind of soil in the right kind of trees in the right layering. But it’s using questionable materials. And an engineer won’t put their reputation on using questionable materials
Maybe it’s just me but I don’t understand the whole scoop and carry and then dump on the berm. I would think just pushing material towards the berm with the bucket down would help pack things in and save time on the backend. Towards the end of the day you seemed to start operating more in that manner.
@@Dirtmonkey Yeah, not sure how much it uses though. I just wash and grease the ones that have been on rent lol. I do hear lots of good things though, especially when we have to upgrade from a 75 to a 97.
The ASV rt-75. Its like the premium skid steer. LOVE the kubota though. That is also an excellent machine. and my Cat skid loader is another one I like. I think I like all skid steers in some way.
Any chance in finding some lost Dirt Monkey Snowplow footage?? Here in Binghamton NY it's been in 90s every day, and NO rain for 3 months. I need to dream of happier times!!
