Cutting in an Asphalt Milling Path & Car Port 

Ha thanks! Sometimes the handwork is necessary and gets a better finish. That and I'm a one man crew so I gotta do it all!

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Ha yea, I have been getting that wrist flick motion down

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Glad you enjoyed it!

It can be pretty tough to level hard or rocky ground with the bucket. Takes a lot of practice and manipulation of the bucket edge to make sure you don't under/over dig. I have definitely gotten better at it, but as you say, there will still be times where the bucket will dive into the ground.

It depends on your subsoils and drainage. On this job, the base below the top soil was very hard (as can be seen in the video) and there was no standing or moving water in the areas the path was being placed. If the subsoils are hard and dry, then it should be fine to layer on millings.

As I dig the area it's definitely a bit wet at the top, dryer as I get down...I'll have to evaluate it more once I'm done clearing the area. Thank you for such a fast response! If I decide to put gravel down now then I will likely add millings to the top later on. That driveway in your video looked great!

Depends on what you are planning to park on this parking area. Anything with weight you will need a better base with gravel.

tracked machines do a lot better job of grading compared to anything with wheels. It just how they move across the ground that helps get that smooth finish.

Helps them bind together. Even though the asphalt is cold, there are what we call "fines" in it. The fines is like the dust of the product, be it gravel or asphalt. If you want something to bind, you want fines in it. getting the fines moist will help them adhere and lock in the product thereby making a solid surface. Make no mistake, asphalt millings aren't a replacement for a properly paved road surface, but they can provide a solid and stable surface that holds up better than just gravel. I work for a county road dept and we used asphalt millings to "pave" a road in our pit. We drive dump trucks, vactors, loaders, etc on it and it holds up great. We give our millings away to county residents free of charge, so if it's something you want check with your municipality. I'll bet you can get them for free from them or paving companies.

​So would the millings be ok for additional parking area for residential driveway, even with no gravel beneath the millings? I am going to be borrowing my friends plate compactor and will spray it down like in this video.

It was a comcast comm line and they have no standard or requirement for depth like electrical or gas

I bid by the job

Thanks for asking but I dont share pricing in the comments. Pricing can vary greatly per many factors, so what it cost this customer, it might cost another customer a state over twice as much for the same thing.

Purchased all my equipment

@@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC like financed right? Haha how were they to deal with? Would you go e26 again if you were to start over or start at like an e35?

Oh, everything other than the e50 was purchased out right. Really easy to finance. It would depend on the plan of the business, but I would always get the biggest mini you can afford + transport. In my case I do like having the option of the 26 and the 50 for different size jobs.

@@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC that’s awesome! I became trapped as my business grew during covid times. Started in 2019. Anytime I’d save enough the price skyrocket and now I’m stuck. I really liked the idea of a small mini, just not the lack of aux hydraulic flow for something like a brush cutter. Keep up the videos!

This is in Southern NH

@@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC Thanks for sharing! This video and your work on that driveway is one my favorites to watch! Great Job!

I saw another video you did a great job didn't realize you had done this one as well! Love them both!

​@@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLCYou got some of the best videos to watch. Love your skid steer operation and attention to details!

​@@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLCWhat type of material are using and how long did it take for you to complete this?

Haha it was an Alpaca. They have a small petting farm in the back of that path I made.

@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC thanks for the reply! I just started watching your channel. Been looking into starting up landscaping again.

Ha, its a llama in the background of when im working in the carport. They have a variety of farm animals.

Client said they were able to re-pull the line and patch the conduit all fine. Though they had to fight around another broken part of the conduit further down the line under the driveway that got damaged when that was done.

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