Drainage Problems At the Freedom Factory... (real world problems) 

How's everyone liking the daily vids?? They're a little more Vloggy. Reminds me of the OG days!

florida man shouts at rain for being on his grass

Look at the bright side: With Lake Freedom Factory we’ve finally found a lake the Tracker can probably bog all the way across.

YOU DON'T NEED A DRAIN IN THE SLAB!!! 😲 Use a Concrete saw to cut SLOPING EXPANSION JOINTS toward a drain on the edge of the burnout pad! Keep the lines clean and it will naturally drain off the slab with no drain in the actual slab. 30 years of concrete experience in the Pacific Northwest.👍🇺🇲

Try consistently lightly spreading washed sand over the areas where water pools for several months (weekly?). For quicker results at slightly higher cost, use a light scattering of compost or soil instead. Gradually the growth of the grass, plus the activities of earthworms will convert it to normal soil and the level will be effectively and cheaply raised. 1/4 ton should do it over the course of a few months with no other work needed! (Please UPVOTE so Cleetus sees this or pass it on to him - I don't know how!)

2nd largest bass I ever caught was in that there pond!

If I remember correctly: Good ole Cleeter himself decided to take control of the massive concrete-skeeting unit at that exact spot of the burnout pad... 🤔

Where the water collects and takes a little longer to drain, I suggest, rather than digging out the grass and building up under it, try what the golf courses do around here (Australia) where the weather is about the same as Florida... they layer a small amount of sand, without burying the grass, each month until the levels are brought up to what is desired... This takes a little lime but it is affordable, not difficult and effective... Best of luck I have no idea about fixing the burnout pad...sorry.

If that one side of the turf area continues to hold water, we can easily install a French drain to lead the water out to the surface drain pipes. Let's see how she olds up when the real rains hit.

This dude went from ripping a fidget spinner with nitrous to worrying about water killing grass🤣🤣💪💪 priorities baby

Dam those were some sick drifts in neighbor, I’m astonished on the amount of wide open abuse that car takes.

Cleetus: Just taking my brother for a drive.... Drifts the whole track...

Hey Cleetus you could rake in a layer of dirt into the existing grass in that area a little at a time and raise the grade over time, it wouldn’t take much, the grass will grow upwards and find the new level

Hey, Garrett You can use a post hole digger Or a auger. And dig an 8' deep hole. Then fill it with stone and 6" of dirt on the top for the grass. It works like a charm. Keep up the great work ya do man. Cya, W3BZ 😎 from Nebraska ..

Cleetus,how can I reach u to potentially host an event at the freedom factory? My dad is the President of the "First generation monte carlo" car club. This year is the 50th anniversary of the monte and the even he has been planning all year here in Carlisle,PA(it's gonna be this year's monte's NATIONAL meet) cuz of the rona quarantine. If it does get cancelled please HELP A CHEVY GUY OUT. Not looking for any handout or free,we have $

Damn couldn't even see the water till he took the f150 through

I’d use the tow behind blower the morning after a rain and blow the concrete slab dry. Every racetrack in North America has to contend with the same issues.

Cleetus, just progressively top dress the area of grass that's flooding. A little bit at a time so it's easy on the grass and allows you to only add what you need, where you need it.

Cleetus: Look at the grass and pad, it's completely dry after one day Me: Looking at the sick drifting action!

Just put a big squeegee on the front of one of those crowns and push all the water off when needed 😂🤷‍♂️

You can rake a thin layer of sand on the grass, not trying to bury the grass. You have a way to fill small dips over time but don't need to tare up the grass but.

None of us normally care about other peoples drainage situations, but we care a lot about this one just because it's yours.

How I know I'm getting old...I'm no longer paying attention to cleetus driving around the track. I'm genuinely concerned with this drainage issue on the burnout pad, and the different options he has to fix it 🤣

As much as I love the crazy stuff you usually post in your videos, this normal day-to-day stuff you’ve been posting makes me to feel more connected and the crazy stuff to feel more special! Great work, guys! Keep on keepin’ on.

"Obviously the crown Vic's are draining perfectly, best car ever made" Hahaha

Young man you've done a hell of a job saving this old track and bring it back to life. You're always going to find something that needs to be done. I'm retired now but I spent about 5 years of my life when I was in my 30's as a Grounds Keeper at a Private Club Gold Course, not sure a tracks the same but it was a lot of mowing, working out drainage when issues arose and just the general mowing and upkeep. My point is it's a lot of land to take care of and that track although not as big as a golf course has a lot more things that will always need attention I'm sure. You've got this as I really don't think it's in your DNA to let anything get you down or at least ever go down without giving your best. Which I'd say your best is impressive as all hell Brother... EDITTED TO ADD: You've done one hell of a job with this place young man, we all know you got this. The fact that you only have two small minor problem areas with all you've done in such a short span of time is noting more than miraculous, just amazing...

Racing Hovercrafts will take care of that water after any rain-delay.

Loving the updates, thanks for taking us along for the ride! I work as a civil designer so I feel the storm drainage issues!

You can slowly add dirt to the low spots and the grass will grow through it.

I think both drainage areas could be an easy fix with no major work. For the pad you are draining a very large area and may just need a deeper or wider slot to a drain or series in each deeper spot on that edge of the pad. This could be done with the existing expansion cuts in the pad being opened up a little to allow it to drain, you will be pulling rubber out of them for life to drain but no major changes to the pad and you only need a hook to drop in the slot in the pad and pull. You will need to dig a small drain pickup point at the edge of the pad below the ground level with fall direct to your drain and you will need to make some of the current cuts running to the drain from the lowest points wider to say 10mm just for the ones for draining water off the pad into the drain. As for the water pooling area in the grass, why not lift some of the grass at the lowest spot, remove some dirt and bury 2sqm of gravel at that point then dirt and grass it over to be flat and green, you can add a drain pipe at a later date if it is too boggy and still needed. This is where I would start and put money elsewhere in the freedom factory like the bleachers, Freedom Factory Events so more places see what you are doing and reopen or expand what they do to cater for more events at lower cost. Good luck.

I'm out of California and drive truck I was on my way to pick up a load down the street from the track even though it was closed it was awesome to see where it is

"The Drainage Report." Reminds me of the small town radio stations in farming communities with their "Daily Tractor Report." I never understood it.

This “Month of Freedom!” Keeps me sane being locked up! Thanks Cleeter bartleskeeter!

recommendation on small flooded grass area. Add 1-2" of dirt in the area, let the grass grow through, and repeat until it starts draining right. Worked on my property.

for all the work you guys did and ow big that pad is thats not bad and the low being on the edge and not in the middle is a bonus

Around here we use field tile to drain places like that. Might be worth looking into, would only cause damage to the grass wide enough for your tile and could be tied into your existing drainage. Good luck and do it for Dale!

Just use the tow-behind blower and blast the water into the grass after it rains, you don't want to open that can of worms of drilling and digging.

Having worked in the concrete industry for 10 years, i'd have the concrete guys come back and replace the section. There's no excuse for that large of a dip when they are using a laser screed

What you’ve done with the track is little short of a miracle! It’s come so far in such a short time, like you say every solution comes with its own problems, it’s fixable

Neighbour seeing a lot of use lately. I love it. He's the one that made me join the channel 2 years ago and I haven't missed a video since. Love the content and the month of freedom just makes it even better.

You’ve got the most chill dudes ever on this channel: Alex (Uber chill), James (chill-but Savage), and Cooper (the master of relaxed).

It's like listening to my dad talk when he is 67 years old, telling me don't focus on the negative. For some reason when I was growing up it was nothing but negative. It's nice to see the younger generation with better focus

I wish we had this much water here in the state I live in :) Nasty swamp vs high mtn. desert. Glad things are getting better there! Thank you for the vid.!

Cleetus: "We don't need those 2 trucks". Cleetus: *Sees were the 2 truck loads were supposed to go almost a month later. Cleetus: It ieezz what it ieezz.

Custom waterbox on the edge of the pad. It's not a problem, it's a feature!

Hey that jet engine would be perfect for drying off a wet track js

Can’t be perfect off the bat. So far you have nailed it. Don’t stress your mullet will go grey. Rock on

Enjoying the random mix of Vlog, its weird but I kinda feel invested in the Freedom Factory progress and development and enjoy these bits as much as the action clips.

Too bad you gave away that boat for the burnout contest 😂

My living covers install/service/networking and often on construction sites. Only been 11 years now, but I've already learned some key things: 1. Nothing is magic. 2. If something goes right the first time, it's cause something else went wrong. 3. Don't piss off contractors; You'll get exactly what you asked for, but you won't like it. If all that went wrong is some low spots, I think you guys did a pretty good job.

LCN got the factory dialed in, the grass looks awesome!

For the amount of work done in that short time span GREAT JOB GUYS!!

Thissssssssssssssssss is my 1970 Racetrack, and today I'm going to show you its quirks and features. Then, I'm going to let it rip tater chip, and then I'm going to give it a cleet score. For more thoughts on buying old abandoned property, you can read my article on propertytrader.com/lethereat

The last thing I'd be doing is drilling into a pad like this for drainage, you'll end up with stress fractures down the road. Just put up with it.

For as fast as you guys put that out the idea that it would be perfetc is crazy talk. In the grand scheme of things thats a livable thing to me! awesome work from the 316 guys for sure!!!

Land drainage is very easy to install will sort the problem out in the grass section, it only needs a trench digging out. Concrete you could put a aco brickslot in the deepest area that's mainly what we use on carparks

I live in the desert. I almost forgot what rain looks like.

What did you watch on RU-vid today? A Florida man talk about drainage problems at his racetrack...

Keep the daily’s coming brother loving it!

The puddle on the burnout pad is actually good! It can be used for cooling down tires!

9:02 is that were the IT monster lives 😄 in that drainage pipe? “Hey Cleetus you want you turbo back, we all spool down here”

Man it’s really stressing me out you doing all the work on the grass to leave those tyres on it to kill it underneath :(

Idk why but I absolutely love freedom factory update videos.

That's a massive area and with that being the only water spot...I say job well done.

If I remember correctly, this is actually the exact spot you put in the video of you pouring out the concrete as you finished it up.

Clicked on this faster than I got denied for that loan

Never thought id care about another persons grass but im happy it rained there, the grass looks soo good!

You could add some thin layers of dirt over the top of the grass that isn't draining, but wait a bit for the grass to grow though it before adding more soil if it needs it.

As much as you love that grass why not move tires onto pavement until needed

What do you mean "we did it ourselves?" Unless you got that pad done for free, you didn't do it yourself. I know 316 helped you out, but did the subcontractor do it for a very steep discount too? As far as I understand, you paid (probably tens of thousands of dollars) to a contractor to bring in a professional concrete company. They brought in an entire fleet of trucks and emptied a factory. You got this pad professionally done start to finish, and they should be held accountable for their work. It was their job to make sure it doesn't dip, and they dun goofed it. Whether it's ripping that area up and doing a repour or paying for the drainage system, they should take accountability and get that done at their expense. The grass is a youbad, yeah, but that's not a huge issue

For the puddled grass areas you could install a French drain directly towards the box drains

CLEETUS A PLACE THIS BIG I WOULDNT WORRY ABOUT A LITTLE WATER AFTER A WEEK LONG RAIN, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT PLACE!!!

It simple enough to level the grass with sand, washed beach sand in the low spots and the grass will grow through it

Just spread sand in thin layers over time and the grass will just grow through

I worked for a landscape and irrigation supply company and I had to learn a lot about irrigation/drainage and if the water isn’t gone within 24 hours, that’s when you should consider getting some drainage work

That's good Irish rain, can go like that for days!! Standing water is a way of life

4:55 dig up the grassy area on the south side and bury a cistern tank for the rain from the burnout pad to flow into. Pump that water out of the underground cistern tank for emergency, non-potable reasons

Daily videos are great but the low spot on the skid pad was where you were running the power trowel lol 😂

The grass looks great! When you installed St. Augustine, I thought No! But in Florida maybe a better choice than here in Texas. I had a house that, I sodded in the same and took most of my time to keep!

we nailed every part of it except the right part lollll. love you guys!. liking the daily vids!

You can slowly add dirt and never need to tear it up. The grass will grow through

It wouldn't be that big of a deal to trench in some 4" plastic drain tile from that flooded spot to the drain. You could put a riser at the flooded spot. It would be cheap and wouldn't disturb that much grass. Love the videos!!

Love it man look forward to your videos every day

It's crazy how Cletus can work on making RU-vid videos every day and still manage working on cars and taking care of the freedom factory.Most people would have a hard time managing just a race track they own but not old Cletus a.k.a. Garrett. The guys a Legend. Hell ya brother.

Just cut a few more expansion joints/lines across the high point of the concrete to allow drainage

I can't imagine getting hyped about a drainage video from anyone but my boy Cleet, let's go brother!

Use the giant low spot for a tire cool down area. A few tracks have them, fill with water and drive through to cool down your tires.

ate u guys done really well, could be a fun bit in the mix drifting through lake freedom

"Crown Vics, best car ever made!" Hell Yeah BROTHER! Then we see Neighbor getting the snot beat out of it again for the 1000th+ time as proof!

Dude you will never ever get concrete perfect when pouring a pad that size. Been pouring and stamping concrete for many years. Look at the highways when it rains.

@Cleetus McFarland Have a look into coatings for walkways. there are guys out there making skim coat bitumen based textured floor coatings. It goes on with like a trowel and it would make the walkways in the public area look brand new. It doesn't affect things like drains etc but it would fill the cracks and spruce up the place great

That’s the best drift I’ve ever seen you do! Focus on that positive! 👍👍

Those blue tires are killin me... That grass and new pad is way to pretty for blue tires to be sitting on lol

For all the work done, that's a pretty good result.

Definitely should have graded and planned for that before laying the grass so there was a clear direction for what to be directed

Hi Cleetus. You guys can just add some topsoil right on top of that existing grass to raise the levels slightly in that area. A couple of cubic meters of topsoil will work just fine. Just spread it evenly and rake it level. The existing grass will just grow right through the topsoil. You may have to repeat the process to get it 100%.

Make a squeegee trailer. Screw some old bald tires in a vee shaped pattern to a sheet of plywood and drag it behind a side by side like a Brush-Hog. You can drag it into the middle of the pad and the sun will dry it up quickly and that V8 blower can do the rest

Can't wait to travel to Florida when the Freedom Factory is ready to go! Already saving up for the trip!

You could use a trencher and run a drain pipe from the grass that is flooded to the drain that is 100 feet away and have the drain enter it underground. Then you would only need to replace 1 pallet of sod and not have to raise that whole grass area.

You should leave that low spot in the pad for drift events as a tire cooling pool. Englishtown NJ made one and it works AMAZING for tire life. You cool the tires down at the end of a run and they will last WAY longer.