It's easier and faster to put your spoils to your right. That is the side the boom is on. Putting it to your left is a safety hazard as you can't see past for boom. The guy on the laser should be on the left where he's seen and out of the way not hidden behind the boom. Put your dirt further from the edge so it doesn't sluff back into the excavation. And clean the edges before moving back with the heel of you bucket. Then clean up the bottom and heel it too. This makes it easier for the ground guy to get in and out easily on both sides and keeps the bottom nice. It also keys the bottom compact, less tripping hazards and if installing services, better for your sand bedding. If you're using a slope laser then just put the receiver on your boom and you'll always have grade and you don't need a grademan, but he should be there looking for existing services anyhow, just for safety. Even if you did your "1st Call".
There’s a level thing that you can attach to the stick on Casey. I wish I could afford a mini excavator it would come in handy with some of the jobs I do for people
Tim, I put in about 400 feet of french drain and have a lot more to do (ready to go with the BxPanded 6in trenching bucket on the 1025). I’d love to see a dedicated usage video on the laser level. Thanks!
It's a shame you don't have a sod cutter for the ventrac. You could cut the sod off where the trench would go, roll it up, then when done, roll it back over, it would look like nothing had been done the next day. That's what I am going to start doing. :)
We have a sod cutter for Vinny. In this case, not necessary. Dave has major plans for the yard, including bringing in more soil. So, he doesn’t care about the grass at present. Having said that, we used the Edge Tamers on Johnny’s loader to backfill. Wow! They did a great job. We’ll show this in video later on.
Thank you sir, I just hadn't seen you use the sod cutter other than at the ventrac facility. Just thinking out loud that would have been a good place to use it. (or at your parents house for the water line install... the list goes on)
Another great episode on TTWT. Yes, I would like to see an episode on setting up the level and using it to figure slopes and level. Nice filming Christy. Take care and God bless.
Did he have to get permits and permission for that? Here, creating any kind of drainage into a lake, river or stream, is a HUGE NO no, massive fines etc, if you do not have a permit and permission for that.. You can drain into private ponds and land you own, but not into something like that, a public lake...
Gday Tim, I like your videos of what u do, I do this stuff but with bigger machines, wheres your quick hitch for Casey, you should look into buying a ripper for Casey. cheers Aaron
Nice job T and C. Though if I could make a small suggestion. When digging as on this project, we usually start at the end and stop at the begging. So if that was done in this case, Tim could have just backed out on the driveway. The trouble of crossing the ditch and digging it out would have not needed to be done. Not every time you have it this way, but that is usually a deciding factor on which end I will start and end on. Love your videos.
Hey Tim, just a tip when digging a trench that you need the bottom nice and flat. Use the bottom of the bucket and roll it towards you. It makes it flat and also helps when your walking in it putting your pipe together. Nice work tractor time team!
Another great video Tim. Next time you might want to turn your boom to the side and you can dig even and parallel to your tracks. Instead of straddling the ditch, you merely dig and drive alongside it.
Yes, please make a comprehensive video on the laser level. Keep up the great videos, I am thoroughly enjoying the channel! May God bless you and your family in all of your endeavors.
I would DEFINITELY be interested in seeing how to set up & use a level system like yours!!!! I've always wanted to learn that but I'd need it put in simple, easy to understand ways!!!
Too much incline on drains causes fast water that will run away and leave the heavy solids behind. Not to big of deal with storm drains but sewers will not tolerate steep inclines.
@@andrewe2643 good questions. I did some more research after your original comment as well. The local county drainage superintendent had provided me the guidance I used in my reply to you. I think I have it figured out, but not sure. Your 6” in first 10’ is likely great advice for next to a building. Likewise the 1/4” or 1/2” per foot seems to be standard for septic or other sewage drains. The less slope I mentioned (and from the county drainage guy) comes from the longer underground drainage situations we have here in the flat lands. So farm drainage tile, etc. I’m guessing the rules are different depending on application. Also, we didn’t have any more slope. Not sure how we could have done any better. We ended about one inch above the water level of the lake. We used all of the slope we had. So, in this case, I don’t grasp your complaint. Seems like a soap box rant rather than evaluating the situation and finding a better solution. We certainly would rather have that drain than some crazy pumping station type solution.
@@TractorTimewithTim The point is that your video gives a one line answer to a question that is the arguably the most important question before starting any drainage project. Figuring out your grade from the highest and lowest points and determining whether that will actually work for the volume of water and the distance to move it and the soil type and so on. Just asking for you to spend a little time in a video like this to give the great context you provided in your last comment as to why you went with a very, very subtle slope. Acknowledging that it’s not technically by-the-book but here’s XYZ reasons why we didn’t go by the book. Just felt that there was a big enough gap in the video to where I felt the obligation to write in. I’ve watched dozen of your videos and this is maybe the second time I’ve commented. Not trying to soap box, just hoping it’ll result in even better, more informative videos in the future!
Chalk up another great vid by TTWT. Seems you have a great upbringing from your Dad. Your equipment looks like it always just came off the showroom floor when you go on a job.. You have great pride in what you own. That's "handed down"!
Great work, as always, Tim! Wish I could get you out to northern Australia to help me fix my yards up! Love your vids, they’ve helped me tremendously and I’ve learned a lot. God bless!
Tim, do you not use your feet to control the tracks? i noticed you struggled ever so slightly trying to unstraddle that trench, if you used your feet for the tracks, then you can then use your hands to operate the boom and spin yourself off. Its safer too as you have more points of contact with the ground incase the trench gave way under a track. I can see you are improving in it though!
Another awesome Job by TTWT. I would love to see a video about setting up the lazer level for a slope or anything to do with the lazer level. You guys are awesome. Have a great weekend. God Bless!!!
New suggestion!!! Need a barge to float Casey on and start advertising DREDGING in small sloughs, ponds. Just a thought. Beautiful property and lake. I could have had a house on a lake if I had moved back to Tennessee. Just wasn't meant to be.
In theory yes. But not practical in real world scenarios. Not with an mini-excavator digging a trench. String lines and boning rods are great for pulling grade, but in my experience, not digging a trench with a mini.
