Driveway so long it took over 8 years to complete! 

For the first 1:50 the back window makes it looks like you're driving in reverse very happily and at high speed.

I remember when I found Diesel Creek. Just a random click on a "what the heck is this about?" suggested channel. Now I look forward to each new video to see what you're up to. One of my favorite channels. Outstanding job on the driveway! J

Some day, someone is going to ask me "what did you do with your life?" and I'm gonna say "I watched a guy build a driveway". :D

I’m not a countryside person, let alone a farmer. I’m a french expats in asia and for an unknown reason, I bing watch these Diesel Creek videos. Matt seems like the kind of friend we all need to have. Love the mindset and the content of this channel

From an Australian perspective the amount paid for these machines and the availability of them is phenomenal. You just don’t see that stuff here for those prices.

I really hope that when you go to bed every night you're proud of yourself. You're a good man that works really hard and has much more skill than you give yourself credit for. I'm proud of you and don't even know you.

This channel is gonna cost me a fortune! Every time I watch a new video, I feel the urge to go rent a piece of equipment and just move dirt for no reason.

Diesel Creek Road Builders, Autocar restorers and old church renovators besides wrenching on diesels, drone filming, filming, narrating and editing. Cheers Matt!

I’m curious as to why you don’t set chains on the gate to do a controlled spread? It’s a lot less futzing around and your material goes further and you use less fuel. The fabric can handle the dump driving over the fabric.

have you heard of back tailgating back up and start dropping your load and continue back up you really need to master this type of skill once you see it done or you do it and master it you won't believe how easy it can be it really is badass trust me just try

At 7:00 am he didn't go ask them to fill his truck with rocks. he was asking them if they knew knew of any old rusted busted equipment that had been abandoned for 30 years and needed some work.

Came for the auto car, stayed for the great content. Somethin satisfying about watchin a fella work on the stuff you work on!

I'm a 59 year old woman. I've been fascinated with heavy equipment and construction since I was 2 years old, and a new house was being built across the street. I could watch this stuff literally all day.

It’s super cool to see you use the equipment you rehabbed, for your own projects.

Congratulations Matt. I am so happy for you, reaching this big milestone. Love your videos. Have just finished watching all your videos from start till now. All the best from "Stralya".

The money you’ve saved having those old crusty machines and being able to do all that work yourself is beyond impressive. Plus, it’s given you great content.

She might be big and slow, and you have to learn the controls, BUT she has only 1/4 as many controls as the grader. Cool job.

Ah yes geo textile, smart choice there, now you don't have to fix it every year. BTW: Did you see my post about collecting all the rainwater that falls on your machine shed roof, storing it and then using it to wash your ever expanding vehicle fleet? 👍😉

A driveway like that is never complete. You'll be filling potholes for all of eternity

Watching the back window of the truck at the beginning looks like you’re jabbering away while backing up at 40mph not looking or caring about anything “behind” you. Take a look and see why I grinned the whole time!

Hard to believe there was a tree growing up through that wheel loader a month ago.

It took you 8 years to find and repair all the equipment you needed to complete this project yourself.

It’s sweet to see you just jump in the loader and be able to start it and use it considering the condition it was in when you first started working on it

Good to see the loader bring put to use and running! Btw, it may be easier next time to be driving as your dumping the rocks; that'll help spread them and eliminate the need for the big piles to push over.

10 years from now: "Dad, can we find a flat asphalt spot so I can ride my skateboard?" "We already have a nice, flat, long driveway at home"

You could cut the work in half if you would tailgate the rock load to begin with! But I would probably play with all those toys if I had them too!!!!

"Let's do something and hope we don't get dead". The motto of Diesel Creek. Can we get that on a shirt Matt?

I came for the church series. Still waiting for the end of it. But enjoying the random nature of the content here

Excellent job on your driveway. Your farm is gonna be pretty sweet once it's all done.

Matt take Debit cards!!! Us OLD SCHOOL DUDE'S THAT would help us a he*l of a lot thank you!!!! 4:15

So frikin' cool seeing that old loader being put to work again. Your best buy yet imo

Like a kid playing with toy trucks in the sandbox but all grown up! Cool...

Your musician friends lend an awesome sound track to these videos.

I rarely sub to anything, but the spraypaint on the dozer blade made me chuckle so I figured why not. good job

Matt, being born and raised in S.W. Pa. I know exactly what you mean about the weather. I can remember as a kid (I'm 71 now) it being 60 degrees and sunshine and waking up the next morning with 15 inches of snow on the ground. Love your videos and keep them coming.

There's something really satisfying about watching a road develop. Of course, it's even more fun, watching someone else do all the hard work! LOL

This is what I was imagining when I was a kid playing with my toys.

There’s something fascinating about watching heavy equipment move earth and rock around.....it’s sort of like watching a campfire or a running river. And BTW - the driveway looks superb Matt. Well done!

A year late, I'm guessing 7300 feet. I've seen the new shop go up and I'm amazed you gor it all done so fast. Great work!

I got to admit. I caught this show by accident and I have been watching ever since. Matt works hard at what he does. But I don't think I could do as much as he does.

Gday Matt,, Great to see Meatball putting in an appearance ,, Driveway came up a treat , you probably have one of the nicest for miles arround . So now you need to put up a mega cool entrance ,show a touch of class . Great episode . Respect from Down Under

What do I do after a long day's work? Go home and watch someone else do hard work. Great work man. Keep it up.

Man, that was awesome! I really felt your sense of triumph when you made it to the shop. I’m amazed at your energy and focus getting all that done by yourself. Good job! Great video!

12:51 Matt, are you _sure_ that using the skid steer is more economical than the loader for filling out the driveway? You may have saved money now in materials; but you may also have paid the price of missed opportunities --- such as losing an hour of rest or of enjoying your family --- which translates into fewer hours of footage later in the week or month, and therefore less YT dollars per day. How much on average do RU-vid videos make you, per hour of video-making effort? How much extra time did the skid loader add to the driveway project? For each hour it adds to the project, it subtracts one hour from your family time and future videos. How many extra feet of driveway can the skid steer cover with one truckload? How many extra truckloads would the loader need per 100ft? How much extra time does it take to haul that extra gravel? (Maybe the skid steer is actually faster because of how much material it saves?) So, how many new videos are you missing out on per 100ft of driveway filled with the slower technique? How many dollars per unrealized (or delayed) video? Wish you the best, and I'll admit I know nothing of the actual costs you're facing. Just remember that your time is costly and valuable even when there's no paycheck, and at some point your time will become more valuable than the materials you're saving.

Nice and sunny 60 next day is snowing lol 😂 i would guess your driveway from the main road to the container shop is almost 1900 feet 32:16 @Diesel Creek

I'd actually like to see you build your shop so you can properly work on the Autocar now that you have your Driveway.

Man I sit down and say to myself Im just gonna watch one video......an hour later I am still watching your videos. Damn you

My husband started calling out distances as you were walking.....and said "1900" as you stopped at your container shop. Imagine the smug look on his face when you zoomed in for the actual measurement!!!

What does the plastic Cover your putting under the Rock Drive way do is it more of a Plant a Weed Barrier or used for something Else Matt? 24:34 @Diesel Creek

At 4:30 hearing the rock crusher sound in the background sounds so familiar, I worked in a quarry as a teenager and heard that sound 12 hours a day.

Congratulations! That's a real milestone.

You've got a lot of very valuable "Sweat Equity" in both your equipment and property , You can be proud !

😂😂 when i have kids and tell them they need to shovel the driveway there not going to be happy 😂😂 to funny matt Great video as always Sir 33:00 @Diesel Creek

DRIVEWAY EPISODE #37..?? Wow Matt you're cookin..

Matt, she might be slow, but the sound of her engine is just the best music for my ears! You’ve got a impressive tool collection!

Yep, driving in reverse and yet going forward. My brain was doing the funky chicken fer a bit.

Hell yeah! Rainy day Saturday in SC, time for some DC and coffee

Please forgive my ignorance but, wouldn't it have been a little easier to lock the tailgate open a certain bit and dump while you were backing up ? Or would that have not worked given the condition of the ground, being wet and all. Not that I didn't really like seeing it all come together I just thought it would have saved you some time with the skid steer.

So crazy question here Matt, why not back the dump truck to where you can dump the rock and lay it down behind you as you move forward? I've seen that done before say in an area where a shop was going to be built such that it laid the rock out in a decent layer and little forming had to be done by dozer, skid steer or otherwise?

That day you find a you tube channel you just find awesome !!!! About a month ago i found Diesel Creek. I have been watching hours and hours of content and just can not get enough !!! love it. Keep up the fantastic work Matt. Big thumbs up from the UK.

I really enjoy watching your videos both getting and using all your equipment to do great jobs.

Working in Construction (electrician), and only ever observing ground work, i never knew just how useful a skidsteer could be!!! Its the 'swiss army knife' in my eyes

First pile of Rock Done and Spreed Nice now tons more to go Matt 8:04 @Diesel Creek

I know how satisfied I am after watching this episode, you must be thrilled. The time lapse was excellent to fulfill our need for immediate gratification.

Meatball looked like he thought it was just too early to be up.🤣

Damn, didn't think you'd actually knock out the rest of the road in one go, impressive.

Mornin Mat . Best way to start a Saturday.👍🏻👍🏻

Aww time for the tree work abd that tree to Come down Whoot whoot went down pretty Smooth 17:30 @Diesel Creek

Matt, I guess you are not in need of a smart grader. You do one heck of a job without one. Driveway is turning out amazing! And preserving the top soil for future use was smart too. I like it!

Congrats, man. Seriously. That's a heck of a lot of work for one man. If I lived nearby I'd help for food.

Dang, I thought this channel was about how to buy and do what you want without your wife/gf/side chick getting angry with you. ;) Another great morning with Diesel Creek!

You’re a man with a plan Son. Well done like all your videos.

Just one question that would have made life whole lot easier for ya: why oh why didnt you use your speader chains while dumping?? Gotta love working a job especially one of such..... beginning to end! Such satisfaction really and for you to be able to incorporate it into your someday homestead is great. Congratulations on this chapter, can't wait to see the next. Great job Matt!!

When I saw subscribe on that dozer..... I subscribed

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Love the musical intro

It took me way to long to figure out you weren't driving in reverse.

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Much respect to a guy. The way you use most of the equipment that you have rescued and renovated yourself is a site to behold. Quite envious really. I look forward to seeing how the property develops.

LMAS those kid will be in great fiscal shape growing up just because of that driveway

Man is Christine going to be mad at you doing all this driveway work without her lol

Man I’d hate to have to shovel snow on that massively long driveway lol

Asphalt millings GSI makes a great road surface

How long is the driveway, in meters? For the 98% of the world who uses metric ???

Most beautiful thing about this is that you're doing all the work with mostly left for dead older iron that was brought back with some good old fashioned hard work! LOVED seeing that old Michigan helping lay out the stone! She's old and slow but you saved her from death for little money and give her something to do!

I really think people ought to set up a fund for you to hire an assistant. It's astonishing the amount you get done when you have to do literally everything yourself

Good man right here, works hard, doesn't let anything get in his way..................... Great channel brother

Lime stone Drive way Looks Amazing Matt 30:50 @Diesel Creek

another totally satisfying video

Matt, you are one hard working guy, doing this all by yourselves! Great work keeping al those old machines going!

Really enjoying your videos. I've really enjoyed watching the equipment rescue/ refurbish ones. Like seeing the old equipment returned back to service. Your starting to amass quit the collection.

Watching you circle that tree with the compactor reminds me that I have seen a few trees die over the years from root compaction caused by machines running on the roots so will be interesting to see how that tree does over the next 2-3 years. Generally we try to stay outside the canopy of a tree to avoid the roots but its not always possible. Love this channel and I hope that tree does well! Keep the content coming please :)

Great looking job Matt cheers buddy

You MUST have fun with all that equipment!

That triple nickel sounds so good

that reflexion in the back window is really messing up my head

I can see you actually pranking your kids with the driveway. 😂

I was wondering why you didn’t hook up the tailgate chains on the back of the dump truck they allow the gravel to come out at the speed that you determine. You just drive and slowly raise the dump box and the gravel just slides out . No muss no fuss. But it looks great man.

Why don't you use just your dump truck to spread your rock by putting chains on the gate to limit the amount of rock being let out as you drive slow dumping the Roch's out as you spread them.👍👍

Lots of blood sweat and tears into that project. Great job and all on your own.