How To: Spreading Top Soil With A Skidsteer 

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Thank You Dirt Ninja! You are saving my ass at my job right now!!!!

Just bought a skid steer This was 👍

Very well done my friend, your efficiency is not only in your swift speed, but superior in your bucket filling. Your thought process was predicting change, keeping the landscape condition a high priority. No wasted rpm's, minimum drive train burden and no track/wheel spin. True operators are gentlemen in nature, only taking from the machine what it was designed to do. Years ago I had an older fellow give me the advice, make every move count, you have done just that. God Bless you in all you do.

Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing.

New subscriber here from the Milwaukee wi area, thanks for all your videos!!

Good looking topsoil...love the skidsteer!

You are pretty quick. I seem to spread topsoil in my track machine the best when I run full speed lol. I don't know what it is. I think the faster I go the less I think about it and it works better in the long run.

Nice work! Curious how you like this unit compared to the bobcat t650? I run an S205 right now and do more oilfield related work but am looking to switch to a tracked machine for better flotation in the mud. Just looking for some feedback on either machine. Thanks!

Pretty cool man , do you have a video of back dragging in a front end loader or skid steer without a self leveler

This is incredible.. tilling and hand raking a 4,000 sq ft slope in my backyard. Wish I had the equipment and know how. Looks like fun. Great video

Thanks for the videos man I've been watching ya forever and you've helped me out a lot I my career and I'd like to thank you

DirtNinja You make it look simple, I am going to rent a cat track loader in May and redo my whole lawn with s Harley Rake, any tips for a guy that’s never ran either pieces of equipment?

Not gonna lie I would look outside and say "why the fuck Is this kid in such a hurry" lol

yeah I don't blame you dirt Ninja the dirt doesn't look very smooth but I'll guess with a skidsteer it's faster of course but not a's easy a's much with a dozer probably wouldove but inerways nice video, and nice looking black dirt that will grow gress partty damn good, if it gets water if or when it gets dry.

I believe this man really is a ninja.

Cool video, gonna be trying this out for the first time soon so I guess I’ll see how it goes lol

@Dirt Ninja some properties would require to go diagonally up and down. i've tried spreading top soil for the garage and it was a tough spot.

What is your cost per yd3 or ton for the loam? Where I'm from, anything decent for topping is about 27$-30$

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One thing I see in this video that could help you out tons is the way you back drag. When you spread your bucket it's rarely spread evenly and when you point your bucket downward backdraging with the cutting edge it only packs it down in place. Instead back drag with your bucket and cutting edge level, ! This grabs the dirt at higher elevation and will fill in the lower areas. Only point your bucket downward like that to backdrag on your final pass when everything is to grade and level to help pack it . Your back will highly appreciate this method over the method shown here.!

What do you think of the Bobcat 5 link Suspension

I just bought a 299D3. What size bucket you running on yours? Any reason I shouldn't go with a 86in wide bucket?

hey, nice vid!

Can you make a video and tell us how many keys you have for Catapillar

who does your hydroseeding

why did you changé bobcat for Caterpillar??

If you're digging as well why not do it with a mini ex and use the fill blade for grade?

you should do more vidoes from the outside of the machine

thnx for the video

How many Caterpillar keys have you collected over the years

How much do you pay per yard/ton for loam?

It is really great you showing us the spreading part and the actual work, you are an expert operator. Many of us new to the business and wanting to invest in equipment would like some information on bidding jobs. If there is any thing you would share about pricing a job and what to charge would be of great help to us newbies. Thanks

@Dirt Ninja this could help with anyone that does it with a skidsteer or a backhoe

Great Channel eh Thanks for sharing eh Cheers! \m/

What did that 200 yards cost if you don't mind me asking?

get rid of that gp bucket and get a 4 in 1 bucket and spread with that then you don't need a harley rake either, you fill your 4 in 1 bucket then travel forward or backwards and slowly open your bucket and leave a perfect job

Hello, could you please tell me how you quote jobs . Eg. Per hour or ??::

Wow good

So, dirt ninja, I'll bet you can answer this: I own a kubota bx25 TBL. I'm trying to dig out and grade a 40' x 30' playground (with a 1% slope toward the back end where I'm putting a French frail to handle runoff) in very doughey clay soil. I'm finding it very hard to get it all level by eye. (I really don't want to be busting out stakes and strings and flat shovels). Any tips how to do this w my machine?

I saw on one of your videos that you installed the backup camera yourself. I asked my CAT dealer for instructions to install the camera yourself and they told me they didn't have but they could have a service tech come and install it for me. Do you have any documentation at all how to install it or how did you know where to hook everything up to? any help you can help me with would be greatly appreciated since I have been trying to find the instructions online and its like they just dont exist.

skidsteer are the best..

how long would this job take?

Did you have to grade the yard first? Are you grading any specific way as you spread your top?

I've hardly ever used float in a skid, back drag by hand and feel of the machine. thats why its so rough riding for him. and his spreading could be more fluid instead of half a bucket at a time

How to you price particular jobs??

How fast could you spread 20 yards?

Calculated moves,less fuel,wear and tear,time.

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289D3?

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The Rubber track loaders are way to slow for me to operate. I can spread that soil with the bucket and it will look like harley rake done it. I'm still using a dinosaur of a machine a case 90xt with 18" wide loegering steel tracks. I have the two speed engage half of the time i'm spreading at 12 mph. I have never used float on my machine.

"use float mode" sure wish my old 1816 had float mode.....

Do you like bobcat

Man thats a rough riding rig

Vacant Central Florida lot .. FEMA thinks my lot is in a flood zone because elevation in some spots is 113' vs neighbors at around 116' ( I presuming this based on google earth elevation readings). The general neighborhood is high and dry patch with no major bodies of water so generally not in a flood zone. I've been on the lot after three 3 days of heavy rain and there is no sitting water on my lot. I think the FEMA map is bad. I emailed them. But anyways... County has told me I have the right of way on some unmaintained dirt trails to the state road I have permission to clear as needed. The trails are very high with sandy soil. Can a bobcat ALONE elevate a 50x50 clearing on my lot with that sandy soil roughly 4 feet higher? maybe create a parameter ditch/grade upward to the clearing? How much can I expect to pay for a job like this if no trees in the way? Is sandy soil recommended for elevating a future foundation? Really for now I just want to be able to park my car on the lot with no concerns about flooding but mainly want to get rid of the FEMA flood zone classification on the lot.

Always watch landscapers level mud with flat buckets. Its sad, it's like watching someone driving backwards through traffic.. ass backwards lol

I don't ever see you use a dozer, a dozer is the most efficient way to to spread and grade.

#1 rule never tote the dirt you gotta push it and you'll be more efficient

Man I'd hate to be bouncing around in a machine like that my whole life.

Get a 4 in 1 bucket

Good thing you have the power rake because a good operators would make it smoother instead of beating you and the machine to death . You should learn how not to use float because that will make you a better operator

is it me or does that house look like romanatwoods house

Kubota 90 is better

The cat needs more fuel

Why are you bouncing around so much?

Lol terrible.