That excavator should have been turn around the opposite driection to prevent tipping over backwards while using the bucket, then go back and grade out your road. That's very dangerous to not have that blade behind you to dig in and hold you solid on the hillside. I hope your still alive man.
how do you expect him to get around stumps?? get used on ground like that and steeper every day around here. most people dont know what theyre capable of. probably not his first day in a hoe. some operators dont just have to sit on a pad and load trucks every day.