Repairing Washed Out Gravel Driveway 

End video of rain performance and corrections were excellent. Not many people would actually go back to see how their work performs. A+

It is not easy to find such an ethical tradies nowadays. It is a pleasure to watch your video end to end.

Great job. What is more valuable is a man who stands behind his work.

great job. you're really good at running the machines.

“Repairing” is an understatement. You built a whole new driveway. Great work!

Very interesting watching your video from start to finish ! So quality workmanship & attention to detail. Not many can do professional work like this. If I had any driveway work, you would be at the top of the list to hire !! 👍

nice work...thanks for you tubing it for us!!

As someone that does this kind of work, I was very happy to see that you placed the stone under the asphalt for a base. It's all too often I see contractors just using fill dirt as a base and placing asphalt on top and knowing it will not last. Nice work!

I believe that'll be a lifetime driveway some people may think it's a little Overkill but they don't realize it will hold out for years and years to come with very little grading maintenance to the middle job well done 👍👏👏

As an artist such as this man, Id make each layer 5 feet think. The homeowner could use the lawn as the driveway and admire my work from afar.

As a RU-vid standard these videos are just for Entertainment value 9.6% are just someone that got a piece of equipment and telling you they are the best 😅but every once in a while you run into the 4% which you are. Know what you're doing I've been in construction over 40 years and I would say to you keep up the great work

Damn, Those are some quality asphalt millings..

After watching you compact that driveway, I will never complain again about mowing my friend's 1-acre yard with my 42" riding mower. Nice job.

Simply amazing, like watching an artist/ surgeon.

What an excellent outcome. It looks great and works as intended. Love the follow up during the rain to see how water actually flows in the swales. Excellent work and attention to detail.

This is the BEST driveway remake I have ever seen. The plan was flawless. The use of materials, excellent. The grading supurb. The finish beautiful. Thank you for giving us a peek into your mastery.

That driveway had everything working against it! The finished product you delivered is a job well done for that homeowner! 👍

Looks like a fantastic job to me honestly. Water is quite the force to contend with no matter the circumstances and sometimes youve got to go back and correct a few spots. Thats just how it is

Nice job! I had a gravel driveway, on a similar hill, that I battled for thirty-five years. I finally had it asphalted fifteen years ago. The issue with asphalt is it requires sealing often and the edges are prone to crumble over time. Good job on those wood chips. I have a tree stump grinding business. I ALWAYS inform my customers that grass will not grow over wood chips. The best thing to do is haul them off.

Nice work, this is what I need to do on my own driveway, and because it's steeper than this one, I may put in a few water bars to channel water off to the side and into swales that are cut on-contour, perpendicular to the slope of the hill in order to soak the runoff into the landscape. Swales are always cut on contour, perpendicular to slope -- they don't direct water downhill. So for the excavations that are on either side and parallel to the driveway, I think you mean a drainage -- and those may even end up eroding quite a bit in heavy rainstorms, so you might think about moving the water sideways rather than downhill. This property in particular has plenty of room for swales on either side of the driveway. .

Really good driveway rebuild, it looks great! With all that rain, it held up really well, looks like it passed the test.

Nice. Tail-gating material can be a time saver.

I watched your channel for the first time and was most impressed by your work and the final result. You did a good job.

The driveway looks really good, I’m sure the owners are happy.

Never put topsoil in a road regardless of how much stone you add because it stays mushy, especially when wet. Always save topsoil and spread it out on in the grass where it needed it.

A lot of contractors wouldn't put their name on a project like this. Some people dont have the funds available to have a proper base put in, unfortunately yes that will mean it will need repairs again. You did a lot more than most contractors would have did for this customer. Hopefully one day they can afford to put a proper base under that driveway. Top soil is definitely not a proper base material. Thank you for looking out for the low budget folk.

Thanks for your intro., Explaining the 'how to' and 'why'.

Very good operator! Fun to watch.

You did a whole drive way build. that was massive. Great job.

Just remember you ever just fill a hole or wash out it has to be cut out first so material will blend or same wash out will occur again down the. All ruts have to be cut if not underneeth what you can't see has not changed. You drive down a highway and see wash outs on slopes these cant just be filled because the edges of the wash out are tight thats why they stayed and did not wash out which is why the must be cut so material can be blended then graded. 74 yr old retired union operator lol Just saying.

Rewatched! Love this video and the transformation!

Fantastic work! Your video has helped with ideas for the downhill sloped rural road that passes in front of our property.

You have introduced me to a whole new dimension of landscaping. Wow! My days of watching guys mow, edge, blow and go may be coming to an end. I'm on board! Txs for sharing.

omg yayyy i had to resort to going back & watching my fave old vids from your channel.

I watch alot of content like this, and first time seeing something from your channel. Excellent!!

STILL love this video... so much to watch and enjoy about this project!

Great job I was taking notes during the whole video.

Great job 100% better. Water issues should be eliminated.

Subscribed. I was most impressed with the sandy loam swell on back of curve and the fact that you didn’t bury the root crowns of those trees.

that was cool to watch. I enjoyed working with this type of equipment when I was younger. Good job.

The water channel on the side of the driveway should have been dug deeper, at least 36 inches or more, and run a 12” pipe under the drive way to release the water to the lower side. When looking down the drive way, the left side will spill over

This is not a halfway poor workmanship job. 100% quality, considering that materials that were used and discussed with the customer, it couldn't have been any better. Even put grass seed down with straw to protect it. Great job. Spend the money to do it right this way.

Very nice work. That customer should be very pleased.

Exceptional driveway job Brian! Also, your video editing skills are second to none.

Really enjoyed watching you work, this driveway held up very good for the amount of rain fall you had. Man you know your way around a skid steer and excavator. 👍👍

oh heck yeah, I want one of those machines. that thing moves so fast work gets done real quick

Super terrific workmanship. Great satisfying video. Educational too.

wow, and i thought only gate city foundation drainage revisited his work, good job.

What a brilliant job buddy. I like the idea of the stones down both sides of the driveway. It's the first time seeing your chanll.

I don't know about functionality, but I do know that it's beautiful. Great job. Bravo sir!!!

You even took the time to show us your handiwork and what you changed while it was raining. Great video

You sir are an artist ! I’ve spent many a happy hour on a skid steer as an adult ( old man) and many a day on a dozer as a youngster Never as an occupation , I never reached the level of a great operator but I get by , nothing like the rush you get from running a good piece of equipment! Great content ! Thank you !

you made some lemonade 👍👍 they cant all be asphalt or concreate 😂

Nice. A quality fix and upgrade. Good to go for decades.

nice work showing the aftermath with the heavy rain! Was hoping for that

Nice video, love the rain check at the end, it’s always surprising what actually happens when the rain picks up. We have a 400ft steep driveway in the mountains and it’s a forever project. Not found anywhere yet that can deliver asphalt filings so struggling for options to seal it off in a diy fashion. It’s mainly base that compacts well, but if extremely dry summers turns to dust and gravel

This was a fun video to watch. The rain at the end was excellent

Homeowner got his money worth .Very good job.

I bet a road trip with Jimmy is a real hoot! Your dirt moving capability will definitely increase with that baby. Maybe Jimmy won't get stuck as much too.

It nice to see an operator work. More often then not all you see is lever pullers and a mess. Had to clean up a few in my time

Blow snow, don't plough. Enjoyed the video, thank you.

You are doing good work for a man working alone, good Job there 👌

Fantastic job, that client should be very happy with that.

wow that road is picture perfect !

Just as Im thinking, "Id love to see that after a good rain" BAM there is it haha. Great job. Should last them a long time.

I can not stopp watching this video.... it has so many things to look at!

This is STILL a favorite of mine to watch all 1 hour worth of footage. Great video!

Great job and you are very articulate.

Looks great. Hopefully the mail man can navigate the new pipe.

Very nice work! Always great working for folks who want a job done the right way! Sam

OUTSTANDING!!! Loved the video, you do great work!!

Love seeing updates at the end of the video to see how the drainage is working to learn a little myself.

Lovely finish. Great video. So pleased you showed us the rain at the end 👍👏👌☺️

Bravo! More like rescued and great aesthetics. Fine job sir

Very nice work, but the finish needed a really heavy vibrator roller to compact it properly. The small gravel compacter is not enough, as will be borne out over time. Also the addition of several strategically placed yews, dwarf pines and other shrubs or placement of intermittent hedges on the open grounds and lawn would be a major defense against future erosion. But all in all, a job well done considering the wide open area, the slope of the land, and the reconstruction you had to do to rebuild the swales and berms. Congrats.

Exceptional driveway job Brian!Also, your video editing skills are second to none.. Excellent work. The whole job came out great..

That was a great video you do good work. Glad to be on board

You definitely got the technique down on how you totally fixed the drive like it should be done in that area where the drive is located. Sure wish you were living in my area ( TN) ! Difficult to find good quality knowledgeable workmanship !! 👌

Wow what a remarkable difference‼️😎 Fantastic Job‼️😃

Good job !! I'm glad you waited until it rained and took some more video to show how things were really working.

I saw a driveway with some washout and after passing the same driveway a few months later I noticed the home owner had installed some guardrails every 40 feet at an angle to divert the water to the sides where he also had some 3/4 stone installed. A year later when I passed by there was some damage but not like it was before it did the work. Thanks for the video

Thanks for showing the rain storm

Thank you ! It was great watching you working.

Let's go already..looks like a good project

Finished job looks very nice! Good work!

That's solid work for a one-man crew!😊 -like you said there's more than one way to do something and when we are not privy to how much money the customer wants to spend the only criticism I kind of have is the size of the pipe but that could be due to the customer not paying for the correct materials but I believe that pipe will be filled up in a relatively short period of time. Hopefully it makes it past the 2-year mark because unless you have the customer sign something your responsible even though you may not have wanted to put that pipe down due to the customer not wanting the correct materials who knows but let's just hope it last two years. And for my own knowledge would be awesome if you did a follow-up video to yours from now to see if that pipe is holding up. 👍 All in all good work!

Liked and Subscribed.... Love the content and the driveway project! Please share more!

Excellent video and great job. Thanks for showing the performance at the end. Learned some things that I may do on my driveway.

Well done and thank you.

Excellent work. The whole job came out great.

Awesome job...Looks great....Thank you for the footage during the rain so we could see it working well and holding up just fine.....

Need to listen to the first 3-minutes closely. The plan is laid out quickly in detail.

Smooth strong work.

Great job. Greets from Germany.

You are very good at doing this 👏 👌

Nice job , and got your 10 mile walk in .

Nice job, a million times better than what it was, the important thing is the client happy if they are then its a win, win. 👍

It's very important to make a swale like you did. Most people will dig down to make a road and fill it with gravel but end up making a river for the water to flow.

All that equipment and you don't have a roller? You use a tiny walk behind compactor that isn't nearly good enough for this application?

Beautiful job, well done!