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That's a long trench to do!!! I don't know any specific trick for driving a rod into the ground. I am not a fan of dogs going around moving equipment. I feel they are only one distraction away from being hurt. Interesting you found a gravel spot. I wish I would find one on my property. You are very methodical for installation, but I think this requires that everything be up to code, not the place to cut corners! I would not like to be standing in a puddle of water connecting to 7200 volts wires! Lol! Do they require a constant slope between connecting boxes? Otherwise, would there be water seeping into the pipe, would this fill the pipe with water and cause a failure? Thanks!

I'm late cuz my phone broke yesterday when I dropped a 12' 5/4x6" on it from 8 feet in the air 🤪

What you need now Glen is a Skid Steer. Hard work but it looks great. For installing the ground rod, you could try a 1/2 hammer drill with an old socket welded to an old bit. try driving them with that if you have a portable generator and a drill of course. JeffinMaine

Maybe crowning the road and then adding shallow trenches along each side like gutters...with all that clay you should be able to get a decent road base due to it being so water resistant (after it dries out of course) the topping it with any kind of gravel. It's a muddy mess right now though. Definitely need more sunlight so things dry out. Think about taking down a dozen trees or so to help in that matter. Just a few suggestions... Your effort speaks volumes so don't give up.

Nice technique! Whenever bedrock is close to the surface, it can create mudhole on top of a hill. Thanks!

How many acres do u have , I thought u should try this what u did before also , I'm thinking u should top it with some kind of rock if u could

Omg u just popped up 2:30 pm that's why I'm late 🤪

That area would benefit from cord-roying, it would take a lot of wood, but it would also end your issues, I think. The areas like that when we placed pipes in the road, we called them "equalizing pipes "because there is not enough elevation change to really flow water the way a culvert normally would. So, the pipes just let the water move from one side of the roadway to the other as needed and helped prevent saturation of the subbase with standing water.

In canada we call that a french drain

Thanks to @jefflary5457 for the name. I'm guessing he didn't originate the term, but the first time I heard it.

Nice video, sir. Keep up the good work.

Just keep making videos like you’ve been doing. I enjoy watching all of them. Cheers from central New Hampshire!

Tape off an area for painting. You will have over spray on everything in your shop. Bikes car OMG.

Good mod here! I once broke my front grill while driving through a snow bank... never expected that! I am good wich the format of your videos. Whatever I feel is too much talking, I just speed up the video... lol! You take a lot of time to provide us the best views on the camera and that is appreciated! You are reaching the 1k subs mark. Once you reach that, it will continue growing to many thousands. Thanks!

Electrical tape on the Shakel so it does not rattle so much. Keep going with the vids the way you are doing them, just refine them just a little from time to time. Also really enjoying your rocky drain on the side of the road and field, it is looking good.

Feedback = When you are speeding up the videos, kill the sound of the machinery and maybe put in standard generic music. Hint, some people watch your vids @1.25, 1.5 or even 1.75 speed, listen to the background music at a higher speed so it is not too much annoying at those speeds.

Thanks Glenn, keep doing what your doing on making videos.

Very worthwhile improvement one 2" stick through the grill would ruin a good day. Grapples are generally used in sketchy brushy areas, and anything is possible. The way i look at things is like this. If the most unlikely thing happens with a tree branch what's the outcome going to be? That train of thought has always spurred me to think worst case scenario. This has worked well for me for many years. If bad stuff can happen,...IT WILL. Your videos are just fine you will never please everyone you're doing great. JeffinMaine

Your videos are great like them all.take care .

I like videos like this , you working/ making things especially to make life easier , welding , yeah black fits in good

I like videos like this , you working/ making things especially to make life easier , welding

I like your videos, keep doing what you are doing. Take care

Morning

Great video. I’ve been looking at my five car garage pole barn for quite a while. I’ve got an idea after seeing your video. My main concern was lateral support being I have five garage doors lined side-by-side. That’s a big area that lacks siding therefore nothing to prevent it from racking laterally. I’m thinking I could put some crossbracing on the trusses inside and that would prevent it from moving.

I have a few pipes 4 or 6 inches and they don't plug over years. I do have a "pool" in front of it though, which helps to bring down sediments before the stream crosses the pipe. Whenever I put a culvert, I like it to extent further out of the road. I will cut 15 ft if the culvert is not so deep. Then 20ft when it's like 3-4 ft deep of more. I've found a place where to buy forestry culvet pipes. It's 12 inches, polyethylene corrugated outside, smooth inside. I think it's the light duty version of the pipe used for roadwork. It's 160$ (CDN pesos...) for 20ft long, so pretty much the same price as two lengths of 6in PVC pipes, heavy duty version. I like how you smooth out everything at the mark of 14:15. Good thing you have a dump trailer with the wheels outside for better stability. I could not do that with mine!!! Thanks!

We had between 5 and 6 inches in our area, in a few hours. We had substantial damages here and there on major and smaller roads. A large 6ft culvert crossing the road was washed away between my property and my neighbor. Leaving a 30ft deep cliff between shores... The steel culvert are 300ft away from the road as they are now, between my land and my neighbor. They haven' t rebuild anything yet. I am assuming engineers are going to make endless calculations to make sure it does not happen again. Ministry of environment will be joining it to make sure it takes a year... OK enough rant! Anyways, except the culvert that are ugly to see in what used to be a nice brook, everything is fine! Rest of my trails did not sustain much damages. You are right, rain in forest and field will drain differently, timewise. Thanks!

Looks good Glen, In places where you have very little depth to place a culvert you could try just using corse stone to make a French drain. Use the largest rocks you can placed on road fabric. Then when done wrap one side of fabric over the other, (like a burrito filled with rocks) kind of. Then cover wrapped area with gravel. The loose stone will have plenty of passages for the water and the road fabric will keep soil from clogging up the stones. Good work JeffinMaine

In your video, you mentioned that the all wood log splitter was made in wisconsin. I think you're thinking of wolf Ridge, those are made in wisconsin. All wood log splitters are made in petersburg, michigan.

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Good job Glen that will harden like a rock when it dries out and will be great this winter. JeffinMaine

Made it today also , I got up at 5 and 09:29 it shows 🤪

What size bottle Jack did you use ?

At the mark of 36:13, we can clearly see the marks in the hayfield which indicates a much softer/lower spot... all in line to where you stand with the dozer. I would do a 1-2 ft deep and wide trench to drain that toward the forest and fill back with gravel, level to the surface. Hay will grow on top of it soon enough. Most likely, clay is too impermeable to drain that area, which gravel can do easily. Water will seep through. And you won't have to deal with a culvert there. Thanks!

Wow, this is an amazing setup.

Love your videos great work

I'm thinking the grey clay is a better clay and doesn't let the water through also . And the grass is different cus the clay is not as nutritious as the other . Just my thoughts

I'm #2 lol

Crusher the road first in road building 😮.

Mornin 🤪

It might be better to take the top soil and mud from the road before putting rocks and gravel. Leaving all that topsoil and muck always eats up any fill you put in. I learned that the hard way.

Great Job Glen that trailer is worth its weight in gold isn't it. JeffinMaine

I'm late again 🤪how much $ is it a ton ?

Does anybody know what group is playing this music ?

Next time you are trying to remove a inner race, run a bead of weld around it, it'll fall right out. Take care.

Great job it will last many years now and be " right" . JeffinMaine

3 rd view 🤪late again I am

Awesome u should build a road through their 🤪

What do you think about a counterweight on the tractor? Just seems when you have a bucket full in front it takes to much off the rear, even with a trailer load, cause the positioning of the axles. I don't know, but it might be something to ponder on. Take care Glenn.

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I have the same sort of soil on my property, I call my land the" Black Mud Farm." You just like myself have an abundance of small waste trees near each wet hole. I take my junk small to medium fir 4" up to maybe 10" stuff and corduroy my wet areas. Take your dozer and try one spot, I think you will be amazed. Doze off all the wet sloppy black mud put it off to the side. Cut as many trees as needed to corduroy the entire length of the wet spot it may take 10 trees it may take 30 depending on the size of the logs and the length of the wet area. I cut my trees 10' long. After you have lain them in the wet hole side by side for the entire length of the problem area cover them with your road cloth. Then put either good clean fill or your scooped off mud back over the top. It will take about 2 weeks to firm up if you re-use the muddy soil. When done seed it with a good root system hay seed or grass it will grow and hold that area together for many many years. try this you will be impressed I promise. if you are skeptical just do one small wet spot and see what you think. Good luck, JeffinMaine