Great educational video. I’ve been using my own box blade and loader on my driveway for 13 years and I leaned several things from this video. Thanks for taking the time to video and share.
That’s awesome job. Man I need you for my drive. It’s in terrible shape. You gave me an understanding of why now. Makes total sense. The grade, ditches and such.
Great job! I have a 29 hp Kubota with a loader I’ve used for years. I just bought a box blade and discovered what a useful implement it is. A hydraulic top link, and hydraulic side link are pipe dreams for me. But the manual links are still really useful, and easy to adjust, but not on the fly. I can see from watching the piston adjust that the hydraulic top link gives you precise control and the ability to make fine adjustments as the terrain changes. 👍
Nice to see someone on TH-cam doing road work that knows the fundamentals of working a road. So few know the importance of good drainage. I spent 40 years building and maintaining roads so I know a little about it. I came to learn about how to use the box blade I just bought and know very little about. We used dozers, excavators and road graders. Thanks. Great video.
Very informative video, enjoyed watching it very much, as it allowed me to reminisce when I was a kid. Our driveway growing up was 1/4 mile long, and we utilized a pull behind grader on the on the old IH tractor, as well as a blade and loader. Thank you for sharing, and God Bless from Phoenix.
Watching a guy working at what he loves doing is a great inspiration, I'm a great believer in finding out what you love the most, and making a life from it. Here is the best example. Love these videos.
Nice looking job as usual wouldn't expect anything less from you . Thanks for the tips ! Liked the looks of that roller can't recall seeing one like that before.
Thanks for talking me through this. I need to do this since I now have potholes. I have an area that has no ditch so I know what needs to be done from what you mentioned.
Thank you for making this video! I’m a new property owner and working that box blade over my driveway to start a crown has been kind of been something that gets me anxious. I like how you tell folks it will take some practice to get the hang of it. So I’m going to get out there and just get some practice! Thanks again!
Thank you for the advice! I’m 20 running small excavating company and I use our loader tractor for a lot of finish grading. It’s just so much easier to haul around than my small dozer. I need a tilt like bad! There so convenient!
Great film which explained over and above the normal comments. I am looking at modifying a scraper with a three point hitch I already have to make a box blade for general leveling work around the house.
Good job! I know your price was low, barely covered your fuel I'm sure, but your being a good neighbor, and that's what this country needs more of. Not hurry for me and to, well everyone knows where, with you. Thanks friend and God bless!
Nice work! I did my first pay driveway job last Saturday. Charged 50. The guy gave me 80. It took two hours but the driveway was cut really bad and about 200’ long and I put a load of dirt he already had on it and pulled some that had washed. I really enjoy doing tractor work. He was very happy with the job and wants me to come back and cut ditches and crown his road that comes to his drive. Anyway enjoyed the video and nice job spreading them rocks with the truck.
Great job! I am a retired grader operator and I set my my own NH tractor similar to yours but also with one side cylinder for tilting. I also added 120# of weight to the rear of the box using 10# barbell disks, so the weight is adjustable. Works great for driveways, parking lots, new lawns, walking paths and finish work.
"One of these day's somebody has got to talk to that boy about those low prices,..unless he is a relative of these folks, or a good friend of course." ( LOL) Then again, it depends too on how much you charged for the aggregate, doesn't it? You've done a masterful job here Dennis, and 'educated' us on how to use a box blade, I can see now, why a buddy of mine is still having water in his driveway; I'll be telling him to watch this video . Thanks for this.
Yeah there is an art to getting to water to drain where you want it. I don't make anything on the gravel all that money goes to my dad since he bought it and hauled it to the shop with his trucks.
Very good video. I didn’t know they made rollers like that for skid loaders and tractors. This video also shows why it is nice to have a forward and reverser on a tractor.
Did my first boxblade job this week. I used your techniques. Thanks very much. What a great tool. All went well except my neck hurt at the end of the day!
That New Holland tractor did a great job and the roller you had on it later also did a great job and you must be so pleased at how your driveway is looking now. I have to hook my tractor up to my box blade and do some leveling in my yard, and get ready to do the same in my sister's yard once the contractor is through building her new house. I don't think they will level it like it should be, but with my box blade, and landscaping rake I should be able to get the job done. My brother may give me a hand using his tractor and box blade also to get the job done. I loved the work you did and your wife must really appreciate you making it better to get into and out to the road.
I have about a mile of gravel road going up and down hills. I use a rake angled as necessary to pull the gravel from the shoulders back to the center of the road. I then use the box scraper to shape the road. This really works great and means that we seldom have to have fresh gravel over the top. I have a sub compact tractor with 3 hydraulic cylinders for the 3 links, which makes all the difference. Great video and appreciate the effort. Also echo other comments - working very cheap.
Thank you for your clear explanation of what you do, why you do it, and the consequences of doing a job wrong. You are VERY reasonable if you did all that work for one hundred bucks! I wish you lived closer to Mineral, Va so I could ask for a quote on our driveway. Mike
Greetings from Wisconsin! Great video, I'm on my way to do a 1 mile long driveway for a friend with my kubota L2501 and a box and road blade. As a truck driver, I love the look on your face as you 1st see that wire. You're one of the few people on here that knows how to actually use a box blade properly. The smooth drum is top notch finish work! I got the ol water filled roller, but at least it gets a little compression until the 1st rain comes thru. $100? Hmmm. I'm doing this for a couple cases of good Leinenkugel's beer. Great video, much appreciated
Just to follow up, he was thoroughly impressed with my box blade. Even just extending the top link a little to collect the larger rocks with the front blade as it smoothed out everything with the rear dragging. Beer was well deserved after 6 hrs we spent on it, but it was just a dually pickup width when we began, and found all the true width with my grader blade 1st, pushed off the rolled over sod with his skid steer coming behind. Crowned it good with the box and finished it. 1 mile driveway and now 2 duallys could meet and pass each other
Hi Dennis, Great video with a super job well done and many, many extremely good tips. I did a lot of tailgating of stone back in the day and I thought I'd give you some of my tips, especially where you have power lines and or tree limbs. Before you start, climb up and check out how the quarry loaded the bed, your going to want most of the stone back against the tailgate. What I would do is raise the bed up maybe 1/2 way pull forward and hit the brakes so as to knock the gravel back against the tailgate. You might check your progress out by climbing up and seeing how it went. You don't need it all back there, it'll raise your front end off the ground if the bed gets too high. Definitely do this before encountering that power line and you won't have to have the bed up very high as there's plenty of stone still back there against the tailgate. Once you clear your danger zone then go ahead and raise her up to where all the stone is out....... You probably knew much if not all of this anyway, but just in case.
Thanks Dennis, I'm going to need to make a drainage ditch first, but this will definitely help me. Hope all is well Bud , finally got my first cut hay done, middle of July 👍
When it is good and damp like in this video I find that dropping the chisels down a few inches below the blade helps to loosen up the packed down gravel and bring it back to the service. I have a thousand foot driveway and have put a many a truck load of gravel on it over the years. That gravel just keeps going to China. It's there, it just has to be loosened up and brought back to the service with a box scrape with the chisels down. This has saved me a many a truck load of gravel in the past 5 yrs or so. Now I wish I had that packer, nice real nice.
I wanted to say, that's just what I needed, I've done a lot of grading on my land and; felt learned a good bit. trying to send some tractor work for money so the pressure is on lol Thank you for the video NICE TRACTOR 😇😁😇
I have the same box blade. It is an amazing attachment for this type of thing. It also works great for leveling building sites. I have on occasion cut and filled feet of dirt with mine. Its like a tiny little cat and scraper
Great video I just bought a 03 tc45d and looking to become profecient on crusher run driveways in my area picked up a 84" box blade thank you for the video
Thanks Dennis if I have your name right. Great video and you did interesting and excellent job. I had no problem subscribing after watching 2 videos...🙏🤙
God Bless you. Life isn’t always about chasing that dollar. It’s helping our unfortunate neighbor who has nothing to give other than love and compassion. God has given us the tools and ability to make a difference. You sir, are doing that. Keep doing Gods work.
Hubby and I are new subscribers. This is a great video. You have a beautiful driveway! Not sure which state you live in, but that's a long driveway to plow in the winter. Thanks for the great video!
Good job 👍 with taking the time to fix the sub grade!! Whether you’re spreading gravel or top soil if you’re sub grade is right it makes the job a lot easier and it comes out better.
Very good. I use a T8.330 with an 8' box blade which has two angled blades that allow the hydraulic top link to control the net deposition left, right, or center. These farm tractors have digital lift control with a toggle for up and return which makes it easy to set the exact cut and come back to it time after time. I live on a plantation in northeast Louisiana with 4 miles of main road to maintain. I have found that just using an excavator with a smooth bucket allows me to maintain about a 6" ditch along both side for drainage, something that a homeowner wouldn't likely be happy with.
Very informative video, Thanks. Hydraulic top link and side....I am jealous. Your speed is higher, that takes practice, not to hard to make things worse if you're not careful. Gene
I sure wish you were in the Southeast Texas area, I need to hire someone who knows how to use a tractor like you do! I found an ad on a local website where people advertise goods and services for sale in my area, and it was an old man who said he could fix my driveway. But he didn't have a clue of what he was doing. He made it even worse. I still paid him though out of the kindness of my heart, and because I felt sorry for him, but now I've got to find someone else who can fix what he did wrong, and then fix what I originally wanted done in the first place. You did an excellent job on that driveway!
Very impressive thank U for your time,got the just of how too do! And the tools to do it with,also honest day of work, u are apart Workman in our country the American know how 👍🏽👏🏽😉
Have you ever used a track spreader? It’s just a v type deal that attaches to your apron and diverts the rock into the tracks. I don’t always like using ours but if you have a road that’s rutted bad it sure helps sometimes. It also makes a load go like two or three times further. We use ours mainly on oil lease roads that don’t get graded much just added rock. It’s something to think about anyway. I built mine out of some plate and mounted it with a receiver hitch. Also my favorite truck to spread with has a manual hoist control that doesn’t shut off the pto so you can raise and lower the bed as you go under stuff.
The only thing I questioned was running for 8 ton of stone. You're already paying the trucking fee might as well haul a full load. Extra Stone never goes to waste
When I got tired of living out of a suitcase travelling the UK and abroad chasing construction project. I started my own company employing 7 men doing much the same as you. But boy I wish I had known about a box blade, it would have saved us a lot of trouble. The way we laid and /or resurfaced gravel driveways was with a JCB 3cx backhoe, fitted with a 4 in 1 front bucket. To adjust for camber we would slide the hoe to the low side and swing out the bucket, this would tilt the whole machine. Then blade the old surface with the front bucket fully open as a dozer blade. To final grade the crusher run we'd close up the bucket till just 3' or 4" open. Then blade out the open bucket would prevent the machine forming dips. You ran that load of gravel out just fine. Have you got an hydraulic tail board, or was it held on a chain as we did.
@@DLHFarms I'm also really enjoying watching you guys put up hay. Your rig for small square bales is slick. Nice New Holland equipment too, looks well cared for.
Can I get a $100.00 day from you? LOL great work Bud that roller is something new to me I have not seen that as an attachment before, I have got to look into that
I know this is an old video but I just found your channel about a months ago and have been catching up. but a week ago we had a call of a dump truck on fire. Ended up the driver hit a powerline dumping rock it burnt him up really really bad for some reason he got out of the truck after hitting. Or atleast he was out of the truck when we got on there it was ugly as far as I know he made it I haven’t heard anything other wise but stay safe brother I really enjoy watching your video’s seem to learn something every video. We just bought a 462 acre planted this year grain farm that we are gonna get cows and a couple horses for my daughter and wife and build a new home. The new House and barn fence we are doing this year it’s got a nice brick house we stay in now but we want a forever place so we are making it are farm kinda haha. I’m retired after a semi accident July of 2019 and it went to court and I now am retired because of the lawsuit the guy hit my semi in his with a container loaded full of oak logs as I was setting still 12 ft wide couldn’t see him coming and troopers say he hit me 70+ mph and never hit his brakes messed me up back shoulder surgery’s and mild brain injury get headaches prettt bad and can’t remember things a lot and ptsd but I’m here volunteer on the fire department to keep myself sane 😂 but I’ll quit rambling I just for some reason wanted to tell my story for the first time other then doctors and lawyer’s but just didn’t want people thinking my dad give me everything because I’m only 29 and retired yea I sued them but first two weeks they didn’t know if I was gonna make it and my wife called a lawyer to cover her and ate baby girl. But I’ll stop now thanks for the videos jake keep em coming sir
you do some really awesome work Dennis as stated in other comments you are way too cheap on prices for the way the job is done. really enjoyed the video as i always do keep up the good work and be safe
I find using a regular angle blade first to cut the sides and pull the gravel back towards the center of the road and then come back with the box blade to finish off works best and although you need 2 tractors or have to switch blades it ends up being a faster and better job. You are right on the hydraulic top link for the BB, it makes a world of differance.
If you look at my comment above we use something that pretty much does that in one implement. The front blade cuts diagonally from one side to the center. The back blade cuts the opposite diagonal the full width minus about a foot. It requires pretty tight control of the top link and elevation, which is digital on farm tractors with 3 point hitches.
I have both type of blades but why go through all the trouble if I can do it with one. Now I do use the other type for pulling ditches that are full of dirt, mud, or leaves. May make a video on that sometime.
It took me three years before I could get my neighbor to understand that he needed ditches for his driveway. I kept fixing his driveway and kept telling him he needed a ditch to make it drain and finally he figured it out. The top hydraulic does make life a lot easier.
Love the video with the camera view, sounds of machine grading, and finish result. Thanks for the video!
It sure is great watching a man with your experience doing what you do best. Great video and commentary. thank you.
👍 Your welcome!
Dennis, you are a true professional. You show genuine caring in the work you are performing. Thanks for sharing.
Well thanks!
I loved this video!! Best useful instructional video on how to use a box blade to actually properly work a driveway!! Thanks.
Thanks for the kind compliment!
Great educational video. I’ve been using my own box blade and loader on my driveway for 13 years and I leaned several things from this video. Thanks for taking the time to video and share.
Awesome glad to hear that
That’s awesome job. Man I need you for my drive. It’s in terrible shape. You gave me an understanding of why now. Makes total sense. The grade, ditches and such.
Good deal glad I could help!
Great job! I have a 29 hp Kubota with a loader I’ve used for years. I just bought a box blade and discovered what a useful implement it is. A hydraulic top link, and hydraulic side link are pipe dreams for me.
But the manual links are still really useful, and easy to adjust, but not on the fly.
I can see from watching the piston adjust that the hydraulic top link gives you precise control and the ability to make fine adjustments as the terrain changes.
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Realizing how difficult the work is, you did a great job! Thanks for these videos, btw. Really appreciated. Sincerely.
Thanks for watching them Doug!
Nice to see someone on TH-cam doing road work that knows the fundamentals of working a road. So few know the importance of good drainage. I spent 40 years building and maintaining roads so I know a little about it. I came to learn about how to use the box blade I just bought and know very little about. We used dozers, excavators and road graders. Thanks. Great video.
It’s all about the drainage
Very informative video, enjoyed watching it very much, as it allowed me to reminisce when I was a kid. Our driveway growing up was 1/4 mile long, and we utilized a pull behind grader on the on the old IH tractor, as well as a blade and loader. Thank you for sharing, and God Bless from Phoenix.
Glad to help you out with some memories!
Watching a guy working at what he loves doing is a great inspiration, I'm a great believer in finding out what you love the most, and making a life from it. Here is the best example. Love these videos.
Thanks so much 👍
Thank-you for the course on how to box-blade a driveway. Fantastic video….
Thanks!
Nice looking job as usual wouldn't expect anything less from you . Thanks for the tips ! Liked the looks of that roller can't recall seeing one like that before.
Thanks Gregory. You don't see many rollers like that one.
Good information & tutorial on the box blade use & driveway how to. You guys have all the cool toys. LOL Stay safe.
Gotta have the toys to get the job done! Lol
Very informative! Thanx!! I've got a smaller tractor that does not have rear hydraulics but the principles are the same.
Thanks for talking me through this. I need to do this since I now have potholes. I have an area that has no ditch so I know what needs to be done from what you mentioned.
Glad I could help, best of luck. You now know what needs to be done and that's half the battle the rest is actually doing it. 👍
Nice Job. I have done mine with just a blade and old Tractor. Learned Something today. Thanks
Good 👍
you are very good with that box blade, you show me how to adjust the box thank you,
Don D.
No problem Don 👍
Thank you for making this video! I’m a new property owner and working that box blade over my driveway to start a crown has been kind of been something that gets me anxious. I like how you tell folks it will take some practice to get the hang of it. So I’m going to get out there and just get some practice! Thanks again!
Good luck!
Thank you for the advice! I’m 20 running small excavating company and I use our loader tractor for a lot of finish grading. It’s just so much easier to haul around than my small dozer. I need a tilt like bad! There so convenient!
No problem good luck!
Great detail and video. The two customers caught a helluva deal that day for 100 bucks. Great video once again!
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Nice job Dennis, very informative.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you for the great video ! Very nice Job and the road looks perfect.
Thank you!
Great film which explained over and above the normal comments. I am looking at modifying a scraper with a three point hitch I already have to make a box blade for general leveling work around the house.
Thanks! 👍
Pro skills , nice equipment , great teacher . Thank you
Thanks!
Good job! I know your price was low, barely covered your fuel I'm sure, but your being a good neighbor, and that's what this country needs more of. Not hurry for me and to, well everyone knows where, with you. Thanks friend and God bless!
Thanks Rodney👍
Your welcome.
Nice work! I did my first pay driveway job last Saturday. Charged 50. The guy gave me 80. It took two hours but the driveway was cut really bad and about 200’ long and I put a load of dirt he already had on it and pulled some that had washed. I really enjoy doing tractor work. He was very happy with the job and wants me to come back and cut ditches and crown his road that comes to his drive.
Anyway enjoyed the video and nice job spreading them rocks with the truck.
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Appreciate the communication about particular techniques and allowing us to actually see some it the work in real time.
Your welcome
Great job! I am a retired grader operator and I set my my own NH tractor similar to yours but also with one side cylinder for tilting. I also added 120# of weight to the rear of the box using 10# barbell disks, so the weight is adjustable. Works great for driveways, parking lots, new lawns, walking paths and finish work.
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Great job! Thank you for the instruction.
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Nice work, thank you for the video!
"One of these day's somebody has got to talk to that boy about those low prices,..unless he is a relative of these folks, or a good friend of course." ( LOL)
Then again, it depends too on how much you charged for the aggregate, doesn't it?
You've done a masterful job here Dennis, and 'educated' us on how to use a box blade, I can see now, why a buddy of mine is still having water in his driveway; I'll be telling him to watch this video .
Thanks for this.
Reg Sparkes if I'm not mistaken it's a repetitive job, probably just trying to help someone out
Yeah there is an art to getting to water to drain where you want it. I don't make anything on the gravel all that money goes to my dad since he bought it and hauled it to the shop with his trucks.
Very good video. I didn’t know they made rollers like that for skid loaders and tractors. This video also shows why it is nice to have a forward and reverser on a tractor.
Yes a hydraulic shuttle is very useful when doing most anything really.
I have not used a box blade much, but you make it look easy! Nice job!!
It won't be easy at first but you will get the hang of it.
Did my first boxblade job this week. I used your techniques. Thanks very much. What a great tool. All went well except my neck hurt at the end of the day!
That's great!
You are not supposed to drive over your neck dude. Duh!!!
Im impressed. Simple common sense video. Thank you
No problem!
That New Holland tractor did a great job and the roller you had on it later also did a great job and you must be so pleased at how your driveway is looking now. I have to hook my tractor up to my box blade and do some leveling in my yard, and get ready to do the same in my sister's yard once the contractor is through building her new house. I don't think they will level it like it should be, but with my box blade, and landscaping rake I should be able to get the job done. My brother may give me a hand using his tractor and box blade also to get the job done. I loved the work you did and your wife must really appreciate you making it better to get into and out to the road.
That was actually a customers driveway but yes they we're very happy with it. Thanks for watching!
Good video. It amazes me how much different equipment you guys have.
We do a lot of different stuff so we have to have a lot of different tools so to speak. Lol
Dennis your an amazing worker .
Well thanks!
Thanks for taking the time to share!!
Your welcome!
I have about a mile of gravel road going up and down hills. I use a rake angled as necessary to pull the gravel from the shoulders back to the center of the road. I then use the box scraper to shape the road. This really works great and means that we seldom have to have fresh gravel over the top. I have a sub compact tractor with 3 hydraulic cylinders for the 3 links, which makes all the difference. Great video and appreciate the effort. Also echo other comments - working very cheap.
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You are the man! Thanks for the helpful video.
Your welcome!
Great video and that was a perfect drive to video show off a box blade.
Yes it worked out good for the video! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tips it was very helpful, great video.
Great thanks for watching 👍
Thank you for your clear explanation of what you do, why you do it, and the consequences of doing a job wrong. You are VERY reasonable if you did all that work for one hundred bucks! I wish you lived closer to Mineral, Va so I could ask for a quote on our driveway. Mike
And thank you for the donation I just seen it!
👍 you're a good man! Nice work!
Greetings from Wisconsin! Great video, I'm on my way to do a 1 mile long driveway for a friend with my kubota L2501 and a box and road blade. As a truck driver, I love the look on your face as you 1st see that wire. You're one of the few people on here that knows how to actually use a box blade properly. The smooth drum is top notch finish work! I got the ol water filled roller, but at least it gets a little compression until the 1st rain comes thru. $100? Hmmm. I'm doing this for a couple cases of good Leinenkugel's beer.
Great video, much appreciated
Haha someone that actually works cheaper than me. Good luck on your driveway adventure 👍
Just to follow up, he was thoroughly impressed with my box blade. Even just extending the top link a little to collect the larger rocks with the front blade as it smoothed out everything with the rear dragging. Beer was well deserved after 6 hrs we spent on it, but it was just a dually pickup width when we began, and found all the true width with my grader blade 1st, pushed off the rolled over sod with his skid steer coming behind. Crowned it good with the box and finished it. 1 mile driveway and now 2 duallys could meet and pass each other
Hi Dennis,
Great video with a super job well done and many, many extremely good tips. I did a lot of tailgating of stone back in the day and I thought I'd give you some of my tips, especially where you have power lines and or tree limbs. Before you start, climb up and check out how the quarry loaded the bed, your going to want most of the stone back against the tailgate. What I would do is raise the bed up maybe 1/2 way pull forward and hit the brakes so as to knock the gravel back against the tailgate. You might check your progress out by climbing up and seeing how it went. You don't need it all back there, it'll raise your front end off the ground if the bed gets too high. Definitely do this before encountering that power line and you won't have to have the bed up very high as there's plenty of stone still back there against the tailgate. Once you clear your danger zone then go ahead and raise her up to where all the stone is out....... You probably knew much if not all of this anyway, but just in case.
Thanks 👍
Good work Dennis
Looks very nice!
Thanks Reg!
Thanks Dennis, I'm going to need to make a drainage ditch first, but this will definitely help me.
Hope all is well Bud , finally got my first cut hay done, middle of July 👍
Glad you got it done been wet for sure here.
When it is good and damp like in this video I find that dropping the chisels down a few inches below the blade helps to loosen up the packed down gravel and bring it back to the service. I have a thousand foot driveway and have put a many a truck load of gravel on it over the years. That gravel just keeps going to China. It's there, it just has to be loosened up and brought back to the service with a box scrape with the chisels down. This has saved me a many a truck load of gravel in the past 5 yrs or so. Now I wish I had that packer, nice real nice.
Drain the water.
I wanted to say, that's just what I needed, I've done a lot of grading on my land and; felt learned a good bit. trying to send some tractor work for money so the pressure is on lol
Thank you for the video NICE TRACTOR 😇😁😇
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Great tips on using a box blade. I was a little nervous watching you back up the dump truck so close to the shoulder with the bank! LOL
Well it looked the same on the other side in the mirror. Little bit tight. Lol
Very professional, GREAT job brother!!
Thanks!
Great video!!!!! Will definitely use this method on our farm!!!
AWESOME 👍
I have the same box blade. It is an amazing attachment for this type of thing. It also works great for leveling building sites. I have on occasion cut and filled feet of dirt with mine. Its like a tiny little cat and scraper
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Great video I just bought a 03 tc45d and looking to become profecient on crusher run driveways in my area picked up a 84" box blade thank you for the video
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Nicely done bud! Enjoyed watching it’
Thanks!
Thanks Dennis if I have your name right. Great video and you did interesting and excellent job. I had no problem subscribing after watching 2 videos...🙏🤙
Awesome! And yes that's my name.
God Bless you. Life isn’t always about chasing that dollar. It’s helping our unfortunate neighbor who has nothing to give other than love and compassion. God has given us the tools and ability to make a difference. You sir, are doing that. Keep doing Gods work.
Hubby and I are new subscribers. This is a great video. You have a beautiful driveway! Not sure which state you live in, but that's a long driveway to plow in the winter. Thanks for the great video!
The hydraulic top link (and side links) I have never seen but I want them now!
Great video, very informative brother! Fine job sir
Thanks Danny
Thanks for showing US. God Bless.
No problem
Good video and another job well done.
I like that drum roller.
We really like that roller. We have a big self propelled roller but it's to much work just to move it in for one little driveway.
I can see that roller makes a BIG difference by packing in the rock nice and smooth before ripples can set in.
Yep it really helps
Good job 👍 with taking the time to fix the sub grade!! Whether you’re spreading gravel or top soil if you’re sub grade is right it makes the job a lot easier and it comes out better.
Yep I think a lot of people don't understand that.
Excellent video, thank you sir
Very good. I use a T8.330 with an 8' box blade which has two angled blades that allow the hydraulic top link to control the net deposition left, right, or center. These farm tractors have digital lift control with a toggle for up and return which makes it easy to set the exact cut and come back to it time after time. I live on a plantation in northeast Louisiana with 4 miles of main road to maintain. I have found that just using an excavator with a smooth bucket allows me to maintain about a 6" ditch along both side for drainage, something that a homeowner wouldn't likely be happy with.
Sounds like you have a good system
Very informative video, Thanks. Hydraulic top link and side....I am jealous. Your speed is higher, that takes practice, not to hard to make things worse if you're not careful. Gene
Thanks for watching!
Great video as usual. Nice to have friends like you. You will get paid some other way.
Maybe from TH-cam! Lol probably not.
@@DLHFarms just don't talk about guns or freedom and you might get you tube money. Lol.
Great video and great job!
Thanks!
Kool Western Star dump truck 👌. Nice work.
Thanks
Nice job!! You make it look easy.
It is easy. 😀
Love the control you have with the hydraulics on top link! I checked, $900 to install on my tractor, I am thinking about it.
That seems a little high for just the top link.
I was not clear. That is to install the hydraulics to run that top link. :-(
Ok yeah thats about right then. When you buy a new tractor always get at least one remote valve on it you never know what the future holds.
I used to work for the township on the roads and i think tailgating rock like that is an art.....just my 2 cents worth....
Yes it is, takes a lot of practice.
Thanks for taking the time.
Absolutely!
You made that look great!!
I sure wish you were in the Southeast Texas area, I need to hire someone who knows how to use a tractor like you do! I found an ad on a local website where people advertise goods and services for sale in my area, and it was an old man who said he could fix my driveway. But he didn't have a clue of what he was doing. He made it even worse. I still paid him though out of the kindness of my heart, and because I felt sorry for him, but now I've got to find someone else who can fix what he did wrong, and then fix what I originally wanted done in the first place. You did an excellent job on that driveway!
Thanks! I would help but it would take me a long time to get there in my tractor. Lol
I live in the Conroe area and use to do this and brush mowing....was $45/hr plus materials.
That's cheap, I normally charge $75 to $100 an hour.
@@DLHFarms .....that was fifteen years ago and was the going rate.....if I stepped into my backhoe it was $65.
Beautiful job and thanks for the tips, I'll try to translate that to my little bota.
It can do it just may take longer 👍
Very impressive thank U for your time,got the just of how too do!
And the tools to do it with,also honest day of work, u are apart
Workman in our country the American know how 👍🏽👏🏽😉
Thanks Dennis! My name's Dennis too! Lol
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Your a good man ! Always enjoy
Thanks Jeff
Great video!
Thanks tom
Very helpful video, subscribed.
Thanks!
man i just love your videos
Awesome thanks!
Have you ever used a track spreader? It’s just a v type deal that attaches to your apron and diverts the rock into the tracks. I don’t always like using ours but if you have a road that’s rutted bad it sure helps sometimes. It also makes a load go like two or three times further. We use ours mainly on oil lease roads that don’t get graded much just added rock. It’s something to think about anyway. I built mine out of some plate and mounted it with a receiver hitch. Also my favorite truck to spread with has a manual hoist control that doesn’t shut off the pto so you can raise and lower the bed as you go under stuff.
Yeah we have a track spreader but it goes in the bed against the tailgate and it's a pain to get it in and out.
Trucks an tractors . Don’t get any better.😁 driveway looks great.
Thanks Kevin!
Looks awesome like the top link oh that roller ain’t half bad either Napa mike
I love that little roller.
The only thing I questioned was running for 8 ton of stone. You're already paying the trucking fee might as well haul a full load. Extra Stone never goes to waste
When I got tired of living out of a suitcase travelling the UK and abroad chasing construction project. I started my own company employing 7 men doing much the same as you. But boy I wish I had known about a box blade, it would have saved us a lot of trouble.
The way we laid and /or resurfaced gravel driveways was with a JCB 3cx backhoe, fitted with a 4 in 1 front bucket. To adjust for camber we would slide the hoe to the low side and swing out the bucket, this would tilt the whole machine. Then blade the old surface with the front bucket fully open as a dozer blade. To final grade the crusher run we'd close up the bucket till just 3' or 4" open. Then blade out the open bucket would prevent the machine forming dips.
You ran that load of gravel out just fine. Have you got an hydraulic tail board, or was it held on a chain as we did.
It's held with a chain.
Put the scoop dirt/gravel into the holes so when they are cut they have been filled and are compressed in.
Great how-to video, it looked 100 times better.
Thanks!
@@DLHFarms I'm also really enjoying watching you guys put up hay. Your rig for small square bales is slick. Nice New Holland equipment too, looks well cared for.
Thanks Dad always drilled me to take care of stuff when I was growing up.
Can I get a $100.00 day from you? LOL great work Bud that roller is something new to me I have not seen that as an attachment before, I have got to look into that
Those rollers work great if you have a skid steer or a big tractor.
I enjoy your videos
Thanks!
Great job!
Thanks 👍
I know this is an old video but I just found your channel about a months ago and have been catching up. but a week ago we had a call of a dump truck on fire. Ended up the driver hit a powerline dumping rock it burnt him up really really bad for some reason he got out of the truck after hitting. Or atleast he was out of the truck when we got on there it was ugly as far as I know he made it I haven’t heard anything other wise but stay safe brother I really enjoy watching your video’s seem to learn something every video. We just bought a 462 acre planted this year grain farm that we are gonna get cows and a couple horses for my daughter and wife and build a new home. The new House and barn fence we are doing this year it’s got a nice brick house we stay in now but we want a forever place so we are making it are farm kinda haha. I’m retired after a semi accident July of 2019 and it went to court and I now am retired because of the lawsuit the guy hit my semi in his with a container loaded full of oak logs as I was setting still 12 ft wide couldn’t see him coming and troopers say he hit me 70+ mph and never hit his brakes messed me up back shoulder surgery’s and mild brain injury get headaches prettt bad and can’t remember things a lot and ptsd but I’m here volunteer on the fire department to keep myself sane 😂 but I’ll quit rambling I just for some reason wanted to tell my story for the first time other then doctors and lawyer’s but just didn’t want people thinking my dad give me everything because I’m only 29 and retired yea I sued them but first two weeks they didn’t know if I was gonna make it and my wife called a lawyer to cover her and ate baby girl. But I’ll stop now thanks for the videos jake keep em coming sir
Wow that's some story! Hope you enjoy your retirement and your new farm 👍
you do some really awesome work Dennis as stated in other comments you are way too cheap on prices for the way the job is done. really enjoyed the video as i always do keep up the good work and be safe
Yeah too cheap but done this one for a friend.
I find using a regular angle blade first to cut the sides and pull the gravel back towards the center of the road and then come back with the box blade to finish off works best and although you need 2 tractors or have to switch blades it ends up being a faster and better job. You are right on the hydraulic top link for the BB, it makes a world of differance.
If you look at my comment above we use something that pretty much does that in one implement. The front blade cuts diagonally from one side to the center. The back blade cuts the opposite diagonal the full width minus about a foot. It requires pretty tight control of the top link and elevation, which is digital on farm tractors with 3 point hitches.
I have both type of blades but why go through all the trouble if I can do it with one. Now I do use the other type for pulling ditches that are full of dirt, mud, or leaves. May make a video on that sometime.
As long as you get the job done it don't matter I guess! Just sharing how I do it. Keep the videos coming I enjoy them all.
That's right 👍
Love that roller. I need one of them.
Cat will be glad to sell you one
It took me three years before I could get my neighbor to understand that he needed ditches for his driveway. I kept fixing his driveway and kept telling him he needed a ditch to make it drain and finally he figured it out. The top hydraulic does make life a lot easier.
Some poeple don't understand I guess.
That's awesome!!