Haha, I could've used you guys in my side yard today! Been digging/raking/scooping the yard by hand, sloping along the foundation. The Cincy Bengals were losing, so I had to take it out on my yard. These videos are totally relaxing. I feel like I accomplished something just from watching. So much fun, thank you!
That’s for the morning entertainment Sean. I’m working on installing 2- 100’ pieces of drainage pipe today. Hope it goes as smoothly as your day. Keep them coming 👍.
We covered basic chemistry as it relates to Human A&P in my classes. I would always take the opportunity to talk about the periodic table and where the elements came from. Sometimes a student knew they came from supernovae but there would be dead silence in the lecture hall when I talked about "we are stardust" Sagan and DeGrass Tyson style. Chemistry is awesome.
As always, also enjoy to see these videos too, since they clearly show such an improvement with not a huge amount of things needed to be done, hope that the water will flow away from the concrete pad as the homeowner wished :)
I hope the water flows too. He's just sitting downhill on all sides with no good solution. The pump is working and his basement hasn't flooded but pumping is always a last resort.
Always fun watching your videos! Nice practical solutions ... Curious why you didn't just blend that sand into the topsoil you spread out instead of hauling it away. Very nice finished look.
Love the videos mate, landscaper from Melbourne. I've got a similar machine and I have a rotary tiller for my machine, that's what you want for that kind of job, makes light work and turns the ground over very quickly and efficiently.
Great video, thanks, I love watching you deal with problems, have you thought about a mobile soil sieve to help process the soil before or during use on a clients property. Keep up with the great videos.
@@GCFD I was thinking of a soil sieve too. But put it in your yard. Then when you get back to the yard early after finishing a job, the men can process some soil.
The International Dark-Sky Association is hosting Under One Sky, an online conference on November 12th-13th, and it's one good educational conference for those who can attend. Pete Strasser's workshop is a good one.
I never got a chance to rent the harley rake, so instead i put down love my soil from JG. It's also supposed to soften the soil and add nutrients. Then i put down black beauty ultra!
Would that sand be beneficial if you could lightly spread and/or broadcast across the homeowners whole yard?! Isn’t a little bit of sand good for aeration and drainage?
Bossman gettin in some rake time! A quality of a great leader! Curious about how much it would have cost to sod that same area, just in terms of the actual sod. Tho were you to throw what YOU would have charged to lay it all, would be an added bonus! Really dig your vids man!
I mean.... If the drain is working, as is the pump, isn't that what it's there for? I mean... The grade is crappy, as you explained. Looks like it's a lose/lose situation and he's gotta have to cope and be happy his whole house isn't flooding =\
So it doesn't become muddy when it rains with all the dirt and the grass can grow underneath. Eventually when the grass is ready, the hay will decay. You can walk on hay without mud everywhere.
Yes that's a dingo style. It's called a mini skid steer or mini track loader. You can rent them from any rental yard or home depot I think. They should be around $500/day.
@@randyman8984 yes on the job in knew it wasn’t a huge area and this was about 45 mins away. So in this case I chose the mini skid because it was lighter to carry back and forth.
Josh this is a toro brand which has the smaller mounting system they invented for the mini skid. I had to cut that plate off and mount the bobcat plate. So it's pretty funny that I'm running a toro on a bobcat. Check out this video where I refurbed the harley rake th-cam.com/video/LRW7lKvpL8o/w-d-xo.html
Hey Sean, I can’t believe it stop in Greensboro and I’m staying at a hotel on Gate City Blvd. lol 😂 maybe I’ll run into you. Lol ok talk soon Bobby L ……..
I didn't think that it got so cold where you are that you need to wear a knitted cap (touque in Canada). It gets cold here in Edmonton Alberta (approx 53 degrees North) but that's understandable. Cheers.
our blood is thinner down here so it's all relative. The coldest I've experienced was in Wyoming -25 degrees F. I travel out west every winter and I wake up sometimes with it 19 degrees F in my van. Burrr!
Not that dramatic? Were we seeing the same thing? When Ronald was in the back of the truck I thought you were going to dump him and all that dirt on top of him? I was on the edge of my seat till he jumped out and was safe! The bit where you fitted the harley rake...I thought you'd forget to push that lever thing and there'd be disaster! How much more dramatic can you get?! Apart from another few bits at which I was feeling quite tense, I actually was able to enjoy this vid! 🤭😊
Aye, ah did! Cannae wait fir the next yin! 😊 *Translations will be available on request for a small fee! **The 'small fee' is relative. ***Not my relative!
The Harley rake is a great attachment! Love it!
Ronald is a great employee
For sure he is fantastic. I try to take great care of him.
Haha, I could've used you guys in my side yard today! Been digging/raking/scooping the yard by hand, sloping along the foundation. The Cincy Bengals were losing, so I had to take it out on my yard. These videos are totally relaxing. I feel like I accomplished something just from watching. So much fun, thank you!
Wow thank you Sheena! I'm glad you got some work done on your yard - Shawn
Good stuff ! ..I miss the summer sombrero, lol. Hopefully you can stay busy.
Thank you! I've been pretty busy but all my videos are waiting on rain footage...
Your shirts say "FULL BUBBLE" haha thats perfect!
that was a viewer who came up with that for a slogan!
Great job! Love watching the Harley Rake in action! 👍
Thank you Steve!
That’s for the morning entertainment Sean. I’m working on installing 2- 100’ pieces of drainage pipe today. Hope it goes as smoothly as your day. Keep them coming 👍.
Good luck John! I was helping my friend Carson on his pond again today. It's filling up fast and hopefully I'll have an update video soon.
Amazing how relaxing this is after grading dozens of chemistry papers.
We covered basic chemistry as it relates to Human A&P in my classes. I would always take the opportunity to talk about the periodic table and where the elements came from. Sometimes a student knew they came from supernovae but there would be dead silence in the lecture hall when I talked about "we are stardust" Sagan and DeGrass Tyson style. Chemistry is awesome.
@@GCFD Chemistry is indeed awesome. As are your videos. Keep it going!
Ahhhh…… Harley rake action. I love it. Thanks Shawn.
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As always, also enjoy to see these videos too, since they clearly show such an improvement with not a huge amount of things needed to be done, hope that the water will flow away from the concrete pad as the homeowner wished :)
I hope the water flows too. He's just sitting downhill on all sides with no good solution. The pump is working and his basement hasn't flooded but pumping is always a last resort.
Great job Shawn! Can't wait to see all the videos that you have already edited that are waiting for rain.
Thank you Shane!
Nice and tidy, good job Shaun. Regards
Thank you!
Another wonderful job, I'm looking forward to more videos shout out to the main man Ronald as always keep up the good job.
Thank you Anthony! Same. I have a bunch of concrete that we've been laying with the drainage job and the videos are pretty good. Still waiting...
Nicely done Shawn.
Always fun watching your videos! Nice practical solutions ... Curious why you didn't just blend that sand into the topsoil you spread out instead of hauling it away. Very nice finished look.
I guess I could have blended it in but the homeowner didn't mention the sand until we were almost finished. LOL
Love the videos mate, landscaper from Melbourne. I've got a similar machine and I have a rotary tiller for my machine, that's what you want for that kind of job, makes light work and turns the ground over very quickly and efficiently.
The second property could have used that for sure. I will look for one.
Do you prefer the Harley Rake or the soil conditioner? Is there a difference.
Great video, thanks, I love watching you deal with problems, have you thought about a mobile soil sieve to help process the soil before or during use on a clients property.
Keep up with the great videos.
I have thought about that as well Martin. The guys spend a lot of time picking up debris but it's not difficult work for them.
@@GCFD I was thinking of a soil sieve too. But put it in your yard. Then when you get back to the yard early after finishing a job, the men can process some soil.
The International Dark-Sky Association is hosting Under One Sky, an online conference on November 12th-13th,
and it's one good educational conference for those who can attend. Pete Strasser's workshop is a good one.
Heavenly bodies 👍
Another great video. Have you thought about getting a dirt screener
yes I've thought about it but I don't do enough dirt work and I don't have the space to have two dirt piles.
thanks for the video Shawn and Crew
👍 Thank you
I never got a chance to rent the harley rake, so instead i put down love my soil from JG. It's also supposed to soften the soil and add nutrients. Then i put down black beauty ultra!
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Would that sand be beneficial if you could lightly spread and/or broadcast across the homeowners whole yard?! Isn’t a little bit of sand good for aeration and drainage?
Bossman gettin in some rake time! A quality of a great leader! Curious about how much it would have cost to sod that same area, just in terms of the actual sod. Tho were you to throw what YOU would have charged to lay it all, would be an added bonus! Really dig your vids man!
Thank you! I think sod is around $0.50/sq foot if you pick it up from the sod place.
Great video! Loved this one two.
Thank you Josh! I wasn't sure if it was worth making a video or not with just a little dirt spreading.
Nice work once again.
Thank you Tim!
I mean.... If the drain is working, as is the pump, isn't that what it's there for?
I mean... The grade is crappy, as you explained. Looks like it's a lose/lose situation and he's gotta have to cope and be happy his whole house isn't flooding =\
For sure. He said he may settle for a second pump as a backup and I am good with that. We may be revisiting this one again. 👍
New camera? The picture looks fantastic! 👍
Yes I got some GoPro 10 cameras
@@GCFD Movin’ on up! 😁
@@d.d.5633 I feel like if people are enjoying the videos that I need to make the best content I can for you all. 👍
@@GCFD Pin sharp on my 65” 4k Sony. Colours look natural, too. Very nice, and thanks.
Oooohhh is that a new Bush mower on that trailer? I dont think I've seen you use that one yet!
Ahhhhhh you brought it up........I should watch the entire video lol
I have used it a couple times but not too much.
Could you explain why you put down hay in the end? Thanks.
So it doesn't become muddy when it rains with all the dirt and the grass can grow underneath. Eventually when the grass is ready, the hay will decay. You can walk on hay without mud everywhere.
Something about being on a harley and raking!
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Is there anything the bobcat can't do?!
On that second job, was that a front garden, or an airfield?!
Its huge!
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After they mow the field a few times the dirt will probably level out more.
That's what I thought too. I think if I'm not bringing in new dirt a tiller might be best.
I guess the repair on the receiver went well on the smaller dump truck.
That was on the larger dump truck and yes! it went well. We pulled the mini bobcat to a job yesterday with the f550.
Surprised they didn't have you seed where the pool was
They're going do something with that area.
Do you know if you can rent one of the machines you used in this video? How much a day? it's called a dingo, correct?
Yes that's a dingo style. It's called a mini skid steer or mini track loader. You can rent them from any rental yard or home depot I think. They should be around $500/day.
@@GCFD I am assuming the dingo is used cause its alot lighter , so it doesnt tear the yard as much?
@@randyman8984 yes on the job in knew it wasn’t a huge area and this was about 45 mins away. So in this case I chose the mini skid because it was lighter to carry back and forth.
Jesus,, myrtle beach, sc 250$ out the door a day 550 week, 1200 month
Nice work. A landscape rake would of saved you a lot of time.
You mean like a rock hound or a 36" aluminium landscape rake (which I forgot to bring).
Have you ever seen or even tasted pomes of the Amelanchier obovalis?
Nope
I’ve never seen a Harley rake in such a small prize of equipment. I thought they needed decent hydraulic flow
That Bobcat is a little beast of a Jewel...I'd never seen one like that before coming to this channel, the attachment variety is something else
Josh this is a toro brand which has the smaller mounting system they invented for the mini skid. I had to cut that plate off and mount the bobcat plate. So it's pretty funny that I'm running a toro on a bobcat. Check out this video where I refurbed the harley rake
th-cam.com/video/LRW7lKvpL8o/w-d-xo.html
Hey Sean, I can’t believe it stop in Greensboro and I’m staying at a hotel on Gate City Blvd. lol 😂 maybe I’ll run into you. Lol ok talk soon
Bobby L ……..
Hey Bobby! I travel Gate City Blvd all the time running around town. Enjoy!
I miss the bright t-shirts Shawn. It was easier to see what Ronald was doing. 🤣
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I didn't think that it got so cold where you are that you need to wear a knitted cap (touque in Canada). It gets cold here in Edmonton Alberta (approx 53 degrees North) but that's understandable. Cheers.
our blood is thinner down here so it's all relative. The coldest I've experienced was in Wyoming -25 degrees F. I travel out west every winter and I wake up sometimes with it 19 degrees F in my van. Burrr!
Not that dramatic? Were we seeing the same thing? When Ronald was in the back of the truck I thought you were going to dump him and all that dirt on top of him? I was on the edge of my seat till he jumped out and was safe! The bit where you fitted the harley rake...I thought you'd forget to push that lever thing and there'd be disaster! How much more dramatic can you get?! Apart from another few bits at which I was feeling quite tense, I actually was able to enjoy this vid! 🤭😊
Ok, I assume you're joking, but you never know
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haha Tracy, I'm glad you enjoyed the vid!
Aye, ah did! Cannae wait fir the next yin! 😊
*Translations will be available on request for a small fee!
**The 'small fee' is relative.
***Not my relative!
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