Tractors at work...How to properly ditch your driveway to stop washing!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 เม.ย. 2018
- In today's farm vlog I'll how ya how to repair a washing area an properly ditch your driveway so that water flows away and saves you time and money...we'll take the tractor and show you how we position the scrape blade to make it work for us and do a good job ditching the drive! Hope ya'll enjoy!!
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Stoney Ridge Farmer hi am jobless right now can u get me a job in ur land
Stoney Ridge Farmer ,good job buck.got a little 40' 9n that I do same with
If you are able to turn the blade completely around, it works great to do final smoothing by using the back of the blade. It doesn't want to dig near as much that way.
I'm a heavy equipment operator this is the kind of work I do everyday. So that being said it looks like it comes naturally to you. Love the channel love your farm.
Its 2022 now and I am going to do a similar job, no experience. But thanks to you, I have a much better idea how to go about this. Thanks, bud!
Josh - love the way you think out loud and work through your projects before you step on the tools. Learning is a lifelong activity and you are teaching us all! Thanks and keep it up.
You're going about it the right way.When using your implaments there are so many variables. Soil conditions change the game hard, soft ,dry ,wet, rocky you name it . What worked out today may not work tomorrow. Go slow and the tractor will let you know if your pushing it to hard. Keep having fun man my tractor is the best stress reliever I have. God bless
I really like your way of telling everyone. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything. That's awsome. Thank you for creating great content!
As a Blade Operator I’ll tell you everything you did wrong in one word .. Nothing ! 😂 that’s was fun watching .
Thank you brother for the Veteran Support!
I cannot get out much and so i really look forward to your vlogs. They are close to being the next best thing to being out visiting a farm. For the fresh air and breezes, sun and smells of life i rely on my memory. Thank you for sharing.
A beautiful comment
It's cool to see so many people taking an interest. I don't know the lay of your land, but if given an option with a completely new driveway, put it as much on top of the ridge as possible. Less drainage issues, the snow is more likely to blow off in the winter, and, your intersection with the road has better visibility on top of a hill.
I'm glad to hear you say that you are not a pro. The good thing is , you are doing it. Just like anything you do, if you don't try, you fail anyway. The ditch looks great.
I have a bobcat s185, and i bought a blade from titan that has hydraulic adjusters, i need to do what u did to my road, so thanks for showing us beginners
Thank you for a wonderful video. What we do is we ditch from the road side so that the road crowns down into the ditch. By doing that there is no "drop off" that a car's wheels could fall into from the road. Now, there is a ditch from the pasture side that "drops off" but that is OK. And we effectively ditch in one pass going each direction.
Beautiful piece of property!! Love watching u do your thing!
Good job for first time I've been doing dirt work with tractor for year's and you done as good as I could have done
Thank you! That is exactly what I’m planning to do on our driveway as soon as I have the time. I had not thought about the pushing aspect of the dirt. Thanks for the new idea!
Yes sir anytime
A good ditch does not need to be deep to shed water. Good job, you didn't overthink it.
Hey pard I'm a motor grader hand and have been for 39 years you did a good job. You angle your blade around a little more and it will shed and carry more dirt instead of a straighter blade. Once you carry it up the back slope as far away from the bottom you can straighten it out and float the dirt out!
Thanks Joel!
Hey man, that's a good job on the ditch! It looked really good smoothed out in the field too. I'm a motorgrader hand too, and it was always drilled in my head while learning, to not put material back in the ditch. Maybe cut the shoulder material into the ditch first, then pull it onto the backslope (your field in this case). Start closest to the road, and work material away from it since you didn't want the dirt in the road. It might be a little more time efficient... if you are worried about that. But on as nice a place as you have, I wouldn't care, I'd just love to be outside working!
Wish I had an adjustable scrapper blade. Did a ditch along the side of a couple acres yesterday. Had to improvise. My brother-in-law loaned me a bottem plow that I used to cut a trench. Took a couple of passes to get the depth I wanted. I tilted my box blade as much as possible, dropped the low end into middle of the trench and sloped the sides. Worked pretty well.
Goats, pigs and chickens. I love it. You da man.
Saving for my tractor right know I really like all of the how to with all the tractor implements for never doing this before looks awesome got skills
I am your big fan .you are like a celebrity for this small farmer.love from northern india
Thank you sir for taking time to share what you are learning. I have found that it is easier for the most part, for me to learn from someone who is also learning/teaching because generally they spell out every step.
Just borrowed a back blade from a neighbor sweet potato farmer and essentially need to do the same as what you just accomplished, here at Pahale Farms.
I used a one bottom plow for my drainage ditches & smoothed it out with the loader, but I didn't have a fancy rig like yours. Your method seems fine. We all use the best of what we can afford.
Love how your hounds follow you back & forth! Give them a good walk while you're getting work down.
Love how the pups stay a safe, yet close distance ready to help....
Howdy,
You did a great job on the driveway ditching. I have seen a number of folks who keep running a box blade over their driveway due to washouts, when all they need to do is add the correct drainage ditch on both sides. I have the 6' version of your blade and I got it to be able to do just what you did.
Keep up the great videos!
I like your personality, I can see you as a nurse, you have great communication skills, keep smiling happy 🐻
Thank you I needed this plan on doing some work tomorrow
Thanks Josh, enjoyed watching you learn and learning myself in the process. The title grabbed my attention too. I never thought I'd see a nurse encourage people to stop washing :D
Ditch looks great! Thanks for the idea of what I can use to dig some swells on my place. Now to start looking for a blade!
Like we say on our farm, "It's a work in progress". My problem is that my driveway is in a bowl in a few places. One area that it crosses completely over my driveway is a rock vein with no way to cut thru. You did a nice job brother. BTW, I'm also a vet turned farmer.
Rent a big compressor and a rock drill. Will move just about anything
That works great thanks for the family friendly vid we used a single bottom plow for ours worked fine to
That turned out awesome! I've not seen a blade you could tilt three different ways like that unless you adjusted one side of your 3 point hitch. That's a versatile piece of equipment right there! Thanks for the great video.
very informative, Getting ready to do mine also. This will really help thank You
I am about to attempt something like that, new to this and your video help a ton man thank you for sharing!
Practice makes perfect, great job!
New subscriber! I don’t own a farm but I do live deep in the country and find your channel very informative!
Awesome!! welcome!
Hi Josh. Novice tractor driver or not you did a great job. It’s great when it all goes right. Nice one. 👍🏻
Thanks for the video. Have a blade like that was wondering if I could do that. Yours has more adjustment but still can make it work! Appreciate the share!
I've been grading down an above ground irrigation ditch using similar techniques with my Ford 3910, but my blade doesn't have the same adjustability so it's taking a while. I use draft control while cutting, makes the cut consistent and driving easy. Hadn't thought of turning it around to spread without cutting, nice.
Effective trumps pretty every day! WOOOO!
Love the song!im buying a tractor soon and i will be doing this to my driveway thanks for the video
Mr stoney ridge farmer, instead of using the tilt function on the blade your tractor lift link on the right side can adjust the blade in finer increments than the blade has.
Enjoy the videos. Multiple t shirt owner. Keep up the good work.
Going to give this a shot for the first time tomorrow
I need to do the same thing along my driveway. Thanks for the pointers.
done a great job for the first time ... you have a good mechanical sense
Good job on your ditching. its easy when you have two supervisors following you all day. NICE DOGS!
Thanks Martin
Good job. I need to do something similar (which brought me to this video) but I have a much smaller tractor (1023e). We'll see how it goes. Thanks for showing me the general idea!
Great job thinking that through before you even started... Looks great...
Thanks for tip just bought first tractor have a lot of flooding on my roads need ditches thanks again alot of help
Excellent job. I learned a thing or two.
Thank you!
Goats, pigs, and chickens number 1 on the charts
Fine job. Enjoy watching you videos.
Matt in TN. Looks great, Josh! I'm saving this one for reference. Thanks!
Stoney you fooled me I thought you were a pro. You did a heck of a job explaining. Great attitude. Wish you the best.
Thanks Reuben!
Nice job. I have done a similar thing using a Ford 8N and a 6 way blade. I dug a drainage doing it the exact same way as you did.
Wow, you made that look easy. Good job!
Hello from Australia. You did that spot on , I did the same on my property so it's more mowable. Only pointer I could give is considering you've got such great soil , when you tidy up small windrows of soil or spread it out in the paddock use the back of the blade. It's much more suttle and won't dig just spread out loose soil if you haven't already. Good work your doing and take care .
Man. A 6 way blade is hands down the BEST the dollars you ever spent on an implement. Good job on your "learning experience".
Good job 👍!
👍👍 thats how you do it. Good job bro. Please folks support your veteran farmers.
USMC Ret Vet...local farmer.
Semper Fi
Helpful. Thanks for video. I have a very similar problem. My biggest problem is, I need to give water a way to evacuate so the road will dry. I live on flat land, but this should help if I give it enough of a slope. Thanks again.
It looks good to me ... I didn't know the blades would pivot like they do . I don't have a tractor but I want to get one . Thank you for your advice
That actually gave the idea to do that on my farm driveway. I'm gonna do that. Thank you for the idea and tips on how to do it. Btw I have the same blade too. So it'll be so much easier cause now I've seen how to adjust it properly.
Nice job!!!
I love your “chickens pigs and goats” song lol.
Really enjoyed this video mate watching from the land Downunder. Please keep them coming!
I need to do this same thing to my roadway. Just borrowed a hydraulic blade for my JD 5057M. Thanks for posting. Hope mine turns out well.
Josh does great work doesn't he? We are also interested in this tool for our tractor. Sure would like to know how it went with the hydraulic blade! Glad to see the 5075M is still running strong. Cheers Greta!
Steven Kuehler My work across the creek from the house is an ongoing project. The blade has helped a whole lot. Especially, with all the rain we have had.
Great video,doing this on the farm this spring so it's easier to mow. Just not a 1 foot wide by 1 foot deep ditch.
Your doing it man! I can't wait to get on my piece of land! It won't be near as beautiful as yours i live in Lubbock Texas so it aint to purdy... but it is home.Thank you for doing this. Wish me luck I still have to find my land lol actively looking tho. God bless
You did a great job. Looks great!
Good job I have to do a very similar thing. Couldn't have found your video any sooner!!
Thanks
Thank you. Very educational
That's a fine ditch!!! Real fine!!!
So badly need scrape blade - like this one. You have absolutely enjoyable video - thank you!
Yessir glad you liked the vlog!
From my experience building roads I would have cut the gravel side in first then pulled out. I really enjoy your videos. I’m purchasing a bobcat this week hopefully if the deal goes through. Would love to come over and “practice” on your property. Keep up the good work !!!
Thank you for your videos!
josh, looks great a true farmer with bib overalls and everything.
Thanks Josh !!
I Enjoyed that.
I learned something.
Cheers!
Colin
Great job
Learned a lot from your video
Thanks
Thanks for the video and time.
This guy front yard looks like an official rest area! A true professional!
lol...funny
Interesting. Hadn't thought to use the blade this way. Always associate the blade with smoothing something flat.
A day on ur tractor is aways a good day.
Great Video, Thanks!
Awesome video mate, well done. Looking forward to seeing more 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That was a nice job. It’s amazing what you can do with a tractor.
I want the old red and white ford truck at beginning of the video.....good video though
No advice needed you did perfect
Hi.... Thank you 🎥👍👍👍
Love this BLoG! 🤗🤗🤗
you look like a Pro good job
Your doing all right great job.
Thanks bro. I sure cant wait to do this at our farm...God know we need it, ......once we get a tractor with brakes....we have some inclines to deal with..
One of the things I do when dragging my driveway with my blade to finish off, is drop the blade and drive backwards allowing the blade to float as it smooths out any ridges. Just my tip. Like the video and wish my blade had that kind of adjustment.
Yep...it smooths out niceley back dragging...Normally I'll back drag about 5 times a year and box blade it a couple times too....gotta keep that rock fresh and draining well for sure
project turned out great!
Thanks for video
Thanks for the farm vlog