Rough Grading The Slopes And Going Over How The Laser Level Works
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Today I start rough grading the 3:1 slopes with the loader and talking about how the laser level works. I've got all the material hogged out of the center now I'm dressing up the banks and getting the bottom of the pond to slope towards the box. I also go over the prints and try to explain the best I know on how the engineers grade stick works being in 10ths. I got over the different heights they have on the prints and show how that works with the grade stick and receiver. Thanks for watching! #EliteEarthworks #Takeuchi #gradingslopes
The project is looking very nice. Great lines.....just like the plans call for.
Thank you! I’ve really enjoyed this project!
Great call by the building slope as well as the power pole better safe than sorry is one way to look at it. Keep up the great videos
Yep that’s what I thought would be the best that pond is plenty big lol. Thanks again for watching
Looks good man.
Thanks! 👍🏻
Elite doing grading is a must watch for me! You do such a great job and the grounds look great after you have worked your magic!
Thank you! I appreciate that!
Looks good sir.
Shaping up very nice.👍🏻
Thanks man! It’s getting there
you certainly are the man on that loader! I doubt there is anyone better on you tube. as always a pleasure to watch such a talented operator.
Thanks man I really appreciate that! I’ve been in one for 20 years way too much time lol! Thanks again for watching
Good on the explanation. I actually understood what you meant by your explanation😄‼️👍👍
Thank you! Good deal I was hoping it made sense lol. Appreciate you watching
another fine job
Thank you!
Always nice work !! Thumbs up.
Thank you!
Brandon... about that arm band. Women’s bowling league started last week... after 6 months of lifting iced tea cups and bingo daubers Nana felt a strain in her elbow while bowling. So, she got an elbow band.
One of her bingo buddies told her she should have gotten one with copper in it. It is supposed to channel some internal energy from your magnetic personality to the epicenter of your cross sectional life forces and concentrate it on your strained elbow.... or something like that.
I suggested it would more likely cause the radio in her car to pick up messages from the other side of the Milky Way....
Did she get one? Don’t know, she doesn’t wear it when she brings me dinner in the doghouse!!
🤣🤣 well at least you have company out there with Abby!
Elite Earthworks LLC yep... she’s a smuggler too!!!
🤣 good deal
Sassafras Valley 💀😂😂😂
Elite Earthworks LLC Oops... meant to say snuggler... although she has been known to smuggle home the neighbors deer hide he was going to tan and his dogs chew toy!!!
Got it looking awesome Brandon I like how you treat every job as it was your own can’t wait for the next video mate great work
Thank you! I do I’m very ocd with my slopes and angles sometimes I drive myself crazy lol! Appreciate you watching
When you setup your laser and shoot your benchmark say your rod reads 4’. Add that 4’ to the benchmark elevation and that will give you your HI or height of instrument or the elevation of the laser beam.
From there, to cut to an elevation shown on your drawings, just subtract your HI from the elevation on the drawings and set your receiver to that calculated number on the rod. Cut till your receiver beep is right and you’re on grade.
Then also if you want to check the elevation of any spot on site, subtract your rod reading from your HI and you’ll have the actual elevation.
So a good way to do this would be to have your laser set and calc your HI. Then figure all your elevations to rod reading quick like I described in the 2nd paragraph. Then layout the grade lines and drive stakes. Then you can go and mark each stake for final grade if filling, or 1’ vertical offset to your cut, or dig out holes and drive hubs to grade to the top of. Then you can grade around stakes and always check grade without getting the laser back out and having to adjust the receiver height for different elevations.
That’s a great idea, I don’t do enough of the laser work to be real up on it. That would definitely save time too. Thank you for sharing the info 👍🏻
Looking awesome as always, gotta love engineers and their ridiculous plans and ideas!!!
Thanks man! Lol yes they have some crazy ones at times.
Starting to shape up nice. Driving on that slope reminded me of a little incident I had several years ago. Before we had a tracked machine, I backed off an embankment with the right rear wheel of a skidsteer and barrel rolled 5 times down the bank. It scared one of the home owners so bad she literally peed in her pants and had to go change clothes. Fortunately no one was hurt and no damage to the machine. Lesson learned the hard way for me. Lol. Stay safe brother.
😳 wow I would pee myself too! I about rolled my case 1840 one time. It’s amazing how much more you can do with a track machine. Appreciate you watching and commenting
I’m guessing there was more than just pee in YOUR pants! 😱💩
@@mrs.eliteearthworks ha ha! No, not really. When it started rolling I reached up and turned the key off so it would ruin the engine from running upside down. I had my seat belt on so I just braced for the wreck and waited for it to stop rolling. When I got out of it I was covered in dirt. Lol. I went and washed off in the creek, set the Bobcat back upright, and we drug it back to the top of the hill. After about 20 mins of sitting upright to let all the fluids settle back to the bottom I fired it up and went back to work. I wouldn't want to do it again but it was a pretty exciting ride! Lol
Blackdog Tractor/Excavator #ballsofsteel 😎
@@mrs.eliteearthworks bwahahaha! You aint right!
Looking good, nice job for the city/county 👍
Thank you! Yep they are finally happy with it I think 🤣
Great job 👌 Brandon. Starting to take shape. People who draw plans don't care about the person doing the work or person that has to do the maintenance or mowing on the pond. They need to sit one time on slopes on machine and let their butts bite the seat then maybe they can design things more maintenance friendly. But nice job Brandon. I have rolling site stick and you just roll tape on it to match bench mark and makes everything easier.
Thank you! Yes I agree they don’t think about the maintenance of it at all. Appreciate you watching
Always particular, great trait to have
Thank you! Appreciate you watching
Hi Brandon!!😀😀
Looking good there buddy!!😀👍👍
Thanks man appreciate you stopping by!
rewatched! this was amazing content!
Thank you!
It would take me some time to be able to do what you are doing especially getting the grade. Good luck and I hope the weather is on your side
Just takes a little time. Thank you appreciate you watching
Nice job, you and Chris seem to be a one man show lately. Well done. 👍🎥, 👋🧙♂️🇺🇸, 👏🍻😎
Thank you! We don’t play well with others I guess 🤣 appreciate you watching
@@eliteearthworksllc Maybe do like DP and get yourself an HR person... Ha Ha Ha or a Man behind the seens????
Lol I’ve got the HR person 😁
Nice video, you are really good with the steer.
Thank you! It’s the one machine I have the most time on lol
You are gaining on it. They are an eyesore to me. Usually hard to maintain
Thank you! I agree just looks like a giant bowl lol
Hope your elbow heals pretty quick. About 6 years ago my boss and I was installing some windows in a customers house. I lifted one of the windows wrong and done something to the tendons in my elbow. It was almost a full year before I could fully straighten my elbow. Take care and good video
Ouch not good man. Yeah I did this a few years back on the other laying a bunch of sod and it took forever to heal up. Wore that band all summer and had a great tan line 🤣 Appreciate you watching man!
@@eliteearthworksllc never miss a video. Thanks for posting
I appreciate that! 👍🏻
Hey your getting there Brandon, yea I wouldn't have went any closer to that utility pole either, looks good tho, thanks for sharing man, have a good day.
Thank you! Yeah I just felt better staying away from it. Have a good one too
I did a pond inspection a few years ago and the owner had it in really good shape maintenance wise. I asked him what machine he was using to mow the steep slopes and he said that a mowing company used zeroturns. Much steeper than your site and I thought they were crazy for mowing those slopes going side to side. Wouldn't catch me trying it with my zeroturn.
Yikes yeah there is no way I would mow that stuff on a zeroturn. I use to run front mount Grasshopper mowers when I mowed commercially and some of these were a huge pain with those. And they can handle hills so I think that’s why when I build yards and such I always think of the mower guy. Thanks again for watching
@@eliteearthworksllc I have a Ventrac for mowing up at the farm which is meant for mowing steep terrain and I don't think I would have even tried these slopes with it. They were easily 2:1 coming off the parking lot. At least it wasn't far to the pond bottom. But I still think those guys are nuts!
Dave Crable my son-in-law has a zero turn... every time I mow his fence line I end up bailing out on the slope. I’m gonna take my backhoe over and fix it this fall.... if I can figure out when the public road crews are at the other end of the county!!!!
Wow that is steep. Those ventracs are really cool they look like they would handle steep slopes easily
@@sassafrasvalley1939 LOL- I agree with you there. Tried a zeroturn up at the farm for a year or so and it scared me to death in a couple locations, especially going down steep slopes as the weight shifts forward and there are no brakes. Like being on a sled. Traded it in for the Ventrac which is all wheel drive and articulated. It didn't even know those slopes were there...
Is city counsel there considering applying to host the next summer Olympics, because I think they had you build an olympic size swimming pool right there. ;)
🤣 they easily could, this thing is huge
I was gonna ask if your tracks need to be tightened after a job like this...
They may stretch a little just got to take it slow on the slopes
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and beyond will need 3 trillion of these tomorrow. I pray that hurricane fizzles out before it hits
That is very true I hope it calms down too. Not good man
I spent last week working with a guy and his TB260.
He had busted out the front glass and was complaining that the dealer refused to install a new glass because it was a huge pain in the ash. They are glued to a frame work and then the gasket is glued in too.
So FYI don't break the glass.
Yeah the loader is the same it is a huge pain I have done that before lol!
When you’re tracking in the slope with the loader....just stick your foot out the downhill side, i’ll hold help hold you in place on the slope. 😂😂
🤣 good thinking
D C I was thinking the opposite. Stick it out on the uphill side and it will counterbalance the angle
Contacting our insurance agent to increase your life insurance coverage....
pro tip....set your rotating laser so the beam is about 3 and a half to 5 feet above your benchmark grade, and set your indicator on the topmost part of the tenths rod...in other words, collapse it down all the way and pull out just the smallest part of the rod enough to attach the indicator to. that way you can go around your jobsite shooting grades with out constantly unscrewing the indicator and attaching it back to the front of the rod....your rod is marked on the back side as well and if you try what i say you'll be able to just pull out the rod and measure by reading the BACKSIDE of the grade rod...sounds complicated but once you get it you'll understand how easy it can be...good luck and nice work
Thanks that’s a great idea! Makes a lot of sense too. 👍🏻
@@eliteearthworksllc just passing along something somebody passed to me a hundred years ago lol..hope it helps
Unsolicited opinion: nice grading work on your part Brandon. The engineers have designed something that will be difficult and expensive to maintain, forever. Those slopes look much too steep for any riding lawnmower, maintenance companies will want extra to mow there. And it probably won't ever look like anyone maintains it, it will look messy. The business owner in spending a truckload of money on this project ... and he'll continue to spend extra on upkeep. Perhaps he should ask you for a quote to rip rap the inclines, it will reduce maintenance and look much better. And perhaps a quote to landscape fabric the flat area and cover it with a layer of stone. He's spent a lot of money, now he really needs to spend more. Good luck.
Yes the maintenance is going to be a nightmare. That’s a good idea too on the rip rap I will have to see if the owner would like that. Definitely help on the maintenance side. Appreciate you watching as always
Awesome work! One more request.....tutorials shooting grade with the laser in "10th's" Way to go Brandon!
Thank you! I was hoping that made sense lol I haven’t worked much with 10ths but it’s the sane idea as the inches stick. Appreciate you watching
Enjoy your videos, even enjoy the comments, especially those that make me laugh out loud, since I'm wearing headphones and my wife, working from home in the next room, can only hear me laughing and thinks I've lost my mind. (Especially when I got to the "frickin laser beam" comments, where she actually got up and opened the door and looked in!)
Lol that’s great! I appreciate it! I do get some great comments from people, I definitely enjoy them. Is the music parts real loud in the headphones? I’ve been curious about that I try to turn them down but no one has ever said anything. Thanks again
@@eliteearthworksllc Sounded fine to me, but, I am from the days before hearing protection.
Lol yeah I’m bad about it too
I'm supposed to wear an arm band like that too. I just gotta find it!
It does seem to help but yes it’s tough to remember sometimes
Maybe if you two would stop “playing with your equipment” so much, you wouldn’t wear out your tendons & need the arm bands....😂
@@mrs.eliteearthworks
It pays to be ambidextrous.
Do you have to cover back all the cut portion(red soil) with the top soil(black soil)?
Showing that drawing with contour at the start of the series would really been helpful🤗
Yes I cover the pond in top soil, I think I showed the prints in the video before this but I can’t remember
See, I was concerned for you yesterday with that bank driving it 'sideways'! Anyway, taking really nice shape. Need you to explain something if you would please. How come this particular parcel has to have that pond? Was that in the ZONING plans when the building plans to build were submitted? What determines who has to do this like the guy up the street (next door) doesn't have to. I'm not too fond that there's not more level ground on the side of the building to put ladders to work on it. Thank you and see you on the next one! Sonny (CT)
Lol yes it’s a bit steep. The city requires it on all commercial properties. Residential does not have to have a retention or detention pond. It’s just to collect all the rain water on that site and let it slowly drain off so it doesn’t flood the ditches. Thanks again for watching
Coming along nicely, just think if you hired someone to help you, the job could be weeks behind already😂
Thank you! Lol true but what fun would that be 🤣
Gotcha! Found you in Google Earth!! Smile and wave to the satelite!!!
🤣 I’m waving! 🙋🏼♂️
Have you heard of a Hand level? It is a level that has a mirror on it and you keep the bubble between the lines. What you do is measure out 3' Drop a rock use your hand level and with another tape shoot to the top of the slope. That is why on large cuts at construction projects you see stakes going all the way down the cut. I think engineering scale is easier, but not as accurate at inches.
Cool I have not heard of one of those but it sounds like it would be handy. I agree with you on the grading sticks. Appreciate you watching
How come Mrs. Elite wasn't doing the Grading for you on this one?
She was at her real job like always 🙄🤣. One of these days I’ll get her back out there
@@eliteearthworksllc Sorry, we don't want her on that or other (dirt) banks!
Elite Earthworks LLC maybe one of these days you’ll be able to afford me up time 😘
SONNY BLAZER so you’re saying I should stay at the money bank? 😁
Did you do all the excavation on this project with your skidsteer ?
I used my excavator and skid steer was it
Is there that much water there? Looks great though!
No it never has hardly any water in it 🤣
Elite Earthworks LLC what history are they going by then? lol
I think they are making their own 🤣
They should plant flowers or ground cover on the slope so they don't have to mow it.
That’s a good idea less maintenance too
praying for your elbow 🙏🏻
Thanks buddy! That band does seem to help now I have a nice tan line to boot 🤣
Elite Earthworks LLC you are welcome buddy 😀and lol 🤣😂😂
I want to learn the ropes
That’s good seat time and having some experienced people to help with advice along the way is a big help
Is that a frickin level with a frickin laser beam attached to its fricken head?!
It is 😁 and we’re going to take over the world 😈🤣
Elite Earthworks LLC unless you give me.......
ONE MILLION DOLLARS
MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
🤣🤣 yes!!
JasonWorksAlot currently ordering sharks (using my amazon prime) to fill the pond
Mrs. Elite Earthworks silly girl you don’t fill ponds with sharks you fill ponds with water! Duhh
It’s a shame you didn’t beat WorksaLot to DPs dozer to help speed up the job and have Aaron run your grade stick.
He beat me to it 🤣
What did this end up costing the owner having to do this job twice? Its got to be over $30,000 easy
That’s pretty close adding the two times together
@@eliteearthworksllc its unreal how it was signed off 1 and then they required him to do it again
Yeah it was signed off from one engineer firm but the other one did not like it. It’s basically a big pissing contest and the landowner is caught in the middle. It’s really a load of crap
@@eliteearthworksllc yup sure is he's 1 getting screwed big time
A tape with feet in tenths instead of inches is an easy way to waste a lot of lumber
That is probably true
Ry Jones... I’ve done that... was making a chest of drawers out of walnut. My miter saw tape was in 1/16”.... I grabbed a tape measure and jotted down dimensions for drawer front sizes... it was in 1/10” increments.... the best lumber... book matched grain... all from the same tree... irreplaceable... fortunately... 1/10” is bigger than 1/16” so I was able to salvage it.
Oh yeah, the tape measure went to my 7yr old grandson to measure how tall his chickens grew!
Sassafras Valley glad you were able to salvage the project. I think those tapes should be a different color or something.
Hey by the way, that bad on your arm......you need to listen to the doctor and stop doing what your doing before you go blind 😂😉
🤣🤣 you never disappoint my friend. I even said when editing this D C will say something about this 😁
Elite Earthworks LLC 😂😂
D C he’s always playing with his equipment. I can’t get him to stop 😂
Mrs. Elite Earthworks 😂😂
Decimal FEET. Might as well use metric system pfft Murican engineers.
Lol exactly 🤷🏼♂️😁