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We took over the road district and are making things happen! We brought in some heavy equipment including a Caterpillar 140 grader, and a Dynapac smooth drum roller. Unfortunately my @GoPro camera continues to be an absolute pile of garbage and a lot of the footage was ruined. So after this I'm done with it and going back to my trusty and faithful @DJI camera.,
Interesting video and good job Casey. The guy operating the grader did a great job considering he didn’t have a gauge to show the slope. Must have been using his Eyecrometer. (Paul from FabRats favourite tool). 😎
My machine has a slope meter but I don't use it because I've been running a grader for 25 years and it is just a go by feel thing
Very nice work! Amazing what two very simple pieces of equipment can do when you have educated people operating them. Great team work....👍
I just got home from a busy day of grading and I can't wait to get back to work tomorrow after seeing you guys.... something is wrong with me lol
The homeowners that live on those roads are truly blessed having you two do the job right 👍
The percentage slope of the crown of road changes from type of material and different parts of country. I've graded interstate in Az. at 1% and county roads [gravel] in Mt. at 3% . Usually pavement is at 1.5%. A typical crown section is easy , what gets hard is Supers [where both lanes lean 1 direction for cornering] and the transition in and out of a super. With gps and sonic systems you can actually set the machine to do this auto. also I like thinking of percentage in feet/ tens. So a 2% would be 2 tens at 10 ft. That is why most grade rods have tens instead of inches .
Interesting
OUT-FING-STANDING for Keen!!!! Great company... Love the videos by the way. Also learned that GoPro sucks and to stay away from them... Keep up the good work.....
Makes road work easy when you have a blade man that good. Your roller work wasn't shabby, either.
Outstanding, is all I can say, that you all stepped up and took care of your problem and your community! How many miles of road are you going to be servicing?
12 miles of gravel road and another 5 or so miles of pavement
We have property owners out here who allocate millions of dollars worth of equipment to maintain the roads to their own homes and at the exact moment our government is actively ignoring and failing/ actively attacking the self sufficient.
@@86thirdgen71 You can thank the Corporate lobbyists for taking up the time and money of our government and infrastructer. Additionally, the imbeciles in local government who expect and wait hand on foot for the Federal government to do something before the local municipalities do something, Beaurocracy at its finnest.
The only thing I would add is that you don't get good compaction without water. Although it adds to the cost, a water truck to moisten the aggregate really makes a hard surface which will repel rain.
Yep, we tried to get a water truck but couldn't
Vibration can draw up moisture from the ground but doesn't beat a water truck we've rented those water Buffalo trailers but I wouldn't recommend it for 12 miles
don't over compact, you don't want to change the water table.
When I served in the army in Malaysia in 70s, we were informed that there's many of old roads on the west coast where we were on operation, the roads had negative camber in which if wet our truck's might slide off the road at speed, the reasons for this building was by the POW prisoners by the Japanese in the war used thousands of Australian and British and Indian plus many other nationality in slave labour building the roads. So the engineer's involved made sure that the camber was so for the Japanese truck's to fall over, ☺.
I do search and rescue in Arizona. I've owned just about every high end boot and Keens are my current favorite. They are tough and their tread holds up well to the rough desert environment.
Keen is a pretty environmentally conscious company, too. I'm an outdoor desert worker and hiker and Keens are for sure my go-to shoe and hiking boot. I love their toe room, their breathability and allover ruggedness over time.
Great Job!
I live on a dirt road, and there are many in the county here, none of which are as well maintained as what you guys are doing.
Such a well presented video , explaining how roads needs cared for,, great message, thanks
You two are a good pair of operators A very very good days work. Oh and a great community spirit.
Outstanding job stepping up! I am sure that the families that live on those roads really appreciate it.
We all need to pitch in and do the same things and help out in our communities.
I never in a million years thought I'd find a road rolling video fascinating... It must be the Casey magic 😉👍
Heavy rescue, recovery, mechanic, welder, road maintenance, friend, son, husband and Dad😊 You never said that you were good at this… You are great at everything you do and it all shows on camera. Thanks for bringing us along for the ride, it’s an adventure every time! Keep up the great videos and stay safe out there! ❤️🙏
I don't know how this showed up on my feed, but I love it. I'm a retired teacher who admires people who do real work.
Educating children, if it's done with love IS real work.
@@gertvoortman7741I agree, I remember the teachers who actually cared, and it showed in the effort they put into their teaching lessons! 👍 I had a few really great teachers and you could tell they loved what they were doing, and I really appreciated it because I learned a lot from them!
That's awesome of Keen to do! Great footwear to be honest, bought a pair of boots around 8 years ago now and they're still pretty much in the same condition as the day I bought them..just broken in! Roads look amazing by the way! I'd be pleased to be on a concrete crew following that kind of work!
Awesome that someone finally stepped up and now you guys are fixing the roads. Also awesome of the company to send you those cards for the boots!!! I don’t know what the problem is with GoPro. I have read a lot of reviews and complaints of people losing footage and having issues. You think they would fix this before coming out with newer models because their cameras aren’t cheap for people to be having so many issues.
Exactly! Quit trying to make a camera with as many features and settings as possible and just make one that works when I hit the record button
@@CaseyLaDelle
Are you using the right kind of SD card? There are ones especially for rapid write as in video. I imagine you know this but I just thought I'd mention it.
@@CaseyLaDelle Yes sir! All we want is a simple camera that you can turn on hit record and have a good quality video footage.
I've never lost footage or audio but I have had countless camera failures due to them overheating.
Interesting and educational road work lesson. Thanks for sharing. Your hard work and independent thinking make things like this happen.
I hope to experience Oregon some day. It looks like a nice place to visit.
Just remember that Casey is on the SANE side of Oregon... You don't want to "experience" the other side...
It makes sense how you all got control of the roads. It's a good thing cause them roads look so much better that's the difference between somebody that knows what they're doing and somebody that don't good luck as always be safe 👍 💯
so glad you are getting your roads fixed. Super interesting process. How rad Keen reached out to you. Always rad when a local company does that. Keep up the awesome videos Casey!
Cascade Heavy Rescue and road maintainer! Great job on the road by the two of you!
They maintain the grid roads exceptionally well where I live on a rural acreage in Canada, the grader operator actually just did my driveway earlier today while he was out doing the roads
I love my Keen boots. Absolutely most comfortable boots I've tried.
Grader operator has done that before ☺️
We used 1 2 4% marked ordinary magnetic level on the blade. Simple and close enough.
On thin layers of rock, vibrating with such a big roller, you pulverise the material and it actually loosens up. You can also bring up water from underneath and make pudding.
This was so fun to watch and so informative - thanks for putting this video together!
Love all the recovery, towing & old cars, but this is very informative! G'day from Sydney Australia!
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Finally someone does more than sit around and wait to get rich, Great job , well done and good thing that your community have you around.
I did grading and excavating for 40 years then took a job with a county road department, they hire people with absolutely no experience in this type of work it took me 1 week to figure out that if they had to do this to make money they wouldn't last 6 months. Its because of nepotism. Wish I had a youtube channel you would be amazed.
I wish we could overthrow my council as they will resurface the same dead end street EVERY SINGLE YEAR (a road with 8 or 10 homes) yet my street that was last resurfaced in 1990 (about 23years after it was first paved) hasn't been done once. It's now looking like a Scottish kilt with the amount of patches due to subdivison of blocks and burst pipes etc(which I forced to be resolved in 2019 by going to local member or parliament as water company refused to do anything 😂...(same pipe would be replaced 2 within a week as it burst again lol)
The guys doing the replacement work(essentially laying new main alongside old one) were really nice and friendly to.
Council tho are ummm how shall I put this 🍆😤s. They literally don't care unless the road is where one their staff live.
To go into context. I can now use a pitchfork on the freaking road and pull chunks of asphalt up lol(been tempted to act in middle of night to make it really bad 😂😂😂😂.
The most boring job I had, running a compacter on a long stretch of new road, 4 hours out, stop for a piss and something to eat, turn around, 4 hours back. For about 6 weeks, earth - big rocks - to fine blinding gravel, then tarmac.
Awesome! We need more people who care about each other and actually do things that help. Great job 👏 👍 👌 🙌 😀
Great job on the road and thanks for sharing everything regarding the building and maintenance of a good gravel road👍.
You guys are doing one hell of a job very nice buy any standards. And keen makes one he'll of a shoe or boot that's the only one I get for work they don't hurt my feet like the others do...great job keen.
Fun to watch. I used to maintain my road until the county paved it. Wish I had had access to this type of machinery.
The packer shuts off when you leave the seat, just like a lawnmower.
I was on a pipe laying crew waiting on cut and fill some could put in some storm drains cut and fill was 2 weeks behind so it was either go home no pay or run the roller I was told diesel is cheaper than failing compaction so I rolled the lot with a 95 percent overlap on each run... big lot for a future trailer parking at an inland port... I spent 2 weeks rolling that lot, and the geo guy knew how much effort I put in, so he tested twice as many samples to try and call me out... We had 100 percent compaction everywhere, and it was a special compaction permit with stricter requirements we got a dinner and drinks for my effort then I ran a sweeper in the existing inland port scary job... got another dinner
PTL you finally got road construction equipment. A little TLC by you two should make your road more enjoyable to drive on.
Thats awesome that you are putting so much thought and care into the roads. Most roads are just thrown together.
I just don't think that GoPro makes a Semi-Professional grade equipment. So it cannot handle the rigors that better made or commercial grade equipment. Over the last month several of the channels I watch all are having dropped audio problems or just like you SD storage problems. They are notorious cranky around temperature extremes. You may not have the time to look at either one of these channels but both channels offer excellent advice and some equipment reviews "Keep Your Daydream" and Left Coast Media House" which on by a Canadian TH-camr Levi Allen.
Glad to understand how it works in your area now. Now it makes sense. Wish it worked that way here. My road is horrible. It used to be a county road and due to a neighbor it is a private road now so it doesn't get maintained by anyone on it. I'm afraid ill be doing something to it soon. It is rough. Glad you guys got it figured out and can get your roads done.
Another great and informative video, thanks Casey. Good job on the roads you two.
I worked in road construction in the UK and works super intendents would have a phone book of guys names for any item of plant. I was in the office one day and the clerk was a young guy, a guy in his late 50s walking in and asked for the super as he'd come along for a plant operators job. The clerk ask what plant he'd driven and answered. Don't remember the numbers but they were yellow ones.
Enough said this guy could drive any CAT machine made and plenty of other makes as well. Like the scraper guy and the 2% grade who just by the look and feel they know!!!! Plus they can do it on a half worn out machine as well.
Well done to you both for stepping up to the plate, plus Grumpy who did his bit as well.
That's awesome I really want to form a Highway District here, which would take it away from three county commisioners who base all their decisions on, will this get me elected.
Question: Why don’t your roads have culverts and drain ditches? Here in Missouri are roads are built that way. Thanks
Because we're in the desert and the water just drains into the sand
When trying to show how steep something is hold up a water or drink bottle the liquid will show level.
Good idea!
Thank you for your feedback on gopro. You have me time and money.
Ya but there has to be another option, DJI is in China.
I like how you guys took over
Also reviewed KEEN shoes based on your comments. Thanks.
You guys did a great job now your roads are gonna be a lot better
I always look forward to your videos coming out. Thanks again for another great one!
Grumpy was so happy to get some free shoes 😊👟 that was nice of the company to send you vouchers like that to give away some product and it was fun watching you take us along and show us how the machines work I actually really liked this video because it's not all about towing it's about everyday living life and the things that you do and for your community too bad they wouldn't pay you guys for taking care of what the county should take care of they sure get enough taxes out of us you think they could take care of the roads better keep up the great videos
Not all of us blow through the down grade. If we are light enough with enough experience we know what gear to be in and when to use our Jake brake and when not too.
Your neighbors should thank you!!!!!!!
Hey we rig drivers don’t blow through most steep grades! At least not all of them.
We only don’t down shift if those grades are not that steep n safe n depending on how heavy the truck is.
Newbies do the stupid stuff or the overconfident oldies become unsafe. Especially with top heavy loads. You got to slow down on curves n downshift on downgrades. There’s been times we did downshift n was fully loaded n cars would jump in front of us n make us use our brakes n burn them up. I get so irritated with stupid car drivers, Stay away from rigs n DO NOT dart out in front of them when they are going downhill or at a place where they need to stop.
We were on a steep grade fully loaded n trying to stay slow n not burn up the brakes also but these stupid cars got in front of us on so many occasions n I could not believe their stupidity. We can’t stop! Period! If cars wouldn’t do that then trucks would have to try n maneuver around them n try to miss cars n make it unsafe for everyone.
Let the rigs have their Space n don’t get in front of them unless they are at a dead stop, then to get in front of them to get your head start is ok, but NOT while they are trying to stop or going down a hill or cut them off on a highway. It’s suicide!
That is the trucks space n the truck will run you over, so don’t take a rigs space.
Sometimes being extremely tired is from being pushed by companies n get to where we are not being able to think very well.
If drivers are tired n need to take a nap, they won’t pull over so that they can make their appointments n not get fired by the company for being late. That’s why drivers have accidents.
Truckers who are good at taking naps make the best drivers. Truckers who have to have 8 hours sleep n not good at napping are not very good drivers.
All Vehicles n not just rigs need to slow down their speed altogether.
One time my husband and I both were so tired we had to slip seat every 5 minutes cuz we were both falling asleep.
Then when they got us unloaded we barely woke up to move the truck out of the dock after only getting to sleep a half an hour.
It’s crazy being a truck driver going without sleep. N the hours down in between is for preparing for next trip n washing laundry n still not enough rest.
You could sleep the entire time off for being so tired. It will add 20 years to your look.
We drive tired to tired and don’t always know what state we are in.
N bad directions can get truck drivers in terrible binds. Or even passing a drive because it’s not marked properly.
And a time cruncher n especially when a driver is overly tired are the backups which aren’t meant for these larger rigs.
It’s insane n takes lots of practice. Once you get a lot of years then it becomes easier but still get into binds at times.
We never had accidents because we are safe and we plan, and we aren’t afraid to tell the company No, we aren’t driving on ice n snow n freezing fog n etc... go ahead n fire us. We’ve never had an accident n hopefully will not ever have one.
We drive out of troubles also even though time is out. That’s stupid to pull over when you know there’s a tornado or something that you could run from!
A driver knows what they are capable of. And if they don’t heed what they know then they will have consequences. And may cause consequences for others.
LOL sorry for the little rant n info.
I’d be here all day telling unbelievable trucker stories, and if I didn’t live them, I wouldn’t believe them... N RV stories.
He was joking. I respect you drivers give you plenty of space and if passing only when safe and get far far ahead of you or stay behind you if I cant. Take care and safe travels!
For years I have said that I would rather drive with a bunch of big rigs than with just cars/passenger trucks! I try to anticipate where you will need to get out to pass without losing gears and will hold up car traffic. Might piss off a few of them but tough. 🙂
Once did a 3 hour trip running into Toronto from east of Kingston. Traffic wasn't heavy and I ended up kind of adopting a big rig. I knew he could pass me on the downhill and I would pass him on the uphill . . it worked well and I enjoyed the drive. Stopped at the traffic plaza/service centre and came out of the washroom and a guy just standing around asked if I was the one driving the little black car. I said 'yes' and he said "I want to thank you. I've come from New Brunswick on this run and you have made the drive interesting and kept me awake - I've only got a few miles until I'm home so it didn't seem worth stopping before." It kind of made my day. 🙂
That's really cool of Keen to reach out and offer support without asking for anything in return. Cool video as usual. 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
I do concur that Keen's are good shoes that hold up well. Ever since I bought my first pair I've been hooked.
This problem is worldwide. I see that you have a Swedish Dynapac vibrator.
They are the best. I delivered these all over Europe in the 80's.
The difference between men and boys is the size of their toys. Ha ha ha. Casey take care and be safe out there.
Compactor shut down probably because it’s equipped with a no idle shut down timer. Great job on the road!
I agree 100% about gopro being JUNK!!! I cannot remember losing any footage on the cheap chinese gopro copies, but have lost plenty of footage on "real" gopros".... never again. I have DJI(pocket 1 and 2), Akaso Brave 7, and an XTU action cam that all run circles around the gopros.
Keen is my favorite boot!
That is so awesome that Grumpy got a new pair of shoes!
The old gopros were better and most go back to there old equipment....
You’re right, GO PROS ARE NOT ALL THAT GOOD, after a week of owning one stopped worrking, go pro fixed it worked for a while but then when installing a “memory” card it says CARD FULL EVEN WHEN THE CARD IS BRAND NEW,
Awesome job I've grown up working road crew with my dad and uncle's my dad ran the Biggest road crew and asphalt company in southern Tennessee
Most of the vloggers I follow on YT, use an iPhone on a mini, foldable tripod.
I'm a truck driver. I enjoyed his comment about the hill grades, "or just blow through it and hope for the best". He is definitely right about the % grade signs to give truckers an idea of what speed and gear to be at. 6% grade running "heavy" = low gears at about 35 to 40 mph, no matter what the speed limit is. That's why you see 18 wheelers going down hill slowly with their hazards flashing. They're using the engine to keep the truck speed down so that they don't burn up the brakes and end up using a runaway ramp (the runaway ramp is the best case scenario, by the way).
Thank you Mr Truck Driver. I respect you all, give you plenty of space and always appreciate your skills and dedication.
@Toolbox Console. Thanks for keeping the goods on the road safely. I will sure pass on driving through the mountains. Kansas hills are steep enough for me. I grew up riding in a Binder through the hills of Arkansas. I don’t even want to chance the necessity of a run away ramp.
GoPros are garbage! and I've lost so much important footage years ago it's not funny, things that will never happen again lost forever because the camera says its recording, but it lies also it shuts off on its own out of the blue! thought i was getting the best footage of my life then later im devastated because there's nothing there, still upset about it to this day, can you tell lol;) and great job taking over the street department! Need more like you out there!!
DON'T Blame You ,So Would You Show The New Camera Your Now Using
& Tell Us All About It 😉👍👍👍 Happy for you about your roads.
2% ...that guy in the grader has a pretty accurate eyecrometer (I got that from Paul of Fab Rats), comes with practice, I`m guessing
Wish you and the other guy could come to my community up here in the White Mountains of Arizona! The county is understaffed. Not much getting done.
Yes I think all roads of any kind should be done by private contractors let’s leave the middleman out all he does is put money in your pocket
Which Go Pro are you having issues with? I have an 8 and it's ok, Heard the 9 is horrible, was thinking about the 10.
GoPro Cameras. Can you tell us how you really feel? Seriously, I have seen only a few reviews. I guess I will not buy one. More work on the road. Reminds me of a song about a chain gang? Maybe the towns could save some money and hire chain gangs?
I'm glad I use my phone to make my videos with... i have heard a few issues with peoples gopiecesofcrap... lol
No joke, I love the keen shoes I wear everyday. I have had years of issues with regular work shoes/boots. I found Keen boots two years ago and I have been wearing them ever since, I know own 3 pairs to be honest cause they don't fall apart after a month of gas and oil being saturated. Great boots. Keep up the great work Cassie
I watched 5 diffent roller flip on there sides happens quick very easy to do wear your seat belt always
Thanks for the information about Keen Shoes. I have terrible feet from birth and they have only gotten worse over the last 67 years. Looking through there site I’ve found the next pair that I’m going to try. 👍
Keen Shoes are expensive, but amazing, and you can split the price up with Sezzle. Only shoes that seem to handle the work I do for more than one or two months. LOL
These gentleman are real.great work.ps.as a 50 + guy.keen sandler's and half boots go on after my redwings come off
Dude I didn’t know you were from Oregon. I’m from Oregon. Have lived here my whole life. Next time I’m in bend I would like to get a chance to meet you and say hi
if you paint white and double yellow lines the state DOT might come in and take care of it themselves maybe
When I worked in the LL Bean flagship store, I had 16 pair of Keens. I only have four or five now. But I just ordered another pair of Pyrenees last week
Ok see now your doing things the way I do. I'll watch this later I'm going blind watching your videos. I brought a grader up here but the guy was an idiot and just made everything worse and charged me a shitload. Danda hermit
12:31 Naw, fam, that looks steep af. Shocked that thing had the torque to push that oversized paperweight all the way up.
Wish I lived on your dirt rds you should see the ones in my county. They hire anyone that can drive a grader and that's all they do no compacting and 3 days later the Rd is just as bad if not worse then when they did it. In my 33yrs of living on the same dirt Rd they have never brought in any new gravel. And where I'm from 90% of the Rds are dirt.
Agreed , Go Pro`s are junk for TH-cam content. I gave up on them for quality and reliability a long time ago. I`m a novice Grader Operator and may never have that slope control in my rear end Ha ha
Keens quality has gone downhill severely. Used to get a couple years out of a pair, now six months. Unfortunately only shoe I can wear without knee pain
Awesome! Great explanation of the hows & whys of roading, and great to see your imput to the local area. Well done.🤓
A little late to seeing this video, and the other where you and Grumpy regraded your road. I watch a lot of your videos and always appreciate the way you explain things as you are doing it.
I am a retired heavy equipment mechanic, and I have worked on those graders. There should have been a slope meter, analog type, on it.
Casey, lighten up. you always look tense. We mostly all like what you teach us. Start a show that actually shows you how to build something. Crawlers are Cruel.
My Uncles, brothers , brother in laws, brothers kid is really going to miss that road contract. That he never did.
I have a 12 year old camera, which gives really decent pictures. It cost $ 30.
Did the footage at the end from the gopro, have no audio, until you smacked it?!
That's odd.
I love Keen shoes. Great video very informative on how to build roads.
Every state DOT sucks. They should only hire contractors.
I like Keen.