TH-cam brings me back to this. One of my favorites. I have hillsides. A ravine is inaccessible except by a fourwheeler on the edge of my property. Someday I want to get a tractor down there. So I study this art of hillside road cutting...
U are doing a heck of a job sir.i watch guys with all kinds of equipment on the job site and make it look hard. And then here u come along with a tractor. Then the advertising was construction company with kabota equipment
This was a fun job! I’m actually going to be starting another road build possibly tomorrow to get out a huge oak that fell. It will be a down hill push which will help. Thanks for watching
Well Ben I have been watching some of your older videos and I really do enjoy them (I love seeing the snow flurries by the way) I have told several of my friends here in Georgia about your channel , keep up the good work
We always welded short pieces of pipe to the tractor wheels around the valve stems to protect them. It works great. Be carful not to burn through thin wheels. I did that once but I just filled the hole back up with weld and it never leaked (front tire no fluid using 1/8" 6011`s 6013`s or mig woulda been better ). Big suprise when the air blew out the hole in the rim though.
Very impressed with that 6060! I've got a 4600 and I've been trying to straighten my parents lane and having a rough go of it. I'm in PA and it's a lot of heavy shale. Dad's got an IH 150 crawler loader but I've never ran it. Will probably use that to loosen up the shale then Kubota to finish. It's a steep grade on a curve.
Great video! I used to own property out there near you in Tazewell county, toward the WV line. I miss being in those mountains...so pretty when it snows and great weather to work in! I'm getting ready to do similar work where I bought a place in central WV this coming winter...cant wait to get started. Keep up the good work brother!
I actually ended up going on up the hill to a place that levels off some. This video series is three parts. Look under the Kubota M6060 playlist on my home page and you can find them easy. Thanks
Sick video man! im getting ready to cut in parking up behind my house and use the fill to make a wrap around driveway the rest of the way! super stoked
No it’s a direct drive clutch style transmission. But it has a hydraulic shuttle that allows shifting from forward to reverse without the foot clutch. Thanks for watching!
I just happened to come across and subscribed. I have been looking into getting a tractor or a skidsteer for doing mainly this type of work. I have 30 acres in Kentucky and most of it is steep hill side it was logged about 20 years ago. Most the old log roads are in decent shape ive cleared alot of the brush with a blade on my weedeater. but a couple of the roads have ruts some big enough i can stand in i just built a new trail around them and use my fourwheeler with no problem. If you had to choose on equipment would you opt for a skidsteer or stick with a tractor on the steep terrain.
For me a tractor for sure. You can get a good size tractor for about half the money of a skid steer. Plus you have the option of multiple attachments in front as well as 3 point attachments. But you’re not going to do this type aggressive digging with anything less than a 55 horsepower utility tractor. Skid steers are nice and you may prefer one. But I’m just answering your question based on my experiences. I’ve also operated tractors for 28 years and only spent maybe 30 hours on a skid steer.
I love the hydraulic shuttle. You still get the positive power of a gear drive transmission with the ease of switching from forward to reverse like a hydrostatic.
If it’s like this one you’ll like it! Just be careful if your pushing backwards about catching a root or stump on the corner of the blade. I did bent the main tubing coming from the hitch to the blade a little one time. Thanks for watching!
Thanks 👍. I've got an old established road in steep valley that needs some TLC but I'm scared to go down there with my jd 2038. What is that rear blade? It does a nice job.
The rear blade is a C H E it’s built very well. I’ll tell I’ve had my Dad’s John Deere 770 is some rough places in my younger days. Those small tractors will surprise you, but don’t do anything your overly uncomfortable with. Thanks for watching!
I had actually started it a few years earlier before doing TH-cam and only went 30’ or so. I came in from an existing road so the tractor was pretty much level to get it started. Thanks
Looking to get a M5660 and curious what RPM you suggest running with this type of work? Anything I can learn to shorten the learning curve, I’ll take!!
In this type work I run 1,500-1,800 rpm’s. No need to run wide open but with the particulate filter you need rpm’s to keep the egt’s up. Thanks for watching
We just bought a plot of land and need to do exactly the same thing - almost identical terrain and slope.. would a tractor be a preferred vehicle or perhaps a small digger/dozer? we have less trees though - more brush- thanks!
@@khtractors gotcha thanks. Not sure what a pro would charge for this but we reckoned we could buy a working used machine, diy it and sell it off :) ive operated a skid and backhoe so pretty sure I can handle it.. only concern is the lack of power on the mini-ex machines :) kinda tiny
@@khtractors ok thanks - yes home depot has some rentals - i used it to grade and level my shop floor and move alot of dirt around- our grade is a bit steeper on one section, but im sure with careful digging we can manage.. by 3.5 ton do you mean the total vehicle weight?
Dang, doing that with a tractor and a front loader...not bad at all....I was thinking your tires would sink because they are so thin, but you got it done!
GOD bless you sir. Hope you're reaching them thar goals for your channel. Keep up the good works. DLH farms does good vids maybe learn a few tricks from him?
I say we all pray for u a drone and a bunch of stuff u don’t even ask for. God will provide u with what u need. My god is a awesome god and he won’t put more on u than u can handle . after u pray for it just get up every morning and thang god for another day and thank him for that drone wink wink. Just think he might b building u a drone with a saw on it or a front end blade. Just me but I think I would b asking for a heated cab for the tractor lol
Fantastic! I have a couple of questions if you have the time! 1. How steep was the general mountain which you were working on? Our mountain that we are planning works on is about 30 to 35 degrees from horizontal, difficult to walk on. Yours seems to be about maybe 20 degrees? 2. What is the road gradient of this section which you are building? We are trying to have a very steep 1:4 gradient for our 100m long road but are worried about constructability. All the best, Aleks
The beginning of this road section which you see in the thumbnail is probably around 30. As you progress on around the hill it gets significantly steeper, not sure the angle without checking. I was able the keep the slope of the actually road at a mild grade until I got right to the end. Basically I went perfectly horizontal around a good part of it. Planning to do an update video on this road in the near future. Thanks
Heritage Farms Texas Thanks! We have had just enough snow to tease us. I love plowing snow but we’ve only had one worth plowing. When I was a kid we had snow almost all winter. I’ll have one more of finishing up the road! Have a good day!
Great content... love the building of a road!
Thank you!!
TH-cam brings me back to this. One of my favorites. I have hillsides. A ravine is inaccessible except by a fourwheeler on the edge of my property. Someday I want to get a tractor down there. So I study this art of hillside road cutting...
You can do it! I’d like seeing that Massey cutting a road!
@@khtractors They say time is the fire in which we burn...
U are doing a heck of a job sir.i watch guys with all kinds of equipment on the job site and make it look hard. And then here u come along with a tractor. Then the advertising was construction company with kabota equipment
This was a fun job! I’m actually going to be starting another road build possibly tomorrow to get out a huge oak that fell. It will be a down hill push which will help. Thanks for watching
Awesome the way you operate your tractor, I'm leaning a lot Thx
Thanks 👍
Love watching your channel, don’t change the way you are editing your videos, they are perfect
Really appreciate that!
Good vid, and hello from just down the road! ( Abingdon)
Appreciate you watching! Abingdon is a beautiful area, we’re are in that direction pretty regularly.
Keep up the great work! 🇺🇸
Thank you so much!
Thank you for your videos
Thank you for watching them!
May God bless you and your family. You are doing great work. Keep it up!
I really appreciate that! Take care!
Well Ben I have been watching some of your older videos and I really do enjoy them (I love seeing the snow flurries by the way) I have told several of my friends here in Georgia about your channel , keep up the good work
I really appreciate you sharing the channel with others! Thanks for watching
That is a steep hill makes our video look like child's play😂 Thanks for making the video Ben!!!👨🏻🏭🚜💨💡
It’s definitely a steep place. The road has held up good. Thanks for watching!
💥 This is a great video! Neat how your cutting a hillside.
*Keep on tractoring!*
Thanks! It was a lot of dirt to move.
nice job blading that road
Appreciate that!
Beautiful setting right there.
Thank you! Appreciate you watching!
You did great for what you had!
Appreciate you watching!
Exactly what I need to do as well. Great video.
Good luck! Thanks for watching!
We always welded short pieces of pipe to the tractor wheels around the valve stems to protect them. It works great. Be carful not to burn through thin wheels. I did that once but I just filled the hole back up with weld and it never leaked (front tire no fluid using 1/8" 6011`s 6013`s or mig woulda been better ). Big suprise when the air blew out the hole in the rim though.
Thankfully I haven’t broken a stem but some extra protection there would be nice. Thanks for watching
Hard work for that small tractor, good job.
It was a tuff job, but fun! Thanks for watching
Great video! Thank you!
Great video, your an artist with that tractor!
Frank Smith thanks for the compliment! Have a great day!
Very impressed with that 6060! I've got a 4600 and I've been trying to straighten my parents lane and having a rough go of it. I'm in PA and it's a lot of heavy shale. Dad's got an IH 150 crawler loader but I've never ran it. Will probably use that to loosen up the shale then Kubota to finish. It's a steep grade on a curve.
This tractor is a digging machine! I’ve been very impressed with it. Thanks for watching
That road is coming together Nice man..looking good
Bamacountry Tractor projects Thanks I have it done now. Got one more video coming up on it.
Great video!
Thank you for watching!
Great video! I used to own property out there near you in Tazewell county, toward the WV line. I miss being in those mountains...so pretty when it snows and great weather to work in! I'm getting ready to do similar work where I bought a place in central WV this coming winter...cant wait to get started. Keep up the good work brother!
Best of luck on your road job! I love living in this area it is a beautiful place! Thanks for watching!
Good job!
Appreciate that!
Now that is a major forestry road works Sir 👍😉 Nice tractor works 😉👍 It was not a snowy year last year 🤭 Cheers!!!!
Nope not much snow at all last year. A little different this year! Thanks for watching!
@@khtractors 👍😉
I love watching your videos cuz...
Hey Thanks a bunch! Missed seeing you all this year!
I've got same blade what brand is it I bought used didn't have a name good heavy blade I love it
Mines a CHE is all it says for a brand. Thanks for watching
Well done. I’m impressed that you were able to cut that road into that hillside that way.
How did it hold up
It’s done good! Thanks
With a small tractor as well make it even more impressive
This is impressive. Nice work with the tractor
Hoskins Logging thank you!
First time on your channel, I am looking at road building on a steep hillside. By now you most likely have connect to the lower road. Nice work.
I actually ended up going on up the hill to a place that levels off some. This video series is three parts. Look under the Kubota M6060 playlist on my home page and you can find them easy. Thanks
Sick video man! im getting ready to cut in parking up behind my house and use the fill to make a wrap around driveway the rest of the way! super stoked
Sounds good! Just be careful and Thanks for watching!
similar slope but my hillside is so rocky the tractor struggles. few spots will have to blast some boulders
Rock definitely makes it more challenging! Thanks for watching!
Nice work! What kinda set up do you have on her? Spacers? Similar hillside here I’ve been looking to take the tip out of ours
No spacers. Just the wheels adjusted out, fluid and 3 sets of weights. Thanks for watching
Love it
Thanks!
Good video I enjoyed it. Question does that tractor have a torque converter. Thanks
No it’s a direct drive clutch style transmission. But it has a hydraulic shuttle that allows shifting from forward to reverse without the foot clutch. Thanks for watching!
@@khtractors That's what I thought but wasn't sure , it works smooth.
I just happened to come across and subscribed. I have been looking into getting a tractor or a skidsteer for doing mainly this type of work. I have 30 acres in Kentucky and most of it is steep hill side it was logged about 20 years ago. Most the old log roads are in decent shape ive cleared alot of the brush with a blade on my weedeater. but a couple of the roads have ruts some big enough i can stand in i just built a new trail around them and use my fourwheeler with no problem. If you had to choose on equipment would you opt for a skidsteer or stick with a tractor on the steep terrain.
For me a tractor for sure. You can get a good size tractor for about half the money of a skid steer. Plus you have the option of multiple attachments in front as well as 3 point attachments. But you’re not going to do this type aggressive digging with anything less than a 55 horsepower utility tractor. Skid steers are nice and you may prefer one. But I’m just answering your question based on my experiences. I’ve also operated tractors for 28 years and only spent maybe 30 hours on a skid steer.
Awesome job. Let me know if you are up for a road show to East tn in a couple of years!
Do you like shuttle over hydro stat?
I love the hydraulic shuttle. You still get the positive power of a gear drive transmission with the ease of switching from forward to reverse like a hydrostatic.
i do enjoy watching, love the videos, ya got my sub 👍
Thank you so much!
This is great!
Nick Pappas Thanks!
Pretty country.
Thank you, we think so too!
Just bought a blade like that one to help maintain trails and maybe cut some new ones, looks like the front loader and blade are gonna work out well.
If it’s like this one you’ll like it! Just be careful if your pushing backwards about catching a root or stump on the corner of the blade. I did bent the main tubing coming from the hitch to the blade a little one time. Thanks for watching!
Good job
Thanks you!
Great video buddy , howdy from Curry Alabama
Hello! Thanks for letting me know your location, I’m interested in knowing where my viewers are from! Thanks for watching!
Thanks 👍. I've got an old established road in steep valley that needs some TLC but I'm scared to go down there with my jd 2038. What is that rear blade? It does a nice job.
The rear blade is a C H E it’s built very well. I’ll tell I’ve had my Dad’s John Deere 770 is some rough places in my younger days. Those small tractors will surprise you, but don’t do anything your overly uncomfortable with. Thanks for watching!
How do you think a BX would fare doing the same thing, but much smaller for an atv trail? I’m trying to figure that out at my place.
You probably could with a BX, the advantage to a big tractor is when encountering trees and roots. Thanks for watching
Nice road! Do you have a video showing how you got it started off so you had a level place to run the tractor?
I had actually started it a few years earlier before doing TH-cam and only went 30’ or so. I came in from an existing road so the tractor was pretty much level to get it started. Thanks
I would love to be up in them woods
Not the right tool for the job, (Bulldozer). But that said he made it work and it looks great!
If I had a Dozer that’s what would have been used 🤣! Thanks
Nice road
Thank you! It has held up good!
Looking to get a M5660 and curious what RPM you suggest running with this type of work?
Anything I can learn to shorten the learning curve, I’ll take!!
In this type work I run 1,500-1,800 rpm’s. No need to run wide open but with the particulate filter you need rpm’s to keep the egt’s up. Thanks for watching
Subscribed
Thank you!
Tell me an update, please did you cover it with Roadstone?
No need to gravel a forestry road. Thanks for watching.
We just bought a plot of land and need to do exactly the same thing - almost identical terrain and slope.. would a tractor be a preferred vehicle or perhaps a small digger/dozer? we have less trees though - more brush- thanks!
A small excavator with a thumb and blade works really well for this type job. Appreciate you watching!
@@khtractors gotcha thanks. Not sure what a pro would charge for this but we reckoned we could buy a working used machine, diy it and sell it off :) ive operated a skid and backhoe so pretty sure I can handle it.. only concern is the lack of power on the mini-ex machines :) kinda tiny
@@fstarockaburns425 you’d need at least a 3.5 ton machine. Check on renting one, I’ve done that a lot myself.
@@khtractors ok thanks - yes home depot has some rentals - i used it to grade and level my shop floor and move alot of dirt around- our grade is a bit steeper on one section, but im sure with careful digging we can manage.. by 3.5 ton do you mean the total vehicle weight?
@@fstarockaburns425 that’s how excavators are sized. A 3.5 ton will have a 35 as the number usually.
Good job. Made that tractor do the work of a bulldozer. Hang in there with the videos. You'll get there.
Thanks! It does good, I put my tooth bar back on it after this video and it helped. Have a good one!
Dang, doing that with a tractor and a front loader...not bad at all....I was thinking your tires would sink because they are so thin, but you got it done!
I would like to have the wider tires that comes on the front now. Appreciate you watching!
GOD bless you sir. Hope you're reaching them thar goals for your channel. Keep up the good works. DLH farms does good vids maybe learn a few tricks from him?
We are doing pretty good I guess. I have watched DLH some, he does good videos! Thanks for your support!
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Appreciate you watching!
I say we all pray for u a drone and a bunch of stuff u don’t even ask for. God will provide u with what u need. My god is a awesome god and he won’t put more on u than u can handle . after u pray for it just get up every morning and thang god for another day and thank him for that drone wink wink. Just think he might b building u a drone with a saw on it or a front end blade. Just me but I think I would b asking for a heated cab for the tractor lol
God is definitely good! A cab would be nice but at the same time I’m not sure I’d like one for every task. Thanks for watching
Fantastic!
I have a couple of questions if you have the time!
1. How steep was the general mountain which you were working on? Our mountain that we are planning works on is about 30 to 35 degrees from horizontal, difficult to walk on. Yours seems to be about maybe 20 degrees?
2. What is the road gradient of this section which you are building? We are trying to have a very steep 1:4 gradient for our 100m long road but are worried about constructability.
All the best,
Aleks
The beginning of this road section which you see in the thumbnail is probably around 30. As you progress on around the hill it gets significantly steeper, not sure the angle without checking. I was able the keep the slope of the actually road at a mild grade until I got right to the end. Basically I went perfectly horizontal around a good part of it. Planning to do an update video on this road in the near future. Thanks
Inspiring video, Kubota should pay you.
Thanks!
Somebody get this man a bulldozer. He could build a road to the moon.
I’d at least give it a try!😂 Thanks for watching!
Run that stihl. That is my favorite saw
Great videography. High quality, man. Go get yer some better software so you can get that internet money. Thanks, bro.
Appreciate you watching!
Where are you located?
Southwestern Virginia! Thanks for watching!
What is that white stuff falling from the sky? Haha. Nice job on the road.
Heritage Farms Texas Thanks! We have had just enough snow to tease us. I love plowing snow but we’ve only had one worth plowing. When I was a kid we had snow almost all winter. I’ll have one more of finishing up the road! Have a good day!
Good dude right here
Coltno Cap Thank You!
Y’all building any more roads along the mountain??
Not as of now. Thanks for watching!
Try renting a Bull Dozer for 2days , you’ll get it all done!
I got it all done anyways. I worked on it for a couple hours each day for 3 days, wasn’t bad at all. Thanks
No rock... must be nice
Matt Gelsomino not on this section but hit a lot of shale on the later part of it. Most of what we have is rock, just got lucky here. Thanks
Good job
Appreciate you watching!
Good job
Appreciate that!