Clearing trees for my 1/4 mile long driveway!!!
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- Finally starting work on my dreams! I’ve been planning on building a shop and house here since I was a kid, first step is getting a driveway put in for access to the future building site! Tons and tons of work to do but it’s gonna be so worth it!! Hit that subscribe button to make sure you don’t miss the rest of this project!
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Driveway---->check! Shelter--->check! Dreamshop--->check! House--->coming soon! 🙂 Best regards from germany!
coming back and seeing what everything used to be is amazing seeing what youve carved out of the woods keep up the great work
and i beyond appreciate the organized playlists thanks for that
Matts Getting er done , no doubt . Since AC is not doing to much dirt work right , While he's working on his castle , I find myself visiting Matt more and more to get my dirt fix . Thanks Matt .
Matt, you know I'm a newer subscriber and I'm catching up on your previous videos. I can figure out what you do for a living, but you seem to have a lot of knowledge on engines, heavy equipment, welding and a vision for building things such as the container you built for someone. I'm wondering about your background and how you learned your many skills. I think others might think the same. Maybe you can do a short video telling about how you learned so much for a young fellow. My Grandfather was a heavy equipment driver back in the 1950's and 60's in Florida and learned by doing. I Guess that's why I like your videos. You take time to explain and actually show your viewers how it's done.👍
Thank you! I do work for a large contractor full time, this is all my side business, Ill probably do a Q&A video in the future! Thanks for watching!!
Lmfao at the stihl Blower Just feeding the fire 😂 2:40 @Diesel Creek
Love your channel! Never thought watching heavy equipment could be so satisfying!
I couldn't agree more his stuff all around is just interesting and he dozen it all almost by himself
cool to see how far it has come 3 years later!
Big difference!
Ginormous difference!!
Great vids Matt. I certainly hope your next project will be an industrial sized snow blower for that old fashioned farm yard driveway !!!!
Lovely video, Matt; appreciate it when you take the time to explain things, that really helps watching better. Well done !
Damm cold day here in NH and nothing better for a old man to do then binge watch your channel,
Din't know it took so much to make a fella go straight...lol old trick I used to use was drive three stakes where ya start in the direction you want to go about 10 feet apart and as long as you can only see one stake when you look back at them cause they are all in a line you know you are going straight .
You give me hope for future generations, hard work and a purpose
i tried a few different methods, trouble was you couldnt even see a quarter of the way let alone far enough to get an idea which way you needed to point. if i were to do it again id use a compass and walk it a few times till i figured out which degree mark i needed to put me at the target. thanks for watching i felt like id put out some decent content in the past and it hadnt gotten much love but im glad peope are going back and watching, if you go too far back youll get into my old channel from about 8 years ago, lots changed since then!
Jobs like this are a lot easier if you have the big equipment. Very fun to watch.
Just what I needed to see this morning. Got about an 800 footer to start working on myself and you did a jam up job of getting my mind on track for it.
Howdyyawl from the land down under. Not too shabby for a one man band. Its reasonably easy to lay the sheet when its not windy or raining. Reverse spreading is not easy. Your doing a good job at it. Thanks for sharing .😊
Love the intro 😂 Matt 1:00 @Diesel Creek
There is something very satisfying about a straight line cut through trees, and woodland edge, of which two have now been created is amongst the best habitat for all sorts of critters, as opposed to dense woodland - or open pasture. And it makes for great access too. Looking at these trees either this land was cropped regular for timber, or more likely it was open pasture not so long ago, and this is just regrowth?
I've done my share of clearing derelict woodland and it benefits the trees to have clear air around them - long term. Not sure how these specimens will react - I guess some won't make it, but some will grow on into fine trees. And we need the timber for now.
The binge watch continues.
Thanks!! The property was logged sometime in the mid 60’s so it’s not quite old growth
Nice bunch of work that I am sure you are glad to have behind you. Looks like you have the right toys in your toy box to gitter done right too.
I do but it’s still a ton of work, makes me wonder how our forefathers ever managed to clear fields the way they did! Thanks for watching, hope you subscribe!
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@@DieselCreek My Dad talked once, about the time his Dad took down a big walnut just inside the pasture from the road. Just a few days later, a couple guys stopped and asked if they could grub out the stump. Grandpa told them to have at it.
This would have been somewhere around 1925. They came with shovels in hand, a wagon and a team of horses and spent several days digging around that stump, to get the "good wood" for gun stocks.
To this day, you can still see the crater where that stump had been. It's about 8 foot across and only a foot or so deep now, some 100 years later.
If you want a slightly easier was to get it started forestry depts use a mix of roughly 50/50 gas diesel in a dump torch to get back burns going and burn out brush piles
Came back to rewatch some older videos, let me tell you now that i bought my forever project property i have a whole new respect for how far youve come. Its definitely overwelming when your first starting
Awesome video, thanks for sharing. I’m about to purchase a 5.7 acre lot with a 20ft easement about 1900 ft from the entrance. Thanks for sharing how you do things. I hope to be doing the same soon. Thanks again!
OEF/OIF, US Army Veteran
Tons of Progress In this video Matt Nice Work 29:50 @Diesel Creek
Western Penn. I don't know why but it sure is pretty back there. I am almost certain that the ground back there is the same as new york. Lots of coal, and shale so that rock you have out front came from a water source. Its clean and round and all good stuff. I think I have watched most of the videos now. Quite a place
Morgan Adair thanks for watching!
That is a massive root ball compared to your bucket Matt wow 😮 15:54 @Diesel Creek
You make it look easy man .. 👍🏻
Thank you!
Looks to be a Shag Bark Hickory. A day in the woods is a wonderful thing.. Watching you with your excavator, makes me think some day they will make a two arm version of those.. kind of like a guy with short legs and long powerful arms..🤷♂️
This was a great video! Actually getting to see how you first got everything set up for your Dream Shop!! AWESOME!!
now thats the way to remove trees stump and all lol Thanks for the video
I am surprised you didn't jump on Rattlesnakes but again it's PA I understand some are there but not state wide spread like most southern states.
Add a backhoe bucket you'll have plenty
Of wood for next winter.. keep busy.
You can call it a slash pile, or you can call it a brush pile, or you can call it a burn pile, but you doesn't has to call it a "brush fire!" Lol. (Having lived in the West for a time, we got an altogether different idea about a "brush fire," and it ain't good!)
I like privacy, I would run the drive way with several curves so you could not see from one end to the other. For security sake I would put video cameras on each of the bends to see who's coming.
Every twist and turn ads length to the driveway and that makes it more expensive than it already is, I wanted it was short as possible without sacrificing location
Awesome channel and what's even better is that in under 5 minutes a Ford vehicle is being towed around.. 😂
Hi:
I just saw this video you are talking about the cleared width. From my experience of building a private roads I think you maybe making a mistake. You need a minim of 15' cleared on both sides of your center line. That is the only way you will be able to keep the road dry in summer and in the winter or every 2 years you will have to haul stone because the road will never dry out..
its so flat there that it doesnt dry till mid summer anyhow, its gonna take a lot of large rock to make a base then it wont matter, ill still have a bar ditch on the edges. Thanks for watching!
I love your opening riff!!!!!!!!
We got ourselves a new Andrew Camarata!!!
thats flattering! im a big fan of his! Thanks for watching!!
Diesel Creek been binge watching, your killin it! If only AC would post on a regular basis.... You got him beat in that department. Appreciate your content!
A new diesel creek
@@jdub229r truth told
The beginning….wow
And there goes the wild life that were in the trees
Plot a compass course, put a compass in the cab
Just the beginning.
enjoyed every bit of it
to find a straight line for your driveway use a compas. You know, North- South, etc.
Nah, way to inaccurate.
Words to live by… “Whatever, it’ll burn.”
LOL! 25:55 - CROTCH CAM! Awesome.
Matt I just started watching this video, I didn't under stand why u want your driveway straight in, mine has a dog leg right up by the front porch and that gives me time two look at my camera and they can't used my driveway as a drag strip or a way to get to the Forest Land up behind me
RESPECT
classic Diesel Creek!
That moment when you wish you had that laser from Real Genius!!! If you’ve never seen it, it’s a pretty good young Val Kilmer movie.
ya im not sure what that is, ill have to look it up. Thanks for watching!!
In WPA where I was born and raised, we would have used red dog to bring that road up to grade. The source was seemingly limitless and the price was right, free for the taking. You must be from another part of the state. I have not noticed strip mines anywhere in your vids.
Ha! I’d love to get some red dog but no one will give it to you anymore, there’s actually a strip less than a 1/2 mile from my farm, that stuff packs like concrete!
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You just said you want the road to look nice, that's good but the farm as you call it looks like a scrap yard.
good video thanks.
i plan on getting it cleaned up this year, i dont like to see it that way either, i need to get that building up to start getting more organized
@@DieselCreek I know Mate I was only pulling your leg your road through is going to look great as an approach to whatsoever your going to do, nothing happens overnight and there is always the cash side of doing it to consider, as working only on the farm would not be putting bread and butter on the table, I've been there and done that but thank god I didn't have 20,000 plus folks looking over my shoulder to hear the expletives coming out of my mouth when things went wrong or to see some of I'll call them technical bodges I had to make to put things wright, and that's coming from a technical engineer of over 50years. (yes I did say bodges to put things wright) don't tell anyone you can do it the other side of the camera and get away with it I wasn't that lucky when putting roads in or building houses I had my darling wife of 40 years looking on, I called her Hawkeye she had a great right arm, bless her.
All the best for the New year and good luck with the project.
Rollem Swift thanks for the kind words, and the same to you!
Hell I'd be using that wood to my advantage. Free fire wood, use the cherry and hickory for grilling and smoking meat etc.
Like watching a T rex eating greens!
she makes pretty quick work of it! thanks for watching!
Hey, Matt ever think about getting one of those portable mills to make your own lumber?
I really want one just want a fancy one that’s a lot of money so I’m waiting
Pro tip on the fire mix your old oil with some diesel pore that as part of your fire starter with a few old tires tossed in or an old sofa , maybe some old mattresses you know stuff that really burns hot then add lots of wood never use gasoline if you like your eye brows.... hot ha hot hahaha...
Ya but that’s not the best thing to be posting online... EPA kinda frowns on that
Just wondering... I know this is an older video.. but did you consider using a USGS plot map for your property to pick the best line? Or did you pretty much just know about where you wanted the road? I noticed you hopped around a bit with your marks. Good vid's.. Enjoy watching your skill with that machinery.
I will say I was VERY impressed with how flat and level it ended up. Is your property roughly flat?
I already had a start point and knew where I wanted it to end so I just kept clearing until I had a perfectly straight shot... I could have used some better techniques to get that result faster but the thinning of the woods looks nicer anyhow. Yes my land is quite level unfortunately
Oh no hes destroying the forest, save the trees 😭, just kidding id do the same
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Nice job. New subscriber found you from the container barn video.
Thanks for the sub!
Next you'll have video from your high chair
did you forget the hot dogs and marshmallows again when doing a burn pile? sheesh....
ahh mat are you cutting a stream run each side of road so it helps stop potholes and road erotion...?.
Matt, knowing what women are like, i would kept the bigger logs for firewood.
I love your videos. -Jeremy
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
I just look at all that wood and think; “heat!”.
That’s what I save it for!
Do you us the red Canoe? or is it just part of the "collection":
How big is your farm?
How many trees you have cut in your life?
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How many trees you have plant?
A laser would give a straighter line
Many people dont understand the value of having a straight driveway. Only when you have to move stuff in and out then you wonder hey i could have done it better.
Every bend you add means more rock as well!
You just need an excuse to play with your toys. New saw? Bar still has lettering on it. You make it look easy. Planning on building?
the saw isn't new but not that old either, she'll be wore out by the time im done clearing out here lol and yes im gonna put up a 30x40 equipment shed for now
You are doing a fine job !
Thank you!
lmao your not doing it half done, well done bro
burn the root balls since you alredy have fire going
May i ask how many acre's of land you own?
hello, could you tell me the model of the komatsu excavator
Looks like a PC88MR-10 to me, just an older version
Why don‘t you try a lazer?
20 Feet should be good. Try to remove dead trees along the driveway.
It’s a never ending battle with nature
Why don't you get a portable saw mill and sell lumber
Got one now
Hiii dear friend !!! I don't know why you do not reply or comment my little notes ....? Most of the time I am just joking but I like to see you in action --- like extending the roofs and changing the grader front wheels etc.... etc..... please don't be "knotty" !!! Let us see what are you up to today, and what will you brake or demolish ...? Best regards from French Guyana !!!
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It would be nice to live out in the woods away from people. Can you get electricity out there?
Absolutely, hoping to put it out there within the next year or two, that will be quite an undertaking
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Suscribed , look nice
Thank you !!
Good work brother.
Thank you, Thanks for watching!
Your piece of property looks like a dream I have for myself.
wayne d. zillweger jr. it’s been my dream as long as I can remember!
How many acres do you have there?
Just under 30
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Are you able to sell some of the downed trees or can you only burn them up?
Like the cherry wood one?
Anything worth cutting into lumber I save but most of it is fire wood
Will people pay for the firewood ?; were buying a lot with a lot of downed trees, would like to clear
Hi Matt, in which State are you in, greetings from Netherlands, Europe!
Greetings! Pennsylvania my friend
What’s the vehicle at 28:05?
Heyeyeye Friend no roof protection on the excavator....? you better put a helmet on your head to protect yourself of any piece of hard wood foaling from trees .....!
If engine heating often you'll mite have to change pulley and V-belt --- thermostat (maybe they took it of all together like often done by meca-nix) ----- oil cooler to be cleaned inside and outside, ---- same for radiator --- then water pump or even fan.....!!! check engine timing for the altitude where you are !!! OK
You saved a lot of money buy using a string over hiring a surveyor.
Exactly lol, I can’t afford to do it all the right way all the time
@@DieselCreek for earth work get a lazor level.
I'm a retired home builder and can help you.
Ralph Hippard I appreciate that! I’ve got a good laser transit. And there will be tons more projects in the future I’ll keep you in mind next time I’m scratching my head!
@@DieselCreek I've built everything from entry level to custom to 12 story apartments all over FL. I retire to TN to get outa the heat. You and I think and do alike. I wish I would have had all your toys when I had my cabinet shop.
I would love to tell you what you are doing wrong, but I'm not a real youtuber. Lol. Best of luck!
Edited to add...please be very careful with that chainsaw. We want you to be able to put out more videos.
Haha thank you for your support! Subscribing helps keep the videos coming
Where in the country are you located?
Western PA
Thanks for the info. We’re in SW Washington and recently subscribed to your channel which we enjoy
What state are you in?
western PA
When you just don't believe enough tree's are burning, in the world.
I’ve got plenty here, the forest is actually crowded and thinning it like this will help it grow healthier
@@DieselCreek really wasn't the point, l guess you have missed the news for the last 6 months, nor do you understand how trees work. Carbon dioxide in, burn a all back out plus other's.
It's why your friend wanted to Bury the barn, rather than burn.
The size of 4 x UK's have burned down in 4 months... However 6 months wild fires have been burning.
Air quality, soot etc has travelled from Australia to Hong-Kong in 5 days.
How about you stack the trees and make wild life habits, rub in mushroom sqaws, or put on the floor to rot and enrich the soil. Or sell the hard woods to be used.
Just don't burn them, the planet really does not need your help.
Rotting vegetation produces two greenhouse gases. These are carbon dioxide and methane - a gas that, molecule for molecule, is 20 times more potent at warming the planet than carbon dioxide. So he might as well burn it
@@tomwaters86 20 times more huh... So are you going to shout out loud and proud that everyone concerned with burning forest are being silly? Or just maybe you are missing numerous benefits to mulching or stacking logs for natural breakdown.
You are also missing that indoor farm's reduce oxygen, and increase carbon dioxide by 3 time's.
It's all about how high these gases get into the atmosphere. There are benefits to a little bit of everything in life... But a lot of a few causes huge issues.
Don't forget that trees also store all sorts of nasty things dissolved in water.
The argument isn't about just one thing, it's numinous, this man has contact with hundreds of tree's and his answer is always to burn. He is wrong, very wrong... That volume has local and global issues. There are other ways, and different ways of making money. Other people in his field on TH-cam show them and make money doing it. About time numb nuts here, got with the program and leave his 40yr old opinions back in history.
You also need to learn about the several natural systems that rely on dead wood, for marring, food, soil matrix, water retention, being just a few sub headings.
Modern forestry do not burn trees, its a waste of a major resource.
@@tomwaters86 methane that is trapped in huge quantities is a problem, slow release isn't. The worst issue and a major concern / time bomb, is Siberia. Ice has kept a lid on it for a few hundred years. Sure you have seen the ignition of ice bubbles, mystery of massive holes appearing hundreds of miles away from man... The structure of soil is 5 to 10 metres of rotting vegetation, frozen in time. Bottom of lakes so deep methane is compressed and trapped as a solid. The number's are mind blowing, and will cause a global threat to life if released together... Or just that one huge lake, open flame and BOOM.
I hope they are work on the problem, but in this climate who knows right.
There is a global event that will kill us all, about 20 odd. All we can do is not add to it, and hopefully there is wiggle room because people recycled, used methane from rubbish dumps to make electricity and so on.
China isn't doing it, so why should l... That's isn't an argument, not anymore.
My preschool grandkids love the channel but I prefer to have them watch Andrew Camarata because he never uses potty words. Rarely a few slip out with you. Letsdig18 slips a few in when frustrated as well. We still watch both of you when the kids grandkids aren't here.
Why have you junk and machinery at so many different places ....? Wouldn't be better to concentrate everything ....? Get your workshop fully organized and made bigger by extending the roofs ...? what do you say dear friend ...?
How many trees you have cut in your life?
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How many trees you have plant?