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- Today I go into detail on how I spread stone with a tractor, Everyone has their own way of doing things but this is the best way for me and gives me the best results.
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Another 10 minutes of my life invested in learning new things that pay back for a lifetime. That's great technique and displayed in a way that helps people understand what you're doing and how to do it! Great job with the split-screen set up, too, Mike. Been using my B7610 Kubota for 12 years now and that's the first time someone explained the right way to fill the bucket! Excellent!
Shake that bucket, shake it good
Spread the rock like you knew you should
Mike's done this before, we can tell
Because he does it oh so well
Thanks for the demo on the RK
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Drive on that stone with the tractor tire
Then get inside by the nice warm fire
I appreciate your humility, but you're skilled. You give credit where credit is due. Thanks for the lesson.
Very helpfull. I, and probably a lot of your viewers, are real rookies. This kind of detail is really important. Thanks!
Very helpful. You really excel when you explain these how to techniques. Thankful for your expertise!
Nice going Mike like usual. Make it look way to easy. Everytime I watch one of your videos I seem to learn a little something. Appreciate it
Mike Morgan, YOU are the MASTER at spreading gravel!!
Excellent teaching video.
Your years of operating heavy equipment in your day job show through.
Egg and salt analogy... Perfect
Good tutorial Mike. Much better results than dumping and pushing the rock around. God Bless.
My wife said if there was ever a delivery of rock like that around our anniversary or Valentine’s Day, I had better make sure there were no sling shots in close proximity.
Excellent video. Thanks for the effort. I will try it tomorrow.
Mike, you are really talented, I’m sure it’s taking a few years to get this set up. I would love to have the equipment you have. You could probably quit work and make a living just using your equipment. What a great set up you have. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Mike !!! I have seen people do a lot of different things doing what you are showing us !!! You are the best !!!!! Thanks Soo much !!!
Thanks Mike, have watched lots of gravel spread but seeing how you operate the controls is really helpful.
Thanks Mike, you have some real good ideas.
Seams like A never ending project Dressing up the Driveway with fresh limestone!!👍👊
Great video and commentary.
I like this video I have to do this at work and now I have an idea on how to do it. Thanks!
Thank You Sir, I have watched in Awe, quite a few times and marveled at how well you did this and couldn't quite figure out how. Now I know. Thanks again. I love your videos and tips. Gary.
Great tip! Thanks Mike
Great explanations. Thanks!
Close up of the hand technique looks like me after my second thermos of coffee.
Hahaha. Now ya have it. Drink two thermoses of coffee before spreading stone and BAM, perfectly smooth driveway.
I was thinking more like me looking at our credit card statement. 😳
Great how to!
Great educational video.... 'Shake' rather than 'dump' - perfect. That has always been my preferred method - but you are better at it than me. One thing you may want to mention, especially for the viewers who may not have as much experience in developing driveways/roads - not all rock is created equal. The rock shown in your video is essentially 'fractured rock' - it has been run through a gravel crushing machine. The fractured or sharp edges allows it to compact together and have some structural integrity. This is what you want. Stay away from the 'round stone', it will never compact. The rock you are placing you call limestone - does it fracture or break down to smaller sizes over time? We don't have a lot of limestone where I come from. We use general gravel - a mixture of many types of stone (e.g. granite, basalt, igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary, ....). The various types of rock are different colours and thus is locally called 'rainbow rock'. When crushed you can order it in various grades (e.g. 1", 3/4", 1/2" ....). The gravel consists of some rock that is harder than others which results in the softer rock continuing to break down over time which wedges between the harder rock. The result is a very stable long lasting surface that has 'give and take' characteristics throughout the freeze/thaw cycles of the seasons, but has good drainage during wet periods. The bottom line is - stay away from 'round rock'.
Michael from Canada
Very nice demonstration Mike
Nice job teaching that.
Thank you. I wondered how you got your spread so even.
Very good information and very nice technique.
Limestone is great to crush down and binds together. I use it and white granite. Best road base (not topping) is a mixture of fines and small max 1". Let that settle under rain and use and then top that with a good layer. The bottom will lock in and keep most of the stone on top from finding the center of the earth!
I find my tooth bar really helps fill the bucket and lets it do it on the ground level. It also tends to bounce rock - so it is hard to use in this operation.
Great video. Thanks for sharing it. I'd like to try it but I have a tar driveway. This is the only time I've wished I had a gravel driveway. Haha!
I think it would wear the loader control fast and the loader pins and quick attach some. Have you noticed that?
Hi Morgan family!
God bless you and the family!
Hi Mike,
Gary here from Hailey Idaho.I really like your how to video's.
I'm going to try this out this spring when the snow melts off the drive.
I've been a slow dumper as i drive, but its not near as uniform as yours.
Can't wait to try it out.
Thanks
Mike, you are getting mighty good at spreading that rock.
Nah, He's been good way before he shot this video. TeeHee.😄
MIKE, you really have a great timely video on this one! Good stuff! Thanks!!
@@billupstateny9151 got it!. Bill, I was too wondering the same thing , caught the video at 8:02 AM. checked out the comments, 8 thumbs down! Really? , I just don't get it.
This really helped me spread 10 yards of compost with my tractor bucket. It worked! I tried back dragging piles. But compost is lighter and fluffier than dirt and ALL of it moves. Now compost is a lot different than stone too. Stone is heavy and wants to fall. But shaking the stick still worked pretty good. Thanks, Mike.
Yep, I do it the same way with both my skid steer and tractor. Have you ever thought about hooking up a pasture harrow to your Polaris and drag it after you spread? I do and it evens things out really nice.
you make that look easy !!!
I’ve been struggling with spreading some rock the past few days. Going to give your method a try. Thanks for the explanation. Great video!
So very helpful. We are about to start this process Thursday. This will be super useful and save a lot of headache. We are rookies with regard to this type of work. I have always done the construction on the inside, and never dealt with anything related to outside. We just bought at acres, and we did all pur culvert, so now the driveway. Yes. We graded it, leveled it for the proper flow to avoid standing water. We packed, added dirt and rock, packed it again, and added more good dirt and rock. Been driving over it from left to right each time I'm on land. So, now I will get the top layer off the cleared 10-12 foot wide path, move dirt from some spots to otgers to correct a couple low spots, and start on the gravel. Question? We are having enough gravel to do 12ft wide, 8" inches thick, about 800-900 feet. So it's something like 512 tons. What is the best way to have them dump that? All in one flat spot, a few flat spots, etc. Thanks in advance for any help.
Been running equipment all my life and that's the easiest way to do it specially on an already existing driveway or even a new driveway
Great advice. Its obvious it works by watching the video. Now if you could eat hard boild eggs while spreading stone that would really be somthing. Thanks Mike.
Great tip Mike. I saw in your videos last week that your stone landing perfectly. Now we all know how to attempt to get your success.
Mike - Great instructional video (as always). Thanks for sharing. Nicely done sir, very nicely done!!
Great tip
Thanks
i was a tri axle driver in indiana we spred stone with the truck is differebt to see you alwats using the tractor keep up the good videos
Nice, we will be doing the same thing to our drive way soon.
There is always something to do when you own land.
It's so worth it though.
Perfect instruction. I spent a lot of years on equipment and dusting a big sawmill yard all winter for traction.
Nice video. Thank you for sharing part of your day.
I have gotten semi loads of stone and have them tailgate it the length of our driveway and then I just tweak it with our Deere. You will need a good truck driver to do this nicely.
I another good video Mike!
Mike the stone maestro. Makes me want to buy some stone just to give it a go.
great job Mike that is how I do it also
I like the intro's and the exito's they are Great, I love your channel very interesting.
That was super helpful. I haven't tried the technique yet, but I will!
Great advice Mike, I do mine the same way when spreading gravel.
Hello Mike and Melissa, you always do that like a pro, I hope you don't shake Melissa like that, LOL Have a nice evening and take care friends, Cheers.
Good morning Morgans... Some good tips, Mike. Thank you.
Thank you for explaining the method. I was wondering about this from watching the video the other day. I watched as you spread the gravel at the mill area and driveway nearest the road.
*It's probably the stuff that you most take for granted are things I've never considered. Thanks, Mike! Now, how about "Things to think about to keep that trailer you're backing up out of the trees!" (Asking for a friend.)*
Tell your "friend" to put his hand on the bottom of the steering wheel to back up a trailer, then turn the wheel the way you want the trailer to go.
God bless you!
great advice,,,,,again
“Shaken, not stirred” says 007. Thanks for the tips, Mike! I’ve always admired how you spread stone. I’ve still got some #5 stone in a pile so I’m gonna give it a try. Thanks for sharing!
Great instructions Mike! I'm getting my first tractor and loader this summer. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Mac
Good morning Mike. Really liked the show and tell you did with the split screen and how easy you make your rock spreading look. Your explanation using salt and an egg was a great example for explaining the methods WHY to do it that way is great too!! You make that RK55 work so well so easy and everting else you do with the tractor and attachments that if it came down to one choice, just a thought from a dreamer. Thanks for sharing with us 👍👍. Hello to the rest of the family!
Awesome job man always shakin no pouring!!!!!
Concrete and blacktop to the house, separate work driveway. You'll be amazed how much cleaner the house stays.
Brilliant video Mike, great explanation. Cheers 🏴👍
Looks like that works pritty well. Nice job.
Great video Mike! I really appreciate the information and how you present it. Your camera angles and video editing are spot on!
Great job on your analogy and very good video.
Thanks Mike, appreciate the insight. I'm new to tractor/loader operation. Planning on spreading 2B stone this spring. Thanks.
Well done Mke I have to agree with all your well described directions.
Love these style videos. This one in particular will give me another way of spreading gravel. I've been one of the ones to dump and drag the bucket edge back to smooth it out
I don't run equipment, I don't split wood or cut down trees & I do all my hunting in the grocery store meat section. That being said, I love your videos & I always look forward to watching them when I receive the notification of a new video. Peace, health & happiness to you both & your family. Keep the videos coming.
@@flash1259 true words spoken!
I think there are a lot of us out there like that, just appreciate how easy Mike makes everything look.
😁👍🏻
Mike, your the best spreader I've seen. I'm sure tight pins on the loader helps
Thanks Mike.
Thanks Mike for using my intro , kinda weird at first. Great method of spreading gravel , pretty much the technique I use and works well. Lots of mud here will be getting a load pretty soon.
Hey, I know you, just looked different with the beard. Great intro, BTW.
Lol yea I had just shaved it off before the show. It was bugging me. First time I’ve ever had one..
@@bobpurs It was a great show and meeting you & your wife. Nice looking background with your wood in the tote, chain saws on top, and the JD equipment.
Hope we get to meet again sometime.
Thanks. We also really enjoyed talking with the both of you. Great show and great company. We plan on going again next year. Thanks and take care, talk to ya soon.
I've seen you do that a lot in past videos. It really does work for you, but when I try its not all that smooth and leaves small piles. I usually end up back dragging to smooth things out. I wish I had a landscape rake to go back over gravel that I try to spread with the loader. Good video. Thanks Mike!
Very informative, gives a new meaning of getting Stoned. PJ in O-HI-O
Nice work Mike, great video, thumbs up.
thank mike and melisa for using my outro
Good morning Morgan's Mike you have a very good plan it's looks perfict. I like the hardboiled egg factors too
and keep that steady pace going to match the flow of gravel, well done.
Speed has a effect to. I can take and lay down 21-23 ton with my 1025r deer in about 30minutes and have vary little bumps with higher travel speed and not shaking it out.
Greetings from Central NH today - Good morning tp the Morgans and the Morgan Community.
There is no getting around how smooth and consistent the gravel gets applied. Very cool. Is there any impact to the hydraulic controls from doing this over time?
I would say it would wear out the control a lot faster and would wear the loader faster too. I wonder how much faster it would wear the loader though.
Hey Mike that's a great suggestion to RK. They could actually make a button that does the shaking as long as you are pressing it. Call it the Mike Morgan button. God bless
Newer cat dozers have the shake button on right joystick. Agitates the blade to shake dirt or gravel off the blade
Great analogy Mike, “shaking salt not spooning sugar!”.
Great one Mike👍🏻 83 👎🏻 what is there not to like about this video? Maybe because Miss M was not in it?😂😂✌🏻️
Nicely done Mike. Would just add make sure your moving when you start to spread of you will start will a pile and bump. Same as tailgate spreading with a dump truck!
Nice and simple method. Still too wet to really get into the woods in the NE but Spring is just around the corner.
Wow that a lots of gravels can I have some please!!!!
Shake n bake that rock. Lol God bless
Spreading stone like a pro which you are!
Thanks again for the cool videos ya'll are aware
Great video and very useful!
Smoked hard boiled eggs are the best, I have a video on them.
Mike nice video. You are certainly a master at putting it out.
A question: I noticed the chainsaw bouncing in the skid winch. Is it resting on the bar tip? If so won’t that dull or damage your chain?
Hey Mike. Your like poetry in motion ✌️
Very nice job. I've always admired how you do that. Around here though, most folks have the stone tailgated out by the dump truck driver. I realize that's not always desirable or possible. Where I do need practice is spreading dirt or manure on my garden. Maybe you should take a road trip to central Ohio for me.
Yeah we often have the driver spread it with the truck in central Missouri as well. Had a 300 ft dead end dirt drive that needed to be used year round and driver said he could not do it because he would get stuck in the mud backing in before he could drive out spreading the stone. Had to teach him how to spread while backing in on the new stone so he would not get stuck. Poor guy never saw swamp land get filled while backing in on the stone!!! He got it though as I finished it off with a hand rake. No tractor available.
Shaking is the KEY!
I was always curious if this was damaging my hydrolics. regardless so many not know this trick.
Not sure if I like the Englishman or Wolfman the best. They are both good.
Good technique. Also, when you push into the pile and raise your bucket, it puts more weight on the front axle which (if you are in 4wd) equals more traction.
That is some masterful bucket work right there. BTW - what size stone is that?
Awesome video Mike. I notice some of the commenters have different results with their attempts, which is ok, and not to say they are wrong in their attempts. I think there are a numbers of factors that will also come into play. One item is the limestone, easily distributes from the bucket. A sand or gravel mix may not disperse as easily. Another item is the operator and the equipment. Mike your are very familiar with your equipment and operate it masterfully. Experienced operator. And last item, hydraulic controls act differently from one piece of equipment to another, depending on the state of repair..... just some quick thoughts...... love the video, well explained...... Smash the 👍👍👍👍👍 up button and subscribe, it will do your heart good! Have an awesome day all!