I've read some comments on how you're good with the excavator and not anthother peace of machine but I think you're good with any you operate. You can runn anything you set in. Good job!
Chris even your small jobs turn out beautiful! You're such a Profesional and have so much pride in your work! That's a lost commodity in these days and times!
Not sure if this helps but I always chalk the front and rear trailer tires before I load and unload. It helps with the ramps bottoming out and pushing on the truck that’s towing.
Quick tip for spreading with a box blade. Lower your teeth down if your blade has them and reverse them so they glide and don’t dig/cut you can put them down below the box usually 2-3” and it will float along existing surface and spread everything even.
I like it! I have never tried it but it makes sense to my small brain. So im gonna try. Thank ya much SLC Farms Merry Christmas to you and yours! A lot cheaper than a hydraulic top link which I still want real bad!
Ill have to try that. its like the lift arms dont float with the tractor right, everytime I go over a bump it either dumps all the gravel or scrapes it clean
Just get a land plane instead of the box scraper, if you're going to spread the stone out with the bucket (as I do as well, because you get even coverage) then a few passes with the land plane (which has two cutting edges) riding on it's own skids that are about 4 feet long, it does not cut in or create speed bumps, it makes a perfectly smooth even surface without dragging a "box" full of material. And as another person commented, get a hydraulic top link !
Hey, Chris....I bet if you got a hydraulic center link for that box blade, you would be surprised how well those work in grading! I did it for years and there's a purpose for the front bucket and the box. I also had a hydraulic cylinder for the rippin' teeth too. But how it worked for me, is using the center link and rolling the cutting edge down, it was great for grabbing the rock and pulling (keeping the blade a few inches off the grade) then when ready to spread, roll up the cutting edge so instead of a cut - it's more just riding along the reverse of the back cutting blade, so it's not cutting - just smoothing out to a nice, even couple inches and the box keeps it from going beyond the edges of the drive. Just my $.02 worth. I agree however - without that center link being hydraulic - you're probably better off just using the bucket. Too much a pain in the ass otherwise, lol. Thanks for the video. As always, nice work! Merry Christmas!
Jon Panzarella my brother in law had a open old John Deer 401C back hoe. I was at his ranch in Northern California and we got hit with a bad storm. We took turns on the back hoe all night in the pouring rain directing logs in the stream from causing a back up and flood the property. We were wet to the bone. We had a 12 hour break in the weather before a bigger storm was going to hit. We drove to Redding Ca, he told the Cat dealer he would right a check for that brand new 416B heated, A/C enclosed cab with the extended hoe if they could deliver it within 4 hours. With the stroke of his pen on a check it was there in 2 hours. It was a much better night for us.
Its about thirty degrees ? that is warm compared to our -55 degrees up here in mid Alaska. I always check the wind temps which i find more important then just the standard temps and i check with a electronic temp finder seeing how thermometers won't work up here half the time do to the severe low temperatures !
Yeah me too. I'm trying to decide between kubota and kioti. I like the idea of going kioti since their hq is about 15 mins from my house but I'd rather get whichever is best
Those 3 baby cows will knock that new grass right on down , they can eat a lot more than people think...lololol ...Better get umm back on the other side of the wire ya got up for umm !! lololol.... Have a Great Evening !!
No sense letting the truck do 67.83% of the spreading when you can blame it on a tree. He's good in an excavator and equipment with tracks...but doesn't know how to save time in a dump truck. Just pointing out the obvious.
It’s best to put a truck in 4wheel drive when you’re unloading a trailer. We’ve had an incident with the 5 ton truck, trailer picked the ass of the truck up It went for a wild ride. Now we chock the wheels on the trailer.
I've won several of your videos on TH-cam. Where do you live? It's the mud capital of the world. I seen you spread gravel to your mom and dad's house and it was wet and rainy there.
mattsbrute just cuz you do something wrong 10000 times doesn’t make it right. You can’t assume just because someone has done something for years means it’s the right way. I’m not saying his way is wrong.
It is. I just purchased my first Kioti CK2510HST with the backhoe a few months back. The power you get, as well as the lower price compared to other color tractors, it was a no brainer for me. A buddy of mine purchased an RK24 with backhoe right after I purchased my Kioti. Both are 25hp tractors. Both have good/not so good aspects but overall, I'd give the win to the Kioti. With the RK24, you cant operate the front loader and 3-point hitch at the same time - gotta be one or the other. And the Kioti is certainly more powerful than the RK24.
Would love to see video of the finishing touches of these projects! Merry Christmas from Nova Scotia, Canada!
It really DID turn out nice! Good work (as usual!)!!!
I've read some comments on how you're good with the excavator and not anthother peace of machine but I think you're good with any you operate. You can runn anything you set in. Good job!
Chris even your small jobs turn out beautiful! You're such a Profesional and have so much pride in your work! That's a lost commodity in these days and times!
Michael Wilder 😂🤣😆😂🤣😆
Great work you make fixing in the driveway look easy
Not sure if this helps but I always chalk the front and rear trailer tires before I load and unload. It helps with the ramps bottoming out and pushing on the truck that’s towing.
“Chock”. I’m a meatball. Hahaha
@@BestBettsPools Had me really confused there for a second.
Quick tip for spreading with a box blade. Lower your teeth down if your blade has them and reverse them so they glide and don’t dig/cut you can put them down below the box usually 2-3” and it will float along existing surface and spread everything even.
I like it! I have never tried it but it makes sense to my small brain. So im gonna try. Thank ya much SLC Farms Merry Christmas to you and yours!
A lot cheaper than a hydraulic top link which I still want real bad!
You really only need the 2 outer teeth. It really works well
Ill have to try that. its like the lift arms dont float with the tractor right, everytime I go over a bump it either dumps all the gravel or scrapes it clean
Just get a land plane instead of the box scraper, if you're going to spread the stone out with the bucket (as I do as well, because you get even coverage) then a few passes with the land plane (which has two cutting edges) riding on it's own skids that are about 4 feet long, it does not cut in or create speed bumps, it makes a perfectly smooth even surface without dragging a "box" full of material. And as another person commented, get a hydraulic top link !
I have a land plane was just giving advice on how to spread evenly with a box blade. Hydro top link is not needed and just an extra expense.
Hey, Chris....I bet if you got a hydraulic center link for that box blade, you would be surprised how well those work in grading! I did it for years and there's a purpose for the front bucket and the box. I also had a hydraulic cylinder for the rippin' teeth too. But how it worked for me, is using the center link and rolling the cutting edge down, it was great for grabbing the rock and pulling (keeping the blade a few inches off the grade) then when ready to spread, roll up the cutting edge so instead of a cut - it's more just riding along the reverse of the back cutting blade, so it's not cutting - just smoothing out to a nice, even couple inches and the box keeps it from going beyond the edges of the drive. Just my $.02 worth. I agree however - without that center link being hydraulic - you're probably better off just using the bucket. Too much a pain in the ass otherwise, lol. Thanks for the video. As always, nice work! Merry Christmas!
Driveway came out great buddy! I hope you don’t tweak or bend that trailer with that one ramp not welded 🤣
Nice grading Chris, young cows looking good 🎅 🎄 🎅 🎄
Damn fine looking Calf, Great name too ! Thumbs up.
Damn man you know better than to be eating that new grass. Couldn’t you just settle for some cookies and milk?? Lmao
Nice job Chris! You make it look so easy! :-)
A very Merry Christmas form the UK! :-)
I always put my truck in neutral (with e-brake on) then chock block the trailer wheels. Don't wanna tear up the transmission on the truck.
Definitely the best way to protect the transmission!
I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year , and thank you for all your splendid videos 👍👍🇬🇧
Merry Christmas Chris , thanks for letting us tag along,,🇨🇱🎄
Nice easy job Chris
Merry Christmas Chris to you and family
Have a Merry Christmas to you and your family and viewers, from South Carolina
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Dolly’s country
A tractor with a cab is one of the greatest inventions ever! LOL
Jon Panzarella my brother in law had a open old John Deer 401C back hoe. I was at his ranch in Northern California and we got hit with a bad storm. We took turns on the back hoe all night in the pouring rain directing logs in the stream from causing a back up and flood the property. We were wet to the bone. We had a 12 hour break in the weather before a bigger storm was going to hit. We drove to Redding Ca, he told the Cat dealer he would right a check for that brand new 416B heated, A/C enclosed cab with the extended hoe if they could deliver it within 4 hours. With the stroke of his pen on a check it was there in 2 hours. It was a much better night for us.
Nice job as usual.
Ridin dirty on worksalot tags. Lol
Chris...Like seeing you using an implement from an Alabama company, LMC, Boaz, AL. Kinda like Bush Hog, Selma, AL.
Was just thinking the same since i live in Boaz. Instantly recognized Lowery's logo lol.
Nice job Chris. Merry Christmas to you and yours. 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄👍🇺🇸
That is a nice tractor and you have it set-up nice chris 😎👍
Merry Christmas to your family. I hope you have a good one.
Enjoyed the video Chris hope you have a great week and merry Christmas
Like the little the 3 baby cows and the little job too .
Its about thirty degrees ? that is warm compared to our -55 degrees up here in mid Alaska. I always check the wind temps which i find more important then just the standard temps and i check with a electronic temp finder seeing how thermometers won't work up here half the time do to the severe low temperatures !
relaxing on weekend off and lets dig 18 shows up making all that noise dam it boy lol
I’m the delivery driver for the kioti dealer in Springfield TN and people do love their tractors
Top link cylinder will help also with the box blade
How do you like your Kioti tractor
Looks good as usual. And those ramps are heavy as crap to
wondering if you have had any issues wit your Kioti. Iv'e got a 2004 with 700 hrs. with no problems yet
Yeah me too. I'm trying to decide between kubota and kioti. I like the idea of going kioti since their hq is about 15 mins from my house but I'd rather get whichever is best
We have a kioti dk50se hst 50hp and it has been a very good machine for us for small jobs. 650 hours and no problems
How much do you charge for something like that?
Finally, You started editing your videos, more content just like Andrew! keep it up, I will start watching your videos again.
What ever happened to those hook ends for the lower links? Im guessing you took them off either cause they're trash or they broke?
Sweet little after hours job bro, 2 more sleeps till the Reindeer poo on my roof here in NZ
Just curious, why didn't you tail gate the gravel? Wouldn't that have cut back box blade work?
John Smith tree was in the way
Did you do some work at driveway job once before?, The yard and driveway looked familiar from one of previous videos
Baby cows would be calves lol. Thanks for sharing
Those 3 baby cows will knock that new grass right on down , they can eat a lot more than people think...lololol ...Better get umm back on the other side of the wire ya got up for umm !! lololol.... Have a Great Evening !!
Fine job bud
Hello! What brand & model is the tractor?
I'd like to know how to spread gravel and make it smooth with the bucket. I am terrible at that.
5:00 I am wondering why that dump truck didn't chain the tailgate to open a set distance, then drive forward while dumping the gravel!?
because of the tree branches hanging down, and the powerlines at the emd
No sense letting the truck do 67.83% of the spreading when you can blame it on a tree. He's good in an excavator and equipment with tracks...but doesn't know how to save time in a dump truck. Just pointing out the obvious.
Get a box grader. They are incredible. They don't hold material like a box blade does
I just throw a couple of jack stands under my trailer when loading/ unloading heavy stuff.
U liking your new pickup?
I might have missed it, why was the dump truck still there when you finished? Was the operator of the truck the home owner?
I think it was.
Nice tractors
It’s best to put a truck in 4wheel drive when you’re unloading a trailer. We’ve had an incident with the 5 ton truck, trailer picked the ass of the truck up It went for a wild ride. Now we chock the wheels on the trailer.
Chris, what's a load of gravel like that cost?
$5-600
@@letsdig18 wow! Up here in northeast Iowa, 15 yd. tandem dump of 3/4 with fines or 3" base stone - your choice - runs us $200 + tax.
Not in NC. Pretty much bet on at least $25 a ton delivered, at best.
✌🏻🙏from Va. !!
How do you like your tractor? I heard they either are good or just junk.
Riding the red one - not a Ferrari but... :-))
Do you still have the backhoe?
why is there no number plate on the back of that truck
The cows were like...We must have done something wrong, but not quite sure what.
Yo Chris can we get a machinery tour some time please
put truck in 4wd and set parking brake .that way if it lifts back front tires will hold because 4wd locks front to rear and you will be safer
Nice job Chris. Instead of August call her hamburger. 😉
Or maybe. T-Bone. Lol
I don't think the baby cows care whether you want them there or not. I liked the way the white faced one (August?) just looked at you. "What."
Thanks.
Less talk, more grass.
I've won several of your videos on TH-cam. Where do you live? It's the mud capital of the world. I seen you spread gravel to your mom and dad's house and it was wet and rainy there.
They are called calf!
That truck turns about as sharp as my Pete, LOL.. i really need to adjust the limiter bolts so i can turn..
Does a better job than the skid steer, or is it down to the operator 😂
Interesting.
How you like the kotio tractor
The 2 younger calves are like "The Shining" Twins!!! :O
You have more work to do?!! thats unheard of
Any truck driver worth their salt could have spread that rock.
Chris literally does this everyday of his life and people still tell him how to drive equipment on a trailer. Its so annoying.
mattsbrute just cuz you do something wrong 10000 times doesn’t make it right. You can’t assume just because someone has done something for years means it’s the right way. I’m not saying his way is wrong.
Can always learn something new. The day you stop learning is the day you hang it up!!!
He does a lot of shit wrong, which is even more entertaining
Y not spread gravel
Two loads Chris
Never understood why people like this off brand tractor built in South Korea! Is it that much cheaper?
It is. I just purchased my first Kioti CK2510HST with the backhoe a few months back. The power you get, as well as the lower price compared to other color tractors, it was a no brainer for me. A buddy of mine purchased an RK24 with backhoe right after I purchased my Kioti. Both are 25hp tractors. Both have good/not so good aspects but overall, I'd give the win to the Kioti. With the RK24, you cant operate the front loader and 3-point hitch at the same time - gotta be one or the other. And the Kioti is certainly more powerful than the RK24.
Even the brand name tractors are made overseas.
Truck driver huh? I would have spread that rock for you in reverse and would have missed the tree.
I don't care how good you think you are....a front end loader is just that....a front end loader not a grader.....
1st.
Early is all I know
Why didn't you have the driver tailgate the gravel out
Why wouldn't you have the truck driver make a nice thin spread dump down the drive way you only had to run the box scraper over a few times?
Overhanging tree and power line
Thats a GOOD reason!
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