No wonder no one wants to watch television anymore. Most shows on television are complete garbage, and they have a staff of producers, directors, crew, etc. This is one guy, doing his own filming and editing, and running his own company.
You gotta be crazy. This video would be so much better with perfectly coiffed breast muffins droning on and on about what he does, tying it in somehow with social causes and saving the earth. We don't watch TV for the content, we watch it for the highly-paid Soros commentators. Yep.
Straight to the point. See? People are interested in what it actually is, that is, if the content is what it actually is, and is interesting. lmao. Nevermind.
Those who agree with this comment can come see my channel(s) then. While true, some of my videos are like this video, lengthy, but gets to the point, unlike some of those family guy videos where there's filler in the video to extend the video past what the intended clip is meant to be. Don't get me wrong, I myself do enjoy some of the videos of family guy, I think there was only about one video that was short and got to the point of what the title was. I have this channel that I'm commenting with, morgan russmans gaming channel, morgan russmans cooking channel, and morgan russmans conspiracy theroy channel, I don't have anything currently (6/2019) have anything on the conspiracy theory channel yet, but keep an eye out for my conspiracy theory channel, I do plan on eventually uploading something to the conspiracy theory channel. Edit: I though this was my main channel. This is my conspiracy theory channel, morgan russman is the main channel name.
Still don’t know how I stumbled upon this but I have watched it often. One of the most satisfying videos on TH-cam. Not sure why, I gues just seeing honest effort and progress. I hope to own a piece of land off the beaten path one day and have a guy like this come in and help me run a driveway in. This guys job is so much more satisfying than so many of us office dwellers.
at 27:00 if he wouldve just put the bed down on the dump truck he wouldve had less weight over the rear tires and wouldve got out no problem. instead he dug ruts
I just wanted to believe that he did it on purpose to add more interesting wrk😂he ain't havin it that easy way. This guy can wrk until his tools start screaming for help.
It was pretty awesome. He should think about installing a big ass winch on the front of each of his trucks so he doesn't have to risk it in the future.
An excellent job - as usual - Andrew. Once again I have to say I never cease to be amazed at the inherent power of your skid-sliders! Imagine towing a massive truck filled with 4" gravel - and all you need is a steell chain. Just wow!
Outstanding! Great earth moving work, videography, drone and music. Loved the before, during and after process. Very skilled work and I hope to see more videos soon. Thank you.
Lmao same here just seen a thumbnail of it and it started playing so I just clicked it and watched the whole thing. Waste of my time but was interesting.
You know this pretty much routine for you and some of these videos are 2/3 years old but for someone that has never seen it done is just so fascinating to watch. Great video!
Andrew it is incredable what you do with your machinery!!! You always go the extra mile to make sure everything looks great. There needs to be alot more people out there like you!!!!
Andrew does a lot of explanations as he is repairing or doing his regular work. I’ve never heard him swear! And I’m a retired Marine, so I’ve gotten quite the experience of cussing sailors and marines, that’s why I let my 2 and 5 year old grandkids watch this shows. They love watching his TH-cam videos.
Very good work, specially using the escalator, when putting stone over fabric, the first load of stone can help you make a tracking pad for your dump truck and spread the load going forward not backwards, you know... safety first. Other than that, excellent video
Great videography and editing. Even greater equipment operation. A real pro. Very cool working alone and then even setting the excavator to push the truck out. You are great at solving problems so efficiently. I'd hire you in a second.
A hundred guys with rakes, shovels, etc. could not have done a better job. The precision and skill of use of the machinery is unparalleled. Man, this is one satisfying video.
Super impressive the way you and that machine are one! The skill and dexterity using the machine as an extension of yourself is nothing short of awesomeness 👏 😀 👍
My 14 month old son LOVES this stuff! So cool to see all the hard work and the amazing machines that goes into making a driveway. Really awesome stuff.
@@TheTacticalBarrage no no no no no no no no. What if he did do what you said, but then the truck turned sideways and still had no traction. Then what? That's why he did what he did so he could steer the truck then pull if forward get out of the truck then turn the machine off.
It was very stupid of him to do that. You're running on wet dirt next to unmanned heavy equipment and you're driving a truck out into possible incoming traffic with no way of stopping. That's a good way of getting a one way ticket for the Darwin Awards of for Fail Army.
@@nedkarjanen6251 It stops the road base material from just sinking into the mud. Saving a lot of material cost. The only downside is the ground underneath never really firms up so heavier trucks will sink into the driveway more.
@@legohead6 actually with one foot of gravel over fabric, I have supported 85,000 lb. loaded trucks repeatedly for weeks. The fabric also creates a bridging effect which in essence creates a footprint equal to the wheelbase. I built a log truck loading site on ground that barely supported people walking. By the end of the 4 week job (two truck loads in and out per day) the skidder was seat deep in water, pushing floating logs up to the truck but, the trucks never sank in even a little bit.
This man really know how to operate all his heavy equipment with such precision! People don't realize how much work it takes when you're developing a property for a homeplace.
Andrew, that was one of the best TH-cam videos I have watched in a very long time. I know nothing about construction but just bought some farm land for my retirement home. There is no access and I had no idea of how to go about doing this. This video was a treasuretrove of good information. Thank you !!
I’m with you. Andrew always motivates me to go dig some stuff up!! I’m still trying to figure out how I can justify the excavator purchase to my wife when her priorities are calling for a bathroom remodel!!! :(
My dad is 96 and asked me to send you this comment since he can’t do it himself. “I see you have been doing stone roads where you are at. Have you tried shoulder stone (shoulder stone is a product of screening and finings of crushed blue stone). Check with a dealer for more information. Rent or buy an over road grader and a ten ton three wheel road roller for compaction. This stuff compacts very well and is good for hard usage. I’ve never tried this before but have heard it is very good -Mix Portland cement in a lean mixture with shoulder stone. Mix dry and spread dry in hard usage areas. Allow light usage for one or two weeks. It will set.”
Your dad knows what he is talking about! Proper finish is with compaction and the use of the right materials to bind it if you don't want to get stuck!
Really enjoyed this video. Thank you for posting. A very long drive you have installed there. Just wondered how long it took? Will the driveway eventually harden over time?
I was working construction as a heavy equipment operator. I came on at the end of the job so I didn't know how far the road was finished. After work I drove my sleeper van to find out. Then I hit a spot of sand and got stuck. I found a open cab Cat dozer with a chain to pull myself out but no one was there to help. it was a back road with no lights so no one would find me until morning. Well I had to put the dozer in first gear jump off run to the van climb in and steer myself out. Then jump out the van climb on the moving dozer to stop it. Worked but I don't wanna try that again.
LOVED the solo maneuver at 13:25 to drive both vehicles!! Reminded me of the scene in the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy where the guy had to open and close the fence behind him while on a hill. >-D
Awesome job. And excellent footage, too. I don't even know how I stumbled across this video. But I just couldn't look away. It's really neat to see all of the work that goes into these types of projects.
Can’t get any better than this. Insane amount of work; both for the work done on the equipment and also properly recording it at the same time. You’re a one man army.
Man that looks great. You taught me alot I bought a mini x and a dump trailer and skidsteer. It's been tight trying get work and figure out the princing. But it's been fun I love watching these videos trying learn easier ways to do things.
I give this Andrew guy alot of credit. He loads the materials very easy . I notice he doesnt just drop the rocks or stumps in his dump bodies like the average contractor or operator would do. His equipment will last very long... Well done. Buddy
Hello Andrew! Great video, I learned a lot. I noticed you didn't remove the topsoil before putting the carpet down.... is the carpet so good that it eliminates the need to remove the topsoil?
Amei muito seu vídeo, esse foi o primeiro que vi, vou continuar te seguindo aqui do Brazil, porque adoraria fazer e viver o que está fazendo. O contêiner será uma casa? Ah isso é maravilhoso!!! Parabéns!!!
It feels a bit silly but it's so satisfying to watch. I get so inspired to take my digger (Åkerman H11 (predecessor to Volvo) from 1968, and go out in my own forest and improve some roads. Lots to do and so many other obligations... thanks for making these videos. Im learning alot!
Was the customer just looking for something fast & cheap? Why no Sheepsfoot roller/vibrating compactor??? That would have been my next step right after stump removal & leveling. Compact the hell out of the natural ground adding fill & more leveling where needed. Then you have a good base for your fabric & gravel followed by a smooth roller compacter. A good solid base is everything when it comes to building pretty much anything...
I did the similar thing at my backyard with my mini excavator, I scratched skins off of several trees even I was already very careful. I blamed myself and said to myself that Andrew will not do that... but when I watched his video 3rd time, I noticed he had done the same thing...now I felt much better and get encouraged again.
Just wanted to let you know that we have a 3 year old son, and you're basically his hero. XD We don't let him watch television, or really much stuff on screens...but his reward is to watch "Andrew Camarata" when he behaves well. Love the videos and knowledge, and super happy my 3 year old could point out the CULVERT PIPE!! as we drove down the road. Keep up the great videos! PS He now thinks anyone with a chainsaw or excavator might be you...lol
The dump truck and trailer are stuck...and he is by himself. He puts the excavator behind the trailer and puts it in gear while he jumps out and runs to the dump to steer it out. Once it is on hard pavement he jumps out of the truck and hauls back to the excavator and takes it out of gear. Job done! Never seen anybody like this in 75 years.
I'm impressed by the sheer effort, the native skills, the integrity of the project....but most of all, it was accomplished without a full crew of engineers, guys leaning on shovels, and a boss screaming out orders no one can either hear or understand...great job!!!
A true artist! I learned a lot. I just hired a skip loader to clear out a drive to the rear of my one and a half acres and I saw some things that I could have done to make the process smoother. Thank you for an excellent video!
Guys what was wrong with the first video, i saw it in my notifications and when i went to watch it it was gone, then it got re uploaded and the title changed 🤷🏻♂️
Travis Davis another dislike? Please state what his shoddy work was? You do understand this was a road to a construction site, not a permanent structure. I have seen these built in my area countless times, most not this nice. The perfect leveled compacted and rolled gravel comes after the big trucks and excavators have finished. Maybe even a paved surface! But please state why this is shoddy work? No hate.......
I would have thought that using the logs on the edges would keep the gravel in side. Family suffered for years of refixing their driveway before taking logs from their 3 acres to line it. I like the lining under the gravel. Modern gardeners do this, also.
Fantastic job! I would love to know where you’re located. And what a job like this would cost, and finally, how this this combo of the fabric underlayment and the rocks hold up over time. We have similar conditions that we need to address at our ranch in the mountains of Southern California. I was surprised when you used a combination of small and large rocks. But it seems genius now. The dirt snd fabric alone didn’t stop the rock truck from sinking into the dirt on the first load right next to the road, but once you spread the rocks out, the truck didn’t sink at all for the subsequent loads! What fabric did you use? What do you call the mix of stones you used? Would that same combination of fabric and stone work on hills? Thank you so much for sharing your skills snd knowledge with us! That road is just beautiful! Great job!
The fabric is typically called 'geofabric' / 'geotextile'. There are several different brands. One can search around. The type here used for a driveway is relatively thick/strong, made to last decades. It's main purpose is to stop the rocks/road material from getting mixed/sinking into the soft/wet ground soil below over time. There must be a certain minimum thickness of rock/gravel on top of the geotextile in order to speard the load from vehicles out over a wider area. In this way a road can so to say float on top of relative wet/muddy ground. One save time and money by not having to dig deep down in the ground removing lots of soil, replacing it with rocks. Can also work on hills, need to put sufficent thick layer of rock and gravel on top. Hope this is to any help, good luck
Have to say, your one hell of an Operator. I worked in construction and seen some great operators, very smooth and precise. The whole pushing the truck out of the mud with the excavator and running back, Genius! You definitely fall into the category of the great ones! lol...
I live and Germany and no way a one man business could pull the things off he can. It's not just regulations and laws, I mean the entire work ethics and vocational education system is like that these kind jobs are just done by a team of people, there's simply no company that would teach you to do this all by yourself.
@@guffaw1711 sad huh? As a Canadian with an education from a few years back and going through ‘experimental’ teaching..our tech program did not allow you to take just one shop, you had six to report to. Auto, drafting, woodworks/building construction, electrical, machine shop and welding. I am so thankful I went where and when I did...you could say it’s very costly to have my toolbox but there isn’t too much I won’t tackle and overcome and I’ve seen some real winners of jobs. Luckily dad had access to machines (from work) and that’s where I started my heavy machine operations. It has a special place in my heart today. All the best to ya.
I really liked this video back in the day and wished you would do more driveway videos. I'm not complaining about any other content, this is just my favorite.
I’ve been watching your videos all morning man. It’s just blows my mind how good you are at everything you do! Keep up the great work! Truly awesome content. Great video editing!
Yard - A safer approach would have been to call someone to come help. Another would have been to pull it from the front using a chain or tow strap. Of course, by himself, there is the problem of not having a spotter/flagger for any traffic that may come along. The bottom line is leaving operating machinery like that is extremely dangerous. Any number of things could have gone wrong. He could have fell down and been run over.
That’s nothing, not only did I just helped put in a driveway in the woods, and set an shipping container in place. I helped clear some property of some old tires, then helped on some drainage work on a mountain road. That’s just in the last couple of hours, I’ll probably get at least two more jobs done before bedtime. Great videos, keep ‘em coming!
EXCELLENT!! Can anyone tell me what the underlaid cloth does for the gravel driveway? Is it to keep the -4” stone from sinking into the mud during the wet season?
I swear the area around your house looks like my area. The trees, the rock....everything.....Hudson valley somewhere.....maybe by the ashokan or west saugerties/Woodstock? It's uncanny the stuff you dig up looks the same as what I see on excavating jobs when I'm at work. Either way great content. Nice to see fellow hard workers. Edit...... The way you got I'm stuck was not only a boss move, but priceless to watch. Literally the kind of thing I find myself doing when I'm working alone.
Such finesse and precision with that CL35. Could you tell me how many tons of gravel you laid down? As with many of your viewers, I could not stop watching you transform stump town into a serviceable driveway. My hat is off to you.
@@joedirte716 loving your job is awesome. Some days I don't wanna go to work, but that money tells me to get my ass to work. I like my job, I get bored sometimes though.
I'm always amazed at you in all the things you do. I don't know whether your good or just lucky. Remember there's no such thing as luck, it's called HARD WORK!!!
Proper installation of mesh requires removal of rocks immediately below the mesh and nothing larger than "crusher run" above the mesh. Anything large immediately above or immediately below the mesh that is large diameter will pierce the mesh and will nullify the effects that the mesh is supposed to provide.
No wonder no one wants to watch television anymore. Most shows on television are complete garbage, and they have a staff of producers, directors, crew, etc. This is one guy, doing his own filming and editing, and running his own company.
I know, I can't believe I sat here and watched nearly the entire thing
And I don't have to listen to the STUPID laugh tracks when it's never funny.
i pay for netflix and hulu homie aint no such thing as cable in my house lmfao we get football on nfl network so we get to stay tuned in
Ikr. It's good though. I like it. Will watch more of his work, educational, simple good vids.
You gotta be crazy. This video would be so much better with perfectly coiffed breast muffins droning on and on about what he does, tying it in somehow with social causes and saving the earth. We don't watch TV for the content, we watch it for the highly-paid Soros commentators. Yep.
It's refreshing to see a video without a clickbait title getting over 1M views.
Right
Agreed.
Straight to the point. See? People are interested in what it actually is, that is, if the content is what it actually is, and is interesting. lmao. Nevermind.
909sickle well over 2 million now, it’s officially viral. Great work!
Those who agree with this comment can come see my channel(s) then. While true, some of my videos are like this video, lengthy, but gets to the point, unlike some of those family guy videos where there's filler in the video to extend the video past what the intended clip is meant to be. Don't get me wrong, I myself do enjoy some of the videos of family guy, I think there was only about one video that was short and got to the point of what the title was. I have this channel that I'm commenting with, morgan russmans gaming channel, morgan russmans cooking channel, and morgan russmans conspiracy theroy channel, I don't have anything currently (6/2019) have anything on the conspiracy theory channel yet, but keep an eye out for my conspiracy theory channel, I do plan on eventually uploading something to the conspiracy theory channel. Edit: I though this was my main channel. This is my conspiracy theory channel, morgan russman is the main channel name.
Still don’t know how I stumbled upon this but I have watched it often. One of the most satisfying videos on TH-cam. Not sure why, I gues just seeing honest effort and progress. I hope to own a piece of land off the beaten path one day and have a guy like this come in and help me run a driveway in. This guys job is so much more satisfying than so many of us office dwellers.
Yes..
I could not agree more! Just purchased a few acres and watching this motivated me to do so!!
"Honest effort" - couldn't have put it better myself. This guy is a like a benchmark for a desired standard of work in this trade.
Just think 200 years ago the Prison system in America was make big rocks into little rocks! But now prisoners have more rights than you! FJB
SUBSCRIBE AND CLICK THE BELL LIKE AND SHAIR IT WILL HELP HIM GROW HIS CHANNEL AND CONTENT.
Every time this guy gets stuck, he some how manages to weasel his way out. He's one of the few people who can actually find the "i" in TEAM.
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He found the "me".
at 27:00 if he wouldve just put the bed down on the dump truck he wouldve had less weight over the rear tires and wouldve got out no problem. instead he dug ruts
I just wanted to believe that he did it on purpose to add more interesting wrk😂he ain't havin it that easy way. This guy can wrk until his tools start screaming for help.
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AN EXCAVATOR CAN SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM ON PLANET EARTH.
Y’all calling trackhoes excavators makes me cringe. I mean you’re not wrong but still
yep
@@Swof99 lol where I'm from a trackhoe sounds like it would be a backhoe with tracks, we call them shovels, or any thing under 200 is called a mini
Willie VanderZwan in Utah it’s either a trackhoe or a mini
@@Swof99 it's an excavator
That solo push-out with the excavator was the single most amazing thing i have ever watched!!!!
Exactly, you figure it out. I like this guy.
bill nalder,the trees could have help alot easier if they put them underneath the container 🤦🏽♂️
I thought the same thing. Especially the fact he ran to jump in the truck and again to stop his excavator.
It was pretty awesome. He should think about installing a big ass winch on the front of each of his trucks so he doesn't have to risk it in the future.
...not to mention how dangerous that stunt was...
An excellent job - as usual - Andrew. Once again I have to say I never cease to be amazed at the inherent power of your skid-sliders! Imagine towing a massive truck filled with 4" gravel - and all you need is a steell chain. Just wow!
Outstanding! Great earth moving work, videography, drone and music. Loved the before, during and after process. Very skilled work and I hope to see more videos soon. Thank you.
Who in their right mind would spend 57 minutes watching someone unloading stone and getting stuck :D I would, because it's great stuff
lol did anyone say anything about right minds I know I didn't
Just did :)
And,.. in 4K :)
Just did at 2x but I also did the same move to get unstuck yesterday .
You 🤣🤣🤣
Me at 3 am when I should be sleeping: watches a video about installing a driveway
I just realized what time it was when I read your commentary 1:40 am jajajaja
2 hours over my time to sleep.
5:16am 😂😂
Lmao same here just seen a thumbnail of it and it started playing so I just clicked it and watched the whole thing. Waste of my time but was interesting.
Me at 1:30 am lol
You know this pretty much routine for you and some of these videos are 2/3 years old but for someone that has never seen it done is just so fascinating to watch. Great video!
Andrew it is incredable what you do with your machinery!!! You always go the extra mile to make sure everything looks great. There needs to be alot more people out there like you!!!!
Everyone can buy a machine few can operate them
Andrew does a lot of explanations as he is repairing or doing his regular work. I’ve never heard him swear! And I’m a retired Marine, so I’ve gotten quite the experience of cussing sailors and marines, that’s why I let my 2 and 5 year old grandkids watch this shows. They love watching his TH-cam videos.
And so do i
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I never thought that watching an hour long video of a guy paving a road would be so satisfying. Great job!
We are bored.
He is not paving, he’s grading stone.
Very good work, specially using the escalator, when putting stone over fabric, the first load of stone can help you make a tracking pad for your dump truck and spread the load going forward not backwards, you know... safety first. Other than that, excellent video
This guy is the definition of a one man army. Great job man!
Definition of people dont care about this planet, still, in 2019.
Dude Rocks!
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I was thinking similar
I agree 100%
Great videography and editing. Even greater equipment operation. A real pro. Very cool working alone and then even setting the excavator to push the truck out. You are great at solving problems so efficiently. I'd hire you in a second.
I couldn't believe my eyes at 13:40, pure poetry and courage, you are the best!
Wife: What are you watching?
Me: Andrew Camarata creating a driveway.
Wife: Why?
Me: Because I sit in an office 50 hours a week.
I wanna sit in an office. I sweat my balls off in a carbon fiber plant all day lol
My wife just did the same thing.....I said because it's better than your reality shows. lol
@@joelograsso4631 I agree!
I know how you feel dude
@@connorwaits6575 lol. I own an appraisal business so half in field and half in my office. If it makes you feel better I typically work 80 hour weeks.
Who would sit and watch this for an hour, apart from me a 6 million other people 😋.
What a bunch of wack Job's!
Wait how long did you say this video is an hour ? 46:33 minutes in
Cancel the first part of my comment.
Damn!
It's not an hour
M Ld 3 minutes away from an hour, shut the fuck yo
I WOULD!!!
Me, & now, 3months later 7.7million! Television is so boring!
Awesome! One man operating all these amazing machines. Some very ingenious ways to troubleshoot and get the job done.
A hundred guys with rakes, shovels, etc. could not have done a better job. The precision and skill of use of the machinery is unparalleled. Man, this is one satisfying video.
Me seeing this video is nearly 58min- “no way I’m watching all that”
Me an hour later- “wow nice work” 😂
Thanks.
@@AndrewCamarata He must be new here. Soon he'll be like: ONLY AN HOUR? I want more!!
I actually said out loud (to myself) 🤪 "Geez I find watching this stuff so satisfying"
Lol indeed😂😂
I'm sitting here watching this right now thinking the same thing... except for all these ads.. ughhh I keep watching tho
I don't know if that is the OSHA approved method of getting your dump truck unstuck, but I am certainly impressed with the tenacity of it..
2:30 AM! hahaha
He is insane.... But it works for him.
I had no idea you could put an excavator in "cruise control" to even allow a save/assist like that. Very impressive indeed.
No mere human would have dared such a thing. I'm convinced that some people work on an entirely different level when it comes to pushing their limits.
@@igotsomespace think he had something tied to it to keep it going
Customer: can you get the Pyramids from Egypt and put them in my driveway. Andrew: No problem, Levy, let's go!!
@Ronny's Here Thank you! I had no idea the Egyptians build the pyramids.
For sure! 😅❤
Super impressive the way you and that machine are one! The skill and dexterity using the machine as an extension of yourself is nothing short of awesomeness 👏 😀 👍
Literally, ghost riding the excavator to unstick the truck from the mud, makes him one with 2 machines simultaneously. Brilliant operating levels.
@@AFMR0420that was impressive.
I have no idea how I ended up here, but great job man!
Same here! lol
me either.. I was watching Mexican cartels in action LoL
same here ..lol - kool video , just the same
Imagine how many times this guy gets out of the vehicle just to switch camera angles
Yes, I wouldn't have the patience for it not to mention I'd be like, "eff this!" this is slowing down my work.
I was thinking the same thing....and I'm glad he did!
and it's beautiful
He has over 20 Million views on this video, so it was probably worth it!
Worth it for the amount of views
I'm from Indonesia, precisely on the island of Kalimantan. from the interior of the jungle of Kalimantan. I like videos like this. you are great👍
My 14 month old son LOVES this stuff! So cool to see all the hard work and the amazing machines that goes into making a driveway. Really awesome stuff.
13:35 this is not a man that doesn’t know what he’s doing, this is a man that’s done this before. That was awesome 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yes, awesome. one man company. amazing job
@@TheTacticalBarrage exactly
TheTacticalBarrage thanks TH-cam police... 🙄
@@TheTacticalBarrage no no no no no no no no. What if he did do what you said, but then the truck turned sideways and still had no traction. Then what? That's why he did what he did so he could steer the truck then pull if forward get out of the truck then turn the machine off.
It was very stupid of him to do that. You're running on wet dirt next to unmanned heavy equipment and you're driving a truck out into possible incoming traffic with no way of stopping. That's a good way of getting a one way ticket for the Darwin Awards of for Fail Army.
Thanks for including the SNAFU's where you got stuck. Especially the one where you ghost-drove the tractor!
Absolutely my favorite part aside from effortlessly loading the logs onto the truck and trailer
That was really clever to ghost drive it...
Awesome video the fabric is for what purpose?
@@nedkarjanen6251 It stops the road base material from just sinking into the mud. Saving a lot of material cost. The only downside is the ground underneath never really firms up so heavier trucks will sink into the driveway more.
@@legohead6 actually with one foot of gravel over fabric, I have supported 85,000 lb. loaded trucks repeatedly for weeks. The fabric also creates a bridging effect which in essence creates a footprint equal to the wheelbase. I built a log truck loading site on ground that barely supported people walking. By the end of the 4 week job (two truck loads in and out per day) the skidder was seat deep in water, pushing floating logs up to the truck but, the trucks never sank in even a little bit.
This man really know how to operate all his heavy equipment with such precision! People don't realize how much work it takes when you're developing a property for a homeplace.
Andrew, that was one of the best TH-cam videos I have watched in a very long time. I know nothing about construction but just bought some farm land for my retirement home. There is no access and I had no idea of how to go about doing this. This video was a treasuretrove of good information. Thank you !!
Thanks
same here ... lol at the sprint 🏃♂️ you got em at the next Olympics 🤣. seriously though thanks for sharing. great vid
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Watches the video, then:
"🤔 I should buy an excavator to solve all my problems 🤔"
girift And dynamite👍🏻
I’m with you. Andrew always motivates me to go dig some stuff up!! I’m still trying to figure out how I can justify the excavator purchase to my wife when her priorities are calling for a bathroom remodel!!! :(
@@chevyman551 You're the man just do it 😆
@@chevyman551you need to clear some land for the new bathroom right *cough*
@@chevyman551 I skipped around the purchase for 5 years and my advice is the sooner the better. You won't regret it!!!
My dad is 96 and asked me to send you this comment since he can’t do it himself. “I see you have been doing stone roads where you are at. Have you tried shoulder stone (shoulder stone is a product of screening and finings of crushed blue stone). Check with a dealer for more information. Rent or buy an over road grader and a ten ton three wheel road roller for compaction. This stuff compacts very well and is good for hard usage. I’ve never tried this before but have heard it is very good -Mix Portland cement in a lean mixture with shoulder stone. Mix dry and spread dry in hard usage areas. Allow light usage for one or two weeks. It will set.”
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Also known as quarry wash, screenings or fines depending on what part of the state you're in.
Your dad knows what he is talking about! Proper finish is with compaction and the use of the right materials to bind it if you don't want to get stuck!
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13:40 - That mad dash to jump in the driver seat was awesome. That's how one man gets a truck out of the mud. Good job.
I was always super impressed what a mini excavator can do. I had no idea what a larger one could do. Those stumps came out like butter
why can't youtube recommend more stuff like this?
Jacob Todd riggghhhhttt!!!!
( Jacob Todd ) One day youtube will ban videos like this also. Why ? Because it will be labeled Capitalistic , Conservative, Right wing and Fascist.
Because most of it get DEMONITIZED
because there is no one better then andrew
He’ll just have to dye his hair blue and paint his equipment with a rainbow pattern. Then he’ll be good to go again.
Aside from anything else, the fact he never once says 'like & subscribe' , 'let me know in the comments' etc means he wins TH-cam
Pabouch $-rrr
Really enjoyed this video. Thank you for posting. A very long drive you have installed there. Just wondered how long it took? Will the driveway eventually harden over time?
That backhoe trick to get out of the soft spot was the most dangerous thing I've ever done..
Glad it worked out for you as well.
Lol yeah.. pretty crazy
I was working construction as a heavy equipment operator. I came on at the end of the job so I didn't know how far the road was finished. After work I drove my sleeper van to find out. Then I hit a spot of sand and got stuck.
I found a open cab Cat dozer with a chain to pull myself out but no one was there to help. it was a back road with no lights so no one would find me until morning. Well I had to put the dozer in first gear jump off run to the van climb in and steer myself out. Then jump out the van climb on the moving dozer to stop it.
Worked but I don't wanna try that again.
I can't believe I sat here for almost an hour watching this. I guess I love work...I can sit and watch it all day long.
Yeah, I know, I can't really believe I watched the video all the way through too as well.
LOVED the solo maneuver at 13:25 to drive both vehicles!! Reminded me of the scene in the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy where the guy had to open and close the fence behind him while on a hill. >-D
I watch this at 2x play back speed looked hilarious 😂
truth teller when he walked back 😆
Smugness level pretty high and deservedly so..was funny to watch still
Please friends, subscribe to my channel too, I am not your enemy
This guy is my new hero!
Great techniques! This guy really seems to know his way around an excavator!
Awesome job. And excellent footage, too. I don't even know how I stumbled across this video. But I just couldn't look away. It's really neat to see all of the work that goes into these types of projects.
Brother you deserve every dollar you charged for that job. Your work was excellent!
I don't have my own house, let alone need to build a driveway.. but this was still oddly satisfying.
I've never seen any work done like this before. This guy is a freaking boss! Very impressive stuff!
Thanks
Agreed 👍⚾️
This guys is the best "one man show", especially for those of us who appreciate great work ethics!!
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So satisfying to watch the stumps being pulled then shaken off from the dirt :D
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Those tree stumps should have been replanted, they would have regrown, this is environmental degradation!!
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Right? Like he's using his hand, stomping, scraping, like nothing.
Can’t get any better than this. Insane amount of work; both for the work done on the equipment and also properly recording it at the same time. You’re a one man army.
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Would love to see how much damage Andrew could do with a film crew.
Why is it so very satisfying watching stumps being removed. Great video !
no u need prayers omg
I thought I was the only one.
Man that looks great. You taught me alot I bought a mini x and a dump trailer and skidsteer. It's been tight trying get work and figure out the princing. But it's been fun I love watching these videos trying learn easier ways to do things.
I give this Andrew guy alot of credit. He loads the materials very easy . I notice he doesnt just drop the rocks or stumps in his dump bodies like the average contractor or operator would do. His equipment will last very long... Well done. Buddy
13:40 When you do group project all by yourself
Exactly
I'm sure he read about that in the instruction manual.
He is a solo player😂
My most favorite part
Hello Andrew! Great video, I learned a lot. I noticed you didn't remove the topsoil before putting the carpet down.... is the carpet so good that it eliminates the need to remove the topsoil?
Amei muito seu vídeo, esse foi o primeiro que vi, vou continuar te seguindo aqui do Brazil, porque adoraria fazer e viver o que está fazendo. O contêiner será uma casa? Ah isso é maravilhoso!!! Parabéns!!!
“Gets bogged”
“Locks accelerator on”
“Sprints to truck”
Hahaha good work 👌
HAHA i was just thinking that's hilarious.
It’s cruise control
If I had done it, I wouldn't have pulled far enough up and the excavator would have run into the trailer... :O
Brilliant, one man job ingenuity
Or he could have just kept the dump truck on the side of the road and not got stuck. :)
really great operator on that equipment. top notch job.
It feels a bit silly but it's so satisfying to watch. I get so inspired to take my digger (Åkerman H11 (predecessor to Volvo) from 1968, and go out in my own forest and improve some roads. Lots to do and so many other obligations... thanks for making these videos. Im learning alot!
You bring together Camarata and Ashville Aggregate( Daniel) and we have ourselves a road to heaven. Very inspiring.
Was the customer just looking for something fast & cheap?
Why no Sheepsfoot roller/vibrating compactor???
That would have been my next step right after stump removal & leveling.
Compact the hell out of the natural ground adding fill & more leveling where needed.
Then you have a good base for your fabric & gravel followed by a smooth roller compacter.
A good solid base is everything when it comes to building pretty much anything...
Andrew "Ghost riding" the excavator! I love it! ;)
Michael Shea ghost ride the whip
Excellent work... something cool about watching great workmanship. Wish I could get you to my property in Colorado. Watched all 58 minutes.
I could only manage 57:54
I'm a mid 60's woman & fascinated with these videos. I used to enjoy lotsa yard work when younger.
I did the similar thing at my backyard with my mini excavator, I scratched skins off of several trees even I was already very careful. I blamed myself and said to myself that Andrew will not do that... but when I watched his video 3rd time, I noticed he had done the same thing...now I felt much better and get encouraged again.
I will tell you from experience. That excavator is not as easy to operate as he makes it look 🙂
Yes he did make me think I might be able to operate an excavator.
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Just wanted to let you know that we have a 3 year old son, and you're basically his hero. XD We don't let him watch television, or really much stuff on screens...but his reward is to watch "Andrew Camarata" when he behaves well. Love the videos and knowledge, and super happy my 3 year old could point out the CULVERT PIPE!! as we drove down the road. Keep up the great videos!
PS He now thinks anyone with a chainsaw or excavator might be you...lol
TM Ncott thats heartwarming 👍🏼
Cute :)
Your son might love Marty T on youtube! That guy rescues a digger abandoned for 16 years and does all kinds of stuff!
Haha
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Awesome job! I can't believe he kept those last few pine trees near the driveway. So strange...
The dump truck and trailer are stuck...and he is by himself. He puts the excavator behind the trailer and puts it in gear while he jumps out and runs to the dump to steer it out. Once it is on hard pavement he jumps out of the truck and hauls back to the excavator and takes it out of gear. Job done! Never seen anybody like this in 75 years.
Ghost operation.
I'm impressed by the sheer effort, the native skills, the integrity of the project....but most of all, it was accomplished without a full crew of engineers, guys leaning on shovels, and a boss screaming out orders no one can either hear or understand...great job!!!
OMG - how true! Been there, done that! Now we all know why heavy equipment is worth 20 good men.
If this was a union job there it would take 6 men and 2 months of milking it. Of course no one could afford that so it wouldn’t get done at all.
A true artist! I learned a lot. I just hired a skip loader to clear out a drive to the rear of my one and a half acres and I saw some things that I could have done to make the process smoother. Thank you for an excellent video!
Andrew you use that machine as if it were your hand. I enjoy watching you work. The land is your canvas and that machine is your brush. WOW!!
You got some skills man!👏🏻 so satisfying to watch!👌🏻
Thank you for your efforts at striving for publishing perfection. The first one was fine with me, grin.
First one was fine, but now I have extra excuses to watch this multiple times. So that's great.
Great publishing doesn't hide shoddy work
Guys what was wrong with the first video, i saw it in my notifications and when i went to watch it it was gone, then it got re uploaded and the title changed 🤷🏻♂️
Acdrew your good contractor god bless you,,,
Travis Davis another dislike? Please state what his shoddy work was? You do understand this was a road to a construction site, not a permanent structure. I have seen these built in my area countless times, most not this nice. The perfect leveled compacted and rolled gravel comes after the big trucks and excavators have finished. Maybe even a paved surface! But please state why this is shoddy work? No hate.......
You sir, are a true craftsman and problem solver. Thank you for the video!
I would have thought that using the logs on the edges would keep the gravel in side. Family suffered for years of refixing their driveway before taking logs from their 3 acres to line it. I like the lining under the gravel. Modern gardeners do this, also.
Fantastic job! I would love to know where you’re located. And what a job like this would cost, and finally, how this this combo of the fabric underlayment and the rocks hold up over time. We have similar conditions that we need to address at our ranch in the mountains of Southern California. I was surprised when you used a combination of small and large rocks. But it seems genius now. The dirt snd fabric alone didn’t stop the rock truck from sinking into the dirt on the first load right next to the road, but once you spread the rocks out, the truck didn’t sink at all for the subsequent loads!
What fabric did you use? What do you call the mix of stones you used? Would that same combination of fabric and stone work on hills? Thank you so much for sharing your skills snd knowledge with us!
That road is just beautiful! Great job!
The fabric is typically called 'geofabric' / 'geotextile'. There are several different brands. One can search around. The type here used for a driveway is relatively thick/strong, made to last decades. It's main purpose is to stop the rocks/road material from getting mixed/sinking into the soft/wet ground soil below over time. There must be a certain minimum thickness of rock/gravel on top of the geotextile in order to speard the load from vehicles out over a wider area. In this way a road can so to say float on top of relative wet/muddy ground. One save time and money by not having to dig deep down in the ground removing lots of soil, replacing it with rocks. Can also work on hills, need to put sufficent thick layer of rock and gravel on top. Hope this is to any help, good luck
49:32 "I'll fix this" Wow, what self confidence. You the man Andrew!!
Haha i was reading your comment literally just as this was happening 😂
The man enjoyed himself helping Andrew out
so wholesome
@@tonyt5218 same. Love it when that happens
I have seen you do some great stuf before Andrew but pushing the trailer and the truck with the excavator and running between the two is fabulous !
He's been reincarnated from building the pyramid days..!!!!!
Have to say, your one hell of an Operator. I worked in construction and seen some great operators, very smooth and precise. The whole pushing the truck out of the mud with the excavator and running back, Genius! You definitely fall into the category of the great ones! lol...
I love how you dug yourself out the mud. And awesome work! Who know how much work went into just clearing away tree stumps? 🙋♀Me
Awesome job on getting your bobtail dumptruck out of the mud while ghost pushing with the excavator. Skill. That's a two man job.
Diego Gomez ...Just takes a clever man with a degree of risk taking...What choice did he have?
13:42, man....all those works did yourself? Respect!
I live and Germany and no way a one man business could pull the things off he can. It's not just regulations and laws, I mean the entire work ethics and vocational education system is like that these kind jobs are just done by a team of people, there's simply no company that would teach you to do this all by yourself.
@@guffaw1711 sad huh? As a Canadian with an education from a few years back and going through ‘experimental’ teaching..our tech program did not allow you to take just one shop, you had six to report to. Auto, drafting, woodworks/building construction, electrical, machine shop and welding. I am so thankful I went where and when I did...you could say it’s very costly to have my toolbox but there isn’t too much I won’t tackle and overcome and I’ve seen some real winners of jobs. Luckily dad had access to machines (from work) and that’s where I started my heavy machine operations. It has a special place in my heart today. All the best to ya.
@@guffaw1711 It's called America my brother...FREEDOM if we can keep it!!!!!!!!!!
You sir are a really good contractor. Very cautious and diligent worker. I see now why everyone uses you.👍👌✌️✌️
I really liked this video back in the day and wished you would do more driveway videos. I'm not complaining about any other content, this is just my favorite.
I’ve been watching your videos all morning man. It’s just blows my mind how good you are at everything you do! Keep up the great work! Truly awesome content. Great video editing!
The way you got your truck unstuck was INSANE and awesome! Nice work!
I can't believe that worked.
Insane. That's one word for it. Another would be stupid. Yet another would be irresponsible.
@@poppys3728 why do you think it was stupid or irresponsible? how would you have got it out of there?
Yard - A safer approach would have been to call someone to come help. Another would have been to pull it from the front using a chain or tow strap. Of course, by himself, there is the problem of not having a spotter/flagger for any traffic that may come along. The bottom line is leaving operating machinery like that is extremely dangerous. Any number of things could have gone wrong. He could have fell down and been run over.
👏👏👏👏👏👏Muy pero muy bueno alucinante el lugar y tu trabajo 10 puntos.... . Abrazo 🇦🇷
This video was awesome. My 2021 goal is to buy a skid steer and mini x. This video gives me hope. Thanks Andrew!
This is so well shot and satisfying to watch for some reason
The really cool music helps! : )
2am watching 'how to install a driveway' that i may never do in my life. But find it very interesting to watch..
That’s nothing, not only did I just helped put in a driveway in the woods, and set an shipping container in place.
I helped clear some property of some old tires, then helped on some drainage work on a mountain road. That’s just in the last couple of hours, I’ll probably get at least two more jobs done before bedtime.
Great videos, keep ‘em coming!
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EXCELLENT!! Can anyone tell me what the underlaid cloth does for the gravel driveway? Is it to keep the -4” stone from sinking into the mud during the wet season?
I swear the area around your house looks like my area. The trees, the rock....everything.....Hudson valley somewhere.....maybe by the ashokan or west saugerties/Woodstock? It's uncanny the stuff you dig up looks the same as what I see on excavating jobs when I'm at work. Either way great content. Nice to see fellow hard workers.
Edit...... The way you got I'm stuck was not only a boss move, but priceless to watch. Literally the kind of thing I find myself doing when I'm working alone.
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Were you not entertained?
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Such finesse and precision with that CL35. Could you tell me how many tons of gravel you laid down? As with many of your viewers, I could not stop watching you transform stump town into a serviceable driveway. My hat is off to you.
It’s sad coming here and see Levi at the end 😔 R.I.P love you Levi!
Dude straight up ghost rider the whip😂😂 that was crazy
OSHA had no comment on the matter.
My child: Mom what does a honest days work look like?
Me: Watch this video my son..
Unfortunately, no kid these days would ask that question :(
@@joeyoliver579 i grew up watching my dad do stuff like this.. now we have concrete const compa y together. Love what i do
@@joedirte716 god bless
@@joedirte716 loving your job is awesome. Some days I don't wanna go to work, but that money tells me to get my ass to work. I like my job, I get bored sometimes though.
@@joeyoliver579 my 4 year old son stays watching these videos he even ask for them and I'm a auto mechanic😅😅😅😂😂😒😒😒😂😂😂😂
Well produced. Really enjoyed watching a professional work. Thank you.
I'm always amazed at you in all the things you do. I don't know whether your good or just lucky. Remember there's no such thing as luck, it's called HARD WORK!!!
Proper installation of mesh requires removal of rocks immediately below the mesh and nothing larger than "crusher run" above the mesh. Anything large immediately above or immediately below the mesh that is large diameter will pierce the mesh and will nullify the effects that the mesh is supposed to provide.