Building a Road Part - 1000ft Gravel Road
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- Building Gravel Roads! Easy driveway with a TYM tractor. This is not the only way, but it works in our area. We have put off the building of a road to the sawmill for some time. It can't wait any longer with the spring rains coming. If we don't get it done, we can't get back to the sawmill without getting stuck. We used the TYM T25 mostly to prep this road for gravel. A good grader blade can get some work done. @TYMTractorsUSA
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Thanks for this!
Great idea
Remove the topsoil down to the clay. Let it dry out to alleviate pumping moisture to the surface. Roll out geotextile woven fabric at minimum 10’ wide. Lay a base of crusher run 4” then crusher with fines to create an 8”solid base rolling between layers. Edge the stone road with packed soul to hold the shape of the road.
I am glad we don’t have to do that with our soils. that would cost a fortune. I will have to do a better job in the bottomlands when we run the road there. It is easy to build a road at the top of our property with very little upkeep.
If I Were building a road, I'd call Tony!
LOL! Thank you.
I like the approach and commentary on why each step. Newbie here needing to regrade an old 1/2 mile road
I am glad it helps. My wife asked me a bunch of questions and inspired this video.
Great job
Nice job. On to part 2
Thank you
You and your wife are funny Americans.Keep up what your doing your getting there
My wife was born in Germany! LOL! We have a fun time living. Thank you.
I appreciate you explaining how the different angles affected the blades performance.
I have seen the old grader blade used for years. I sometimes make assumptions everyone knows. Tanja asked a lot of questions and inspired that part of the video.
💥 They work great for snow too!
*Keep on tractoring!*
You would know, My brother. We are so glad to get the road built.
Looks good so far neat to see that done with the small tractor as well. Looking forward to the next video
Patience and a small tractor can move the world! 😆
Yepper, also looking forward to the next one in this series. Keep up the good work!
-Steve
Amazing traction from the 25 Tony. Back in the 80s we wouldn't put anything less than 75hp on a linkage mounted blade. Thanks again folks.
Thank you. The county use to pay an old man who lived on our gravel road to grade the road once a month. I always loved seeing hime grade our road.
Wildlife clearings and food plots count for 75% of my business. I'm always telling my customers the road in has to be done correctly. Crown and drainage is key especially since we seed most of the roads instead of gravel. Enjoy your videos
The road is finished for the most part. We are behind on video. The road has made it through 3 hard rains.
I would hire a road contractor with a big Cat road grader and a union operator. But it would cost a bunch of money and what fun would it be to watch on U-Tube? Bet this is more fun. Let the building begin!
Enjoyed this demonstration. Very informative and interesting. You make it look easy Tony.
Thank you. I took out the part where the small limb slapped me in the face. LOL!
Nice instructions. I appreciate it.
Your dog is very expressive. Great video!
Thanks for the video! Still trying to figure out how to adjust our 3 point for jobs like this, your information is big help.
Thank you. I learn something new every day.
Gizmo Dog - Star of the show - :) Love the road! Well done Tony.
He is always in the center of everything.
Great job !!! You always make it look easy !!
Thank you.
Good job Tony. Truly enjoyable video.
Thank you
I think this is the proper way. Whenever you can get the water to run off your driveway, that will work! Thanks!
Thank you, my friend. The road has been through three big spots of rain and is doing well.
I like Gizmo ☺️
Very Good video...well explained!!
You've really made the GRADE Tony! 😁👍 Looks good!! 🚜
That is an awesome comment. Thank you!
Bonjour Tony
Très belle vidéo comme d'habitude
Bonne Continuation 😀👍
Great job and very informative as always
Thank you. I try to help new tractor operators, but sometimes, I think I make it harder for them. LOL!
Hi Tony, Excellent video, very informative. Take Care.
Thank you. We are moving forward, building our dream. I love the journey and hope we always have new dreams to build.
Looks good Tony.
Thank you.
I have the same blade I did some work at my home and I also use it for snow removal works great
Thanks for a great video Tony!
Thank you. One little tractor can do a lot of work!
Great video, thank you for the advice.
I’ll do it with my horses rather than a tractor, but I appreciate the principals.
I would love to see the work being done by horses in person. I was always amazed at how the man and horse team worked together. Almost a lost skill.
What your doing looks great to me!
Thank you. The road is holding up well.
I went with a grader blade with an adjustable tilt and the offset can be changed. There are several options that don’t cost much and make the tool that much more useful. Grader blades in the 72” size are often available second hand or at auction. I purchased a Woods RB72 that was new old stock for $250 at auction. When it comes to these attachments, old is a lot of times better.
That is true. The old grader blades were built like tanks. I picked this up used, but it flexes and bends easy
Seeing you work some dirt today I went back and watched all of the garden videos you've made. It's been a minute since you've did a garden and I've been trying to restrain myself from going full send on mine lol. I've already done taters, onions and tomatoes. But I'm afraid the frost got my maters this morning.
I have tilled my garden. Videos coming soon. I have the bug bad this year. I will not put out tomatoes before April 15 around here.
Came across your video👌🏻.. Just Great! Tks for sharing; I would build the road the same way a you did the only item I wouldn’t use is the compactor and stick to the Tractors weight, all the same is a great job and a nice tractor. God Bless and stay safe 💪🏻🙏🏻💪🏻
Building it this way where we live works great. We don't have harsh winters. The clay base is almost enough by itself. God bless
I'm looking for pointers is why I am watching. But comments help you with the algorithm they say so, comment...
Thank you my friend. So cool!
Another interesting video !!
Thank you. We are still working on the barn, but other tasks have to be done also.
Outstanding video to both of you 🧐👍👌 Cheers 🍻
Thank you. It was a super fun day. It ended up taking more than two days to finish working 4 to 5 hours each day. The road has already held up through some heavy rains.
Looking good
Thank you.
"Bridging first then road" is my view for what it's worth.
That doesn't make sense in my head. Still, there are so many ways to do something. Outcome is king.
dirt perfect has the cat skid steer grader attachment works great just found you looking forward to your work USAF VET
Lol started watching you with a thousand followers and the titan xd and the old LS … now look at you! That’s awesome!
I thank you for hanging it with us. I still fall down putting my pants on just like everybody else. LOL!
@@TonysTractorAdventure we were titan xd owners… lucky to catch us with pants!
I've used the LS rake, back blade for my drive...works great such as your project will look afterwards.
That is a good idea. I don't have a rake yet.
Great work! Wish it was that easy up here in N.E.
We have it pretty good here.
Buddy love every thing you guys do and I watch all the time but please the music in the back ground is so of putting all the best budo 👍🏻
Just be sure to put a crown on it. God bless
The road has a crown and has done great. God bless
Looking good. I use a tape measure and measure bolt to bolt on lower arms to return to level. I've used my rear blade so much I had to bolt a angle iron to the rear to get the bend out of the blade.
I bent this blade a bit. I need a HD blade.
@@TonysTractorAdventure we took a 4x6 angle iron and drilled holes to mount it on the back of the blade where the cutting edge is. I was 15 when my dad bought it and that was 27 years ago. Still used today.
I am in the market for a heavy-duty blade. Always watching market place.
I got the 5 ton excavator too smash in the track then I did the tidy up with my iseki TM 3265 and blade
Nice. Any way we can.
Boxblade digging life 21 is who admire
I am happy for you.
I liked the analogy of building a road is like a painting. You are a Picasso with that tractor. Is there anything you can’t do. Love your detail of explaining each step. Thank you for sharing
I could stay out on the tractor all day if Tanja would let me.
My family owns a construction company so would definitely utilize larger equipment to make the process quicker. If I only had a tractor would definitely do what you did.
The whole process took me a few hours and saved me a good bit.
To be honest I use the Roman approach. Layer material from large to small. Foundation, drainage, smoothing. Just follow the formula and it will last forever and get better with time.
Hail Cesar! I am going to conquer my neighbors. What a great conquest it will be! I will make them build my road.🤣🤣🤣
I would build a road by scraping up all top soil on my Massey 2607H and Bush Hog 7008 rear blade, then have large gravel spread... then top it with smaller gravel and set the appropriate crown. I don't know that I believe in the geotextile fabric, even though I see people use it a lot. As far as water drainage when the slope changes... you never know until you're looking at the land. The wider you can make it with gradual side slopes makes maintenance and mowing much easier. I think you did a great job! I was hoping you still have the compactor/roller. Great video!
We are a few weeks behind on video. The road has held up to three very heavy rains. I will watch it and tweak it as needed. I appreciate you.
You did a great job with your tractor for sure, but I would definitely prefer a D3-D4 dozer for this job. Thank you for showing the capability of small tractors.
It took me about 5 hours to do the job, plus I had a good time. I would love to have a D3!
@@TonysTractorAdventure you definitely did a very nice job and I enjoy projects like that too. I love your tractors Tony. I guess it's just a local and geographic thing that around here most if not all people would use a finish dozer. But undoubtedly you got the job done, had a good time doing it and did a good job too. It's all good.
Looking good Tony, looking forward to episode 2, dressing the road with pit run gravel or better? 👍🏝🚜🍁🍻
We put the base of crush, sand, and clay. I will top it off with a nice rock later on.
i have already moved 6 tone of dirt with my old faithful wheelbarrow....
God Bless you
Thank you for all the great videos. Just put in an order for a new TYM T25. Will be building my road again with other chores with it.
Congratulations. I love the tractor. I just did my 50 hour service video. I tweaked everything, and I love the T25.
Sorry to hear that... After your tired of the pos kubota dealers will be waiting...
In the UK we use a lot of crushed up old road tarmac for tracks on small holding
It is hard to come by around here. Road companies are recycling crushed asphalt. I bet it would be good.
Nice work! We sometime use box blade with shanks too. What size gravel you putting down?
We are first putting down what we call crush run. It is a 3/4" rock, sand and clay mix. We will then put down a good rock at some point to finish it off.
I have watched this video many times i enjoy it. I do think its funy tho how you mention that tractor could pull a 7 foot blade and then a few seconds later you get stopped in your tracks with the 5??? Foot blade. But i know it was a root. I pull a 8' heavy duty blade with my 70hp tractor and have been stopped many times by something underground
About 4 miles south of me, I buy crushed concrete for my driveways. I buy 2 tons at a time. I spread it with a flat shovel & garden rake. I don't have a dump trailer, just a 16' equipment trailer
That would make a great road.
Looks good my tractor I can adjust both sides of my hitch
Thank you.
Like it 👍👍👍👍
Good title!
Great vid, I have the same tractor 🚜. Just recently picked a 5’ blade for my road maintenance, needs a crown lot of water puddle in center of road. Is that a 5’ blade or 6’ ?
Well like grading up my yard in clay I used a toothed disk to break up the ground then use a grading blade angled. I'd lay down road base and roll it in let settle then put 3 layers of rock starting with course and end with fine.
Build it like the Romans!
Looks good! It seemed like the T25 didn't struggle for power at all.
The T25 is my favorite tractor we own.
I'm fortunate to live near a steel mill. I just remove the top soil , put down a heavy layer of coarse slag then a medium layer of fine slag. It's what I park my semi on.
That would be great. I bet that will hold the weight! Thank you for your comments.
I’ll tell you how I do it on my property but it’s different for everyone else’s area I first strip the top soil off if there is any then off the sides about 2 feet out I start a ditch about 6-8 inches deep with my back blade and put the dirt from it up to the middle to form the crown then Make it all look good and it takes a few passes to do that then I put the rock down keeping in mind it will but thinner in the middle and thicker in the wheel tracks
It sounds like you have done it once or four times! Thank you for the input. Tony
@@TonysTractorAdventure yes sir 24 years in the navy Seabees doing so and for a few friends at camps keep up the great work I enjoy watching you because you keep it real
Geo textile fabric will keep the stone from sinking into the clay underneath and compromising the load carrying ability of the road.
We have never had much use for it in our soil. The rock just sits on the hard clay base. I am sure there are more modern ways to do it, and maybe I will look into it. We are going to build a the road further back into the property through a wet area.
L2501 with top & tilt. 5’ box blade straight line transit and a lazer level transit. Remove native soil 6” down and place Geo fabric to prevent loss of material over then years. Then 3” of zone 4 (Michigan Zone 4 is a by product of the sugar plant in midland Michigan that packs insanely hard. Can drive a semi on it the next day after compacting and it won’t leave ruts) then a 3” top cap of 22AA with the fines ( the powder since it helps compact it better)
I love it. The colder climates have to worry about a lot more than we do.
Doing it all with a great tractor that will last a couple of life times to... Kubota l275 and b7800... Amazing tractors.
building a track capable of handling 40-50 tonne trucks...
JCB 3CX dig in 6-9inches. drop 2.5-3" rock in as the base. compact in with vibe roll or the heaviest thing you have. then blind over with gravel/crush and run. always worked for us in the past.
It is working out for us. I am not sure I would want anything that heavy back to the sawmill. I appreciate your insights.
@@TonysTractorAdventure that's fair enough, being on a farm we have to prep for them so we always build them to that spec or deeper. our kit gets on to 30T gross.
I've got a patch of woods that is partly flood zone. After hard rains, the stream floods, and the whole area gets very muddy. I'd like to run a gravel path through this area that will hopefully stay relatively dry and passable even after flooding. My dilemma is whether I should build up the height of the road first with dirt and then put down gravel or just go with a deeper gravel bed. I'm worried about erosion control and don't want to waste money on topsoil that may just wash out. Also not sure whether I can just go with 57 limestone or if I need to lay down larger rock first to create a base. I want to limit washout as much as possible. Any suggestions?
I would go with a similar product as I put down here if you and get it in you area. I would clear the path and then bring the gravel up to the higher than the high water line.
Hey Tony! We're looking at buying a TYM because of your videos, but I want to ask - could you have done this road with your 25, or is it a big job and you needed the 474? Thanks so much!
That is a video of me on the T25 building it. We have two tractors.
Hello, I’m here to explain to you I would only build a road under the advice of Tony‘s tractor adventures.
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Sarah, Thank you. You say all the right things! 😇
nice job you may want to put down geotec fabric before you gravel on a new road it works really well the part i put that under has not had gravel added to it in 20 years. it was high then. you can never get a job with highway dept. you did a weeks work in less than a day. take care, be safe and well.
Geotec fabric is crazy expensive now. I think we will be good with our clay base. I may use some fabric at the back of our property. It is lower and a little wet at times.
@@TonysTractorAdventure i am sure it has i have not got any in 20 years. some body said gravel has double in price to every thing is going up. take care, be safe and well.
Hey Chief, you do make it look easy. No experience here, but you are a good instructor IMO. You learn road building in the Army, or on the farm?
My dad built roads and oil rig pads down in Texas a few years. I learned a lot from going to work with him. We built farm roads too.
@@TonysTractorAdventure Dad’s can teach so much, if you can listen. Mine passed 52 years ago, right after my 2nd tour. I miss him and all that he could have taught me. Enjoy each day and thanks for your posts.
My dad Passed a few years ago. He would have been right in the middle of this if he was here. I can hear him in my head. "Son, you have think about where the water is going to go."
Thanks for the nice video! Do you constantly have to adjust the height of the rear blade as you're moving along? Or do you just leave it all the way down and let it decide what to do?
It drags for the most part. I still have to adjust as needed. It is an easy skill to learn.
@@TonysTractorAdventure I never used either a box blade or a scraper blade. I'm a professional Backhoe/Crane Operator for 39 years now but I would definitely have to learn that box blade/ scraper blade skill. Everything takes time and patience.
To build a road I’d use a skid steer on tracks
That's not going to happen around here. They cost to much for a home owner!
You said several times that the road surface should have a crown, but you never did say why that is important (i.e. so water will drain to the sides and not stand in the middle of the road). I guess most people know that, but some may not. 👍
You make a good point. Many people are moving out to a farm from the city looking for a simple life. They are starting from scratch.
Tony with a tractor you are doing a nice Job you should use a dozer but you are using what do you have 👍
Thank you. I love doing this stuff.
I dig out 16" of dirt then spread out 10" of 1x3 crushed concrete then spread 6" of 22A limestone on top of that. Personally I think it's the best way to do it holds up very well even to a loaded semi a few times a year. Incase you get deliveries from big trucks sometimes.
We don't need that around here. In the dead of wet winter, the gravel trucks back up on the bare ground to dump. They barely sink two or three inches weighing in over 65,000 pounds. Where you live makes a big difference. I will have to do more in the wet areas at the bottom of the property.
@@TonysTractorAdventure yeah I commented at the beginning before I saw what you were doing. That would be overkill for you
I have seen the need. I probably will use the fabric at the backside of our property. It is wet and lower.
@@TonysTractorAdventure yeah Iam up in Michigan and spring and fall are really bad.
Looking at removing the lawnmower and adding a blade using the lift cable already there. Any suggestion?
Not really, You will have to get creative.
I'm about to repair my 1400ft hardpack driveway with a similar tractor (kioti 2520) and 6ft tsc blade. Right now its mud season and as the frost melts I'm really sinking near the edges. I've got the loader on. Do you think it I'll get better results if I leave it on or detach it?
The loader will get you better traction. I looked at the 2520. Nice tractor. Load your tires if you have not done it. It helps.
Nice blade. Who makes it? My ground is rocky clay and I wonder if a blade would work.
I don't think it would work. I have bent this blade too.
Great mic.
Thank you. It seems to work very well
I'd built it with my 450 dozer then mantince with tractor and box blade.
I would love a dozer, but it would cost more than it is worth for me. I still want one.
Any issues with your 474 yet? I have 60 hours on mine so far and no issues besides the H M L gear switching being a little stubborn at times but maybe that will wear in over time and get smoother over time. Keep up the great videos!
Not one issue. It is rock solid and sips fuel. The H M L will not get easier due to the kind of gears they use. They will last for 50 years. The next time you shift, take your foot off the brake. Tap the peddle to go back and forth while applying pressure to the rage lever. It will fall right in like hot butter.
@@TonysTractorAdventure Were you using mid-range in your video?
The T25 only has L and H. It is geared about perfectly.
@@TonysTractorAdventure good to know! I’m going to go try it today
I may have used a box blade with all the times to break up the hard places, but other than that you look like you know what you’re doing
I try not to break up anything. Any spot broken up will be a weak spot in the road. For me, it is better to cut off what I don't need and leaving the base intact.
@@TonysTractorAdventure Damn good point!
Hello Friends, do you think a box blade could be an effective tool for prepping the driveway?
Yes I do. A box blade is very versatile.
Tony, I would sit back in a lawn chair with a 12 pack and let someone else build it...:-)
That is one way!
If you find that you need more traction just mount your bucket and fill it with dirt and keep it low to the ground.
I use that technique going up hills grading. We have the tires loaded, so it does pretty well. The tractor weighs in at just over 3000 pounds the way it sits.
I would have done it exactly the same way! In fact, I am picking up a new T264 tomorrow afternoon. I live on 4 acres and have never had what I really needed to maintain about 600' of frontage and after 10 years of a 1200 lb ZTR mowing it there are ruts in it so bad I could let it drive itself. I would also like to knock it down and take some of the steepness out too. What is Gizmo? He's a handsome fella and I need a new dog too. I had to bury my best friend back in January :o(
Congratulations on the new tractor. Gizmo is a Husky / Border Collie mix. He is one of a kind. Very smart and loves the farm.
im paying 36 per ton just for gravel in sc it went from 9 per ton must be a shortage of gravel just trying to compare prices if any one has recently done a driveway
There is plenty of gravel, but the cost of fuel for the trucks has more than doubled. Tire prices have doubled. I bought a 22 ton load of Rip Rap last month. $736! I paid $380 for the same load in 2020.
I suggest you lengthen your top lick too to cut better,
How would I build a road? Well, I’d hire you to do it lol.
Thank you my friend
I would hire somebody to do it for me
No fun in that. I love the journey. For us, it is not work. It is just what we are doing together today.
I would hire you to build my road
I assume a farm road. grade off the top surface, level, then apply hoggin about 16 inches deep, , roll to a slight angle to a ditch, then compact.
Different soil conditions required different measures. We have it easy with heavy clay a few inches down.
That blade looks like it's to light duty even for that tractor. You can see it flex back and forth.
I am glad you got something constructive out of the video.
You need to slow your tractor down, you'll get better performance out that blade. It will cut better an more controllable.
Thank you for your advice. The road is doing great.