Sounds like a good price on the roller. I paid 25k for my Volvo. May have seen it in some of my videos. And you definitely would use it a lot more than you think, since you have it. Mine has the pad foot shell you can take off to have a smooth drum. I feel like it is well worth the investment. My two cents anyway...
Nice I have seen yours it looks like a nice roller and that’s what I figured is I would use it more than what I think I will. Appreciate the comment man
Hey, if using the ex-ca-dozer saves hauling in multiple pieces of equipment, and gets the job done, it's a winner. I was just joking because when I was looking at an excavator to rent a few years ago, putting in water lines, and asked about an "angled blade" the guy gave me a lecture on how the blade was a stabilizer, and wasn't for pushing, or even backfilling with. (So I rented a ride on trencher at another outfit, with an angled blade, because I didn't feel like spending all day with a loader going back and forth, or using a shovel on a few thousand feet of trench.) And, for the additional jobs, that's the problem with doing good work, you get more work!
Clean the bucket out. Only take a minute or too. I got too tell you about everything B !!!! You could get 2 or 3 more 4s in it !!!!!!! Lol Doing great big guy......
Good size project Brandon👍 Good job and yes, over kill but that’s the way good contractors do things Like you said Treat every job like your working on your own property That’s the way I do things Job well done 👍
Cool video Brandon! So does the geo-grid with rock on stop of it essentially work like fabric by stopping the rock from premeditating into the soft soil ?
The builder is probably having a hard time finding anyone who will work. He sees you doing this short notice project as an opportunity to actually find a company that will show up.
@@eliteearthworksllc. In the past year, we have only been able to retain 2 out of 8 employees we have hired for our lab. Most of them have only lasted a few weeks. Our work is detail orientated and it's almost impossible to find anyone who can keep their concentration going for more than a few hours. These are young people with college degrees I'm talking about.
We have similar dirt like that at my house. I think the soil scientist called it expansive clay. It won't perk and when it's wet, it's like walking on bubblegum. When it's dry, it's hard as concrete. The geo-fabric and rip rap should solve the problem though. Great job.
Great video showing the geo-grid. I too have always just used the geo-fabric and have wondered about using the grid to bridge bad ground. So, I definitely will be using that now after this video. Great job and thanks for the info on using it...
Thank you! It seemed to work really well. You just want to use bigger rock over it because the smaller stuff will fall through it and work the geogrid up. Appreciate you watching man
That clay layer looked like a nasty sticky wet clay. The Excav-Dozer works great. It even has three tools attached. A blade on the back of the bucket, the bucket itself, and the blade on the front of the machine. All of which were moving more stone than the bucket on the skip loader. Another nice job.
I was thinking the whole time… spinning a track on that stuff would rip it to shreds! A set of replacement pads on your dads new loader would eat pretty deep into any profit you made. The toughness and tensile strength of the expanded poly far exceeds regular geo-grid. It is reinforced with linear high density strands that are not brittle, even when frozen. You can barely cut it with a sharp knife. A pair of metal shears is what we used in the test lab. The nubs that stick up at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical strands actually create pressure points that lock it into place. It won’t allow the stones to move even if they are too large to penetrate the grid. That will knit the stones and they’ll all have to sink before the first one does. We tested hundreds of types of fabrics in our lab… woven, bonded, coated, oriented strand, random fiber… none beat the expanded HDPE (High Density Poly Ethylene) for durability, resistance to abrasion and strength. Good choice! Look… a much thinner and lighter version of this grid is used on a mattress. It is between the top of the wire springs and the foam padding above. It’s job is to span the openings between the wires and keep it from being abraded or from being forced into the openings (called pocketing). It has to be able to do that for 20 years with people sitting, crawling, etc all over it for 8 hours each night. Before it’s invention there were no 20 year warranties on mattresses! Sorry for getting way over yonder out in the weeds… but, I wanted to assure you that you picked the right stuff. Too bad you can’t stockpile that clay. There’s a bunch of dry ponds around that you could sell it to this summer! #Exca-dozer for the win!!
Awesome! That’s great info I appreciate you sharing. I don’t know much about the stuff so this is really good information to have. It seems like strong stuff much stronger than the fabric at least with the 6” rock on it. Thanks again!
@@eliteearthworksllc you’re welcome… sometimes those days of old come in handy! Thanks for the engine pics. I hope he paints it soon or it’ll be rust red!
@@eliteearthworksllc it isn’t the right choice when you are trying to stop mud leaching up through finer gravel… like 2” base rock. That is best left to the mat type fabrics. 👍
5 ⭐ video as always, as far as your loving wife Mrs. Elite earthworks you just have to get her something nice and just maybe you can get the fecon mulcher for 2150 praying for yah 🙏🙏🙏💯 catch yah on the next one God bless yah from Gaffney South Carolina viewer
Nice work!👍🏻 Looks like the 2150 has been a real asset to you, I can't imagine anything negative about the beast except for the payment.🤣 Hey will the new Spectra calculate slope or is that more dependent on the laser itself???
Nice pick up between gigs mate and potentially more work, win win. That Bomag roller sounds like a great deal, they are a strong machine and Internationally renowned brand, Ive seen them working all around the World. If you can gain 50% equity out of it after a one month job, heck go for it, you will always find an excuse NOT to buy some equipment, but heck I see that thing paying for its self in 12 months, you also have undercover parking at your shop which will help extend its life. I hated to hire any equipment, do the math and think it through. Stay safe.
That was pretty impressive for how much dirt you moved in a short time. And that geogrid looks like it worked perfectly. We must be learning something from watching you because just as you were starting to spread the rip-rap with the loader, my son said that he wondered if the 2150 wouldn't be better what with it's blade, etc. - and then you did just that, LOL!
One thing about job sites is that things are always changing and one’s ability to roll with the punches makes for a busy day and contractors don’t forget your efforts to make things work out, which makes your company #1 on the go to list. Thanks for the ride along sir.
Builder is mistaken IMO... grid is for horizontal slope stabilization like you said. A high tensile woven geo-textile fabric is the right product. Meaning it provides true separation, strength, and filtration vs. the grid. Existing soil is going to "eat" the grid over time. I would lay down a layer of woven over the quarry spalls, then place/compact your CSBC. This is what I have seen in most sectional cuts when design calls for grid first. Really nice job, gonna be bombproof done right the first time!
Very nice sized job here!! Great for the 2150. That was a mistake on top of a mistake there! I really don’t think you are going overkill. With the frost we get here we would have gone 30-36” down, maybe more depending on how much clay and how heavy of equipment was going to be going over it. Good call on your behalf! We preferred GeoGrid vs fabric. I have no expertise, as you know, but we seemed to have better luck with it. If that packer is not going to become a money pit, you might be silly not to get it. Only you and your dad can know if it looks good enough. That one Chris keeps renting off of Jason seems to work quite well and I think it’s got more hours on it! Not positive though. They seem simple enough mechanically. If it pays for half of itself on one month long job there no reason to believe it won’t pay for itself and start generating greater revenue per job it is needed on, than you were making prior to owning it. You can still cost it similar as if you had to rent a machine as you still have wear and tear on the machine,,, it won’t last forever,,, hahaha. As explained here,,,, I would take a chance. If you were looking at $50 or 60K, it’s a different story as that means months of payments. If you cost your jobs as if there was a rental machine, set those funds aside to clear the cost of the machine with each job you use it on (sometimes easier said than done, I know) you will definitely have it paid for in 6 months to a year, quite possibly sooner. You know your $$ vs needs. Only you and your dad can decide for sure of course. It may open up a new job type you can start bidding on vs before having it. You will definitely get some jobs done faster with it vs without, the trucks are doing the work, but they just aren’t generating the lbs per square foot a sheeps foot will. It likely has the vibration function as well?? Please accept, I’m just brainstorming and everything I said might just be crap in your circumstances. I respect that and like I said,,,, I’m only brainstorming. I would never want you to take it as advice,,, Now if you ever go into Cattle,,,, I can definitely Ofer advice on that!! 😂😂. Think Mrs Elite would want to live on a feedlot?? 😂😂😂
I totally agree. I always feeling like renting equipment is a waste of money but sometimes it’s necessary. Your right if we can make half the cost in this one job it’s a no brainer. Then if it’s not used on every job we won’t be losing money on it. I feel we are getting jobs where a roller will be needed much more and will help us be more efficient in compacting the driveways and pads we are getting. Appreciate you watching
Sounds like a good price on the roller. I paid 25k for my Volvo. May have seen it in some of my videos. And you definitely would use it a lot more than you think, since you have it. Mine has the pad foot shell you can take off to have a smooth drum. I feel like it is well worth the investment. My two cents anyway...
Nice I have seen yours it looks like a nice roller and that’s what I figured is I would use it more than what I think I will. Appreciate the comment man
Looks like 410 or 620 riprap, sturdy base for what you got going on.
Yes it’s a 4”-6” mix. Thank you
@@eliteearthworksllc i unload limestone here in MS our quarry produces probably 30 different variants of material all the way up to 3,000lb riprap.
Great video. You have one of the few channels where I feel like I learn something every video
Thanks man! I appreciate that!
Great job! You guys made quick work of that! Thank you for sharing the video with us!
Thank you! Yeah this excavator has made me so much more efficient. Appreciate you watching
@@eliteearthworksllc your welcome Brandon and I agree!
No such thing as overkill, just being cautious!! 🤣
That’s right 😁
Yikes, looks-sounds to me like a bentonite type of “stuff”… aka cat litter…
That’s exactly what it is
Frank ratted me out Brandon, so say goodbye to my little Frankie LOL
🤣🤣 I saw that!
Looks good brother
Thanks man
Hey, if using the ex-ca-dozer saves hauling in multiple pieces of equipment, and gets the job done, it's a winner. I was just joking because when I was looking at an excavator to rent a few years ago, putting in water lines, and asked about an "angled blade" the guy gave me a lecture on how the blade was a stabilizer, and wasn't for pushing, or even backfilling with. (So I rented a ride on trencher at another outfit, with an angled blade, because I didn't feel like spending all day with a loader going back and forth, or using a shovel on a few thousand feet of trench.) And, for the additional jobs, that's the problem with doing good work, you get more work!
I agree! It’s definitely a great machine for me. Well I guess it can be for stabilizing I use it to push all the time 🤣. Appreciate you watching
Clean the bucket out. Only take a minute or too. I got too tell you about everything B !!!! You could get 2 or 3 more 4s in it !!!!!!! Lol
Doing great big guy......
🤣🤣 that mud was stuck in there something fierce
Good size project Brandon👍
Good job and yes, over kill but that’s the way good contractors do things
Like you said Treat every job like your working on your own property
That’s the way I do things
Job well done 👍
Thank you! I agree I’ve never had anyone complain their driveway held up too well 🤣. Appreciate you watching
Good morning, enjoy the videos, what is the name of the geogrid you used on this project? I live in Bella Vista, thank you
Thank you! I’m not sure on the name everyone here just calls it geogrid. Cool my in laws are in Bella Vista.
Tell dad to get off phone and stop playing video games and get to work. Lol
🤣🤣 no kidding
Cool video Brandon! So does the geo-grid with rock on stop of it essentially work like fabric by stopping the rock from premeditating into the soft soil ?
Yes allows the rock to bridge over the soft soils
Nice work 👍 That stuff you put on the ground Looks like netting Is it cheaper than the fabric.😎
Thank you! I think it’s pretty close to the same price. It’s tougher to cut cause it’s more of a fiber stuff
Great video. The clay here at my place in the PNW is thick and sticky. Can't even get it out of the bucket most times. Good luck with the roller!
Thank you! Yeah it’s some sticky stuff. Appreciate you watching
You got quick coupler man flip that bucket around to spread that rock!
Good point 😁
I thought the driveway was a big fill project, wow.
Lol nope just a redo of someone else handy work
Looking good.
Thank you!
Wow that thing is quite
Yes it’s an extremely quiet machine.
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The builder is probably having a hard time finding anyone who will work. He sees you doing this short notice project as an opportunity to actually find a company that will show up.
That is probably true. It’s getting tough to find anyone to work
@@eliteearthworksllc. In the past year, we have only been able to retain 2 out of 8 employees we have hired for our lab. Most of them have only lasted a few weeks. Our work is detail orientated and it's almost impossible to find anyone who can keep their concentration going for more than a few hours. These are young people with college degrees I'm talking about.
@@larrykeenan598 man that’s a shame too there is so much work out there right now
Great job!!
Thank you!
We have similar dirt like that at my house. I think the soil scientist called it expansive clay. It won't perk and when it's wet, it's like walking on bubblegum. When it's dry, it's hard as concrete. The geo-fabric and rip rap should solve the problem though. Great job.
That’s exactly what this stuff does. Even when it’s concrete if you dig down a foot it’s still mud. Weird stuff. Appreciate you watching
Looking good!
Thanks man
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Great video showing the geo-grid. I too have always just used the geo-fabric and have wondered about using the grid to bridge bad ground. So, I definitely will be using that now after this video. Great job and thanks for the info on using it...
Thank you! It seemed to work really well. You just want to use bigger rock over it because the smaller stuff will fall through it and work the geogrid up. Appreciate you watching man
That clay layer looked like a nasty sticky wet clay. The Excav-Dozer works great. It even has three tools attached. A blade on the back of the bucket, the bucket itself, and the blade on the front of the machine. All of which were moving more stone than the bucket on the skip loader. Another nice job.
It’s a handy machine for sure. I really like it. Appreciate you watching
This is the BEST sounding material you can use. Rip Rap sounds so good working it with the equipment, grading out.... I love this video!
I like the rip rap too!
@@eliteearthworksllcAnothef video that I enjoyed, especially the Rip Rqp usage!
I was thinking the whole time… spinning a track on that stuff would rip it to shreds! A set of replacement pads on your dads new loader would eat pretty deep into any profit you made.
The toughness and tensile strength of the expanded poly far exceeds regular geo-grid. It is reinforced with linear high density strands that are not brittle, even when frozen. You can barely cut it with a sharp knife. A pair of metal shears is what we used in the test lab.
The nubs that stick up at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical strands actually create pressure points that lock it into place. It won’t allow the stones to move even if they are too large to penetrate the grid. That will knit the stones and they’ll all have to sink before the first one does.
We tested hundreds of types of fabrics in our lab… woven, bonded, coated, oriented strand, random fiber… none beat the expanded HDPE (High Density Poly Ethylene) for durability, resistance to abrasion and strength. Good choice!
Look… a much thinner and lighter version of this grid is used on a mattress. It is between the top of the wire springs and the foam padding above. It’s job is to span the openings between the wires and keep it from being abraded or from being forced into the openings (called pocketing). It has to be able to do that for 20 years with people sitting, crawling, etc all over it for 8 hours each night. Before it’s invention there were no 20 year warranties on mattresses!
Sorry for getting way over yonder out in the weeds… but, I wanted to assure you that you picked the right stuff.
Too bad you can’t stockpile that clay. There’s a bunch of dry ponds around that you could sell it to this summer!
#Exca-dozer for the win!!
Awesome! That’s great info I appreciate you sharing. I don’t know much about the stuff so this is really good information to have. It seems like strong stuff much stronger than the fabric at least with the 6” rock on it. Thanks again!
@@eliteearthworksllc you’re welcome… sometimes those days of old come in handy!
Thanks for the engine pics. I hope he paints it soon or it’ll be rust red!
@@eliteearthworksllc it isn’t the right choice when you are trying to stop mud leaching up through finer gravel… like 2” base rock. That is best left to the mat type fabrics. 👍
5 ⭐ video as always, as far as your loving wife Mrs. Elite earthworks you just have to get her something nice and just maybe you can get the fecon mulcher for 2150 praying for yah 🙏🙏🙏💯 catch yah on the next one God bless yah from Gaffney South Carolina viewer
Thanks man! That’s a good idea I’ll have to get her something really nice 😁 Appreciate you watching
Nice work!👍🏻 Looks like the 2150 has been a real asset to you, I can't imagine anything negative about the beast except for the payment.🤣 Hey will the new Spectra calculate slope or is that more dependent on the laser itself???
Thank you! It has been a great asset! Very glad I got it. Yes it will work off the slope on the laser. Appreciate you watching
Nice pick up between gigs mate and potentially more work, win win. That Bomag roller sounds like a great deal, they are a strong machine and Internationally renowned brand, Ive seen them working all around the World. If you can gain 50% equity out of it after a one month job, heck go for it, you will always find an excuse NOT to buy some equipment, but heck I see that thing paying for its self in 12 months, you also have undercover parking at your shop which will help extend its life. I hated to hire any equipment, do the math and think it through. Stay safe.
Thank you! That’s exactly how I see it. Be a good investment. I definitely hate renting stuff. Appreciate you watching
Cost of the inflation and current administration wrecking our country. Great work Brandon best wishes for your future.
Yes they are. It’s so sad Thanks man appreciate you watching
That was pretty impressive for how much dirt you moved in a short time. And that geogrid looks like it worked perfectly. We must be learning something from watching you because just as you were starting to spread the rip-rap with the loader, my son said that he wondered if the 2150 wouldn't be better what with it's blade, etc. - and then you did just that, LOL!
Lol that’s awesome and he is right. It works much better than the 8 👍🏻 appreciate you guys watching
One thing about job sites is that things are always changing and one’s ability to roll with the punches makes for a busy day and contractors don’t forget your efforts to make things work out, which makes your company #1 on the go to list. Thanks for the ride along sir.
That’s for sure. They are always changing lol! Thank you! Appreciate you watching
Looking a lot better than when you started on it. Good job.👍👍
Thank you! Yeah it was a mud hole then
Builder is mistaken IMO... grid is for horizontal slope stabilization like you said. A high tensile woven geo-textile fabric is the right product. Meaning it provides true separation, strength, and filtration vs. the grid. Existing soil is going to "eat" the grid over time. I would lay down a layer of woven over the quarry spalls, then place/compact your CSBC. This is what I have seen in most sectional cuts when design calls for grid first. Really nice job, gonna be bombproof done right the first time!
That makes sense, I thought it was a bit odd here vs the fabric. Good to know I appreciate the info. Thank you! Hopefully it holds up to the traffic
@@eliteearthworksllc Hell ya it will! Just giving my, "I know everything, key board warrior 2 cents opinion" 😜🙄
@@alsaku33 🤣🤣 I appreciate it cause I’m still learning on this fabric stuff
Very nice sized job here!! Great for the 2150. That was a mistake on top of a mistake there! I really don’t think you are going overkill. With the frost we get here we would have gone 30-36” down, maybe more depending on how much clay and how heavy of equipment was going to be going over it. Good call on your behalf! We preferred GeoGrid vs fabric. I have no expertise, as you know, but we seemed to have better luck with it.
If that packer is not going to become a money pit, you might be silly not to get it. Only you and your dad can know if it looks good enough. That one Chris keeps renting off of Jason seems to work quite well and I think it’s got more hours on it! Not positive though. They seem simple enough mechanically. If it pays for half of itself on one month long job there no reason to believe it won’t pay for itself and start generating greater revenue per job it is needed on, than you were making prior to owning it. You can still cost it similar as if you had to rent a machine as you still have wear and tear on the machine,,, it won’t last forever,,, hahaha. As explained here,,,, I would take a chance. If you were looking at $50 or 60K, it’s a different story as that means months of payments. If you cost your jobs as if there was a rental machine, set those funds aside to clear the cost of the machine with each job you use it on (sometimes easier said than done, I know) you will definitely have it paid for in 6 months to a year, quite possibly sooner. You know your $$ vs needs. Only you and your dad can decide for sure of course. It may open up a new job type you can start bidding on vs before having it. You will definitely get some jobs done faster with it vs without, the trucks are doing the work, but they just aren’t generating the lbs per square foot a sheeps foot will. It likely has the vibration function as well??
Please accept, I’m just brainstorming and everything I said might just be crap in your circumstances. I respect that and like I said,,,, I’m only brainstorming. I would never want you to take it as advice,,, Now if you ever go into Cattle,,,, I can definitely Ofer advice on that!! 😂😂. Think Mrs Elite would want to live on a feedlot?? 😂😂😂
I totally agree. I always feeling like renting equipment is a waste of money but sometimes it’s necessary. Your right if we can make half the cost in this one job it’s a no brainer. Then if it’s not used on every job we won’t be losing money on it. I feel we are getting jobs where a roller will be needed much more and will help us be more efficient in compacting the driveways and pads we are getting. Appreciate you watching