How to get Good Compaction with Small Equipment!
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Today we use the harbor freight plate compactor and the Kubota BX 23S Subcompact Tractor to place fill and compact to prepare for a concrete patio. I mixed different types of soil and stone with varying moisture content to get good compaction.
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Everything starting to shape up specially with Ty on job that little bit of moisture in the shale and gravel will pack tight and help keep concrete from cracking
Melissa now that you had your first experience when it was hard to do this second time was breeze specially with even ground it made it even easier for you to appreciate it better cool little machine Mike you are right about what for concrete if you don't have a good foundation your concrete will crack and even sink at different places have a day you guys keep the good work
Mike you operate the bucket like a salt shaker! Very impressive!
Good to see Ty. Mike, I see you and have one thing in common, we always get the last word when having a discussionment with our wife's...."You're right honey". Lol. Have a great day.
Ha, Ha !!
I’m thinking Melissa’s not thinking the $650 for the compactor was that “great” of a spend!😂!!! Looking great guys!
Melissa would rather have a new oven, I'm fairly sure...
Ya she nailed him on it, and then smiled the rest of the way through the video
Good morning once again Mike and Melissa hope your having a great day God Bless from Joel in Pilot Knob,Mo
I know you will but when you pour your concrete be sure and put plastic up to protect the walls from splatters!
Believe it or not, we use plate compactors for small asphalt patches in the streets. Works excellent with some diesel lubrication!
Handled like a real pro, Mike !! I think you've done this before !! Ha !!
The Handel needs to be longer on that compactor!
No kidding. Sore back waiting to happen
You need to get a hand tamper (the plate on a stick) and let Melissa use it for a day. Then maybe she won't moan so much.
Ahhh nothing like a nice seat, good drinks and cold french fries to watch people work Lolo
LOL! Seems like there is no love lost between Melissa and the plate compactor. I imagine she doesn’t like it all that much but I am sure she realizes the value of buying it rather than renting. It will all wash out in the end. And I can think of dozens of uses for it after the building is done (concrete around the pool, sidewalks, compacting the backfill on the retaining wall(s) and many more uses). Short money and a real time saver.
Stone on the front looks great.
Ty's gonna need a Kubota of his own. Toys don't count.
Have a day
French fries? That’s crinkle cut chips lol
It would be nice if you showed us your hands as you work the machines. Maybe show what you are doing then show what you did with the controls.
Why not have a skid steer?
Looks like the compactor does a good job, but it looks like the ergonomics are horrible. Melissa has to bend over, probably killing her back. There must be some way to make the handle longer so you can stand up better. Love the videos - highlight of my every day.
My 8 year old son just came in the room and saw what I was watching and said, "You're watching Gravel Mike again?!" LOL
Gravel Mike....hahaha that's awesome. My boy used to call him "the saw guy".
Mike the weekend warrior ;)
Mike's always promoting and using #2 gravel for most of his projects !! Must be good stuff !!
I’m ready to see some concrete getting poured. 😎👍
Me too, Mike !!
Yuuup !! When are you going to pour concrete, Mike ? That's gonna be a BIG job, buddy !!
If Melissa is complaining about the plate compactor around the water tank, she doesn't want to operate a jumping jack compactor.
Tee Hee !!
Why are handles for operator controlled equipment all designed for operators that are 4' 2" tall? My back is screaming just from watching the 2 of you bent over to operate the compactor.
Designed and built in a country where average height is 5'0"???
Friends, Let’s get together and excuse Melissa from having to write “thank you" notes for all of the license plates. She’s got plenty to do being the Mother of the Bride and all the details that go with it. I hate to think of her staying up to the wee hours trying to say thanks in hundreds of different ways. This should not cause such a huge project for her. We have been thanked multiple times on both Mike's and Melissa’s channels. If you agree, please make a comment to Mike or Melissa on either of their channels. Thanks.
I agree - there's no need to reply to each and every one of those plates !! Just thank everyone on this website !! That'll be good enough, I think !!
I agree....they’ve thanked us numerous times already!
Mike, you're smart, why don't you fix up a set of removable wheels for your compactor, so you can move it around like a hand cart.
I have one of those compactors and recommend you make the handle longer Its a lot easier to use.The bending over walking and pulling on that thing is hard on the back
Looking Great! Good Job Mike!!
Your Exactly Right Mike Concrete and Asphalt is Only as Good As The underlying Base , They Don't Hold Up Alone. Must Have a Good Base Working Together With Either Concrete or Asphalt !! 👍👊
Are you going to do the stone work around the column's, I think that would complete the area well. That stone look you went for there just looks so damn good.
Nice work team. You’ve got some sweat equity invested in that building. It’s gonna be awesome.
Hey Mike, hi from New South Wales, Australia.
Do you have a video where you go through how to set up and use the box blade to do such a fantastic job of levelling out that fill? You make it look so easy. I was trying to see the angles you use when pushing the fill out.
Mike and Melissa, You might want to consider running the radiant heater in the porch slab. You could set it for 32 degrees and keep snow and ice off it. I wish I had done that to mine.
It's under a roof. Don't know that snow and ice will really accumulate there.
@@MuhaloTube Good point !!
Between 80-100 bucks a day to rent one up here in central NH. Def. Smart purchase for the amount out work you need to get done.
Good morning Mike, Melissa and Ty !! Got that area packed in and looking good, You did a great job with the compactor Melissa, like everything else, takes more practice and you’ll enjoy it more. Ty sure was patient watching you two working. Thanks for sharing with us, Fred.👏🏻👏🏻👋👋🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍
You guys are motivators! Watching the both of you work encourages me to do more! Work and accomplishment gives us value in life.
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Typical supervisor ...... sitting around eating while everyone else works. Sheeeeesh!!
Love the way grandma and grandpa are teaching the grandson about everything . Hands on involvement is wonderful to watch .
Great job. You are definitely doing things the right way
The BX 24 sure sounds like it has lots more hydraulic noise than the RK 24.
Curious about your finished height. I am assuming the door threshold is sitting on finished height, that is the interior slab will not really step down (or up.) Looking at my house here in Texas, all of may patio areas and walks are about four inches below the finished height of the interior slab, so maybe 5" below top of threshold allowing for an inch under the door. Just how high do you plan to poor the concrete on the outside? Actually in some areas where there is no hardscape outside, the finished landscape grade is often 8 - 10 " below the height of the slab.
Ty on the tractor, the life long romance beings 👍
I'm surprised Mike didn't burry some conduit for power to the pool pump when it finally arrives.
Oh-oh! Not to late
Mike, great job as usual. Ty was a very good supervisor but I’m sad to see Hunter dismissed from his duties. Don’t let Ty into the laundry room! Hunter is master of the laundry domain. Melissa is becoming an expert on vibratory compaction.
Maybe I missed it, but shouldn't you have compacted every 5 - 7 inches?
Very enjoyable progress of your project The land plane is my favourite its brilliant how it just does the job
Can’t get over ty he’s just a fabulous little guy He loves you two so much
That plate compactor fits Melissa's hands really well! Anticipation building to the concrete pour!!! GO! GO!! GO!!!!!
You guys gotta be the hardest working RUclips family on the platform. Surely there’s an award for this. Change my mind!
Lmmfao ! 😆
@John Apostoli actually I did, I’m only a few hours away.
Hey, I've not seen the inside of building in a long while, how's the floor looking?👍🚜😁
Y'all need to contact Kubota to see about them putting a Grandson Supervisor seat on those Kubota's you have there. You would never get him out of that seat(until he was ready to take the big seat)
Ha Ha !!
So glad to see the progress . Please wrap the building with plastic before you pour the concrete . It may save you a lot of clean up . I'm looking forward for more videos . Keep up the good work .
I really enjoy your videos. They help me tremendously with managing and modifying the forty acres that I live on. I've lost count of the times you've saved me from making mistakes and learning the hard way! Thanks again for putting out such an entertaining and informative series.
Love how Archie is patrolling the gravel for hidden sticks!
I bought the HF plate compactor for my retaining wall project because (like u said), a rental was around $75/day. Duh! Lol. I then sold it after the project was complete for $400. Again, like you said... “money well spent,” and it worked great and ran great.
👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🗽🙏🏻 Enjoyed! Better get Ty up on your lap, on the tractor, and let him have a drive!
You should do a lot more talking , I love it, you do good work👌😍😜👍❤️🤩👐👍👍👍👍!!!!!!
Mike I'm sensing Melissa doesn't care for that compactor..?? 😋😋😋 Sell it after you're done then buy her some pool furniture. Win/win. Tell Hunter we said hello.
It looks to me like that plate compactor could use a handle about ten inches LONGER. Looks uncomfortable to be HUNCHED over like you were.
And a question for Melissa, "How do you keep sawdust, chips, rocks, etc. from getting down into your boots when worn outside your jeans like you do?
I would have enough rock in my boots to fill around those posts if I wore mine like that!
Watching another BX23s after I just got done spending a couple hours on my BX23s moving dirt and tilling.... Somethings wrong :) They are a great excuse to change the landscape!
That grandson loves to watch Gramp run the equipment, he’s a cute one
Just spoke with my local Kubota dealer about purchasing a BX, he said I'll be waiting till mid to late August, hmm. Well dang. Oh well, I'll be ordering one next month, a BX2680 with the loader, skidsteer coupler, pallet forks, 60" mower deck, box blade, and roto-tiller, his rough estimate was $24k. Hope that's kind of in a good ballpark range. We shall see how things play out in the next few months, hopefully I can get it before winter so I have time to learn how to use the thing before winter sets in. I'm going to see how things go, and possibly pickup a front blade for it for plowing snow, or possibly picking up the front snow blower, who knows may end up with both, you can never have too many toys.
I only have an acre, and eventually plan on finishing the floor in my shop so the BX would be a great fit to get in and out of the shop if needed. I'll have to move my table saw, and other tools around in there when I do the flooring, so the pallet forks will get used a lot, and probably for more than I think.
Crazy $100 per day rental at HomeDepot for the 20". Buy it sell it for sure. 1/4" slope per foot of concrete. Ty the site foreman. I did this with my son. Get him used to hearing protection.
Yep, you can tell ol' Mike is a pro "Bucket Jiggler" from way back! Not someone that would fall within my definition of "Petite" and yet he wasn't even leaving a heel mark after one pass with that plate tamper! Pretty amazing how well it compacted that 2b in one pass.
How's you back feeling after using that plate compactor? You were both pretty stooped over using it. Maybe the handle should be a little longer. Love you channel, keep up the good work.
Now, I know why you got a metal building: you had to have something to stick your magnetic camera mounts to... Ha! :-)
Expensive to hire tools over there. That would be £50 a week over here 🏴
We use builders sand. It is a mixture of clay and sand and it is compacted into rock like and then you pick out the runs for pipes and beams then set up the outside forms and call cement trucks. I put 95 cement trucks into this foundation. On top of 105 semi loads of Sand/clay mix for bulldozer and compactor. Foundation first then house. Maybe up north you need to thaw out the ground first :-) Just teasing.
Mike…you broke the golden rule of MEN. You told Melissa she was right. lol I actually wish my wife would help me half as much as Melissa helps you. You got a keeper!
MIKE, really, just give Melissa the new 22 Mag and a steak dinner and call it even on the plate compactor!(Maybe not ?) LOL
Why don't you look into a longer handle for the compactor,
It would be better on your backs, just saying.
I'm with Melissa on this one. I used to occasionally run a plate compactor at work and unless conditions were perfect, it was a real pain in the butt. Going up the slightest of inclines... ugghhhhhh!!
Sounds like Melissa just found out how much that compactor cost. On the other hand, I doubt she’ll remember the conversation after she gets her pool.
5 inchs of concrete ? Way over kill for a patio. They put garage floors in around here at 3.5 inchs
My shop is 5.5 inchs and I work on farm machinery in there
Plenty of room inside the building for an indoor target range. YES SIR‼️‼️. Vinny 🇺🇸
Love the videos with you both working together Mike and Melissa 🇺🇲
Mike you could get Melissa one of the wacky packers (stand up jumper packers) and she will be glad to go back to the lawn mower packer. This isn’t a complain is just having fun. Melissa we love you.
With rentals, nowadays, if you're going to use small equipment for a week or more, buy it. One of the biggest frustrations of small equipment rental is getting it to the job site, and having it break down because of poor maintenance. The "buy it, use it, sell it" option makes a lot of sense, when storage is at a premium, too, and another reason not to bother renting.
Is there a way to modify that compactor so the handle is taller? Melissa has to bend over slightly, but I noticed you really bend over a lot. That would make my back hurt after a while.
We have been dealing with the rain we had about 5 inches last week and it’s been raining the last two days and it supposed to rain again tonight and tomorrow yard flooded as usual in Louisiana. Melisa would have really had fun with a jumping jack compactor around the tank
You won't get good compaction if the layers you want to compact are more than 6 inches, as you will get settlement occurring. Not sure I would have used that shale as a sub base either as shale can be susceptible to expansion especially if it contains high levels of sulphates.
Love watching your tractor work but as good as you operate the bucket the plate compactor is not necessary. They tamp granular material nicely. But they don’t necessarily achieve great compaction. It would be a good video to see you and your tractor go up against a plate compactor and then take density tests on both granular material and more sandy clay native stuff.
I think you said that you were going to use fiber mesh in the concrete,which is a great idea but what kind of weight are you going to have running or setting on it?Five inches of concrete with fiber mesh will hold up a semi.Why not add another inch of fill and four inches of concrete and save several dollars??
COMMENT NUMBER 69! GREAT! SAME YEAR I GRADUATED FROM 🎓 PARKVILLE SR. HIGH IN MD. GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS MIKE 👍 👌! TELL THE HUNT MAN THAT I SAID HELLO! EVERYBODY HAVE A DAY! GOT TWO GO ✂️ THE GRASS!
Mike you need to add a handle extension on that plate compactor. Both you guys look like your to tall for it. HAHA.
Good morning Hunter ;-) and family and friends ;-)
Good morning friend
Good morning BadCat!
@@HallnoutMhall / G'morning friend ;-)
@@marcuswhite3628 / Good morning Marcus ;-)
Mike:. "You were right, Melissa!"...... That's always the right answer, Mike. Just sayin'...🤣🤣🤣
Well there you go another great video and still see the 32 thumbs down from the hatters, always going to be there lurking around waiting to bash on the keyboard.
Looks to me that compactor needs longer handles, it’s hard on your back with short handles
Mike, the nice thing about that compactor is if the engine goes bad you can just buy a new motor at harbor freight. I have some contractor friends that wear out a motor every year.
Melissa sounds a bit stressed.
You might want to give her a swimming pool.
Just curious how many tons of stone each year it takes to maintain the existing areas like the renewable resources processing area and paths. any info would be great.
650, What a steal, I would have made that purchase too. You can’t pass up a deal like that
That handle looks too short. Maybe bolt some bicycle handle bars on it so don’t have to bend over.
Good morning M & M from sunny S. E. Ohio. Watching you guys run plate compactor brings back memories. Have ran one a lot yrs ago. You guys are a great team working together. Hello Hunter!!! Have a great rest of the day.
Melissa those compactors are for level ground. Don't let Mike tell you any different. LOL. I use to use one to hot patch service holes at H2O co and that was always flat. There also a bear to lift like your showed in your video. Keep up the good work you two.
You are right about that. Mike should have kept the backfill layers level when backfilling the tank. That's why Melissa was having a rough time controlling the plate compactor. Backfill the lower areas first and bring them up with lifts that are level as much as possible. Actually a, "Jumping Jack" compactor would have been a better choice to compact the fill around the tank. But Mike was trying to justify his plate compactor purchase.
So true...Concrete, or road asphalt for that matter, is only as good as the base it was built on.
Funny choice of words. The way he tickles that bucket
oh I know this answer, its starts with the right fill, small lifts, and patience. now if I could only do this last part in my own life hahahaha
I think I'd like to have a little longer handle on that compactor, stand a little more upright.
Melissa l know you could learn to run that bucket like Mike if he give you some seat time .
looks like that compactor needs a handle that i little higher so you don't have to bend over so much when operating it
That looks like a back breaker. Harbor freight got cheap with the handle length.