If only Shawn would have listened to Shawn sooner. Shawn would not have both the financial headache an laborious task ahead. Its good that Shawn wanted to help fix it and make it right for Shawn. I'm sure Shawn was grateful that Shawn with his excavator and proper fall techniques will make this Driveway last for years. Thanking Shawn for the video and hopefully few years both Shawn's can look back and laugh when Shawn needed Shawn's help! ;)
We all have this type of friend around, who never listens and always ends up in the situation where he pays double the price just because he didn't listen in the first place
A well known source taught me that the culvert should be buried at least half it's diameter under the surface :D Guess that first guy should watch more Post10 vids 😂 And start using some proper road building materials...
Hard lesson but sometimes gotta learn the hard way ($$$). Between the culvert advice and how to burn brush, hope your friend learns to take advice because living in the country is not the same as being a city slicker. Good narration, appreciate the time lapse…. Keep them coming.
Sean sounds like the type of guy who will ask for help because you know what you're doing and he doesn't and then once you start he wants to tell you how to do it
This is why I never do business with friends or family. They never listen. Andrew would have had Cody inspect the job at the first look. Your friend seems a bit timid and may be out of his depth.
It all seemed a bit half assed. Trying to save money doing it yourself with no experience likely ends up costing more in the long run. Get the right man for the right job.
Yeah, reality dose for a friend. "The cold cruel callous internet said it not me. I cannot totally disagree with them either." Letsdis18 also mentions the hallf diameter and proper road base rules too. just enough native earth to bed the pipe, low rock "native earth" fill to protect the pipe from being punctured by 3 inch minus road base, proper finishs gravel topped off by topsoil and grasseed and straw to prevent erosion. He builds dams all the time for ponds and knows technical details from many years of putting in, replacing and following engineered specs. Proper sloping is a minor detail to him but making it built to last and properly slicked up are also keys to the way he does things. That is why I like this channel similar knowledge and ethics. A couple other channels and fellow tradesmen have another saying "Buy once, cry once, and you usually save money over the long run."
Generally culverts should have 1/2 there diameter for cover or 9 inches for a 15 inch, it was good you packed it well and made sure no rocks again the pipe in backfill, gravel on the top after back fill is suggested and good. Good effort on this repair. Letsdig18 does great culvert work.
This happens, the next time he calls you to come by a job and you offer advice, on the second time I warn them. You called me last time and blew off my advice. I will give you advice this time and if there is an issue and my advice would have prevented the issue next time you call it will cost for my advice. If someone is calling you and don’t listen it’s time to charge. Maybe then when they have to pay it will mean more. Yes to family and friends. Good luck you a good man and love your videos. Sorry how can a construction budget not have funds for a road access to the site? That just make no sense. No access you can’t even build.
Great comment David! It was a mess for sure. It didn't help matters that I had told him this was going to fail. Things had been dry for awhile so he didn't care about my advice. Until the first rain came.
I hope your friend listens to your advice now Shawn, It's good to see that you got it fixed for him, I hope the rest of his home build is problem free. That whole driveway needs proper gravel I think!
Somewhere along the way, I picked up a rule of thumb that you should have a minimum of half the diameter of the pipe on top of the pipe - so 12" pipe, minimum 6" compactable dirt or rock. Does that sound right? And you mentioned the curves. There is a nursing home near me that has the main entrance around the back of the building. The curves in the driveway and the almost cul-de-sac area at the entrance were designed in consultation with the local fire department, taking the turning radius of the biggest fire trucks into consideration.
Hi 👋🏾 I’m commenting from South Georgia. I watched this video and your other culvert video from 2 years ago SEVERAL times. ❤ I have a culvert issue at the front of my new farm site. I would love to lay pipes and extend the 2 driveways instead of having this unattractive 350+ feet ditch at the frontage. I just want to be more knowledgeable before spending time and money on the project.
Free Advertisement for Schumacher did not know they were in N Carolina, I am about 25 NE of Cols Ohio, but my drive had fabric and about 6 in of gravel and the heaviest cement truck left about 6 in of ruts, and it did press into the pipe but still works.
@@GCFD How has the 6.0 been treating you? I really like the dark green color. Look up "Riff Raff Diesel" online if you haven't already. Buy yourself a "boot kit" and HD clamps. I also spray just a touch of my GF's hairspray onto each boot right before I install them. It was a tip I read on the forums to help keep the charge pipes, etc. "on" and has worked well for me.
0736: "I haven't put in a lot of driveways but I've watched Andrew Camarata put in a lot of driveways". That's funny right there, I don't care who ya are.
@@GCFD true, it cant make one an expert. I subscribe to Post 10 also and now when ever I see a culvert, I hear both of your voices and I notice how "wrong" things are. Hahaha!!!!
It's been a year and hopefully things have held up. From what I've read of most DOT BMP guides, the trench bed should have all big rocks removed. Rake out native soil to the desired pitch. Put down filter fabric. Put down a few inches of 3/4 crushed and bed the round pipe into it. Hand compact (using a tamper) the haunches of the pipe making sure pitch is maintained (i.e. use a laser level). This step is critical. Put backfill (preferably 3/4 crushed) in 6" lifts max. Compact with vibratory.This is critical for long life. Cover top of pipe with at least 1/2 diameter of pipe material. (8" for your 15" pipe). Final grade. Depending on circumstance, the area above pipe may want to be raised to create a pseudo berm, or break, if the drive is sloped. In/out aprons should be used as well. There are many treatment approaches for the in/out depending on what the hydrology is.
He finished building the house at the end of 2021 and the pipe held all the truckloads of cinder block, shingles, and all other building materials. We bedded the pipe really well with native soil and it has worked out well. We have high clay soil around here. I also like using a sledghammer to pack the dirt in around the pipe before using the tamper or plate compactor. Compaction is key for stability. That large amount of road base gave us the ability to have a little less material above the pipe, because that angular stone spreads out the load onto the adjacent stones (same way a railroad bed works).
What a great and comprehensive video! Awesome to see this project coming along. Keen to see how it goes in the future. Surely there's some legal pathway your friend could take OR report to some authority about the dodgy work? Being done over like that really sucks.
Nice, 10/10. A video idea: YT needs correcting on gravel/dirt road maintenance in the same way it needed proper education on corrugated pipe. Most YT just add gravel, add gravel, add gravel... when the State training rarely adds more gravel b/c with a proper 4% crown & proper drainage the road should only require a remixing of materials due to rain-washing. My rear-blade on a subcompact has no problem following State training guidelines if the road is used/compacted with proper moisture for mixing.
Great video - it’s terrible that the other contractor didn’t know what they were doing and would not fix his mistake. Finding a good contractor is so hard! I thought the output of a culvert pipe needs large rocks on the sides to hold it in place and support it.
Many culverts have rocks around the outlets. Shaun may want me to add some after things settle down. This was a quick repair job as huge trucks needed to get back there with concrete and building materials the following week.
Shaun questioned a bunch of things, like will the stumps burn in the fire, are the culverts all right with 2" of gravel over them. The other contractor convinced him everything was fine...
Our county code said any drive way connected to a county road must have a 12 inch METAL culvert under it at the roadside. This was not enforced but I did it anyway. I also used tamped crushed limestone around the pipe . I would not use native soil in a roadway for fill , but I am not a contractor either. .
Seams like Shaun doesn't trust your judgment. I'm saying this because in the beginning he didn't call and he questioned your better judgment after you got there. I know the feeling. My uncle and myself run a two separate property management companies and all my "new" methods are wrong and a waste of time and money. Well he always calls when he gets into a time/money crunch or needs to borrow my equipment. Great job
There are dirty nasty ultra cheap tricks loggers use when douing their trails that support logs trucks, but are very temporary. Corderoy where you lay logs lengthwise so it follows water flow. A set of logs 90 degrees off to give strength to the roadway, another flow-followinge layer of logs, Alternating layers to the height you need then finishing with slash on top with a couple feet of dirt. it lets the water flow through, but even a log skidder can build that bridge with throw away logs. I understand they did it on the AlCan highway in places since speed was necessary, but the came back and rebuilt the sections as time permitted.
You are so right about the driveway - your friend was misled on what could be achieved with a low budget vs. technical realities. It was obviously not going to be correct, not even stabilising geotextile material had been installed which could have helped a bit. You mentioned Andrew Camarata's method of gravel road construction which would be an answer for the future if financially possible.
That whole drive needs to have surge put down and then your gravel other wise he is going to have a wrecker on hand to pull out trucks some people learn the hard way Good Luck🤔
That's exactly right Marty! He doesn't have the money to do that right now so we are kinda hoping for the best. Check out my latest video for the update. Things are holding up so far.
Watch the letsdig18 channel and see how a pro does it. If it is a three or four part series...you will normally find the burning of trees and brush in the last part. His entire build will be a disaster unless there is someone to guide him thru the many land mines along the way. The homeowner needs at least one skilled person to avoid all the landmines he will encounter along the way to his new home. Unskilled people end up costing you more...not less!!!!
Your buddy needs to quit being the victim and take responsibility over his project. If he is unable to manage the build...he will more than likely have sever problems during the build. When you are compacting with the excavator, increase the weight on the tracks by having a bucket full of dirt or stone in the bucket...it will do a better job.
LetsDig18 is the one you should have watched. He is east of Raleigh does alot of driveways with both our clay soil and the sandy soils in eastern NC. Andrew is in upstate NY. His terrain is very mountainous and nothing like what we have in the triad.
Shawn, I am sorry to say but he will have the same problem with both pipes that you put in because it still does not have enough material before, on top and after the pipes to evenly spread the weight from the down pressure from the weight of heavy vehicles, i would not put this on you because his budget is limited, at lease you tried with the limited funds. Randy watching from BARBADOS.
Hey Randy - check out the video I posted today for an update. The brick trucks, truss trucks, and concrete trucks have all gone over my pipes with no problems. 👍
Burning is 1000 times easier, faster, cheaper, so much safer than chipping. We burn when we can and only chip as a last resort. Around here you can get loads dumped from chipper trucks for free. Almost as much as you want.
@@GCFD hmmm well now I think he knows he should listen to you! Perhaps there's an opportunity to get him and his new community set up for success with drainage systems done upfront and done right!
I'm sorry but 'friend' or customer, if they ask or hire for your 'help', specifically: expertise, they need to be told to step back in a nice way. Or just refuse the job. Anything I hate worse is a know-it-more-than-you that doesn't yet wants to tell you how to do the thing they have no idea how to accomplish. You've got a lot more patience than I, sir!
its amazing how when people who are perfectly sensible do construction they always neglect the road to the site! i get that people want to spend money on other stuff to move a project ahead but if you dont make sure you have solid road to begin with,it will kill you later in costs anf time
Shawn, would you help how to estimate a job with the mini excavator hours & job rate , down here in Louisiana $300 is just to bring it on the job. WHAT YOUR INPUT ON THIS?
I think that's pretty typical for heavy equipment rates. I have bought houses that were considerably less money than some of my equipment. You can also rent equipment and try to do the job yourself. United Rentals is my go-to.
Hope recent rains didn’t setback construction schedule too much. That’s a lot of kindling siting next to the new house. Let’s see what type of water control system is put in.
Hello. Why did the owner allow the brush to be left beside the new road while it was being cleared? It should have been removed, but now it is an eyesore! Andrew
For burning big brush piles like that you want to use gas or diesel (gas is better) as the fire will stay burning. But… Is using gas or diesel safe? No. Does it work? Yes Is it effective? Yes Is it time saving? Yes Will someone die? Probably not. (As long as you’re not dumb. But I know you’re not lol) (Also the excavator picking up the whole dang trees)
The closer the friend is, the more you want to give him A "Dinozo back-of-the-head slap*" ! ☺ Well put together video! Your dump-truck driver should practice 'laying-out' the rock/load. Would save you some skidloader work! Came out good! [Of course, it would've been better - and cheaper! - if he had just listened to from the start!] And think about this- Morons in Calif. can burn MILLIONS of acres with a cigarette butt!, but your timid friend had trouble burning a relatively small pile with (what looked like a TORCH !!????) GOOD VID! And Kudos to you for helping a friend work out of a jam! [ * Dinozo head slap : Reference to EARLY 'NCIS" episodes. Gibbs & Dinizo-not a hurtful or abusive hit, but it got the point across!]
I will update on the situation once things develop. The guy said he'll do some work for free for Shaun so he's waiting to see if that comes through. I think Shaun should post pictures of the work, because the guy has pictures of this job on his facebook with "job well done" below. What a crook.
Some how I think theres gonna be a part 2 of U fixing other contractors "Free" work. I think Shaun should have him drop a few tri axles of crush & run (2a limestone), tailgate spread it and get him off his land. call it a learning experience.
I think you could do quite well in land clearing, but a bigger excavator would be a good idea for those jobs. I also watch Andrew Camarata's channel and he definitely is quite the handyman.
I guess I wouldnt have turned down the job as long as I was getting paid my normal rates. Everytime you give him advise and he ignores and cost you time and labor charge him corrrectly. I loved the part where you tell him the pipe is 12 inches and he said the guy told him it was 15 inches. I would have said sucks to be you, can't he check the work himself?
Shaun really doesn't have any experience with this kind of stuff so he saw a road put in and didn't know any better. I guess he didn't believe me when I said it wasn't going to work, or didn't want to accept it (and spend more money).
If only Shawn would have listened to Shawn sooner. Shawn would not have both the financial headache an laborious task ahead. Its good that Shawn wanted to help fix it and make it right for Shawn. I'm sure Shawn was grateful that Shawn with his excavator and proper fall techniques will make this Driveway last for years. Thanking Shawn for the video and hopefully few years both Shawn's can look back and laugh when Shawn needed Shawn's help! ;)
Hahah! Luckily he spells his name Shaun. So we can keep who's who. At least on paper.
@@GCFD still makes more sense than "sean" as a spelling lol.
@@jeepindave5464 just depends where in the world you live😉
@@D3nn.s lol
@@jeepindave5464 Explain Sean Bean then - lol! Why is he 'Shawn' Bean rather than 'Seen' 'Been' or 'Shawn' 'Born'?
We all have this type of friend around, who never listens and always ends up in the situation where he pays double the price just because he didn't listen in the first place
Yep! I've known a few.
I call people who ask for advice and never follow it leading to them getting into situations chronic victims. They're victims of their own attitude.
I try to limit those "friends"
A well known source taught me that the culvert should be buried at least half it's diameter under the surface :D
Guess that first guy should watch more Post10 vids 😂
And start using some proper road building materials...
Haha for sure!
Hard lesson but sometimes gotta learn the hard way ($$$).
Between the culvert advice and how to burn brush, hope your friend learns to take advice because living in the country is not the same as being a city slicker.
Good narration, appreciate the time lapse…. Keep them coming.
Thank you Jim!
I like these videos of real world problems and the solutions that fix them.
Thank you Mike! I hate this happened but I'm glad I filmed it.
Was waiting for the Andrew Camarata reference! :)
Hahah for sure!
Sean sounds like the type of guy who will ask for help because you know what you're doing and he doesn't and then once you start he wants to tell you how to do it
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This is why I never do business with friends or family. They never listen. Andrew would have had Cody inspect the job at the first look. Your friend seems a bit timid and may be out of his depth.
Cody would be out of his depth, this work is not in the mountains of upstate NY. This is Carolina clay and mud.
Maybe just young and learning the hard/best way through experience.
I think so. Shaun's good with a chain saw so I think he thought he had a handle on this homebuilding stuff. He's coming along.
It all seemed a bit half assed. Trying to save money doing it yourself with no experience likely ends up costing more in the long run. Get the right man for the right job.
Yeah, reality dose for a friend. "The cold cruel callous internet said it not me. I cannot totally disagree with them either." Letsdis18 also mentions the hallf diameter and proper road base rules too. just enough native earth to bed the pipe, low rock "native earth" fill to protect the pipe from being punctured by 3 inch minus road base, proper finishs gravel topped off by topsoil and grasseed and straw to prevent erosion. He builds dams all the time for ponds and knows technical details from many years of putting in, replacing and following engineered specs. Proper sloping is a minor detail to him but making it built to last and properly slicked up are also keys to the way he does things. That is why I like this channel similar knowledge and ethics. A couple other channels and fellow tradesmen have another saying "Buy once, cry once, and you usually save money over the long run."
@Andrew Camarata is another awesome channel as well. I agree. He does great work.
He's the best.
You can only work with what you got, good job Mr, regards from Valencia Spain. Alec
Thank you alec!
Generally culverts should have 1/2 there diameter for cover or 9 inches for a 15 inch, it was good you packed it well and made sure no rocks again the pipe in backfill, gravel on the top after back fill is suggested and good. Good effort on this repair. Letsdig18 does great culvert work.
thank you! check out the video I posted today for an update!
@@GCFD Ok, will go take a look
Your friend is lucky to know that you would help him out, even after not listening to any advice.
For sure!
This happens, the next time he calls you to come by a job and you offer advice, on the second time I warn them. You called me last time and blew off my advice. I will give you advice this time and if there is an issue and my advice would have prevented the issue next time you call it will cost for my advice. If someone is calling you and don’t listen it’s time to charge. Maybe then when they have to pay it will mean more. Yes to family and friends. Good luck you a good man and love your videos. Sorry how can a construction budget not have funds for a road access to the site? That just make no sense. No access you can’t even build.
Great comment David! It was a mess for sure. It didn't help matters that I had told him this was going to fail. Things had been dry for awhile so he didn't care about my advice. Until the first rain came.
I hope your friend listens to your advice now Shawn, It's good to see that you got it fixed for him, I hope the rest of his home build is problem free. That whole driveway needs proper gravel I think!
Thank you Dylan! So far things are going pretty well.
Somewhere along the way, I picked up a rule of thumb that you should have a minimum of half the diameter of the pipe on top of the pipe - so 12" pipe, minimum 6" compactable dirt or rock. Does that sound right?
And you mentioned the curves. There is a nursing home near me that has the main entrance around the back of the building. The curves in the driveway and the almost cul-de-sac area at the entrance were designed in consultation with the local fire department, taking the turning radius of the biggest fire trucks into consideration.
Yes half the diameter above is a great rule to follow. 👍
I like his knowledge of getting water away. From hose and not to use corralled pipe like apple drains etc.
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I won't install corrugated pipe unless I can get 12 inches cover on it. Good job! 😎👍
👍 That surge is a great base as it interlocks and spreads the weight right out.
Always good to help a friend!
He could have helped himself by listening to me! Lol
Hi 👋🏾 I’m commenting from South Georgia. I watched this video and your other culvert video from 2 years ago SEVERAL times. ❤ I have a culvert issue at the front of my new farm site. I would love to lay pipes and extend the 2 driveways instead of having this unattractive 350+ feet ditch at the frontage. I just want to be more knowledgeable before spending time and money on the project.
The old saying, "Pay me now or pay me later". Should have listened!
For sure. It would have been a lot cheaper to add some gravel before the pipe was destroyed.
Pay once, cry once. Done.
Free Advertisement for Schumacher did not know they were in N Carolina, I am about 25 NE of Cols Ohio, but my drive had fabric and about 6 in of gravel and the heaviest cement truck left about 6 in of ruts, and it did press into the pipe but still works.
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Great video! Cannot go wrong learning from Mr. Camarata.
I agree!
Man thats a fine job!
I love watching you and Andrew Camaratas content! Getting fired up in 🇨🇦 brother to keep pushing progress on our business🙏
Thank you! Thanks for watching and commenting - Shawn
Love you mentioned Andrew
👍 Haha
Heavy Geotextile fabric would solve so much of his problems. Nice video! Love the setup with the older Powerstroke dually, but I’m biased 😆
For sure!
@@GCFD How has the 6.0 been treating you? I really like the dark green color.
Look up "Riff Raff Diesel" online if you haven't already. Buy yourself a "boot kit" and HD clamps. I also spray just a touch of my GF's hairspray onto each boot right before I install them. It was a tip I read on the forums to help keep the charge pipes, etc. "on" and has worked well for me.
Great video very informative, its great you can help your m8 out.
Lee from the UK 🇬🇧
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0736: "I haven't put in a lot of driveways but I've watched Andrew Camarata put in a lot of driveways". That's funny right there, I don't care who ya are.
Hahah yep! Not that youtube can make you an expert, but it can give you some fantastic exposure from great youtubers like andrew camarata.
@@GCFD true, it cant make one an expert. I subscribe to Post 10 also and now when ever I see a culvert, I hear both of your voices and I notice how "wrong" things are. Hahaha!!!!
It's been a year and hopefully things have held up. From what I've read of most DOT BMP guides, the trench bed should have all big rocks removed. Rake out native soil to the desired pitch. Put down filter fabric. Put down a few inches of 3/4 crushed and bed the round pipe into it. Hand compact (using a tamper) the haunches of the pipe making sure pitch is maintained (i.e. use a laser level). This step is critical. Put backfill (preferably 3/4 crushed) in 6" lifts max. Compact with vibratory.This is critical for long life. Cover top of pipe with at least 1/2 diameter of pipe material. (8" for your 15" pipe). Final grade. Depending on circumstance, the area above pipe may want to be raised to create a pseudo berm, or break, if the drive is sloped. In/out aprons should be used as well. There are many treatment approaches for the in/out depending on what the hydrology is.
He finished building the house at the end of 2021 and the pipe held all the truckloads of cinder block, shingles, and all other building materials. We bedded the pipe really well with native soil and it has worked out well. We have high clay soil around here. I also like using a sledghammer to pack the dirt in around the pipe before using the tamper or plate compactor. Compaction is key for stability. That large amount of road base gave us the ability to have a little less material above the pipe, because that angular stone spreads out the load onto the adjacent stones (same way a railroad bed works).
What a great and comprehensive video! Awesome to see this project coming along. Keen to see how it goes in the future. Surely there's some legal pathway your friend could take OR report to some authority about the dodgy work? Being done over like that really sucks.
I told Shaun to post all the pictures to facebook (where the other guy is using Shaun's project to promote his business) until he gets a refund.
@@GCFD Ah very good!
Your friend doesn't listen to anything you have to say. YOU are a very good person.
Nice, 10/10. A video idea: YT needs correcting on gravel/dirt road maintenance in the same way it needed proper education on corrugated pipe. Most YT just add gravel, add gravel, add gravel... when the State training rarely adds more gravel b/c with a proper 4% crown & proper drainage the road should only require a remixing of materials due to rain-washing. My rear-blade on a subcompact has no problem following State training guidelines if the road is used/compacted with proper moisture for mixing.
Good info Bob! Thanks for sharing. - Shawn
a wise man listens and takes advice
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Great video - it’s terrible that the other contractor didn’t know what they were doing and would not fix his mistake. Finding a good contractor is so hard! I thought the output of a culvert pipe needs large rocks on the sides to hold it in place and support it.
Many culverts have rocks around the outlets. Shaun may want me to add some after things settle down. This was a quick repair job as huge trucks needed to get back there with concrete and building materials the following week.
They knew what they were doing. Getting paid for a poor job.
This is a case where making your expectations clear at the start. Before you employ a contractor. Is so important.
Shaun questioned a bunch of things, like will the stumps burn in the fire, are the culverts all right with 2" of gravel over them. The other contractor convinced him everything was fine...
Come on Andrew Camarata, comment on the video.
Haha!
7:38 i too have watched Andrew Camarata put in a LOT of driveways :>
hahah yep!
@@GCFD actually pretty sure your channel was a referred one from his :>
The key to culverts is compaction
Another good one, Shawn
Thank you, sir
Yes, you have to compact so things are well supported. It's tough work for sure.
Also as important is sizing, when in doubt go to next size larger.
Now we need a @post10 reaction video
Haha👍
Our county code said any drive way connected to a county road must have a 12 inch METAL culvert under it at the roadside. This was not enforced but I did it anyway. I also used tamped crushed limestone around the pipe . I would not use native soil in a roadway for fill , but I am not a contractor either.
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Nice Bruce! We don't use metal here because it rots out quickly in our area. This has been working well and Shaun has the house and roof built so far.
Great video. I was hoping for the "culverts in action" portion of the video... next time... Lol
Another satisfied customer Gate City great job
They really don't get any water flowing through those. Plus It's an hour away from my house..
I love little pond you made at pipe's mouth👍🏻
Thank you!
It is functioning a lot better good job and you are a great friend.
thank you. It was a tough situation all around.
Another fine job Shawn 😃✌️👌😎👍
Thank you Ken!
A couple of 235/75's and some diesel fuel gets rid of those pesky brush piles....and all the insects for 3 square miles as well. 😂
Hahah
Seams like Shaun doesn't trust your judgment. I'm saying this because in the beginning he didn't call and he questioned your better judgment after you got there. I know the feeling. My uncle and myself run a two separate property management companies and all my "new" methods are wrong and a waste of time and money. Well he always calls when he gets into a time/money crunch or needs to borrow my equipment. Great job
Yea I know he was super frustrated with the whole situation, as was I. It turned into an emergency and he was looking to me as his only hope.
@@GCFD You're a good friend!
There are dirty nasty ultra cheap tricks loggers use when douing their trails that support logs trucks, but are very temporary. Corderoy where you lay logs lengthwise so it follows water flow. A set of logs 90 degrees off to give strength to the roadway, another flow-followinge layer of logs, Alternating layers to the height you need then finishing with slash on top with a couple feet of dirt. it lets the water flow through, but even a log skidder can build that bridge with throw away logs. I understand they did it on the AlCan highway in places since speed was necessary, but the came back and rebuilt the sections as time permitted.
You are so right about the driveway - your friend was misled on what could be achieved with a low budget vs. technical realities. It was obviously not going to be correct, not even stabilising geotextile material had been installed which could have helped a bit. You mentioned Andrew Camarata's method of gravel road construction which would be an answer for the future if financially possible.
Low budget for sure that turned into wasted budget. What a mess.
An ounce of prevention is better then a pound of cure.
Only if you accept it!
If everyone had a friend like Shawn the world would be a lot better 🤙🏽
But unfortunately we have a friend like Shawn and that's why it's hell.
I guess he learned the hard way that he should have called you first.
I know. I felt so bad about the situation.
from the Netherlands thanks for the video Shawn
Thank you!
Yes that was a topping, a dresser, need #2 in the beginning
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20:26 be very careful with the momentum of the load, because 23:07 would've probably tipped the truck.
Not even close to tipping the load. A small dump truck like his is very hard to tip over like that. They just can't haul that much weight.
@@six9smoke Better safe than sorry.
Good call!
Friends often don’t think friends are experts at anything
Only thing I'd do differently is add road fabric under the gravel, but maybe the soil is clay enough there that it doesn't matter.
Andrew C. is like a bull in a china shop, but he does know how to get these types of things done. it's nice you helped out your friend.
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That whole drive needs to have surge put down and then your gravel other wise he is going to have a wrecker on hand to pull out trucks some people learn the hard way Good Luck🤔
That's exactly right Marty! He doesn't have the money to do that right now so we are kinda hoping for the best. Check out my latest video for the update. Things are holding up so far.
"Hey I need your help and advice on stuff!"
* Fights and dismisses all your advice *
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Watch the letsdig18 channel and see how a pro does it. If it is a three or four part series...you will normally find the burning of trees and brush in the last part. His entire build will be a disaster unless there is someone to guide him thru the many land mines along the way. The homeowner needs at least one skilled person to avoid all the landmines he will encounter along the way to his new home. Unskilled people end up costing you more...not less!!!!
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Burn days are always fun! 👍 It doesn’t look like whomever installed the drive compacted anything either.
They sure didn't Just laid the gravel on the forest floor and called it finished.
Your buddy needs to quit being the victim and take responsibility over his project. If he is unable to manage the build...he will more than likely have sever problems during the build.
When you are compacting with the excavator, increase the weight on the tracks by having a bucket full of dirt or stone in the bucket...it will do a better job.
LetsDig18 is the one you should have watched. He is east of Raleigh does alot of driveways with both our clay soil and the sandy soils in eastern NC. Andrew is in upstate NY. His terrain is very mountainous and nothing like what we have in the triad.
I watch them both but I didn't realize letsdig18 was in NC too. Cool.
@@GCFD And I watch you three，plus post10.lol
Shawn, I am sorry to say but he will have the same problem with both pipes that you put in because it still does not have enough material before, on top and after the pipes to evenly spread the weight from the down pressure from the weight of heavy vehicles, i would not put this on you because his budget is limited, at lease you tried with the limited funds.
Randy watching from BARBADOS.
Hey Randy - check out the video I posted today for an update. The brick trucks, truss trucks, and concrete trucks have all gone over my pipes with no problems. 👍
Why burn? Shred with tree chipper and then use or sell the resulting mulch...
Burning is 1000 times easier, faster, cheaper, so much safer than chipping. We burn when we can and only chip as a last resort. Around here you can get loads dumped from chipper trucks for free. Almost as much as you want.
Good Saturday morning to you sir and your family from Wellington Somerset in the UK
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I'm not a fan of when people who don't know, don't listen to people who do.
Hahah Ryan. He so didn't want to hear what I was saying.
It is nice to have friends that will help when you get taken advantage of/////nice
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Great job Shawn.
Thank you Shane!
He should hire you to do drainage system on his new place. Did you ever get a job on a new construction?
I haven't done any new const. People don't care about drainage until they are flooding.
@@GCFD hmmm well now I think he knows he should listen to you! Perhaps there's an opportunity to get him and his new community set up for success with drainage systems done upfront and done right!
Wow and one good rain that drive way will be mud
Yep! The guy did the work during the dry time and that bought him the time to bounce before any problems came out.
I'm sorry but 'friend' or customer, if they ask or hire for your 'help', specifically: expertise, they need to be told to step back in a nice way. Or just refuse the job. Anything I hate worse is a know-it-more-than-you that doesn't yet wants to tell you how to do the thing they have no idea how to accomplish. You've got a lot more patience than I, sir!
You might have noticed no more content from this build site... lol
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The truck's taillights hit rocks and may break again
Move them and move further back
See them when dumping thing and moving them to best spot.
The hinge point is too far forward on that little truck. It was a truss truck and the rear end almost hits the ground.
@@GCFD you can instal them Vertically
On side of dump place.
In this way, they are placed high
I still think that there should have been more dirt over the pipe by the road before that load of rip rap was put on it
More dirt is always better.
Whenever a size or material is specified for a project always make sure the spec is followed, always!
The guy probably figured Shaun wouldn't notice. Who knows!
its amazing how when people who are perfectly sensible do construction they always neglect the road to the site! i get that people want to spend money on other stuff to move a project ahead but if you dont make sure you have solid road to begin with,it will kill you later in costs anf time
I feel for your friend. He got a ‘professional’ to put the road and culverts in and he did not do the job he was paid to do.
I felt really bad about it too. It was a mess from multiple sides. Luckily things are coming together for his build.
Shawn, would you help how to estimate a job with the mini excavator hours & job rate , down here in Louisiana $300 is just to bring it on the job. WHAT YOUR INPUT ON THIS?
I think that's pretty typical for heavy equipment rates. I have bought houses that were considerably less money than some of my equipment. You can also rent equipment and try to do the job yourself. United Rentals is my go-to.
Hope recent rains didn’t setback construction schedule too much. That’s a lot of kindling siting next to the new house. Let’s see what type of water control system is put in.
Good point! I'll be back out there removing those stumps and doing some other work later this summer.
That dude needs to let his Ego go and listen to someone who has been doing this type of work for years...
🤷♂️🤷♂️ lol What could have been a few hundred dollars turned into a few thousand.
Also looks like they should have used a geo grid before putting base down
Hello. Why did the owner allow the brush to be left beside the new road while it was being cleared? It should have been removed, but now it is an eyesore! Andrew
The original contractor was supposed to take care of all of the brush, but he left piles along the road. I've been helping clean those up.
Why listen to experts? Better to have an emergency
I know. Makes no sense to me...
Sean was intelligent to be afraid about lighting a fire on his own
For burning big brush piles like that you want to use gas or diesel (gas is better) as the fire will stay burning.
But…
Is using gas or diesel safe? No.
Does it work? Yes
Is it effective? Yes
Is it time saving? Yes
Will someone die? Probably not. (As long as you’re not dumb. But I know you’re not lol)
(Also the excavator picking up the whole dang trees)
The closer the friend is, the more you want to give him
A "Dinozo back-of-the-head slap*" ! ☺
Well put together video! Your dump-truck driver should practice 'laying-out'
the rock/load. Would save you some skidloader work!
Came out good! [Of course, it would've been better - and cheaper! - if he had just listened to from the start!]
And think about this-
Morons in Calif. can burn MILLIONS of acres with a cigarette butt!, but your timid friend had trouble burning a relatively small pile with (what looked like
a TORCH !!????)
GOOD VID! And Kudos to you for helping a friend work out of a jam!
[ * Dinozo head slap : Reference to EARLY 'NCIS"
episodes. Gibbs & Dinizo-not a hurtful or abusive hit, but it got the point across!]
I don't know if you were including the trucks weight in your 24,000 Lbs. statement, but 6 ton is only 12,000 Lbs.
Yes, the truck weighs just under 12000 lbs. 👍
Even if you don’t use the friend for the work ask the advice, hey what do you think…
I agree. I'm well known for asking advice and gathering information.
I hate when I’m called upon to help then I’m not allowed to give helpful advice!
I agree Mike. My advice was worth at least as much as my work.
Your friend needs to call a Lawyer and Sue the Contractor for Fraud and Breach of Contract. He didn't give what was promised!
I will update on the situation once things develop. The guy said he'll do some work for free for Shaun so he's waiting to see if that comes through. I think Shaun should post pictures of the work, because the guy has pictures of this job on his facebook with "job well done" below. What a crook.
Some how I think theres gonna be a part 2 of U fixing other contractors "Free" work.
I think Shaun should have him drop a few tri axles of crush & run (2a limestone), tailgate spread it and get him off his land.
call it a learning experience.
Step 1 of burning brush and trees: Binge watch Letsdig18 fire videos.
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why not hire a woddchipper and make woodchip out of all those trees?
It's much faster, easier, safer to burn if possible.
@@GCFD Also converts long-term CO2 storage (wood) into atmospheric CO2, unfortunately ...
Your Boy Shaun should have looked at "LetsDig18" for roads, culverts and burning!!! Chris would have definitely helped!!!
Is his name chris? I watch a lot of his videos but didn't know his name.
@@GCFD Yes, its "Chris Guins" and he is out of Wendell, North Carolina...
guinsexcavating.com/
Don't feel bad. We all have friends like Shawn.😂🤦♂️
Hahah Shaun
Hey, why don’t you spread the gravel as you dump it by pulling forward?
Good call. Sometimes I do.
I think you could do quite well in land clearing, but a bigger excavator would be a good idea for those jobs. I also watch Andrew Camarata's channel and he definitely is quite the handyman.
thank you! Andrew Camarata is probably my favorite channel.
When did you get the bigger kubota?
I got that last summer when I needed to replace my septic tank. It's been great and I've used it on a few jobs.
I guess I wouldnt have turned down the job as long as I was getting paid my normal rates. Everytime you give him advise and he ignores and cost you time and labor charge him corrrectly. I loved the part where you tell him the pipe is 12 inches and he said the guy told him it was 15 inches. I would have said sucks to be you, can't he check the work himself?
Shaun really doesn't have any experience with this kind of stuff so he saw a road put in and didn't know any better. I guess he didn't believe me when I said it wasn't going to work, or didn't want to accept it (and spend more money).
its pretty sad, I have seen many dishonest dirtwork and house building contractors do this sort of thing
And u have to get a burn permit as well