Al, I hope you NEVER get tired of us telling you what a thrill you give us each Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings when we get to watch a freshly-published episode. When you bring us along, we know it's a huge investment of your time to record the videos, then to edit all that footage and present it to us so we can keep up with what's going on at the OGP. So, thank you. And, thanks to Gina for all she does. We continue to pray for not only Gina, but also for you and Olivia. You are truly a huge blessing to thousands of us! Please take care of yourself. Here in the Deep South, the flu season is starting to gain a firm grip on lots of people. I do a lot of work with the local health care community (I'm on regional hospital board) and I hear the medical professionals talking about the influx of flu, especially on the heels of so much attention to COVID, especially long COVID. So, please take care of yourself. And, just know that our prayers for the Lumnahs continue!
Hi there John dearden UK viewer,, You fix your bucket by fixing a new blade they are pre drilled you just need to drill your bucket,,then no more problems 👍👍
Consider a big blower to keep the organic material (leaves, sticks) off the road and sides - makes a HUGE difference in run off of rain/snow melt and moisture in the gravel over winter. Since we started doing it, we don’t get nearly the deep freeze damage we had before. Not only that, we don’t need to top dress it or even level it off like we were doing EVERY spring.
Stone with some fines in it will compact better than washed stone. Crusher run would be good for the road. The various sizes and dust compact really well. Water will run off a crowned road rather than drain through the loose stone.
I'm no road builder but I think you need to place some stuff like weed matting down on the dirt before putting any gravel on top. Then put large stones down (we call it 'race rock' here in NZ - farmers do this when building roads on their farms for cattle) then vibrate it in, then a finer gravel, then the finishing gravel. The matting helps with settling the road - no more sinking. I had a drive of a compactor like that for a few days only it was twice the size. Had to be steering it all the time as it was constantly wandering off the path. Good luck, and it was great seeing Gina up and about. 🙂
Al, your bucket is fine. I had the same thing happen to my tractor. I just had a 3/8" x 3" steel plate welded to the leading edge of the bucket. Been fine ever since
Yes, that will help. All of these light duty buckets need a hardened thick cutting lip, and then use the corners if the stump or rock is really stubborn.
The live drone footage you can really see the compacting happening. The roadway has come such a long way in just a year, it will only get better as you continue to work it.
I can't believe how happy I am watching someone improve their road haha. I'm happy that Al has ticked it off his 'to do' list before winter. I'm also glad to see Gina's operation, weeks behind her now.
You need a driveway reclaimer like a mini tiller cover the driveway with concrete dust about 2 inches and till it in then compact it while the base is moist once it sets it will be hard as rock.
Good morning to Lumnah Acres and all my fellow viewers. Ouch Al. It bent your bucket bad! Good job on the rest of the stumps and rock. That is a huge roller! Great idea to get your road ready for winter too. I'm really glad you got the plowing hazards out of there! Very nice nature shots Gina. You have a talent for it. Our county plows off so much gravel on our road and then they have to put more on each Spring. That was spooky when it didn't want to start. I could see the wash boarding in the road. It was fun to see you doing this from your drone! Thanks for this Lumnahs! I'm sure this will make coming to the OGP much more enjoyable.
BTW. Farmers NEVER left cut wood on the side of the road. Even on their own property. I loved to drive the tractor as Grandpa put the wood on the flat bed trailer that was pulled by the 1935 John Deere Tractor.
Hey al take the bucket off the tractor n beat it flat with the excavator then weld what they call a grader blade cutting edge to the bottom to the fridge of bucket ...also you can weld another one on the back edge for back dragging ...keep up the good work ..n also nice to see Gena healing up fast
Two words, crushed concrete..It'll have that road like a poured driveway for a fraction of the cost. We use it here in Florida to "toughen" up sugar sand roads and drives. Just a thought. Happy to see Gina out more, glad she's recovering more. Love ya'll ❤️
Just use your excavator bucket to straighten out your bucket for your Tym tractor. just take the bucket off your tractor roll it over and apply pressure with the excavator bucket to strain it out, you also might want to look into a cutting edge for the tractor bucket, or make one yourself to strengthen your bucket. You also have an excavator much more suited for removing stumps, the right tool for the job makes it easier 😉
Might want to set marker flag/sticks to mark off your edges before the snow flys. Gina, I hope you are feeling as recovered as you look, your smiles returning are a welcome sight. Al, I got to drive a compactor like that when I was a teen that had a cup holder one summer. I opened my bottle of soda getting a Mountain Dew shower for the start of my day.
Over here in Sweden we do that with 8' orange plastic pipes, 3/4 inch, with some reflective material in a band low, middle and high. Really helps both drivers and plow operators. They're set by machine, though on a private road you'd likely do them by hand.
I watched another homesteader that had the same problem with his tractor bucket. He welded a piece of 1/2" sharpened steel on the bottom to stiffen the bucket edge.
As others have said, if you put the under layment down before your rocks, the clay won’t migrate up thru your rock. Save you a ton of money over the long run. Watch Diesel Creeks video on how he did his road for a great tutorial!
If you pry up closer to the edge of the bucket rather than the middle you should get less bending. Really love how the place is shaping up with the barns, road and house.
You should build small sediment dams in the creek next to the road we put a 1’high dam in the runoff ditch next to our road every 10’ and it helped with erosion and brought a ton of wildlife in
This reminds me of when growing up in the rural city where I grew up. We had gravel roads & driveways. My dad worked at a factory in Detroit and had access to free barrels. He brought home an old grease barrel and filled it with cement and used pipe and fittings to make a handle. It worked great to pack down our gravel driveway. There were no rental stores back then.
Al, you need now/after mud season to basically grade over about a 2inch layer of ‘fines’ (crushed rock dust) then vibrate it in, repeat until it wont take any more.
its also probably worth either scaping back the rock, or adding, over a layer of geotextile in the rough mud areas. i would also put more culverts and ditches in those areas. sprinkle cement instead of rock dust to pack it down further. the moisture will help it bind.
@@setdown2 its not endless but in ground that freezes you need to clear as much water as possible. or keep it frozen so it reduces movement. the tibet railroad is a great example but a bit to expensive. bitumen is good to reduce wear but is non structural so will break up quick. concrete is great but expensive. another option would be to split the huge rocks on the property into huge thick pavers under the gravel could bridge the soft soil.
@@setdown2 On our gravel road the county maintains, each year it's more gravel. It sinks in and starts rutting up again over and over. I've never seen them use a roller on it.
When using a compacting roller, it is very important to go very slow, walking pace is actually to fast. To make the road tougher sprinkle some ready set concrete over the top of the road after the next lot of rain.
Lo del balde tiene una solución, le puedes colocar soldada una plancha de acero en el borde, podria ser de media pulgada de espesor por seis pulgadas de ancho con un visel en el borde de 45 grados. Esto lo hacen en las maquinarias pesadas y es muy efectivo. Se lo puede aplicar a el viejo o a uno nuevo y así te va a durar mucho mas tiempo. Es agradable ver a Gina otra vez en la granja, de ahora y por un tiempo debe ser un supervisor.
That was a bit silly Al especially as you have the Bobcat excavator that is more suited for digging stumps out, could have been a very expensive mistake, and while I'm on I have mention it before you need a tipping trailer as part of your equipment, even a second hand one, you don't need to get a new one, it will save you doing multiple trips with the bucket every time and save you fuel in the long run.
Al, I kinda wondered when you started if the grapple bucket would have worked better for the stump removal. The tines can dig around in the soft soil and maybe get the roots broken free easier and make less of a hole if the dirt falls back in. but YEAH< I just like watching GUYS USE MACHINES!!! Great work!
The corners of the bucket are better for pushing things. There is more metal there. The bottom center needs more metal, something on a diagonal with the tip at the center, a little welding and you can ruggedize the bottom. A triangle is the strongest shape.
Al, for the type of work that you need to do on your property you need a heavy duty tractor not a weekend tractor. You are lucky that you did not destroy the hydraulics on your front end loader trying to do what you should’ve been using the excavator. Always remember that if the machines are not messing up occasionally you are not working. It goes with the territory. The learning curve is expensive. Good luck
He seemed to change his approach later. I think he's still learning like you said. I hate it when the learning curve gets expensive! It always seems to go that way and then you don't forget what NOT to do!
When I worked at Tropicana. I operated the front end loader. There was a reinforcement strip on the edge of the bucket, it was also a wear strip. Saved the bucket many times scraping the floors of cattle feed (from the orange peels), I can't tell you how many times I hit the 24" transfer screws in the floors in the 6 years I worked there.
You approach every project with the same diligence to quality & innovation that you did with the first barn build you allowed us to follow. Even though building a road may not instantly come to mind, it is as important as a beautiful walls, sealed windows, & level everything! Thank you for sharing your building & creating talents & adventures. Blessings to Gina for continued recovery! :o)
My mom n fathers parents lived in the country ON GRAVEL ROADS. The trees n bushes were kept away from the side of the road because the farmers were the ones to maintain the roads. They shared the area to be plowed (from property line to property line. Always making sure it was done right because they wanted the good road also on either side of their land.
Good morning Lumnah Family!!! Those loggers are going to be so surprised as they drive by this spring to see all the progress you have made on this property! Great job on the road packing and super wise of Gina to decline on shaking up those insides!😄 Hugs from N.C.❤️
Come next spring as it melts for about 3 weeks rent the roller again then you can really pack it solid but you might need to add some more surface stone to it.
Rent the kompaktor to drive over your grassland so it will be nice and flat. and all the stones will be pushed nicely into the ground so that you can easily drive off the grass
Al, I love watching you work. HA!! Seriously, you are a great homesteader. Of course, Gina is too. Praying for a full recovery from her last surgeries. I can hardly wait until you move everybody (including yourselves) to the off-grid homestead.
I live in the Colorado mountains. The way I deal with snow on gravel roads is to pack it by driving on two or three inches of the first snowfall. When it freezes it leaves a nice hard stone-free surface so the blade can not dig into the gravel. I plow about twenty-five miles of the road all winter long. I started out with just a plow. then I upgraded to a tractor-mounted snow blower in addition to the blade. I will caution you with the snow blower being used on gravel you have to keep the blower high enough so it will not dig into the gravel. Rocks can destroy a snow blower. Your road looks nice and smooth now that you packed it but the blade will still grab the gravel and plow it off the road.
Al I grew up in Illinois on the edge of town and went to school with a lot of farm kids. Like you they knew how to do anything. I worked on farms now and then bit never picked up the skills and knowledge they had by 15 years of age. You remind of those guys. Great video and great to see Gina up and about. Mike from Maine.
Are the loggers coming back this winter? Never mind, you talked about the loggers. Also with some of the video shots we could see the before with the edges of the crushed rock with the edges sticking every which way and a pretty nice flat surface after your passes. Did you go out to the main road? 😎 👍👍👍👍👍 Five thumbs up for a needed job well done.
Good afternoon Lumnah Acres that road looks as flat and we’ll packed as I’ve ever seen you could see the difference one pass made never mind all the passes you made Al, that’s one heck of a good job you did there. I’m glad to see Gina’s looking a lot better but I can see in her face that she’s not feeling 100% still so keep doing as you are and you’ll soon feel better. 😊 😊 😊
Added the inch & a half in our deepest ruts as well. The half inch with the aggregate. So far so good. It rained pretty good the other day & we’re pleased with how it held up! Might have to try one of these rollers in our toughest spots!
That roller worked wonders !! I would of thought might need a huge one but that definitely did the job , and a very nice job at that !!! Thanks for bringing us along your journey !!!! Look forward to next video !!!!!!
Al you can fix the bucket by heating it with a torch and hitting it with a Sludge hammer it's like your heat treating the steel it sometimes works to make it last till you get a new one
Good Morning AL, Gina, n Alivia, Hope all is great with your entire family. Enjoy watching your journey threw all the good n bad, continued prayers that Gina continues to improve n get stronger each day. Ya'll are so truly Blessed.. Been following your family for about 2 yrs now. Stay safe. Sending positive prayers from Tennessee..
Goooood moooorrrnnning Al, Gina and Olivia fellow Viewers and all my friends hoodie from Jamaica 🇯🇲. Seem we are in for a treat , let's go see if Al can operate that roller.
You should be able to weld a new stronger cutting edge on that bucket without the cost of replacing the whole thing Love your new place ,it is really looking good
Your driveway crosses some beautiful scenery and your property will bring years of great memories. Last winter you fixed up the ship container, and remembered that much hasn't been done with that.
To preserve the driveway your ONLY option is to have the logger cut in a separate haul road. Maybe they can access the logging area off another road or highway? Just saying’ as that other haul road also creates another recreation trail on the property.
Good job, Al. As a city dweller through and through, this gives light to the many things we take for granted. With your OGP, the responsibility for EVERY improvement, large or small, falls squarely in your lap. Where we pay for these things through taxes and mil levy, you just PAY. Good news is that you have control over everything. Bad news is you HAVE TO control everything.
Ira Kopilow, Yes , Al must pay ,one time and then it belongs to him ! Whereas you must pay for your entire lifetime until you die and the road never belongs to you.. And yes , Al has the responsibility for every improvement while you can not make any improvements at all. Even if they are sorely needed. Al has the responsibility but along with that responsibility comes a thing called freedom. The bad news for you is you HAVE TO pay and you control nothing !
@@robine916 ... you might be amazed at how low the taxes are in some of these more rural areas. Of course, the number of services you get from the town / county are in proportion to what you pay.
@@rupe53 Most of my family live in NH. The property tax is very high, but as far as I can remember their roads are decent and the schools are too. I was referring to the poster who insisted Al was not paying to maintain any town roads except his own driveway, which is incorrect. Hopefully when we retire we ourselves will be moving to a more rural community, as our own suburban one is getting too populous!💕
@@robine916 ... I live in a small town in lower Ct (pop. 8,500) and I feel your pain. This town won't grow much more but the areas around us are getting crazy.
On something like that, get yourself one of those cheap cup holders that hook on the edge of the window, in a car. Or at least on that has slots. Then get you some long zip ties. Find a spot to that you can zip it to, that's relatively even. You could also maybe get one of those baby bungee cord to hold the cup in the holder better, if you're afraid it might tip/vibarte out. Tada.Temporary cup holder.
Wow great job should make a big difference compacting the road!! Wondering if you will mark road edges in the open areas so when plowing you stay on the road as heavy snow will mess with your preception!! Looking good Gina hope you are feeling great!! Stay blessed everyone!!
Al, its a good idea to only engage the vibrating function when you are moving along. Whenever you stop with the vibration on, it will create a small dip, not noticeable until you drive your car/truck over the road when you will wonder why your road is not as smooth as you think it should be!
Good Morning Lumnahs. Excellent job preparing the road for winter. The views from the road are stunning. Would love to see more Flail Mower work at either farm. Take care and God Bless 🙏
Gooooood morning and hello Lumnahs and friends, from Omaha David! Is everyone enjoying the cooler fall weather? Nice and cool here. I hope everyone has a blessed and happy weekend!
For your final layer order crusher fine rock, order it mixed with dry cement. Spread the mix out according to your needs and compact it like you did with a roller and with the moister in the ground socking it or with the next rain the road will harden like a concert driveway.
Al, I hope you NEVER get tired of us telling you what a thrill you give us each Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings when we get to watch a freshly-published episode. When you bring us along, we know it's a huge investment of your time to record the videos, then to edit all that footage and present it to us so we can keep up with what's going on at the OGP. So, thank you.
And, thanks to Gina for all she does. We continue to pray for not only Gina, but also for you and Olivia. You are truly a huge blessing to thousands of us!
Please take care of yourself. Here in the Deep South, the flu season is starting to gain a firm grip on lots of people. I do a lot of work with the local health care community (I'm on regional hospital board) and I hear the medical professionals talking about the influx of flu, especially on the heels of so much attention to COVID, especially long COVID. So, please take care of yourself. And, just know that our prayers for the Lumnahs continue!
I agree with your comment! I also look forward to each video. ❤Please stay safe and sound 🙏❤️
Nicely said, Larry! I'm sure I am not alone saying I agree with you 100%!
Hi there John dearden UK viewer,,
You fix your bucket by fixing a new blade they are pre drilled you just need to drill your bucket,,then no more problems 👍👍
Consider a big blower to keep the organic material (leaves, sticks) off the road and sides - makes a HUGE difference in run off of rain/snow melt and moisture in the gravel over winter. Since we started doing it, we don’t get nearly the deep freeze damage we had before. Not only that, we don’t need to top dress it or even level it off like we were doing EVERY spring.
It's always best to pry with the corners of the bucket first it's stronger.
Stone with some fines in it will compact better than washed stone. Crusher run would be good for the road. The various sizes and dust compact really well. Water will run off a crowned road rather than drain through the loose stone.
I'm no road builder but I think you need to place some stuff like weed matting down on the dirt before putting any gravel on top. Then put large stones down (we call it 'race rock' here in NZ - farmers do this when building roads on their farms for cattle) then vibrate it in, then a finer gravel, then the finishing gravel. The matting helps with settling the road - no more sinking. I had a drive of a compactor like that for a few days only it was twice the size. Had to be steering it all the time as it was constantly wandering off the path. Good luck, and it was great seeing Gina up and about. 🙂
Gina, so good to see you looking like you're feeling better and Al, you make everything you do look easy. Wish I had your talent.
Gina, I love when you have the cam. You have a good eye for flora and fauna! Thanks!
Al, your bucket is fine. I had the same thing happen to my tractor. I just had a 3/8" x 3" steel plate welded to the leading edge of the bucket. Been fine ever since
Yes, that will help. All of these light duty buckets need a hardened thick cutting lip, and then use the corners if the stump or rock is really stubborn.
I want one of those! I have 2200' of gravel driveway and boy would I have fun with that steam roller! God bless all y'all.
The live drone footage you can really see the compacting happening. The roadway has come such a long way in just a year, it will only get better as you continue to work it.
Hey Al. On your next bucket make sure you get a cutting edge put on. Makes the bucket way strong and will last longer
I can't believe how happy I am watching someone improve their road haha. I'm happy that Al has ticked it off his 'to do' list before winter. I'm also glad to see Gina's operation, weeks behind her now.
You need a driveway reclaimer like a mini tiller cover the driveway with concrete dust about 2 inches and till it in then compact it while the base is moist once it sets it will be hard as rock.
I worked road construction before, those rollers do wonders even to build roads and asphalt.
You'll be so happy Al
A good layer of stone dust or crush and run would make that road more solid.
Good morning to Lumnah Acres and all my fellow viewers. Ouch Al. It bent your bucket bad! Good job on the rest of the stumps and rock. That is a huge roller! Great idea to get your road ready for winter too. I'm really glad you got the plowing hazards out of there! Very nice nature shots Gina. You have a talent for it. Our county plows off so much gravel on our road and then they have to put more on each Spring. That was spooky when it didn't want to start. I could see the wash boarding in the road. It was fun to see you doing this from your drone! Thanks for this Lumnahs! I'm sure this will make coming to the OGP much more enjoyable.
Good morning Kathryn!
Good morning Kathryn!
Howdy Kathryn! You said it perfectly... thank you. Have a great weekend!
@@samvalentine3206 You too Sam!
BTW. Farmers NEVER left cut wood on the side of the road. Even on their own property. I loved to drive the tractor as Grandpa put the wood on the flat bed trailer that was pulled by the 1935 John Deere Tractor.
Hey al take the bucket off the tractor n beat it flat with the excavator then weld what they call a grader blade cutting edge to the bottom to the fridge of bucket ...also you can weld another one on the back edge for back dragging ...keep up the good work ..n also nice to see Gena healing up fast
Two words, crushed concrete..It'll have that road like a poured driveway for a fraction of the cost. We use it here in Florida to "toughen" up sugar sand roads and drives. Just a thought. Happy to see Gina out more, glad she's recovering more. Love ya'll ❤️
Good to Gina is on the road to recovery its a highlight to my day watching your journey
Al you should probably carry a couple of cans of landscaping spray paint so you can mark things when you see them.
You should build a post and beam barn to protect the various equipment
According to Al, it's on the list! 🙂
@@samvalentine3206 Howdy Sam! Have a great one!
@@gonetroutfishing - Thanks, David... you too!
Just use your excavator bucket to straighten out your bucket for your Tym tractor. just take the bucket off your tractor roll it over and apply pressure with the excavator bucket to strain it out, you also might want to look into a cutting edge for the tractor bucket, or make one yourself to strengthen your bucket. You also have an excavator much more suited for removing stumps, the right tool for the job makes it easier 😉
Might want to set marker flag/sticks to mark off your edges before the snow flys.
Gina, I hope you are feeling as recovered as you look, your smiles returning are a welcome sight.
Al, I got to drive a compactor like that when I was a teen that had a cup holder one summer. I opened my bottle of soda getting a Mountain Dew shower for the start of my day.
Over here in Sweden we do that with 8' orange plastic pipes, 3/4 inch, with some reflective material in a band low, middle and high. Really helps both drivers and plow operators. They're set by machine, though on a private road you'd likely do them by hand.
I was thinking the same thing.
I watched another homesteader that had the same problem with his tractor bucket. He welded a piece of 1/2" sharpened steel on the bottom to stiffen the bucket edge.
Gooood Morrrning Lumnahs 👋🏻and subscriber friends 👋🏻 Hope everyone has an awesome weekend! 😁👍
Good morning CC!
Thanks, and have a fantastic weekend CC! Gorgeous fall weather here🌄🍁🍂
Howdy CC! Thanks and hope YOU have a great weekend too, my friend!
Good morning to ya CC! Hope all is going well for you this fine weekend! 🙂🙃
In Alaska your mud season is called Breakup before spring and Freezeup in the fall before winter.
As others have said, if you put the under layment down before your rocks, the clay won’t migrate up thru your rock. Save you a ton of money over the long run. Watch Diesel Creeks video on how he did his road for a great tutorial!
Call a weld shop and have them add a plate to the bottom of the bucket, so strong and cheaper
Use the corner of the bucket when you pull stumps or rocks! Love The channel!
Good idea! That should be a reinforced area with the vertical stiffener.
If you pry up closer to the edge of the bucket rather than the middle you should get less bending. Really love how the place is shaping up with the barns, road and house.
What a awesome looking road. Wow!
The snow will soon be flying and you guys will be nestled in your new home.
😊💕🙏🏻🇨🇦
Looking great Gina! So good to see you back on the vlogs! Continue healing! 👏🇨🇦
Good morning Al and Gina! I hope that all is going well with Gina's recovery
Howdy Richard. You and me both...
Al LOVES his trucks!!
Must have had Tonka trucks as a kid
You should build small sediment dams in the creek next to the road we put a 1’high dam in the runoff ditch next to our road every 10’ and it helped with erosion and brought a ton of wildlife in
Sounds like a great idea. I hope Al thinks about this.
Maybe Use the excavator for the stumps and rocks
This reminds me of when growing up in the rural city where I grew up. We had gravel roads & driveways. My dad worked at a factory in Detroit and had access to free barrels. He brought home an old grease barrel and filled it with cement and used pipe and fittings to make a handle. It worked great to pack down our gravel driveway. There were no rental stores back then.
Necessity is the mother of invention...
I can remember making one like that when I was a kid 50 years ago then dad lent it out to someone and it was stolen from their garden or so they said.
@@samvalentine3206 Is that why people say, "That's my baby !", when they invent stuff?
Me too
Yes we had one growing up and I have one now. Cut a door in it and use it for compost too plus for the drive.
Al, you need now/after mud season to basically grade over about a 2inch layer of ‘fines’ (crushed rock dust) then vibrate it in, repeat until it wont take any more.
its also probably worth either scaping back the rock, or adding, over a layer of geotextile in the rough mud areas. i would also put more culverts and ditches in those areas.
sprinkle cement instead of rock dust to pack it down further. the moisture will help it bind.
Maybe add some ground motar to the road to help bind things up
Or something like that
Anytime you put stone over topsoil you will have this problem...it's endless...yes the fabric would've helped but...
Without textile under the stone it will just keep sinking out of site. Some cement added into the mix will help solidify things too.
@@setdown2 its not endless but in ground that freezes you need to clear as much water as possible. or keep it frozen so it reduces movement. the tibet railroad is a great example but a bit to expensive. bitumen is good to reduce wear but is non structural so will break up quick. concrete is great but expensive.
another option would be to split the huge rocks on the property into huge thick pavers under the gravel could bridge the soft soil.
@@setdown2 On our gravel road the county maintains, each year it's more gravel. It sinks in and starts rutting up again over and over. I've never seen them use a roller on it.
When using a compacting roller, it is very important to go very slow, walking pace is actually to fast. To make the road tougher sprinkle some ready set concrete over the top of the road after the next lot of rain.
Lo del balde tiene una solución, le puedes colocar soldada una plancha de acero en el borde, podria ser de media pulgada de espesor por seis pulgadas de ancho con un visel en el borde de 45 grados. Esto lo hacen en las maquinarias pesadas y es muy efectivo. Se lo puede aplicar a el viejo o a uno nuevo y así te va a durar mucho mas tiempo. Es agradable ver a Gina otra vez en la granja, de ahora y por un tiempo debe ser un supervisor.
Soon the snow will be there and it will have to have a fixed road before then. Great job. God bless.
should use your excavator for stumps. much better than your tractor as you can cut the roots.
That was a bit silly Al especially as you have the Bobcat excavator that is more suited for digging stumps out, could have been a very expensive mistake, and while I'm on I have mention it before you need a tipping trailer as part of your equipment, even a second hand one, you don't need to get a new one, it will save you doing multiple trips with the bucket every time and save you fuel in the long run.
Al, I kinda wondered when you started if the grapple bucket would have worked better for the stump removal. The tines can dig around in the soft soil and maybe get the roots broken free easier and make less of a hole if the dirt falls back in. but YEAH< I just like watching GUYS USE MACHINES!!! Great work!
The corners of the bucket are better for pushing things. There is more metal there. The bottom center needs more metal, something on a diagonal with the tip at the center, a little welding and you can ruggedize the bottom. A triangle is the strongest shape.
Al, for the type of work that you need to do on your property you need a heavy duty tractor not a weekend tractor. You are lucky that you did not destroy the hydraulics on your front end loader trying to do what you should’ve been using the excavator. Always remember that if the machines are not messing up occasionally you are not working. It goes with the territory. The learning curve is expensive. Good luck
He seemed to change his approach later. I think he's still learning like you said. I hate it when the learning curve gets expensive! It always seems to go that way and then you don't forget what NOT to do!
When I worked at Tropicana. I operated the front end loader. There was a reinforcement strip on the edge of the bucket, it was also a wear strip. Saved the bucket many times scraping the floors of cattle feed (from the orange peels), I can't tell you how many times I hit the 24" transfer screws in the floors in the 6 years I worked there.
Spring time rolling would always work best plenty of moisture after fall.
You approach every project with the same diligence to quality & innovation that you did with the first barn build you allowed us to follow. Even though building a road may not instantly come to mind, it is as important as a beautiful walls, sealed windows, & level everything! Thank you for sharing your building & creating talents & adventures. Blessings to Gina for continued recovery! :o)
My mom n fathers parents lived in the country ON GRAVEL ROADS. The trees n bushes were kept away from the side of the road because the farmers were the ones to maintain the roads. They shared the area to be plowed (from property line to property line. Always making sure it was done right because they wanted the good road also on either side of their land.
Good morning Lumnah Family!!! Those loggers are going to be so surprised as they drive by this spring to see all the progress you have made on this property! Great job on the road packing and super wise of Gina to decline on shaking up those insides!😄 Hugs from N.C.❤️
I second ALL the comments posted by Marin Bandel! Way to go, Al and Gina! Onward!
Hey there, Marin! As Larry said above, your comments are right on! Hugs right back at you, my friend!
@@samvalentine3206 Howdy Sam! Such a joy to watch this family. Have a great weekend. Hugs from N.C.
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Recycled asphalt looks like a great solution. Looks like the main difference in application is the use of a steam roller to finish.
Come next spring as it melts for about 3 weeks rent the roller again then you can really pack it solid but you might need to add some more surface stone to it.
Yes!
Rent the kompaktor to drive over your grassland so it will be nice and flat. and all the stones will be pushed nicely into the ground so that you can easily drive off the grass
Al, I love watching you work. HA!! Seriously, you are a great homesteader. Of course, Gina is too. Praying for a full recovery from her last surgeries. I can hardly wait until you move everybody (including yourselves) to the off-grid homestead.
Al, you can reinforce that bucket, you just need some steel plate and a really large stick welder.
Its 30 degrees here as well in Southern Spain… just its 30’C 🌞 not 30’F 🥶
That's going to make huge difference! You guy's have a great evening🤗❤👍
Good morning Al, Gina, Olivia and all the Lumnah Friends and Extended family especially Sam, Terresa and Forrest. Wishing everyone a Blessed weekend
Good morning Robert.
@@margaretbedwell3211 Good morning Margaret
Good morning to ya Robert! Thank you for the blessings!
Thanks for the shout-out, Robert! And also for the weekend wishes - may your weekend also be blessed, my friend!
I live in the Colorado mountains. The way I deal with snow on gravel roads is to pack it by driving on two or three inches of the first snowfall. When it freezes it leaves a nice hard stone-free surface so the blade can not dig into the gravel. I plow about twenty-five miles of the road all winter long. I started out with just a plow. then I upgraded to a tractor-mounted snow blower in addition to the blade. I will caution you with the snow blower being used on gravel you have to keep the blower high enough so it will not dig into the gravel. Rocks can destroy a snow blower. Your road looks nice and smooth now that you packed it but the blade will still grab the gravel and plow it off the road.
Al, your making this look easy, Good to See Gina out and about.Thanks for vid.
Al, Gena, and Olivia, thank you for bringing us along as you build your dream homestead . We never miss an episode. Thank you again..
Al I grew up in Illinois on the edge of town and went to school with a lot of farm kids. Like you they knew how to do anything. I worked on farms now and then bit never picked up the skills and knowledge they had by 15 years of age. You remind of those guys.
Great video and great to see Gina up and about. Mike from Maine.
A blessed Saturday morning ... hope you all have a lovely fall weekend...lummer family and friends be well stay safe...
Al, when pulling up stumps l use the corner of the of my bucket so I don't worry about bending it. Ouch that hurts. 🚜🚜👍👍
Are the loggers coming back this winter? Never mind, you talked about the loggers. Also with some of the video shots we could see the before with the edges of the crushed rock with the edges sticking every which way and a pretty nice flat surface after your passes. Did you go out to the main road? 😎 👍👍👍👍👍 Five thumbs up for a needed job well done.
Good Comment Gina.... I'm all shook-up ! You and Al make my day. I always like all your videos.
Good afternoon Lumnah Acres that road looks as flat and we’ll packed as I’ve ever seen you could see the difference one pass made never mind all the passes you made Al, that’s one heck of a good job you did there. I’m glad to see Gina’s looking a lot better but I can see in her face that she’s not feeling 100% still so keep doing as you are and you’ll soon feel better. 😊 😊 😊
Howdy Martin! It looked like Al had a pressing engagement for sure. Hope you have a good weekend!
@@samvalentine3206 Love the pun Sam!
@@samvalentine3206 yep he sure did and I'd pity anyone who got in his way or they'd be flat shaking...
Have yourself a great weekend sir.
If you add water before rolling it gives you 25% more compaction
Great job Al! When are you planning the harvest house siding? Best wishes to Gina on her recovery!
I am also waiting to see the siding !! :-) :-)
Added the inch & a half in our deepest ruts as well. The half inch with the aggregate. So far so good. It rained pretty good the other day & we’re pleased with how it held up! Might have to try one of these rollers in our toughest spots!
That roller worked wonders !! I would of thought might need a huge one but that definitely did the job , and a very nice job at that !!! Thanks for bringing us along your journey !!!! Look forward to next video !!!!!!
Al you can fix the bucket by heating it with a torch and hitting it with a Sludge hammer it's like your heat treating the steel it sometimes works to make it last till you get a new one
Good Morning AL, Gina, n Alivia, Hope all is great with your entire family. Enjoy watching your journey threw all the good n bad, continued prayers that Gina continues to improve n get stronger each day. Ya'll are so truly Blessed.. Been following your family for about 2 yrs now. Stay safe. Sending positive prayers from Tennessee..
All our fellow Lumnahs are all blessed for sure - we have a unique friendship here that brings people together via this wonderful industrious family!
You have a mini excavator...
Use it.
So much for the bent bucket on your FL
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Morning Al ! You should look into a PTO rear mounted leaf blower for the TYM ! Place is looking sweet ! Monique says hi
You will love getting that rock dust on the road. it seriously is like having a concrete drive
Good Day from Kamakura, Japan! 🇯🇵 Hello Lumnah Acres Family & Friends! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!🤩👍🏾
Howdy Robert! Hope you have a great weekend as well, my friend!
Gooooood Morning Japan
@@LumnahAcres Have a great day! 🤩👍🏾
Morning Robert and Sam👋🙂
Good evening JAPAN. Hope you're having a great weekend.
Goooood moooorrrnnning Al, Gina and Olivia fellow Viewers and all my friends hoodie from Jamaica 🇯🇲. Seem we are in for a treat , let's go see if Al can operate that roller.
Good morning Lloyd! How are you doing my friend! Have a wonderful weekend!
Howdy Lloyd - as the old song says There's a "whole lot of shakin' going on"... (RIP Jerry Lee Lewis 10/28/22)
Good morning Lloyd!
Good morning to ya Lloyd!
Oh Al, you can “complain” all you want!! You do no wrong in my eyes 🙏❤️🙏❤️
Absolutely great work compacting the road. Looks amazing
Trying to imagine how any earthworms in the area are processing this process. LOL
@@faithrada - They are probably feeling the squeeze...
You should be able to weld a new stronger cutting edge on that bucket without the cost of replacing the whole thing Love your new place ,it is really looking good
Good to see you out and looking well Gina Al I hope the logging trucks don’t cut the road up to much this winter .
Sure hope you don’t have any kidney stones…that will shake them loose! 😳
Gina is right long slow overlapping passes end to end, and shut off vibrator before stoping
Good Morning y'all, Your road looks good after you compact it. I was a roller operator for 3 years.
Your driveway crosses some beautiful scenery and your property will bring years of great memories. Last winter you fixed up the ship container, and remembered that much hasn't been done with that.
You need 1” to dust MOT stone for your drive, it grades nicely and ‘sets’ hard, with a decent depth it should require a quick grade ever year.
You're right. Though not now prior to the logging I think. But perfect after.
To preserve the driveway your ONLY option is to have the logger cut in a separate haul road. Maybe they can access the logging area off another road or highway? Just saying’ as that other haul road also creates another recreation trail on the property.
Good job, Al. As a city dweller through and through, this gives light to the many things we take for granted. With your OGP, the responsibility for EVERY improvement, large or small, falls squarely in your lap. Where we pay for these things through taxes and mil levy, you just PAY. Good news is that you have control over everything. Bad news is you HAVE TO control everything.
Ira Kopilow,
Yes , Al must pay ,one time and then it belongs to him ! Whereas you must pay for your entire lifetime until you die and the road never belongs to you.. And yes , Al has the responsibility for every improvement while you can not make any improvements at all. Even if they are sorely needed.
Al has the responsibility but along with that responsibility comes a thing called freedom. The bad news for you is you HAVE TO pay and you control nothing !
@@donaldmiller8629 Although Al does pay for the roads in his community with his taxes, too.💕
@@robine916 ... you might be amazed at how low the taxes are in some of these more rural areas. Of course, the number of services you get from the town / county are in proportion to what you pay.
@@rupe53 Most of my family live in NH. The property tax is very high, but as far as I can remember their roads are decent and the schools are too. I was referring to the poster who insisted Al was not paying to maintain any town roads except his own driveway, which is incorrect. Hopefully when we retire we ourselves will be moving to a more rural community, as our own suburban one is getting too populous!💕
@@robine916 ... I live in a small town in lower Ct (pop. 8,500) and I feel your pain. This town won't grow much more but the areas around us are getting crazy.
On something like that, get yourself one of those cheap cup holders that hook on the edge of the window, in a car. Or at least on that has slots. Then get you some long zip ties. Find a spot to that you can zip it to, that's relatively even. You could also maybe get one of those baby bungee cord to hold the cup in the holder better, if you're afraid it might tip/vibarte out. Tada.Temporary cup holder.
Great seeing Gina on the videos again!
Try drilling three eye hooks into your tree stumps and pulling them out with a chain.
Wow great job should make a big difference compacting the road!! Wondering if you will mark road edges in the open areas so when plowing you stay on the road as heavy snow will mess with your preception!! Looking good Gina hope you are feeling great!! Stay blessed everyone!!
Hope you stay blessed as well, Eric... and have a great weekend!
@@samvalentine3206 you too Sam!!
Good Saturday morning to ya Eric!😀
@@teresahyneman4349 Happy Saturday to you Teresa!!!
Al, its a good idea to only engage the vibrating function when you are moving along. Whenever you stop with the vibration on, it will create a small dip, not noticeable until you drive your car/truck over the road when you will wonder why your road is not as smooth as you think it should be!
Good Morning Lumnahs. Excellent job preparing the road for winter. The views from the road are stunning. Would love to see more Flail Mower work at either farm. Take care and God Bless 🙏
Good mauhnin Lumnah acres and friends! Busy morning today but off to a good start! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Good morning Elizabeth! I hope your busy day goes really well and have a wonderful rest of your weekend!
Good morning Elizabeth!
Howdy Elizabeth! Thank you and hope you have a great weekend too!
Gooooood morning and hello Lumnahs and friends, from Omaha David! Is everyone enjoying the cooler fall weather? Nice and cool here. I hope everyone has a blessed and happy weekend!
Good morning Omaha David! 🤩👍🏾
Howdy David! Thank you and wishing you the same blessed and happy weekend!
I’m lovin’ the cooler weather! 👍🏾
@@samvalentine3206 Good Morning Sam! 🤩👍🏾
@@TheKamakuraGardener Hello Robert, my friend! How is it going? I am doing fine and enjoying our cooler temp here. 😃
For your final layer order crusher fine rock, order it mixed with dry cement. Spread the mix out according to your needs and compact it like you did with a roller and with the moister in the ground socking it or with the next rain the road will harden like a concert driveway.