Next shortage we are going to hear about is Tennessee and North Carolina having no guard rails. Going to have to lock us down because roads aren’t safe for travel anymore. Lol
What a fantastic solution! It’s great seeing your friendship. I’ve said it before but it bears repeating, I need to find a Justin here. Septic/drain fields , water line for indoor plumbing, swales and a pond, storm/root cellar, downed tree dragging to my Hügelkultur bed, the list goes on. And everywhere is full of huge, old oak tree roots. Short of dynamite I have no idea how to dig these. Need some Justin know-how. Also trying to figure out how to make a rocket mass heater in time for winter. God’s in control so it’ll happen. Thanks Guys!
In all honesty, Justin is an answer to my prayers. I prayed that the good Lord would provide me better friends than I could ever choose for myself. He did.
Another episode of the Billy & Justin show. This is not how i was picturing it when you fist started explaining it but man is that genius and 100x better. You guys never fail to entertain and teach
If you are constantly expending resources to fix the road, you have less resources to improve the property. Concrete washout, or even a few bags of mortar mix mixed in at the base of the driveway will stop the rocks from filling the road.
I'm glad you see the connection to Permaculture.Many do not "get it ".You might be able to be a used guardrail supplier,make some extra cash,then direct folks to your equipment operating friend there.Just a Perma-thought.
Maaan, am I glad you came up on this search! We've been needing to fix our driveway for a while. I found a source for those guardrails here, so I think we're on the road to repair... 🙏🙏
Some use used carpet. The silt penetrates the mesh and then didn't wash out. I'd put it upside down to avoid carpet fibers poking up. It might look obvious so probably better for back roads. Also it might be tough to get rid of.
Also, if city roads are being moved, frequently you can get free 12" water pipes which hold dump trucks if buried deep enough. I used 3 side-by-size under our road. But your road doesn't look built up enough to bury those.
I grew up in Europe, and I saw those things all over in the hills and mountains. Been trying to figure out what to use for our road in this regard and this is genius. Thanks for sharing!
Ok this is THE MOST BRILLIANT IDEA I have seen in a long time! Wow! We all wish we had a Justin as a neighbor, you guys are definitely Blessed to have him so close. As I have told him before on his channel, he (Justin) is an American Treasure!! BOOM BOOM!! Lol 😂👊🏻 Thanks for sharing this awesome video my only PIMP Friend!! 👍🏻👊🏻💪🏻😂
Roads are the 2nd most important consideration in a permaculture design. Water being number one of course. Up and down on ridges and across on contour is the ideal. Of course inheriting a poorly designed road or driveway is another matter. Love the guardrail idea. Hillbilly genius strikes again 🤩
Works like a charm, and is far more environmentally friendly than plastic junk. That said, I build Bump Ups rather than excavate. Same principle, but adds soil and gravel to create a long, low speed bump that's angled to direct the flow off to the side of the road. Simple and just dirt-n-gravel. The key is to make them long enough that you don't get that ugly jarring bump when you go over the things. It should be a nice transition, and the angle shouldn't be more than maybe 25º or so across the road. Gotta build them in close enough proximity that the runoff never gets up enough speed to start eroding things, but since they're just dirt and gravel.... they're real easy to build. I'll keep an eye out for guard rails just to try it. Looks like a fun project just to say I did it.
That is truly genius! Justin really is a smart and innovative guy! He still amazes me with machines too. He makes everything look so easy! Y’all make a great team on stuff!! A pond would be so awesome in that spot! Just think Billy… you could fry up your very own catfish any time you wanted! Maybe your piggy landscaping crew can help you with the pond project when you are ready to do it too. So bacon could help you get catfish, that’s definitely permaculture at work!
I got to tell ya, that is a Genius idea! My driveway is on an incline but has a good crown on it. So far I haven't had any issues with it washing but if it does, I am going to get some of these installed for sure.
Permaculture - using the materials around you, so is also recycling a scrap material. Often thought about using old roller shutters as roofing, roadway or decking.
How could we use this system without winter heaving in a colder climate? We get insane washout plus a large amount of snow. We would need to be certain the rail wouldn’t pop up under the snow and take out our snow blower
Saw it a long time ago and thought it was great idea, didnt realize it was a guardrail, I've been trying to ID that material for years! Where did you get your rail?
Was just discussing this with our resident master of mechanics. He suggested using a series of guards in an odd number going mwm(wm…) with the w overlapped by the m for more flow than one guard rail could handle. This would prevent a sharp edge from being exposed to tires and feet. Maybe put a grate or mesh on top to smooth the passage.
Great idea! I live here in Oregon where it never stops raining and I’ve never seen guard rail used. Definitely going to do this. Just started my excavation business and this will be my go to. Thanks for sharing!
@@landking3742 yes I ended up using guard rail for a client and it worked great. It was on a very steep river access road and I came back a year later to find it was holding up very well.
I have a 300 foot driveway with 12 degree grade coming down always wiping out the 400 level part . How many feet should I space them ? I have a nice drop off for the water to run off into the woods
I just spent 1000.00 to repair my 30 ft drive on a hill and 4 months later it is worse than it was before. Help! Where do I find these guardrails? I can barely get up my drive.
Hello from the mountains of central PA! I too have driveway drainage problems, thus what led me to your video! I’m going to employ this clever resolution, however before I do so, I wanted to ask- do you plow snow on the driveways you’ve used it on? If so, does it hold up ok? I figure it will since just the plow feet would be running over it, and the “trough” part is probably filled with snow or ice. Thank you!
Put a crown on your road ( yours is flat ) . Keep the shoulder of the road mowed so the water can get off the road. Why not put a mound of dirt across the road....creating the same affect ? Much more gentle for driving on.
BRILLIANT! This is about to get VERY POPULAR around here!
I am so glad this helps!
Justin is such a blessing, he has serious skills.
He’s got more tricks than the cat in the hat!
I am thankful for the guardrails…since I use your driveway almost as much as I use my own !
Ha ha! You always have your place by our fire brother!
Absolutely awesome!! I've grown up on a farm in pumpkintown SC all my life and also had a grading business for 25 years. Never seen this. Thanks
I was pretty blown away by myself! It’s rained pretty hard in the last couple of days and that thing will work beautifully!
Next shortage we are going to hear about is Tennessee and North Carolina having no guard rails. Going to have to lock us down because roads aren’t safe for travel anymore. Lol
Ha ha!. Ain’t that the truth!
That is the coolest ideal, thanks for sharing. I would definitely put a pond in the future that would have so many benefits.
Ponds are hard to beat for sure!
This is an awesome idea! I am sharing this with everyone I know! The trick will be obtaining the guardrails!
I couldn’t believe how many are available at local farm stores.
I was eating ice cream and I almost choked laughing at minute 3:12 🤣🤣🤣 your humor is the best!!!
Thank you so much my friend!
What a fantastic solution! It’s great seeing your friendship. I’ve said it before but it bears repeating, I need to find a Justin here. Septic/drain fields , water line for indoor plumbing, swales and a pond, storm/root cellar, downed tree dragging to my Hügelkultur bed, the list goes on. And everywhere is full of huge, old oak tree roots. Short of dynamite I have no idea how to dig these. Need some Justin know-how.
Also trying to figure out how to make a rocket mass heater in time for winter. God’s in control so it’ll happen. Thanks Guys!
In all honesty, Justin is an answer to my prayers. I prayed that the good Lord would provide me better friends than I could ever choose for myself. He did.
Another episode of the Billy & Justin show. This is not how i was picturing it when you fist started explaining it but man is that genius and 100x better. You guys never fail to entertain and teach
You are too kind my friend.
If you are constantly expending resources to fix the road, you have less resources to improve the property. Concrete washout, or even a few bags of mortar mix mixed in at the base of the driveway will stop the rocks from filling the road.
I'm glad you see the connection to Permaculture.Many do not "get it ".You might be able to be a used guardrail supplier,make some extra cash,then direct folks to your equipment operating friend there.Just a Perma-thought.
Now that is $1 million idea!
Maaan, am I glad you came up on this search! We've been needing to fix our driveway for a while. I found a source for those guardrails here, so I think we're on the road to repair...
🙏🙏
Oh my WORD!!! That guy is SO talented with that machine!!!
I am astonished every time I see him on that thing!
Some use used carpet. The silt penetrates the mesh and then didn't wash out. I'd put it upside down to avoid carpet fibers poking up. It might look obvious so probably better for back roads. Also it might be tough to get rid of.
Also, if city roads are being moved, frequently you can get free 12" water pipes which hold dump trucks if buried deep enough. I used 3 side-by-size under our road. But your road doesn't look built up enough to bury those.
We’ve had some pretty hard rain and I can’t believe how well these things are holding up!
I so enjoyed learning something new to hold on too, thank You and the gentleman. Awesome Awesome!!!
Thank you my friend!
I grew up in Europe, and I saw those things all over in the hills and mountains. Been trying to figure out what to use for our road in this regard and this is genius. Thanks for sharing!
Billy, where in the world do you buy old guardrails...My driveway needs this blessing/
I found them at the local farm store.
Probably the BEST how-to fix a washed-out gravel driveway on the internet.
Gotta love the way the Pyrenees force you to give them attention.
He’s too cute!
What a smart idea ! Happy Sunday!
Thank you my friend!
You guys are funny.. thanks for sharing your knowledge.- Melanie
Thank you Melanie!
So now that it’s 2 years later how about a follow up video on how it’s working? Can you take a box blade over it?
Ok this is THE MOST BRILLIANT IDEA I have seen in a long time! Wow! We all wish we had a Justin as a neighbor, you guys are definitely Blessed to have him so close. As I have told him before on his channel, he (Justin) is an American Treasure!! BOOM BOOM!! Lol 😂👊🏻 Thanks for sharing this awesome video my only PIMP
Friend!! 👍🏻👊🏻💪🏻😂
I’ll ask the Lord to give me better friends than I could ever choose for myself… and He answered big!
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 Yes HE did, at least I know HE did with that one 👍🏻🙏🏻😇😇😊🙌🏻
It’s called a diverted and a practice used on forestry roads. Also explained in the dept of forestry road manual.
Awesome idea. Thank you so much for sharing this information.
Educational and entertaining as always.
Thank you so much my friend!
Roads are the 2nd most important consideration in a permaculture design. Water being number one of course. Up and down on ridges and across on contour is the ideal. Of course inheriting a poorly designed road or driveway is another matter. Love the guardrail idea. Hillbilly genius strikes again 🤩
We’ve had some pretty hard rain since he installed these things and they are working perfectly!
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 excellent!
Works like a charm, and is far more environmentally friendly than plastic junk. That said, I build Bump Ups rather than excavate. Same principle, but adds soil and gravel to create a long, low speed bump that's angled to direct the flow off to the side of the road. Simple and just dirt-n-gravel. The key is to make them long enough that you don't get that ugly jarring bump when you go over the things. It should be a nice transition, and the angle shouldn't be more than maybe 25º or so across the road. Gotta build them in close enough proximity that the runoff never gets up enough speed to start eroding things, but since they're just dirt and gravel.... they're real easy to build. I'll keep an eye out for guard rails just to try it. Looks like a fun project just to say I did it.
That is truly genius! Justin really is a smart and innovative guy! He still amazes me with machines too. He makes everything look so easy! Y’all make a great team on stuff!!
A pond would be so awesome in that spot! Just think Billy… you could fry up your very own catfish any time you wanted! Maybe your piggy landscaping crew can help you with the pond project when you are ready to do it too. So bacon could help you get catfish, that’s definitely permaculture at work!
I like the way you think my friend! The Deep South catfish has me wanting some of my own!
Good solution to a very common problem. Nice to have a nearly one and done fix, and combat the losses erosion brings.
I honestly can’t believe how well they are working!
You two are a hoot! And very informative. Thanks. 😁
I always enjoy working with him!
I got to tell ya, that is a Genius idea! My driveway is on an incline but has a good crown on it. So far I haven't had any issues with it washing but if it does, I am going to get some of these installed for sure.
Absolutely incredible! Can’t wait to try it out
Justin is like a surgeon with that bucket
Sadly, I always fail to film most of the impressive things that he does with that thing.
Just curious how it worked out I got a one mile driveway with same issues.
Brilliant!!! I live in Vermont and a big part of our issue is damage from snow plowing operations in the winter. Anyone with insight on this? Best
Great solution.
He’s a genius!
Can you get some video during a rainstorm ?
Looking forward to the pond build!!
Great idea! Would love to try it. Some suggestions where to get the guardrails?
Permaculture - using the materials around you, so is also recycling a scrap material. Often thought about using old roller shutters as roofing, roadway or decking.
How could we use this system without winter heaving in a colder climate? We get insane washout plus a large amount of snow. We would need to be certain the rail wouldn’t pop up under the snow and take out our snow blower
Saw it a long time ago and thought it was great idea, didnt realize it was a guardrail, I've been trying to ID that material for years!
Where did you get your rail?
That Justin is a problem solver!
He is indeed!
Was just discussing this with our resident master of mechanics. He suggested using a series of guards in an odd number going mwm(wm…) with the w overlapped by the m for more flow than one guard rail could handle. This would prevent a sharp edge from being exposed to tires and feet. Maybe put a grate or mesh on top to smooth the passage.
So far they are working perfectly. You can barely tell driving over them.
Perfect idea. This never crossed my mind yet it is so ideal because of the M shape of the guard rail. Guess this is why you are paid the big money ( :
It blew my mind as well!
The local lumber yard did this. Works very well.
Hi Billy, after 2 years, how is this working? We have a similar issue at our home.
That is pure genius.
We’ve had some pretty hard rain since filming this and they have worked unbelievably!
How would you fix a gravel driveway that's eroding into your yard and causing flooding issues inside your house?
This seems great but doesn't it just fill up with gravel and dirt itself??
I want to see an update video on these!
What am i missing? colvert pipe is cheap. This looks like it would fill with gravel quickly just from driving over it.
Great idea! I live here in Oregon where it never stops raining and I’ve never seen guard rail used. Definitely going to do this. Just started my excavation business and this will be my go to. Thanks for sharing!
Any success?
@@landking3742 yup I did the guard rail on a steep river access road and checked it a year later with good results. Customers are very happy.
Did you do it
@@landking3742 yes I ended up using guard rail for a client and it worked great. It was on a very steep river access road and I came back a year later to find it was holding up very well.
@@MacGhoul it worked great and still holding up a year later with heavy rain on a very steep road.
I have a 300 foot driveway with 12 degree grade coming down always wiping out the 400 level part . How many feet should I space them ? I have a nice drop off for the water to run off into the woods
Do you have to clear the rocks and dirt from those often?
Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Hope this works out for you Billy. A pond would be a great contribution to the farm.
It would indeed!
On another note, I just realize that I was unsubscribed from your channel.
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 my sub counts going hay wire lately
Michelle needs a pond!
@@CrazyDazes I think I needed more because I need to raise catfish like y’all!
I just spent 1000.00 to repair my 30 ft drive on a hill and 4 months later it is worse than it was before. Help! Where do I find these guardrails? I can barely get up my drive.
We had these cut 16 feet long at our local farm store.
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 thank you!
Brilliant!
Thank you so much!
How's about small photo report "Two Years Later..." ? Lot if thanks!
How did they work out a year on? I have the same problem with the track to my farm in Wales, UK.
I’m going to try this if I can find the guard rails.
Looking for a solution for my steep gravel drive erosion issues, may try, thanks
Would it heave in the winter where temps go down way below freezing?
Hello from the mountains of central PA! I too have driveway drainage problems, thus what led me to your video! I’m going to employ this clever resolution, however before I do so, I wanted to ask- do you plow snow on the driveways you’ve used it on? If so, does it hold up ok? I figure it will since just the plow feet would be running over it, and the “trough” part is probably filled with snow or ice. Thank you!
Wouldn't the guardrail just fill up with dirt?
Nice...but who`s the mullet headed old grey haired man at 4:55 ?
Old railroad track works well too.
Where can you get this guardrails? I’m in Vermont.
Any updates on the system?
Put a crown on your road ( yours is flat ) . Keep the shoulder of the road mowed so the water can get off the road. Why not put a mound of dirt across the road....creating the same affect ? Much more gentle for driving on.
Grate idea! How is it working after some time?
Best idea if seen thanks
How rough are these to drive over?
You guys are having too much fun.
We try!
Keep us updated.
I surely will!
The water collected by the guide rails will be eroding the earth of the side slopes of the road now.
Need video when it’s raining
Genius!!
I agree!
mountain ways will save your life
Amen to that!
is this still working?
Great Idea, but I have 2000m of a road I have to fix :)))
Now I can’t drive down the highway without looking for downed guard rail.
Ha ha! If this gets out far and wide I’m sure many will be MIA!
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 :)
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 let’s hope your messages get out far and wide. I love your vision of permaculture living!
This is a water bar, a very old technique.
Y’all tawk funny
I can watch diggers all day long.
Great idea!!
Watch permapasture farm. Genius driveway repair.