Grading For A New Garage Pad

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  • Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025

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  • @Dumplin42
    @Dumplin42 2 года назад +66

    Been a while since "Strawberry Shortcake" made an appearance. :) What a nice example of the variety of projects you complete effortlessly. Thank you for bringing us along for the ride.

  • @samparks3368
    @samparks3368 2 года назад +25

    as a guy who did this kind of work for over 40 yrs, you do great work, love to watch

  • @craigwavra3495
    @craigwavra3495 2 года назад +37

    Dry dirt and a garage pad. Haven’t seen that in awhile!! Quick and fast!! Bring on the next project. Time to go and play in the mud!

    • @jwdickinson643
      @jwdickinson643 2 года назад +5

      Chris is probably goin’ through withdrawals….

  • @heatherlane9270
    @heatherlane9270 2 года назад +15

    Nice bread and butter job done - neat and tidy completed to plan. Good to see the trees and grass green again - days are getting warmer too..

  • @barrykulmom
    @barrykulmom 2 года назад +2

    Went to see my 3 month old granddaughter that my daughter is adopting today. An LD video when I get home to wind down made today a win. 👶🚧

    • @rawr51919
      @rawr51919 2 года назад +2

      Enjoy the grandma life, they're worth every minute

  • @faylock7693
    @faylock7693 2 года назад +12

    I love, love, LOVE all your videos! Cant wait for the next one! I never dreamed about operating heavy equipment, but now I wish I could!!!

  • @marksaunders2500
    @marksaunders2500 2 года назад +1

    Hi from uk Chris👋👍 great job here on pad👌 I could watch you throw and grade screening with skidsteer all day long lol👍 nice to be back on solid ground for a bit 👌 thanks for you time be safe and see you soon👍👋

  • @Mike7478F
    @Mike7478F 2 года назад +18

    Fantastic new project. It’s awesome to see the pre site and the whole process.

  • @raywilson800
    @raywilson800 2 года назад +15

    Good to see Uncle John. Hardly ever see him on LD18 video any more.

  • @pinwizz69
    @pinwizz69 2 года назад +14

    Alright, last RUclips video of the night is a Letsdig18 Chris vid.
    Always interesting to watch and hear his explanation of what he's doing and how he's going to do it.
    Definitely never boring.
    From the small jobs like these to the large multi video series pond one her just completed last recently.

  • @michaelferrando4122
    @michaelferrando4122 2 года назад

    i understand now....really like how it lays down.. prayers for a blessed easter..

  • @donnaflanagan6612
    @donnaflanagan6612 2 года назад

    Excellent job Chris. Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰

  • @kens.3729
    @kens.3729 2 года назад +4

    The Smaller jobs like this give us a Much Greater Appreciation for those Huge jobs you Accomplish. 👍

  • @mikeseguin6443
    @mikeseguin6443 2 года назад +2

    I love to watch you work.You always know your next move before you finish the one you are working on.👏🏼👏🏼👍Such a professional job.

  • @michaelmullins1290
    @michaelmullins1290 2 года назад +1

    Just a pleasure to watch a professional. Glad I subscribed years ago.

  • @dennis2376
    @dennis2376 2 года назад +4

    Nice that you can keep the project with in the family. :) Have a great day and thank you.

  • @scottfortune9016
    @scottfortune9016 2 года назад +4

    Been a little while since we've seen you do some building construction prep. Nice little change of pace. Plus you knocked it out in a day?! Very different from these huge projects you've got going.
    Great job as always Chris. I sit here and think how nice it would be to have a contractor with not only your skill set, but your attention to detail.
    Sure different than what I'm used to.

  • @tomrogers9467
    @tomrogers9467 2 года назад

    Nothing can disappear faster than a load of stone! I just paid shy of $500 CAD a load for crushed 7/8 granite. Times 3. My 28 x 42 shop took over 20 loads. 💰💰💰💰💰

  • @CJLeTeff
    @CJLeTeff 2 года назад +2

    Got to love a couple of quickie jobs huh Chris. 👍👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🤘🏻🤘🏻 I had an Uncle John too, awesome gentleman and man of few words much like yours. 😁

  • @Sleekfalcon
    @Sleekfalcon 2 года назад

    No mud, thats a plus. Good thing to show you don't always need an excavator or big equipment to remove trees or do a job like this. Obviously it was easier to load the trees after and a backhoe or excavator of a sort is needed for certain things on a job like this, like digging utilities or footers. Just awesome to see the things that can be done without the excavator or dozer even. Some get the impression you have to have big equipment to get a job done. Bet this was a good change of monotony, a needed break from the constant mud and pond work you've been doing.

  • @davidrobins4025
    @davidrobins4025 2 года назад

    What a great foundation on which to build the garage. You always do a fantastic job.

  • @dixiebourne752
    @dixiebourne752 2 года назад +1

    Chris have a happy Easter and a safe day.

  • @wb8ujb
    @wb8ujb 2 года назад +9

    Nice work Chris. The guys that did the pad for my garage were almost as talented as you. Not sure how you can grade things out like that and be so close to on the money before the transit comes out.
    Thanks for the video.

  • @rondastump8930
    @rondastump8930 2 года назад

    Perfection on the job site as usual. Garage pad finished and ready for cement. We'll done!!! May u have a very blessed Easter!!!

  • @bigdsoutdooradventure
    @bigdsoutdooradventure 2 года назад +5

    Great job!! Love the Yanmar!! You make it look so effortless.

  • @harrykeel8557
    @harrykeel8557 2 года назад

    Y'all have a blessed Easter.

  • @jamesrobinson1022
    @jamesrobinson1022 2 года назад +2

    If you come across random lilac bushes or trees on older property it might be where an outhouse used to be. They were planted to mask the smell. I read about in an article the other day. They were also planted near houses cause they have scented candles and febreze back in the day.

  • @dixiebourne752
    @dixiebourne752 2 года назад +6

    Chris is see uncle John is with you today very nice to see you two work together.

  • @warrenjohnknight.9831
    @warrenjohnknight.9831 2 года назад +2

    A nice change in pace today Chris, absolutely nothing like a new garage project,

  • @clifforddgreen1296
    @clifforddgreen1296 2 года назад

    I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos you are a very great operator

  • @davecoombs6060
    @davecoombs6060 2 года назад +2

    Down south you don't need to dig footings for a garage, in New Hampshire, we need too, attached or unattached garage, but we also have a heavy frost up here in the winter, 4'+ of perma frost, great job!!!👊💪

    • @sharonmiller6436
      @sharonmiller6436 2 года назад +1

      Not quite 'perma frost' . . . . you have to head a ways farther north to get that! 🙂

    • @davecoombs6060
      @davecoombs6060 2 года назад

      @@sharonmiller6436 your right, it dont last a couple yrs, but 4+' of frozen solid ground is solid & moves things like slabs during the winter, life long resident, have seen some wierd things from our "frost's"

    • @sharonmiller6436
      @sharonmiller6436 2 года назад +1

      @@davecoombs6060 I'm in SE Ontario and I know what you mean. 🙂

  • @duaneayers6117
    @duaneayers6117 2 года назад

    Those too first trees u pushed down said ouch. Looks Great.

  • @dwaynekoblitz6032
    @dwaynekoblitz6032 2 года назад

    I always expect the Dump Trucks to be more full for whatever reason. Like the haul trucks. That stuff my stuff be heavy. You're so good at leveling the fill. You make it look so easy and yet I know it isn't. Another fantastic job well done. #letsdig18

    • @sharonmiller6436
      @sharonmiller6436 2 года назад

      Here in Ontario they have half load limits on all but the main roads until usually the 1st of May.

  • @ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441
    @ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441 2 года назад

    Small little job and turned out all right. Good stuff. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦

  • @Todd.Roberts
    @Todd.Roberts 2 года назад +1

    Nice quick job . In and out time is money

  • @csnelling4
    @csnelling4 2 года назад +2

    Nice, quick job Chris 🍺🍺👍🇬🇧👌

  • @karenheartoriginal3783
    @karenheartoriginal3783 2 года назад +2

    Well this was a fun lil project…dry & clean too!

  • @mattwisniewski4896
    @mattwisniewski4896 2 года назад +2

    Another great job by the dirt master

  • @kirk467
    @kirk467 2 года назад +1

    Looks great Chris! Thanks for sharing! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸

  • @phillamrock286
    @phillamrock286 2 года назад +1

    Im hooked on your videos. Wonderful to watch. Amazing achievements

  • @traveller9625
    @traveller9625 2 года назад +1

    You sure do make it look easy, great job.

  • @donnamullins2089
    @donnamullins2089 2 года назад +2

    Quick and easy breezy. Good job.

  • @kenore4003
    @kenore4003 2 года назад +9

    Might need to bring in the 220. Those trees look like they are going to put up a fight. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing!

  • @terryrogers1025
    @terryrogers1025 2 года назад +1

    It is a sweet lookin pad, nice job. Thanks for the ride along.👍

  • @jonlowe8727
    @jonlowe8727 2 года назад

    That takeuchi gets through some work. Top content mate 👌

  • @bennetts-revenge_2
    @bennetts-revenge_2 2 года назад +1

    Wow project done all in 1 video, cool! Nice job Chris!

  • @oldschoolhoosier
    @oldschoolhoosier 2 года назад +2

    Turned out nicely. The owner should be very happy with the results. Those little jobs are appreciated after having to deal with a muddy mess for several days…..lol

  • @jamesbreault5762
    @jamesbreault5762 2 года назад

    Looks great Chris👍👍👍

  • @stephenkeefer3436
    @stephenkeefer3436 2 года назад +21

    “What’s a chainsaw, dad?” “ That’s a thing they used in the olden days before MR Chris showed us how to take trees apart with an excavator “

    • @karenheartoriginal3783
      @karenheartoriginal3783 2 года назад +6

      😂🤣 so true 🤣😂

    • @sandybarnes887
      @sandybarnes887 2 года назад +3

      Skid steer. Excavator. Doesn't matter what he uses. Kinda like the expression, every tool is a hammer 😆 Chris is top notch for sure.

  • @steves9915
    @steves9915 2 года назад

    Looks good Chris.

  • @kevinkenyon7045
    @kevinkenyon7045 2 года назад

    Chris great quick job! Thanks for sharing! Kevin

  • @BillW-NJ
    @BillW-NJ 2 года назад

    The weather must be warming up, John is wearing shorts! And very good looking results. The pad that is, not the shorts.

  • @frankpristov9745
    @frankpristov9745 2 года назад

    Have a happy Easter to you and your family Chris

  • @rossnolan2883
    @rossnolan2883 2 года назад +3

    Brilliant job 🎉🎉

  • @tommcguire6081
    @tommcguire6081 2 года назад +1

    Looking forward to seeing the new place

  • @jakster1952
    @jakster1952 2 года назад +3

    This is how it’s done. Great content and professionalism. You sleep well I’m sure !

  • @deernutOO
    @deernutOO 2 года назад +1

    Great pad project, slick and clean.

  • @dirtguy6537
    @dirtguy6537 2 года назад +2

    I see a on-road dump truck in Chris's future you could keep it busy you do fine work too I might add.

  • @RRRIBEYE
    @RRRIBEYE 2 года назад +4

    I would have put in a floor drain with that fall to the woods there. Come in handy for inside washing in the winter

    • @dansbrown1313
      @dansbrown1313 2 года назад +3

      Hey Mike, I suppose they can only do what the home owner or contractor tells them to do. :)

    • @RRRIBEYE
      @RRRIBEYE 2 года назад +1

      @@dansbrown1313 Well SURE!!! 😁

    • @papabearcamaro
      @papabearcamaro 2 года назад

      Alot of areas they are against code and not allowed.

  • @steveblack1753
    @steveblack1753 2 года назад

    Nice clean job Chris

  • @gayle4804
    @gayle4804 2 года назад +1

    Totally amazing how sand ended up in the 2nd part of the video, man you must be a magician. Good job, Would like to see the whole process,

  • @brucehuff5566
    @brucehuff5566 2 года назад +2

    That was a nice looking project. Stay safe

  • @danielelwell2571
    @danielelwell2571 2 года назад +1

    Nice little job for you.

  • @donbraden8533
    @donbraden8533 2 года назад

    Nice job guys 👍👍😎

  • @russellgilson4072
    @russellgilson4072 2 года назад +2

    Chris your jobsite always look great

  • @robbnorth2243
    @robbnorth2243 2 года назад

    Taking out trees with the skid steer.... That's a first!!!

  • @dawnbradrick6289
    @dawnbradrick6289 2 года назад +2

    Dawns here ☀️

  • @cathiwim
    @cathiwim 2 года назад +1

    You know, Chris is so good, those of us regular watchers are gonna be REALLY picky when we need some work done! I know i am!

  • @catgynt9148
    @catgynt9148 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for sharing this video Chris. Your voice is sounding better; are you over your cold or just treating symptoms more aggressively? In either case, I hope you are feeling better. Wishing you and your family a blessed Easter weekend and a gentle spring season. Peace brother.

  • @mikeseguin6443
    @mikeseguin6443 2 года назад

    You guys already have green grass and we gust got over a 3 day winter storm with over 2 feet of white rain.❄️❄️❄️

  • @donaldtrabeaux5235
    @donaldtrabeaux5235 2 года назад +1

    Nice job Chris

  • @rearlt
    @rearlt 2 года назад +1

    Dang you do some nice work!

  • @jameschagnon1972
    @jameschagnon1972 2 года назад +1

    Keeping it 💯 love the way you are doing great stuff 👍

  • @charlesswhitlock
    @charlesswhitlock 2 года назад +1

    Chris, there is a lot of difference between your early videos and the recent ones. One of your very early ones you started a camera set it on the ground and walked over to the excavator and took the tree down and walked back to shut off the camera. lol. Story time with Chris made for great videos. Good times.

  • @edadan
    @edadan 2 года назад +3

    How do you know it’s level? Is it from experience and you “just know” or is there some other way that you do it? Whatever it is, I’m always amazed at the quality of your workmanship!

  • @johnpyle8027
    @johnpyle8027 2 года назад +3

    I don't know what that material is you use for fill in that part of the country, but I wish I would have used it when they put up my building, or at least make them roll it in in layers. I let it sit for a year and it still settled about half an inch across the length. Just enough to give me a tiny crack and break the electrical box tabs on one end.

  • @spencer6764
    @spencer6764 2 года назад +1

    Well Done Magic Man

  • @kiwi_welltraveled4375
    @kiwi_welltraveled4375 2 года назад +11

    Another job well done!
    I know years of experience and the tracks of the skid steer, both help when judging the grade, to find level.
    Would a cheap builders level, hot glued into the cab, help confirm what your eye is telling you.?
    As always
    Massive Respect from Aotearoa, New Zealand.
    😀👍💙💛

    • @erikcourtney1834
      @erikcourtney1834 2 года назад +2

      It can help until experience is gained. But far from being very accurate with such a short level. Ive put a sleeve on the bucket to hold a 2x2 square tube that will mount a laser receiver on. Find grade, set receiver to height and grade away.

    • @sandybarnes887
      @sandybarnes887 2 года назад +1

      He uses a laser to find grade

  • @bjlee1988
    @bjlee1988 2 года назад +2

    LD18 hiring UJ from GE again? :) Good to see! Enjoy your vids, kudos!

  • @bennysimpson5910
    @bennysimpson5910 2 года назад +3

    You build a great pad

  • @hilmaallen1302
    @hilmaallen1302 2 года назад

    Hello strawberry shortcake nice to see you again.

  • @mischef18
    @mischef18 2 года назад

    Another day another dollar, nice little job to keep you from sitting in front of the TV and growing old bro. Safe travels

  • @jerryb953
    @jerryb953 2 года назад +2

    You do good work!

  • @bryanrotchell1565
    @bryanrotchell1565 2 года назад +1

    Nicely done 👍👍

  • @rustysteel8714
    @rustysteel8714 2 года назад +2

    You sure can SHAKE a mean bucket on that skid steer, Chris! 🧂😉
    One question... do many of your clients know they hired the COMBINATION best equipment/excavator operator, and FAMOUS RUclips video STAR ...in the country?
    Inquiring minds... and all that 🐃. 😁

  • @glendahandley6266
    @glendahandley6266 2 года назад +1

    Looks good great job

  • @lakehunter48p55
    @lakehunter48p55 2 года назад +1

    I think you could fold laundry with that yanmar. great job. thks for video

  • @DevilsGroveDiscGolf
    @DevilsGroveDiscGolf 2 года назад

    Nice work !

  • @octaveobsessions
    @octaveobsessions 2 года назад

    skid steer vs bushes - what a heartwarming liliput battle

  • @autodude251
    @autodude251 2 года назад

    Always know when the weather is breaking when John has shorts on..

  • @martymclamb5750
    @martymclamb5750 2 года назад

    Looks nice

  • @stevekissel605
    @stevekissel605 2 года назад +1

    Great video 👍 👍

  • @AncientHermit
    @AncientHermit 2 года назад

    I guess it's pad season then. ;o) Looking good. Be well Chris. :)

  • @Adamsmithv
    @Adamsmithv 2 года назад +2

    If possible when you have the chance can you make a tips/tricks/advice video for newer dozer operators?

  • @donniemcalister7149
    @donniemcalister7149 2 года назад +2

    Hey Chris, is that screenings that you’re using for the fill?

  • @mattwisniewski4896
    @mattwisniewski4896 2 года назад +1

    A little machine and a big clean up

  • @josianrodriguez1249
    @josianrodriguez1249 2 года назад +1

    SALUDOS CHRIS, ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS. G.B.Y.

  • @thebadwolf7687
    @thebadwolf7687 2 года назад

    Is that stone dust? Or does it have a bigger gravel mixed in it?

  • @delcasaleexcavating9508
    @delcasaleexcavating9508 2 года назад

    What is the weight for that smooth drum roller with the vibration ?

  • @robertdonaldson6584
    @robertdonaldson6584 2 года назад +1

    That was fun