Final Leveling and Smoothing

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Grading with a Crippled machine

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What happens here

After the initial rough grading, the presenter walks the path to identify any remaining subtle uneven areas. He gets back on the skid steer to perform fine grading, using precise movements of the bucket to smooth out small irregularities and blend the path seamlessly with the adjacent ground. He aims for a 'broom finish' by lightly dragging the bucket to eliminate minor ridges and create a consistent, level surface. He emphasizes avoiding over-compaction so that grass seed can be planted in the future. The graded path now extends to the neighbor's property line, addressing the original 'hump'.

Goal: Achieve a smooth, level surface, ready for planting grass or other finishing touches

Tools and materials

4-in-1 Bucket — Attached to the skid steer for fine leveling
Bobcat S185 Skid Steer Bobcat — For fine grading and surface smoothing

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let's move here over there huh all right so we don't have a whole lot of material to work with here so what we're going to do is we're going to take what we do have which is basically a bucket full and just blend it this way and then smooth this stuff out so we're not cutting we're not filling legitimately all we're doing is pretty much leveling right and we just needed a little bit of material that we could a little bit of loose material that we could use for the leveling process she just got a lot of little tiny uneven contenders you know [Music] contenders a lot of tiny little even uneven content what the heck does that even mean she's got a lot of tiny little holes all over just unlevel where she's transplanted stuff and sometimes i say things that don't even make sense to me you guys so i'm just saying if it doesn't make sense to you you're not going nuts [Applause] [Music] so [Music] right in the middle you can always tell when you get that weird little drag part [Music] no i'm on her her grass but i gotta catch this great over here [Music] tiny ridge take that out a little bit of a ridge [Music] here fluff that soil out lift it up a little bit these are just fun little micro adjustments these little tiny jobs are awesome for boy if you got a guy then god his controls are so sticky you got a guy that wants to really learn how to grade don't put him on a big job put him on a little job and tell him to get it right [Music] all right [Music] one last bag drink i always say that and then i do like five more [Music] because it ain't work if you're having fun right does it really count as work if you're having fun i love that grade when you get that bucket just right right there you can grade but not compact [Music] all the way grade but not because i want her to be able to grow something [Music] so i'm trying to get the bucket just to the point [Music] just to this little finessy point [Music] where i'm not trying to flat top it like i do the driveways i'm trying to keep it kind of like a broom finish [Music]

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