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Final Grade Inspection and Future Remediation Plan

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Testing the NEW skid steer on slick wet clay

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What happens here

The operator inspects the entire graded slope, noting the hard-packed, 'slicked' surface achieved with the CTL. He reiterates that this grade is designed for immediate water runoff and erosion control, as permanent landscaping (seeding or sodding) will not occur until the following year. He emphasizes that if this were the final grade for a yard, it would be prepared differently. Looking ahead to next spring, he plans to 'till' this hard-packed clay surface using various attachments (power rake, SR3, hydro-bucket, etc.) and then deeply incorporate black dirt and potentially sand to create a proper soil structure. This will prevent roots from hitting an impenetrable clay layer and ensure the health of future vegetation, which would otherwise suffer during dry spells.

Goal: The operator inspects the completed 'slicked' grade, explaining its purpose for temporary erosion control and outlining future steps to incorporate black dirt and sand for permanent vegetation.

Tools and materials

  • Hydro-bucket (future use)
  • Power Rake (future use)
  • SR3 (future use)
  • Black Dirt (future use)
  • Sand (future use)

What they say

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off all right guys we're going to start at the bottom of the hill and we're going to look at the grade from the bottom and the top because i don't have a laser here so from the bottom you guys can see that everything flows right down here it kind of comes this way it comes this way and it's meant to come straight down here which is pretty much where we wanted her to go i wanted her to go if i could say that any more awkward i probably could if i tried um so this grade let's take a real quick look at this okay you guys because this is not the great i'd leave if this was gonna be a yard this is clay right and i did this on purpose i hard pack this clay because next year i can come in power rake it i can use the sr3 on it i can use the hydra bucket i don't care pick a name anything that tills something up i can then till this back up and put the black dirt and incorporate it down so these guys can grow grass but in the meantime they're not going to get their entire yard washing down and into the street this surface is going to really protect it so there's still a lot more landscaping to do out here but we're not gonna be doing it a guy named bobby jensen i guess he's a famous guy on kare11 news local um she's worked with him before so we're her excavator he's her landscaper i guess is what it is we got plenty of work anyway we can't keep up we just blaine just threw his back out and sam's trying to build a 14-foot tall retaining wall blaine can't pick up a single block alex is out doing fall cleanups frankie is up north putting a second story on the cabin tim is out doing a french trade french grading french drain job and here i am so we're spread a bit then but we'll get through her always do and i'm sure you guys are spread then too man i think we all are right it's that time of the season and it's one of those worlds anyway that's all we got for you today hope you enjoyed it hope you picked something out of it let me know what you think in the comments below let me know what you picked out of it if it was just fun cool being said i just had fun i went along for the ride if you learned something let me know that too and we'll just go from there hopefully we'll see on another one god bless go get them you guys if i don't leave here i'll never leave here i'll just stay here and work and work and work i know it i mean i cuz i see that ridge i kind of want to take that out and i'm going to fill that in and then i want to put a little bit of dirt right there and…

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