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Working the Skid Steer in the Woods! Didn't get stuck this time!

What happens here

Begin by understanding the project's scope, which involves reconstructing a section of a farm road that was damaged by flooding. The chosen material is 'crusher run' gravel, a mixture of various sized stones and fine rock dust, ideal for creating a solid, well-compacted base. The main equipment utilized will be a John Deere 250 skid steer, a compact piece of heavy machinery essential for moving and leveling the gravel. The narrator highlights that the road will lead to a future farm-stay cabin, emphasizing the importance of a durable foundation.

Goal: This step introduces the project of re-establishing a gravel road that had previously washed out. The narrator details the use of 'crusher run' gravel, which includes fine rock dust for superior compaction, and introduces the John Deere 250 skid steer as the primary equipment for the task.

Tools and materials

  • Crusher Run Gravel
  • John Deere 250 Skid Steer

What they say

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hey there folks this is Josh Stoney Ridge farmer welcome back to the farm it's another beautiful day here in the woods in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina today we're on the far northwest section of our property and this is a road that we built down through the woods about three years ago we're going to take a little skinny Bop here our John Deere skid steer and we'll take you around that before we get busy working with it and we're gonna be spreading some rock so this road meanders through the woods and it goes around to the bridge that you saw us working on when we got the skid steer stuck last time so let's go over and we'll check out the bridge this is the load of rock this is two loads of seoulite Road base or crusher run okay so this is crush run gravel it has a little bit of rock dust in it it's good for establishing a good base so come along today next place we're gonna go we're gonna take you over and look at the bridge we'll take you around we'll let you look at the skid steer and then we'll put it to work get this project done all right [Music] first of all guys if this is your first time to the Stoney Ridge farm channel if I fall flat on my face because I'm looking at the camera and not looking at the ground then you're okay - laughs guys pound the like button it's really helpful to the channel jump in here subscribe this is rural content at its best guys I try to work really hard to provide you guys some realistic real world content and we're building the first generation farm here so you can see the road it's in good shape right here gravel piles right there I'm not too sure why the truck driver couldn't get quite back this far but it is what it is and we are where we are so this bridge getting right across the creek here we've got a fairly mundane Creek right here it's not a very big creek but it's a good-sized Creek there's a waterfall just down there and we'll be building a farm steak cabin right up here so folks like you can come and stay here on the farm this is the most quiet peaceful serene private area here on the farm to us a private yet it's super private you could come down here with no clothes on and not be seen so it's really really cool what we have here is a bridge that washed out so this area right here washed out we put riprap Rock on this side of the dam and that held up dam I say Dam because it was a dam but there are two pipes here - 24 inch pipes are in the creek right here and then normal…

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