CW's Back Yard Water Garden Begins!

[GBBUDD]

try placing the bucket on the ground then move the excavator its small but it should even out the topo

 

[combatwombat]

try placing the bucket on the ground then move the excavator its small but it should even out the topo

Yeah, I spent the evening watching YouTube videos about how to grade with an excavator. I’ve definitely been doing it wrong. Tomorrow’s another day…

 

[GBBUDD]

Some times you tube scares the hell out of me
The best way is curling the bucket after getting semi uniformly even the swing the bucket side to side using the bottom of the bucket and not the teeth

 

[combatwombat]

I need the teeth to loosen the soil. Was trying to use just the blade. Blade does an okay job pushing, but pretty useless for pulling if the dirt isn’t loosened first.

 

[TheFishGuy]

Hit the damn xfinity line w/ Barney today.

They have slow wifi anyway. I say good riddance.

 

[combatwombat]

They have slow wifi anyway. I say good riddance.

I don’t use their wifi—have a direct cable connection to the house and my own networking equipment. The only other provider in my area is more expensive and even slower.

 

[addy1]

I don’t use their wifi—have a direct cable connection to the house and my own networking equipment. The only other provider in my area is more expensive and even slower.

we have just comcast unless you use satellite

 

[j.w]

Xfinity is fast for us and the best one to choose around here. Others up the road from us all complain cuz they have no access to it. All the other ones are just as high and no speed or customer help to write home about. We got lucky when we moved in here as they allowed us to have a line through our property to another road that had there service.

 

[Jhn]

Excavators are ok for grading if your in loose or softer soils, but more compact soils they are a pita. Unless you have a long reach excavator, then you can sit in one spot and grad a huge area around yourself. I don’t have the patience to grade with an excavator unless it has a blade, but that is why we have skid steers.

 

[GBBUDD]

Skid steers are ok for small areas, give me a dozer any day. some of your more advanced equipment has a free floating blade on your skid steers and excavators you may have that feature and not even know it.

 

[combatwombat]

Excavators are ok for grading if your in loose or softer soils, but more compact soils they are a pita. Unless you have a long reach excavator, then you can sit in one spot and grad a huge area around yourself. I don’t have the patience to grade with an excavator unless it has a blade, but that is why we have skid steers.

Barney does have a blade. I'm just no good at using it, I guess. At least when it comes to properly grading a space with several peaks/break points. Took all day to do a couple thousand square feet. Had to go slow, do tiny cut/fills over and over and get out of the machine and look around every 2-3 passes to make sure I wasn't messing it up.

 

[addy1]

When I tried grading with my Kubota it was a real chore to get a sort of flat surface. Always dips mounds etc

 

[GBBUDD]

Another trick =to grading is changing direction meaning a 45 or 90 degree angle to your now path

 

[addy1]

Another trick =to grading is changing direction meaning a 45 or 90 degree angle to your now path

Lol I tried everything, finally said I don't care. My yard is not a groomed perfect yard. Over the years the dips bumps disappeared.

 

[GBBUDD]

You dont have any weight to the kaboda tractor very hard to grade