Mighty is the man that is humble to share his weakness publicaly in the service of others. Well done. Great life lessons learned by all. Was glad to see you transition to the teacher then the doer. Your new friends now have been taught to fish, versus giving them a fish. Thanks for sharing these moments with us. Blessings

I’ve so enjoyed watching your mission trip. So cool to see your 2 passions (Christ and Johnny) come together for Gods Glory! Well done!

I always tell myself Tim the day I stop learning is the day I die. My goodness is there any place flat there ha ha. Great video Tim and Christy.

I think this is one of my favorite videos. Bombin is really doing a great job for them.

Building a road on the side of a hill with a compact tractor can be challenging. But a united effort and perseverance along with trial and error builds experience which builds roads. Great job Tim on bringing experience, talent, machine and folks with ideas together for a rewarding experience. Blessings to all.

💥 Great video Tim and Christy! Kelli and I really enjoyed watching it this morning. You’re doing God’s work. *Keep on tractoring!*

Figuring out what doesn't work is just a part of the process and as important as knowing what does work. Thanks for sharing the process so we can speed ours up a bit. Cheers

Tim, thanks for trying the box blade. I have moved so much dirt with mine. It is the best for removing humps and leaving the ground flat. I also use mine for plowing snow in conjunction with the loader. Won't need to test that in Honduras! God bless all of the volunteers working in underdeveloped countries.

Tim I want to say first, you are very smart. Second I haven’t seen anyone get more out of a small Tractor than you. You are a genius.

No worries Tim, I'm actually learning my box blade also so you're helping me learn. Great video and looking forward to the next. God bless

I think a subsoiler to break up the sod would have made the difference. Learning the best process with your tractor is what all small tractor owners love to do. When you find that process that works best for you and you accomplish the goal it is a great source of pride for the ingenuity and work done. Love to see that process in motion. I think that is a big reason why I and others love this channel.

This was amazing to both watch and hear. You are an excellent teacher and master communicator for this to happen. Amazing job!

Exactly why I prefer to work alone. I know what I'm doing and with a committee of helpers less gets done.

ooooo love that drone shot

Another good one Tim I think it's wonderful how self-sufficient and creative these people are I could take some lessons from them thanks a lot for the good video

Farmer trick is to throw a boulder, bricks, or log on the top of the 3pt implement when you need more down force.

The box blade is one of the most useful and versatile implements I have.

My box blade make me look like I know what I am doing. Always impresses. Thank you Tim.

That is beautiful countryside.

Great video Tim! I have the same Frontier Box blade, and I have found you can use the back blade to level the soil you just collected in the box by lifting the 3 point at the end of the row, and moving a couple feet forward, then drop the 3point to the desired level, and push the soil back over where you scraped it from. Takes some practice as the rear tires control height and if you go over a mound or rock, you end up depositing a bunch of the soil you were pushing. Almost better to reverse direction and drag it back in the box in float on the 3PT. Just don't make a turn with the box blade down! things get bent when you do.

Dont down play the impact you've had since you first started, your very interesting and intelligent and humility is something alot of people could learn, I know alot about equipment but emissions had me very confused till I watched your videos daily, and with what I learned I got my own tractor, i got a 2022 john deere 3025e north American just cause I like basic utilitarian equipment i wanted a gear but they had 2 hydrostatic machines in stock so I went hydro. Thanks and keep up the great work.

Nothing wrong with figuring it out with what you have, as you go... in fact, that's how best practices get discovered in the first place. I did something similar, albeit shorter and several degrees less steep, but I don't have a box blade, and thought I could use a front plow. I eventually learned to use the backhoe to move material from the high to low side (started at the bottom) and plow the final grade after. However you get there, your giving the locals ideas for future work, and they will be better prepared for future projects, even if this job isn't optimized. Perhaps seeing you learn by doing is exactly why you're meant to be there on this particular trip. Keep up the good work!

I've found that when working in particularly hard ground, that setting every other scarifier a notch higher than the lower ones really helps pull the scarifiers into the dirt.

These Honduras videos are some of the best videos you've made. Will you be going back to Honduras some time?

cool content and experience, God bless you brother, you are blessed and a blessing! Christy as well!

This was neat to watch the construction of a new road. Hope it works out for them when it's completed.

nice demonstration of the utility and use of the box blade

I am the ballast! It is always good to have down pressure and Dad always gets me to stand on it. Follow me for OSHA violations

I watch the Johnny videos like this and am simultaneously impressed with what it can do and grateful that I have a much larger machine

A person makes a great ballast!

Great videos. I appreciate your dedication.

Over the years of trial and error (lots of error) I find backing the box blade into the side of a hill is a great way of cutting into sod and dirt when the tractor isn't level. Then, once you get started, the tractor is always on level ground and the box blade is cutting the way you need it to

Experience: That thing you get right after you need it. :)

It's amazing what can be accomplished with these small tractors. Not as fast as a purpose build larger machine, but extremely versatile and way faster than doing it by hand.

We need to raise the money for a d3 bull dozer

Tim: That slope is definitely a change and I understand your approach with that small machine.

Anytime you want to grade, you must start out with virgin soil. You can not grade with lumps in your soil. When using the bucket, try little loads because of the tractor. Use your forks on your bucket to break up the soil, and then you can scoop it up. Learn to back drag with the bucket.

For the size of the tractor, you’ve got nothing to apologize for!!! Great job!! I’m not sure it’s going to be that easy to travel during rainy season!! Using the low gear will save brakes. That’s how we do it here driving the auto road down Mount Washington. 1st gear and as it rolls, you’ll hit a point that the transmission will automatically brake….it will allow you only a certain speed….like 15 mph which you can handle on that road. Very nice work! Much impressed!!

This Honduras trip was really well suited for y’all. My favorite part was seeing Tim work with very limited resources!

Good job cutting in the road and pulling the soil down the hill with the box blade!

It looks like y’all are doing a great job!

I ran a 35 hp all gear Kubota doing grading on small and large lots for over 10 yrs. I had a hydraulic top link, side link to change the angle for doing swayles, and a hydraulic link to raise and lower the scare fire teeth. I could lower the teeth by 1in into the ground or full dig. I built all of this, I just wish I would have patented it, this was in the late 70s. If you have full control of the box blade it increases the efficiency by at least double. To be able to cut then feather or cut forward and back makes things go quick. And I made the box a lot heavier to dig better. Also did a lot of driveway preps, for concrete guys, with all the adjustments I could put it on grade, sub grade or gravel. I would love to build another. I would enjoy sharing what I have learned over the years.

G’day Tim love your videos, I was like you with the box blade at first but then I got hydraulic top and tilt for my 3045r(Aussie version of the 3046r) It’s now one of my favourites out of my 18 attachments.

Really enjoying your mission series. Looking a bit different than when I was there in 89. Then again I was not there as a tourist or missionary either.

Everyone kinda learns by trial and error. You just have to work with it and learn as you go; nothing wrong with that. I put in some trails on my property that this video reminded me about. A sloping field. I learned the hard way that it goes way quicker if you can scalp the grass down to nothing first. Then rip with the scarifiers until you can get the sod broken up and cleared out. Then use the box blade to smooth out the trail. The last parts of the trail certainly went faster than the first through accumulated knowledge from trial and error.

Hey Tim I think you did a great job.

I think what you guys are doing is great. I like my box blade, all I can say is use it and play with the adjustments.

Thanks for the video, informative. Hats off to Tim and the other operator working on that hillside with confidence. I know the camera makes inclines look better than they are, and in this video, I am not sure I could operate a tractor there, but i am still a "newbie". Nice job on this project.

Box blade fan myself. To me it’s a controlled removal that it offers. Bigger tractor helps too.

Nice to see you might be coming around to the box blade. I'd bet a hydraulic top link would be a big time saver because the blade angle dramatically affects what it does. Speaking of a hydraulic top link, it would be cool to see a video in which you install one on the LX 3310...

You might not know exactly how to use a box blade, but you created the road & that's what matters. Great video & Great job !!!!

I am finding these videos from your mission trip very interesting. Hope we have more.

Tim, I think that I would have used the backhoe and gone in across just far enough to make a level pad for the tractor and loader and that way you could maintain the level across the hillside with the loader and then use the box blade to smooth everything else. That way also the loader bucket with the teeth should be able to undercut the sod. Just an idea. God bless and you're doing a great thing for these people. 👍👍

Awesome work.

Tim very nice job you did to go a long way to help those guys wonderful video. Just to bad they couldn’t have larger tractor .

I’m really enjoying this series. You are doing a great job working around the language barrier and that sure can complicate things. A box blade is a very versatile tool that can accomplish great results once you get them figured out. I think you saw that first hand on this episode. Next time I would use the scarifies to break through the sod and then back down the hill using the box blade as a dozer to strip the sod layer off. That should work better then pulling and eliminate the issue you were having with the box blade no longer cutting in when it was getting full. Once the sod layer is gone, switch back to dragging forward. If you look at the design of a box blade, the back wall where the two cutting edges are is an upside down Y. Pulling it forward is for finishing work (while grading) and for moving excess material in the box. Pulling it forward, you’re limited by how much you can cut in by two limitations: 1 - the sidewalls of the box (although they are not the main limiting factor) 2 - the rear blade is the main limiting element as it will start riding along the surface and reduce the amount of weight you have to cut in. When driving backwards and using the box blade as a dozer blade you’ll reduce those limitations. The more material you have the more it’s pushing the blade down, so you can be very aggressive at removing humps and sod. As you already know, you have to watch what’s going on and adjust the hydraulics constantly for the best results. I think you already understand the top and side adjustments on the 3 point. Thanks for sharing and maybe what I was trying to say helps a little.

I'm always amazed at what these little tractors can do. I really need to get a baby Bombin of my own....

A very challenging task that was mastered!

Many times you have to push in reverse with a box blade. There is a big learning curve with that implement and I am still learning after 2 years using one. The other thing is getting the right pitch on the blade and packing your patience.

fabulous video 👍👍👍 the man driving the tractor appears to learn fast and have pretty good touch/ feel for the tractor also treats it with care; impressive and what they are learning while you are there will definitely help them for a very long time and save them tons of time and labor that clearly will be used to great advantage thanks for taking along with you, its a blessing , reminds me of an old hymn ......... "little is much when God is in it, labor not for wealth and fame, theres a crown and you can win it, if you go in Jesus' name"

Man that looked like tip over city, I love my little 1025 but even with the bucket down it feels like it's gonna roll all the time. Whenever working on uneven land I prefer my Kubota 3901. Although I am still impressed what the 1025 is capable of for such a small frame.

This is an awesome video. I too have no idea how to use my box blade. It's just sat there for six months.

Side tilt would be really handy in that situation, just imagine what you could do if you ran a rototiller over the sod a couple passes before the box blade!

Great job!

I would have used the backhoe to remove all the sod, humps, and hard pack before using the box blade. It may or may not make things easier

Great video!

I’ve really enjoyed the series. Did Kenton name his son Filipe knowing he was going to live in Central America. Or is it Phil, and in context it’s easier for everyone to call him the same thing. This is an awesome “teach a man to fish” experience. The guys seam to really take to the box blade. Just noticed the sticker, hilarious.

Remember that a box blade cuts pretty well and acts like a dozer when you push it backwards

A tiller might have been handy. Glad you had axle extenders/spacers.

Pro tip... dont flip the scarifiers til your last pass... they help pull box blade down instead of dude on back... scarify only 1st step just move the roots and grass mat out the way.. the raise scarifiers notch by notch til u dont grading and making whole drive

That is when a rear hydraulic arm comes in handy.

i have nightmares from using a box blade when i was younger lol i'll stick with my loader thank you lololol

I'm not a pro by any means. As a matter of fact, I just got my 84" box blade about a month ago, and I have A LOT of learning to do with it yet. As you said though, we're all still learning all of the time. If you're not learning.........well, I don't know what to say.

🎵🎶Come with me and you'll see about 100 OSHA violations! Good work Tim

Awesome video

Great video. I've not been able to find any benefit to fliping the shanks upside down. Once they are pulled all the way up they don't hinder the loading of the box blade. Keep in mind the box blade has 2 cutting edges that are mounted level to each other. You can use your top link to not only roll the box forward to cut more aggressively but to fine tune to cut or carry material. Great work 👏

we always had someone stand on our grader blade to make it cut better. we had a 1954vac case tractor. we found the slower you could go the better it would cut and not float. that was funny. future medical clinic! great video series.

Let’s get started

Would a moldboard plow have been a good start? Bury the sod and level the area in one pass?

Come to Honduras they said. Let's build a mountain road they said. It'll be fun they said.

it may take more time but id say the backhoe would work for getting through the sod

The first thing I would do is getthe sod off so you are working with dirt. Your doing a good job figuring it out.

The power of a dozer is that the blade can tilt side to side. If you work backwards (box blade first) and tilt the box blade that is how you get a level cut on the side of the hill. Hen you can level the box blade and keep working backwards so your tires are on the flat road. Obviously a Top-and-Tilt kit greatly increases efficiency but I used to ride on the box blade while my friend drove his Kubota and I was madly spinning that tilt clevis! Not OSHA approved! LOL!

I think aversion to box blades is a back east phenomenon Out west we all use them Very versatile and once you master back blading you’ll be amazed I still can’t understand why anyone would put useless weight on the back for dedicated ballast when you can have a box blade that does so much and is also ballast Plus weld a trailer hitch on the back and you can move trailers

A rear blade with offset, tilt, and twist on a series 3 tractor would be able to direct the soil from side to side .. and while you're at the dealership have them throw on a top and tilt kit so you can do it without having to twist turnbuckles. Oh, they don’t have a local dealership? Yeah the project is going to be alot harder ...

Healthy sod is very difficult to get up. Sod cutter machines are very expensive. I think if I were to do the job: I will try and get a chisel plow and attempt the scarify and break up the sod. My second choice would be to rototill it. The box blade should work better once the sod is removed.

Wow! Those hills are unbelievable! I bet they would benefit from some 2-link v-bar tire chains and run them 100% of the time, Bombin needs some more traction! I love Dave the human ballast-sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do! He's a brave man trusting you! Hopefully he didn't see what happened to your GoPro a few episodes ago😬 Get them darn hooks installed 🤣

They would really benefit from a small dozer.

Tim, on slopes like that specifically trying to cut in a road, tilt the box to what you feel is extreme. It’ll cut the high side better and drop the dirt on the low side. Then take several passes. Each pass will cut a little wider. Just stick with it. I wish I could figure out a hydraulic top and tilt for my box blade. It would really make it perform

Great job! Always impressed with what these things can do. Does that tractor have wheel spacers on it?

You said one time that you were working on hydraulic side tilt options. A box blade is where this is really useful. Would like to see this on your tractor at home where you have the extra controls.

Tim that man with a really deep voice sounds like an American is he from America

Hi Tim. Watching you work on the side slope made me nervous. I have not worked with a box blade yet, but I have a suggestion. You had lots of people standing around watching. Would it have helped if everyone had a shovel and dug a shallow swale on the uphill side of the trail. Then, when you made your first cuts with the box blade, the uphill wheels would be lower, and the uphill side of the box blade would cut deeper and more level.

A hydraulic top link does wonders with a box blade!

That looks like the sort of thing you would normally use a tiller on first to break up the sod.

Don't forget to do the baby steps, you will eventually get to the point you want..... safety first and think about it all day....

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Hello Sir I think if you had a rear tiller attachment makes a great tool for building roads a driveways coronavirus start to finish because you can till the forage grasses under the soil an it makes finish grading easier or fine grading an the scarfing is great to break up the top soil to make it easier on the tiller attachment maybe you can mention that to the mission crews your working with in Honduras South America have fun an be safe.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽👍🏽

It's pretty cool you went there to help, although if you took advantage of the back hoe you would have sped up your efforts quite a lot. Use that to dig the rough cuts out and create the main road cut, then you can go back through and let the box blade do it's job best and smooth everything out with the finish grading without the tractor being at such a hard angle

Hi Tim, I love your videos as I can usually learn something, but let me offer some advice with the box blade. Add a Hydraulic Top and Tilt link. I added them to mine and it makes a world of difference and they are easy to install! I bounght the Johd Deere kit and couldn't be happier.