When we used to work out of town we had a check list of potential problems such as axtra hydraulic fluids and filters. Extra fuel and fuel filters and the most common hoses that have the greatest chance of blowing.

There is a little button on the top of the coupler block that relieves the hydraulic pressure so you can easily disconnect the hoses

Best guys in this business are best at solving tough problems and sometimes multiple at once! No wonder Stan is so successful. Keeps calm and just dives in and figures it out!

Dinosaur Colorado USA saying hello and thank you for sharing. I always enjoy watching the show. 😀🤙👍

Love the commentary and strategy! Grading driveways are ly favorite with the skid steer! Great video!

Finally a equipment video. Been waiting for the video to get back into the equipment operating.

I love grading loose materials like that. It’s so satisfying!

You really make great videos, Love watching, you always show the good the bad and the ugly. This is why I watch all your videos. Thank you Sir.

Wooooo! Stan you always get me fired up! Working on your own land is always fulfilling especially when challenging. Sweet freedom!

Thanks Stan, I wouldn't miss it for the world!

Best videos on the internet other then Andrew camarata

With the grade change all around the tree infront of the garage I'd be worried about it being hazardous from having too many roots removed. You might want to consider taking that one out now proactively, 1, to prevent it from becoming a hazard as it will die from the root damage/soil compaction of running machines over it, 2 it will be easier to final grade out in front of the garage.

Great video of Sir. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Half a tank of gas, a full pack of cigarettes, it's midnight, and we are wearing sunglasses...hit it!!! Blues Brothers is what came to mind, when you said that!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Merry Christmas to you and your family. Stay safe and hope you have a prosperous new year.

Wow,that ride-along was kind-of a rough ride!! Hit me head three times on the widow!! I always hate 😒 it when I am up the creek without 😒 an o-ring!! Fun video!! Thanks 😊.

I recently went out on my first regrading project! It was fun! Keep up the great work! Haven an awesome week!

Thanks stan!!!! Would you mind do a video where you come along for the ride and talk to us about what is going on. Love when you do those kind. Have a blessed day!

Stan I just want to say that as a fellow youtuber I really appreciate all the work you do in producing videos like this. People dont realize the work involved in getting all those camera angles - Drone footage - and explaining what's going on - Oh and not to mention the works gotta get done the break downs gotta get fixed and the camera equipment has gotta make it off job without getting destroyed and then the 2hr editing process begins! Folks dont realize how doing a video on these jobs REALLY SLOWS production down. Thank God your on your own property and dont have a homeowner standing there or under a time crunch. Very nice videos man and i have learned alot from you - I only hope one day my videos will be as good and informative as your are! It Def a process and i have a lot to learn fosho!

I would love to get my hands on that ASV!! I have a forty year old 742 gasser BOBCAT. so challenging to get much done.

Rinker Do is the technical term name . We can improvise to create the Rinker Do as Dirt Monkey does in this video. Thanks for the chuckle today much like someone calls a part a thingamagig in the mechanical area. Love your videos fro years now though i am 99% of the time a Lurker. O7 to you Sir!!!

Reminds me of doing my 750' foot steep driveway. Finally got it graded stoned and paved before the weather hit. Great videos stan

Nice one Stan. 👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Good to see some dirt work this late in the season. Thanks for sharing.

As they used to say on the old George of the Jungle cartoon "Watch out for that tree!". 😁 (Yeah, I know, I'm old!)

Did you do this challenge for your personal enjoyment? Your years as an operator are once again reaping benefits.

Man I love a 4in1 bucket

There’s nothing more permanent than a temporary fix

Love watching you video's. I am a mechanical draftsman/designer by trade but my cousin and I co-own the old family home stead with access to a skid steer and attachments usually only used for moving manure or snow. Property needs work and your videos give me some insight on how to do the work as a novice/armature not a pro like you. Thanks for the advice, instruction. Who picks your background music it's great. Your Canadian Friend/Fan.

Stand it looks good it seems like with breakdowns It never ends. merry Christmas to you and your family.

That, was an awesome intro. I think you missed the thumbnail on that one. Not a bad job considering all things. That's was so cool about owning your own stuff, there's always something to do. Have a good one my brother, thank you for taking us along for the ride.

Great Vid with lots of ideas for an issue I'm planning in the iron range of the Upper Peninsula MI. Stay well and keep your crew safe while pushing snow this year PS can't wait for those vids Merry Christmas

Now bought out. There is a very big difference between tracks and a all terrain skidsteer with the all terrain platform

Gosh, I just love this channel. Consistently fantastic video quality, content, editing, and no dang country music!

Thank you for another awesome video Stan God Bless 👍

13:35 Of COURSE we're getting Greasy... We're watching the DIRT-Monkey after all... 😄😁😆😅😂🤣

I've been thinking of regrading the driveway at my family cabin. It has an 11% grade slope around a sharp curve, I'd like to reduce that to 7% or less. With how the property is allocated, I might have to cut in an entirely new driveway next to the existing one. Our cabin is a landlocked property so we only have access by driving up the mountain and back down our neighbor's driveway. We're about ⅓ up the mountain, high enough to get a steady breeze but not too high as to be seen atop the hill.

That little machine digs ok. Even without teeth. Surprised if that tree lives. It can’t have a root left on it.

662k subscribers! I've been with you a long time, it has been fun to watch h your videos grow and change over the years. Great video as always. Thank you and God bless fellow Pollock.

Hope you have a very happy and blessed Christmas Stan!

Stan , an important thing to remember when filming from inside a machine , is that the machine noise drowns out your voice , especially when facing away from the camera's microphone . Extremely difficult to hear what you're saying .

We need a old school comparison on new machines vs old because they get really lame compared to old equipment

sounds like a typical day at work 100 miles from anywhere broke down leaking oil thats my typical day

That's a challenge with that Minnesota sandy soil. You need some rock and clay in that soil mix to best compact it and then run that serpentine driveway into Shangri' La Duce instead of the driveway you can see up and into your property from. I want a Skid Loader from Santa for Christmas after watching this.

Glad to finally see you with a 4:1 bucket. Hopefully it tilts as well. If not you are missing out. I don’t know why you don’t have teeth as it helps with break out. In Australia it’s very rare not to have teeth or tynes. Nice machines. I’ve had 6. A new 135HP has just been released soon catching up to a D6.

Standley I do not know dirt perfect but he has a regis reak with love made buy AMI it does one great job ok this is Bob from Vero beach fla. God bless have a great day and Marry Christmas

Dang you can do a lot with that little thing. I have a full size dozer, a skid steer and a track hoe working on my driveway now for 3 days and have half of what you did. Its a crazy steep one too @ about 600’ long.

Very good cam rez, 👍

Stan You’ve got a real change you’re in the land of hard freeze and long thaw! To do it right won’t you need a tile drainage with silt sock down each side then geo-fabric with repair over 53’s?? And a heavy crown? That grade is a killer!

It’s interesting the difference in terrain around the country. For us here that’s a pretty mild driveway to cut. It’s not unusual to have a 75-100’ elevation change on a lot that gets prepped for a home. Wheeled units are completely useless unless its flat here. Cool video.

Awesome job on the video Stan. As always.

Big improvement buddy!!!! Dirt's still mighty froze here ha ha ha !!! catch ya on the next one!!!

Just re subscribed as KZfaq un subscribed me for I don’t know why. Keep up the amazing work and thanks for sharing this with us take care

I think the driveway is fine where you have it, just need to remove 5-6 trees on the edges and that one right in the center at the top and then some stone. Oh, an extension on the culvert would help biggly. After that, you'll be all set. Thumbs up as always.

It might be a bit pricey, but shave the top of the hill to give the fill needed to reduce the pitch of the slope and then cap the top and sides of the driveway with a 4-6 inch thick slab of concrete...That should ensure that the fill stays put and gives a low-slope, easy to maintain driveway that's easy to plow/snow blow in winter since there's no risk of the plow/blower digging into the dirt/stone of the driveway... This way, the ONLY material that you need to import to the site is the concrete (and maybe an inch or 2 of good compacting base material for the slab if none can be found onsite)...

That looked steep, hope your all good Stan!

Great bobsled run. :)

Thanks for sharing!

Wow awesome, I had my doubts at first

It is hard to hear you talk while the skid steer is running, or it might be my hearing aids not separating the sounds well. Good to see machines in action.

Hey, so that's the same thing I wanna do in my back yard. Relandscape the whole thing so some of steep spots are more manageable and build a deck and green house where I'm gonna excavate and move to level other spots.

If I ever meet Stan in real life I will have to pull the Hey Stan come here and smell this...with the way he has to smell things I think he would... The Pollock in him would also return the favor...lol

Lesson 1 always have zip ties with you. Lesson 2 take hydraulic fluid with you. Keep on making this videos! I keep on learning alot from you. Stay safe and a happy newjear!!!

Great Job!

Please voice over when you're in the bobcat or equipment. It's so quiet I can't hear a word you're saying. Other than that you and the whole dirt monkey squad are the tops in my book. Merry Christmas Happy New Year hopefully we all stay happy and healthy.

Hey Stan! The ILCA is holding a convention in February in Schaumburg Illinois, really think you should look into it!

Straight and short for sure

was hoping you were gonna hop in the old goat and test it out

Thank you and God bless you all

When you can hear him lightly huff while walking up that driveway, you know she's a steep one

To Stanley Happy Holidays😊🎄

Gotta love playing in the dirt.

Have you ever thought of having a small kit of common supplies stored in the machine? Tie raps, fittings, o-rings.....

Always fun playing with dirt you own.

loooking at the floor kevel of the garage compared to the ground it looks like years of leaves built up that you bladed away too made decent soil under there

Fun equipment. Be sure to add drainage culvert under permanent drive.

5.1k views 600 likes! Wtf people if you watch it like it!! Don't you relize we get this content for free! Stan has spent thousands and thousands of dollars on video equipment and even pays people to edit. The least you can do is like his amazing content so he can get compensated for his time and amazing talents. Love yea Stan happy holiday if i could like 100 times I would!!!!

I know that you've had your fair share of skid steers over the year's! Not sure of you are willing but would you be able to do a maintenance / upkeep video on the ASV verses your other machines? I've been looking at them and watching other ASV owner video's. I'm concerned / hesitant on the overall maintenance on that track system! I've heard amazing things about them but I've also heard about costly repairs / maintenance on the boggy wheels, linkages and such. Great to see some dirt moving going on. Hopefully people will stay out of there seeing that work is getting done.

Congratulations on 666k subscribers ! That's badass.👊🐵 💯

How do you think your driveway will hold up against erosion? Looks like it would be fun pushing dirt around to create your new improved driveway.

You almost need a bulldozer to push the bigger piles of dirt and be able to feather it out as you go down the hill. The skid steer would be good for making the pile.

Great video Stan 🇺🇲

My brother had same problem at his place in Maine it was so steep the kids would sled down it lol. He had to get several loads of bigger stone then went to smaller stone on the top it was a pain in the butt.

Norm 4 in 1 buckets are the best

~~ Have to say, I've always been quite fond of hearing your game plan. P.S. Some ppl use ATF instead,easier to access.

Surprised you kept the tree in front of the storage shed. Also those scrub trees along the drive path , do you have plans to remove them to widen? On a side note whom ever is editing your videos is doing a great job. Love watching this channel.

Great video Stan. Thought you were busy with work, but found out that KZfaq canceled my subscription to you again! I’ve got a lot of catching up to do lol

I can’t believe you actually said the vegetations acts as a binder for the dirt. Vegetation will rot leaving voids which creates potholes. Omg.

That looks like some of the driveways in my part of SW Va.

Damn, that looks hard on the body. Beats shoveling though 🤓

Good job with that dirt monkey Love your videos keep it up been watching it since I was 11

Great video

You sure made a nice sledding run!

Last winter I was plowing my driveway and the shift lever broke off my four wheeler, in the road, in reverse. I clamped a pair of vice grips into the shifting shaft and it’s actually better because I could barely fit Mickey Mouse boots under the stock lever.

Hello Stan, I still think you should build a bridge over the ditch.

Other than not being able to contour as well Why would a bulldozer have not made shorter work of it?

good start Stan

Since I've watched a lot of your videos dose this make me an expert now?

Who in this blog has a 985 series newholland skidsteer with tracks?

Hey Stan please have the turbo checked on that asv almost no torque recovery.