I've been watching your videos for a while now. I get compliments all the time about my tractor work gravel driveways and grading. I just want you to know I am quite the rookie, I have learned and practiced a lot of your content I think you are great at explaining the dos and don't s of the business. I pretty much learned everything I know from watching your videos and just jumping on the tractor and doing it. I realy believe you have helped a lot of people. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to sharing your knowledge with so many people. Keep it up.

Viewing and commenting from the operator perspective is most helpful for the new tractor owner.. the commentary on sounds and the feel of the machine is also something missing on other videos.. Like you say- this video is aimed at the novice... and is an excellent example of how a tutorial should be done... Well Done!

I'm sure glad you posted this video it was a good reminder on how to fine tune the blade to make it do what you want. I just pulled the trigger on a kubota l3901 to start my own little business. your videos on shaping a driveway are hands down the best in footage of what the blade is doin and your explanation what you want it to do.

Value! I knew I would like this video when I realized you name all of your vehicles. I love my box blade, and enjoy getting more proficient each time I use it (still a rookie). Your video was super helpful with taking me to the next level of "unlevelness". Seems that my crowns aren't as crowned as they should be because I'm not keeping the tractor "on-grade" well enough when forming my crown (a duh moment). Keep the tractor level with your desired grade while taking smaller bites, is one lesson I took from this video. Doing a better job of "feeling and listening" to my work is another. Still pondering how you can be doing this work (backwards), animating the camera perspective, and not driving off the cliff or destroying the flower bed. I guess experience is the answer. Thanks for your shared knowledge, I'll be checking out some of your other videos!

Amazing I’ve got a quarter mile long driveway thats just been turning into mud. I’ve been trying to find good videos for years on how to grade and create drainage on the side of the road. You’re the first channel that’s really help me to understand how it needs to be done properly. Thank you and keep the great videos coming

Been binge watching all your videos! Losing a lot of sleep just to watch ha! Love all the videos. Thank you!

Lots of value my friend. I worked on a strip coal mining for over 20 years and got to run a 16 Caterpillar grader and I was trained just like you are teaching here. Thanks Todd for sharing these informative videos. A lot to learn here if you want to learn how to crown a road.

High "VALUE"! It's so awesome that your are doing these. I worked summers with my grandfaher who did it all. Roads, pads, septic systems ect. unfortunaly he retired when i was 12. Did not realaize how interested I was in his work. I've had small trasctors for 20 years. Now at 57 I bought my first backhoe and am enjoying learing how to use it to it's fullest and already have tackled a few paying jobs with it. Keep up the good work!

Great instructional video! I have a 1300 ft gravel driveway and maintain it with a Kubota compact tractor. I have a box and angle blades and a landscape rake. I know what I want to do but sometimes struggle to make it happen with the tractor. Love the in depth commentary.

Outstanding Value! I bought a place out in rural west, refinished the house and rented a bobcat 12 years ago now. I did a terrible job on grading then. Since our last winter, I'm sick of the puddles, lakes and mud that stands on the acre so I bought a used Honda H6522 with six attachments. Your educational videos are instrumental to Me getting it right this time! On day two of cutting in a couple Swales to channel runoff. This lot is flat as a pancake so I appreciate your time and patience. By the way, this is a blast! Thanks.

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Some of the best box blading skills I’ve ever see Todd very impressive.

The question that's been the bane of my driveway box blading experience (which is about 2 months) is, how in the world do you get rid of the dips and bumps when the dang blade moves up and down with the tractor which moves up and down with the dips and bumps?? Then with one very unassuming, innocent sounding sentence, the clouds opened up, my weary eyes saw a flash of light and I felt the warm, calming blanket of wisdom gently cover me.. "If your ground is super uneven, you've actually got to cut going backwards so that you can cut the highs and lows out." This needs to be shouted from the rooftops because I'd bet my last tube of grease it's a major frustration for many newbies besides myself. 😂🤣 Edit: VALUE!! 😁👍

Best educational video I have watched for using a box blade correctly. I also see where a hydraulic top link would come in mighty handy. Personally, I think this project would have been easier if you also had a rear blade in your arsenal. Keep the great videos coming!!

Great work as always Todd and I am looking forward to seeing part 2 of this particular project.

I watched this video a number of times before I jumped on my 2501 and got at it. I've only got a 5 ft Hardee BB but I managed to get the job done. I should have video taped it and sent it to you so you could see the complete opposite end of the spectrum. I appreciate the videos and commentary. I especially like when you say what not to do, it keeps me from making those mistakes and understanding why they're mistakes. Hail DigginLife21

Value! Thank you for the videos as a new tractor owner and having a heart interest in land development around my area. Thank you! Liked and subscribed!!!

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Good value! Just bought a new 5 foot box blade for my own road. Will definitely use the tips from this video! Thank you for taking the time for making this video in great depth!

Very much value. I am not starting or in the business. But you are allowing me to better manage my own property. Also I enjoy your outlook and attitude. Thank you for what you do

Ive watched this video several times and took notes. Thanks for teaching something thats helping me change my life.

Best video on box blading I have seen ! That taught me all I need to know !!

This video taught me things I wish I had been told years ago. Absolutely valuable information! Thank you!

Value.... Great video Todd..... You got it all down to a science. Have a great day.

I am new to operating a tractor. I have been looking around for help full insight and instruction as I have no foundation or operating skills. I must say GREAT VALUE HERE! Thanks and I SUBSCRIBED.

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MAJOR value! This rookie is learning a bunch. Thank You!

Just amazing 👏 great work been watching your video for a couple of months now and I can't get enough of it I love it.. I can watch for hrs.. keep it up Todd..

Hey! I appreciate your knowledge gained. And your willingness to share with others. Seems like it could be exhausting. Never the less. Thanks and God bless ya!

Value! I just found the channel a few days ago. Picking up my first machine this week, bobcat E20. Not a big machine, but it’s a start. Thanks for the content and inspiration.

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I'm about to pick up a 52 Ford 8n today. I plan on using it manage the 6.7 Archers I just purchased. This video was extremally helpful on learning basic technique to be able to regrade portions of my gravel drive. In high school my family lived at the end of a 1/4 mile gravel drive and we purchased a 57 Massy-Ferguson TO30 tractor to maintain the drive. I realize now all the mistakes my 17 year old self made trying to fix that driveway.

Hey brother thank you so much for the videos. I just got a small compact Kabota last week and your videos has encouraged me to try to shape my driveway. I was successful!

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Watching this again! I love your videos on grading!

Thanks for the in depth explaining you do. Great job!

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anyone with a box blade will learn something ftrom this thank you

Crowning road...Value. Good job Todd!

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Thank you very much I only had my tractor for 6 months and after watching you I need alot of practice. But is hard to do here in AZ it's so dang dry.

Value, keep them coming for us new/inexperienced people.

Boy, you really need a hydraulic side link!!! I couldn't do without mine!!! Makes life soooo much easier :-) Been maintaining my 1.1 mile drive for 30 years (with my little 1250 MF 4X4), and we've NEVER had as much material on our drive as you do!! When they built our road, the owner of the land kept telling the driver to "go a little faster"... The gravel wasn't more than an inch thick, (if that) and there weren't enough turn offs or tiles put in. Been adding more as I can... Great video sir :-)

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Value. You did a good job of putting years of experience into 1 hour. Just enough repetition for it to sink in. Hard to believe the road was so smooth when you were done. Would like to get out the garden hose and see how the water moves, or visit after a good rain. Thanks.

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Great video. Very informative. I have an L3560 that I use to maintain my property.

Excellent Value! I’ve been maintaining my /2 mile gravel lane for about 20 years now First by hand then using a UTV and finally getting a decent tractor… i’ve been meaning to get a hydraulic actuated top link and i can see buy ur video how important that is.

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Good video. I have an 8 ft hydraulic three point hitch grader blade that I use for driveways. It works Awesome. I have an 8 ft box blade but rarely ever use it because of the grader blade. Keep showing me the videos friend. 🙋

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My driveway is a third the length of yours. House is on a high, drive contoured and curve uphill in a stretched z 50 feet. Or a backwards s. Whatever. A downpour will start a cut across the driveway. Your description of trying to visualize our goals, on top of the basics of the operation of the implement/tractor; the tactile elements of feels and sounds; the allowable maximum distance to extend the blade while still maintaining grade. how to create a sheet flow across the driveway instead of channeling, all while maintaining proper drainage above and below. Integrating the transitions of the driveway into the surrounding grade, fall of the land, from crowning to as best as I can describe it, high siding and then back to crowning. Now it's getting me to be able to make the machine do it. Thanks for the lessons. Lessons, because you tried to explain every step more than one time and in several different ways. One of them might have sinked in.

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Excellent video, thanks to your narration. Without your commentary, given the length of the video, it could be deadly. But you keep us involved and interested. It’s obvious you know your subject and you have a marvelous way of communicating it. I wonder how many people who want to get into the business are inspired by your teaching. From the way your channel is growing I would say quite a few. In the final analysis, these machines cost money and to get the most out of them, a good how-to video is necessary. That’s what you provide. If I were going into the business you’d better believe I would be closely watching your videos and taking notes, because there’s a big difference between doing something and doing it right.

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Thanks for the video and the learning steps of grading

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Great stuff! I'm not in the business, but I have an excavator and a tractor for my rural property. The box blade that came with the tractor when I bought it, has a floating rear blade, which is fine for pushing material and smoothing it once it's on grade, but you just taught me that a fixed blade can be used for back dragging, like the bucket on the loader. I will figure out how to pin that floating blade, before I use it again. Thank you for the value AND the entertainment in your videos!

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Another great video, after watching this I definitely need a hydraulic top link

Excellent tutorial. It sure would be easier with a hydraulic top link on my little B23s though. Thanks for all the pointers!

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