Excellent video. Your choice of music was perfect, and the way you break in and out of speeding up the video keeps it just right for holding attention. There are so many details in the way you did this LONG road that every clip of your video has something of unique interest. Trees, stumps, digging out shale, etc. each requires a little different approach which I'm glad you show. I also like how you put the "going home" trailer on the end when you were done with the main work - nice touch that some don't always do. Thank you so much for sharing.

I watch both of you and Andrew video..hello from Malaysia.

Nice to have all that shale lying around. Makes for a nice surface. Thanks for posting - nice work!

Fine video. I like watching the work being done and then break into the fast play and the music. Progress in warp speed.

Best driveway Job ever. After heavy rains you can perfect it as you can see the water catchment points. Good video footage as well. Keep it coming.

Great video and love your choice of music.

Great video....Great looking work. Thank you

Nice to have all that rock from the high side to use as fill. Job well done.

Great vid, thanks for sharing.

Very nice, great work!! Absolutely love the music you choose for this!!! Peace and Good Fortune to you and your family.

that machine really is an extension of yer body, you make it look so effortless

AWESOME work Jesse!!! 👍👍

love it grate job thanks

Enjoyable to watch and a good job done, thanks :)

Nice work !

Great video, nice job on that road.

My dream driveway with an home far off the road .. 👍 nice work

Nice video! I always wondered what it would be like to dig in that. All we have here in Michigan is sand and clay. I should count my blessings!

Great work! You are a very talented man. I appreciate your music choices as well. They compliment the video content very well. Unlike some of the distracting choices on other channels.

Fantastic camera and editing work, very entertaining!

Nice work

Nice video. I like the drive video the scenery is pretty, if someone does not like it they can fast forward please continue showing it. I am amazed at all the people that "watched" but do not see anything. They think they can tell the owner that the job has to be done their way not the owners. They obviously do not work for people. We have many driveways at more grade around here and they can be difficult in winter but if that is what the owner wants that is what they get. I had a drive that was on rock like that and was steep in winter I spread the ashes from the wood stove and it was not a problem to get in and out. Many people that build out in the woods will want a road that is the least obtrusive to the view. I know from other video you picked up a bunch of the wood, but despite what some think leaving wood to decompose and hold back water, provide shelter for animals is not wasting it. When I have opened land for fields I try to lace the branches in a pile in between standing trees to provide shelter for wildlife. Rabbit and squirrel can be tasty so providing a nice home to them to increase the numbers is beneficial. Good work you are a very talented man. You have such a large aptitude of knowledge from electricity, auto repair, plumbing and machinery operator. My Dad told me when I was little and he was an Operating Engineer those that tell you they could do it better are just driving the equipment but someone like you are a true operator of the equipment.

Very Nice, Good Job!

Great work Jesse 👏👏👏👍🇬🇧

Jesse and Andrew.... i need more..!!

Jesse excellent job... hard to work with bed rock.. rip your bucket up in no time.. thanks for sharing man.. I scrolled through some of the comments... some people .. This is your channel and it's up to you what kind of videos you put up.. and trying to find time to work do your paperwork and fix all your gear comes first.. not to mention your family..👍 I think your an awesome guy. Looking forward to your next one bud .. Take care and keep up the good work. Watching from Corner Brook Newfoundland 🇨🇦 Pat.

Awesome!

I need one of them when I do graveyard exploring 😁

Great work Jesse love your videos here in aussie

good job keep then coming

Great video, great music and fun to watch after a long day of .... hhhmmm, it was Sunday, I didn't do much today. Anyway, I love your videos and appreciate the time you put into taking, editing and posting them.

Wow, someone is getting a long drive way, nice work had a stubborn tree there for a moment, thanks for the video Peace

Right on!!

For a sec I thought I was watching Andrew Camarata, good work mate

Man you are good, love the music great content I'm a subscriber

By the looks of the rock in the driveway I figured you had to be in Andrew Camarata’s neck of the woods and when I followed the link someone posted for the papers mill chimney I realize how close you actually are being not to far north of Saugerties. Great work with a very tough site. That driveway will be a maintenance nightmare no matter how it is built. Even the armchair engineers on KZfaq couldn’t make it maintenance free.

Well, Andrew has strong rival on KZfaq on way how to provide an content :) Well filmed Jessie!

That was a masterpiece! Man, I can watch your videos all day. Awesome skill using that little excavator. Keep making videos.

man,, I can see that first leg being a problem in the winter,, if it were mine I make like a ramp straight down to the road, at least you'd be able to get a head start up the hill,, but thats a lot of dirt to move...

It’s kind of funny reading all the comments saying the driveway needs a ditch on the uphill side when you look at the untouched ATV trail and realize it isn’t all giant ruts and washouts from years without maintenance. KZfaq must have just graduated a new class of engineers this spring.

Jesse, can you do a video on the pricing of excavation jobs eventually?

Great video preparing that roadway. It sure is a long one. Thought needs to be given to maintaining it over the coming years. You are the man with the expertise and the on scene perspective but have you thought about water run off. Would a ditch on the up hill side of the portions of the driveway that have a slope to them? A ditch could terminate at the bottom of the slope and be directed through a buried pipe across the driveway to the down hill side. I am afraid without some consideration the water will wind up washing down the middle of the drive and taking the top dressing and dirt with it..

Hard to tell from the vid but looks like you're due for a cutting edge on that blade. Vid idea for you! Love em, and keep it up. What vid editing software do you use or recommend? Id like to do vids similar to yours.

Nice job. Glad the trees went down before the birds made nests. On your way home, what was that monument/obelisk all about on the left? Very historic looking. Looking forward to more of this project.

Nice looking driveway, don't you live in upstate New York, good view of the area

7:10 was that big foot 😄

Would you prefer the mini excavator or a skidsteer to do this if you already ground stumps?

Hey Jesse, that came out pretty good for one days work. Are they going to have some process laid down over that? I liked the tip with the blade when pushing trees, I would be lost without the blade on my Volvo 55 as I use it quite a bit. What part of NY is that? my parents live in Salem and I'm out that way often.

What kind of drainage to you allow for? both sides or down the middle?

This is some driveway! How long is it?

How much did you charge for that job? Did you give a certain amount, or by the hour. Just curious what that would cost.

Where is this? I live in central Pennsylvanian looks like around here.

I would say that trail was there long before ATVs were invented. Was a drainage ditch made on the uphill side of the road?

Jesse, In which order would you recommend buying a skid steer and mini excavator?

Love the vid! All that machine time without a regrease?

Great video Jesse. I guess if they need fire wood there will be lots of it all the way down the roadway. They may be calling you back to do some ditching after a few good rain storms.

One thing I've noticed he isn't trying to put any ditch along the high side of the road to drain the run off from the hill. Terry

Andrew would be proud.

Excuse me here, but...exactly where do you think the rain is going to settle on that driveway???

Bom dia meu amigo Jesse!

@ 16:35 what is that piller?

What State is this? From West Texas area asking

Did the supervisor show up and give his wag of approval?.

Are you going to have a vid of putting down the gravel on this driveway??

Nothing makes a driveway or a piece of property look unfinished as trees etc just pushed of too the side instead of cutting it and removing the timber away from the site. Cheers !

How come he didn't remove the leaning trees.

I’ll bet you’ve been watching Andrew camarata videos.new sub.

Well done. Why not use the wood from the trees instead of letting them rot? Didn't the customer want it? What a pity.

You gonna buck all that wood for sale makes good fire wood xtra money for the cabin

Your videos are inspired by Andrew Camarata but it is great because you will ispire me aND I WILL MAKE my vids just like you awsome mini excavator by the way you will shine on youtube

Once you make enough money I hope you pick up a cheap dozer like I did.. Will make jobs like this a lot easier and profitable for you

Where are the drains to stop and turn the water when it rains? The big tree you pushed down had a very good ditch started for one. You do know when a hard rain comes that driveway is going to wash out very badly! On a steep road or hill driveway you have to stop and divert the water on each side! That will also be one heck of a long walk in and out every time it snows and there is no way you can get in and out when there is ice on it... But what do I know?

probably better to remove the topsoil

I hope you came back later and put in a trench for the water to drain from the up hill side of the road. Without that trench this road will go to hell in a hurry. Nice job...except for the trench.

stop time lapse

Decent video try doing better #1 one camera angle give your customers .50 usd discount to film better even they will help #2 why throwing roots over the woods #3 you should dig a drainage trench next to the road Doing what you told and doing a good job are two different concepts Cheers

You had the opportunity to dig out the high side for a trench and did not do that. Not what I would consider to be a good job!

you have a better head on your shoulders them anther we all know, but if i can say one thing, your past few videos including the first time on this job, it has been very boring, i have jusr turned the volume way down to cut out the music as much as i can but still be able to tell when the music has stopped and the normal running sound is heard or you talking, or i fast forward though all the high spell recording, as there is nothing to see in that, but only to find fast forwarding i hit the end over the video before i find any normal operating, and yes i have over 38 years on all kinds of heavy equipment, from equipment that is only 6 or 7000Lbs. to huge feller bunchier forwarders that weigh 130 tons, that have to betaken apart in many peaces to move down a public road or hyw, but they mainly stay in the bush on company roads were we just drive them for many miles down the road to the next logging cut,, i will be more clear, you have far to much fast forwading in your videos witch is very boring, and you are losing watch time big time, i cant see anyone sitting and watching that for a half hour,, nothing to see, nothing for some one to learn from, nothing to see how you did that... you dont ned to show the whole job start to finish all fast forward, show some good operating then skip to another area and show more good operating,, i know you can do a good job, you dont need to fast forward so ppl cant see how you operate, i know you are a lot smother, cleaner and know how to make much better cuts then someone else we know, as well how to better care for your equipment and not be a total clown,, i gate music in videos, and like many, if we wanted to watch a music video, there are 1000's of much better ones by artistes to go watch, maybe to get a longer lasting and better looking road, keep a nice ditch on both sides of the road, edge to edge about 22 feet wide and all the dirt that comes out of the nice ditching bring up onto your road bed, to lift the road bed higher then the ground level around it, it there is no budget at the time to install culverts were needed, build a wide swales and track it in good so water can cross over to drain were it really needs to, pipe can always be added later, keep in min trees make a good water crossing in bad areasas well,water will find its way though the trees an dirt, leaving the road bed hard... later when customer have more funds they will call you to put them in, ( but if there whole road is washing they will not call you back,, ditches are your friend,,, ,, most places you dont need to as you can normal find a drop off on both sides if you lift the road bed, i use to build a 1/4 mile of logging road a day or more with an excavator, stumps were even used to fill in deep holes, and to this day 40 years later i still moose hunt them old logging roads and they have not been used or looked after for many years, and they are still holding up great after all this time, ditching and lifting the road bed all the way, is the key to a lasting road, and little material needs haled in, you will find, there is always a big bank to dig out of were needed so you dont have a roller coaster road.. lol have a great day