You should have called Matts Off Road Recovery 😀

If you have a backhoe you will always need a hand shovel to go with it! I have one little story to tell. I too was moving what I call junk dirt (not good for anything) to back in a field out of the way. I thought I could make it to where I needed to dump, but that did not happen. With the truck stuck I had no trailer to go get the tractor to pull it out. I tried everything, hand shoveling, any stones I could find, tree branches, logs, a chain in the ruts, nothing worked. After hours trying and trying, I ended up dumping where it was (knowing I have to be back) and freed the truck by hand shoveling. Waste of a day! And so it goes! I do so enjoy your content, thanks for posting!

Buy Greg a comb for Christmas gift. LOL Seems like getting everything ready for a job, you always create more work. Been there, done that. And I've found junk buried on top of our pipeline before I retired. Really was no surprise.

HDPE culvert pipe, $125.00. Seeing Greg in the trench running a shovel, priceless.

I got hired to replace a water line, street to building. The old water line was degraded galvanized pipe, and was under the concrete driveway, so I chose a revised route. The facility manager gave me a map of the irrigation system, and had a private utility locator identify the location of the private utilities. I ended up replacing about 60" of irrigation pipe, repairing a half dozen 2" trunk pipes, a sprinkler control wire, and a couple of 1 1/2" trunks. Then, the gas line was so rusted that, when bumped during water line installation, that the pipe broke off at ground level. So, the water line installation included gas line repair. I could go on, however suffice to say a "simple" water line replacement took twice as long and included several unanticipated supporting jobs. And, as a reminder, all of utilities were marked, and the irrigation system was mapped. Too bad the map was so far from reality. This begat that, which begat that, which...

Probably not the first time you've been stuck, probably not the last either. It happens to the best of us. Just keep filming it.lol

New to the channel and I think I might stick around awhile. Im just glad to see someone else that lives by "leave it like you found it or better".

I had several tandem loads of gravel delivered and spread on my 1300' driveway. The second load, the driver backed up too far and got stuck in my yard and had to dump 19 tons in my yard to get out. I had to spread it with my FEL and fix his tire ruts, similar to what u had to do. Good times! I told the driver that he was lucky I had a tractor/loader/box blade!

The old Ford did pretty good for a 2wd!

Working on my house. Lol always fixing something. Just fixed the kitchen roof now fixing the trim against the main house. Putting on one length of aluminum instead of two PVC. God bless

It so amazing to me how many projects you have and all the required equipment for it.... every day is a new adventure....

An old neighbor of mine growing up had one of those old Ford 8Ns. Only drove it once to help out getting a fence put up. Good tractor, but wish when he moved we had a place and use for it because I think we'd have taken it in. I'd only imagine how difficult that ditch would be to mow if doing it with a trimmer.

Love watching your videos friend

Had a deal like this a little while ago. Old clay pipes settling and a silted up ditch caused a backup in my friends perimeter drains. No builder level or laser level so I used a torpedo level on a shovel as my station and a friend holding a tape measure as a receiver. Turns out there was over 1/3 inch per foot of fall originally so we re-graded the pipe out to 1/4 inch per foot and it works like a dream

Thanks for the great information and videos stay safe

Oh ya, the projects that have led to projects, ... that have led to projects! Nice recovery. Love the idea that your dad went to his old Ford tractor for backup. Not the biggest tool or strongest, but certainly lots of utility. HA BTW, his hair looked fine. ;-)

This is why my GF never wants me to start a “project” 😝 It starts with weed whacking, then some trees get cut down, then full on excavation for a retaining wall! Nice video sir!

Neil....EVERY project I do, leads to another project, usually a repair attempt to the one I started and then a professional to fix it.

Nice video. My project that is making more projects is putting Tenacity herbicide on my lawn. Surprisingly, my lawn was mostly wire-grass. It needed to go, but I’m just stunned with how much wire grass was masquerading as lawn.

Nice job getting the dump unstuck. My Dad has had to help me out similarly many times. So glad he is my neighbor. -Chad #purplecollarlife

from the Netherlands thanks for the video Neil

Another fine job while on the job 😉

Love the old JD. I have a 2320

Nice move with the backhoe when unloading the stone! We have a Case 580k and backhoes are certainly the swiss army knife of machines. Maybe not the most efficient, but it will get the job done!

good job oldtony

Looks good. That is hard work.

this is why I always carry rubber mats in my truck. throw it under the wheel and you can magically drive over it.

Good Job Boss !

Only recently acquired a tractor. Not very big but enough for my five acres. I REALLY enjoyed seeing your father running the Ford 801. Father and son time becomes more precious as we all age. GREAT video!

Especially on the farm it seems to always expand , repaint the barn then let’s redo the plumbing ok now let’s rewire it and add new lighting inside and out so yeah it expands 😅

You should do more videos with the john Deeres like restoring or fixing stuff like that! Just a suggestion

COOL!

Projects are never-ending. As a beaver once told me, there's always one dam project right after another.

you do good work 👍

Interesting content and nice job showing us. Don't let that crowd in Louisville lead you astray. haha

I sure like that old Ford tractor! As long as there’s help around getting stuck isn’t too bad. Glad to see your dad their with you. Have great week!

Always love the extra snippets after the credits roll. Hair is just fine Greg, you won’t have to worry about it much longer.

Watching you pull the dump truck out with the tractor reminded me of when our yard was being finished by an excavating business. He hauled 46 total triaxle loads in for fill and topsoil. One day he hauled 4 loads, backed into the yard dumped and pulled out without issue, the 5th load he sunk to the axle. The only person I knew that could possibly get him out was a nearby farmer with a HUGE Massey Ferguson dual rear wheel tractor with 4 wheel drive. It took awhile to find a chain that would do the job. The tractor had rear wheels in the yard and front wheels on the blacktop township road. Those front tires actually wrinkled the blacktop, saw it with my own eyes. The farmer got him out. He said it was the first time he ever seen smoke come out his stack from a load. It was truly impressive.

The worst unforeseen opps i ever saw was when we had ten tons of gravel delivered and a water pipe six foot under ground burst under our driveway entrance

Great video!

We had an 801 and 601 ford tractor when we farmed back in the 70ed and a 150 Massey Ferguson which we still have going to put a new injector pump on it .started to leak all over.

I am hard pressed to remember a project that did NOT create another or multiple projects! Nice work and video. Your recipe of drone work, succinct content, and knowing when to play fast forward is a keeper. Plus, I get some tips on how to handle these projects like a pro.

A wet sand, whool pad with compound and then polish. I think the paint on the old blue Ford dump truck may just buff out!

Water will always follow path of least resistance so you could have even had the pipe a little upgrade and it still would have drained

I Managed to burry my international dump truck when I had it to the point it took two f350’s and a mini excavator to pull it out. I feel your pain 😂

On the next episode of Dig Drive DIY, we’ll see Neil 4wd swap the 10 ton dump truck and build a custom off-road course to test it ;) Great video as always Neil.

Curiously, I’ve gained a reputation for being a master at creating new projects in the midst of completing the first. For me, listing the lineage of any given project is like reading the “begats’ in the book of Genesis! Here’s a simple example… My wife hated our electric heat pump. It is a combo heat and air unit located behind the house. First off… The air conditioning was noisy. Although we heat primarily with a central heat wood fireplace… from time to time we still used the heat pump in the wintertime. She said the air it put out froze her toes. So, we decided to replace it with a propane unit. (The seed project.) So, replacement of the unit begat installation of a tank. Because we didn’t want it visible from the front… and we didn’t want it to block our view of the deer feeder… it ended up being hidden beside my shop. That begat burying 170’ of PEX tubing. No problem, I have a baby backhoe that won’t tear up the yard too badly…. Except, the line has to run between two massive oak trees that already have a septic feeder buried there. I don’t want to tear up any new soil because it will kill the trees… they are 8’ from the house. At about 16 feet is a sump drain to carry rain water away from the house. It lies just to the side of the septic drain pipe… I have to put the PEX above them: That begats removing the stepping stone walkway and hand shoveling through rock , roots and packed clay. Along the trench a bit further is the driveway that goes to my barn. I have to trench across it. However, the propane company wants to set the tank, install the PEX, hookup the regulators snd pressure test the lines all in the same trip. That begats putting in a 2” conduit beneath the driveway so that the PEX can pass under it. The reason why? Well, the shop is in the way. He can’t set the tank without driving over the trench. So, I lay it, backfill and pack it in. All set? Not quite…. A rarely known concept enters into the picture. It is technically called “Project Scope Creep”. You see, ever since we moved into this “Total Electric Home” In 1987, my former professional breakfast chef / pie baker wife, has loathed her electric range. She insists that the propane line tee off and include a hookup for a replacement gas range. That begats several smaller plumbing and electrical projects…. That I’d rather forget. While digging the trench for the propane line, I decided that I might be able to save the sod for replacement back into the trench. Neil, as you know, a backhoe can peel sod into nice little rectangles. However in rocky soil it is not easy enough to get them all the same thickness. That brilliant decision later begat a whole day of packing the trench to varying depths and fitting 150’ of sod chunks into place. But, before we even bury the gas line… I too succumbed to scope creep. You see, my shop is heated by a wood stove…. I’m trenching for a propane tank the required 10’ from my shop wall…. Can you blame me for begatting the urge to install a propane line for “provisional heat” in the shop? OK… this is getting long… the project started in May… how about if I just tell you where we are at now? The tank is installed. The PEX is installed. Plumbing is complete to the heat and air unit and range. Both of those are installed and tested. (The first pie was Blueberry… my fave!) Shop plumbing is stubbed out inside the wall. The trenches are back filled and the sod came back just fine. My 8yr old grandson reset all of the stepping stones across the trench by himself. (The perfection of their placement has nothing to do with spacing or level!) What remains on the punch list? Finding and installing a propane heater for my shop. Touch up caulk and paint around the sheet metal doghouse connecting the heat air unit to the house. New kitchen cabinets that match the pie baking range… scope creep run amok! (This is currently underway and is already spiraling into its own galaxy of begats!) As I said, Neil… there is no such thing as “The project at hand”… there is only a seed project or one of its hundred begats! Don’t get me started on the tree removal project on the other end of the house… we are 5years into that galaxy swinging back into equilibrium! Well sir, enough said… I have a few begats to work on. Thanks for the break to enjoy your begats!

I buried my 69 Chevy blazer this winter in the snow and our 47 2N Ford pulled it out.

Appreciate the jobs and quality of ethic displayed. Keep'em Coming!

One job leads to another is so true! Bought an old JD 855 with loader and backhoe for some jobs around the house. Going to redo a culvert pipe that is heaving the driveway then pull-up the driveway to redo with stone then asphalt. Next few projects will be redo a retaining wall, fill a sink hole, grade for a patio and eventually dig a foundation for a multi-story shop. First things first, I’ve been working on the JD 855 to bring is back to good working order. Happened upon you channel for the hydraulic pressure relief valve for you JD 755 and have been hooked on your videos ever since. Really like your work ethic and family values. Although my wife doesn’t get into the digging and driving too much, she loves the family involvement and your girls. Thanks for making your videos.

My jobs are usually the opposite. In order to do the job I want to do, I have to move things to get to the tool(s) I need, get something else done and out of the way, etc. etc. etc. Thanks Neil.

Mannnnn! That TLB hanging over the edge had my cheeks clenched! Glad it came out well! Good job sir!

I always go into to project with a timeline. If you have watched any of my videos, my son is usually helping me. He always asks, "Dad how long will this take?" I will give my best guess, because like any man, everything is a race against an imaginary clock or GPS prediction. Then he says, "So really more like ___." and doubles my estimate. Then I have to quote the legendary Bullwinkle (in voice).....Rocky- "that trick never works"....Bullwinkle - "This time for sure!" Sometimes I nail it and even come in under my estimate....if you don't include the other projects my mishaps create! Keep it up. Even in the simple videos, you challenge me to do better camera setup and editing!

Loved it! Seems like most my projects create other projects. Glad the Tractor was able to pull you out.

nice jobs dont know what its like to put a bucket in the ground and not have more rocks then dirt

I would love to see you add rear hydraulics to your 755!

I can tell when I do a good job because I get more work

Always fun watching what you’re up to. P.S. Awesome show last night at Trubble Brewing

Drain tile jobs suck but I actually really enjoy them. We had to fix my friends septic drain field at the beginning of April this year, then my own the first weekend in may. He needed new lids put on his tank too, his job was a 2 weekend project, and mine we got lucky and just had to hand dig. I used the little ls 122 that I have and just trenched it out with the front end loader at his house, and it made a mess, but also worked out really well cause it gave us working room that came in really handy. Looked like you had a ton of fun anyway!

You really do a nice job on your videos. Last year I put in about 300’ of French drain. Looks way easier than it is! I still have another 200’ to put in but I need the ground to dry up again. Been really wet in North Central WI.

Chains are really dangerous for vehicle recovery. Use nylon tow straps or slings.

Hi Neil, Another great video, very enjoyable to watch! Are you planning to attend the Fàrm Science Review in Ohio?

Another good video Niel! One job always seems to lead to another for me as well.Tell Greg his hair looks fine but he’s going to be in trouble with Kim for wearing his jeans with the hole in the knee 😂. Take care my friend!

Neil, your attention to detail in the editing process is very good...... is that something that comes naturally or did you have to "work"on that skill?

Yep, like I said before, always playing in the dirt.

Seems like I RARELY ever find myself working on what I intended on working on!! I have a 500 acre pine and cotton plantation. My brother lives directly across the road from me on 85 acres. My wife wants to know why there always seems to be more stuff needing done on his 85 acres than needs doing on our 500 acres. My typical response; “he’s my brother….and he needs my help….” Great job with the drone aerial footage. Mind telling me what model drone you have? Thanks.

Good job doing what you could with what you had. I do think the pipe didn't look like it sunk - more that the ditch hasn't been maintained and has silted in raising the water level. Unfortunately that's a more expensive and time consuming project - if you even were allowed to do it. Some places object to homeowners maintaining the town/county/state ditches.

I wish I had your jd 755

Remember: God made a certain number of perfect heads, the rest He covered with hair!

Always enjoy your videos. Your dad is always there to help, did he sell his semi? Hope he is staying busy during harvest season. They just started taking beans off this week here in Ohio, the semis are back and forth.

Sunday 7_33 another episode :)

I love your vids Neil. I k ow the Ford isnt the center point of the video but thats a really sweet tractor. Who dose it belong too? Your dad? It looks to be restored. Who did the work on it? Im a big ford tractor guy

That is what we call one of them dam'd if ya do & Dam'd if Ya Dont Type o Things..lol.. Cool Video To btw ! Hows your Brothers PoleBard/Shed Going..I Havnt Saw a Part 4 Yet..I Just Found Part 3 Today !

What project made more projects you ask..not really a project but I bought a mini ex..need I say more?

How is the new garage building coming Neil. I wish I could get a new garage building. I can't Because of the price. They are really pricey. believe you got stuck in the mud. Was the tractor got you out of the mud.

There you can see knolage , skills when you know you know this guy here is a master in that back hoe and got a lot experience I know that because I do thate same kind of job down here in Puerto Rico and I got many experience too and when you see vid like this one you are doing the job in your mine at the semae time you are waching the vid hahahaha sorry for my borken inglish my friend Hi Form PUERTO RICO

Wow! Right before the utility expo you get stuck and had to dad help you out again? Your peers are gonna be watching this video and just bowing their heads in shame. Kinda feels like when you dented Greg's equipment huh? Enough abuse. You redeemed yourself finding the "junk." Maybe leave a case of beer on dad's doorstep with a "beer faerie" note?

how does my hair look...hahaha....

first.....again