RDrancher's Photo Thread

[RDrancher]

Thought I'd start sharing photos from some of my jobs and some personal stuff.

 

[RDrancher]

Here's a few from our Cowboy's Stadium tour and picking up the 9N project tractor.

 

[RDrancher]

A concrete pour and xeriscape project we did last summer.

 

[creekbend]

I enjoyed viewing the pictures.

 

[RDrancher]

Thank CB. As you can see, my wife is a bit younger than me. In fact, She was born the same year that I graduated High School!

 

[bullbreaker]

Thank CB. As you can see, my wife is a bit younger than me. In fact, She was born the same year that I graduated High School!

So by the pic's :thumbsup: and your comment are you trying to tell us you married a "Dallas Cowboy" cheerleader you rascal you ?

(btw: really enjoyed pics also / Thanks for posting)


Boone

 

[RDrancher]

So by the pic's :thumbsup: and your comment are you trying to tell us you married a "Dallas Cowboy" cheerleader you rascal you ?

(btw: really enjoyed pics also / Thanks for posting)


Boone

Here's some before and after photos of a road base driveway / parking area from a couple of weeks ago. I'll figure out how to get the photos in order yet! :confused2:

 

[RDrancher]

I was really wishing for a cab after this run with Landpride's version of the harley rake. Just a bit dusty.

 

[jinman]

Here's some before and after photos of a road base driveway / parking area from a couple of weeks ago. I'll figure out how to get the photos in order yet! :confused2:

You sure have straight and even edges of your driveways and parking pads. Do you mark it or just eyeball it? I first thought you were using a sod cutter to remove sod on the widened driveway/pad, but looking closer it just looks like boxblade scarifier tracks. Did you save the sod or just scrape it off and pile it somewhere?

 

[RDrancher]

Ya, I'm a stickler for clean edges Jim. Probably from so many years pouring concrete for picky customers in SoCal. On some longer runs I mark each end with a flag and then walk it off while marking with green paint or more flags. I'll measure off fencelines if they're straight. When removing sod I use the scarifiers to get a good line started, then peel the sod up with the loader. On that particular job the sod and organic stuff stayed on site in a pile on his back forty.

 

[RDrancher]

Here's a few photos from my job today. Treated corral board borders, a few 4" cross-drains, geotextile fabric and 5" of compacted base. Tomorrow the driveway will get a 1" topping of Red River peagravel.

 

[RDrancher]

Finished off the job today. A nice rain shower came through along with a nice breeze. I got soaked to my socks, but it did cool it down nicely. :thumbsup:

 

[Western]

Nice work!! I understand being "picky":laughing: I am picky when working for others, but seemed to waiver on my personal projects, IDK why:laughing: Thanks for the photos,

 

[EddieWalker]

Great Pics!!! I really enjoyed seeing them and all the different types of jobs that you do.

Eddie

 

[MarkV]

Thanks for sharing I enjoyed it. Really like the gravel drive with the red river rock. From your experience how does it hold up over time?

MarkV

 

[RDrancher]

Well, it's pea gravel, so if it's put in too thick it'll move all over the place, and it does take more maintenance. I don't suggest it for an everyday driveway, especially if the drive has turns in it. This particular driveway will be used mainly for parking their small RV. I don't like doing borders since I have to get off the machine , but it will help hold the material in place. I have my supplier mix a brown colored base with screenings and then compact the base real tight, then top it with no more than 2" of pea gravel. If the base shows through over time, at least its brown in color. When a customer wants small aggregate I like to put crushed screenings down over the base instead of pea gravel since it holds together better, but some folks really want the "look".

 

[RDrancher]

Screenings spread over the top of a re-graded driveway.

 

[RDrancher]

Sometimes you have to roll late to git er done. Sure glad this guy had lights!

 

[RDrancher]

Here's a few photos of a job from the beginning of this week. I finally figured out how to get the photos in the correct order...now I just have to get the week in order...eh? :confused2: :laughing:

 

[RDrancher]

The other day I saw a skid steer clearing off a lot for a new home in a subdivision up the street from my place. Since the soil here is pretty poor clay I figured they'd be excavating, importing select fill and compacting before digging the foundation. I guess I was wrong. Coming back from lunch today I saw that they had started forming for concrete. The soil in and around the forms is fluffed-up fill and the finish elevation is over a foot below the street level. This is in an area of very poor drainage as well. I guess I should title these photos, How Not To Build A House Pad?