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- Used the Kubota BX 23S and Kubota KX -080 Excavator this evening we do some fine grading on the Building Pad and I show Melissa how to use a sight level to check grade. We are building our dream garage and getting the Pad Ready For our Builder
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Neat way to establish quick cut & fill. I would suggest attaching a second folding tape to the post with 7" at the FG mark. Then you can use the sight level on the first tape without having to bend over. Say if you hold the level consistently at 60" and read 56" on the mark you need 4" of fill. Read 65" and a 5" cut. It will definitely save the back from not having to bend over.
thanks 4 lesson... thanks 4 video. be kind.
still not getting notifications on all channels i subscribe too ... i have my son tonight to help me figure this out thanks... check out 5th post down "Larney Moke" i think this guy has found the reason WHY NO EMAILS...... i sent to my son so he can see his post..
I just leveled an area for our new shed. My 12 year old son didn't understand the "backwards" number reading while using a transit until I had him stand on the porch steps. It was easier for him to visualize it and now he gets it.
Anyone who is moving dirt needs a 50 year old super model to bring the CZcams numbers up.
I agree.
Also ropes any company for FREE stuff for ad space 🤠😂
I sure could use a partner like Melissa.
He's always using a posing Melissa as click bait.
I agree Mike, everyone should have a drop dead gorgeous woman to help him work!
Old man Fred,my wife is the best help on the trees we remove,also she's a great cook,and a hot mess,also been a wonderful woman for 26 years.
@@Thetreefella same here. 26 years also👍👊
Michael and Chris,
Good for you two! I had a really good one for almost 50 years!
We love you Ted! Thank you
@@Morgansunleashed that's right Melissa we all do!
I used a pocket level like you have. I also liked using a Linker rod with a rotor laser to check grade.
Just ordered the KR 572S. Thanks for the lesson on the sight level Mike. I'm working on water drainage on my yard and this will come in handy.
Hey Mike. My grandfather used that method and exact tools when we needed to set a grade. Worked awesome. That was many years ago.
Good morning Morgan's!! Time to enjoy another great video, while drinkin' BRCC coffee with Mike N' Melissa, the daughters & Hunter, on this foggy morning.
I'm getting the notifications!!
I used those hand levels for my career in highway const. Hard to admit it took a while to learn the crude ways after all the schooling in college. As a state highway guy we used those for minor things like approaches, approach pipes, and offsets to construction stakes.
these came out to get something staked for the contractor by morning and the better equipment was in the office.
Have the same notification issues as mentioned below. It is not just OWTM channel issue. It's on all my subscribed channels. I clicked the bell again. We'll see how it works. Enjoying your pad build and learning some new stuff. Thanks!
Love watching the Morgan's work, maybe it will motivate some of us old folks to get busy again.
Working back words yes .
And a learning curve goes with. 😊👍👍👍🍵🍵🍵🍵
Have a great day everyone
That's why I'm dyslexic. I held the rod for my uncle when he was serving housing sites. Here I thought I was like, a misplaced or displaced Hebrew.
YOU GUYS ROCK TOGETHER !!!!
Be safe out there and God Bless
I get all notifications from your channel and all channels I am subscribed to.
That hand level brings back memories from my early career. I'm a civil engineer and the technology has come a long way, especially in the last ten years. My surveyor recently started using a drone for his survey work. His topographic map came with a high resolution image. That sure makes design easier. The image is so clear I can see the cracks in the asphalt!
Morning Morgan's! Mike's getting excited over his shale pit. Things are coming together nicely. Thanks for the lesson.👍Have a day!
I have been watching you for around a month now. I have been u able to find a bell. Enjoy the videos and how you explain things you are doing. Even though I am 75years young. The best looking equipment you have is your lovely bride.
I have been using a hand sight level for over 40 years. It is a handy little tool for sure!
Between that and my sight prism I could “rough” in my building locations.
Mike,
I’ve been a Surveyor since 1978. I’ve used a hand level like yours to set many of mile of slope stakes for ditch grade. I worked 16 years for Peabody Coal in strip mines in Southern IL coalfields. Still surveying today but no more hand leveling. I really enjoy you channel.
David,
I’m sorry my Son but you’re too late in askin’, Mr Peabody’s Coal Train done hauled it away. John Prine Paradise.
Ohhhh yea !, the sound of a man in heaven.
Tim the tool man.
That Borrow Pit of shale saved you thousands!
G’day Mike
I get all of your notifications about 10:30 at night 👍🇦🇺 I do try to stay up and watch them if I don’t it gives me something to look forward to the next day when I come home from work 💙
Thanks David Morse, you're right on.
Enjoyed the folding rule & sight level lesson......I always wondered how they moved all of the dirt to make roads years ago and got them so perfect.
Pretty cool on how grading is done
I have been going back and watching some of the older videos and man, things sure are changing fast around camp morgan. Yall are a hard working family and deserve the growth. Stay well, stay safe and yall HAVE A DAY 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Nice educational session, Mike & Melissa. We had an old pea shooter back on the farm - Berger, I think. We were constantly having to rake the back 40 after the winter rains flooded the sloughs. Beavers never made it easier.
That shale has got to be loaded with goodies in it. Too bad you don’t have time to dig through it a bit.
Wes,
Yes, Fern leaves and such!
Within the last week I have not received notifications of your videos. I have been looking on CZcams and find them. I had to find this one. From NW Arkansas.
I was notified Mike. Great job explaining how to shoot grades. You better take some time off and take advantage of the great weather.
Nice seeing you and Melissa moving dirt together.
❤ Melissa, you should do a photo shoot for a Tractor Supply Magazine ! WOW ! You look MARVELOUS 👌
Love your channel. By my standard, you are an expert digger! Nice job.
I didn't get a pre notification of your livestream yesterday. All other channels that I'm subscribed to, that do livestreams, give out a pre notification 30 minutes before.
God bless you all!
Notifications did go away don't know why, you are not the only channel. Enjoy the channel.
Melissa, I think the point is in some families both parents work and they may not be able to afford a computer for their student.... But I do agree that kids these days learn stuff fast.
Nice the building Pad is shaping up!!👍👊
Good morning all, Phil from Kansas City here. Hoping to head back to Stover today to continue to clear cedars and mow fields so I can disk up some food plots. Have a day and watch out for chiggers they are bad around hear this year.
Hi Phil - Can you send me a message? I have a question about your part of Kansas. Thanks!
@@PurpleCollarLife setn you and email to your gmail account.
I have ALL notifications on. No trouble with getting communication updates. Really enjoy your channel.
Early morning video, just what I needed. Thanks for sharing Morgans😍👍
It is nice to start the day with one of your videos. Thank you for making family friendly content. Learning a lot and cannot wait for next week when I finally have 7 Acres in TX to put some of what I have learned into practice.
That gps on the dozer is good and bad, some guys are lost without it. Dad poured concrete for a side job so I spent many summers on the dumb end of a transit. Thumbs up
I've gotten every notification since I subscribed......no problem at all.
It would be so cool if you could do a split screen with one screen on the machine, and one screen on you running the controls on the excavator, just so we can watch how the thing works. You'll be returning the excavator, so you'll have to git er done soon. My bell icon was at "personalized" instead of "all" . I never changed it, so I put it back to "all". Thanks!
I took your advise and did the bell and reset all notifications so we'll see what happens with the next video. Really enjoyed seeing someone use the old sight glass and folding ruler. It has been years since I saw anyone use one of them. I have seen many gas well pads shot in with one of those. BTW! Greeting to all from the beautiful Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas.
Anyone who moves dirt should have one of these, "an awesome wife that knows how to use a tractor. " Have a productive day.
Mine is in training and doing well. :)
Tommy Ordoyne And every woman who knows how to use a tractor should have a loving and supportive husband like him.
@@mjrussell414 absolutely
@david kettell Try a local pizza shop.
Tommy Ordoyne local pizza shop ... I laughed 😆
Mike...this video is great. Very interesting. Learned something new today. You are a good instructor.
Great job Mike and Melissa. Can't wait to see that building go up. So far I have not miss any of your videos love watching them. 👍👍👍
Nice video. Always sweet when you learn something👍
Thanks Melissa and Mike, informative as always.
Ah yes, I thought your pad was a lot further along in the live stream last night, and isn’t that the walnut we see when Melissa is blading? Makes sense - all this was done yesterday before the live stream. Anyway, that fill packed and leveled up really nicely! No wonder you were doing the Tim the Toolman “Yeah” when you pull the bucket up with good stuff! Thanks for the explanation of how you did the rough grade determination. Nice and much handier tools. I’ve only used a level and transit on the farm - Dad had one so that was what we used. In our research, we used total stations and real-time survey-grade gps, but I didn’t do any setup on those. It’s fun watching your projects. About notifications... I stopped getting emails about uploads on the 13th, which appears to be a CZcams action. However, I still get emails if someone replies to or likes a comment I have made. I also get the usual notifications on my phone about all things, including uploads. I hope that’s clear to you because I’m not sure it’s clear to me. 🤔
Good morning Morgan’s
I get my notifications just fine. Really like my mini lesson on foundation prep. I now have more of an appreciation for big equipment operators.....and little ones, too. Nice, Mile.
Really interesting information Mike and Melissa
good work guys the pad is shaping up can't wait until they start the building thanks for sharing stay safe
Howdy Morgans, Mike great explanation of finding grade. Funny story I was using a laser level at my house for a concrete pad I was pouring. I have an Invisible Fence around the yard and at the time I had a German Shepherd that stayed by my side....that is until I reached grade and the laser level went beep beep then solid tone at grade. Apparently she thought a correction was coming and immediately retreated away from the level.... Have A Day! ;~)
I love your videos Mike. I’m 18 years older than you but I can relate to so much of what you do. I worked highway construction summers in college. Worked with the blasters, used the sight level putting in culverts and pipe, and then after college worked for a couple years in a rock quarry. We shot a 90’ wall about every 4 months. I’d love to sit down and talk with you. We have a lot in common. I’m still slitting firewood too... on my Wolfe Ridge splitter!
That was a good explanation of how a "pop" level is used although what I have found as the easiest way to explain and think about it is to just remember "the bigger the number the deeper the hole".
That is good to remember thanks
good stuff guys good to see y, all !
Great Project 👍🏻❤️🌳❤️
You just saved me a lot of money!!!! I need to fix some ditches.
Good video. Educational and entertaining. Thank you for sharing fella.
Thanks Mike took me back in time that's how I determined all my finished ground levels related to natural groundlevel. If you don't use the old methods you don't loose the know how as on computers. If you don't us you loose it
Have a Day and be Sweet to Your Super Model!
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Hi from Allen Park, MI
I've been Subscribed for over a year and the 🔔is on. I get4notifications everyday.
You throw me off when you don't post until afternoon or evening. Keep up the great videos. 👍🏻😊🤗
First video up on the screen is.... OWTM. Always the first one I watch too. Milwaukee Condo Dweller Signing Off.
Mike, I get notifications for all your content no problems. Bell icon - all selected
Currently working on a site plan and bought the double right angle prism you mentioned a while ago. It works amazing. Thanks Mike.
Yes they are great
Mike having FUN! Oh yeah!!!
Make sure that under the bell they have the ALL tab set so they see all notifications.
Nice explanation on the hand level. Was late night on y'alls live chat. I got caught up this morn, seen the walnut fall. Have a nice day.
Oddly enough, I am prepping a site to build a Timber-frame garage behind our cabin up in Maine. The grade prep insights are priceless! That excavator rental has more than paid for itself in the work that you are doing. BRAVO!
I receive notices when your videos are posted. I received one this morning to watch this very episode...
Mike man you are the best we love your channel
Notifications run like too for me.
Great video Mike, fascinating how those tools work for shooting grades. Thanks for sharing with us and keep up the good work. 👍👍
No problems for me...I've been getting my notifications. Have a great weekend!
Well I learned something new before breakfast! Great job on the cameras.
I still have the one my great grandfather had
Got my hand level and Engineers ruler. Great way to check grade. Great advice in this video for checking grade and what needs to be done
Mike when you put the electricity in for the woodworking shop area be sure to put a 200 amp service panel in there that feeds the shop exclusively. That way at the end of the day you can flip one switch, and protect all of your equipment from a direct lightning spike. I wish I did that in my shop because I go around unplugging individual pieces of gear. I could elaborate, but I know you are busy. Get in touch with me if you want to talk more about it. You also want a line or two going to a light, or lights in the shop so you don't have to flip a breaker for a light every time you walk into the shop.
Bob,
Right, 200 Amp minimum!!!
Nice tool
I was a contractor for 33 years and I had a cheap $10 sight level, but what I had was a old broke tape taped to a scrap 1x1. that way you could have your bench mark higher and didn't have to bend over or have the tape at the bench mark and you are thepole and yo just move from p;ace to placeand sight through the sight level.. In other words where ever you stand that is the measurment diferant to the beanch mark when the buble is level. After being retired for 10 years I still have my rotating levels for finch grade.
The house is going to be nice the best for you guys can't wait
Just love the bod. Melissa's new nickname is "the bod".
The music you use for your videos are spot on. Good job. You have a good ear.
The hand sight level is just what I need when installing drain tile. Much faster and less messy than pouring water into the trench to see if it drains. Thanks!!!
I get all my notifications just fine. Another great video. Have a great weekend guys!
Hello Mike my name is Ateet sen from India. I am big fan of you and your work
I wish one day i my coming to meet you
And see how you do your work...and glad to teach something from you..
I use a water level. 75' of clear tubing some water and food coloring, works great
Been used for decades, better then lasers, Never is wrong
Actually has been used for centuries and very likely thousands of years. I have seen claims that the water level was used to build the pyrimids in Egypt. Some claim that is the first documented use of them, but I could not find a source for that. When I did a lot of suspended ceilings in commercial buildings, I had two pieces of clear plastic tubing about two foot long with one having a male garden hose fitting and the other a female hose fitting. Then I could just screw them onto both ends of a normal garden hose of any length anywhere and have a level to fit the job. Strap one end to the mark I wanted to hit, then raise or lower the other end to get the water to move up or down until it was exact. Since both ends are even due to gravity once the reference mark was correct with the bead of water in the tube the other end was ready to mark on the wall. The advantage of the site level Mike is using is that you only need one person. Water level can be done solo but works best with two people.
@@markpashia7067 It will work around corners, behind walls, in different rooms, backside of doors places lasers and levels can not see
I’ve had one for about 40 years and as recently as two weeks ago used it to level a ceiling... I put blue windshield washer fluid in it so I can use it in freezing weather and the blue is easier to see regardless of the temperature.
That's what the Egyptians used to build the pyramids.
I think you're right about low quality foliage this year... Same will be true here in Maine with as dry as it has been. Tops on our pear trees are already turning.
I watch on a Roku device. I don't have a notification bell option. Your top ten subscriptions just show up in the suggested category. Since you post every single day your channel stays in the top 3. I never miss an episode.
I must say after using a water level to reset my manufactured home to level I became a fan.. a 2 gallon bucket with a 1/4" fitting threaded in the bottom and 100ft of tygon tube, fill with water and food colouring. The thing is deadly accurate, dirt cheap, albeit not as convenient as the sight level.
I am a fan of your machines
Great video! Very simple explanation. Setting grade intimidates some people. As a surveyor it is one of my favorite jobs. I love watching it come together. There are only a few contractors in our area that are using the machine control so I still see a few of the old school operators hop out with their hand level and use my cut stakes to figure their grade (i.e. 2:1, 3:1 etc.) They get out measure from my stake and drop a rock and then sight to one of my grade lines and figure how much more to dig. Awesome video!
Nothing like a big old bucket of shale to get a mans heart pumping! :) It will be great to watch this project come together.
So put the box blade and bucket on the big tractor and she can work in the a/c too.
I get notified on every video
My notifications, bell icon, got turned off about 2 months ago. Mysterious. I just turned it back on, and so far so good. Love your enthusiasm while digging! I do the same thing when I'm tilling my field.
great description of how gps systems work. I work with making such models. 😊👍
I get all my notifications of your videos. Great job enjoy watching