Stanley Steamer's Tractor Company inc.

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I contacted the front desk over at Stanley Steamer's tractor company the other day, I've
got the ball rolling, now I'll need to get Carolyn to put this picture someplace on
Facebook where he'll see it...



-Mike "soon the mud puddles on the road will be gone..."

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

I bought 21 tons of " 57 " gravel today for my driveway the driver spread them slick as glass. No tractor needed. Going to get another load soon and tell them to only send Jay Appleberry to my house. No doubt Ol' Steamer is a regular on Facebook.

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Those two piles I have there are approximately 40 tons... about $600 worth... was your 20 tons
around $300? That's rock cost only.

One of my piles is crusher-run (but there's a good bit of "57/gravel" mixed in) and one is
"twos and threes" (fist sized rocks).

Stanley spreads rock with his truck too, but his little dump bed can go up without tearing out
all my tree limbs. The fellow who brought the rock has a GIANT new dump truck, 20+ tons of
rock at a time. Plus there will be tractor work needed in the long mud puddle area to make
it "do right"...

-Mike

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Those two piles I have there are approximately 40 tons... about $600 worth... was your 20 tons
around $300? That's rock cost only.

One of my piles is crusher-run (but there's a good bit of "57/gravel" mixed in) and one is
"twos and threes" (fist sized rocks).

Stanley spreads rock with his truck too, but his little dump bed can go up without tearing out
all my tree limbs. The fellow who brought the rock has a GIANT new dump truck, 20+ tons of
rock at a time. Plus there will be tractor work needed in the long mud puddle area to make
it "do right"...

-Mike

21 ton $290.00 I gave him $300.00 ( cause he spread them so good ) ... The Rock Quarry is about 10 miles from my house.

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The Rock Quarry is about 10 miles from my house.

Same here... I've gone there in Carolyn's f250 diesel and asked for a ton. A couple of times.
But never again. I was naive to think they could measure a ton into the bed of my truck.
A giant machine with a bucket that dwarfs the truck comes over and the operator tips the
bucket a little and almost enough rock comes out to cover my whole truck while I try to keep from
hiding under the seat. And then I have to come home and spread it myself. A ton plus of
rock doesn't go far but takes lots of effort to spread by hand...

-Mike

[cookiedough]

nah,  a few 5 gallon buckets and a few hours work and you got it spread just right?   

I once long time ago dug out by hand my 12x14 patio 1 foot deep no biggie and did crushed rock underneath then was going to get sand and then paver bricks doing it myself.  I had the whole bed of my truck filled with paver bricks loaded down sagging suspension.   Got the cheap kind big mistake at Menards about 1 every 10 would break just lifting them out of my bed of truck.  I said screw it,  took them all back unloading them all at Menards got my money back and did concrete slab instead,  much better longterm NO hastle investment.

[Jess from VA]

Yeah, I once took an old borrowed half ton PU to our big local soil/stone place and asked for a yard and a half of topsoil.

A giant front loader came over and dropped a sh!tload in the bed (wham).  I have no idea how much a sh!tload is, but no more dirt would fit and stay in the bed.  On the ride home, the front wheels seemed to only be touching some of the time.  The load wasn't covered, I went slow, and didn't get a ticket.  I did get a lot of funny looks.  Calling that stuff topsoil was being generous.  A more accurate description would have been dirt with junk in it.   

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The Mini used to have to pick a good line to make it through this curve...





-Mike

[Rams]

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-Mike "soon the mud puddles on the road will be gone..."

Would take me about thirty minutes to an hour to spread that gravel evenly on your road (had it been dumped on the road).   Just takes the right equipment.

Rams

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-Mike "soon the mud puddles on the road will be gone..."

Would take me about thirty minutes to an hour to spread that gravel evenly on your road (had it been dumped on the road).   Just takes the right equipment.

Rams

It would have been important for you to have shown up, too 

-Mike

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That's some driveway! No highway noise for you I bet. Nice dog

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That's some driveway! No highway noise for you I bet. Nice dog

No highway noise for you I bet.

I wish  ... I estimate about 800 meters through the woods to a state two lane highway and
the same in another direction to a secondary road... I'm amazed at how far road noise
travels and how inured we are to it...

Nice dog

She's very spoiled - all dogs should be!



-Mike

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That's some driveway! No highway noise for you I bet. Nice dog

No highway noise for you I bet.

I wish  ... I estimate about 800 meters through the woods to a state two lane highway and
the same in another direction to a secondary road... I'm amazed at how far road noise
travels and how inured we are to it...

Nice dog

She's very spoiled - all dogs should be!



-Mike

875 yards (yeah, I'm old enough to have gone through most of my schooling before Canada started switching to metric in 1970)
OK, that's not just a nice dog... that's a beautiful dog! I agree, wish people in general could be as honest and loyal...

[Rams]

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-Mike "soon the mud puddles on the road will be gone..."

Would take me about thirty minutes to an hour to spread that gravel evenly on your road (had it been dumped on the road).   Just takes the right equipment.

Rams

It would have been important for you to have shown up, too 

-Mike

True.   But then, I checked my messages and didn't see any requests.     
Note: The driveway work would have been free but transporting my equipment there would have been cost prohibitive. 

Rams

[carolinarider09]

-Mike

Hi Mike,  see you are using what I call a "Land Plane"  That was one of the best things I purchased to go with my MF 1250.  I have a bout 500 yards of "driveway" to maintain.  That lane plane is the thing for both prep and finish work. 

I then got another device which I cannot find the name for.  It was suggested by a farmer friend at work.  He suggested that you take some chain link fence and drag it behind the tractor.  I did not want to make one so I purchased one that uses square links sort of like chain link.

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He suggested that you take some chain link fence and drag it behind the tractor.

A similar thing I've heard is use an old bed-springs. Stanley's gone now, so I think I'll have
to drive on it hard and re-gravel it when it washes out...

Or as Daniel Meyer would say, "ride it hard and fix it when it breaks" 

You do much riding out in the countryside around Newberry?

-Mike

[Stanley Steamer]

Thanks for the business Mike... and especially for feeding me so good... bikers know all the good Honey Holes...

[MarkT]

I've been thinking about getting one of those grader boxes for my Kubota.  Supposed to work much easier grading gravel drives than a grader blade which I have now.  Got the latter because I figured it was more versatile than the single-purpose box and cost a bit less. But it turns out I only use the blade for the same thing anyway and it takes more effort for a worse result.  And I had to get a front blade replacing the loader bucket for snow anyway - which was the other purpose I bought it for.  The bucket is slow for moving snow though it works if you're patient, for the deepest snow.  I found I can move even deep drifts with a blade if I move them in chunks.

[carolinarider09]

He suggested that you take some chain link fence and drag it behind the tractor.

A similar thing I've heard is use an old bed-springs. Stanley's gone now, so I think I'll have
to drive on it hard and re-gravel it when it washes out...

Or as Daniel Meyer would say, "ride it hard and fix it when it breaks"  

You do much riding out in the countryside around Newberry?

-Mike

Hi Mike, and yes and no.  We take a trip whenever the weather is good (well a ride of about two hours or so).  I took a trip to McConnells yesterday to order some parts for my tractor.  

We do have some upcoming trips planned, one to Florida (just to go again), one to ride through Missouri in April, one out west in late June and one around Lake Superior in the fall.  

Use to ride to work, but not that I am retired, I don't get to ride every day.

[Rams]

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I don't even bother with chains any more, take small bites and see big results.   I had a snowblower and sold it.   I move a lot of snow (when necessary) with my front bladed 4wd tractor.    Do what works for you.   

Rams

[Big Rig]

I have not been paying attention to the boards much lately...but has Stanley stopped posting???

[Stanley Steamer]

I have not been paying attention to the boards much lately...but has Stanley stopped posting???

I haven't been posting much........I'm sure that's a relief to a lot of folks........

[Big Rig]

I have not been paying attention to the boards much lately...but has Stanley stopped posting???

I haven't been posting much........I'm sure that's a relief to a lot of folks........

Probably why I have not been paying attention...

[3fan4life]

I have not been paying attention to the boards much lately...but has Stanley stopped posting???

I haven't been posting much........I'm sure that's a relief to a lot of folks........

Your posts have never been a problem.

I actually miss you posting regularly.


Your PICS on the other hand can be a different story...............