CLAY VS. CRUSHED GRAVEL; Installing a culvert pipe; Water erosion & what to consider.

This video will undoubtedly stir up some conflict in the excavation world! But I really don't care much about that. I QUESTION EVERYTHING in life, and that includes excavation practices. So, in today's PART 1 of 2 video I will be fixing a deep woods culvert pipe installation at a very remote and deep woods location that was initially installed by an excavation company with crushed gravel. Oh, and it was blown out by water the first time, so this was the second time that it was installed with crushed gravel. It has been washed out on both sides of the double wall culvert pipe, so that the useable travel path has become almost too narrow to cross with a UTV. So today, in PART 1 I will explain my rationale, and provide some history on exactly WHY I prefer to use clay over crushed gravel for installing and compacting a culvert pipe. I will remove all of the crushed gravel and replace it with clay and compact it with my Bobcat e42 R series mini excavator. I believe that you will find this video very interesting, and if you enjoy it please hit the like button and share it for us, we really would appreciate that! Stay tuned for PART 2, the completion of this projects and to see a follow up shot after some heavy rains in our area of Southern Illinois and to see the crossing in use by Curtis' Polaris Ranger UTV! This will be the first ultimate test on Clay vs. crushed gravel! Also consider subscribing to follow all of my new Bobcat e42 R series mini excavator projects, land management projects between Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky, Bobcat T650 CTL skid steer projects, Kioti tractor projects, food plots, duck ponds, watering ponds, building roads, fixing roads, fixing water erosion problems, DIY rustic barn wood projects, DIY rustic furniture projects, our property rehab projects, buying and selling land, and much more country living adventure. Thank you! Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.