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Read articles →A mid-project field update showing how Tony uses a TYM T474 backhoe to grade a drainage ditch around a barn, with the explicit goal of keeping the finished slope mowable. The technique focus is on shallow scraping rather than digging, two inches at a time with the bucket. Handheld camera, no co-host this episode. Best for homesteaders curious about practical backhoe grading technique on a real drainage project.
An owner-operator channel documenting an ongoing homestead build, so expect unpolished, candid footage of actual work-in-progress rather than a rehearsed demonstration.
Use the backhoe bucket to scrape the dirt at a shallow angle, pulling up a gentle grade rather than digging, working it down about two inches at a time until the curve is reasonable.
Tony says he never tries to really dig with the bucket, just scrape, shaving the dirt down two inches at a time to shape a shallow, mowable slope.
After using the backhoe to shape the grade, Tony plans to bring in the tiller and then the box blade to keep working the area.
