9 Acre Pond Rehab Dredging The Upper Cove

[@miker1448]

Fine job! The client is likely amazed at how meticulous you are in making things look so nice and the result is a satisfied customer, which in turn leads to more jobs. Thanks for sharing!

[@lovemycutlass]

That mud looks like the “Blob” coming after me in the time lapse. Lol

[@Rabennase3]

Having a smoke and watch dredging is sooo relaxing. ;-)

[@fhuber7507]

You rescuing some other people who got stuck dredging was the first of your videos I watched.

[@r1mein54]

Helene will be here knocking in a few hours and I will feel the storm about 8pm in the yard. Chris, I hope you and Geoff and Charlie and Ryan don`t get flooded. Big improvement for one day of work. That mud flows like lava.

[@garymessina1609]

I guess you are about to get storm Chris hopefully all you work won't be in vain great muddy clean up great video thanks

[@DixieBourne]

Chris I remember when you were doing another swampie mess like that when a snake tried getting in the cab with you and your very words were there would of been all kinds of dancing going on.

[@motorhomemac]

😂

[@Jammer.1]

Yeh I been watching a long time & seen him on logs & the mud was as high as the cab door ! Those little rescue's he has done too going into stuff to rescue rental stuff thats got the cab & engine compartments half full mud !

[@mikehunt3222]

If a snake had gotten in the cab with me afterwards I wouldn’t been looking for whoever sh*t in my pants. 💩😂

[@ripperlipper1016]

@@Jammer.1I’ve seen those videos too was thinking about them while watching this

[@seekinfindin5669]

@@motorhomemac 😀😃😄😅🤣

[@ronaldheit196]

This of my favorite type of pond episode. Dredging combined with pond rebuilding including rebuilding the damn and some clearing. Not to mention, sooner or later there'll possably be a bonfire. Watching pond Master Chris is definitely a pleasure.

[@BeardClipper]

I love all your video's, Chris, but it feels like coming home to see you playing in the mud. This is what got me addicted, and I'm loving the artistry, thought and care you show in this situation.

[@rhacker3058]

Hey Chris, I Hope You And Your Family Good Luck From That Hurricane Headed Your Way!! Stay "DRY And SAFE"!! Wow the Liquefaction You Had On This Job Was Amazing, But You Won The "BATTLE" As Always!! T/Y For Another Great Stream!! Stay SAFE Brother!! Later!!

[@Vickie-Bligh]

Dredging has to be like riding a bike. You don't forget how. Love how cautious you are with getting the big machine stuck, don't blame you at all. That cove looks wonderful and is a glimpse of what this place will look like when you're done. Take care during the rains and thanks for sharing, Chris.

[@debcamp2359]

We ❤ watching the blob grow. It seemed like a daunting task to rehab this pond. Your plan of attack is satisfying to watch.

[@robertmccullough4822]

The "Master of Mud" is back! It's been awhile. No one does mud like Chris. Whether it's dredging, Cleaning up with a log broom, or getting everyone else's stuck machinery recovered, Chris is the best !!

[@teddycrenshaw223]

My partner and I dug 9 feet of that mess out of about an acre and a half pond at the first of the year. Took us about a month of digging and relaying mud back. We was glad to see the end of that job for sure.

[@carltontweedle5724]

Just getting a little chilly in Scotland, love when you dredge a pond, floating a big digger on that mud looks a little tricky.

[@gbentley8176]

The big machine runs so sweetly, and really earns it's keep on volume moved per hour.

[@AquaPeet]

This brings up memories from watching you on a past project with your uncle, tipping out giant loads of mud into the dump truck and creating whole channels of dug outs. Time flies!

[@bobbyb322]

I'll bet the neighbors are going to appreciate that swamp gone.

[@eddiekilby]

I bet so to

[@genesispuredeaf2390]

I imagine the smell was fairly rough at first but the results are amazing. Harvesting that material (brown gold) and spreading it out after the winter dries it out 💪

[@FarmLife-f9b]

Love how you explain everything so clearly! I learned so much from this.❤❤❤

[@terryrogers1025]

At the 20 minute mark on time lapse, it gives a real good idea of the depth and slope of the pond as well as how well the finish will look. This is going to be a sweet looking pond when done, you have a good start for sure, thanks for the update, this is a good series, enjoying watching.

[@brian7327]

Stay safe out there with storm Helene Chris prayers for you and your animals home etc

[@njonebale7889]

He lives in inland north carolina…not cedar key florida…..nothing but rain in raleigh, what’s the big deal.

[@hydraulic-hum]

@@njonebale7889 like oak ridge farms needs more rain ..

[@sharonmiller6436]

@@njonebale7889 Famous last words . . . from a month or so in the future . .

[@MichaelHolloway]

Your sacrifice of laundry detergent does not go unnoticed. Great view. Thanks

[@MichaelHolloway]

'water oozing out everywhere' --- It seemed to me some stratigraphies had 'slipped' (or 'sagged') overnight. Is that happening all along that face? Or just at the roadway?

[@charleswelch249]

This reminds me of when I started watching your Chanel. You were working for your uncle and seems like you were always in the pond dredging. You have plenty of experience dredging and was nice to see you doing it again for a little bit. The head section looks amazing, Chris.

[@stang9660]

I'm not sure but I think this is the first I've seen you in the "gumbo" since helping Uncle John. Keep up the fine work!

[@williamhenderson9535]

Loved the coffer dam Chris! It was a great view to see how it actually worked. That stuff would have slid right back in without the dam! Great job!!!

[@michaelg6686]

When that Storm comes, there's gonna be plenty of work.

[@leolarocque-v5v]

Love the video Chris it swing time And another bucket .

[@jrand2631]

Nice to see you back in the mud surfing business again - not on mats this time, but on logs and it works fine. 👍😄

[@hydraulic-hum]

great video today, thanks Chris.. I was in 'hydraulic hum' heaven being in the cab with you with the window and door open 🥰

[@wm3138]

I’ve been watching you for years now and I am still amazed by your skill level and ability.

[@quaileggsvermont]

That guy/gal with the boat going down the road on a trailer, has the right idea!

[@edholst1992]

Yeah, Chris some of the best Timelapse yet love seeing more of the progress 👍👍

[@eugenepeters465]

Every time I hear the music, I know I will be treated to a speeded up sequence of one man and a digger creating a piece of art (hard work made to look easy).

[@colt_45.]

The clouds during the time lapse are cool

[@jimjennings1970]

I hope you got this done before the storm comes

[@ronaldheit196]

We got hit by the extreme outer edge earlier today in south Miami-Dade just above the Florida Keys. 25 to 30 knot winds. Monsoon rain. Our parking lot under 2 feet of water. Drains flowing up instead of down.

[@timothystevenhoward]

I imagine many emergency spillways he has done are about to be field tested!

[@njonebale7889]

He did….didn’t you watch the video

[@texancowboy9988]

@@ronaldheit196 You should move.

[@keithdunlap2701]

Oh Yeah, Shaping up already Chris !! Looking good Man... You was talking abut the Hurricane, We are already starting to get the rain off of it here in Western Ky. Started right at 3:30 pm. our time, a little while ago, kinda spotty showers right now, But, here shortly it is going to set in on us !! And everybody else too , it's looking like... lolol... Hope it don't mess ya up to bad , believe you guys are gonna get a bunch of the rain too... But, Great as Always Man, Have a Great Evening, And, On too the Next !!

[@johnbeam-d3v]

Love the pond videos. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@robinparkes988]

Up to your usual standards Chris. What a transformation. That 350 is a game changer for you. I can think of a few of your jobs in the past where you must have liked to have had it.

[@dennis2376]

Thank you and have a great week.

[@janlesinski4719]

You dredging is one of my favourites

[@Jammer.1]

With Helene coming you may be posting some flood rescue stuff next week too On top the upper cove be filled with water !

[@wrguin]

This reminds me of the tv series Swamp Loggers. They would put some of the trees they cut down like you are doing to get the logs and equipment out of the swamp. Nice job!

[@priestley749]

Excellent job.

[@davidstout5883]

All that mud looks like a good job for a drag line and you could have fun too with it.

[@BuckMasterNorm]

It is taking shape. Thanks

[@JD-zm4eh]

Thanks for the great video Chris.

[@glennspreeman1634]

The swing tech on the 350 really adds to distance of transfer!!

[@kirk467]

Doesn’t take long to move that pile of slop with the 350! 👍🏻 Well worth its cost brother, especially loading a truck!

[@DarkSevariant]

With those logs...you can go anywhere...💅

[@BigTader]

Awesome video Chris stay safe.

[@donnamullins2089]

If the logs work that's all that counts. Chris that is a mud pit. You're expecting rain from the latest hurricane Helene. Good day work Sir. See you tomorrow.

[@kirk467]

Big bad hurricane heading towards Florida! Chris, I hope y’all don’t catch any of the after effects of this storm!

[@maxmacdonald7174]

Very good video Chris. I did not see any old tires in this head section, this can't be real.

[@remiewatkins8032]

A awesome video Chris you have a great talent Thanks for posting

[@kirk467]

I think the last time you were dredging was when John when he bought a tailgate for his haul truck, that was a lot of mud and hauling! I think Chris!

[@zacdrilling4554]

I like the dredging on this-job it’s what originally attracted me to your channel years ago

[@LordPubeck]

I think it was from your last clip, but it only sunk in till now - "...you don't want to have your heaviest machine be rescued ..." - summat like that!! Sound advice from 'un Maître'!

[@prestonvaughn2078]

Hey there, another great video! How about one or two shorts showing how the farm is faring from the remnants of Helene?

[@kirk467]

That’s when you need the haul truck and Brian hauling loads for you! Got a good bit done today Chris, looking good so far! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Thanks for sharing and we’ll see you in the next one Chris, take care brother! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙋🏼✌🏻✌🏻💯💯💯

[@dansherman5754]

good job on the camera placement i can see your right hand thanks and thanks again for getting me addicted to diging

[@timothystevenhoward]

this whole old pond area is about to be a big swamp.

[@huggy1712]

Chris awesome clean out job looks great 👍🏼

[@scuba_sam6321]

Chris, its Thursday Sept 26, 5:30pm .. im sitting in my recliner watching you dredge this pond out.. & in just a matter of hours Im going to be experiencing 70+mph sustained winds from this Hurricane .. Im in Meriwether County, Georgia.. its is to pass directly over us here in West Central Georgia.. last really bad "storm" we had was in 95 from Hurricane Opal.. Got my headphones on & watching you is just very relaxing as my wife & I prepare to go through this.. THANKS!! for the reprieve from the stress 😊

[@texancowboy9988]

You should move.

[@gullreefclub]

@@texancowboy9988 Where to Texas so he can have Tornadoes and Hurricanes?

[@legendsatlunch]

Watching live tracking of the hurricane, Looks like you and Mr Bealy should miss the worst. Stay safe Chris

[@kirk467]

The weather channel is showing the hurricane moving up and westward into Tennessee, kind strange! Hopefully yall don’t get any bad stuff!

[@lancejohnson16]

I'm not sure but those logs might be Southern Yellow Pine. When you broke a few of those trees, they were very spindly. Pressure treated lumber is typically yellow pine that is very strong wood because of all those big long fibers.

[@michaelmullins1290]

Very nice work and still not sunk a excavator!

[@TgWags69]

Oh ya....a little bit of Swamp Stomp. Perfect music for dredging.

[@deernutOO]

Mud moves along like a lava flow. Oozes and oozes.

[@hereintheuk2991]

Great content. I would have built a bank with that mud all the way along the fence line. Then planted bushes on top, shutting the view of the road off.

[@GARDENER42]

There was a couple of square miles of valley bottom in Norway turned to mush & slid into the sea because of the ground being disturbed to put in foundations for a barn. Silty soil is strange stuff.

[@tomvickerman8792]

Chris, why not use one of the logs as a wider smoothing tool with your thumb? It will speed up the cleanup.

[@ceedeekaytee1961]

You guys sure have copped more than your fair share of rain of late and it looks like more is a comin'. Hope you all stay safe with this nasty weather coming up from the Gulf.

[@tomrogers9467]

Chris, switching machines back and forth to accomplish different aspects of the project brought to mind a dentist switching instruments during a dental procedure. You just have a bigger tool tray!

[@CraigGrant-sh3in]

With that storm coming, that pond may be filled before you want it to be.

[@haroldhawkins9370]

Nice video Chris. Nice work on the pond.

[@bosshogg3548]

Great job stay safe from the storm 👍🏻 love how you said never never land love how you turned the radio on 21:43 love the school bus in the background love how you said machine to put down here and cowboy stuff love how you said till then that’s crazy that you had the mud slide down the hill before 30:26 what’s that hydraulic noise love how the words said stupid mud instead of scooping mud 😂 40:52 are you leaving that little tree I thought for a second you were going to show taking the equipment out of the area you just finished at the end

[@quaileggsvermont]

Guess this pond will be full when you get back! LOL

[@yenerm114]

Love the dredging videos! 👌🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@ronthacker211]

Really enjoy the time lapse.

[@pwaldrop5181]

We're so proud of you Chris!

[@mcvetym]

Love pond videos, but dredging videos are usually more interesting.

[@louGriggs1944]

Well Chris, I've seen you dredging out some places I would not even think of trying to take a machine into, places I was sure you would never get out of. But you make it work somehow.

[@warrenparry182]

Looks like the drag line would come in handy

[@spamlessaccount]

7:11 non-Newtonian fluid

[@Bigjoe29]

Oh that soup had to smell delicious lol

[@dirtfarmer7472]

That was my question, if this mud stinks, with all of the vegetation in it, NASTY.

[@malcolmyarnold6172]

Good job mate love your work

[@martymclamb5750]

Enjoyed the ride Chris , what a muddy mess

[@matthewcriss29]

I really like the dredging videos

[@kirk467]

Look out now, lol you don’t want any splashy splashy Chris, that stuff would come right through that front window!

[@harrykeel8557]

I hope y'all aren't getting floodedout. Stay safe!

[@Machines-TV]

GREAT PROJECT

[@kirk467]

The other part of his pond is covered in stumps which is good for fish but if they are broken off and not sticking out of the water!

[@billhodges5161]

Hey Chris, hope you didn't get hit too hard from the hurricane. Western NC and Virginia looks pretty bad. Hopefully everyone is safe.

[@kanenmoffett9539]

The man runs an excavator on top of quick sand. Amazing

[@Mike7478F]

Pity you didnt have your friend in the 220 and you in 350 dredging out before the hurricane arrives!!

[@tatmanco]

amazing chris WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bobbywills9487]

After all the rain, you should ask Jeff how well his pool is holding water. 😁

[@KarensCookieJarCollection]

For those of us that are analytical, how much farther is the reach of the 350 vs 220 and how much bigger is the bucket vs 220 finally what is the ratio of fuel consumption to dirt moved for each???? I know the time factor is involved also.... Looking forward to staying in the Air BnB soon! Wouldn't it be nice if the rent for the air BNB included a couple hours digging with the cable Bantam excavator...... like on shark tank Extreme Sand Box

[@njonebale7889]

Oh boy!….I told him not to rent it!

[@gregorywallace5816]

Here in Australia ,laying out logs like that for a firm base we call it a corduroy.