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[@dulsuasortfein6976]

Well thanks again for vet another excellent video ! I keep a “ Letsdig” video to watch every morning before I leave to go to work, I sit in my kitchen with fresh croissants,butter & strawberry jam and a mug of coffee ......A good start to every day. Thanks Chris.

[@marjosl1970]

Good work projects bro enjoy watching thank you sharing

[@briangardiner1015]

I appreciate you showing us this Chris. You have exposed a lot of people to contracting that probably never would have known this goes on. I just wanted to say Thanks.

[@KR-jy1rg]

It is amazing the conditions these others leave for some else to clean up. Great job as always!

[@gregholmes3661]

I never get tired of watching the 250 work. that big machine has so much power, knocks down trees, pulls house and every once in a while Chris will pick up twig with it, that makes me laugh

[@timgiven3826]

Really enjoy watching the video, the coolest sound was when the 250 smashes the logs, thank you for allowing us to follow along throughout your day.

[@buddhaboy10]

Love watching that 250 work. You truly are a master at the helm.

[@Skorpychan]

The haul truck shenanigans definitely remind me of playing Spintires. Using big trucks to pull and push smaller trucks, using the logs I was meant to be hauling to create roads...

[@GlobalistJuice]

Every job is a new adventure ... thanks for taking us along!

[@HughzieTube]

Cameron has a good sense of humour when you can get him to talk on camera! Using the ''Long reach'' shovel to clean the sand out of the culvert is still a funny video.

[@timmyfrierson2684]

Well Chris I’m glad to see Cameron back out there with you for a few days because he was a damn good operator and I don’t know what happen when he quit most probably liked Tim and found a better paying job or something like I said I don’t know what happened but it’s good to know now that he quit on good terms but like I said glad to see the old team back together for a few days

[@dungeondark]

I really like the teeth on that thumb. I see you can pick up small branches as well as use it as a reverse rake. Just COOLNESS!!

[@jasonking2943]

Ole cam a blast from the past! Seems like all of Carolina can be dry and the one acre you work on is a boggy mess!

[@parkerfetters7588]

Everywhere in NC is a wet mess the last two years

[@george8873]

Squishy, ooey and gooey are official technical terms for heavy equipment operators.

[@Grumpy_old_Boot]

You'd be surprised at how many things are "suishy", "ooey" and "gooey" once you part 20 tonnes of metal on top of them. Sadly, I speak from experience - Damn you hidden marshland !!!!!

[@kaiolsen3841]

Boy what a mess how many years since that area was logged. Looks like in 10 years you can bring Charlie’s big screener over and have some real nice dirt. Thanks for the great videos Chris👍👍

[@duanecarter4308]

Never ceases to amaze me! So much pride! 🤞🙏From Va. 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜

[@ranger2316]

SNAKES! (6:30) "Got it!" ... as he goes flying through the front windshield! (10:00) Ooh! ... sift that stuff out and I'll bet you'd get some pretty good top soil/dressing with all that decomposed wood in it! Gonna be some cool brush pile fires coming up !

[@davestinson5691]

Man that be good spot for fabric. But it's pricey here but works well. Great video man!!!!

[@bryanlloyd9664]

I love that new Thumb that you put on the bucket!!

[@cathiwim]

Bryan Lloyd i have a feeling that will become an option on future excavators. “The Letsdig18 thumb”. Bet it sells plenty!

[@meyer629]

Time for tracks on the ole haul truck! Lol!. I wonder if the Army truck would make it through that mud.

[@dilligafdude9434]

Chris: "Looks like it's gonna burn pretty good." People on the West coast: "Ah sh*t. Here we go again."

[@jonathanharrington9648]

I'm in Oregon and I'm think God I can't wait till it rains and burn season opens . We have so much damage.from the Riverside fire I'll be domolishing houses for the next year tho

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

@@jonathanharrington9648 Sorry to hear that, I was watching what was going on on the news and it was sad.

[@thomasdesmond2248]

The crazy thing about the California fires. Is that conveniently it followed the same path. Of our trillion dollar high speed rail system. They are going to build. Yet haven't even broke ground yet. Already costing millions. What a crazy coincidence isn't it. God bless

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

@@thomasdesmond2248 Interesting, I didn't know that. What a coincidence.

[@Namaste3004]

22:46 "wiggle wiggle ... oh, wiggle games over!" LOL

[@DirkCannon]

you know a lot of people out there say oh this job is easy, well they can probably make the machine sing and dance but they don't know how to make it salsa like you do LETSDIG18, Great operating. Been a sub for some time now, first video i saw is when Volvo hosted you when you were making a pad for a shed out in the woods.

[@justbe4481]

Stumping is always fun with Chris. 😂

[@fhuber7507]

Somehow it is relaxing to watch you tear up trees.

[@gwenb4531]

Cameron sure knows how to drive the off-road.

[@keithdunlap2701]

Man , you could make one of your signature "BonFires" with all that mess !! lolol....Coming right along!! On too the next !! Have a Great Evening....

[@makingithappen5178]

This is good. Old brush piles attract insects and snakes.

[@craigwavra3495]

Welcome back Cameron!!

[@randytravis3998]

you will have a fire so big they can see it in space .. keep up the great videos .. i was waiting for a snake to come out of the pond at the end ..

[@randycharest4507]

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊

[@RKHarm24]

As Chris says" It'll make a pretty decent FIRE" With a GLEEM in his EYES!!!!

[@kennethhume8628]

Chris mentions fire , I say yes please . Man that field is a right mess .

[@wtwoffroad]

That last dredging job seems to have done a number on them bucket pins.

[@Outeniqua_Hiking]

Living in South Africa and being a regular follower i sometimes wish we could get as much rain as you appear to get. Great uploads you make

[@evilbrat5376]

Good to see Tim back helping ya for awhile. The burn piles are growing for a nice cook out fire ya think? Time for a Miller till the next day.

[@erikgiggey4783]

awesome to see cameron out with you and Time the other day

[@marcryvon]

Chris, when I see you clearing a lot, it reminds me and my bro, 25 years ago, clearing his lakeside lot to build his cottage/retirement house. By hand. Falling huge maple and pine trees with chainsaws. And the damn undergrowth & sapplings. Man, it took us almost 2 years !😝 And now to see you do it in few hours, I get mixed emotions, ya know !? 😨 Should had call a guy like you ! Oh well... In our next life. Maybe. 🙄 PS You're doing a great job, as usual.😁

[@josianrodriguez1249]

NICE JOB WELL DONE

[@skitzochik]

i thoroughly enjoy road building 😁

[@michaelowen1750]

I've got a similar issue on our place-- was logged twice-- they set the deck up in exactly the same spot-- so the sticks and trash is about 2-3 feet deep...

[@johnleake708]

Michael Owen those piles of slash at landings are a nightmare. Hopefully you got some income from the logging

[@michaelowen1750]

@@johnleake708 we bought it cheap for the land after it was logged... Picked up an old excavator and slowly cleaning it up-- there are fresh stumps mixed in with the older ones where it was logged 20 yrs ago..

[@excavatorsumbar577]

Good

[@fhuber7507]

Need to have it in the logging contract that they must dispose of the debris. by burning or hauling, whichever you deem appropriate. And make sure that it says they will be responsible for the bill if they don't do it.

[@michaelowen1750]

@@fhuber7507 We bought it after logging- from the logger that owned it... Typical open land goes for close to $10k an acre.. we paid significantly less than that... and we have plenty of time to clean it up...

[@mikesawyer9209]

Did you say BURN PILE?!😂👏

[@gasperajdnik5627]

I think videos and work like this is fun 👍🤝

[@b14clg]

You make hard work look easy!!

[@kens.3729]

Never a Shortage of Dirt, Mud, Brush and Trees. You make Cash 💰 Moving ALL of these Items.👍

[@raywilson800]

Hold on to her Chris, I think she fixin to buck!

[@charleswilson6069]

Another fine squishy slimmy mess you got us into Ollie. If you, Cameron, and Timmy got together that would be hell of a team in the field. Add in Uncle John and there would be no stopping you guys. Rock on Chris

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

Looking great Chris

[@lw7212]

The thing with the air leaking down...on our roadtruck the air holds longer since we emptied the condansation water in the tank

[@kevinslifeonthefarm2463]

Hey Chris, did you check those brush piles for snakes before moving them?? Would hate to see any of the cute little buggers loose their home... 😂

[@Namaste3004]

same here! But I hope they leave quickly when they hear the 250. ;-)

[@cathiwim]

Squish!

[@MrBigblock3272]

Who remember that video when the snake got in Chris case backhoe 😂😂😂

[@Namaste3004]

@@MrBigblock3272 Not me. I haven't been here that long. When is the video from? I would like to see that, even if I am afraid of snakes. 😉

[@MrBigblock3272]

Gisela P. Go way back to his older videos you’ll see an case backhoe he was working on....

[@markpashia7067]

Wondering if you testing that pond was on one of those type of rocks that have to be blasted at that other retention pond. Might not all the way across though. Pretty hard stuff to jack up the machine like that. The sound was almost like hitting rock the way it banged the frame of the machine.

[@thomasdesmond2248]

Chris that's not a pond. It's a puddle. Lol God bless

[@mischef18]

Another job full of surprises, oh well it would be boring if it was easy. Keep safe

[@farmingsmallkubota1783]

Looks like a good job for a mulcher head, V-belt and sons youtube pretty cool what they do

[@larrylittletonjr.5305]

That junk will be badass top Soil in 10 years

[@ExtremelyApples1235]

Yo Chris shoutout to you from Orlando , im going to Valencias heavy equipment program and we watch your videoed every now & then and learn lots from them.

[@emadeldinhessain3272]

Well done .

[@waynehoch3009]

You know what might be cool. Put the camera with your help all day and we could see from there perspective.

[@dannygoin6552]

Looks to me like a brush rake for the front of that dozer would do wonders

[@Moose_338]

First timmy comes back for a day now Cam's back they must miss Chris or something

[@ogreatmaster8334]

Never underestimate the disregard loggers can have for someone's property once they get what they are after, the logs themselves. More mess they can leave, the easier it is for them.

[@Shane_Reynolds85]

Whenever you get a logging job bid, make sure they're liable for the clean up too! Back drag the logging roads, clean up the landing and organize the tops. It has always seemed to work out fine that way.

[@richardschipper5989]

Loggers are there to log, not make things pretty. How much money the land owner gets for his timber is inversely proportional to how much they clean up. The owner wants max money, then they don't clean up anything. Don't blame the loggers, I'm sure they did the job as it was bid.

[@rogerpence1117]

Good job Chris !

[@mabconstructionsrvc4620]

Chris if you put tracks on the haul truck it will never get stuck. The tracks go over the rear tires. Loggers use them on their machines woods.

[@randybobandyscheeseburgerp4387]

Just another expense. If you can’t haul with tires it often is just too wet to work.

[@GratefulNachos]

You’re just bringing them all back, first Tim and know Camron.

[@pjs5191]

Guess I missed Tim coming back

[@SMSabriIsmail]

@@pjs5191 Tim was back for a short stint in the 21 Sep 2020 video kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpzFqKiDeNx9gKc

[@helenhelps9619]

👍 👍

[@johnleake708]

the loggers left “logging slash piled up” which are not easy to get past for your backhoe. I spent a many days burning the slash piles years ago on the Teton NF. Seemed the follow-up was stopping the fire were it burned outside the “approved” boundary

[@makingithappen5178]

The great Volvosaurus has begun to eat old trees.

[@duanebennett2961]

Great video once again christ thanks bud

[@kemo4298]

That pond bottom looked like it was rock. If I ever have to go rock hunting I'm going to call you. Seems like you are attracted to them or them to you. Lol

[@jamesrobinson1022]

You need one of those giant Fecon machines and mulch it all.

[@shanehaws3828]

You should look into that V bucket for ditching that I've seen in other videos overseas

[@davidcassidy6226]

Not good weather for grading but really good weather for really BIG fires.

[@markconger8049]

Six inch deep pond could explain why other areas are so muddy. Could there be a layer that water can’t penetrate?

[@roberthackenberg2874]

"that would be why he didn't answer his phone at lunch" ☺️ phone sitting in drink holder. I normally leave mine on the bedside table.

[@dexhummer1]

Nice Chris!!! I was about to ask about Cameron

[@michasleziak1506]

👍👍👍

[@kb7722]

👍

[@Namaste3004]

good job guys! :-)

[@TheBurnsStuff]

Just don't drop any stumps in a mudhole.. hahahaha. Yeah.. I remember when you did that lol.

[@aimangomeztv6658]

Cool 🔥🔥🔥

[@michaelpage9883]

Ok, I just want to know where on that “highway “ you’re building is the rest area going?

[@MyOLD36chevy]

Second tree on the left. LOL

[@raywilson800]

I'm glad Chris gets the work but it seems like some of his customers got more money than they have brains

[@dhruvvivek7156]

Hi

[@charliekelley2720]

So Chris did you see any snakes yet lol and another great video

[@scruffy6151]

👍👍

[@alfadoofus]

Honest Cam make a cameo appearance

[@ThePorritZ]

i gotta say, watching this makes me miss my A30 a bit :D would be fun to work with someone chill like this guy... so many excavator operator i've worked with has had no chill whatsoever :(

[@ThePorritZ]

I remember this one old guy going ballistic at all of us (9 dump trucks) because me and ONE other guy tipped 1 load each of 00 sand... 1 tyre width to far to the left... along a road that was supposed to get that 00 all along the cable trench....

[@ThatcherKSA]

What's the biggest excavator you've ever ran?

[@formhubfar]

26:00.., they are not rut's.., they are tectonic plates!

[@SmithyScotland]

Please can you give each project a codename so that we can easily identify each project? They all seem so similar. You're really spoiling us, first Tim back now Cameron as well. From memory Cameron doesn't like the camera though.

[@sbellock5]

How many different jobs do you have going all at the same time, and how do you decide where to go?

[@rizdalegend]

Im convinced he has a twin

[@bigbaby1177]

I was gonna ask a similar question, more like how far ahead does he have content recorded for release. Don't get me wrong, I like watching him at his craft I'm just use to sequential episodes of other youtubers and his are all over the place. I don't think he is moving the equipment around that much. That being said thanks for the vids. Though I'm not an operator you have taught me a few things.

[@gregholmes3661]

Steve

[@gregholmes3661]

There has to be 6 of him

[@jdsparky288]

In the contracting world you don’t start one job, finish it, and go look for the next. You have to bid work and plan ahead to keep the work coming in. By nature, jobs will overlap start to finish and you have to bounce around job site to job site to keep productivity going. Throw in the weather, change orders, and all the other little things that doing business entails, and you have perfect chaos and long days. But, like the farmers’ saying goes.... “gotta make hay when the sun’s shining”

[@ramtuff2007]

good video

[@davidgourdie3691]

That pond needs more investigation,opening up for fish.

[@brownwarrior6867]

6:29 This ain’t ma first rodeo y’all 🤠

[@RKHarm24]

Instead of building a road, How about a BRIDGE?

[@russellrankin7980]

Got the horn fixed!!!

[@rogerstreetman1453]

Woot new video...

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Howdy! 🤠

[@larrykeenan598]

Exactly what I like, a woman of a few words.

[@sparky178]

Hey Mrs. E, just wondering when we will see the video of you taking Mr. E to work with you. 😆💰💰

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

sparky178 😂 I’d like to keep my job! Otherwise it’d be HILARIOUS!

[@sparky178]

Mrs. Elite Earthworks, yes throw him in the drive thru 😆

[@eliteearthworksllc]

sparky178 🤣🤣 yes that’s would be gold

[@dunkilos3632]

I know good work when I see it ,getting your $ worth fer sure! Peace

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

👍👍😀🍁

[@jGoodloejr]

Good horn!

[@KG-yn9qi]

Too bad can not process that cheap enough and have some great composted top soil!