Backfilling A New House

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[@glenjohnson9505]

throw dirt in a pile, it will grow over night..lol Plant grass seed it will take all spring and summer

[@r1mein54]

Yes, remember that job where the house is built on the lower middle of a slope and you changed the upper slope with the dozer to keep rain from pouring in. A thicket of wild blackberries like that is only good for birds. You do spread dirt like a cook puts icing on a cake.

[@donnaflanagan6612]

Nice house & barn😊 Looking forward to you doing the pond in the future. Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰

[@robertconreux8079]

Love how you narrate what you are doing what is going to be done in the future you answered about six questions I had! Lol thanks for the great vids always!

[@larryshillings6672]

I am very impressed with your vast operational skills of heavy equipment in general. Always do a nice job. Of course, that sometimes depends on the budget and the customer. Really enjoy your videos.

[@lscott6088]

The gent sweeping the porch really likes Chris’s handy work LOL

[@donnamullins2089]

Really pretty house. Love the porch. The fill and dirt work making everything nice.

[@kens.3729]

The Climate and the Fact your Area experiences so much Rain makes everything grow so Quickly.

[@Californians_go_home]

When you work with your uncle the word that comes to mind is nostalgia . It’s like coming home. We just need Timmy back. He’s the Yule log on Christmas morning.

[@Vickie-Bligh]

You are a maestro with your machines. You make them sit up & sing and is just a pleasure to watch. As far as those blackberries, I would be sad if they were the little wild ones but the large Himalayas? You can't get rid of them, and unless the ones you dug up are burned, will be rerooted in days.

[@garyflint1793]

Smooth Operator!

[@craigsowers8456]

Great footage on the skid steer ! Here's wishing you could find a good Dog that would fetch "un-thrown sticks" ... LOL

[@advancesystem21inc.24]

Running machinery makes such a sublime sound.

[@AncientHermit]

I can just about remember this one. Making some steady progress there today Chris. Thanks for taking us along. Be well. ;)

[@patrickcolahan7499]

Chris you always make that look so simple. Great job. Thanks very much for sharing watching you work is so relaxing.

[@spamlessaccount]

23:01 guy sweeping the porch while Chris is dumping a couple tons of dust at a time right next to it. LOL

[@marcryvon]

🤣🤣

[@Todd.Roberts]

I like watching a master at work spreading out dirt

[@michiganengineer8621]

Your comment about how fast those briars grew made me think about a song I love: Yeah, they ran through the briars And they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes Where the rabbit couldn't go

[@cathiwim]

The Battle of New Orleans, by Johnny Horton. Love that song!

[@michiganengineer8621]

@@cathiwim It was a blast getting a bunch of college "kids" to sing it to our tour guide, in England LOL

[@rustysteel8714]

Old enough to remember that one, Michigan. 😉

[@kenore4003]

I believe that battle was actually fought after the peace accords were signed. The curse of slow messaging. The peace was signed in Europe and had to sail to America.

[@michiganengineer8621]

@@kenore4003 Yes, as I recall about 2 weeks after the treaty was signed.

[@LordPubeck]

Once again Chris, you give us a master-class in how to use machinery, whilst adding insight and observations. respect 😉

[@Chris_In_Texas]

18:40 So what I am hearing is that these people are getting a new pond it seems! 😁👍

[@jasonburns7604]

That's what i was thinking. There's 20 acres, we can skim where we need too. At that moment, i thought someone is getting a pond.

[@marlondeere3039R]

I love doing that kind of work. Makes you feel good at the end because it looks so much better. Good job

[@alsaku33]

Maybe wait to sweep the porch 😅

[@danielroberts6223]

Me and my son are just about watch today content as we have dinner thank you from the roberts family from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@donbraden8533]

If I remember correctly thats the 3rd time you have been at that property looking good 😎👍

[@bobbietower7185]

When you grade it's so relaxing!! Thank goodness you saved that snake because all those "Karen's" out there would be complaining!! Your a lot nicer than I would have been with it!! Lol 🤣

[@steveperry2314]

You must be really lucky to not hit yellow jacket nests. Every time I cleared something, I ended up hitting them especially in the fall. Those little jokers are vicious and they will chase you… haha. Great video…thanks!

[@mikewest712]

I got hit by one a few years back, made my leg spasm and I got sick. Venom is terrible in the summer.

[@craigwavra3495]

Always enjoy the backfilling and finish work that has to be done. Cool video. Enjoyed and will look for the next one!!

[@nerdgarage]

That snake will have quite a story to tell it's kids. =)

[@david0858too]

It looks like they're getting a good bit of rain there today!!!! We may have a good FIRE video Friday! :-)

[@haroldphipps3457]

I'm hoping for a big fire video! Including some Karen drama.

[@thetrackhoeman5176]

Right on! Getting it done!

[@tedohio3038]

👍 Very nice house, like the way it sits. Think you had the best job on site that day.

[@garymessina1609]

Nice quiet day backfilling a house great for you Chris thanks for a great video

[@steffen7478]

that grown up patch looked like a good spot to get on a big ole snattle-rake, and / or some yeller jackets

[@chrispy104k]

25:00 - Hahahaha, the guy on the verandah is sweeping up dirt and the skid steer is making heaps of dust. I'd be doing something else till the dust settles.

[@haroldphipps3457]

Like picking up sticks in the fill, or picking his nose. Something useful! Looked like a waste of time to me! And I'd use a leaf blower,,,

[@colinratcliffe2454]

The awnings look good over the house windows.

[@marksaunders2500]

Hi from uk chris👋👍 good job getting this all built up and soon the back stairs wont be rite up there ( if cant bring steps to earth chris will bring earth to the steps👌) love the front entrance tho and cant wait till all done will look amazing 👌 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon 👍👋

[@jimmyhorton1504]

Great camera view from the skid steer! I really like it.

[@DMAN10]

The small jobs must give you a bit of mental distraction from stumping! Thanks for the vid Chris!

[@davecoombs6060]

Nice house, great job!

[@mischef18]

Nice one bro the house has a nice view already, a pond would really enhance that. Safe travels

[@IR-nq4qv]

Hard to believe that there were bushes growing in dirt that's drier than a popcorn fart. Good job on the landscaping Chris, you made short work of that.

[@Grizzlife]

That camera made you look real close to the brick. Hands like a surgeon!

[@jameschagnon1972]

Hay just leaving you a bit of good news love everything you do congrats on your new place ❤ 💙 looks great you are doing well thanks 😊

[@heatherlane9270]

Snake! no repeats of the backhoe incident thank goodness. Neat step by step process landscaping this project for buildings. Amazed at the regrowth.

[@apdubzz9863]

the guy sweeping as you're backfilling @ 24:50 lol

[@paul99036]

Most expensive weed wacker I’ve ever seen. 😉

[@doctormcboy5009]

very nice to see the briars go down

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

Looks so nice. As usual

[@BluesonichdUk]

sweeping the porch while you are throwing dirt and dust about 🤣

[@jamesbreault5762]

Coming along nicely look to be on home run stretch

[@thomasyerbey337]

Looks great Chris 🇺🇲

[@bobjoncas2814]

...LOOKIN' GOOD, KEEP SAFE AND WELL...

[@danielelwell2571]

Nice little job.

[@haroldfoust]

Great video Chris enjoy All of your videos👏NC

[@melvinyoung3474]

Blackberries also make wonderful pies and cobblers.

[@friendlybill6109]

House looks great on the sloping terrain. Could you give us a new home tour and also show the views looking outside from the porches? Thanks.

[@stevekissel605]

Great video 👍 👍

[@cathiwim]

Looks like the “neighborhood dog” is trying to figure out how he can get a tasty chicken dinner!

[@terryrogers1025]

That is going to look nice when it’s all finished out, you have given them a nice grade for a base to finish work with. That soil is dry, kind of unusual for you to work in. Thanks for the ride along.

[@bwilder0487]

I love that the dogs trot matches the track rhythm.

[@dianeandorchidsatvictorharbor]

I thought that too. 👍🇦🇺

[@markwheeler202]

Save The Blackberries! I would love to have a berry patch like that in my back yard!

[@tomswindler64]

Good video as always 👍👍👍😎😎😎

[@sasquatch...]

thx for a break from clearing, almost wish to see mud again, almost😅

[@arthurjennings5202]

Blackberries? Blackberries? Blackberries? My daughter decided to grow a blackberry bush in a pot in my back yard a few years ago. I have never seen such an invasive species of plant. The birds reseeded these things all over the neighborhood. I even have them growing in my hedges in the front of the house. The thorns are like rose bushes, except tiny and sharp and will cut through anything except a pair of welder's gloves. Roundup just slows them down. All this from a little plastic pot my daughter decided to plant in a pot in the backyard of my house.

[@dennis2376]

:) Blackberries are classified as invasive plant. It was imported into a North American. Blackberries grow were ever the cane stock touches the ground.

[@kevinkenyon7045]

Chris thanks for sharing! Kevin

[@ramtuff2007]

awesome house

[@jonathanlanglois2742]

As much as I like blackberries, it is really hard to salvage anything when it is that tangled. I have raspberries in my yard and the fact is that they need to be maintained every year. The plants that produced need to be removed and the new stalks need to be realigned. If anything, you are doing them a service. If they want blackberries, it will be a lot easier to make something out of what grows back then of the mess that was there when you started.

[@markpashia7067]

Yeah but I sure would have loved to grab a couple of gallons around the edges early in the am before the heat of the day and the "Blue Racers" woke up. Nothing like wild blackberries on top of vanilla ice cream to make the end of the day sweet. If you see black bodies snakes around black berries that are about two to three feet long, look for the blue and red stripes along the sides and round pupils in the eyes. Very common around those patches and nothing to worry about as not venomous and mostly want to escape from people, although I had a friend that had a couple for pets. Copperheads on the other hand I show some respect to and wait for them to move. they are just as bashful but if you stress them you will be making a trip to the ER for anti-venom. Whole different look to them though. Diamond shaped head with slit eyes and Grey body with brown or coppery color diamond shapes across the back and sides. Kind of more like hour glass shapes you could say. Hell, us kids would pick a gallon or two when they came in round home as a kid and mom would make jelly or syrup out of them and we had great toast and pancakes for a while. If she got real energetic and we worked hard at getting enough she would can up the jelly and syrup for the next winter. And that was good ice cream topping too. Little taste of summer in January. Loved it. Wild blackberries might have seeds but they taste so much better than the seedless ones you buy in the stores today. A little cheese cloth when you are squeezing them for jelly and syrup took out the seeds mostly anyways.

[@jmit5650]

@@markpashia7067 How about a good old blackberry cobbler, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. With ice cream of course.

[@markpashia7067]

@@jmit5650 Love em, but mom did not bake in the summer as we did not have AC at the time. Canning heated up the kitchen too much but the oven was over the top hot.

[@planeiron241]

Great Vid👍👍👍👍👍

[@williammatthews2948]

That's a nice place.

[@mikewebb8456]

"Smooth operator " lol.... you're making this work look too easy !!

[@BealyGood]

Nice 😊

[@formhubfar]

Chris needed a break from your slave driving!

[@formhubfar]

Hey Mr Bealy, I was going to ask Chris to ask his customers if they would reveal their locations, so we could see the work done on google earth, now I know the work wont be on google earth till 2023 but would you personally mind?

[@BealyGood]

@@formhubfar It’s like a game 🤣🤣. Five or six people have figured it out. If you search Bealy Good in North Carolina it should come up actually.

[@formhubfar]

@@BealyGood Cheers mate, I am from northern ireland so I wont be shouting through your letterbox any time soon 😛

[@formhubfar]

@@BealyGood I think its great the connection chris has with his customers, I just wish he'd respond to my question (asked 1000 times) of how much it would cost to get one of his tee-shirts to the UK.

[@maxmacdonald7174]

Brush cutting those black/red raspberry may have helped them come back even thicker. 😀😀

[@kens.3729]

Some of these Projects take the Homeowners a Lot of Time to Financially Recover after the House is Built. 🤔

[@dennis2376]

I thought this was the house with the long drive way and pond, but the garage is not there. Thank you and have a great day.

[@ktcarroll4723]

I had a flashback when I seen you grab a stump BEALY STUMP FARM I awoke shaking

[@melvinyoung3474]

Blackberries are also very very tasty.

[@davidnelson6893]

That is a lot of work

[@davestuart6593]

Those deer flies like to bite me whenever they can,they suck! We have a lot of pasture around us and the flies get bad?

[@Claudia_Koster]

Ohh getting behind. Watching this while the next 1 already out

[@davecrable1356]

Wish the backfill around my house looked that good. I dug a utility trench with a 12" bucket on my backhoe 28" deep. In the 20' stretch along the back of the house, I filled my 10' dumptrailer with a combination of rock, concrete, blacktop, brick and other rubble. Unreal, but unfortunately it's a common practice. Strip and sell the topsoil and afterwards backfill with crap.

[@cathiwim]

Yep, our porch was done that way too, and now it’s cracking. It’s 30 years old

[@johnblecker4206]

For a change it seems you have a rather simple job except for all that leveling that needs to be done and thanks for some different footage.

[@hippie_james]

The way the weather is looking for you w no rain in the for cast u probably won't be burning any piles until fall

[@bitspieces3885]

With your front window open be careful of flinging unwelcome visitors into your cab from those bushes and undergrowth around there. It sure looks like prime snake habitat. 🤣🤣🤣

[@glennspreeman1634]

must some rich folk in N.C.!!! lovely site

[@keithdunlap2701]

Well, at least ya got to get some of the dirt put in, hard to do when everyone has to leave everything open all around the house to be inspected....lolol... Man, it's just Hot and Dry as Hell ain't it !! Believe it's 107 today with the Heat index here in W.Ky. !! Would say about the same over your way too Chris... Shit !! I hate this Heat anymore...lolol... Well, Great as always Man !! Have a Great Evening Chris !! Stay in the air , if ya can...lolol... And, On too the Next !!

[@raymondheckard234]

Chris how dare you destroy the blackberry bushes, poor Bur Rabbit is now homeless as well as all the snakes! 😂😂🤣🤣🤣 Don’t worry I would do the same thing, for in Oklahoma blackberry patches are a snake den, and they catch birds feeding on the berries!

[@thomasleonard1846]

LetsDog18!👍

[@frenchcreekvalley]

Boy, that "topsoil" sure looks different from ours up here in western Wisconsin. We run about 25 to 30 tons of organic material per acre. What is the organic content of that stuff?

[@njonebale7889]

That Takeuchi cam almost made me put em up! Skid steer is my least favorite machine makes me seasick with all the back and forth, excavator, dozer I’m all daying, skid steer I make the young spanks run it.

[@alfadoofus]

Oh No not the blackberries ! lol

[@jmistret419]

How often are you blowing out or replacing the air filters in that dusty environment?

[@Ree33ee]

My man is sweeping the patio while you are dumping dirt 🤦🏻‍♂️. Like that guy in the flood dumping the water over his chain link fence lolll

[@chriscorrigan7420]

Well he's going to have a Jim dandy crop of blackberries at the back of his house. he won't have to go far to pick any.

[@bbrcummins1984]

Did they turn the grain bin into a gazebo 👍

[@davesmewing2534]

Hi Chris, some years ago you worked on a pond that that was not water tight so you added some white powder to the water to stopped the leak. Please can you tel me what the powder was as I have the same problem. many thanks.

[@Dontworryboutit315]

Bentonite

[@markpashia7067]

@@Dontworryboutit315 Also known as Bentonite Clay. My dad had a small "swimming hole" pond he built next to his house and had to use it for one minor leak. Think it was about a ninety pound bag size what he bought. About the same size as a bag of portland cement.

[@LIFEISHARDSTUPID]

#letsdig18 you berry murderer 🤪😂🤪 Nobody's ever gonna be happy with anything ya do. You could plant a million trees and somebody would say ya did it wrong. Lol. I enjoy your commentary. It has me lmao at times and learning new things 👍😎👍

[@jerrybennett6860]

I bet that guy cussing you every time you back fill….he sweep up and you put it right back 😂

[@richardschipper5989]

he was sweeping up saw dust

[@WINDYJEAN]

Poor guy is sweeping away and you keep pushing up dirt.

[@larryiowatexasrooster9317]

👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🗽🙏🏻 Enjoyed!

[@Erman456]

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