I like the way you provide just enough commentary to explain what you’re doing without overloading your videos with too much talking.
@Stratos531003 жыл бұрын
@ Rick - Well Said.... Yes exactly, i prefer channels like this, that don't overdo it
@HughzieTube3 жыл бұрын
Bossman nailed the timing on that first dump! I was expecting 200 cars to pass when he went to dump.
@FunWhiletubing3 жыл бұрын
It was flawless.
@TheDrew20223 жыл бұрын
It's like he's done that before. Smooth pull in, dump, and gone in 30 sec. :)
@montygomez4953 жыл бұрын
He did a perfect 10 on that drop.....
@robertp55643 жыл бұрын
And not a drop spilled on the road either
@jeff77643 жыл бұрын
He still should have “be prepared to stop”signs out on that road and at least jump out with a flag to get traffic stopped.
@dadtasticskills39483 жыл бұрын
Why is watching a dude scrape sod with a skid steer so relaxing? Maybe cause up North we been plowing snow all day...
@MichaelBrown-qn9hi3 жыл бұрын
Your videos are great Covid relief. Such delicate touch in moving the cone.
@Skorpychan3 жыл бұрын
I'm not even that delicate moving them by hand. Although the last one was to draw attention to a small lake, so like fuck was I stepping in it to drop a cone.
@garygentry5833 жыл бұрын
The way you effortlessly use that 4in1 bucket is truly amazing.. you are amazing at what you do..
@KutWrite3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking I couldn't move that cone with my foot as tenderly as he moved it with the bucket.
@ranger23163 жыл бұрын
Oh ... much more civilized then humping silt, sand and mud out of a pond! I could watch this all night. And, no snakes!
@kittty20053 жыл бұрын
You keep bursting my snow globe I thought it was your natural perfectionism coming out. I believe you could un-frost a cake without disturbing one crumb.
@johnpyle80273 жыл бұрын
That truck load of sand gave me chills! When I was 18 (1984) I was still laboring for my dad in the masonry business and the last job before I started laying brick was a huge huge warehouse. Every day a truck that size would dump sand and two semis would unload Cherokee block. If you were the ground men you mixed mortar and raised block non stop. Some days we only turned the mixers off at lunch. 60 scoops of sand 3 bags of cement and 15 gallons of water per batch, all day. repeat the next day for two months. No I didn't walk up hill to school every day. I didn't go half the time in high school I was working! lol My nephews pay to go to the gym and couldn't push a wheelbarrow filled with cement without dumping it if that had to...
@stevemitchell68213 жыл бұрын
Took me 3 minutes in the video to noticed Oak Grove Church. I put a lot of vehicles on the shoulder right there on your trailers park. Good job brother enjoy watching your videos.
@johnnyholland87653 жыл бұрын
You are right about one thing and that is one busy road. Those folks are going to have more in that driveway than I payed for my house.
@michiganengineer86213 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking the same thing LOL
@steveeggers23743 жыл бұрын
Mtn Dew in the morning is breakfast of champions
@pjs51913 жыл бұрын
That’s always my go to, the blue one
@samuelthurmanclinejunior58162 жыл бұрын
I enjoy drinking all kinds of Mtn Dew whenever I get enough money I will be buying one of every Mtn Dew drinks for me to have forever
@larryparsons73422 жыл бұрын
only Pepsi PLEASE
@ja5onl63 жыл бұрын
More cars have gone past you in this video than have gone by my house in 8 years. I'm literally not joking. Makes me glad to live in rural Montana even if my driveway isn't as nice as this one.
@jeff77643 жыл бұрын
We visited Montana a few years ago and loved it. We were in the Bozeman area
@roflstomps3242 жыл бұрын
I'm in Amish country in Ohio. I actually told people to go home at one point in the video. I share your anxiety.
@ogreatmaster83343 жыл бұрын
I like how the traffic slows down and drives carefully past you as you work next to the road....
@dominicfarzetta3 жыл бұрын
Lol Think about it though Would you really think to slow down for a little 200 foot construction zone… Your intentions were in the right place though I’ll give you that
@ryanwaltos22063 жыл бұрын
@@dominicfarzetta I would give you odds that many of those drivers didn't even notice or pay attention to the work going on there, let alone slow down for it.
@grahamefreestone53093 жыл бұрын
Rubber necking.
@poweredbyrice57083 жыл бұрын
I deliver bricks most of the time off the side of the road and let me tell you it is very rare for anyone to slow down I have a near death experience at least once a week.
@danielcohn-bendit7013 жыл бұрын
Yeah! I was noticing that too! Damn... And no median strips?!
@iramatheny43673 жыл бұрын
Wow, 10 ft of rain. We in the Central Valley of California have had less than 1 inch since July 1. Last year, less than one foot!
@user-ok8ke3nw7c3 жыл бұрын
Great job! That's the proper way to install a driveway.
@SandraOpines3 жыл бұрын
This was a great video Chris. It showed much more of the process in order. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!
@seanmulligan41233 жыл бұрын
Uncle John rolls in like a boss and was gone before anyone could complain.
@cathiwim3 жыл бұрын
He had paperwork to do!
@felipejunio99983 жыл бұрын
@@cathiwim uuu8
@csnelling43 жыл бұрын
You are getting more rain than England Chris🙂 Thanks for the video 👍🇬🇧
@george88733 жыл бұрын
Gonna be fun putting the culvert in the creek to get across it. Looks like it'll take a lot of fill.
@clayevans9893 жыл бұрын
After watching all these years of you using the grading bucket on the mini and now on your 220 I went out and got one of my own and love it. Keep up the great work.
@letsdig183 жыл бұрын
makes you wonder how you went without one for so long
@clayevans9893 жыл бұрын
Figured got to buy more equipment to do the work my self good employees are hard to find.
@eliteearthworksllc3 жыл бұрын
Nice little project. Jon getting it done in pure Jon fashion balls to walls 😁
@charlesstevens83783 жыл бұрын
What is the fine material he is using under the abc?
@eliteearthworksllc3 жыл бұрын
@@charlesstevens8378 screenings it’s the fines that come in base rock
@Mephiston3 жыл бұрын
Woo, new project. Thanks for the vid, Chris. You need a Pepsi sponsorship, IMO.
@JD-zm4eh3 жыл бұрын
127 inches of rain, hell that's far more than our rainy average here in Oregon. No wonder the soil there is so easy to scoop out. Doing a project like that in this state would take an environmental study and approval by snowflakes, flagmen, coned off to one lane access, 2 guys with hand held shovels, a foreman, a permit that takes forever to get approved, an inspection before, during, then after. And at least one teammate with CPR/first aid training. High fuel costs and smog regulations plus high taxes, to really put the squeeze on.
@MilesMakeMoney3 жыл бұрын
Sounds more like California
@snigbylife3 жыл бұрын
Dr. Pepper is the way to get the day started.
@andrewcarnes17263 жыл бұрын
There's just something about those 23 flavors
@loudcamaro79.3 жыл бұрын
I personally prefer nc real sundrop
@MrYAMAHA321773 жыл бұрын
When you said ten feet of rain fall "somehow" reminds me of my neighbor? Some fancy politician predicted 25 years ago that most of Florida would be underwater by 2006 or so. My neighbor panicked and literally gave away his home for pennies on the dollar and moved to Arizona. The polar ice was melting and melting fast they said, learn to swim or move to higher ground they said, gonna be ten feet of water over your house Bill. Fast forward to 2020 and the only thing that has changed is that his home he sold is now worth a hundred times more than what he sold it for and is still high and dry, we laugh to this day about that and he stopped listening to those fancy politicians, lol!
@lookup4me2 ай бұрын
Love the way you handle the Skid Steer 👌🏽
@GhostDrummer3 жыл бұрын
Letsdig18...your skills with all of your equipment is freaking amazing!!!! I’ve helped in some insane surgeries before, but watching you operate your equipment is even more impressive. Edit: That dump truck came in hot!!!! Driver knew exactly what they were doing!! Very impressive.
@46rambo493 жыл бұрын
10', holy crap!!! we haven't gotten that much in 10 years and the cattle know it
@kevinkenyon70453 жыл бұрын
Chris that main road is like a racetrack, your work is awesome. Kevin
@neilbaschuk16653 жыл бұрын
Your probably loving that new bucket, looks like it works great! Well worth the investment
@bourbonthebiscuit3 жыл бұрын
I just love watching the way you work so smooth and precise, keep up the great work can't wait for more 👍
@modkartracer33583 жыл бұрын
Bossman, Uncle John was a Ninja with that second load.
@aaronburford57017 ай бұрын
Love the content, video, camera view and channel! Need more driveway work in the next year!
@ronaldheit1963 жыл бұрын
Can there be any doubt Chris is the Ninja Master of Skid Steers !?😎?! He handles that machine as tho the two of them are a Borg.
@dudestuff33523 жыл бұрын
Man, you scared me yesterday with no video, I was ready to start combing the ditches of NC. You had a string going there, and it was part of my daily routine. I enjoy the vid's, thanks.
@letsdig183 жыл бұрын
haha Yeah I was bored out of my mind with no work to do lol
@2xKTfc3 жыл бұрын
@@letsdig18 Just a day to goof around with the moo-moos :D
@keithdunlap27013 жыл бұрын
Looks like your off to a pretty good start Chris, Hope you don't get to many spots on that stretch, that start pumping on ya, and have to dig a lot more out .... Can't hardly get away from it with that much rain and water in the ground this time of year . But, hopefully it all goes pretty good and you can't get it all knocked out pretty quick !! lolol.... Have a Great Evening Man !! On too the Next....
@SvcGlobal3 жыл бұрын
Love the sound of the Yanmar oil pump...
@joerabon48563 жыл бұрын
Details fella you are, most operators would not of thought of putting the clay soil at the end of the pipe to keep the sand from washing away. NICE!!!
@davidnull55903 жыл бұрын
*Forty-two freaking inches of SNOW just last night it's one of the many pleasures of the Finger Lakes in upstate New York*
@michaelpage98833 жыл бұрын
If y’all have to much, send it south!
@Blazer02LS3 жыл бұрын
Only 29 inches here, we are just outside the lake effect region.
@michaelpage98833 жыл бұрын
@@Blazer02LS in S.C.we are lucky to get 2-3 inches a year.
@ryanh59723 жыл бұрын
24" last night in Acton Maine and it sucks lol
@ko94463 жыл бұрын
You and DP might have the same taste is soda but not pipe bells
@papaw54053 жыл бұрын
Chris is a man of few words while DP is.......................well, you know!
@michaelmullins12903 жыл бұрын
That's sure a busy stretch of road. The wide entrance for safer exit and entrance to the drive is a must. I don't need one, but I'd love to have a skid steer just to play and make a mess with.
@thall60764 ай бұрын
I watch a lot of people on equipment and I must say you are amazing on the excavator and rest of your equipment as well, and that swivel bucket on the yanmar excavator is amazing!!!
@ethanallen723 жыл бұрын
“The more you twist and turn around on it the wetter it gets.” There’s a joke in there somewhere...
@xoxo2008oxox3 жыл бұрын
I'm not plumber so it has to be sexual in nature
@chad08563 жыл бұрын
Came here to comment this, was not disappointed to find it already done LOL
@jamesmusser99583 жыл бұрын
@@chad0856 pool
@frankradaj18883 жыл бұрын
@@jamesmusser9958 1i …….
@lonniescott26673 жыл бұрын
@@xoxo2008oxox yr
@GARDENER423 жыл бұрын
127" of rain!!! Man, that's really wet- 2½ or more times the usual annual amount for NC. No wonder everything you've worked on has been so muddy!
@aron69983 жыл бұрын
We’ve had 161” in my city here in Louisiana this year
@anthonybanda81923 жыл бұрын
Those 4 in 1 buckets are really nice for driveway work and dirt moving . Nice work on the project. You guys do good quality work you probably stay pretty busy. Nice video keep up the good work and stay safe !
@thedukeofskull13833 жыл бұрын
When it is turned, at the beginning, it sounds like something out of star wars. Just imagine...people used to do this by hand. 👍
@robertrichard94603 жыл бұрын
Looks like that road is the Indianapolis 500!!!
@steveholton41303 жыл бұрын
The Human race heading back and forth between home and the Rat race!
@willb30183 жыл бұрын
For sure. Some of those cars really appear to be flying. Not sure what the speed limit might be but you think they might ease up a bit with equipment operating so close to the road. But I can sort of relate. I live in a semi-rural residential neighborhood with a 25 mph speed limit. If I had a buck for every car going under 40....I'd be broke.
@MrJiblack3 жыл бұрын
I don't know about anybody else but I find it so satisfying to watch you grade with the skid steer lol
@chrissheathewoodguy3 жыл бұрын
yes , what a wet mess things have been. springs coming out out the ground we've never seen. several new ditch lines in the woods. trees falling over. not cool. if it ever dries out I've got quite a bit of fixing to do on the farm.
@dennisryan74873 жыл бұрын
Chris! I like the big yellow tripod you have on this job !
@donaldtrabeaux52353 жыл бұрын
Awesome job Chris
@cntslesfabrication3 жыл бұрын
I use to drink 36 to 48 cans of Coke Cola daily. When I was working 20 hrs per day for ruffly 2 1/2 years straight. So I started buying it buy the pallet directly from Coke Cola best decision I ever made. I was saving $350 per pallet. I turned a toolbox into a refrigerator that ran off of propane in the bed of my truck just to keep my soda nice and ice cold.
@pqworks90193 жыл бұрын
Awesome job!!!! It was cool to see that different camera angle!!!
@markbridle93293 жыл бұрын
Hello from the west coast of England
@mikeznel60483 жыл бұрын
Goodbye from the east coast of America.
@mirage40143 жыл бұрын
Hello from SW Germany, Hows Home !?
@Namaste30043 жыл бұрын
@@mirage4014 Hello. Well. And with you?
@mirage40143 жыл бұрын
@@Namaste3004 Hi Gisela, Mir gehts gut danke, Just normally go back to England for Christmas, but with Corvid 19 a little difficult this year
@flatearthwatertownnewyork11413 жыл бұрын
East side of lake Ontario
@realmmfc3 жыл бұрын
I randomly came across your videos a few weeks ago and have probably given you about 50 hours of watch time in the past month! Haha. Then I notice that this job is 1/4 mile from my property on 96. Super cool that you're local! Love the dirt work buddy!
@ahwootton53 жыл бұрын
Just wondered why the fabric doesn't start from the road edge. Coffee and a cig starts the day for me, thats all i need through the day.
@jennifersprague85853 жыл бұрын
You should really buy the roller attachment for the skid steer it’s be a lot easier then bringing a roller every time
@ignacio95523 жыл бұрын
That truck with fill came in @12:24 and out by 13:26; faster than a Brooklyn mob hit.
@dackerson53 жыл бұрын
Awesome work Chris!
@shirleyreynolds20903 жыл бұрын
Coffee is my drug of choice...tks for video
@ConstructionMachineryChannel3 жыл бұрын
Same here, can't live without it. Actually, I could live without it but why would I do that?
@Luke.B21843 жыл бұрын
Pepsi is the go-to when trying to start a day and that driveway is going to look beautiful Chris nice job
@jessemiller67682 жыл бұрын
Your a Pure pro no shaking, vibrations, and totally smooth. Plus your def expert level with grading bucket. Good work and job outta you.
@lorengolliher27123 жыл бұрын
Holy cow Chris I think it's time to build an ark that's 10 ft of rain with some change Don't drown I like your channel
@danmcgivern13453 жыл бұрын
Hopefully there will be a part 2 so we can see this job completed. Awesome video!
@steveadams997083 жыл бұрын
Ya got a good start on it - lots more twisting and turning...
@david0858too3 жыл бұрын
1336 views in 8 minutes. I must not have been the only one waiting for a new video. :-)
@johnwillis124543 жыл бұрын
When Winston gets older he can operate the mini !
@TheSoloAsylum3 жыл бұрын
where's Tim, concrete pump. There, we got that out of the way...
@TheSoloAsylum3 жыл бұрын
@@shitloveaduck It's not even a real job if you don't have a Bucyrus out there.
@brandonnelson35783 жыл бұрын
Jobs like that close to busy roads always make me uneasy, people are more worried about what you're doing then driving. Stay safe out there bud you do excellent work 🤘
@stevenwelch27593 жыл бұрын
nice Takeuchi skid steer Takeuch iis getting popular..... lot of contractors here in Texas use the mini Takeuchi trackhoes for installing conduit for roadway lighting
@johnleake7083 жыл бұрын
It is interesting to see the different driveways you get involved in versus the ones I am familiar with in Northern Utah and used to be familiar with in the South Bay Area (between San Jose and Monterey CA). Has to be zoning and permits process in part as well as climate and soils. I have lived from coast to coast as well as Canada to Gulf of Mexico in my 70+ years..
@jamesholtman67163 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I had to pause the video to eat dinner last night. Just getting back to finish watching I hope that didn't cause the truck to tie up traffic that long also!🤣😁 love the videos!
@samschneider74733 жыл бұрын
Fun to watch the 12V2 push wet rock! 🙂
@6921tony Жыл бұрын
Really wish you would explain the products you use. That would really help out some beginners here.
@jrc95553 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but I find this oddly relaxing to watch! lol :)
@JB-qy6uj2 жыл бұрын
We just did a driveway like this and we started with a thick chert layer on fabric and topped it with crusher run
@jimriddle3 жыл бұрын
I wish you could send some of that rain my way. New Mexico gets by on as little as 12 to 18 inches a year.
@stewartthorne19723 жыл бұрын
its marvellous no cars till he starts tipping the 6 turn up
@mikel95673 жыл бұрын
Surprised you weren't vibrating that rock. I love running the roller.
@timmyfrierson26843 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris you definitely need some help I have to try to find another Tim, lol. But anyway brother another great video you and John and yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming in again I can’t wait do you get back on the animal shelter project that’s going to make some good videos
@georgebehnen50703 жыл бұрын
What gravel size did you use to cover the road culvert and the transition into the driveway? On top of the material for the driveway, what sizes or rock/gravel were used from bottom to top layer and the depth of each layer if the sizes were larger to smaller? Thanks.
@markg.25013 жыл бұрын
NAILED IT💪
@bobwinne37403 жыл бұрын
Loved the shout to old dirt perpect
@bryanlloyd96643 жыл бұрын
Always looking forward to a new Video!!👍👍
@jamesholtman67163 жыл бұрын
I am surprised that they let you install a driveway directly onto "I40"...😆😊 man that is a busy road!
@lolMyke3 жыл бұрын
Idk why but I love watching you build driveways lol
@gerin19463 жыл бұрын
Hiii dear Friend ! In my old age, I do have a Komatsu PC27 M2 for developing my piece of land / ground in French Guyana, I think this is why I love seeing you work but often I am "jealous" of your machinery and the easy of you working. Nota Bene. No coca-cola nor pepsi-cola nooooo fruit juice !!! I drink coconut water, lemon juice, mango juice etc....... OK keep well and strong one must work while he is young and fit........ Old it become's heavy and too slow !! I know !
@scottleighton31203 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy watching you. Thank you!
@tonybrooms3 жыл бұрын
RC Cola is the official soft drink of Eastern North Carolina ... but Pepsi can get some hours, too.
@kurtnewyork93743 жыл бұрын
Might need to tighten up those tracks a bit. You are a great operator, best of luck with your company.
@front27603 жыл бұрын
I wonder how many break lights came on when they seen the skid steer?
@bryanlloyd96643 жыл бұрын
He does a nice job with that skid steer!
@makingithappen51783 жыл бұрын
That is a lot of rain in one year. To make it visual for us with the metric system. 10.5ft = 3.20m
@JayNguyen-qd7fk3 жыл бұрын
Top hinge bucket is the shizzle..! Tricky wet muck underfoot...pack it , flat it , spread it some more....lol
@michaelkoop67313 жыл бұрын
Great video Chris and u make great fast progress.
@drewgardner813 жыл бұрын
I think I jinxed everyone with the rain when I went out on my own. Been really wet here too. Lol.
@rodneystewart89583 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on going full time hoping for your continued success
@willb30183 жыл бұрын
letsdig18 makes this type of work look like an art form.
@christopherriddle27343 жыл бұрын
Its always stressful working that close to a road
@alfadoofus3 жыл бұрын
Uncle John comin in hot with that first load of stone
@keepingdistance44043 жыл бұрын
Admit it. You get a little bored, don't you? Been doin it so long and so well. You start playing with that 4-in-1 bucket, opening and closing, scraping different ways and such. Just a big kid in the sandbox. Lucky.
@earlsmithson47493 жыл бұрын
Can you believe that. Is their any thing Chris can’t do with a bucket?