BURN BABY BURN! THIS IS A BIG ONE!!! CHECK IT OUT, CAT 308 SLINGING BRUSH…

[@tristardiggin]

Here is a link to a video, of the wood heater, from 1 year ago that shows the heater and how it works, around the 29 minute mark... kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppC0qaabe9R5iqs

[@stevenreeve4491]

I am a first-time listener to your channel. Thank you for sending that clear message of salvation. I know God will bless you.

[@tristardiggin]

Thanks Steven and welcome to the channel. I appreciate your comment and thank you for the encouragement. That is the purpose of the channel, to provide some entertainment and a message from the Bible. God Bless...

[@margaretburn713]

Lovely fire, even in the rain, the oils and resin in pines are so flammable. A huge cleanup today. I have to say I felt so sorry for that little tree. It tried so hard to live and was foiled. Like a lot of humans really. Unfortunately I have a passion for all living things. I have trouble throwing unwanted seedlings and cuttings off shrubs, away. And don`t get me started on animals, I had 25 cats when we lived out west. And more animals than you could poke a stick at. Life to me is precious. in all it`s forms. Except spiders. Strong message.

[@tristardiggin]

Thank you Margaret. Right, it was tough to remove it after seeing what it went through to make it. But it definitely made an impact through the message. I brought it home and plan to keep it as it is. Probably for another message or two down the road. God Bless

[@ledirtworks8403]

Hi Sam, Just making my way through for the 👍🏻 and a comment. Lol Thank you for the Message Sir !!

[@tristardiggin]

Yup, and I sure appreciate that...

[@spencer6764]

Sammy, what an Awesome video and an Amazing Message. Thanks Brother

[@tristardiggin]

Thanks Jon. I thought you might get fired up on that one! 😁

[@honeycuttsbrushmore3244]

Great Video, did not know the 10-2-4 slogan at all but it makes a lot of sense. I'm about to be burning in my area and this video gave me a better understanding of what to do. Thanks for the recommendation for watching! Keep Grinding!

[@tristardiggin]

Yes, glad to help. I have learned a lot from watching KZbin. Good luck with the burning...thanks

[@jamesbreault5762]

Coming along nicely,a great fire break out the hot dogs lol.

[@tristardiggin]

This place is going to be a very nice place for their house. Really enjoy a good brushfire.. 👍

[@medlinlandmaintenancellc]

AMEN BROTHER!!! Nice work also!

[@tristardiggin]

Thanks. Nothing like a good strong message! And a good days work. Thanks

[@medlinlandmaintenancellc]

@@tristardiggin ABSOLUTELY

[@andrewgreenway5200]

Great message! Thank you!

[@tristardiggin]

Andrew, I appreciate that and glad you enjoyed the message! Thanks for the comment to help the channel.

[@charlesyell6318]

I am a new subscriber and an old retired pastor. I enjoy you videos and the message,

[@tristardiggin]

Thank you Charles and welcome to the channel. I appreciate you supporting the channel and God Bless you for all the years you served the Lord as a Pastor. Sam

[@babakraissiyan7516]

Great job as always 👍..thanks brother

[@tristardiggin]

I appreciate your comments to help the channel. Thanks...

[@jeffsellers5836]

I enjoy your show and I enjoy your Bible versus ❤

[@tristardiggin]

Thank you Jeff!😀

[@fishermanii4137]

Greaty video and message. 🙏 for increased veiwership.

[@tristardiggin]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. And yes, I would love to see the channel really take off. Sure would be great... Thanks, and God Bless...

[@LifeWithChase]

That's a persistent tree. I cut down a tree about 15 yrs ago that was a large dead pine and left the stump, two trees grew out of the one stump. I guess the old stump rotted away and it became a double headed stump. Cut it down again and dug up the stump this time. The stump was large and you couldn't tell it was originally one tree that had become two. That's the one I didn't film digging up a while back.

[@tristardiggin]

I've seen some interesting growth from trees too. Pretty remarkable how determined they are to make it. Sounds like that stump you had was going to live no mater what.

[@johnmattu7262]

Nice work!👍

[@tristardiggin]

Thank you John, I appreciate that...

[@larrymercer3448]

Thank you for the great message

[@tristardiggin]

Yes Sir, thank you for supporting the channel... Sam

[@williamgroel2880]

Thank you for the wisdom of christ. Amen

[@tristardiggin]

Yes Sir, thank you William! God Bless, Sam

[@planeanddirtsimple]

Project is really looking good. I’m still on the lookout for a drone if you see one. The message was great..which Bible do you use? I use a Ryrie and a Scofield.

[@tristardiggin]

Thank you Kenny. I've been checking at Cosco for drones and looks like they quit selling them. Will keep my eyes open though. I use a John MacArthur study Bible and Moody Bible commentary.

[@tmitche72]

Great job

[@tristardiggin]

Thanks Tyrone. I appreciate the support... Sam

[@Closedaccount924]

Now that’s a fire Great video sir

[@tristardiggin]

Nothing like a big ole fire! Thanks

[@rusallen7]

Looking pretty good.

[@tristardiggin]

Thank you Rus and sure do appreciate the comment to help the channel 👍...

[@1mopper]

Tell more about that outdoor furnace, Great message Brother!

[@tristardiggin]

The brand is Hardy Wood Heater. It is an outside woodburning furnace that has a water tank above the fire box. The hot water is circulated thorough a heat exchanger (basically a radiator) in the house and a fan in the duct work blows air accross the heat exchanger. Which heats the house. It also has a 50' coil of copper tubing in the water tank which cold water from the house circulates through. The water is heated while passing through the coil and goes into the water heater in the house. The water heater at that point is just a holding tank for the hot water coming from the furnace. I have an older video where I showed it. I will see if I can figure out which video it was so you can see it. Hope that makes sense.

[@tristardiggin]

The title of the video is "Winter is here" it is from 1 year ago. The furnace starts at around the 29 minutes mark...

[@carlevarts9986]

Nice!

[@tristardiggin]

Thank you Carl. I appreciate you supporting the channel...

[@pjs5191]

Nice video as always. Saw y’all working when I was in Tennessee couple months back. Wanted to stop and say hey but didn’t wanna bother you. Get ya an LD18 bucket/thumb set up from AMI. Chris had it made exactly so the teeth of the bucket went between the tines on the thumb. Here’s the continued channel success!

[@tristardiggin]

Thanks I appreciate you supporting the channel. Wouldn't have been a bother at all, would have been glad to meet with you. If you come back through just give me a shout. I've seen Letsdig18's thumb set up and it is sweet!

[@pjs5191]

@@tristardiggin def will if I get back down that way. I’m from southern Indiana so not too far away and love Tennessee

[@tristardiggin]

Sounds good...

[@poorfarm-nn6ii]

You’re awesome! Great videos, and great message. I worked on a mulching video today but camera batt died half way through and then I got news of my next video I been waiting on and it’s just been a long crazy day full of blessings. I’ll have to see if I can make anything out of what I was able to film before it died. It’s on ROW as well so I may have to check with the entity before posting footage. Not sure if it would be allowed. I know they don’t allow any social media of our work or disasters either. That’s tree is really kewl. I have a few similar trees around my place. I really like finding odd deformed trees out in the woods. Thanks for another great vid!! Keep up the good work.

[@tristardiggin]

Thanks I appreciate it. Maybe you can salvage part of it. I can't even start to explain all the camera malfunction I have. Sometimes it just seems like it is way more difficult than it should be. But we just keep pushing on. That tree was neat to see.

[@poorfarm-nn6ii]

@@tristardiggin yeah. I started to finish a bit on the phone. I had another battery about 1000 feet away in my truck. But I didn’t wanna walk that far to get it. Needed to stay there and keep getting ahead. Headed on a road trip in the morning so I needed to get done and get out tonight.

[@blackdogexcavator21]

I was going to ask you in the last video how you liked the thumb setup on the Cat machine. I don't think I have seen a good one yet on a small machine. I'm mean, they work, but they aren't great for doing clearing jobs. I get it though, most smaller machines are used mostly for trench type work, and a wide thumb would get in the way. I've been thinking about making an attachment for my thumb that would bolt on for easy removal when I was digging footings, but could be re-installed when I do some clearing. It would make life a lot easier and probably faster for cleanup work. Great video brother.

[@tristardiggin]

The thumb for this bucket is so frustrating, for sure. On the 36" bucket it will go between the teeth which is great. I can work around the awkwardness of the thumb not following the bucket all the way back. I guess you call that a progressive link thumb. But you are right, an attachment to make it wider would be sweet for clearing jobs. Glad you enjoyed the message...

[@bigjimflying7195]

if you want a great thumb for a mini getaway hold of AMI and ask about the “letsdig18” bucket and thumb setup. You can check out letsdig18 KZbin channel to see it in action on an yanmar 50?

[@tristardiggin]

Yup, I have seen that on his channel. That thing is very nice...

[@margaretckamaka5552]

Just subscribe enjoying every minute heard from LDiglt4 about you 🤙🏽💯🌺🍍🌴🇺🇸 and Praise God 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@tristardiggin]

Thank You Margaret! I sure appreciate you joining the channel. Idigit4 was very kind to let me come by his place for the day and record a video. Glad you are enjoying the videos and make yourself at home. We are quiet and peaceable around here. 🤣😁 God Bless, Sam

[@tristardiggin]

I just saw Idigit4's new video where he mentioned my channel. That was very nice of him to do that. I sure appreciate him helping me!

[@davidpowell9915]

You could take a grinder and cut the weld of the shanks for the teeth that are hitting and move them over.

[@tristardiggin]

Thanks David I need to see how far I would need to move them. Also thinking about heating the thumb fingers at the bottom and flare them out just a bit to pass the teeth. But I need to check the 36" bucket because the thumb doesn't hit the teeth on it. Appreciate the info...

[@smithworx1091]

That would drive me crazy with the thumb and bucket not mating correctly. You're making really good progress. I can't wait to get back to land clearing.

[@tristardiggin]

Wow! You're not kidding, so frustrating. I should check on the cost of a different thumb. Your recommendation of using the 24" bucket has helped with that thumb trying to pop off.

[@smithworx1091]

@Tristar Diggin' good deal. My 24" and 36" would both mate up with the thumb like they're supposed to. Those teeth on your 24" look a little closer or maybe it's got an extra one compared to the one I had.

[@tristardiggin]

I think you are right about the extra tooth.

[@jokervirdenil4701]

Can you tell us more about your wood furnace? Have your local fab company redesign your thumb to go between teeth, should be easy and fairly inexpensive.

[@tristardiggin]

I have definitely been thinking about some fab work on the thumb. Would be less frustrating than dealing with this one. I have a video from 1 year ago titled "Winter is Here" where I talk about the wood furnace. Here is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppC0qaabe9R5iqs The furnace part starts around the 29 minutes mark of the video. I really like this heater and it does a great job...

[@joemurray553]

I have 3 308E2 CR excavators all FJX prefix.

[@tristardiggin]

Yup, I love the 308 for sure. I'm sure you are liking yours as well. Thanks, Sam

[@joemurray553]

I did away with my CAT thumbs and went with AIM direct link thumbs. I did have to modify them little bit with extra grease points

[@tristardiggin]

I agree! I would love to have a progressive thumb for the 308. But haven't really looked into it yet. Seriously thinking of selling the 308 and getting a 313 though...

[@johndukes7719]

Just found your channel! I love watching your videos. What part of Tennessee do you live in?

[@tristardiggin]

Thanks John and welcome to the channel. I really appreciate you watching and commenting to help it. I am in the SE corner of TN, Polk County. About 30 minutes from Cleveland, TN.

[@ianbirkmyre4622]

Came over from Idigit4 to join the party

[@tristardiggin]

Well, Ian, did you bring any snacks or Dr. Pepper? Hey, welcome and I appreciate you checking out the channel.

[@ianbirkmyre4622]

@@tristardiggin I'm a root beer fan myself🙃