Burning And Digging The Pond

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[@efficientexcavations]

Excellent job letsdig18, always respect a man that takes pride in his work 👍🏼

[@gethinjones1348]

Great video Chris, it's great that we can now see your hands on the controls. As someone who has never operated a machine, it's mesmerising watching you operate the machine with such precision. 👍

[@kens.3729]

There is Never a Shortage of Pond Jobs. Glad to see you have plenty of work to pay the bills. 👍

[@TonyGeneseo]

Looks awesome ! Much better idea of the plan in my head now. Damn I love watching you put in or repair ponds !!! It’s like an addiction! Lol

[@Brian1972]

A viewer almost needs a program guide to decipher which project you're working on. 😁

[@Mephiston]

This is the pond where all the snakes were.

[@mariusj8542]

Brian 1972 I follow the “rrbuildng channel”, and he always have some distinct and unique name on each project and always numbers on follow up videos on the same project. He raises pole barns , so many of his projects are quite the same.. but it’s easy to follow..

[@doubledarefan]

@@mariusj8542 Too bad RRB and LD18 are states apart. So much collab potential.

[@Dontworryboutit315]

Personally I like the simple titles, it’s always been his thing. If you watch daily then it’s not hard to keep up with them. Every Sunday and some Mondays are a weekend project video

[@Mephiston]

@@Dontworryboutit315 Same

[@marcryvon]

Seeing that custom bucket from the cab is quite something, But seeing it from an outside view like at 9:28... Oh man, it is fu... huge ! I knew your 260 was BIG, but seeing you at 11:11 in the machine gives us an actual perspective of it all ! Most impressive bud ! When you say "I have to move some dirt", well, you DO mean moving some dirt !!

[@JThelen1031]

If you didn't watch the video where they delivered it for him, check it out. Seeing people standing next to it really puts the size into perspective.

[@brentking-gmailking2570]

Good video Chris. Love to watch the pond videos. Have a great week.

[@nyamillennial]

Seeing that brush burning and water retention starting brings back memories of my pond build. I just hope your luck with holding water is better than mine!

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

"Call 911, see some smoke coming from the forrest!" Have a nice chilled day! ;-)

[@michaelridenour8054]

O have to say Cris I have seen a few others do what you do since I first started watching you and you by far are the best at what you do congratulations bud

[@steviemunier8411]

With the few hundred hours I have in a shovel I’m pretty comfortable with it but yet at the same time I have so much to learn! And I feel like when I watch you each time I just try to study the way you handle situations and just tasks in general. I have to say thank you for teaching a young dude a thing or two when it comes to operating🤘🏽🙏

[@donmiller358]

Chris, you sure give that turntable a workout on all your projects. Wonderin how often you have to grease her up and how often it needs an overhaul. Jus curious. Love your vids.

[@letsdig18]

not often is says grease about every 250 hours and Ive never had to do any work to one

[@markreetz1001]

Moving the wet stuff sounded like rousing the cows for morning milking--splat, slop, splash, plop, plopth, etc. Probably smells a little better tho.

[@warrioroftheking3503]

Awesome job Chris. Always like to see the videos. Thanks for the enjoyment brother. God Bless you and the family.

[@billymallon7342]

Once again great job . Great guy

[@Football-bk6li]

One of the many skills you possess that I admire is your ability to look at gnarly mess of a job at its inception, visualize the end product, and devise a plan to get from here to there. You should travel the country doing seminars.

[@justinlarrabee7932]

Nothing beats fall time fires 🔥

[@GARDENER42]

Karen almost certainly has the fire department on speed dial - careful now! ;-)

[@ralph7254]

You know it’s a Karen when they call the fire department on you because you just fired up your dump truck that smokes a lot

[@USSBB62]

@@ralph7254 Been there, and there children turn out meek and mild. Not Manly.

[@johngaster7020]

Great job. Attention to detail is above and beyond. Keep up the good work and great content.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

That grading bucket is awesome!

[@bobjoncas2814]

...great, big ass fire time..lol...stay safe..

[@odonnellsaussiehomestead8257]

Did a great job starting to look like a pond now🥰👍

[@stevecobb6001]

Starting to look good. Great job!

[@cthybrgss1]

It is satisfying watching the work you do. Thank you for sharing.

[@mischef18]

Great video bro, that grading bucket sure does make a nice job and looks good for baling mud too. Y'all stay safe

[@enjoylife1176]

Wow, digging and burning away.. keep up the good work...

[@paulthesoundguy1]

When you get heaping buckets full. It moves way more than just the digging bucket

[@denisackerley70]

Great videos and great work too. Any chance of a short 'revisit' to these projects to see the final result of the care and effort you put into the work you do?

[@DadzorRules]

I don't know why, but the song, "Gonna Build A Mountain" kept playing in my head as I watched this!

[@fish509b]

Impressive, dude. You make that Volvo sing.

[@JD-zm4eh]

Watch a fire and it will not burn. I would still be paranoid to be sitting next to the fire even in a steel machine. Looks much better now, Chris.

[@timmyfrierson2684]

Another great video Chris man you and John y’all stay safe and keep the videos coming brother

[@duanebennett2961]

You do amazing work dude, gonna look great!!

[@ken.outside]

Chris, do you ever take a day off? Great job...just hope you are making some time to relax.

[@mattywho8485]

He's spinning around in a nice comfy cab, I don't think he's over-worked too awful bad.

[@Brandtphenom]

Nature doesnt sleep either

[@Harry-zz2oh]

@@mattywho8485 His spinning around started to make me dizzy. I'm glad he finally changed to a distant view of his operation. Good to have both perspectives. Nice work.

[@georgeharsha194]

I always watch your videos Chris..I used to operate a backhoe (jd 310 and a 110) for a few years and I know I could never be as smooth as you are with your equipment..time/experience always helps with that..great work as always and stay safe out there..🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@randytravis3998]

got too love waiting on parts ... in your spare time you could make your own risers and overflow pipes ,,, wait a min ,, what spare time that 5 mins on sunday ,, is not enough time guess we wait for parts ,,, you make it look so easy great work you do Chris ,, thanks for the video makes me think i am on site ,,,

[@davidmessersmith786]

If you want to minimize smoke during your brush burns, add forced air into the base of the fire. It will provide for more complete combustion, a hotter fire and burn faster as well. Once established, you can back it down a bit as the hotter fire draws more air into the base.

[@tomswindler64]

You mean you didn’t want to attract another Karen when your burning great video as always.😎😎😎👍👍👍

[@terryeason4319]

Well I'm experiencing something brand new for myself. I had been sick for 3 days and have not felt like either of the two necessities in life. 1. Watching letsdig18 2. Eating Well I finally feel ok and, for I think the first time in the past seven or eight years, I have 2 bran new letsdig18 episodes to watch. Good times

[@BrodiemanAXT]

Just starting light excavation with a backhoe..., videos definitely help even if it’s with completely different equipment. Wife even bought me one of your shirts for an anniversary present 😂

[@TheUserid82]

For those wondering why the dirt used for the dam is so important the simple answer is weight. 1 acre foot of water is just under 326,000 gallons or 2.7 million lbs so that is a lot of weight to put behind bad materials on a poorly made dam.

[@rogerpence1117]

Tell a what Chris, you can make that grading bucket talk. Unique piece equipment !! Good job.

[@diandykoolman4769]

Man its like seeing elite earthworks working but with a bigger machine with all that finese hahah that grading bucket is doing wonders good job chris 👍

[@johnbourgeois1414]

It’s a good thing dirt doesn’t wear out as many times as you have moved some of it

[@vanblindguy4600]

Really enjoy your videos but very hard to follow any one given project. As many have suggested either keep the videos titled the same for each project then add part 1 part 2 and so on or at least sort the projects into playlists on your channel. Would love to see a sketch out of the project on paper to help us follow along. Its sometimes hard to visualize since on video all the creek beds, spill ways, overflows, trees , stumps etc pretty much all look the same and orientation is often lost. Your narration and explanations are great. Keep up the great work.

[@Mephiston]

Oof, that soil looks really sandy. I'm surprised it'll hold up as a pond / dam wall, I sure as heck wouldn't use it over a good solid clay wall. A testament to your skills.

[@marcwohlmayer7897]

Nice job Chris. Looks good 😀

[@juniorraines1042]

Enjoyed watching your video Chris hope you have a great week

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

17:04 It looks like you have some holes and seam cracks in that grading bucket... If you haven't already done so, you may want to call a Welder to fix it before it warps/breaks/falls apart on you...

[@chrisanderson9856]

Chris do you ever dig a pond deeper than 6-10 feet? I'm used to ponds that are 20 feet at one location in the pond and maybe a rock hump in another section. The ones you dig don't seem to much good for fishing due to lack of depth or structure. I have seen you put a few stumps and or logs in a few ponds but overall they are just like a bowl. Just curious?

[@leol1682]

Like the video Chris your doing a great job .

[@ogreatmaster8334]

Fine work ... !!! Man with a plan

[@greghoffstadt667]

Nice job Chris. I think your nickname should be smooth operator. Until next one ✌.

[@TL64329]

I"m not really sure what you are doing right now but I am enjoying watching. I think it will become clear as you get further along. It looks like the grading bucket holds almost twice as much as the digging bucket but I certainly won't argue with the man that is running the machine. Great work!!

[@michaelmullins1290]

I was thinking. Most people wouldn't attempt a grading bucket on that size machine. You make it look easy as digging a hole. It take me a while, but I could dig a hole. Maybe! Lol

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

Looking great Chris awesome work

[@jeffreyhouston2043]

The way you guys do things might be slow as Christmas, but it usually looks pretty good in the end.

[@mrdando]

No fire call outs this time chris

[@keithdunlap2701]

Man, Ain't it Nice to pull up on a job and see that New Machine sitting there !! Makes ya feel good knowing all your hard work has paid off !! I think your Grading Bucket does get a bit more per scoop than the Digging Bucket ?? Sure looks like it .....lolol..I was surprised that when you lit that fire up a bunch of snakes didn't come rolling out of there !! lolol....Man , looks like quite a bit of water comes in there pretty quick, when you was pilling that sand up , looked like a pretty good amount pooled up just while you was doing that.... Gonna have to be shittin' an Gettin' once you dam it up !!! lolol...Great as always Chris, Have a Great Evening!! On to the Next.....

[@jaywhitehead5294]

Hey Chris you should get someone to replace that manual valve with a electric magnetic shuttle valve. Volvo got to have spare electric switch circuits that you could pull power from to run up the stick.

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

I'm only about 30 seconds into the video, I have one question: Did anyone call the fire department this time?

[@theskepticalnegativist1004]

You might consider a choking washer in the lines down at the grading bucket, then you don't need to fiddle with the computer to lower the flow, looking at the twitching of the bucket you probably think its a hassle everytime you hook it up?

[@glenthomas6306]

Letsdig18, first let me say I enjoyed this video. I have a suggestion for you. If you are going to keep making videos please consider purchasing a stabilizing gimbal for your camera. It would greatly improve the quality of your shots while filming by hand.

[@hornetobiker]

A hot fire produces less smoke and burns quicker.

[@josianrodriguez1249]

NICE JOB WELL DONE SALUDOS FROM CLIFTON N.J.

[@MySynthDungeon]

That New Scupper is real Dupper ,,lol...Digs right in !! Cheers! ;-)!

[@davestinson5691]

I'd so take a,road trip to where u r. If i knew 100% i could work w u all weekend. Grade A video man nice job

[@austingibson7495]

Good job Chris.

[@ramtuff2007]

good pond video

[@jasonkary8431]

Well at least the fire department didn’t show up this time! 🤣

[@stefanaxelsson513]

Nice job Chris

[@johncolasanto605]

Great video as always... I bet you could make a living just fixing / completing the jobs that other HACKS started!!

[@scotty362100]

Looks like you need a little bit more counterweight to offset that heavy bucket/thumb system.

[@aussieearthmover5687]

Good job your doing there.😀😀 Volvo make a great excavator. They certainly have improved them since taking over Samsung name. I have one of each.😀😀🇦🇺🇦🇺😀😀

[@billhurst178]

Great job as always. Would it be possible to number your jobs. Like back at job 300. I like to remember what job you are doing.

[@Daves-hereagain]

Wow that humming in my headphones

[@kat2641]

Questions? While I can see their is quite a flow. Is it possible to take some clay and temporarily block the inlet for 8 hours? Sure would make your job of keying the dam much easier.. but sitting here watching on video it's hard to tell the approximate gallon flow rate....

[@NZDIRT]

Impressive mate, never seen someone burn a pond before 😂

[@jonathancook4022]

You beat me to it - I was about to say that. Having said that I once had a friend who's lawn accidentally got drenched with 1,000litres of frying fat / oil and he burnt that because that seemed the only reasonable option. To this day the soil below the grass is quite shiny.

[@michaelburke750]

NZ DIRT You never know what you can do ‘til you try it... 🤣

[@larryshedd5734]

Good video Chris

[@Todd.Roberts]

It’s amazing what a one man show can do when they are a go getter

[@billcoley8520]

I’m curious why you didn’t use the dozer to move the dirt / sand? Or was it not enough there to haul the dozer

[@mikewood8208]

Question: Would it be faster to use the dozer to put the sand to where you want it? Love the videos.

[@michaelpage9883]

Chris have you ever given any thoughts about hiring someone to film for you while you work?I know you lose hours moving camera locations throughout the work week.

[@letsdig18]

Not really it might take 5 minutes a day to set a camera up

[@michaelpage9883]

Wow! With all the different angles and outside shots, I would have thought it took longer. Thanks, good to to know.

[@breikowski]

I hear you scraping. Is that a rock shelf? I thought those will leak all your water out?

[@KPearce57]

Your bucket got all the paint sandblasted off.

[@ChristopherHelgerson]

That bucket gets sh*t done!

[@emadeldinhessain3272]

Well done .

[@ElevatorAdventure1816]

Wow is this your job looks pretty cool

[@scruffy6151]

👍👍

[@jacko644]

Letsdig18, Whenever you are using that bucket I'm always curious about why it is designed the way it is. There must have been a lot of thought that went into the shape and design for maximum effectiveness. Like this example (fast forward to 1:00 for testing): kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHy3ZJ9qiZlnjZY

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

👍👍😀🍁

[@OutofTownwithRobinBell]

👍

[@timmerritt2853]

have you thought about using a noise-cancelling mic on your camera, picking up a loud noise from the excavator in the film.

[@leeharris3061]

Why??..most of us like to hear the machine work as well..just sayin' 🙂

[@helenhelps9619]

👍 👍

[@2Moza]

looking good

[@CapnJackSB]

Got so's anyone asks where I am, my wife says, he's at his computer shoveling mud.....

[@AW-yv9sq]

So since this is a stream project does that mean a ton of permits and red tape?

[@merlepatterson]

Not thinking of using a siphon to keep the water level down while you build the dam?

[@craigsmith8217]

I'm kinda surprised that you don't have a gas powered fan to help with the burning.

[@poppy3215]

I wish you had a microphone in front of your mouth while you are talking while you are digging. It is kind of hard to hear you. Thanks for the great videos.

[@myrnapelano4974]

@@Saved2034 I can't

[@bills4448]

The Hydraulic pump is get noisier.

[@magnoliascreens7469]

Had the same issue, for months. Once I dialed back the subwoofer a bit, I could hear him a much better.

[@leeharris3061]

Yeah i dunno what the problem is but i can hear just fine no matter what hes doin..maybe you all need better speakers or a better device to watch on.✌

[@enjoylife1176]

I just turn up my hearing aid,, sound is fine to me...