Clearing And Raking The Lot

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[@charlesmiller5078]

To someone like myself, who has never operated such a powerful machine. Its so much fun watching the power it has, and how you control that power. Some times I wish you had a camera trained on the controls, with a box showing it working, so we could see what your doing, and what its doing at the same time. But I guess were lucky to get what we get.

[@jamesgordon1520]

You don't know what you are Missing, I was 13 on a backhoe. And the biggest Excavator I have Operated was a 650 Komatsu.

[@davemi00]

Yes good idea, i’ve thought that from the Beginning. Just never made a Comment on it. 👍

[@Axlebangerr]

Thanks for taking the time to make and edit the videos. Love watching and seeing the different jobs take shape. 👍

[@donbraden8533]

Chris you have definitely got it down to a science on clearing a wooded lot nice job my friend 😎👍👍

[@raeanker3078]

Thanks for the great video mate ,that's a good idea for extra perspective of the overall job ,and now we get Timmy cam .Cheers from down under.

[@arkansas1336]

Good looking clearing job, nice results!

[@janvandenbos7085]

Very big project, looks like a lot of clearing and raking Chris 👍😎👌

[@dannysowell9071]

Pretty piece of land now that it's clean. Nice job!

[@trcmustang]

Good dozer work Tim. You guys work well together. Thanks for the video Chris. Always interesting.

[@averagejoesawmill]

I did the same thing on my place today with my mini clearing a house pad. Nice work.

[@dieselfuel6006]

Thanks for putting the cameras outside the cabs. Awesome video.

[@bogusbits6810]

This has to be more interesting than dredging that lake! Certainly less pucker factor with the dry and dusty vs. the mud!

[@stephenkeefer3436]

Big girl Volvo-saurus singing the song of her people !! One big ol bite at a time !

[@dewainwoodard4840]

Great video Chris thanks for sharing have a great day and stay safe out there

[@chetthejet3896]

I sure do enjoy your videos.

[@DIRT-BOSS]

I bet that A/C is on full tilt today! 💯°

[@andrewneilsen1516]

Nice video! Thanks Chris!

[@tomhill9198]

Great video of machines at work! C.C. would help us seniors that don"t hear very well!

[@mikemcneil7327]

Those who dislike any letsdig18 video should be banned. Always a great time watching

[@GratefulNachos]

The opening scene really gives a great perspective on the scale of that machine! It’s huge!!!

[@tylercorbin8073]

Jesse Watts That little shed up next to it makes look even more massive.

[@loadpin]

Chris, remember the old days when you had to use a backhoe to get things done!!!

[@hillbillyb4u]

Watching that 250 go thru trees never gets old

[@delcasaleexcavating9508]

My favorite type of work is landclearing ! Just wish we could burn the debris like your allowed to do !...

[@juliesnook6998]

I am shaking the iPad to get the dirt from the roots!

[@davehoffman9767]

you know you once said, you had millions of hits and wonder why so many people watch this "crap" LOLLOL!!! because you really know how to use that thumb and make it so intriguing to watch!!!!! you do a great job!!!

[@slomoe5409]

Dave Hoffman Chris works smart and efficient.....many don’t witness that today, gets things done and doesn’t act like he’s the only guy that’s ever done anything.......true master of his craft is definitely worth watching.......

[@davehoffman9767]

@@slomoe5409 O ya I truely know what you mean, that's why I so enjoy watching him as he differently works smart and never seem to get mad, at least on film he don't,,,, unless your going into his place and don't use the right driveway, HA! HA! Because how he manages is so much like I do in just a slightly different trade. Is so hard today if not almost inpossible to get good help that has good work ethics.

[@randallsmith5067]

It's nice to see Tim get some camera time

[@briangardiner1015]

A small scraper would come in handy there.

[@stephenkeefer3436]

Sure wish you n big girl had been here when a buddy of mine had a half acre of wisteria vines to clear- by hand. It was rough. 98 degrees here today with heat index 114. 🥵

[@sumreensandhuu]

I watch it all day and not get bored. 😄

[@juniorraines1042]

Great video chris

[@mischef18]

Digger scratching out trees and dozer pushing them away, what could be better. Great video and camera placements bro.

[@randytravis3998]

only thing better would be hitting a big hunk of gold ,,,

[@bc5891]

Bring that 210, dozer and rake over here...got 30 acres to turn into pasture :)

[@jamesgordon1520]

12 dislikes unbelievable, ok, ok I get it you 12 stay in Apartments. 😐

[@petenolte4192]

I could just sit there by the house and just watch all day (with beer of course😀) I know I'm weird

[@ResidentialDirtWork]

Your not weird, all of us that do it for a living where doing just that before we started buying equipment.

[@marcryvon]

Well, I must be weird too ! 🤪 I find Chris' videos relaxing. Almost hypnotic. And I know there's always a good ending !! 😁

[@ResidentialDirtWork]

@@marcryvon we know there's at least 221,000 of us

[@hirwanh9232]

nah.. nothing weird about that.. and the smell of the fresh earth been dug really pleased me, hahaha

[@steveo3589]

Thats a lot of wear on the undercairage of that dozer to be pushing trees to the back and mixing dirt in it as well , down here I use my frontend loader with a root rake to carry it to a place to burn and you get less dirt mixed in it .

[@flannel872]

27:30 That 250 outclasses a lot of grading sized equipment.

[@forrestaddy9644]

Ever reach into the brush and come out with a bucket of greenery and a tent with a cussing bum inside?

[@stang3475]

Forrest Addy ,Hell he’s not in Cali. They haven’t invaded all of Carolina’s yet! Lol

[@sighpocket5]

Nice!!!!

[@randomstranger9674]

Any concerns about those big piles of dry brush turning into a fire hazard?

[@letsdig18]

not really

[@johnr8476]

Swedish dinosaur eating trees for lunch.

[@nextlevelgamez9243]

😁🤣😂😂😂

[@MrToyota73]

Wouldnt it be cool him having a wireless mic on while working in the beginning of this video talking,that would be awesome

[@seatrepairs3253]

that excavator sure is purdy

[@george8873]

250 plucks those trees like they are weeds.

[@robfraley4210]

Me thinks it was Tim running the 250 from the 20:00 to 26:39 time..!! 🕰⌚️⏱

[@augustreil]

Yeah Buddy !!!

[@KevinCoop1]

I'll bet if you taped a stick match to the bucket and taped the box to a post, you could light the match!

[@rharris5811]

Pushing trees that far is a pain in the ass, they always try to roll under the bucket.

[@shanegillespie6014]

The Volvo looks like a big dinosaur feeding.

[@charlesmiller5078]

It really does, it just grabs stuff and rips it out. I cleared 1 acre with a small tractor, took 3 years. took him 3 days, with little to no physical labor. I on the other hand added 10 years to my age.

[@tylercorbin8073]

Charles Miller Hey, the quicker you can apply for social security and Medicare. 😂 😂 😂

[@charlesmiller5078]

Have both..Thank you very much :)

[@tylercorbin8073]

Charles Miller My apologies sir.

[@gohard267]

did you get the widows tinted out

[@MrsSmith-hf5nr]

Or even a big Volvo dozer it would look good with your excavators and save wear and tear on them as well

[@paddyk2535]

whats that 220e like on diesel are they a good machine always had hitachi looking at buying new 14oe and 220e hear in ireland

[@garysmith8575]

When you raise the tracks to turn are you saving strain on the drives but putting strain on something else?

[@jimc181]

It's like turning in a circle with your foot flat on the floor and turning on the ball of your foot.

[@jimc181]

It's like turning in a circle with your foot flat on the floor or spinning on the ball of your foot or heel.

[@kane100574]

Are they leaving that brush there (The property owners)? Is it dangerous to leave such large amounts of brush? fire hazards, etc?

[@48wilber]

it will rot,, & be filled up/seeded for a "berm"

[@papaw5405]

It's full of dirt. It won't burn very easy or very fast.

[@drmautz]

Like Chris said, it's a damn good security fence

[@jackterpack1387]

My concern is that it is a breeding ground for copperheads.

[@jonschneck4559]

@@jackterpack1387 adds to the security barrier

[@keithdunlap2701]

Poof !! He Gone....lolol... Great as always !!!

[@Badgermatt-nc5nr]

Any plans for the future to get a bigger dozer???

[@JayJay-de8vq]

If you had a junk car secured somehow that is would not move do you think you could grab the engine/transmission with thumb/bucket and rip it right out of the mounts seperating it from the rest of the car? And smallest machine that could do it you think? 160 220 or 250?

[@davidstearns9664]

Wouldn't the grader level the lot quicker? I understand not wanting to haul it out there. ( Sorry for sounding like an arm chair quarterback. Just curious.)

[@davidstearns9664]

Great video by the way!

[@letsdig18]

its coming

[@tylercorbin8073]

How many hours do you have on the Volvo 250?

[@letsdig18]

300

[@leoslandscape24]

You might need bigger dozer to move dirt

[@alanhumberstone9989]

Have you ever thought about getting a bigger dozer

[@alwayshungry24]

i got conused is this the same as the lake lot?i watched this one a few days ago then there was a lake one and now back to this ione or am i just confused

[@letsdig18]

no different jobsite

[@grahamefreestone5309]

Giving us the silent treatment for over 26 minutes.. ;-) 🇬🇧

[@laurelherbert2879]

I’m from Australia and would like to know are those vines all poison ivy

[@ec1414ec]

are you the owner of the company? great job

[@tylercorbin8073]

The sound of steel excavator tracks is music to my ears, it means someone is being productive and making that money.

[@joandoe5688]

Looks like a possible ....really big fire hazard

[@cathiwim]

Joan Doe hidey holes for the rabbits, foxes and other critters.

[@rachelhelmreich9215]

You should get a portable chipper

[@huckstirred7112]

a track loader is allot so is a dozer , but excavator does a much nicer job

[@46rambo49]

do you ever have to clean that oil off the bucket and boom that the poison ivy leaves?

[@letsdig18]

no

[@pneumatic00]

Does anyone (else) think the slash and wood piled up around the perimeter will become a screaming fire hazard in a year or two?

[@chrisbaker5983]

Another day of Excavator-Craft.

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

All this video’s missing is a little Salt-N-Pepa #PushIt

[@dannysowell9071]

#RealGood

[@DC-1]

Mrs. Elite Earthworks pu pu pu pushit, baby baby..... mmm hmmm 🤔where have I hear that before 😂

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Danny Sowell 👍🏻

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

D C you been eavesdropping at our house again? 🙊🙉

[@DC-1]

Mrs. Elite Earthworks la la la la....yur killing me smalls, my little ears 😇😉

[@jiminycricket2230]

A few years ago i was welding in a komatsu dealership and i used to put blade risers on those dozer blades and build ROPS for the new dozers. On much bigger machines mind you. Apart from the drama queen bitches that worked there it was a cream puff job. Komatsu makes good machines.

[@772301184]

If you were new to the game and could only get one machine, what would it be?

[@briangardiner1015]

My opinion is the excavator. you can do alot with one

[@NZDIRT]

Excavator by far the most versatile tool out of all but in reality it would depend on the type of work

[@briangardiner1015]

@@NZDIRT Yeah it does. Back a few years I thought crawler track loader was the thing. Now it is either an excavator or track skid steer.

[@Todd.Roberts]

I was beginning to think we was not going to get some narration lol

[@tracykluttz4297]

Do you run the jobs or does John ?

[@MrsSmith-hf5nr]

Chris this is nick have you thought about getting a d9 or d10 dozer

[@russgier4409]

Tell Tim it's okay to talk

[@briangardiner1015]

The cam was on the outside. He says that is the better view. Too much bouncing inside the cab.

[@floydfarms1578]

Russ Gier where should Tim have talked? The camera was outside on top of the dozer, not inside the cab with him.

[@russgier4409]

@@floydfarms1578 sorry I'm not perfect, good catch SIR

[@floydfarms1578]

Russ Gier I'm not perfect either sir, I was genuinely asking because I thought I missed something where Tim was in a spot to be able to talk. I was simply pointing out that on the dozer he wouldn't have been able to talk so that if you were talking about a different point you could have mentioned it. No need to get all defensive. Hope you have a good day.

[@kristystaats8390]

Wish I had your dozer

[@drmautz]

Why no wheel loader?

[@briangardiner1015]

They don't own one. I was thinking loader or a small scraper, but scrapers are becoming extinct in some parts of the country. And it looks like they are mostly there. Where I live you might see one.

[@raeanker3078]

Brian Gardiner For a scraper fetish lookup , jpaydirt that's were I get my fix , Cheers from down under.

[@briangardiner1015]

@@raeanker3078 He is good, also watch So Ca Earthmovers they have some large scraper jobs moving millions of yards of material they have D11's and 651's

[@mariusandersson1639]

I just dont understand why you dont have a rotortilt on such a new machine?! Just why...

[@letsdig18]

do I need to rip trees out and spin them 360 degrees for some reason?

[@48wilber]

just dump the pile at low spot????

[@bigtarheelfan]

I think he said in the previous video that's what the customer wanted. I guess cheaper for them and it will act as a buffer zone for houses through the woods. Think that's what he said.

[@stang3475]

With a D6 and a root rake, Could I do this as efficient and quick or is the excavator better suited.

[@letsdig18]

yeah, but here I am doing it my way :)

[@stang3475]

Dustin Logan I didn’t see anything there that was to big for a D6. His use of the Volvo is first class I’m not knocking that. I just haven’t use a excavator that size to clear with. I really want a 160-200 size but for now I make do with a dozer, a mini x and a cat skid steer.

[@johneaston2348]

What, no toothpick? I hardly recognized you.

[@arkansas1336]

@John easton...I think toothpicks are only available after lunch breaks....lol.

[@letsdig18]

the were out and I was a little upset hahahhaha

[@michaellewis7085]

Just like pickin' daises ...

[@CCscott]

Tree huggers unite! 🤓

[@lutemule]

I was just going to say, if you ever wanted to torment a tree hugger have him/her watch letsdig18!

[@dannysowell9071]

😆😆😆😆

[@kengamble8595]

Yeah, good idea, get them altogether and push them up in a pile and....... 😊

[@CCscott]

Ken Gamble Can we start with a few freshmen Congressdogs?

[@kengamble8595]

@@CCscott Oh there's a lot of butts out there that could be put in a pile and..... 😊

[@watchthe1369]

20 x 20 space every 3-5 minutes? The space the machine needs to move forward and keep working basically. No wonder they hire you, a chainsaw and draging it away with the tractor would have taken forever, and a mulcher on the tractor wouldn't do it as fast either.....

[@markfromtexas9810]

So where has the 250 been? Its been a long time since it's been on a video.

[@djgordon20794]

He is in it.

[@userndnend]

What’s are u doing with all the brush?

[@craigsummers131]

being pushed to the back of the block , owner didnt want to get rid of it ...

[@blainerueckwald]

Kevin Kinney Just wait until some careless a-hole tosses a cigarette butt in there and burns up half their inventory.

[@userndnend]

Blaine Rueckwald yea I was curious why he was pushing it all back there

[@augustreil]

@@blainerueckwald, Never happen...?

[@robertmartin5662]

Is Tim your son?

[@jasonking2943]

Am I first

[@augustreil]

Close, but not this time...sorry.

[@jasonking2943]

@@augustreil well I'm out good bye ole world I'm gone to slit my wrist

[@augustreil]

@@jasonking2943, Holy Smokes that's funny. Don't do it man, this cruel world needs you !

[@tracykluttz4297]

You ever been married? Kids?