Digging Forest Drainage Ditches - Start to Finish

[@NolaDay]

Hi. I'm 82, a retired teacher and watched your most interesting video from Pinetown, near Durban, South Africa. You own a beautiful property and are very blessed. Nanna N.

[@AFHProjects]

Thank you!

[@adobenumpty]

Ahhh. The lost art of no editing. Thanks for bringing back. 48 minutes of joy right there. With 40 seconds of confusion.

[@tomkallen]

A true sculptor artist of the earth. I knew a dozer operator that had the title of being an earth shaper by eye. Elite group of earth shaping skills.

[@AFHProjects]

Yeah, I like to do this. I take it like an art as well. I don't like to load truks all day long somewhere in the mine or something. Doing this, then the every day is different. Thanks for commenting and sticking by! Cheers!

[@DrTubeman]

Awesome smooth feathering, that tilt bucket makes swish work of the V drain, cheers for the reel.

[@AFHProjects]

Thanks! Cheers!

[@charleswelch249]

I think you have a lot of talent and hopefully see more great content in the future.

[@AFHProjects]

Thank you! I'll hope to make it.

[@kevincomery1634]

AFH' love your attention to ditching n cleaning up as you go along don't drop your standards very clean operator n yea I'm a lever puller too regards from Robin Hood country Nottingham England

[@AFHProjects]

Nice! Thank you! Cheers!

[@timlewis5096]

I'm really enjoying watching this. Even the music is unobtrusive and pleasant. Great skill shown by the operator!!!

[@AFHProjects]

Thanks!

[@STANPAN772]

Super robota na wiosnę. Bravo

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Job security. Lots to do but so far, so good and I see your feathered buddy is back. CHEERS!

[@AFHProjects]

Yeah, they are everywhere. Just compressed that old project into one video. Thanks for watching!

[@lewiemcneely9143]

You did GOOD! A-PLUS!@@AFHProjects

[@AFHProjects]

@lewiemcneely9143 Thanks!

[@lewiemcneely9143]

U 2!!@@AFHProjects

[@TerryBastian-j1q]

Good operator with a very thorough mind for conservation🤪🇨🇱🙏👆☝️💪👏🇺🇸Beautiful work lots of talent and concern for conservation!!!

[@AFHProjects]

Thanks!

[@juniorjones9719]

Love the content and you're operating skills are awesome but that music makes video borderline unwatchable. Would rather hear the machine.

[@AFHProjects]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll make my videos mostly with natural sound. This video was made earlier in timelapse mode. That's why it's without the sound. Silence is also no go so... Thanks for watching! I hope that you find some other better videos on my channel. Cheers!

[@juniorjones9719]

Thanks for replying@@AFHProjects

[@armantanzairiand]

Music no so good😮

[@AFHProjects]

@armantanzairiand Yeah, I know.

[@themintlord4744]

Agreed, I can't stand this techno/hip hop type of music. None of it sounds real and it's all just done in a computer. Maybe a variety of music to suit more people's tastes could help.

[@Svein-Erik]

Great job and operator has clearly done this before, but i miss some sound of the machine 👍

[@AFHProjects]

Thank you. This is an older video I try to make with original sound now.

[@haroldasgailius3689]

Many different machines mate. I am working in London. Right now 2 months on hitachi and komatsu. Very nice machines

[@AFHProjects]

Nice! Thanks for watching! Cheers!

[@lordbrennanofsealand5772]

What a great job 👏

[@AFHProjects]

Thanks!

[@marekpiotrowski5702]

Świetna robota👍

[@AFHProjects]

Thanks! 👍

[@Reggiekranz]

You should always start at the high side where the water is pooling, so that you can make sure you have good drainage because the water will always follow the bucket if you have the right slope

[@AFHProjects]

You dig this way? No, imagine that all the water is flowing onto you and you have to dig in water all the time. What a mess. And you don't see anything what are you doing.

[@bigmalcvids]

👏👏👏

[@BRI33NOR]

Every young lads dream, a big digger and some water to play in and with. Dykes. Dams. Canals. Rivers. Heaven almost.

[@AFHProjects]

That's right! 😁

[@14jan141]

super!!!😃👍👍👍👍👍

[@waynegabler6570]

Would a deeper trench, that is lined with fabric wrapped weeping tile, allow the surface soil to 'dry out faster', as well as being erosion-proof as small hills could stop surface flows, yet the trapped water flows out quickly. Flax straw or hemp stalks would do the same as the weeping tile.

[@AFHProjects]

No, it's too expensive. These ditches will last a long time. Thanks for watching! Cheers!

[@waynegabler6570]

@@AFHProjects Just a thought. If you have the land, quad camping sites might be a way to generate income. (coming from the foothills of Alberta)

[@AFHProjects]

I don't have the land for that kind of stuff. I just got my piece of land paid at end of the last year. I bought about 15 acres of land, it's an old homestead and all the buildings are completely gone to the dust there, so I have now a property to start building my homestead.

[@waynegabler6570]

@@AFHProjects What kind of standby power will you have? 12v seems to be all you need to keep most electric things working. Cold is a problem where I am, installing a small geo-thermal system would be 'insurance' so the building can be kept above freezing should the 'grid' go down. I can't think of anything cheaper, and 'bullet-proof' that using the same system used in cookoo clocks where the weight is about 500lbs. Install some sort of auto brake that releases when the batt hits 11v and gets applied again when the voltage is about 13.5. 220v gensets could be as easy as filling an old tire with cement, put it on a vertical spindle and the welder attached to that. When you want to use it, you would pull on a rope that is around the outside of the tire. A quad would be used to get it spinning at '20kph', It should spin for a few hours and only when needed. Anyway, have fun, hope you have a hobby that keeps you busy after you get the 'homestead' the way you envision it.

[@AFHProjects]

I connected to 220v power source. I have to still run the cable like 200 meters from electrical box but that's it. Then I can hook up with the power. So I'm good with that . I will bring you the content here when I get there. I still have to save some money for that. Cheers!

[@f4810.]

👍

[@haroldasgailius3689]

I love to watch you bro. 👊🏻 I am 360 operator as well 😊 🫡

[@AFHProjects]

Thank you! I appreciate it! You operate Hyundai 360?

[@gab5258]

wooow i love it !

[@AFHProjects]

Thanks!

[@Yevhen_Lohinov]

👍💪

[@alexnadeev7661]

Всё у вас, ребята, получается хорошо! И съёмка и сама работа! Можно ,конечно, и без такой музыки! Всё нормальное у вас!

[@AFHProjects]

Thank you!

[@alexnadeev7661]

Это у вас перезалив? Вроде ролик был более года назад!?

[@AFHProjects]

Yes It's old project. Two old videos compressed into one. Thsnks for watching!

[@sawingskills]

Good

[@grmsk7584]

✝️You should try a gold device around it, there are nutrients, or rather you should wash that stone. I think there are other signs, but there is gold. there is a stone sign, there is gold there, you should try it with a machine, tell your relatives

[@AFHProjects]

It's a landmark for the property line. Common here from the old times. Cheers! Thanks for watching!

[@billykowalski4305]

Hmmm...looks familiar

[@AFHProjects]

Yeah, I compressed that project into the one video. So, maybe it's easier to watch from start to finish.

[@marksundberg8010]

Soon as I hear music I hit stop.

[@AFHProjects]

Cool! Hit the mute button or play after the music again 😆

[@supertrooper7403]

Music makes it unwatchable.

[@AFHProjects]

Yes, it's not great. Thanks for feedback! Cheers!

[@Duerke]

Give us the muck sounds of mud and water, the excavator engine and everything else. Throw in some narration " hey guys I'm going to go over here and carve this part out so I can do this part next" but PLEASE don't put that horrific sound in the videos.

[@AFHProjects]

Yes, you're right about that. I'll do that. Thanks! Cheers!

[@anthonyjonmorris3763]

stop overlaying crappy music the machine and environment is all you need tried watching on mute but not good

[@AFHProjects]

I agree. This is my older project that I decided to put into one video and there isn't any sound, so... Sorry! I try to avoid this as much as I can. I'm not really want to add a music, but sometimes it's just needed. Like for drone shoots. But even then, I try to add natural sound if possible. Thanks for feedback! Cheers!

[@moskvichk5874]

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