Dredging Out A Sandbar From A Pond

[@mrtank1967]

Nice watching someone that is operating his machine like it’s a part of his arms and hands. I operated for years and was good but never on the same shovel, I appreciate watching a good operator at work. Nice work you do.

[@martinmacdonald6127]

Can you head over to the suez canal when you are done there? You would get them sorted out in a few hours.

[@jasonking2943]

Priceless

[@HorizonIntegration]

Chris be like hold my beer I got this!

[@mslorry3420]

When I first saw pictures I said the same thing!

[@K7DFA]

What's going on in/with the Suez Canal?

[@jasonking2943]

@@K7DFA oh nothing nothing at all. Smh

[@Rocketguy6969]

I’ve been an operator for 15 years but ran into some severe health issues a year ago. I’ve been off work since. Watching your videos helps me a lot because I sure miss working!

[@dignation216]

God bless you , wish you great health in the future 🙏

[@froagservices2488]

What did you run

[@GlobalistJuice]

Sending well wishes for you.👍

[@Pharphette]

Take care, Chad!

[@willowsverge3046]

All the best to you! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@John-yt5zr]

I’m a heavy equipment operator, loaders, bull dozers, excavators etc. I had a stroke on March 16th and have been sidelined since then. It’s refreshing to watch a skilled operator do his job.

[@Pharphette]

Take care, John!

[@KA-om9oz]

Hope you get better...

[@jiwbink]

YOU SAID IT!! BEST WISHES FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY!

[@amarango7]

Hello. It is amazing to see how the machine shovel is the extension of your hand. you are professional and enjoy your work. that has great value. God bless you ‼️

[@michaelcarlson1528]

I love watching the pond dredging!

[@dignation216]

Me too lol

[@donlaporte2301]

You know its going to be a great Friday for you when you see Chris carrying Matts on a new job to use...

[@tomhanks8662]

So nice to hear the birds chirp in the back ground...Got the spring fever fierce and still a good 6 weeks from hearing the birds are back from winter

[@IR-nq4qv]

Chris, if it feels like you've already done this same job before , its the bosses fault for interrupting , I think I hit rewind button twice... She came in to inform me that we don't have a self loading dishwasher. I told her I would look into it tomorrow to see if Homie Depot had any in stock. Long story short....., Never underestimate the strength of a 130lb woman when she got you by the ear. btw.., Good Job!

[@marcryvon]

I keep mine underfed. She's at 105 lbs. Plenty. 🤣

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

Is that before or after she puts on her Lee-Press-On-Claws? Be thankfull she chose to grab your ear rather than something a few feet lower down to get you moving...

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

@@marcryvon Never underestimate the little things in life...They have to be MEANER than the big ones to survive... The most TERRIFYING woman I ever saw was 4'0" and maybe 85 Lbs. soaking wet...She could scare the 💩 out of the Hulk without raising her voice...When she yelled, EVERYONE started running as if their very Lives depended on it (cause it did)... She was a 4th Dan Black belt in Shotokan Karate and a 5th Dan Black belt in Aikido...

[@petenolte4192]

Glad it was just your ear instead of something lower 😆🤣😂

[@IR-nq4qv]

@@HappilyHomicidalHooligan Funny....My wife also got her 4th black cast iron frying pan and a number 2 saucepan but she uses the belt mostly...

[@brianpatrick9480]

Couldn't help but hearing your voice say, "That damn thing is in my way" just before crunching the bird house and flinging it to the side 😂

[@GARDENER42]

Your shaping of that berm is sheer artistry - man & machine in perfect harmony.

[@TheBurnsStuff]

It seems like you and Uncle John work well together. Been doin this long enough together.

[@LatitudeSky]

New appreciation for @letsdig18. Watched a guy with a similar excavator take an hour to load a similar dump truck. One truck. Easy topsoil. Took for-ever. He's got to be paid by the hour, not by the job.

[@GlenSRII]

Brilliant watching you Chris been driving 8 years but still pick up few bits of you .. with every video ....keep em coming buddy ...big hello from ireland 🇮🇪

[@fredschultz8267]

Great work, and nice to see the sediment staying close by. Surely on jobs like these the wind is a blessing....

[@michaelpage9883]

I enjoy a good pond dredging. Have kind of missed them since you have been playing in the rocks for so long.

[@deernutOO]

Sure great to watch you dig, and so effortlessly too.. I didn't break a sweat, and maybe you didn't either. Thanks for taking us along..

[@karlwalton7687]

Insert new grading swivel bucket on the 160. Huge time saver. Nice job !!!

[@patchessimon]

u handle that machine so effortlessly and efficiently its mesmerizing to watch.

[@kens.3729]

The Bucket is so Huge, it could fit an Old VW Bug easily inside it. The Mat Blade Really Works.😬👍

[@craigwavra3495]

Another quick job done well. Turned out nice. Enjoyed the video. On to the next project.

[@mischef18]

Nice job to fill in a day bro, the rip wrap makes the job have that tidy look to it. Safe travels

[@anthoneyking6572]

Great Timing for a sand bar Job so when you off to the panama canal i think they need some Help there lol Great Vlog thanks

[@grahamwalker815]

When you are working below the truck level, would you ever consider loading with a conveyor belt to lift the dirt up into the truck so you could easily load into a hopper within reach and sight? You know how many bucketful's would fill the truck and John can position the truck to the inch.

[@jimshoe6828]

Chris, you should head over to the Suez Canal! They need someone with experience getting big things unstuck from the mud😏😉

[@Sicktrickintuner]

A concrete pump would sure come in handy lol 😂 Someone had to say it.

[@samgunmagnus4583]

My Father told me “better to have it and not need it; than need it and not have it” I live by that.

[@GlobalistJuice]

ha ha always! ... I still remember when I was a kid (5+ decades ago...), my Grandfather overheard me ask my Grandmother for a safety-pin, he went into his garage and brought me a 6"inch long oversized safety-pin looking thing, and knowing him and all the stuff in his garage, he was just waiting for someone to ask for a safety-pin so he could give that item to them. He saved a variety of things, knowing one day they would come in handy ha ha!

[@ryanwaltos2206]

@@GlobalistJuice I love that generation and their resourcefulness.

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

My calls me a hoarder cause I do that.

[@thecableguy1128]

A good friend of mine told me the same thing. I need a bigger garage for all the crazy stuff I have.

[@anewman513]

There a bail bondsman in San Diego named King Stahlman whose motto is, "It's better to know me and not need me than to need me and not know me"

[@marcwohlmayer7897]

Nice dredging job.at least the water Can flow again properly. Nice and smooth going as well.john helping out too.😀

[@makingithappen5178]

A pretty satisfying job. There is a big difference before and after.

[@jeffzupko4859]

Be great to see you with the rest of the gang sometime this year... Allways liked the auction and other vids!!

[@TrevorDennis100]

Jeff Anderson is my favourite when they get together. He is a hoot!

[@AW-yv9sq]

So is there anything that can help limit this issue. Like putting in vegetation to catch sediment before the pond. That was a lot of material.

[@uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759]

When we want to get better temporary roads for hauling witt trucks we almost every time uses Armor Trax Heavy Metal 30mm (~1 1/4") sheets on ground here in Sweden. Then reuses them over and over again, if we don't rent it.

[@jwdickinson643]

Chris, you truly epitomize the phrase “passion for excellence”.

[@diandykoolman4769]

Much smoother digging comparing to the rock quarry 😅

[@dignation216]

Most definitely

[@froagservices2488]

No joke

[@jayden4656]

Earth sculpture extraordinaire!

[@wyattearp1418]

Enjoyed this video too, its the first dry day, and am inside watching Letsdig18, what a better thing to do.

[@davidgephart7886]

At the time 19:22 in the video of this!, There in the bucket, looks likeBigfoot is on the right side of the bucket and his mate is right next to him with her head on his shoulder. Bigfoot with sunken eyes back in the head of the skull. That's just so cool.

[@cindyking9813]

I love the pond dredging videos!

[@davidbrickey7328]

Pond looks great another job well done☕️👍👍

[@pqworks9019]

Chris I still think you should consider doing big job time lapses after all of your big multi video jobs are done! I think that would be really cool.

[@timbow50]

Always amazed at how small the bucket looks when it's actually huge. Cameras apparently can't get a real visual of distance and size. Like in bow hunting videos the game looks like it's 40 yards out and small but it's only like 15-20 yards to the animal. Fascinating how much material you can move in a day.

[@vinylvishrecords]

In the beginning all I hear is Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep, is John practicing his backing up technique..Haaaa

[@michaelmcclure8673]

Chris it looks like your bucket should shine like a new nickel when it's rinsed off.🤔😉😃😃

[@FirelordRob76]

you are a master operator and your videos are really relaxing. i could listen to you excavate an entire state.

[@MrGaryGG48]

That's pretty tricky, using the mats to turn that Volvo into an "ExcaDozer!" Seems to work quite well!! ;^)

[@dennis2376]

Nice simple job, no rocks or boulders where harmed. :)

[@markbrown6236]

Those piles of mud next to the road look like they will turn the road into a creek in a heavy rain.

[@jimgarrett7078]

Looks great Chris!!! I love the dredging vids!!!!

[@rayhitt5564]

This guy is a really good operator!

[@cynthiadalba2860]

Taking down a house and two garages next week. Wish you were closer so we could use you!!

[@rtwllc4793]

those are fun

[@cynthiadalba2860]

@@rtwllc4793 It's my parents' place. It's kind of sad to go there and see it in such state

[@george8873]

I think the berm looks pretty damn good considering you used a 20 ton excavator with a digging bucket.

[@MrGaryGG48]

I can't imagine any better advertising than a few of your videos. That smooth, rounded berm, done with a square-sided bucket is very impressive! I've seen a lot of holes poked in the ground but your work is several steps above the usual and it's well illustrated in your videos. We'll keep watching... thanks!

[@Pharphette]

Mats prevent “whoopsies”. You are so cute, Chris! 😁

[@junkyardking6021]

Uncle John always keeping himself busy. His truck was looking pretty clean until it was up to the diff getting yanked by the 160.

[@daviddraper7364]

awesome job chris on the berm !! YOU SURE ARE GOOD WITH thing

[@Mephiston]

Hi Chris, is there any reason why you don't knock out that dam section at the end of the creek where you started the dredging? Does it just wash away eventually or is it just nothing to be terribly concerned about? Thanks and cheers for the video.

[@dennis2376]

I think it will be under water. :)

[@jasont5635]

Looks like you enjoyed your day at the beach 🏖️

[@robertrockwell7581]

nice quick easy job. bet you liked this one. stay safe.

[@r1mein54]

We missed you Wednesday evening,,, guess you and Uncle John were busy moving machines off Rock Hill Animal Clinic site. Wondered what you were up to and whether you were going back to the 'coastal swamp'- so now were are 'pond dredging' today. Are you in one of your Volvos,, I don`t recall the orange bar at your door opening? 13:00 Uh oh,,,got mud on Uncle John`s KW bed. I made a sheetmetal cone like that to keep squirrels out of my bird feeders. Power lines are your worst enemy. Don`t forget to take your siphon pipe.

[@WalleWall3]

Love the content 🔥🔥💓 I be so high watching u man you don't not play u came to work!!

[@smithaustin2009]

Hey Chris, don't know if you'll have time to see this with as many videos as you upload and as many comments as each has, but I was wondering if you think those berms on the sides of the road will cause water issues on the road itself? There doesn't appear to be much of a ditch, so it seems as though the rain water that would have run away from the road will now be held between the berms and run down the hill along the road. It's hard to tell some of the finer details of the topography from the GoPro footage though, so I could easily be wrong.

[@jerrycann6374]

since you can't see the load in the truck do you keep track of the number of shovel loads to know what it's full?

[@MyOLD36chevy]

8 or 9 shovel loads and 6 or 7 depending on bucket size and if the truck is using the high way.

[@colbymason8054]

You know a skilled operator wouldn't need those mats,just a good buddy with another excavator. 😂🍻Plus it makes for better memories, and entertainment for the rest of us.

[@stephencousins4410]

Thought you would like to use the other bucket for that job. But the work you did still looks great

[@maxinemoore9266]

I love watching your video. Amazing work

[@Thepondguy85]

If i ever get the chance to have a lake built im having you do it

[@pompeymik]

Be expensive but fun to buy a huge excavator and just get him to dig you out when you get stuck 😆

[@hamishross5100]

@@pompeymik he could just rent one 👍

[@Sicktrickintuner]

@@hamishross5100 Yep, that is the way to go, just see what happens

[@Rel1369]

I'm in Australia and by the time I could afford the land to put a dam on, I could also afford to bring Chris out to Oz to make if for me.

[@idr82]

Good job and I'm also having fun watching it ,, 👍

[@vaughnhill3437]

After all thise dang volvos have been thru lately they are probably loving that sandy work . Cuts that mess like its butter. Inwas a heavy equipment operator when i was younger and sure wish i had stayed in it Now im too old and ugly to do it anymore. Its probably awesome you do t have to move your piles three times to reach the truck.either for once

[@keithphaneuf9146]

Hey Chris , after watching so many your pond digging videos now i am wanting to dig my own small watering hole with my Kamatsu pc40 . ;p;

[@patricknorman8358]

Hey Chris is that the same pond you dug out before. Ha Ha maybe the sand will keep on coming. Great job man

[@jonlowe8727]

Great stuff, great operator. Who was on the skid steer?

[@shotgunwillie3635]

How about a video of the controls and how you manipulate the arm?

[@daveschmidt5713]

Perhaps a split screen.

[@sal_e._mander5151]

Looks like that excavator needs an AMI LD18 bucket! Lol

[@CALVINLNIKONT]

This one is in the books!

[@adriancartlidge4018]

Great video Chris.

[@Rocketguy6969]

Do you ever shutoff the swing motor brake? The sound of it always drove me nuts so I leave it off.

[@bobdobson]

Chris, been wondering about that lake/pond you mentioned a couple of years ago which you were going to slowly fill in. What ever happened to it? Couldn't you have dumped a load of the rocks from the vet's site in it?

[@cnutter1984]

Love the videos!!! How, long does a job like this generally take and what is the average cost for the pond owner? Yes, I understand each job is different but as an example using this videos job site as an example can you give us a basic idea with out going into details? This is something I never see in your videos and interests me greatly. Thanks again for the great videos.

[@louisroman7134]

One little flick and the skid--steer is fully loaded, pretty cool,

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Man, what a luck! You'll get payed for it and get best sand for free! 😄

[@MarkSmith-zt2zl]

It would take 2 years, a hydrology study and a DEP permit to do this in PA.

[@gravelydon7072]

And ten years down here in S. Florida. Because you'd have to beat the environmentalists in court first. They fight you even when you are trying to improve the environment.

[@sigelcity4409]

I believe you underestimated that 2 years mark. Depending on which watershed you live in

[@jo9732]

Great video but I don’t understand why the guy wanted the berms on the side of his road. I would think that would prevent the road from draining nicely. That said, Darn talented operation skills. 👍🇺🇸😀

[@daves2023]

I am 75 and have no hearing,my only understanding of what you do is the CC. Most of the videos you show do not have CC turned on. I would enjoy so much more if I could read what you are saying. Thanks David, from Iowa

[@eugened41]

WHO NEEDS A GRADING bucket? NOT CHRIS! Nice work.

[@petenolte4192]

You said that about the animal hospital too. Lol but at least you know it's sand and nothing hiding underneath. By the way I didn't know your farm has an official name( by watching sot metalworks) stay safe Chris!!!!

[@assassinlexx1993]

What is the name of the farm?

[@petenolte4192]

@@assassinlexx1993 watch SOT Metalworks he has a great channel about him making signs

[@TrevorDennis100]

Hey, cool tip. Knowing the farm name and location of Uncle John's company, we can find Oak Ridge Farms on Google maps. It is super cool looking down on the farm, and I think we can see Chris towing what looks like a skid steer past his house on the way round to the sheds. We can see the pole barn in the cow field, so the images can't be that old. That is a nice metal sign SOT Metalworks has made for Chris. Thanks again for the heads up.

[@Dontworryboutit315]

@@TrevorDennis100 yeah not creepy at all..

[@Blazer02LS]

@@TrevorDennis100 The farm isn't just a farm, His partner runs a farmers market out of it along with selling many other items like meats and soon flowers. It is online at Oak Ridge Farms. And on YT at FarmLifeNC

[@sbellock5]

Two months to drain the pond down, one day for you and John to get the work done.

[@oisinprendergast]

keep up great work.from Ireland

[@tomswindler64]

I see you must be having an off day,looks like Johns truck took the brunt of it.between getting stuck and you getting the poor truck muddy as hell,can’t believe you haven’t cleaned your windshield on the loader yet,just picking on you.accomplished lot in video for the day 😎😎😎👍👍👍

[@ricklane8554]

Wow you have a nice job Chris :)

[@michaelg6686]

That's a nice property. It doesn't look neglected.

[@TheBlueberry606]

I finally saw the name clearly on the dump truck. Been wondering forever lol. Guins Excavating Service ?

[@MOzarkMike]

Could you relocate your windshield wiper motor? I can’t see the bucket when it’s up over the truck.

[@BionicRasta]

Theres a good job going for you in digging out that container ship in the Suez canal? 👍

[@thomasyerbey337]

Great video Chris 🇺🇲

[@helodriver20]

Where did you get your matts?

[@stephencarlson1160]

Would of been first if it was for the nurse.. Now something interesting to watch..thxs Chris

[@ginadelsasso288]

Forgive me for asking but how much do these pond dig outs usually cost? Like are they 10k to 20k jobs or is it closer to the 70k to 100k jobs? Do you have a video of cost break downs? I know every job is different but a ball park would be great to know.

[@bobjoncas2814]

...lookin' good, nice job...stay safe..

[@driver1505]

Was beside one of your dump trucks yesterday on 264 @ Smithfield rd exit

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

Awesome job Chris

[@IslandHermit]

How frequently does the average pond have to be dredged? I've been watching Chris for about two years now and am wondering at what point he'll be cleaning up ponds that I've seen him do before.