Even The Law Cant Slow Me Down

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[@1Igster1]

I can hear Sir David Attenborough now: "The volvosaurus has learned a new skill: the use of tools. By pure chance he discovered that dropping a big rock onto another it usually breaks the rock into smaller pieces. Over time he has found that certain rocks do a better job of breaking others; it remains to be seen if he will pass this skill onto his progeny."

[@Vex-Milk]

The mask/gloves thing really had me laughing. "What do I know, I just dig the dirt."

[@davecrable1356]

When Chris hit the rock that he thought was earth I think we heard him teeth rattle 😁

[@kens.3729]

Chris has his Dentist’s Cell Phone # in case of Emergency Repairs to his Teethes. 😬👍

[@warrenotey8258]

Summer teeth. Sum r here, sum r there. AvE

[@laman491]

The teeth on the bucket for sure

[@buckwhitetail1876]

I felt that in my kidneys!

[@jwhayes1965]

I never would’ve thought I would spend so much time watching somebody dig rock in a week. Is this what city supervisors feel like??? 🤣🤣

[@Skwisgar2322]

It always amazes me how powerful excavators are. When you ask most people they might think a bulldozer or bucket loader is the most powerful equipment on a site, but excavators are beasts.

[@jrotcelite]

Most people underestimate how much power there is to be had from hydraulics period

[@waffenbear117]

The bulldozer moves a lot more weight than the excavator.

[@medaugh]

I've always kinda wondered what exactly Fred Flintstone did at the quarry all day. Glad I got a glimpse into a day in the life of. :) The low camera angle really does put into perspective just how big some of those rocks are. Enjoy the Water Buffalo meeting!!

[@carlmclelland7624]

"Quota?" NO, Chris, it's called a... "PERFORMANCE STANDARD!" I stopped and cited a lady one day for speeding. As she signed her ticket, she said, "WELL! I hope this meets your QUOTA!" I looked down at her and in a soft voice uttered, "No ma'am, they took away my Quota... They let me write as many as I want to now!" THAT got me a trip to the Captain's office!!

[@flmedic1]

@Carl McClelland, I think you pulled over a "Karen". Seeing as you put her in full Karen mode she called to complain. "Your officer said that you allow them to write as many itckets as they want. Is this how you're funding the police department? No wonder crime is the way it is; all of your officers are out writing tickets instead of arresting actual criminals." LOL

[@alan.macrae]

Been there, done that. A guy told me he paid my salary, I pulled out a dime and gave it to him and said, "Here, I give it back".

[@carlmclelland7624]

@@alan.macrae I LOVE IT! I admit, I never thought of that... wish I had - I've worn those shoes. Stay safe, buddy.

[@mikes1345]

@@carlmclelland7624 my Lt told me if I just wouldn't say my 1st thought with those smart a..es I wouldn't be in his office so much. But as the years go by its the same old remarks so might as well say it. Retirement is a good reward though!

[@HawkGirl69]

@@alan.macrae I used to work at HD and we had an officer from the county come in and we knew him well. He was hanging out with us for a bit and this customer come up. Takes a photo or video and says “ that’s my tax dollars at work” and then walks off. I really don’t have patience for losers like that. We followed the officer to watch him talk to the guy and the officer took a picture of the customer. I died laughing

[@GlenSRII]

Definitely stuck between a rock and a hard place 😂👀 come on someone had to say it lol

[@alfadoofus]

Like a rolling stone :)

[@stephenhunter70]

Talk about being stoned!

[@scruffy6151]

👍👍

[@jayh9529]

That was rock bottom 😆

[@kenprevatt1267]

Kick rocks man .

[@IR-nq4qv]

Almost like the excavator has a mind of its own, Chris is just along for the ride.

[@munsters2]

I like the way you ease those rocks into the trucks. I've seen some people drop them in from 10' or higher.

[@sparky178]

You should have asked Officer Hoover to check the air in the Excavator tracks😆

[@robertlonsdale3826]

numb nuts would probably have tried

[@maryschillinger2909]

Lol 😆

[@harveylong5878]

that AMI bucket and thumb earning their keep. AMI could use this job as a testament to durability of that model bucket and thumb. taking care of the dump trucks not beating them all to hell is quality of a competent operator. getting there slowly but surely, keep up the good work Chris

[@Blazer02LS]

The AMI pieces are on Chris's personal 220, this is the company one. Easy way to tell them apart is to look at the thumb, The AMI Chris has uses a progressive linkage not a direct cylinder connection.

[@harveylong5878]

@@Blazer02LS yep you are rite. mixed up which machine Chris had on this job

[@Blazer02LS]

@@harveylong5878 Yeah, it's easy to do, think he needs to add a new logo sticker in the cab and outside on his machines.

[@wrodgers21]

"I just dig the dirt here." Lol

[@desolatemetro]

Dirt on the bucket looks like an eye so the whole thing looks like a big dinosaur head. I can't unsee it now! Amazing how easily the machine picks up those big boulders.

[@richwielechowski5191]

Office Hoover will live forever. Enjoyed being in the cab with you this week. Thanks.

[@MrShanghai34]

I work in NC at a rental store. I got stopped by one of the most reasonable DMW officers I have ever encountered. He weighed my truck(Overweight by 2450), informed me I needed a DOT nmbr on my truck and then he started writing. He let me drive back to the rental yard so I could unload and where he could finish up the paper work.

[@jimm2099]

The in-cab footage looked more like you were riding a motocross bike than a 220! Thanks for all the videos as always!

[@williambryant5946]

I was on a job site directly beside a road like you are here one time and I was running a trackhoe taking out a concrete building pad and had dump trucks hauling it away. A DMV officer pulled up on the job and checked the fuel in the service truck I was driving to make sure I wasn't running offroad diesel in it. He didn't check out any of the dump trucks only the fuel in my service truck. He pulled up, got out, run that clear tube down in the tank to sample the fuel, waved and got back in his car and left. I didn't even get off the trackhoe I just kept working. That mail lady was real smart eating with her gloves on. Jees! 🤦‍♂️ Stay well. -Wil 👍

[@mslorry3420]

WOW, that last one is about the size of the cab your in. Crazy amount of rock you have dealt with this week. Definitely a back breaker.

[@heathworsley8347]

I can't seem to get enough of you dropping big rocks on big rocks! Reminds me of taking a hammer and a chisel out to the old walls of the long-forgotten barn on my family's property when I was a Youngster. Love your videos and have for a while. I tell my family about them often.

[@GBsPitstop]

“I’ll load these just a little lighter” I busted out laughing. 😂😂😂😂

[@ikillbugs]

Especially as no sooner does he say that, he proceeds to load the truck just as full as the last 100 loads 😂

[@andrewcarnes1726]

Officer Hoover must have heard you talking about the erosion police

[@erock89x89]

If someone told you, youd spend 3 hours on the toilet watching someone break rocks, would you believe it? You got me again.

[@HightowerLSSD]

30 minutes on a toilet and I lose all feeling in my legs below the knees.... :D

[@joeyshort2694]

Glad I'm not the only one that does that.

[@caseykitchens2771]

Ah unless Asmodus is tattooed upon your breast one wears as a laymen, then it would be porn , yep Asmodus demon of lust.

[@caseykitchens2771]

Asforetold

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Watching your machine eating into those rocks - It really does highlight the power and build quality of the machines. Awesome engineering! 😀

[@kennethhume8628]

Thanks for including some rock dropping , it’s all good stuff Chris . 😄🇬🇧

[@Nighthawke70]

That's a tooth-cracking job site. That's about ten grand worth of hardened steel right there.

[@nancyaustin2430]

That has got to be a very expensive place to build. With all your work and others. Then foundations, plumbing, building good grief its a money pit. You do fabulous work.

[@briangardiner1015]

You think that is expensive people build houses on the side of mountains all the time, and they KNOW the rock is there.

[@smallbackhoe9505]

I also liked how the mail truck was parked by the fire hydrant

[@jenniferbutcher8393]

Hahaha! The mail lady with the gloves...right!? Just wash your hands, people! Spot on, Chris!

[@tomski38]

I think you have better camera placement then discovery channel on goldrush!

[@cubleycat]

Arh my daily dose of chill out with Letsdig18, awesome. I can totally zone out and forget all the things annoying me. Unlike movies or TV you cant predict what’s coming next, with every scoop the plot changes lol. I love watching the rocks drop and break, please do a bit more Chris 😊

[@MrsTnRebel]

Entertainment at it's best... Dropping big rocks on other big rocks... to make smaller "big" rocks ... even had a mini heart attack when lifting that HUGE slab and seeing the tracks slip and dip a little... good thing Chris has nerves of steel. I would have been holding on like a vise. This has been a great series...Thanks again Chris.

[@smfield]

Why is this so addictive to watch?

[@maryschillinger2909]

Well which reason do you want: so many to choose from but #1 reason is DAAAAAAAMMM HE'S GOOD AT IT. That's one reason. LMAO

[@tommygunn1647]

How can so many folks NOT LIKE these videos... I LUV watching WORK! 🤣

[@boban250]

This man is literally playing with rocks with an excavator for a job. 7yo me would have died of jealousy :D

[@chadstreit8531]

40something y.o. me is jealous!! :-)

[@saratola]

Well, 50 yo me is jealous :P

[@scotts1703]

I am lying here. in a hospital bed with covid watching you play in a mud hole. sandbox and skip an ocasionial stone thanks for the memories

[@anthonyyates616]

Good luck on your recovery sir

[@carleborn8184]

When you were recording from outside, all I could think was your machine looked like a T-Rex playing with his food!

[@HightowerLSSD]

I'm a dump driver near Havelock NC. DOT can run your tag and see when the last inspection was. Most times it's just a "it's been 2 months since your last. Flash your lights, hit your horn, move the wipers...here's your Lvl2. Go on about your way." My truck is relatively new (still under warranty) so DOT isn't a major hurting for me. But some of the other trucks out there will find other ways to and from the pit :P when DOT is running amok.

[@CalhounContracting]

"what do I know, I just bust up rocks for a living" lol

[@clivehorridge]

Ha, ha, Chris playing ‘conkers’ with rocks... maybe a dozer with a ripper would have been more efficient, depending on quantity ... love the way he ‘places’ the rocks into the truck, not to damage the bed.... 🇷🇴🇬🇧👍🏻🤣

[@BannerTrucking2]

Did you bother Karen at 630am? Good thing Justin wasn't running with y'all this time 😂

[@jasonking2943]

She walked out and her nuts got cold and she was pissed

[@johnleonard4261]

Work is so satisfying I can sit and watch Chris as long as he posts these videos!

[@carychurchill2987]

Chris, at least on this job you don’t have to worry about finding your mats sunk down in the mud

[@GerryJ08]

Chris I love your technical wording for a miscalculation. I done did a booboo now. Beautiful. To increase your rock crushing score may I suggest you use a large rock that is reasonably flat as a "table" to put the rock to be crushed on. The problem with dirt as the base is that it absorbs some of the impact energy.

[@sparky178]

Imagine the irony if this job was for a Chiropractors Office 😆

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

Or a Massage Parlor...

[@railfan439]

A rolling stone gathers no moss. I saw neither moss nor mold on that stone. Thanks for the video. Jon

[@BUDSBEAU]

i think if you have a place to store some of these big rocks, you could sell them as landscape boulders and make some good money from them.

[@igotsnacks13]

I Smile every time you drop a rock and Miss :) ROCK ON !!!!!! Salute.

[@andrewcarnes1726]

Go tag the cop car with a dirt perfect sticker 🤣

[@ronaldheit196]

What amazes me is how Officer Hoover gets around so much between No. Carolina and Indiana. He must subscribe to both of them to time his inspections.

[@timclevinger1648]

😂😂

[@scruffy6151]

Jpaydirt sticker would look good beside Dirt Perfect sticker lol.

[@IanPritchard]

The mail lady's gloves and sandwiches. LOL!

[@Sword-Shield]

Careful. Don't bite your tongue 😜 hitting those BIG ROCKS ! 😁🤣✌🇺🇲

[@marvsmoir701]

Amazing what that Volvo can do!!! Keep a check on the welds. Your LetsDig bucket sure taking a beatin...

[@kittty2005]

Yes it was very enjoyable, that big flat rock was insane.

[@MrGaryGG48]

MANY years ago, my dad was attempting to get rid of a flat rock about 3' thick by 12 to 15 feet across, on our homestead in Alaska. He was using a Cat RD18, WWII surplus dozer. He had shoved it about 100' to the edge of a ravine and was juuuuust about to the point of no return when my mother came out of the cabin waving her arms and yelling, "STOP!!" I know he couldn't hear her but he saw the movement in the corner of his eye and knew better than to ignore it. He was thinking, "Damn! I was THAT close!" It took him at least twice as long to get it back where she wanted it (for a picnic table) since it was right on the edge and he couldn't get around it. It was so heavy that all he could do with it was nudge it from the corners. There was just too much weight for that old Cat to shove straight away. The Cat was a cable blade machine with a gas powered pony engine, no hydraulics, and an open deck. There was no roll cage, no cab at all, and the exhaust stack was about 4' in front of the operator. Getting it started on the homestead, at 30 below zero was most definitely a challenge. It became one of those family stories (from 1954) that we all got many laughs out of, but he was so frustrated at the time! ;^)

[@AntoniEmanuel7328]

This animal hospital site, is the gift that keeps on giving.

[@robertforrest7956]

Another day at the Rock Quarry..😎. Your Volvosaurus is working well I see....🤣. Hope the Hot Tubs already warmed up. 👍

[@actuallowroller]

So fascinating! Thanks for another great video, giant boulders, mail carriers, and police! Stay well everyone.

[@bigtarheelfan]

Making His Grade the only way he knows How, that's just a little bit more than the Law will allow.

[@bigtarheelfan]

@@simonsimon557 Thanks!

[@K7DFA]

😁😁😁😁

[@K7DFA]

"Straightenin' them curves, flattenin' them hills. Someday the mountain might get him, but the law never will."

[@randymcguire9130]

Watch most of your posts very entertaining and educational thanks

[@makingithappen5178]

The Volvosaurus will probably need new teeth soon.

[@mj6922]

Yeah

[@bearpump]

Already in the bid, from a previous video.

[@makingithappen5178]

@@bearpump Jeupp.

[@doylestill327]

@@bearpump how much are Dinosaur teeth?

[@MonsoonEast]

I was so thinking Fred Flintstone

[@antonybrown432]

I've been hauling Rock dirt and asphalt for 30 years you going to have big rocks like that and even bigger but you are one of the best operators I've ever seen Euro trucks like you care about them like they were your own

[@GlobalistJuice]

Chris of Letsdig18, is a "Bronto Crane Operator" at Slate Rock and Gravel Company.... Yabba-Dabba-DOoOOo!

[@arthurjennings5202]

I live in the Houston Tx area, we don't got rocks like that, unless we pour them with rebar and concrete

[@timothystevenhoward]

Why the heck did they want to build there. Like digging out Mt Rushmore 🤪

[@m2hmghb]

He covered it in one of the other videos. Most of the land in that area has been bought so you have to make due with what you can get. The housing you can see had the same problems.

[@donaldalexanderrichards4422]

I got a new NIC name for Chris Fred Flintstone

[@uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759]

Now I can really recognize this digging as in ridges and old river bottoms In Sweden. But of course it's where these Volvo's originated! Not everything is mud in NC! :D Be glad it's not pure granit when you drop and crush. Can cost you a new windshield on excavator if you don't have the "bullet proof" option or an extra Makrolon sheet in front.

[@lordhoho1]

The agent who sold this lot must be really good.

[@moseszero3281]

More like whoever decided to dig the whole place out was an idiot. They could have put ramps up or something. IIRC it was only like 4 ft up - It probably would have been better to shave off a foot and use that to fill in the edges.

[@moseszero3281]

@@simonsimon557 nope :D But I live in a hilly region - There are plenty of places around here with retaining walls at the edges - the Walmart has a twenty foot tall wall on one side because they had to level the area. Others have walls where it was built up at the lower ends of the property.

[@Stettafire]

@@moseszero3281 Near all the properties in my hometown have this cus it's on a mountain side

[@palladini9718]

As A Canadian Truck driver, there was 4 Hour time in OHIO, and in that 4 Hours I had 3 Full Class 1 Inspections by the Ohio DOT

[@Blazer02LS]

Ohio always has an issue with trucks, used to avoid that state if at all possible.

[@gman8260]

This job site probably makes you yearn for a nice pond dredging job!!!

[@luvr381]

Watching from the outside that boom and bucket look like a Terminator-esque animatronic dinosaur.

[@Harry-zz2oh]

I think he should paint the bucket and thumb. It already has some dark spots, I assume from the paint it used to have.

[@parkerzimmerman8399]

First! huge fan keep up the great work and stay safe! God bless!🇺🇸

[@jessekincheloe2719]

I always enjoy your videos so very calming for some reason

[@localcrew]

It is *definitely* hammer time.

[@theodoredugranrut8201]

@@bottomlands Way before my time class of 82

[@gmoore1985]

Do do do do do do do do can't touch this

[@theodoredugranrut8201]

@@gmoore1985 ah hahaha ha

[@NaeNotThin]

Amazing how brittle yet heavy that sandstone is!

[@Jimleben]

27:10 look like they had some charges that were duds judging by the drill hole that was intact

[@Nathanm7977]

i had the same thoughts .

[@DavidD-qr2vn]

Possibly a lost hole. (Got covered over by dirt, couldn't find it later to load it.)

[@briantownsend7607]

Chris i just want to say Thanks for all you do with these vidios and all. Keep up the great work!

[@tonygough8713]

Chris,an interesting day with the trooper and female mail carrier, free entertainment.

[@marcwohlmayer7897]

Lol.thats true🤣🤣😄

[@sleepib]

Undoing all that hard work the glacier did.

[@gslenaway]

You should offer to put one of these boulders into the trunk of Officer Hoovers car. Or better yet deliver a load of those big guys to his house

[@robertlonsdale3826]

please don,t exceed the axle loadings when you do :)

[@gimmysola9452]

UUUUh that big flat stone with the hole in it by the front of the house with a bell protruding from the hole ha ha ha ha ciao thank you for the video Chris nice !

[@SomeGuyInSandy]

I imagine there are going to be a few lawsuits over that lot.

[@mattywho8485]

Why ???

[@KanekiAtOtaku]

@@mattywho8485 he doesn't know what he's talking about, nothing about this job site is illegal.

[@leroybullied7705]

I guess it's just the nature of that area, If it's not four feet of sand with water underneath then it's just rock every where!

[@johnwaby4321]

Blimey now that was a rock and a half 😂😂. 👍👍👍

[@andrewcarnes1726]

What ever happened to the pond y'all was going to fill in? That would have been a good place for the rocks.

[@letsdig18]

it would have been filled in already lol

[@paulbutterfield6924]

You are so right about the gloves and mask. People checking you out in stores don’t ware gloves handling our cards etc. but have a mask and behind plastic shields 🤦

[@formdog9861]

i don't think people realize how much you get beat up in the excavator

[@justinlarrabee7932]

Hell I get just as beat up watching him over the years

[@kurtsweetser7861]

Wicked beat up

[@makingithappen5178]

@@justinlarrabee7932 Jeupp.

[@rhacker3058]

after 35yrs of excavator, scrapers, dozers and all other kinds of bone rattling machines, at 65 I feel like 100. Yes when you're young and dumb no big deal!! as time goes by a lot more moaning and groaning. At the end just getting out of bed is a pain in ass. They have a lot better seats now, but I'm still sure it hurts!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@makingithappen5178]

@@rhacker3058 I got you there. My 60 years feel like 80, after so many years in trucks and scrapers.

[@Mike.Howard]

Great progress on the site this week - well done to all!

[@mwconleyclan]

Playing in that rock is like smoking cigarettes for your machine, every 1 takes an hour off its life...

[@ladycobra3]

I can't believe I sat here and watched this video but more than that I can't believe I found it so interesting. This was enjoyable.

[@kevinpoore5626]

Nothing like some shake rattling and rolling it looks like it's going to be a bumpy ride LOL :-) :-)

[@ranger2316]

I remember when I was restocking and servicing ambulances, we, of course would wear gloves ... we also sanitized our hands and put CLEAN gloves on to eat lunch.

[@darronshirley7886]

Postal service is not hiring the sharpest of people that's for sure

[@SiddVic1]

just a thought. Officer Hoover was doing public relations stop. Probably an avid watcher/subscriber of your channel and saw an opportunity to get some good clean advertising. Another great video, thanks Chris

[@johnscott2849]

Why do I want to sing working on a chain gang every time I see you breaking rocks? Guess that dates me.

[@steveholton4130]

Big John

[@markpashia7067]

Put me in mind of Leavenworth. But I do remember the chain gangs clearing ditches in Florida back in the fifties. That had to be a bear with cotton mouths and gators to watch for as it was usually around swamp land.

[@amber07701]

Loved the big rock at the end

[@timmyfrierson2684]

Another great video Chris I can’t wait till they get the jackhammer back in there so you can get some videos of them busting up those big boulders but anyway brother you and John and yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming man

[@tincan6929]

The policeman will close you down with your rock concert 😂😂😂😂

[@michaelofsc4143]

Which do you like more, playing in the mud or with the rocks?

[@johnmccallum9542]

x2

[@garymurt9112]

I much prefer rock over mud. Rock might be rough, but at least its dry

[@OutdoorsWithShawn]

I used to hate when I got stopped and inspected by MDOT. But I realized it was for the safety of not only the other drivers on the road, bit for me as well. Eventually they stopped pulling over when they knew we were on top of our safety and paperwork. I did get popped by the scales once, the company was not happy.

[@tablet4327]

Hard to dig, but very satisfying to watch, thank you for taking us along.

[@koreywilliams4570]

I love seeing big machines pick up boulders like a grape and just tossing them off to a pile.

[@brianwebber7168]

You're making everyone else's job easier . Got to wonder if they forgot to charge that boulder for a shot or if it was a dud.

[@CountyLineGarage]

“What do I know, I just dig the dirt here” 😂😂👌