Filling In A Old Farm Pond

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[@kens.3729]

That Area is already looking a LOT Better. Don’t need the Pond, then get rid of it. 👍

[@donbraden8533]

Nothing wrong with a little trade when it benefits both parties I have done it many of time looks nice already have a good day my friend 😀👍👍

[@kevinvallee9049]

Great video thanks for letting us ride with ya. Looks great already.

[@toddreynolds8875]

That machine does have a pretty impressive cycle time

[@arizonajames6131]

Okay this is different after years of watching you dig ponds now you're going to feel one in . awesome.

[@jimbeck6093]

Hope to see more parts/episodes of this project. Love to see water projects!!

[@landrybenjamin8668]

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[@kingsleyreginald6269]

@Landry Benjamin instablaster ;)

[@landrybenjamin8668]

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[@landrybenjamin8668]

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[@kingsleyreginald6269]

@Landry Benjamin no problem xD

[@augustreil]

This is weird watching Chris FILLING a pond, Like I'm watching a video of his in reverse, lol. Did ya see any fish coming out ? Thumbs up.

[@whobee8868]

A couple sharks

[@chinesepugs-bestbreedofdog7254]

A couple of fucking sharks 🦈!

[@davidrogers7578]

Bet there is going to be a lot of pissed off turtles

[@randycharest4507]

ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊

[@keithdunlap2701]

Always nice to find someone to do a little horse trading with ya !! Big savings on you and the land owner in the long run... Another Great one Chris !! Have a Great evening....

[@bruceb3786]

I have never seen a grappling bucket with long teeth on both sides. What a machine ! Love watching these vids ! I am in the cab !! thanks.

[@rayasunchine]

Appreciate this example. Thank you. I have erosion concerns here and wonder if it would work to take slices a little off the top of the temporary dam at a time to slow and reduce the volume of water released to preserve the ground it will run out over? Cheers.

[@stephenkeefer3436]

Nice to have a haul-free pond job for a change. The old “ Dig-n-splash” method. 😁

[@monkeyjou206]

please help watch my channel dear

[@chinesepugs-bestbreedofdog7254]

The old “Dig-and-splash” method.

[@bottleforty1]

When I was young, I always wanted to be a heavy equipment operator. Instead I learned to play guitar. I wish I would have stuck to my first dream. Ha.

[@c5back9]

It’s amazing what can be done when you’ve got know how AND the right equipment.

[@mischef18]

Frogs will think the tide is going out.

[@arkansas1336]

That is a god start on the reclamation. Thanks for the video!

[@nickrowland5537]

Enjoy all your videos

[@strietermarinesurvey1415]

In Michigan they won't let you fill any wet lands in I'm surprised it's legal in your state. Great job!

[@rhymereason3449]

People are nuts... that pond was an oasis for wildlife and could have been stocked with crappie to provide a lot of protein for the table. In addition, filling it with a lot of biodegradable debris is going to make an unstable mess for 50 years. They should have just done some clearing around it to open it up some for better aeration.

[@ntepup77]

*pretty please next time could you put a camera up to video the release of the water and the draining? It could be an hour long...no editing...and I and a ton of people would watch the WHOLE thing! That's how I found you (breaking up a beaver dam) and have watched all your birds and even for the hubs watching them too. I have watched EVERY beaver dam vid on KZbin. LOVE the water vids!! Great job!!*

[@duanecarter8043]

ntepup Maybe like a split screen ,huh? ✌🏻🙏 from Va.

[@ntepup77]

@@duanecarter8043 or even just a video all by itself!

[@Honda-wing5811]

I would have kept it clean up the side dug the pond out more put a cheesy dock in. That’s just me because I don’t have a pond.

[@billycarber9158]

I agree-will take 50 years of rot and fill before pond area is like rest of fields--different areas will decay at different rates and sink areas have to be filled

[@ian_b5518]

A pity to see a pond go.

[@duanecarter8043]

DOWN IN FRONT! Can’t see all the water. Lol. Thanks for sharing. 🙏✌🏻🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜

[@sighpocket5]

Nice!!! ( would have been a nice fishin/swimin hole!!! )

[@guygfm4243]

Thanks for sharing just love your videos From uk

[@dexhummer1]

We still need Tim's story about breaking the glass????....Looks like they just cut winter wheat? Hows Wes doing down there...i saw the vid of Timmy telling hay bales fall over..lol. Great work Chris!! Need Onelonley and Letsdig18 vid..lol!

[@Rickimusic]

i though it was because Tim was too close to that fire for too log.

[@1armedguy4]

Those other trees were nailed down but the one you had trouble extracting was screwed down with lag bolts. Cheers !

[@monkeyjou206]

Amazing EC160C pull the tree. good job

[@inmotion81]

8 feet bet there some nice fish in there .

[@sabgab]

I bet there were as well...

[@Aaron-qr3tg]

is irrigation pond doubt they ever had fish put in it when they made the pond

[@morehp1]

Aaron you don’t have to put fish in a pound over time fish eggs carried on birds gets in the water. Iv ask to fish a many of farm ponds and have farmers tell me they have never put any fish in it since it was for irrigation pond. I reply be okay to fish it anyway. Sure knock your self out is usually the reply iv got. Iv always caught plenty of good blue gill from they’s ponds.

[@gayle4804]

So cool!

[@canvids1]

enjoyed your video thanks Chris

[@trickmytractor7187]

You can never have to many dump sites👍

[@along4710]

Agree with the comments on watching the water flow and establishing water flows or drains.

[@Chris_In_Texas]

Great trade of labor/time for waste... 👍

[@jodymitchell4020]

You should have made Tim sit in the middle on a float, hey Tim. Hang on lil buddy, there goes Tim.....trooper, that Tim....

[@rajbeekie7124]

Funny how things work. Years ago, someone paid good money to have a pond dug. Today, they are paying to fill it. Chris this could be a big win for you. They are paying you to drop so many loads and you are charging others to remove their junk. If this is the case, making money never got easier. I have some friends in the trucking business and they tell me this happens quite often.

[@finscreenname]

Just like my neighbors pool. Mom put it in for the kids. Mom passes and the kid takes over the house and fills it in. lol

[@mf135]

good operator, easy on the machine could watch this for hours

[@along4710]

In addition, would be interested in watching creating areas for wet fields to drain to and allow the field to dry out and become usable.

[@kevinjasper6620]

Skilled Operator ! Also mean looking bucket.

[@vhostovich]

Looks like another pond series. : )

[@PhantomPanic]

When does a puddle become a pond? When does a pond become a lake?

[@glennhunter7018]

I really enjoy your videos you’re a hell of a operator you’re on that machine be safe

[@rriquelmy3522]

Beautiful control

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

"Put as much stuff in there as you like." This is exactly how people like Jimmy Hoffa disappear without a trace. Chris: "There aren't many farmers out here with names like Rocco Narducci...."

[@sn99cobra]

How long before Timmy gets the dump truck stuck in the pond while dropping off a load?

[@primus108]

Why are you not digging a deeper ditch to allow more of the water to drain?

[@sighpocket5]

Bruce Symington erosion!?!?

[@MrScotttraynor]

any plans to go back to that big clearing job you had last year? ie; farmer wanted it all done?

[@sydneyshinshi]

Thats gold having somewhere to dump.

[@rodlawrence5946]

I bet there was some pissed of snakes!

[@whateverittakes5580]

But.....its such a nice looking pond! I'd let your kids play in it.

[@jrand2631]

Nice video, but after watching a lot of your videos, I've been wondering if you ever get in trouble with the wildlife and preservation authorities? It would be illegal to fill a pond that size - well actually any size of pond, except for a very small garden/Koi pond - without a written permit in my neck of the woods (Denmark) and the powers in control would be breathing down your neck, claiming you're destroying the habitat for insects, amphibians, snakes, birds and whatnot... It would actually cost you a hefty fine.

[@thepotterer3726]

Was thinking the same myself, UK.

[@jrand2631]

@@thepotterer3726 Yeah, you guys also have some very strict laws on the area...

[@PettyClipper]

@@jrand2631 those arent strict laws. this is a farm pond meaning the only critters in there are frogs and snakes. both will have an easy time relocating

[@nathanrobinson6244]

All the fish probably some big ones in there

[@Solitudelakemanagement]

I'm totally binge-watching your videos, haha. Out of curiosity do you work with aquatic specialists when you do these jobs? Or is your work strictly mechanical?

[@grahamefreestone5309]

That looks like snake city now Chris. ;-) 🇬🇧

[@Mjk86]

What’s the craziest things you encounter taking downs trees?

[@whobee8868]

Snakes falling out of them

[@Mjk86]

Whobee 88 ohh f that lol

[@mandy8211]

nice spiderweb on the windshield.

[@ashleywynn4923]

Back up a few episodes and you’ll find out what happened, but it wasn’t Chris.

[@Farmall450]

I'd probably have kept t, they won't gain much decent ground

[@TheAmpair]

Might lose a few mosquitoes though . . .

[@maineman11]

I would have drained it, filled it in and kept the trees.

[@donburg5125]

Destruction at its finest

[@greghoffstadt667]

Did you ever get her filled in?

[@Jmaug]

Watch at 1.75 speed, you can still understand the commentary, see quick progress and allows you to watch the NEXT addictive video 😁

[@dennyoconnor8680]

Those rotting trunks under the spoil and back fill will make that ground unstable for a generation.

[@samboslc]

Don't think they are going to build skyscraper on top or launch a rocket. It will be fine for farming purposes in just a few yrs. or less. . .

[@chinesepugs-bestbreedofdog7254]

All those rotting trees, tree trunks under the spoil and backfill will make that ground unstable for a generation.

[@Eizzi17]

Where did you cut the water loose to? Is it just running out in a field?

[@waynedorst5539]

Been following for awhile, my question is, "What happens to the turtles and frogs, once you tore their house down?"

[@thesunsetreptiles]

What if there was fish or other animals living in there

[@The_Chosen_None_]

They they aren't now

[@chinesepugs-bestbreedofdog7254]

They aren’t living now. They’re dead.

[@carlcook3297]

Any up date on the Old farm pound?

[@leestrickland]

That would have been an ideal spot to dump all of that mud back from the pond silt cleanout if you guys didn't already have a spot down the road from there.

[@kellymcmanaway4069]

This would be a great place to dump the boulders from the pet hospital too.

[@mustang35146]

Was there fish in this pond?

[@leoslandscape24]

Chris is better than dirt ninja KZbin channel

[@belllpatrick]

Leo's Landscape hands down

[@ruobe1]

have you ever opened up a yellowjacket nest clearing land

[@whobee8868]

Hell yes and if you’re on an open cab it sucks

[@jeff6981]

This pond will survive

[@CumminsDslPwr]

I have a few "things" I need to bury Chris. They shouldn't take up too much room. Do you supply the chains and concrete blocks, or should I bring my own? No questions asked, right? Wink wink, nudge nudge.

[@augustreil]

Shhhh, This is where Jimmy Hoffa is.

[@Chris_L034]

maybe youll get another big dredging job and fill it right up.

[@monkeyjou206]

please help watch my video dear

[@bigdog8891]

Burning the late light

[@letsdig18]

16 hour day today lol

[@bluemtnsman]

🤔🤔. Beaver buffet. 😀😀

[@edcorder]

Just curious, your fires are very hot. Do you worry about your hydraulic lines burning or melting? Enjoy your videos.

[@WalmartBiker]

We did this to a pond and turned it into a retention pond

[@1995jug]

That's a honey hole for you guys as much as you have to haul off.

[@rbugbee5790]

I haven't seen any new videos lately Chris. I would love to see some new ones.

[@Forestryman707]

What is going to be the next equipment purchase for the company?

[@VaporheadATC]

He should get a forestry mulcher.

[@johnnyholland8765]

@@VaporheadATC Not unless he wants to go broke quickly........ If you think excavators are costly to run try a mulching head. Even a small one will quickly bankrupt you. I am not kidding.

[@WalmartBiker]

Johnny Holland some guys that clear for us have a giant one. They run it all the time.

[@bigtarheelfan]

That was one stubborn stump.

[@robertrockwell7581]

WOW. strange too see you fill one in instead of building or repairing one.

[@DEWW]

Well that thumb sure is an awesome invention isn't it.

[@e36racer44]

Fish??????

[@thomasrobert4654]

talk about "watching paint dry"

[@johnm.evangelis693]

That's why you should have dug a bigger trench to let a lot more water out Chris.

[@steffen5527]

any fish in the pond?

[@williamfisher9803]

Do y’all have cottonmouths in NC?

[@grahamefreestone5309]

I lived in NC in the 70s on Lake Norman, Catawaba County and I'm sure as a kid that I remember them and water moccasins. I think they are same though.. 🇬🇧

[@Rickimusic]

"The Cottonmouth, also referred to as a water moccasin, is native to North Carolina. It is a heavy bodied, semi-aquatic snake, which is often found in wetland areas such as swamps, marshes and tidal creeks. Cottonmouths are members of the pit viper family, which also includes Copperheads and rattlesnakes." Loaded with them in sections of Dare County, where I live, half the year. The other half, I am not too far from Chris's abode.

[@kittypurr11]

I live in NC, and yes we do.

[@ekfalcons09]

Have you gotten this pond filled in yet?

[@rodsankey2974]

It's hard to believe how you like to destroy trees for no reason

[@The_Chosen_None_]

Those ain't trees, they're weeds

[@jamesmitchell5013]

Is that your nice new machine with a scratched up window already?

[@stephencicero]

As far as payment is this s freebe for both of you?

[@strykerv1620]

Id say yes. Chris get a free dump site for awhile. And eventually this guy gets flat land

[@alexosborne5629]

Chris, are you feeling alright??? Didn't think it was in your capacity to destroy a pond..... thought you repaired or built them!!! Always enjoy your videos sir 👍

[@davebrittain9216]

Really weird that someone wants to get rid of a pond when everyone else tends to want one dug. Shame to destroy it.

[@outtatime4512]

Killing trees & destroying a water source. Poor resource management.

[@kennethcross5572]

I see that the screen has been replaced yet

[@ilovenitnat]

For those wanting to see a pond being made simply play the film backwards.

[@robfraley4210]

That EC160 is starting to get pretty Clickety Clackity now. 😯🤭

[@jackman6256]

If you don't have any place to put stumps an they don't burn or you can't Burn them can you just dig them up an turn upside down and cover back up Is that ok to do

[@slavr8]

In Washington State that would be considered a wetland that you are "ruining." Every puddle is a sensitive area protected by huge buffers.