Chris I would like to thank-you for these last 2 videos as they were both 40min long, I know how much time this takes to edit & make presentable as I do this for my own videos that I take then edit. I'm sure that there is subs you have appreciate the work you put in and the time it take for this on top of your day job and the farm for their pleasure have been watching you for quite a few years now and seen you grow and the quality with it, great job on this site looks good and will be better once the grass grows cheers NZ.
@riverratriverrat26384 жыл бұрын
Iam very thankful for them 2. Don’t think that he is just doing this for fun. He is doing it to make money . I appreciate the work he puts into it 2 but he wouldn’t be doing it if he didn’t make money.
@davehoffman97674 жыл бұрын
I love them also,,, very well done work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@spawnkiller254 жыл бұрын
@@riverratriverrat2638 KZbin used to be all about doing it for fun
@williamcofsky75464 жыл бұрын
Dave Hoffman .
@riverratriverrat26384 жыл бұрын
mustcutmetal yes! Until people figured out they could make money. Then they dropped videos every week.
@photocontrol4 жыл бұрын
The pond looks great! Good that you got it done before the rain!
@heathworsley83474 жыл бұрын
Like a surgeon. Dressing in that pond wall with the VOLVO! Can't wait to see what this project looks like when grass grows in. Thank you for the video. Well done, both of you! !
@whobee88684 жыл бұрын
Imagine what your front lawn looks like just on a slope. Tilted a little
@kens.37294 жыл бұрын
Very Nice job with this Pond. 👍
@paulstephenson96644 жыл бұрын
Every time Timmy popped up from the over flow box I couldn't help thinking "Whack a mole with Timmy" 😂
@whobee88684 жыл бұрын
Yeah smush him with the excavator bucket lol
@remmiemax36244 жыл бұрын
Excavating and Farming are alike...ALWAYS fighting the weather...SO just focus, get along, and get-er-done! And of Course, Rock On!
@jeffstrains40144 жыл бұрын
You are correct and for those of us who were born into it that hustle is hard to get out of someone working for a dollar.
@wb8ujb4 жыл бұрын
As always, great job. You impress me with your skills. Do you ever go back after the grass is grown, pond is full of water to show what all your work was for? It would be neat to see a follow up on your work. Bob Mitchell
@roseanna91004 жыл бұрын
Tim will always fall short of Chris’s need for perfection, don’t take your stress out on your wing man, it’s only a job.
@68walter4 жыл бұрын
Yeah agree, not cool...
@bigcody16584 жыл бұрын
Jessica D must not be getting any from David huh ha
@bigcody16584 жыл бұрын
Jessica D Chris isn’t gay? If so more power to him but I just don’t get that vibe from him
@toddkratzer79534 жыл бұрын
@@bigcody1658 Chris is gay, he never mentions a girl but lives with a guy, that is effed up.
@bigcody16584 жыл бұрын
Todd Kratzer hell I didn’t know that, still again more power to him he’s a damn good operator and a good person
@michigandogman30604 жыл бұрын
Well from the comments, a lot of folks have never worked in construction. I was a industrial electrician for 12 years and if you got thin skin, don’t even think of working any construction job as you will cry 😭. If you screw up and the boss hollers at you, that’s how you learn, there’s no room for coddling on the job site leave your feelings at home.
@kipsterchi74184 жыл бұрын
Drive it like your names on the door Timmy!!
@philbohrman39183 жыл бұрын
The mechanic is sure learning things. Good to see you having back-to-back days of sunshine, Meredith.
@johnwaitchison4 жыл бұрын
If I ever needed to show anyone why I watch this channel, I would show the 06:00 - 10:00 minute time of this video. Smoothing the pond slope that fast and accurately with the bucket and arm compound movements really shows that we are watching an skilled operator. It is the 10,000 hour to become an expert rule in action.
@williamkirkland70024 жыл бұрын
Nice video, very good skills on the dozer grading. Your having too much fun playing with those full sized toys. I'm alittle jealous. LOL
@lancemerwin78644 жыл бұрын
Would love to come there and do a pond with ya !! I did 4 last year by myself not as big but at least 50 ft deep and a quarter acre round 👍 all done with a 210 link belt and a d39 komatso dozer 😜 deeper is better for the fish where I live 🥶
@prinzeugenvansovoyen7324 жыл бұрын
I'm just wondering you dig out the mud of meny ponds aren't there at least some ponds that have stone spread throughout it, like the kind of stone used on railway foundations or maybe concrete lined fish and swimming ponds I have rarely seen any pond with deep enough mud to loose a excavator into Like 5 inches of mud and sand below maybe but never 8ft of mud where is all that sediment from?
@sydneyshinshi4 жыл бұрын
Come on Timmy we go no time for pictures while im setting up the go pro and filming it all for KZbin.
@TrevorDennis1004 жыл бұрын
Hmmm... That's actually a really good point.
@davesalzer32204 жыл бұрын
Someone got their ass chewed and is projecting their own hurt on Tim. Find a new job Tim.
@The_Chosen_None_4 жыл бұрын
I think you girls read too much into things.
@Gen3tx4 жыл бұрын
He could have had it already recording and just cut it down to when something happened
@anderleof4 жыл бұрын
Haha!! Brilliant observation.
@TheDarrenc19734 жыл бұрын
im always amazed at how precise you can be with such a huge machine, would be great to see a video on the controls for any budding 360 digger drivers out there...
@63256325N4 жыл бұрын
Nicely done. The owners should be pleased. Thanks for the video.
@sinsofanubis10534 жыл бұрын
A hard, over-inflated rock truck tire WILL, fall into a rut. Now yes, you can just pedal to the metal and hope it makes it through, but wait until the day to flop the box over, or worse, the box stays up and the cab flops instead. You’ll be a little more “granny” on it then. A good operator knows, slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
@jonathandalton24474 жыл бұрын
Chris i love your videos , I have been in business for many years. When you as the "Boss" put yourself under pressure Please remember the guys helping you did not.
@richardofrugeley3 жыл бұрын
Really impressed how you manage to run the bucket up a slope in a straight line.
@kenguier63314 жыл бұрын
A remarkable job, extremely professional and well thought out and designed.. The operators work is very impressive. Overall a fantastic project and a fantastic job completing it....
@thomasmcalpine2873 жыл бұрын
It would be nice to revisit the ponds when they are full and see the overall perspective.
@TheShelton11114 жыл бұрын
Hello Chris Merry Christmas 🎄
@BeytekinConstructionMachinery4 жыл бұрын
Stucked dumper... lets move! Nice work there.
@bogywankenobi39594 жыл бұрын
It's amazing to me how much the job looks like hell right up till the last pass of the equipment, when it becomes a work of art.
@garycooper49824 жыл бұрын
can we have your rain where i live where in a drought and bush fires we havent had good rain in months
@peterlevy16824 жыл бұрын
Gary, can I go halves. I live in Australia and we need it badly. Hope you get your half.
@eliteearthworksllc4 жыл бұрын
Get it speed dozer 🤣. Looked great buddy!
@johnbyrne12584 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris, what was their reason for rolling the fabric the way they were doing it?
@randycarpenter29144 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the videos. You did a lot of work in a short time and still quality work. I like the longer videos. Thanks Chris for great videos.
@bradleymincey69054 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the electrical grimlin in the system!
@rsroor4 жыл бұрын
youre a damn good operator. im sure you can run that machine quicker when youre in a real hurry :)
@debrawalker31712 жыл бұрын
Those guys do get the job done no matter how long it takes
@danielsestina64574 жыл бұрын
Well done bro. Always enjoy your content. We're under the gun fighting the same weather here around Asheville. 20 acre greenhouse stormwater pipe installation, plus sitework.
@evilbrat53764 жыл бұрын
Not sure how many have said this but it amazes me how you can grade with that excavator as you do. What a touch ya have. Well done sir.
@Stubbykca2 жыл бұрын
You can tell Chris has years of experience building ponds.
@paulmcbride5844 жыл бұрын
I know this is months later and the issue is probably fixed...but if after running for an hour and turning off and on and it works better.... sounds like when the machine is cold there is contact somewhere and shorting...when it heats up the contact stops.... so weird... great videos, I have become addicted to them and they are helping me understand the work being done
@nickbeam54324 жыл бұрын
That is one big job for very little of equipment being used. Well Done !
@whobee88684 жыл бұрын
Well they always say a little goes a long ways
@joegoecke97114 жыл бұрын
I would so buy the theory of operation manual for that truck if it were mine; those detail everything, exactly what each wire color does and interacts with, the whole nine yards. Probably cost a grand, though.
@scrolemodel6 ай бұрын
Nice job! I only have about a 100 hours on a dozer over the past 20 years, so I suck, lol. You made quick work of grading that top soil, impressive! I have 15K+ hours on an excavator and backhoe each, and about 8K hours on a loader, so that's my skill set. I was born and raised on a backhoe, but I LOVE operating excavators!
@sonnybuzzing29194 жыл бұрын
Love the different camera angles!!
@tommymann694 жыл бұрын
Fantastic job
@jasonking29434 жыл бұрын
One would think after watching your videos since day one I would have learned one thing......call a pro to remove a Beaver dam. From your pond and leave tannerite alone.....nope not me !!!!
@dennis42514 жыл бұрын
Oh... mud and dust. Major crop of the Carolinas.
@whobee88684 жыл бұрын
And a major pain in the ass
@dude2001steve4 жыл бұрын
Great videos. I would love to see a few more 30+ minutes videos
@dimmerman1234 жыл бұрын
Don’t be mean to TIMMY!!!
@shitloveaduck4 жыл бұрын
Daniel K - Timmy should be leaving his cell phone in the pickup. My guys on the ranch knew how that worked. I see you texting on company time and you didn’t get a second warning. I see you texting and driving (anything) and you didn’t get one warning. It was in all of their contracts. My end of the bargain was a really expensive repeater tower?? I’m not sure, but it was about $95,000 for my portion of the cost amongst a few ranches and a deal with a cell provider. All the ranch house had high speed internet for the kids for school first, then entertainment. I had just a few rules and 5 long term fellas that respected those rules. I rewarded them with really nice homes, very nice living conditions for their families, new equipment (you would think I bought a new tractor for THEM and not me! Ok the Ranch.). I paid the long term fellas really well too. Enough the other ranchers would complain when the fellas talked amongst the ranches. Haha. Each year the 6th position would never stay full for long. It got harder and harder to get someone that could leave their damn phones alone. We got more done with those 5 guys and busted up old me than most ranches with 7 or 8 guys. I miss that crew now that I retired. Still see most on the weekends. They know there is always a meal, or beverage handy. If there are too many beverages, then the whole family/families have a place to stay in the house and RV. I didn’t have any major injuries on the ranch in over 35 years either! I hope I did well for the fellas and the families. The new owner is well liked by them already too! Lucky for them! Sorry, rambling. I hate cell phones at work. I also have two people that are no longer in my life due to 2 separate accidents where a distracted driver ran into their vehicles on 2 lane highways! One of the distracted drivers lived, but is spending some time in prison as a result. 3rd time he had a similar accident, no licence or insurance for the last accident. They locked him up!
@Wouter-van-der-Molen4 жыл бұрын
@@shitloveaduck Are you done venting :) As for the phone issue you could argue the same goes for Sir "Bigdeal18" and his camera. If you are really all about that focused work ethic. ps: Don't take my comment the wrong way.
@keeganmartodam21694 жыл бұрын
@GT500 I get what you are saying but it’s a good thing for a worker to have a phone on them.. I know from last summer working on a road job if I didn’t have my cell on me I wouldn’t of knew my dad was passing away.i got a phone call from my sister barely had service but I’m glad I had it on me (I never went on my phone to send texts or anything either.. I don’t like to act like I’m lazy on a job you are there to work)
@keeganmartodam21694 жыл бұрын
GT500 and btw I don’t agree with people using cell phones while driving heavy equipment I wasn’t doing that at the time when the call came up
@shitloveaduck4 жыл бұрын
Scammer Peppar - I understand what you are saying, but it was still a convenience. What was done when Cell phones didn’t exist? I do believe you are someone who is responsible with your phone, but you are rare. Once the temptation is there, that is when the problem begins. I didn’t say the guys didn’t have their phones, they left them in their trucks. They have lunch and coffee breaks to catch up on their phones. When the foreman’s wife was pregnant, he kept his phone on him at all times. He had a special ring for her and avoided all other rings. He was the most responsible guy I ever hired as well, he basically ran the ranch. I had a second full time job in law enforcement as well. I worked 4 days on and had 4 off as my rotation. Often I would see them checking their phones as another fell was driving. So long as the fella driving wasn’t on his phone, I didn’t care about that. It was once they were outside the trucks that it mattered, or if they made someone wait while they finished a call or text, then it was an issue. There is a clause in the labour code called theft of time. That is what that falls under. I had one guy tell me it was his right to have the phone on him all the time. I gave him the chance to prove it and I would give him his job back and would pay back pay. I also gave him the name of my lawyer and offered to pay all costs regardless of win or lose. It cost me some legal fees but he never worked for me again. It isn’t a right. I’m not the unreasonable one expecting all the rest of my crew are safe from someone else’s indiscretions. I’m not the unreasonable one expecting my guys to work when they are on the clock. They were not wearing headsets listening to tunes either. If you are aware at all times, you can help each other if something sudden happens. We were in the Rockies working with cattle that are very unpredictable, the horses much less so, but they could act up. We also had rattle snakes, grizzlies and black bears.mountain lions. They were working in serious wilderness. We had times where each guy had a shotgun slung over their backs because we had a couple of aggressive bears. Wildlife trapped them and removed them. There are so many reasons for the fellas to just leave their electronics in their vehicles. They were almost always within 100 metres or less from their trucks. If they were out on horseback, they had their phones in their packs, not their pockets or hands. It is possible to be realistic and safe. The city people have forgotten that in many cases. In the law enforcement job I was on the possession of your cell phone on duty was prohibited. There were phones issued by the employer and even then people were dumb enough to text personally on them. The phones were monitored remotely and these people paid for their stupidity with unpaid time off and chronic fools lost their jobs. It is a detailed subject, I know, and I really don’t need to deal with it as I’m retired and sold the ranch. The only thing I have to worry about now is other drivers out there.
@HughzieTube4 жыл бұрын
Tim: *What would Chris do in this predicament?* Gets out and gets the Instagram shot! lol We all know you would do the same Chris.
@letsdig184 жыл бұрын
haha no need to get out and get my boots muddy its been stuck 500 times lol
@whobee88684 жыл бұрын
Yeah man work boots are expensive
@toddkratzer79534 жыл бұрын
Chris sucks as a co worker.
@robertrockwell75814 жыл бұрын
stressful day but you guys got it done. nice work.
@montygomez4954 жыл бұрын
That is a first class job Chris...You had me dizzy driving that dozer
@CaptainKleeman4 жыл бұрын
it's hard to find good help, dirt perfect tells me all the time...pretty sure he's talking about me...but none the less, he isn't wrong. great video as always.
@eliteearthworksllc4 жыл бұрын
Captain Kleeman 🤣 we all know you have to put up with a lot more than Mike does
@brianalexandre11254 жыл бұрын
Neat teetering/balance demo with rock weight in the bucket starting @ 16:40.
@johncampbell63824 жыл бұрын
Looking great Chris and enjoyed watching it 👍
@rm90154 жыл бұрын
Chris needs to put a fresh one in !!!!
@randytravis39984 жыл бұрын
great work .. like your part of the machine ..
@hank13204 жыл бұрын
I know the feeling I run a business installing solar systems and when it gets tense I just step on it and go
@jmeadows88904 жыл бұрын
Put the smack down on it Timmy
@jamestate78514 жыл бұрын
When it comes to Dirt Chris is a true artist.
@makingithappen97224 жыл бұрын
It is difficult with computers in machines, but you can't do without them.
@whobee88684 жыл бұрын
No?? Then how did the machines way back in the day work?? They didn’t have computers. Computers are just for easy diagnosis for the mechanics
@delcasaleexcavating95084 жыл бұрын
That 220 has got some amazing power to be able to pull the end dump sideways and keep it stabile while Tim backs it out ! Nice job Chris ! Good luck with the rest of the job !
@stoddern4 жыл бұрын
The rock truck injector issue sounds like a computer/control module needs replacing.
@sighpocket54 жыл бұрын
Stigmati a little thrrmal imaging under the hood might help......
@whobee88684 жыл бұрын
How much you want to bet it’s the wiring harness??
@Gen3tx4 жыл бұрын
Whoever is saying he’s being too hard on Timmy clearly has never had a lot of pressure to finish something when the clock is against them
@brianalexandre11254 жыл бұрын
Knowingly doing it on-camera is a different thing.
@paulmontagner63604 жыл бұрын
Would be usefull to have a 12 rsj beam to do your bank walls having the clamp attachment speeds things up alot when finishing
@harrisonkatzz70904 жыл бұрын
Chris are you going back to see how well the pond works please.
@gharker553 жыл бұрын
This should be an Olympic sport this guy is already a gold medal 🏅prospect
@tommymann694 жыл бұрын
Get er done
@John-jr1qi4 жыл бұрын
If you need to get a pond done today. You need that guy sitting in the excavator.
@bluemtnsman4 жыл бұрын
Pond was a tad bit deeper than I was envisioning in previous videos of the site. Looks good though,,, it's unusual to see rip rap placed so uniformly. Good job gents.
@whobee88684 жыл бұрын
Well that depends on who’s placing the rip rap. Yeah a rookie or someone who don’t care it’ll look like Shit
@seantaylor60724 жыл бұрын
Good morning Chris, Been watching your channel for a long time never heard you mention Holly . If I may ask who is Holly ?
@DaleDirt4 жыл бұрын
Awesome work . I notice your job sites are super clean . That's an art in itself .
@sylviaprudhomme54172 жыл бұрын
Such a clean well done job
@leoslandscape244 жыл бұрын
He's fast he did a lot in one day
@neilpuckett3594 жыл бұрын
In the past I had a couple of engine related electronic/wiring issues Ring Power Cat in Tampa (local) nailed the problem both times and I was very happy with the price. My independent shop which I usually use can't plug in to the ECM.
@Jodokus_Rendentanz4 жыл бұрын
A whole day of "really quick"
@briangardiner10154 жыл бұрын
A work of art.
@davidrobins40254 жыл бұрын
Smooth! Both the operator and the job.
@whobee88684 жыл бұрын
What about Timmy?? You forgot about him. Poor guy always gets blasted. Or were you referring to both of them??
@SledgeHammer434 жыл бұрын
I see you have the all new 2019 toy call a timmy in a box. What music does it play? One more question does he pop his head up on random intervals Or is it wack a mole Timmy you have there.
@MrAJWorks4 жыл бұрын
6:20 + job👌👌👌
@daneclark31614 жыл бұрын
Turn it off and then restart it? That sounds like a stinking computer chip.
@terriwebb50934 жыл бұрын
That was my thought, like maybe the ecu (ecm) is going bad..
@donbraden85334 жыл бұрын
Timmy just needed attention so he got the truck stuck so that you Chris would have to give him that attention 😂😂
@conundrumconundrum55894 жыл бұрын
I don't think it is the harness. I think it is the power control module.
@trhimes574 жыл бұрын
I had a pickup that would cause problems until you restarted it after 20 minutes. It then ran like a top. The computer was bad.
@itzyourgirlkate4 жыл бұрын
Chris man. Been watching your skills for years. Get outta that excavator and get laid. Your allowed, don’t try to impress the boss 🤙🏻🤙🏻
@amsimons294 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a injector solenoid is going bad. It could be loosing line pressure and shutting it off and restarting it will reset the ecm until it loses pressure again. Or your ecm is acting up and cutting power to one of the injectors. Have some one hook a computer up and run a injector test
@robbridges78104 жыл бұрын
I would have loved to seen a close up of that skimmer. Don’t quite understand the thinking in that piece.
@augustreil4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful work Chris !
@anderleof4 жыл бұрын
It's a good thing you're perfect.
@jamestate78513 жыл бұрын
How many miles on truck, have you ever had the fuel injectors cleaned or replaced ?
@runar5004 жыл бұрын
You'll never -ever- see a modern excavator here in Norway without a "Rotor-tilt", and GPS guided surveying equipment... But then again: None of the young operators know how to work the machine without it.... :-O
@ashkanserat4 жыл бұрын
Does the term "smooth operator" actually come from watching this guy be an actual smooth operator?
@ferguson20diesel494 жыл бұрын
I doubt it’s a wiring loom if it’s a regular problem and it’s doing the same thing
@metalartRestoration1234 жыл бұрын
Fine job.👍
@toms14994 жыл бұрын
Any plans to add a 2nd haul truck to the fleet? Seems it can be a crucial piece of equipment and has no backup. Keep up the good work!
@whobee88684 жыл бұрын
Not yet it’s not in the budget. We already have machines that are not turning and earning!!
@joegoecke97114 жыл бұрын
I ran across a circuit board something like that once, it turned out someone had spilled coca cola on it, and it was interfering with electrical contact in different ways at different temperatures, pulling the foil off of the board to break contact or something. One little tiny spot in the harness, and they'll probably want to not fix it, just replace the whole thing. For the money.
@kasnitch4 жыл бұрын
I was singing to myself .. Grading with a dozer .. Chris is not a poser ..
@bobwebber85214 жыл бұрын
Just subscribed and would ask if the videos could be numbered for each project. It's is very hard to get them in the right order. Thank you for the excellent camera work.
@arneservatius86864 жыл бұрын
Perhaps coil they fail when heated up if bad
@ericshaw60304 жыл бұрын
Do you use the same geo fabric under the rock for erosion prevention as you do for driveways?
@mischef184 жыл бұрын
Well that is a first for me, a dump truck getting it's rocks off with an excavator. A great video too bro. .
@whobee88684 жыл бұрын
Well I reckon you’re no longer a virgin for getting a trucks rocks off lmao!!
@fredyoung40554 жыл бұрын
Nice work !!!
@shhmule4 жыл бұрын
11:20 It's crazy that you need a 6-axle just to meet DOT requirements. You know something went wrong with the law when they thought it would solve the issue by sticking extra axles on the truck that are barely of any use. You won't see this anywhere else in the world.