In A Mad Rush To Get This Pond Finished

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[@barryhansen6854]

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.

[@riverratriverrat2638]

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.

[@davehoffman9767]

I love them also,,, very well done work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@spawnkiller25]

@@riverratriverrat2638 KZbin used to be all about doing it for fun

[@williamcofsky7546]

Dave Hoffman .

[@riverratriverrat2638]

mustcutmetal yes! Until people figured out they could make money. Then they dropped videos every week.

[@photocontrol]

The pond looks great! Good that you got it done before the rain!

[@heathworsley8347]

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! !

[@whobee8868]

Imagine what your front lawn looks like just on a slope. Tilted a little

[@kens.3729]

Very Nice job with this Pond. 👍

[@paulstephenson9664]

Every time Timmy popped up from the over flow box I couldn't help thinking "Whack a mole with Timmy" 😂

[@whobee8868]

Yeah smush him with the excavator bucket lol

[@remmiemax3624]

Excavating and Farming are alike...ALWAYS fighting the weather...SO just focus, get along, and get-er-done! And of Course, Rock On!

[@jeffstrains4014]

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.

[@wb8ujb]

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

[@roseanna9100]

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.

[@68walter]

Yeah agree, not cool...

[@bigcody1658]

Jessica D must not be getting any from David huh ha

[@bigcody1658]

Jessica D Chris isn’t gay? If so more power to him but I just don’t get that vibe from him

[@toddkratzer7953]

@@bigcody1658 Chris is gay, he never mentions a girl but lives with a guy, that is effed up.

[@bigcody1658]

Todd Kratzer hell I didn’t know that, still again more power to him he’s a damn good operator and a good person

[@michigandogman3060]

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.

[@kipsterchi7418]

Drive it like your names on the door Timmy!!

[@philbohrman3918]

The mechanic is sure learning things. Good to see you having back-to-back days of sunshine, Meredith.

[@johnwaitchison]

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.

[@williamkirkland7002]

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

[@lancemerwin7864]

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 🥶

[@prinzeugenvansovoyen732]

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?

[@sydneyshinshi]

Come on Timmy we go no time for pictures while im setting up the go pro and filming it all for KZbin.

[@TrevorDennis100]

Hmmm... That's actually a really good point.

[@davesalzer3220]

Someone got their ass chewed and is projecting their own hurt on Tim. Find a new job Tim.

[@The_Chosen_None_]

I think you girls read too much into things.

[@Gen3tx]

He could have had it already recording and just cut it down to when something happened

[@anderleof]

Haha!! Brilliant observation.

[@TheDarrenc1973]

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...

[@63256325N]

Nicely done. The owners should be pleased. Thanks for the video.

[@sinsofanubis1053]

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.

[@jonathandalton2447]

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.

[@richardofrugeley]

Really impressed how you manage to run the bucket up a slope in a straight line.

[@kenguier6331]

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....

[@thomasmcalpine287]

It would be nice to revisit the ponds when they are full and see the overall perspective.

[@TheShelton1111]

Hello Chris Merry Christmas 🎄

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Stucked dumper... lets move! Nice work there.

[@bogywankenobi3959]

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.

[@garycooper4982]

can we have your rain where i live where in a drought and bush fires we havent had good rain in months

[@peterlevy1682]

Gary, can I go halves. I live in Australia and we need it badly. Hope you get your half.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Get it speed dozer 🤣. Looked great buddy!

[@johnbyrne1258]

Hey Chris, what was their reason for rolling the fabric the way they were doing it?

[@randycarpenter2914]

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.

[@bradleymincey6905]

Gotta love the electrical grimlin in the system!

[@rsroor]

youre a damn good operator. im sure you can run that machine quicker when youre in a real hurry :)

[@debrawalker3171]

Those guys do get the job done no matter how long it takes

[@danielsestina6457]

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.

[@evilbrat5376]

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.

[@Stubbykca]

You can tell Chris has years of experience building ponds.

[@paulmcbride584]

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

[@nickbeam5432]

That is one big job for very little of equipment being used. Well Done !

[@whobee8868]

Well they always say a little goes a long ways

[@joegoecke9711]

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.

[@scrolemodel]

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!

[@sonnybuzzing2919]

Love the different camera angles!!

[@tommymann69]

Fantastic job

[@jasonking2943]

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 !!!!

[@dennis4251]

Oh... mud and dust. Major crop of the Carolinas.

[@whobee8868]

And a major pain in the ass

[@dude2001steve]

Great videos. I would love to see a few more 30+ minutes videos

[@dimmerman123]

Don’t be mean to TIMMY!!!

[@shitloveaduck]

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-Molen]

@@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.

[@keeganmartodam2169]

@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)

[@keeganmartodam2169]

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

[@shitloveaduck]

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.

[@HughzieTube]

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.

[@letsdig18]

haha no need to get out and get my boots muddy its been stuck 500 times lol

[@whobee8868]

Yeah man work boots are expensive

[@toddkratzer7953]

Chris sucks as a co worker.

[@robertrockwell7581]

stressful day but you guys got it done. nice work.

[@montygomez495]

That is a first class job Chris...You had me dizzy driving that dozer

[@CaptainKleeman]

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.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Captain Kleeman 🤣 we all know you have to put up with a lot more than Mike does

[@brianalexandre1125]

Neat teetering/balance demo with rock weight in the bucket starting @ 16:40.

[@johncampbell6382]

Looking great Chris and enjoyed watching it 👍

[@rm9015]

Chris needs to put a fresh one in !!!!

[@randytravis3998]

great work .. like your part of the machine ..

[@hank1320]

I know the feeling I run a business installing solar systems and when it gets tense I just step on it and go

[@jmeadows8890]

Put the smack down on it Timmy

[@jamestate7851]

When it comes to Dirt Chris is a true artist.

[@makingithappen9722]

It is difficult with computers in machines, but you can't do without them.

[@whobee8868]

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

[@delcasaleexcavating9508]

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 !

[@stoddern]

The rock truck injector issue sounds like a computer/control module needs replacing.

[@sighpocket5]

Stigmati a little thrrmal imaging under the hood might help......

[@whobee8868]

How much you want to bet it’s the wiring harness??

[@Gen3tx]

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

[@brianalexandre1125]

Knowingly doing it on-camera is a different thing.

[@paulmontagner6360]

Would be usefull to have a 12 rsj beam to do your bank walls having the clamp attachment speeds things up alot when finishing

[@harrisonkatzz7090]

Chris are you going back to see how well the pond works please.

[@gharker55]

This should be an Olympic sport this guy is already a gold medal 🏅prospect

[@tommymann69]

Get er done

[@John-jr1qi]

If you need to get a pond done today. You need that guy sitting in the excavator.

[@bluemtnsman]

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.

[@whobee8868]

Well that depends on who’s placing the rip rap. Yeah a rookie or someone who don’t care it’ll look like Shit

[@seantaylor6072]

Good morning Chris, Been watching your channel for a long time never heard you mention Holly . If I may ask who is Holly ?

[@DaleDirt]

Awesome work . I notice your job sites are super clean . That's an art in itself .

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

Such a clean well done job

[@leoslandscape24]

He's fast he did a lot in one day

[@neilpuckett359]

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_Rendentanz]

A whole day of "really quick"

[@briangardiner1015]

A work of art.

[@davidrobins4025]

Smooth! Both the operator and the job.

[@whobee8868]

What about Timmy?? You forgot about him. Poor guy always gets blasted. Or were you referring to both of them??

[@SledgeHammer43]

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.

[@MrAJWorks]

6:20 + job👌👌👌

[@daneclark3161]

Turn it off and then restart it? That sounds like a stinking computer chip.

[@terriwebb5093]

That was my thought, like maybe the ecu (ecm) is going bad..

[@donbraden8533]

Timmy just needed attention so he got the truck stuck so that you Chris would have to give him that attention 😂😂

[@conundrumconundrum5589]

I don't think it is the harness. I think it is the power control module.

[@trhimes57]

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.

[@itzyourgirlkate]

Chris man. Been watching your skills for years. Get outta that excavator and get laid. Your allowed, don’t try to impress the boss 🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@amsimons29]

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

[@robbridges7810]

I would have loved to seen a close up of that skimmer. Don’t quite understand the thinking in that piece.

[@augustreil]

Beautiful work Chris !

[@anderleof]

It's a good thing you're perfect.

[@jamestate7851]

How many miles on truck, have you ever had the fuel injectors cleaned or replaced ?

[@runar500]

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

[@ashkanserat]

Does the term "smooth operator" actually come from watching this guy be an actual smooth operator?

[@ferguson20diesel49]

I doubt it’s a wiring loom if it’s a regular problem and it’s doing the same thing

[@metalartRestoration123]

Fine job.👍

[@toms1499]

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!

[@whobee8868]

Not yet it’s not in the budget. We already have machines that are not turning and earning!!

[@joegoecke9711]

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.

[@kasnitch]

I was singing to myself .. Grading with a dozer .. Chris is not a poser ..

[@bobwebber8521]

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.

[@arneservatius8686]

Perhaps coil they fail when heated up if bad

[@ericshaw6030]

Do you use the same geo fabric under the rock for erosion prevention as you do for driveways?

[@mischef18]

Well that is a first for me, a dump truck getting it's rocks off with an excavator. A great video too bro. .

[@whobee8868]

Well I reckon you’re no longer a virgin for getting a trucks rocks off lmao!!

[@fredyoung4055]

Nice work !!!

[@shhmule]

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.