Lake Dredging- The Rain Wont Stop!

[@nikburman1471]

Chris' I've been in excavating for about 5 months. Sometimes dealing with truck drivers is the worst part lol. Been watching your channel for a year and never fully appreciated your skill until I hoped in an excavator. Got to say though, my favorite place is in the seat of a dozer! Keep it up man! Love the channel!

[@smldemolition]

...I'm doing some clearing here in Texas as we speak and it's been raining since what seems like August. It's been cold and windy with a wind chill in the 20's for the past two days. I'm slopping around in the mud myself and it's as Chris says..."A god awful mess!" Glad to see we're not the only ones dealing with this mess!

[@godbluffvdgg]

We've had a tough season here in the philly area too...As you said; it seems like clear days are a rarity, and when we get them; you have so much stuff to catch up on that it's exhausting...I don't ever remember this many rainy days during the season in my 42 years outside...

[@lt8945]

That's the slickest way of grading the road that I've seen in a very long time. Enjoy your videos. Work smart- not hard.

[@randallwescoat9224]

We're in the same rain infested situation you're in up in NWPA. Now we're getting some snow off and on. Everything is just a mess! I'm all for sunny and 75!!!!

[@kengamble8595]

The way it's going it might be Christmas time before you finish............ Christmas of 2020 that is ! 😊 Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍

[@arkansas1336]

Watching all of you on KZbin fight the weather makes me glad I don't have to be out there with you. Hopefully the weather will get better for you, good luck!....(I mean that in the most sincere way possible!!!!). ....13

[@63256325N]

And just think, if they decide to maintain it better you'll be seeing it ever year or two. Might as well bring a tent.....lol. Thanks for the video.

[@rcracer4437]

Machine looks awesome with the tint!!

[@augustreil]

RC Racer, Sure does ! Just need some chrome tracks and Chris will be a Pimpin !!

[@davidsquall351]

@@augustreil lol

[@funwithguns89]

Needs one of them big John Deere chrome exhaust stacks

[@marcryvon]

Looks like a Tonka ! For big boys.

[@aaronwhite7069]

What happened to the other Pond you were building with the natural stream in it

[@sciwolf359]

I am curious about that also.

[@nemo227]

California can use some of that rain. Just dump it anywhere, north or south or in between, we can use it.

[@63256325N]

That's for sure!

[@louisadams8793]

I'd like to make a suggestion Chris, as much dredging you do and pond rebuilding why not invest in a Marsh buggy escalator. You wouldn't need mats , you could go in water, mud, creeks, retention ponds etc. ? Just a thought. I run airboats for survey and oil company seismic work in the marsh.easy to transport and they float!

[@prisregil]

The 2-3 liftable axles on the trucks, Do they turn or are they solid?

[@super6954]

By the time you have finished this job it's going to be the most hated place you worked on, and the job every other company in your state sees or hears about and wants nothing to do with when you won't do it next time. We had rain here in Manitoba about a day before it mostly froze up, and snowed hard again. The mostly bit is where it hadn't frozen properly as there was snow covering some wetter ground from rain before that. I was out in an area in the feedlot yard today pushing manure up with the backhoe, someplace's it fell through the ice crust and it was like being out in that pond. Tomorrows forecast is above freezing so that will just be wonderful where ever we go here in the yards, we were trucking grain out to but thats now canceled until Thursday if it freezes solid again. Thanks for the video, take care.

[@GodsWarrior321]

@letsdig18 .... the tinted windows on that machine looks good!

[@dieselfuel6006]

What size bed is that on your new truck and who makes it??

[@AgricultureINDIA-91]

Great video 👍

[@Crappiestalker]

Here in Chattanooga, TN rain about every other day. When doing pipe and drain repairs plus some roads has been blown out back filling with shock rock. I see how tuff it's been for Letsdig. Hope your wheather gets better can't make money if mechines sit.

[@nectcruiser]

That ending was just like screding concrete LOL

[@vinnythemooch9576]

Rain is the BAD GUY on almost all outside construction . Great video. Just a thought have you ever tried a crawler Gradall type with a long reach ?

[@Bigitaly57]

That machine looks so sexy with the tinted windows.

[@garyjohnstone6273]

Hello, i like watching yu work, did you finish that big lake you cleared all the trees for, and what happened to the new excavator you were using on that job?

[@regsparkes6507]

Oh boy , I wish the folks in California could get some of that rain!

[@dexhummer1]

Yeap...the best NC weather ever...its awful. That tint on the 220 is awesome!!

[@Rick-tb4so]

How big of a bucket can you put on the Volvo ??

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Seems like everyone is fighting the rain. We got 3” of snow yesterday so that’s not going to help anything!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Countme OUT you win on the rain I would say 😆

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Countme OUT I need to come visit there then. I’m sick of winter and it’s just getting here lol

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Countme OUT lol nice! Suppose to be 38 here tomorrow 😒

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Countme OUT 😂

[@DruFishing]

Yep we are still hauling dirt in Indiana but got the plow trucks ready for the next seasonal income source.

[@Jodokus_Rendentanz]

When you're done, you can start over again. This lake first needs a solution for the entry of the sediments.

[@normhowes2975]

Had about 5 days without rain in October and only a couple days so far in November but calling for up to 10 inches of snow tonight. It may not be rain but we don't have to plow rain from the driveway.

[@Inspirationalai1]

Hopefully the rain let's up otherwise you may need a barge

[@dieselfuel6006]

Damn she looks good blacked out!!!

[@mischef18]

Most of the planet is getting more than it's share of rain this year so ya not alone on that front bro.

[@davidmicheletti6292]

It rained very heavy all fall and now our lake in Minnesota is freezing over already. So everyone has something to complain about around the country. Lo

[@johnm.evangelis693]

We definitely had more rain in NJ this year, our reservoirs are spilling out from every direction!!!

[@ericrice4156]

We are all so sick of the rain, here in PA I think they said we are 60some inches so far!!!!

[@markferullo3277]

i’m in school for heavy equipment and i have to tell you, you make it look so easy

[@bobferranti5222]

That's a pretty cool way to level the ruts out of the mud. Have you ever figured out how many scoops it takes on a job this size?

[@rayblackwell6306]

Where having the same problems down here in greenwood sc, we just been pumping water to try and lay some line (28 feet down)

[@erikcourtney1834]

You running on iso/Deere controls? I catch myself watching people’s hands to see what there using. I don’t see many people like me that use iso anymore

[@hvy1ton]

Long term forecasts are showing a wet winter for the Southeast and especially Florida. Don't have too much fun in the mud.

[@absolutetinker1267]

After the rain we got last night, lake Myra was over flowing quite a lot today. It's raining again tonight so i guess that lake might just make it's overflow level again if it didn't last night. it has been a lot of wet here and then some.

[@chrismontgomery1521]

I like it better videoing from inside looking out toward your work and listen to you talk

[@Sicktrickintuner]

Yep its wet here also, and only 1.3 yard bucket, seems like it would be bigger then that

[@mikeinselman3589]

🎶🎶 Dredging in the rain, just Dredging in the rain! 🎶🎶 LOL

[@gokce9521]

business at the Dredge Appraisal will slow down because of this.

[@scubasteve728]

second wettest fall here almost 20 inches of rain here in the northeast these past three months, absolutely sucks cannot get any work done jobsites a big ole mess and we are also a month and a half behind and my dag gum paychecks have been slim cause of the rain days!

[@donbraden8533]

Nice touch on the grade job like you said sick of the rain we had a mix today rain and freezing rain want to trade ? 🤣🤣

[@TheShop.]

Come to Phoenix. You'll wish you had the rain.

[@michella4447]

Like your videos

[@chrismontgomery1521]

As you say “it is the way as it is “

[@MikeyDunn]

There's a whole load of people wishing the rain would bugger off from the eastern states, and head it's way over to the west and slowly saturate California for at least a month or three.

[@jakeschisler7525]

Your sick of the rain, send it south, I will take it!

[@brianunionstrong7290]

Looks like my job site, our site was supposed to be done in Sept and will still go threw next year.

[@johnm.evangelis693]

How much does the truckers earn per load on this job?

[@letsdig18]

they get paid by the hour

[@nathan349x]

@@letsdig18 and how much is that

[@DruFishing]

mia and nathan Average in the Midwest for my jobs is anywhere from $18.50 to 28.50 depending on the type and size of truck. Curious about the Carolina’s if Chris can mention it or not.

[@patricksmith5272]

Hey chris do you guys have to have a hydraulic licence to operate down there up here in mass we do

[@johnm.evangelis693]

Is that your uncle driving your dump truck?

[@funwithguns89]

Couldn't tell if it was you or your stunt double working the machine with that windahh tint. ;)

[@JadenGND]

We can't catch a break, were working in some clay right now, we're doing a building pad, we can't drain the water anywhere because the pipe hasn't been laid yet

[@dennis2376]

Thank you.

[@noaharthur3393]

Is the 250 still around??

[@letsdig18]

its still on the pond job

[@TheHwnleatherguy]

haaahahahahahaaaaa.... aloha frm Hawaii!!! consider this job security..... it's keeping you busy and cash flowing..... it's keeping tim busy tooooooooooo and you can buy/make new/bigger mats!!!!

[@oz1vlh]

That is the most authentic looking RC Excavator I have seen ever.(Most RC models have black windows ;-) )

[@briangardiner1015]

117th... Rain rain go away and come back in maybe 6 months. Or better yet come out west.

[@justbe4481]

It's gonna be snowing there before you know it ..lol

[@bigmacmik3534]

You know Chris, I hate to be a know it all, but certainly a excavator veteran like yourself should know that a dragline is one of, if not the best implement to use in muddy conditions, because it just drags all the mud out of the lake.

[@justbe4481]

I'm going to say he is not making enough money to be renting a drag line on this job..!

[@garbagetrucksoftheeastcoast]

Tell me about it. I can't remember the last time this year that we went a week with out rain

[@fastsetinthewest]

With all ya got to do, why don't ya hire it done? Eaglegards 🦅...

[@johnmills186]

We supposed to get 4-6 inches of snow the next couple of days her in west Ky I have never saw that in the last 68 years.

[@Big_John_C]

I wondered who was taking all of our snow..... barely covers the grass here in Michigan.

[@harribeynon6510]

Where’s ur 250 gone haven’t seen it in a while

[@arthurbuckyelksjr7918]

I feel your pain about the rain. I been clearing a 1.5 acres that should only took a week and now with all this rain its turn into 3 weeks. I am in Bennettsville SC

[@46rambo49]

everytime somebody says the word "Dredge" it rains two inches

[@stevenmurata4392]

Mean while back at the lake, ..., lol.

[@caseihmagnum279]

rain or snow take your pick

[@lucyandjumper7558]

Aint much better here in sc PA,rain n more rain. I

[@matthewmcdaniel8846]

Where they hauling all that top soil lol

[@hgboone3]

I really can't believe that you doing this with the wrong tool or should I say the wrong escavator you need a long arm type excavator that can reach out there or you may do better with a dragline

[@brownwarrior6867]

Could you not form a berm on the lake side of the Haul Road then at least you wouldn’t need worry about the lake again other than cleaning the bank off as you work your way along the material? Or does that Road need to remain open at all times? The reason I ask is you could also sheet it when not loading allowing it to drain off back into the lake.

[@letsdig18]

the city wont let me pile it on the shoreline. plus it would dam up water from behind all the houses

[@brownwarrior6867]

letsdig18 Oh I see Chris its kinda hard to work out the lay of the land from the camera angles. That aside it’s certainly not a straightforward job this job is it? We have a phrase we use in the UK “Farting against thunder” I think it kinda sums up what you are up against with the weather and Officialdom 😉👍🏼 Is that haul road a permanent track or do you have to reinstate it when you are finished? I missed the first videos so not sure if you put that in.

[@angeldavis6513]

Love the farting against thunder comment. Most people here say "pissin in the wind"

[@briangardiner1015]

@@brownwarrior6867 The haul road is temporary, they have to restore it when they are done.

[@brownwarrior6867]

Angel Davis You May take it my friend there is no copyright issue 😉 We use “Pishing in the wind” as well in Scotland 😁

[@tannersmith1904]

Get you a 6” pump ole boy rent it they not bad I got 4 on my site now

[@tannersmith1904]

Drain it down in 2 hours or less

[@sighpocket5]

Nice!!!

[@killzu7386]

Rain rain rain go away here in Ohio we got iceand snow 2day lol

[@phillipbonner5215]

But I thought you loved your job?

[@johnbaldwin2118]

what are you making your mats out of are you bolting them together with all thread

[@lb7dually242]

How do you like the tinted windows? Makes the Volvo look good!!

[@letsdig18]

I love them when the sun's out

[@imchris5000]

if you had a dragline it would not have rained

[@squirrellyboe7421]

chris #draglinesmatter

[@jbbuzzable]

Even the best joke gets old after you have heard it a hundred times. Enough dragline jokes already.

[@Aaron-cz5tz]

@@jbbuzzable now he will never stop! lol

[@Wade-yt8ed]

So there is no dragline?

[@brownwarrior6867]

#DraglineGagline

[@arthurroy5263]

Cool ty

[@squirrellyboe7421]

Would've been sitting on the beach drinking a cold one by now if you had a drag line down there from the start #draglinesmatter

[@jbbuzzable]

Please stop the dragline jokes already. it's getting pretty old.

[@augustreil]

@@jbbuzzable, It's just a joke. A couple more weeks and then it will be old, maybe ?

[@jbbuzzable]

@@augustreil . been reading it for a month. it was old to me about three weeks ago.

[@augustreil]

@@jbbuzzable, Yeah, I guess it's getting old but just the word Drag Line is funny.

[@axecuttimber1243]

@@jbbuzzable have u called the Drag Line sewerside prevention line ? Drag lines do matter , butt so doo youu !

[@mattwilliams8209]

Where is the 250?

[@letsdig18]

on a job

[@MrRigmunkee1]

My sister can't understand why I watch your videos. She just doesn't get it. It's all about technique.

[@Scbige1]

Someone go start the haul truck and 250, batteries are probably dead

[@evanstuever6196]

#draglinesdontmatter

[@waynetharp]

I had a John Deere construction equipment ad during tonight's video.👎 What is up with this? You are fighting Mother Nature but at the same time. Just think of all the future work the hurricanes and rain have caused.

[@adamswartz419]

Wayne Tharp hbbb

[@canvids1]

Chris what is it with the first truck and the last one to having no guards or mud flaps On rear tandems?

[@letsdig18]

I guess they have ripped them off

[@julianljackson]

Dragline Dragline Dragline

[@jbbuzzable]

just stop already

[@Sara-L]

@@jbbuzzable Draggin' the line... He's gonna take his time... He digs snow and rain and bright sunshine... 😃

[@cashvititow9261]

Can you do a equipment tour of a of you equipment

[@christopherbigboy2771]

First to like and comment

[@jbbuzzable]

There is nothing significant about that, don't worry. you'll grow out of it.

[@genekelley6706]

Second

[@treebutcher4142]

Get ready for the drought next year that nobody expects.

[@bradmorgan1234]

300' boom dragline in the future? Lol

[@dude2001steve]

Have you ever had a truck hit you even after you beeped at it?

[@letsdig18]

no ill slam the bucket in the bed and stop it. I have done that

[@dude2001steve]

@@letsdig18 well got to keep yourself and your equipment safe

[@markferullo3277]

R - goes both ways don’t you think

[@Gen3tx]

R - or you should know to listen to the horn and have a good idea of spacing and not back into equipment

[@leniczek1992]

I had a truck driver back into me when I was on a backhoe loading concrete with the hoe. Laid on the horn when he didn't stop at the beep and he still hit me. Airmailed it to him the rest of the week.

[@m2hmghb]

Am I the only one thinking it might be time for him to invest in a small barge?

[@jbbuzzable]

A barge? WTF?

[@augustreil]

@@jbbuzzable, That way he can float and dig like Bering Sea Gold !