Last Day Moving Dirt Finishing Up The Pond Dam

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finishing up the dirt work on this big pond

[@chicccky]

I have a toddler who loves big machinery -- all your videos are a huge hit! As a parent I appreciate that your videos are free from inappropriate language! He calls you Mr.DigIt and points out the names of various big machinery when he sees it in books, on clothing, or when we drive by construction sites. Thank you and keep it up!

[@homebrewer7]

I enjoy watching your projects. I am 84 and used to work in the trade moving allot of dirt. Never operated a trackhoe. You are an artist.

[@davidmicheletti6292]

I cannot wait to see the finished project with grass.

[@dustin6509]

The sailboat really helped show the scale of how huge this pond is!

[@stephenkeefer3436]

Real nice clean work, Chris. Many generations to come will enjoy y’alls work.

[@barryhansen6854]

Looking good Chris shame the weather didn't cooperate but that's life, go back later and do a fly-over if you would be great.

[@francesstratton695]

I’m glad I when back and watch your earliest video! This was a awesome pond build. I wish I could see some of your beginning video, that would be awesome!👍👍😎🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@benjimankirven3971]

Pond dams were what brought me to your channel a few years ago. They are still my favorite. Something about moving that amount of earth coupled with creating something so useful and beautiful gets me. Sorry to see this one done...but I bet your not. The rain delayed gratification on this one for far too long. Great job as usual. Appreciate your perfectionistic ways. Looking forward to the next. It will probably will be smaller, don't know how it could be much bigger. This one was a beast!

[@ronaldheit196]

Another awesome job done by Chris, his uncle John and Tim. At least they don't have to worry about Gators up there. To bad they didn't leave a big tree near the edge for a rope swing to fly into the pond next to the beach and attach a water slide to 😄😎

[@incorporeal3793]

I hope the property owner is kind enough to send you a video of what it looks like once the beach , grass and all has settled in.

[@63256325N]

You'll have to revisit the place in a year or two so we can see what it looks like all grown in. Great job! I'm sure the owners will be very pleased! Thanks for the video.

[@AlabamaBeeGirlz]

Need to make it a point to come back in a year to see how it looks at that point. Do a “then and now” with your drone.

[@davidphillips6571]

Yes please.

[@daar1113]

Glad to see you back on the "big dig". After that last video I thought for sure you'd be having to set up some siphon pipe to finish the thing! You'll definitely have to come back when it's full, clear and grass growing around the edge to show us the truly finished product.

[@canvids1]

You have a great eye and brain that matches your job to look at a piece of land and say this what it will look like when I am finished! just amazing.

[@letsdig18]

its hard to explain but I can just vision what the job is going to look like before I start

[@jackiesiebrass3321]

That's a really pretty pond setting...Great job..

[@ut000bs]

That lake needs a little underwater structure and some largemouth, bluegill, channel catfish, and shiners. Maybe crappie. It seems the owners want it more for the look and atmosphere than fishing. Feed the bluegill so they grow fast and let the others live on shiners and in 4 years you'll have bass topping 7 pounds. They would probably be fat, too. They might top 8. 😁✌️🎣🎣🎣😍

[@chrischupp9760]

Project is coming along nicely

[@1013redoak]

Another great video and a beautiful project nearing completion! Thanks

[@kens.3729]

What a Difference three (3) days of Drying Out did for this Location. 👍

[@grahamallen3941]

It may have been a long job Chris but you have all done another brilliant job and it look fantastic. Nice to see somebody who still takes pride in his work. All the best Graham🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@arkansas1336]

Very good looking finish! The 'slope trims' always make a project shine!

[@leol1682]

Very good video Chris Love how you work and explain what you do.

[@williegardner9290]

Pond is looking great!

[@kingslawn]

Chris I have to say KZbin is a perfect fit for a machine operator..... I’ve spent many hrs talking to myself on machines and you’ve found a way to make a profit on it....good job😀

[@mandy8211]

My neighbor built his pond ontop of a bunch of old coal mines that hadnt been used in many years. Everything was fine for 15 years until a saturday . The cows were bawling and he found out why. The pond had disappeared. The weight of the water had pushed into one of the old mine tunnels and completely drained the pond overnight.

[@cvollot2769]

ted coffman that’s the risk if you build something like a pond by yourself without knowledge of geology and in the case of your neighbor any maps or documents of the topography of this old mine. Hope the cows get a new pond in another place now.

[@mikefredette8507]

That's an awesome job brother ! You and Tim do great work !

[@rogertallentire2961]

Nice job. Hope we can see it when it is full.

[@Malandrin]

that pond fills up quite quickly!! hope to see a drone shot of this pond :)

[@MrFrankturbo1]

That's looking great , it's going to be unreal when it's done !

[@davidwhite8168]

Great job, Chris!

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Some dam fine work! 😉

[@janetolch8129]

Really looks good you have all done a brilliant job 👍

[@RoryDSmith]

Sure does look good! 👍

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

Nice job! I can't believe how fast that is filling up!!

[@toddreynolds8875]

Wow that things filling fast

[@dwightjones5826]

Man that looks good you should be proud of that job

[@photocontrol]

Very nice work!

[@motercycles6]

looks great chris will look really good when its done

[@Rick-tb4so]

Nice job...

[@chrissteinman9911]

that’s what we do. Work it baby. No time off

[@robertrockwell7581]

nice job. going too be something when done.

[@delcasaleexcavating9508]

Another excellent job Chris !! I sit in my excavator 12 hours a day and can't wait to get home to watch you guys work !!!

[@xqzmepleze]

you sure make operating the equipment look like child's play!!!!! wished I have your finesse.

[@kevinosteen8898]

Hell yeah brother, that turned out real nice!

[@duanecarter8043]

Wow. Beautiful job. I can’t wait to see it in late summer early fall ..if you decide to go back that is. Best damn show on the internet. Thanks. God bless and peace from Va. 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜

[@joegamba4635]

How about...in your FREE TIME......a nice 30 or so minute drone video with some nice peaceful music in the background, just to bring it all to a nice peaceful conclusion? Great job. Thanks so much for the videos and commentary. You and Timmy make an awesome pair. Changing the map of North Carolina a few acres at a time!

[@legendaryexplorer8119]

YES

[@keithdunlap2701]

Looking Pretty Killer Chris, Gonna turn out Beautiful..... Coming together quite Nice !!

[@oz1vlh]

Now it must be at the time where we may ask for at flyover with your drone, so we can se your nice work on the whole projekt. It realy looks nice, you absolutly can be happy with that.

[@shittylitty]

Some days Chris is the Bob Ross of excavating 😂👨🏻‍🎨

[@randycarpenter2914]

Hope the leg is better after your fall.

[@dieselfuel6006]

That pond job really looks good. I know that’s not a easy thing to do when it’s F N Wet!!

[@jeanmi974caterpillar3]

nice job

[@danielbell9990]

Am I the only one who looks to see what Chris does at work after I get off work every day?

[@randycharest4507]

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊

[@TheShop.]

Why is this relaxing?

[@1Ocqueoc]

Would have really like to see some boulder piles and other structure for good fish habitat

[@stevedoty5841]

LOL. Seeing this as winter is coming not summer. Great video. Merry Christmas

[@jhayward1940]

Nice damn DAM

[@barkleygentry2504]

Woo hoo!

[@donnytucker]

You should throw a time capsule in the pond with a letsdig shirt and some other goodies in it. Maybe some old farmer will find it in a 100 years.

[@legendaryexplorer8119]

LOL. He should throw an old rusty excavator bucket and then a farmer will find it and be like- What the??!??!

[@donnytucker]

@@legendaryexplorer8119 haha yes

[@donbraden8533]

Looks real nice Chris yep the rain this year is a real pain in the ass killing my weekends here in Ohio

[@jimmystrain883]

We always put a 2ft crown on a dam that size when it settled it would be level and not have a swaid back dam

[@1995jug]

Good job on the pond, wish I had the money it cost to build.

[@jameshall1691]

that is one big swimming pool 😄

[@joehlavacek5280]

Dam it looks good lol

[@FUDBreaker]

Dam !

[@melissadyche8325]

I bet those boulders that they had to bury and you had to dig up would have looked nice beside the levy if they allowed it

[@brianwebber7168]

Looks good👍 If it was gov't work you wouldn't be that far a long.

[@Blazer02LS]

Hats can be a PIA to print. What does the other side look like with all the water? Will that get drained when they build the bridge?

[@kamanbadall1408]

Hey Chris just imagine coming back to desilt the pond

[@ericklewis4294]

Hey, Chris. You're more of an artist than operator...👍

[@ford4476]

Do some in cab dozer videos! That would be awesome!

[@along4710]

If you are building the beach I hope we get a good video of how you prep for and fill that in. Do you have to put geo fabric down? What keeps it from washing away the sand?

[@robertconreux8079]

Love you channel thank you for all your videos! You are an amazing operator! Question wouldn’t a raucous rake be helpful on the finishing of grade work when as you say the ground is a little sticky for finishing like the grading on pond? Thank you again love your vids!

[@Todd.Roberts]

What you need is a remote control boat and put a go pro on it and run it around the pond

[@donaldmends2244]

What to your new bucket, wouldn't it been a better choice on the dam slopes.😁😁

[@drdraws9597]

Whats the little pond look like? When do you make the cut? After the house is built?

[@diggindirtallday7188]

Watch what you say about the rain and being able to work...don’t count your eggs too early 😂

[@yesdeere1376]

You moved a shit load of dirt on this one. Looks great

[@1975427bronco]

200000 soon

[@andrewmack2161]

I would have though some shirts in Volvo Yellow would be useful...

[@keithlester9152]

Awesome skills. Do you ever leave high spots and deeper spots as fish structure?

[@johnthomson9558]

I don’t know how much they are worth,but one of those wheeled compactor / dozers , would do wonders for that project .

[@GradyRho92]

When’s the big tunnel/bridge thing for the paddle boats going in.

[@janvandenbos7085]

Big project, big pond must cost nice amount of dollars......💸💸💸💸😎🤔

[@ipanzerschrecku4732]

Toy boat in that lake.

[@doubledarefan]

Yes! One of those radio-controlled toy boats that you race around as you say toy boat 5 times fast!

[@Davee94]

Tint the dozer!

[@RickyCervo]

Need on board video of the dozer

[@mischef18]

You would never know that you guys filled in that last bit, it looks like it was made along with the rest of the dam. Great video bro.

[@stevehansen5389]

Time for a drone's eye view. And yes, come back later in the year so we can see it greened up.

[@melissadyche8325]

Dang that’s a steep side I’d hate to fall down there muchless accidentally drive off of it

[@achum2sum]

the dredging project was a lot of hauling, but this was making/shaping land I think the results look the same but this must be more satisfying for an operator?

[@LiLGooZ21]

Will you guys be seeding and strawing the pond edges?

[@mmjj03]

You should work with Bunker Branding to help with the merch.

[@DanielThomason]

Michael Johnson I’ve said that before too. Would definitely help him.

[@bradleymincey6905]

It sure would have taken you alot longer to move dirt if you still had the other haul truck and never had gotten the one you got now! Lol that 250 would have filled that one up quickly! Looks good bro!

[@jacobschmidt3178]

How many hours did the 250 end up with on this project?

[@Todd.Roberts]

Yeah I was going to say one slip on that slope and you would be swimming lol

[@mandy8211]

Remember, its always 70 and sunny in north carolina!!

[@adambaker5729]

Man, I wish that was true! lol

[@oley94]

i love you Chris

[@BuildADSM]

That thing is filling up so fast I halfway expected it to be full by the end of the video