Lets Haul Theres A Hurricane Coming!

trying to get ready for the storm and get some sediment hauled

[@JeffStewart78..]

I really like these loading videos it is very satisfying to watch. Can you show us the storm from your place just a short clip is cool? We don't get those Hurricanes in California.

[@crmowing4852]

Jeff Stewart or Michigan

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Where do they take it to dump? Best of luck with the storm! Hope you all fare ok down there.

[@grassgobbler7214]

Your mammas house!!!

[@ToTheTopCrane]

@@grassgobbler7214, that's way to far to haul all of that. It wouldn't be economically feasible. But, nice suggestion. I'm sure Chris is appreciative, and would thoroughly enjoy more of your incredible wisdom.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

@@grassgobbler7214, lol!

[@TherealDeltaEcho]

Don’t go pickin on them dumbtrucks, it ain’t easy to turn around and backup with a slurpy between your knees, a hot sub on your lap, a mouthfulla food, the cb yappin and a cellphone at your ear! Been there .... done that . Lol

[@mrbakerskatz]

TherealDeltaEcho Hello my fellow dumbtrucker

[@jimmy_digz1319]

Spoken like a true trucky 😂😂

[@cathyblasco4497]

And dirty mirrors. LOL!

[@misterbeans6064]

Cathy Blasco you think they’re going to put all that stuff down so that they can get out and clean their mirrors? Way too hard to do -at least it is for me but I’ll still moan about not being able to see at all when I’m backing up for the rest of the day 😂

[@19Dennis53]

Spoken like a true driver! LOL Fer sure! Fer sure!

[@calebs1434]

Best quote of the day. "Just get it close and I'll get it in there"

[@stevehansen5389]

Dirt is one commodity that does not follow the normal supply and demand economic models. There is an infinite supply (of dirt) which means it (dirt) should be uber cheap. However, if you want to buy some you have to pay through your nose to get it. If you have some to get rid of it (dirt) should sell at a good price. However, you will never find a buyer at any price. The only one who makes money dealing in dirt is the excavator. You pay him to haul yours out and somebody else pays him (the excavator) to have.it dumped at his place. Crazy.

[@porkchop5389]

he has to pay for the machine some why

[@samvt]

you're not factoring in not all dirt is equal. some is unsuitable for most things, no one wants it. some is great fill, and costs to bring in. easy to sell. also, sometimes you need it gone NOW. no luxury to let it sit for a buyer, need to haul it out to complete the project. so many factors.

[@chevyford100]

I live in Argentina, something far from there, and it's the same thing with dirt. If you are the owner of the dirt for you it will be a waste and for the machinery guy it will be a gift, which then can, sell

[@toddreynolds8875]

It aint to often you get to sell it to a customer as the same time your trying to get rid of it off another job. Once in awhile it happens but not often. I know been there done that excavation for 32 yrs and still ripping

[@chevyford100]

if you can sell it on top of the truck as we say here, it's easy money, but as you say, it does not always happen, but you have to know that some materials are difficult to sell, and you have to store them and for that you need a specific place and everything that entails

[@ngtflyer]

Park your machinery on high ground and stay safe!

[@DyrewulfNV]

23 minutes in... it took me a second "There may be more than just coke in here..."

[@troyledbetter6597]

Two Volvo’s working side by side. You all are trucking today! Love the videos thanks phor sharing!

[@erock89x89]

I agree, with the sandbag idea. you need a big ol funnel and a couple good Ole boys to tie bags shut. You'll make a fortune

[@loveJessica281]

Finally something good to watch.

[@stevenrichey5068]

Us dump truck workers like to keep the loader operator on there toes.... Really the loader operator always put the trucks where he wanted...be safe this weekend. ..

[@Dontworryboutit315]

It wouldn’t surprise me if Chris has used the haul truck and 250 to build a wall around his new grass and house

[@avalon1995]

Should of pulled those drivers in for a meeting and laid the law down on how you expect them to position themselves. 😜

[@outdoorswithpipp3684]

Correct me if I’m wrong Justin but I thought weight limits were exempt in a state of emergency?

[@demetresrobinson2694]

That's not an emergency

[@outdoorswithpipp3684]

Demetres Robinson I understand that but the state is under a state of emergency and it’s right an harvest season I know for farmers all weight limits are waved. Didn’t know if it was for All trucks or not

[@demetresrobinson2694]

I still understand your point, but that's just a private lake job. If they were using the dirt to let's say build dams and fill sandbags that'll be a different thing.

[@muddpuppy07]

Trucks being used for recovery and prep get the exemption.

[@pa3268]

Put the dirt in sand bags lol

[@shimmeronfoxclaw5549]

Zzz relaxing and fun to watch at night 😬

[@erock89x89]

You ought to be hauling sand with that log truck of your buddy's.. Give him the idea lol

[@azwrenchmaster5334]

My daughter is in Raleigh. My wife is freaking out, trying to fly her home. Daughter's never seen more than 3" of rain ( from Az.), and has no idea what's in store for her, and she's afraid of leaving town because her boss might get mad. SMFH Chris, I'll send you her address so you can slap some sense into her. lol

[@FiremanSVFD-cf1jn]

All the dump trucks around here in robeson county are contracting with the NCDOT. They just came by the house last week cutting down the shoulders of the road. Everyone was contacted trucks, motor grader and flaggers. Supervisor and belt loader was the only state employee.

[@matthewhburch6198]

Hehe. You mentioned that the drivers changed their orientation from side-on to facing away from you. I suspect that's because you were dropping dirt, rocks, logs on their tires. They don't like buying new tires!

[@jeffreygebhardt3447]

Good to have a new video. Stay safe with the hurricane Chris! My brother and his family live over near Fuquay.

[@laurenbailey7713]

What's avg cost for removal per yard ?

[@TheSoloAsylum]

You're short on trucks because Trump, that's why. Everyone is busy, not a bad problem to have.

[@augustreil]

Yeah... TheSoloAsylum !

[@sleazoid99]

@Rage Theatre2020 The market has been bullish for the last 10+ years, but yeah, it's all due to Trump.

[@johnc.pepper5358]

Sending prayers for y'all and may God keep y'all safe

[@johnredden2557]

I guess letsdig18 crew will be busy helping clean up after the hurricane

[@carrollsanders9376]

Not if they use all their Fuel moving sand they better stock up before it hits. And don't forget about the Kobelkos down in Texas that were damaged by Hugo. Storm this big can spawn tornadoes that toss excavators like toys.

[@bradholtz8121]

Stay safe up there Chris! I dealt with Irma last year here in the Florida Keys. Sounds like y’all are gonna have it sittin over y’all for a few days. I’ll be watching for updates from ya.

[@mattphillips4260]

hell it is only illegal if you get cought i am shocked they are not begging for this stuff for sand bags

[@TheUserid82]

Never know they might be. Would be great to turn something that you have to dispose of into something people pay for.

[@deannebreitenbach551]

Don't say the h word

[@dr_greenthumb_1]

Only 30 inches of rain coming

[@FishFind3000]

dr. Green Thumb my news says 35.9” so just at 3’ of rain

[@dr_greenthumb_1]

@@FishFind3000 that's insane I can't even picture what that amount of rain will do. This is not a storm I'd want to ride out.

[@thunderbear0]

So satisfying to watch in dark room :D

[@donnellwilliams3988]

Let's dig bruh i consistently watch your videos, i'm praying for yall all down there NC & SC where my bro is, along with other family members, you guys hold shit down before the military show up💪

[@ronaldgaska4480]

I've been enjoying your videos for years. Keeping you in prayers as Hurricane Flo moves into your area. The weather here in Groton/New London, CT coast has not been good with rain and rough seas. Best of luck!

[@augustreil]

Hello from Cromwell, Ct !

[@GrassWarz]

Hey N.C. here. Check out my vids..

[@anthonyrobertson1787]

Thanks Chris, you and Tim Stay Safe 🙏

[@MowTheLawnWithMe]

Be safe man. We'll miss you posting for a few days. Hopefully there isn't too much flooding

[@motercycles6]

awesome video chris stay safe with the storm coming will be thinking about you

[@waynetharp]

With a 45 minute turnaround time. How many trucks do you need to keep busy? 15 maybe? Wonder if ole tall sides hauls mulch? I sure hope you and all your critters are safe during this hurricane. Keep us updated!

[@Newfive]

nice size bucket on that... usually run a 160 or 180 and takes about 12-14 buckets...have a hammerhead job upcoming.. looking forward to it... tearing up a runway then sampling ground water under it...

[@davidclitheroe4532]

What do they do with all that soil? Who finds the tipping site?

[@MrDugbo171]

How are you keeping track of the yardage? you were not putting the same amount in each truck.

[@briangardiner1015]

Chris you know the old saying, God created man then he created truck drivers.

[@craignicholson505]

That's a grate long video Chris and a understand the point of consistency u work faster and don't have to think so much about stability

[@markgroth4380]

I still wish you would have listened to the idiot comments and got a drag line. Would love to see you load trucks with that. Lol

[@CarsonSchifsky]

A question for someone who knows more then me... would it be more Efficient to rent a giant wheel loader to load out these trucks on a job like this?

[@cthorsepower4686]

Carson Schifsky not that i know more than anyone, but on a job like this with sediment you would need to dredge it out of the lake, move it to a location to dewater ( typically close to lake so water runs back into the lake) and then move it again to a location hard enough for a loader to operate and load a truck. Without getting stuck. A decent sized loader is around 6 yard bucket. With would take two buckets to load these trucks approx. how fast Chris is it is way more efficient to live load right from the lake. Hope that answered your question.

[@toddreynolds8875]

Load just as fast with excavator

[@carolesrex4539]

Amazing to see teamwork = dreamwork !!

[@blitzburghbilly7813]

WELL @ LEAST WITH THE RED TRUCK YOU CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT SPILLING A BUCKET LOAD Huh 🤔 ???? THE TRUCKS ARE TO FAR AWAY. Hahah 😏 ( KNUCKLE👊🏽BUMP ) Letsdig18 ....

[@shamrockmaintenancellc5650]

I've towed tri axles in new jersey that were pushing 100k ons. Its definitely a lot different hauling up here

[@cathiwim]

Shamrock Maintenance LLC note my reply further down.

[@randycarpenter2914]

load out fast before it washes it away, stay safe.

[@05ALT]

😂😂The commentary!

[@allenwray6595]

When I was driving a quad I took 20 tons out where ever I went. Sand,asphalt,rock,dirt didn't matter to me. 🤷‍♂️. When sc was in a state of emergency because of a hurricane we was hauling 95,000 pounds of rip rap to fill in rail roads that washed out.

[@terrybible1545]

I noticed that 1 truck had no mud flaps. (20,09 min mark) . I've had to replace 3 windshields ( $300.00 each) from these kinds of trucks over the past few years and theirs no way to make them pay for it. It should be illegal to load an un safe vehicle.

[@waynep343]

is there going to be a video of them taking the dirt to the other end.?

[@marshaunblake8196]

Rookie question here: How do you know how many yards/how much weight u putting in dump truck? Number of yards per bucket?

[@docholiday1034]

Up north here we always back up to,the guy in the excavator.....but sucks when your the driver and operator. Lol. Nobody to blow the horn. Lol

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Great video! Truck drivers can never back in the same place twice! Lol their like lighting. Be safe with the hurricane coming in! Tarp up that 250! Thanks for sharing

[@sn99cobra]

Where is the General! It better not just be parked in the field. All hand on deck man. P.S. why doesn't the Volvo have bluetooth? You should be able to talk on the phone while distracted loading right? Your counts wouldn't be that far off.

[@Kurtdog63]

Dang I bet that was a long day. Filled all those trucks repeatedly and it looked like you barely moved.

[@scotttalken8431]

Trump is "Making Dump Trucks Great Again". Thank you Mr President

[@ericduck8273]

I have been watching your videos for a while. I enjoy them! Where are you located? Keep them coming.

[@joannelindsey6394]

i can gross 76250 on 2 drives and 1 tag axle

[@ksboy123abc]

You know.... If that was a kitty cat hoe you'd be able to run a bucket at least 4-5 time bigger with the same size machine burn half the fuel doin it and if it does tip (which it won't cuz it's a cat) the hoe will wipe your ass for you if you poo a little.

[@sandy1653]

You plan on hauling the equipment back off to your place, or are you gonna leave it all set at the job sites?

[@TravE85]

Got one better than that, we have a driver that done a full 360 trying to back up to a backhoe, and the boy claims he has a class A, when the back up alarm goes on with him behind the wheel shit gets real, tried to stop him one day with the horn because he want follow you in mirror and the f@@ker hit my boom, I’m cussing and he looks at me all innocent not even realizing that the jolt that rock his head was him hitting me, everyone just laughed it off, I reckon it will just half to be funny till someone gets hurt

[@donaldhalstead3065]

Hi Chris it looks like you have a lot of fill for sandbags? or for rock plant to screen and they pay for it or move it for you? I worked with generators in Ca. and the fuel they use my ? to you is how can fill more one tractor with 92 gal.tank off of the small tank on track of110 gal.? for the times you need to fill all the big toys may be you will get a fuel trailer? I like this one thundercreek.com/products/fuel-and-service-trailers.html You be safe with the storm I do love video you make !

[@darrellhwy1]

Praying for you and Tim and all in the Carolinas.

[@donaldmends2244]

Chris nothing worst then Democratic Truck Driver, there totally a nightmare. I guess it why they say . Better have Sister in a cat house then a Temster brother for a Truck driver.

[@airsoftsnipes100]

started laughing when you said its impossible to find dump trucks because the economy is so good, its impossible for me to find good labor lol,the only labor left is the druggies. And getting a day off is impossible because it's so busy

[@melissadyche8325]

Maybe you should have drove in for them so you could give them instructions on backing 😂

[@1dieselsmoke007]

Glad to see some are to damn lazy to clean the spreader pan off. But they'll be the first to bitch about a cracked windshield.

[@melissadyche8325]

That’s the driver calling you to ask how to back up the truck 😂 😂 lol

[@63256325N]

Need a traffic cop out there! Thanks for the video.

[@SLCFarms]

Why no cb radio to communicate with trucks?

[@barryhansen6854]

Been waiting for this with that hurricane coming knew that you would want to get as much as you could out before it hit. The lost time with drivers not having a procedure for incoming and out going cost you 1 load as you filled at a rate of 2 minutes that's a lot of loads per day. Hope you will be safe in the up coming event look after yourself cheers NZ.

[@pineknot1929]

experience says full on that coal body whit dirt is just shy of 100 000 gross

[@MrFrankturbo1]

Chris , if there is so much of a weight restriction , why get quid axle dump trucks ?

[@clifforddgreen1296]

Chris, I would say that if all the drivers are from the same company and have radios they should use them so that they can maneuver and quadrant their movements in the area so they don't slow down the process

[@outtatime4512]

The ones that didn't gradeate HS have to drive dump trucks...

[@10rcoleman]

Need to put a cb in that excavator that way you could get everybody on the same page it's hard to read minds.

[@huckstirred7112]

here in Mo. that truck is only 3/4 full . Damn that must be irritating

[@peteypops]

Who keeps a count of the volume moved?..and how?

[@stevedoty5841]

Nice to have help moving all this mud/sand/dirt . Beat the storm

[@melissadyche8325]

Lol yep it’s daycare today they forgot to ask the teacher to show them which way to go with the trucks in or out lol 😂 😂

[@arthurbuckyelksjr7918]

If you are paying the truck owner by the hour or load then the drivers should do as you tell them to do or tell them to leave.

[@adavazquez6912]

Economy was good 2 yrs ago, now 2021 another person in that house no good economy anymore.

[@glennrhinehart3186]

Gotta love it you can always tell the drivers for the steering wheel holders. 😏

[@cs_fl5048]

grind it till ya find it. . I haven't heard that since college days!!

[@Typersx1]

Ever find anything cool digging around?

[@2badger2]

"It's like day care" ... lol

[@smldemolition]

I haven't researched legal tonnage in Texas, but I just finished a demo yesterday...had one of the 40 yard dumpsters packed so tight it ended up right at 18 tons. Dang roll off truck almost couldn't get it off the ground. I'm sure he was at or close to the legal limit...but I'm not 100% sure.

[@FishFind3000]

Do they have excavators with build in weight/yardage calculators? I remember something like that on loaders.

[@4You5Tubeber]

Yes you can get scales in there to.

[@thederrick1966]

inconsistent dump trucks and hope do ok with the storm

[@adavazquez6912]

I see dirt falling outside the truck and over the truck

[@J2498]

Chris if the cab were facing me he'd be walking on out of there

[@markduncan6690]

Nothing wrong with a regular pay check!

[@carolesrex4539]

Where did some of those drivers got there licenses i drive a truck and dont need that much time haha

[@Honda-wing5811]

Dump trucks not even full . Waste of time.

[@michelinman8592]

Great video as always (the commentary always cracks me up!) There's plenty of work like that here in Michigan, now if I could just get my CDL A instead of B...

[@jerryblice8929]

On the pond you repaired that would not hold water does it hold water now

[@bobbyschmitz6429]

Up north if you ain't spilling you ain't filling

[@stevelindleyoforegon3587]

I know you've talked about it before, but I still don't understand why you guys don't get quick couplers so you can change buckets, you could halve your load time on that kind of material. yeah, you get tippy with the bigger bucket, but only if you load over the side extended out nearly all the way, easy to adjust so that doesn't happen. To me not being able to change buckets for material and conditions is akin to buying a socket set without the 1/2 and 9/16 sockets in it....you guys should consider it

[@NZDIRT]

They won't, means all his thumbs would be out of match with the buckets then too

[@stevelindleyoforegon3587]

no, that doesn't matter, shouldn't be using thumb with muck bucket anyway. We have 5 excavators ranging from 90,000lb machines to 10,000lb, all have thumbs and all have quick couplers, and we have 2-3 buckets for each machine, yes, if you are doing lots of work with the thumb then use the bucket that it was fitted to, but other than that the cost of a quick coupler pays for itself in not much time, I guess that's why there are so many out there

[@tlaubner]

Great video. Hope you guys stay safe

[@jamesrivis620]

STAY SAFE DURING THE STORM, CHRIS. Find high ground away from streams and rivers and have all your supplies handy (generator, flashlights, food, water, portable radio, gas, rain gear, rope for rescues.....).You know the drill, lol.

[@reubenjohnston8473]

the bucket may look small on screen but stand next to it