4 Acre Clearing Job Is Done!

[@johnmorgan2430]

You're definitely the best at what you do Chris I enjoyed sitting here watching you operate that all the time

[@jakeschisler7525]

It all looks super nice! Great job, Chris! You're the man!

[@rogermcneil9280]

i am a fan of your videos .i like the casual way you operate the controls of the excavator . This video in particular seems as though you are developing the property . Stay on top of the repairs and maintain the equipment and i hope you have many years without too many expenses . i am Roger from east coast of canada .

[@tomdryden8564]

Folks -How about this hero. Don Ray Smith, 81 years old, of Pollock Pines Ca., a private bulldozer operator was killed Thursday 7/26 while trying to contain flames while fighting the Carr fire near Redding California. Thank You Sir, God Bless and RIP. ..A True Badass

[@charlesbackoff6174]

¹¹¹¹yes

[@kens.3729]

Nice Backdrop for two (2) Homes in the Woods. 👍

[@walla2k594]

You guys do nice work, very impressive.

[@smldemolition]

Excellent choice of beverage you got there! I'm sippin' on one of those as I enjoy the video!! You may be tired of clearing, but damn if you don't make it look like a work of art in the end. Very nice!!

[@jeffklecan3979]

Chris you wasn't worry about melting your o rings on the Volvo teeth great videos

[@RRRIBEYE]

That looks one mean Fire Breathin' Dragon for sure!!!

[@bradyessary5668]

That's truly amazing what you guys have done in a relatively short amount of time! So that wood you uncovered burned so quickly because you created charcoal.

[@carrollsanders9376]

Good Job Chris, wish I had your help on the thousands of Stumps I have to burn some six foot diameter.

[@JerichoRally]

Wow...that is a gorgeous lot! Fantastic.

[@greglewellen4510]

Thank you very much mulching only replenishes the seeds and at least doubles the growth. Stumps and roots must all go. Mulching or grinding is just good repeat work and much harder the second go around. Hard to convince some people of this.

[@dewainwoodard4840]

Great video Chris thanks for sharing have a great day

[@stevesmith8854]

An Amazing transformation....and I did not know that 4 acres looked so big...👍🙂

[@leol1682]

Job wel done Chris and hop to other one . love it .

[@janvandenbos7085]

4 Acre clearing job is done, wow big project Chris 😲💥😲💥

[@leecooper7374]

On digging faster you could get Cotontop 3 to truck that Volvo 700 up there and dig maybe a little faster. 😂. Great video as always.

[@tnoel374]

Great job Chris I have the same 4 acres half is cleared already, but 1.5 acres is a mess.

[@thatwazfunaz]

damn that ground is soft, no big stones or anything. wish it was that easy to dig here. all we have is rock. with patches of dirt between. and in an area like that there would be big tree roots everywhere.

[@MrFrankturbo1]

Boy do I love that little dozer !!!

[@MrSea2river]

Any concern for burning through hydraulic lines near bucket?

[@eddiekilby]

Reminds me of when I used to work at the landfill. Sometimes it would catch fire and the only way to put it out was to cover it with fill.

[@blaynesoutdoors5190]

Well Chris you just know the future to good 😆 good video 👍

[@waynetharp]

You got it looking real nice! Carry on to the next one!

[@patrickjohnson5106]

Hey Chris, you may have answered this before, but does all that heat have any affect on the hydraulic lines on the dipper arm. Shortened life or melting the outer rubber layer?

[@SledgeHammer43]

That ash would make good top soil

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

Buy a silage blower and pipe at a farm auction and run it with a gas or diesel engine to put air in the bottom of your burn hole. Faster burn and less ash. It doesn't have to turn very fast. You can also add a little diesel fuel through the blower to start or accelerate the fire.

[@jeffkelley3419]

Do you use special heat-resistant hydraulic lines and cylinders when burning wood and brush? Also, do you find you have to lubricate your stick cylinder more often due to the heat? It must cause some damage to your bucket, as well. I'm going to repeat my comment on your latest video.

[@dennisbrown6502]

That's hardened steel, and the thumb and bucket are not in the fire or hot coals long enough to do much damage, as soon as he swings out it cools fast. Plus looks to me like he knows what he's doing. Your one damn good operator letsdig18.

[@Gen3tx]

Chips suck because of the massive overgrowth they get but they are nice if you have a market for them. I have a deal with a local tree company and they use my land to dump the chips and give me some money for them. Then I either turn around fresh chips around and sell them while they’re clean or I’ll stockpile some and let them decomp a little bit and make really nice topsoil and sell that

[@lidsman2221]

Looks great! Thanks for the video.

[@RolandElliottFirstG]

Looks great, smoky finish to the job though.

[@steamindemon3389]

Chris ": ever had the fire department show up at a job site about all the black smoke ???? and does it hurt the bucket/thumb to keep putting them into the fire ??? I was wondering if the grease in the joints would catch on fire ???

[@markleythompson7904]

Wow lot of burning great vid awesome

[@RK-kj8di]

Can you provide an update to the Volvo teaser??

[@realmoronosity5956]

Have you ever had a machine burn or melt? Hoses, paint, etc.?

[@randallrobison4897]

Looks like it digs really good 👍

[@dirtbeard108]

i needed a job like this done.. after getting a couple price quotes I decided it was cheaper to just buy a new kubota with a bh and tackle it myself. half done so far.

[@marktomkalski8459]

If the window is to hot,hidro fluid is all ready hot and flamibale,those cylinders near the thumb are like granade could blow ,saw that on youtub.be careful dude.

[@patthomason1401]

How do you keep hydronic hoses on that bocket,bucket, all that heat from the fire?

[@IntegraDIY]

Good job, lot looks great 👍

[@jamesrpm3920]

My father in law was clearing and burning for a housing development , unknown hydraulic leak , burned up a almost new machine , even being in town fire dept. wasn't close enough to put it out .

[@richardgavin6712]

Ever think about get a tub or horizontal grinder on track and grind the trees and debris into chip . An sale the chip for fuel or mulch .

[@barryhansen6854]

Nice job well done the client will be happy with that building platform. Will we see steam coming out of the ground from under ground fire still burning?

[@jamesspires8096]

When you guys bid something like this do you bid the dirt work also or just the clearing?

[@jackkilduff6618]

Don't you worry about melting lines?

[@tomjudd285]

Did you sell any logs of this job or burn them all?

[@arkansas1336]

Nice clean project! ....13

[@R1D387]

Well done!

[@FatKidBrody]

Will your burn pits and barrow pits ever turn into sink holes ?

[@colebarrett4194]

Do you have to get burn permits every time you burn big piles of brush like that?

[@stefanaxelsson513]

Looks really good

[@2badger2]

Loves fires (good) despises ashes (bad) ... lol

[@USSBB62]

Do you use Air or Water to clean it off ?

[@dougsmith1166]

Great video 👍

[@mischef18]

Looks good bro

[@eliteearthworksllc]

I guess after moving ashes you just replace the air filters instead of blowing them out! That stuff is a mess. Lot looks great all cleared out!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

R - so you just put new filters in everyday? If you blow them from the inside out with low air pressure your fine. You still don’t get the full life out of them as you would if it wasn’t so dusty. And you can’t leave them clogged it messes with the air/fuel ratio

[@eliteearthworksllc]

R - sounds good man! Not trying to get you all fired up. Got 6400 hours on my loader and still rolling strong.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Given that I'm not just a crane operator, but also a heavy equipment master mechanic with 22 years experience, I will add a few cents. Carefully, and I stress CAREFULLY using compressed air will not damage the filter. Distance and control has to be maintained though. Too many times, people just cram the tip of the blow gun against the filter media and get after it. Actually the best way is a small leaf blower. Starting a little ways away from the center hole (cylindrical air filter) and gradually getting closer until the dirt starts falling out of the exterior pleats. Volumes of air are what you are after. Not localized pressure. Next people will tell us not to wash our machines, because of the risk of high pressure water. I have seen many a radiator, intercooler, hydraulic cooler, and A/C condenser wrecked from an idiot with a pressure washer. It's not the method being implemented. It's the way in which it is implemented.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

To The Top Crane very well put!! Thanks for setting things straight

[@Gen3tx]

7900 hours on my loader that’s been in gravel pits all it’s life. Blown out filter the entire time and replaced the filters only if there was damage to a pleat over time

[@davidgenthnerjr4995]

Any news on when we will be getting to see the new machine? The wait is killing us.

[@ipanzerschrecku4732]

with 5 acres to clear I would make an enormous pile of charcoal, you already got the trees, the dirt and the machines to make it...and the burn permit..

[@matthewmeuleman9872]

chris you shoud have a racker bucket for your machine

[@MrMedderzEa]

does anyone know what make of sunglasses he wears, they look pretty cool and comfy

[@Liamjarviss]

How much would a job like this cost?

[@briangardiner1015]

It seems whenever there is a fire the smoke always follows you.

[@evanpenny348]

It is called the stack effect. The idea is that a good fire draws air in at its base from all directions. By standing or working near the fire, in this current of air, you partly block it from the direction where you are standing. So air is drawn from all directions, just not so strongly from where you are standing. This creates a net push of air towards you but from the opposite side of the fire. Result: the smoke and fire seems to seek you out. You can shift your position, but the smoke just follows you. The same effect is evident near any structure (or "stack"), hence the name of the effect. Hops this helps explain what is going on.

[@Mowers11]

Nice video sir !

[@stangresto9748]

I'm looking to buy land to build a home on and im trying to get some idea of cost to clear land similar to the land in this video.

[@TheHOOfan1]

It's too bad your drone wouldn't work. It would have been neat to see a before and after aerial view

[@MrSea2river]

What will happen to the hill of dirt from which you were filming?

[@Sicktrickintuner]

Can’t throw a little water on those ashes? Then move it all to keep the dust down?

[@primitivebowyer8577]

what about the hydraulic rubber hoses on the arm of the excavator

[@carrollsanders9376]

Nobody tell Chris about the market for bio Coal or Bio Char, the ash dust is mostly Calcium so it is good for the ground.

[@jasonking2943]

That last pit wow when you showed us I saw two men cooking moo goo gai pan! How long did it take you to wash and clean ole girl?

[@robfraley4210]

Yes sir, until now 23:40, it has been North Carolina Woods for centuries, maybe even the Indians haven’t even walked through here...!!

[@johnm.evangelis693]

Hey Chris, be careful with leaving fires lit when you leave the area, you don't want to have another Centralia on your hands. (The town of Centralia, PA. burning since 1962)

[@dylanhigginbotham5441]

John M. Evangelis yeah but thats a coal mine burning

[@mikemanfred7106]

I hope you build a nice Hot Fire on the next project........lol

[@jimmiehall1725]

Is this like potential housing or business area. I see logging trucks go by my place. Matter fact there is a Volvo just like yours parked right next door to me now.

[@TheNemosdaddy]

"I despise ashes", continues to burn onsite....

[@davidwatsonii9469]

SEEMS LIKE THAT ASH WOULD BE GOOD FOR GARDENS, BEIN ALL WOOD ASH

[@scotty362100]

What do you do when the burn pit subsides after a few years? Or does ash not breakdown and let the ground end up with a big sinkhole. It doesn't seem like you could get any compaction with so much ash underneath. Or am I just overthinking it?

[@williamkelley7654]

Ash compacts as well as if not better than clay.

[@fivehigh4718]

20 minute letsdig18 videos alot better then 5 minute letsdig18 videos XD

[@Brandon-ch2ot]

If you guys like this channel you will probably like Andrew Camarata then. Smaller scale but good channel

[@eliteearthworksllc]

B White or the Elite Earthworks channel 😉 lol!

[@blitzburghbilly7813]

B White YOU 👈🏼 & THAT GOOFY ANDREW COULDN'T HOLD (Letsdig18) DIRTY SOCK'S ! ......

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Already subscribed to Andrew.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Elite Earthworks LLC, you do have a great channel!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

BLITZBURGH BILLY that’s true those are some big socks to fill! Lol

[@CapnJackSB]

What ! No Pond?

[@empressmarie4027]

That is huge

[@thederrick1966]

nice video

[@raymondaston4796]

doozer sounds ruff at the end

[@briangardiner1015]

Does your uncle operate equipment?

[@BenJones-ib6xh]

All that organic material buried equals a big sinkhole eventually.

[@jpservicesandrepair2824]

Awesome

[@donaldheddy5681]

Need the tint a little bit darker

[@Nighthawkrun]

Is hell running low on fire?

[@kevin20044]

What happened to the haul truck?

[@johnkramer7161]

They probably moved it to another job

[@leebarnes655]

As in the mechanic was supposed to drop by and fix the injector deal... In other words can we have an update on the misfire issue?

[@samson1200]

Seems a shame to throw good money away by not processing the scrap limbs and stumps and brush into valuable chips and shred them into a good quality product that nurseries and garden centers love and will pay top dollar for, Just rent a chipper/shredder so you do not have a large upfront investment and get your friends like Zack to haul loads to the nurseries for a few bucks and keep everyone busy making some money.imho.

[@buckinright4206]

Fire!!!

[@dylanhigginbotham5441]

Why dident you shread it a sell it for mulch😉

[@andrewneece8287]

Yeah the glare was real bad on this video

[@jwr07]

Thanks for putting the camera in front of yourself. When it is behind you there is no side view. Like to see all I can.

[@johnlockett1565]

With darkening of the side you have 3 images on the video, very bad quality.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Imagine that! A Letsdig video with a HUGE fire in it. Chris, you may have a touch of pyromaniac in ya. Lol. How'd the tint go today?

[@carrollsanders9376]

To The Top Crane he is only clearing Four Acres, not a big burn at all.

[@JasonWorksAlot]

To The Top Crane he did the math in the video jimmy. Everybody knows that huge fires start at 200 semi truck loads plus. This is in the realm of medium to sorta biggish. Honestly I'd expect someone who deals with large shit as a profession to know these things. Does your German load chart not cover the basic sizes? Small medium large and supersize?

[@carrollsanders9376]

JasonWorksAlot It, a hot dog roast, you don't have a fire tornado your not doing it right.

[@JasonWorksAlot]

Carroll Sanders next you're going to tell me I can't get the ice off my windshield with my flamethrower anymore aren't you???

[@ToTheTopCrane]

JasonWorksAlot, I pick up heavy stuff. I'm no expert when it comes to the tonnage of cellulose based materials and correlation to fire size. That is not covered in the load charts in the crane. Lol

[@bud336042]

To much mirror effect with tinting, can't see work as good.

[@evandickens3917]

ever thought about operating on the pipeline id love to see you dig pipeline dich

[@JasonWorksAlot]

But chris, why don't you just get a chipper?!? Wouldn't it make more sense to chip it?! I mean other people use chippers and me never being in your shoes qualifies me to give you expert advise... I think you should invest in a chipper. And while your at it I think the 220 has a flat maybe you should put a plug in it?

[@kb7722]

JasonWorksAlot you are out of your mind. Chippers are a waste of money! Mulchers are where it's at and don't plug that flat on the 220! Patches are the only way to go!

[@carrollsanders9376]

JasonWorksAlot ,Faster and better for the environment to burn it.

[@JasonWorksAlot]

kb7722 I'll tell ya what let's meet in the middle and go grinders? Or maybe just keep running over it with the johnny deeres' brush hog of doom??? And only cold patches. Once you go above like warm it's no dice on tracks that have any wear. The air will leak right out.

[@JasonWorksAlot]

Carroll Sanders this is not true. I do believe that pascal was the one to prove that the hydrocarbons produced from burning brush is greater than that of a cummins n14 coming up on boost. Or maybe it was newton. Honestly I forget. Check Wikipedia if you want.

[@JasonWorksAlot]

Geoff Gyro that's probably the best way for the environment as well. There would be no nature left to pollute. Maybe if we upvote this enough chris will read it and give it ago. He'd probably be a front runner for a noble peace prize I mean shit atleast qualify for a discount at a holiday in express right?