Knocking Out The Big Pond Clearing

[@duanehill5698]

Your a great operator I really enjoy watching you thank you for sharing your work with us.

[@TheBrushcutter]

Wish I lived close by, could solve the small tree issue you mentioned in a couple of hours. Since I don't I'll try to explain. Get 2 lengths of pipe with a diameter slightly shorter than the length of the bucket teeth. Use 1/2 to 3!4" plate 8" wide , step in 2" from both edges, cut 4" teeth in plate like so VVVVVVVVV you now have 2 pieces, weld each to pipe. Cut holes in each pipe to correspond to teeth on bucket and thumb. Weld heavy chain to pipe to anchor to bucket. You now have easily removable fitted fine tooth jaws to rip out the small stuff. Not being able to put a tape on the bucket and teeth, you understand those measurements are all estimated, but I'm betting your welder could whip that up in no time. Love your clearing and beaver dam videos. Keep them coming!

[@63256325N]

Just like pulling pot plants at harvest time.....That's going to be a really nice pond when it's all said and done, nicely done. Thanks for the video. Great drone footage!

[@peterwilson2884]

Hey Chris ,from the drone shots it looks like you are working on a golf course,it looks like there are lots of fairways in among the trees.Your project is looking good as always,thank you for taking the time and effort to produce these videos.stay safe ,cheers and beers from Aus

[@RangieNZ]

The drone shows the field next door with the poles (that Chris put in a year back) that are for an orchard/vineyard(?). I'm guessing some of the lake water will be to irrigate them. The map in the intro to this job also showed a wedding platform next to lake.

[@jbbuzzable]

I believe he said the owner was going to grow hops.

[@janvandenbos7085]

Very Nice again Chris, clearing trees and Nice drone shots about project 👍👌

[@davidgenthnerjr4995]

That is gonna be one mother of a pond. It does look like the road will have to be built up. Great video and music.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Looking good! Love the drone footage!

[@MrDaniel3105]

Thanks for moving the a/c vents

[@danielcostner4106]

hope you film all the lake cleaning love those videos they are really awesome

[@chemicalmike646]

I've asked myself a few times why I watch these kinds of videos.., Then I realise, I'm actually very jealous of the awesome toys. Awesome toys never become boring. :D

[@TheOtherBill]

Big difference in both the sound and video, very well done!!

[@cgfarmer4012]

Great video Chris, keep them coming.

[@lidsman2221]

These videos have been so good recently. Thanks!

[@jplotkin3380]

That clearing fly over made me want to grow my mullet back and kick over my coffee table!! Nice man!!

[@leol1682]

Nice video Chris and love to see the 250 Volvo exc, work

[@greymanzink6118]

I didn't realize how much bigger the 250 was compared to the 160 until I saw them parked next to each other and saw them from the sky. That 250 is a beast.

[@johnleake708]

Thanks for the video, the new loader appears to work well for you. The trees are definitely small on that property for your area. The relatively large oak you pulled out about 8 minutes into the video looked like it had a shallow root system due to "hard pan" which is most likely the cause for the small trees.

[@aebayrunner]

Hey Chris, I know those toothpicks are a pain. But, remember that smell of freshly turned dirt and your best quote. "Smells like money to me"!

[@FishFind3000]

Robert Elmore I miss freshly turned soil. Good memory’s

[@DyrewulfNV]

Awesome music for the drone footage!

[@ohhpaul7364]

The drone footage makes it look like the dam will be pointed towards the road at an angle. Whereas with the original overhead shot, I thought the dam would be mostly parallel with the road. Kind of amazing how it changes once you remove the trees. good water flow too, may be a pain to work with but good for the pond.

[@neusac4590]

Nice video. Too bad you have to take all those nice trees down. I live in Phoenix, AZ., I have planted several trees on my property for shade.

[@waltermattson5566]

That was a great video. I didn’t realize how much bigger the 250 is until I saw the drone footage. For getting the dirt off the stumps would it be feasible to build something heavy with a few very heavy duty arms sticking out theat you could just rub the stump against a few times? You could just use it on jobs when the dirt really sticks to the roots or have the other excavator do it after you dig them out.

[@carrollsanders9376]

Quick attach and stumper rake clears the little trees fast.

[@brentcos9370]

Amazing how such little trees can resist being pulled up.

[@thecross8850]

Another great video!

[@GratefulNachos]

Really like the out of the cab shots

[@Vintageguy73]

Good firewood, I could heat my house all winter with a handfull of those trees. Most don't need splitting!

[@mannymercado716]

That machines a BEAST. LOL

[@kens.3729]

That Machine is a Beast and Better be Strong 💪 for the Amount of Cash 💰 that they Cost. 😬 👍

[@vigilante4912]

It''s amazing to see how he just lays waste to everything around him :D

[@carrollsanders9376]

Nice Drone footage at the end now just burn everything, I did think by the way you were talking though it was a bigger spot, two dozers and an Chain would have done that quick. But it is looking good.

[@waynetharp]

Will water come right up to tree lines or will there be a certain amount of grass around the edge?

[@Blackearthexcavationandtiling]

We have almost the same machine (250E) ... only runs about 1800 rpm - but when throttle is as at max press the center of the throttle button down and it will rev up to full govern rpm

[@silentcaos]

HA ! having the camera going gives you something to talk to , I know sitting in a cab all day gets kinda boring.... I too get kinda loopy when I mow road ditches for 10 hrs straight going 2.5 to 3 MPH. but I do find quite a few interesting things in the ditches.... you do good work there Mr. Magoo...

[@randymaylowski2485]

Hey Chris! for that small brush trees, what yer having problems with, can you try to use a brush hog if that would help? After you get all the medium big trees out, what they want out. But good work.

[@westpur]

I think during the fly over the song " The Trees by Rush " would have fit. Non the less another great video.

[@niklaseriksson3343]

Maybe try to use a mulcher or similar device on the small trees? just turn them into wood chips.

[@larrymeyers6913]

That's going to be a nice sized pond. That's going to be one huge fire . Are you going to make a video of the burn piles??

[@matttaylor8434]

Nice machine!!

[@mattchilders3123]

when pulling a tree out with that dirt root ball on it, would it help if you banged it against another tree you're taking down? loosening the dirt and knocking down the tree?

[@kraigschick4588]

Hey Chris, why not use the skid loader with the clam bucket on the little toothpick trees? I’ve had good luck with that. Is there not enough room to work with the bigger trees around mabe?

[@mismas81]

Hell Chris...everytime i watch your videos i wonder why the hell i didn't become excavator operator instead of software developer - since i grew up on a farm....:-) I kknow that it isnt all the time super and dandy anywhere but here you are always in nature and in machine...

[@carrollsanders9376]

Primoz Secundus being an excavator operator sucks, never working in the shade.

[@TERRYRONALDRACKLEY]

Good drone view.

[@ZacVaper]

If you group your videos into playlists, you will get way more views. Also, we want to see follow up videos to see how your jobs look after a few months or so. Thanks and keep'em coming.

[@garyduncan3765]

How big is the property your working on? Looks impressive from the drone. I gotta get one.

[@karlgriggs8887]

What was the music for the fly over? Damn that was insane good!

[@daverunion2162]

Karl Griggs they would put nasty scratches in the new machine. Can’t have that. Lol

[@golftooter]

Do the owners ever request that you create structures such as leaving trees in the water, brush piles or small dropoffs? That would sure make the future fish happy!

[@dougsmith1166]

What is the music at 20:30 ?

[@benrandomly2016]

I looked up what constitutes a lake. Here is the simple definition. There is no size limit but the body of water must meet this criteria. "A lake would be sufficiently large enough and deep enough to create wave action that would sweep at least part of the shore free of vegetation."

[@letsdig18]

Its not a lake until its over 10 acres here LOL

[@thederrick1966]

that's going to be a big pond !

[@george8873]

Was kind of neat to see the size difference of the excavators in the drone footage. The 250 dwarfs the other.

[@anthonyrobertson1787]

Hi, Chris, when useing the excavator have you ever uncoverd anything that you should'en of 😲 Wow that is a Big Area 🖒

[@briangardiner1015]

Do you have to notch the dam? What kind of drone do you have?

[@yvonnejohnson1557]

Refresh my old mine what group played at the end tks

[@TheUserid82]

To bad you can't haul the muck from the lake out with cement trucks as they already have to move a wet slurry.

[@timfreeman476]

Do they have to get permits for ponds?

[@carrollsanders9376]

tim freeman Depends on size height of Dam and Acre foot and what the pond is used for, only stock ponds are legally allowed I most States.

[@c1a101]

I worked in the drilling field years ago. Get a D9, that will push over them trees.lol

[@carrollsanders9376]

Norm two D9s and an Anchor chain.

[@jimcraig5208]

Chris: When are you going back to cleaning and fixing the pond by the highway? That you mowed that had the narrow pond road

[@ericvincent8887]

Have you ever ripped a thumb off a excavator? Also, what's some good advice to keep from doing it? Thanks for the videos. I have learned alot. Thank you in advance

[@jeffcharley3195]

How much fuel does the 250 burn an hour?

[@egolliher6933]

There's one Beast of a pond at almost qualifies as a lake now the question is will you build the side up and covered the road or road coming out

[@jamesspires8096]

No silt fence along the creek?

[@TheBrushcutter]

That would be useless, he's building a pond. Maybe a temporary one at the end where the dam would be, but it looks to be a small creek and if there is no rain in the forecast, again not necessary.

[@scottbeal7461]

How deep will this pond/lake be? I'm also curious as to your input on a review of the new machine compared to your ole baby.

[@jimmymeyer7758]

Is the tint messing with the camera? Seems to b pixilating a lot since the tint

[@allanjoanette8803]

Couldn't u install some type of removeable metal cover over your automatic oilers lines. Just a thought.

[@davidtemke9394]

This may be a dumb question by what was the strangest thing you ever find while doing one of these cleaning jobs or biggest head scracher

[@waltermattson5566]

Do you have any video of this job now?

[@jamesbowers3540]

Yes please show it to us if you can when it gets full

[@stevehansen5389]

Is the road where the dam will be located? If not, will it be underwater.

[@letsdig18]

its being raised and will go through the center

[@bennett3848]

We use a rake that goes on our loader to pull them up but ultimately we do the same thing your doing with the excavator unless we grind them

[@parkermichael620]

You need a mulching attachment for that or the skid steer take care of those small tree quick fast and in a hurry.

[@TheBrushcutter]

Hmm, I don't know, those things leave a mess of shredded slivers, and depending on how long it takes for the pond to fill they would dry and form a floating mess on the surface of the water. I think, it would be fast though.

[@Herbybandit]

C'mon Chris spill! Who does the soundtrack at the end?

[@donbraden8533]

Now that machine is a tree eater 🤣🤣🤣 💪

[@rynobub]

Can't you just break the small trees and just leave the ground riddled with small sticks? Its all going to be under water anyway right?

[@billwhelan9982]

How long have you had it for

[@brentcos9370]

Question from a noob: Why could you not use a big dozer to do the clearing vs. the excavator? I know you said you tried a dozer but it didn't work. Curious. Great vid!

[@Simonsimps]

Chris, when you use the mag mounts do you still find yourself talking to the camera ?

[@oz1vlh]

LOL :-D

[@robfraley4210]

So Chris . . What does this job look like to (2) months later, 10-16-18 ?

[@HDWRIGHT409]

He really needs to put at least a 3-foot Dia culvert pipe in the center of that road at the spring or over time it will stop up and be a pain to keep cleaned out. been there, done that

[@keithbrettell2058]

When you're doin' a project this big, with an irregular shape, do you have a perimeter line to follow or is it just figure it out as a you go?

[@RangieNZ]

Is going to be a lake. You keep hearing Chris saying 'shooting levels' - i.e. use a laser to set heights, then work to those. Watch the earlier videos too.

[@MostelsRoofing]

Keith Brettell follows the grade as water will be all the same level at any given point

[@keithbrettell2058]

I've watched the other videos, does 'set the heights, then work to those' affect the shape? I guess to some extent it does, but it seems like it would be really easy to clear too many trees and then you've got an open area that was supposed to be trees.

[@TheBrushcutter]

@@keithbrettell2058 the contour of the land at full pool is what ultimately determines the shape of any body of water. If you look at topographic maps the little red lines show what a pond would look like in hilly terrain.

[@waynetharp]

How many hours before 1st major service on the new beast?

[@calvinlindley8678]

Now that you have the 250 does that mean the 220 is going to be like the 160 were everyone runs it?

[@choelstad91]

First time I have ever joined at No Views

[@jeffguimond9442]

Pull the bigger ones and brush hog all the little stuff. Much faster.

[@craignicholson505]

Is there more videos to come of this job chris

[@kepplec]

With the permitting process did they make you do some type of turbidity barrier at the downward side of the project for sediment control? Around here the DEP would loose their shit seeing the edge of the water disturbed like that.. lmao

[@letsdig18]

ill put a check dam in the creek just below the dam, other then that its all peachy

[@bigbobcob8716]

I use what they call a “ratchet rake “ it just gets strapped onto the front of the skid steer and it works grate for all that little shit look it up it’s cheap also

[@arkansas1336]

That will be a nice looking 'puddle'. ....13

[@johndavis7709]

Have you ever ran into huge bee/wasp nests? If so what have you done about them?

[@TheBrushcutter]

Probably just made sure all the doors and windows were closed and cranked up the A/C a little colder. Lol. I imagine that would be fun, like sitting in a giant air conditioned wasp proof suit and watching the little devil's just be mad. Lol

[@johnm.evangelis693]

How much did the new Volvo cost Chris?

[@davidnull5590]

Searching with Google a *used* 2017 with 500 hours VOLVO EC250E US$216,229

[@Krozmar]

Is that like in the mittle of a creek.. This will be a pond in no time...

[@kenbyers4049]

How about trying a HydraAxe machine to clear the smaller trees ???

[@rajbeekie7124]

That is now the end of that stream. Whoever lives downstream can kiss their stream goodbye. That pond will require a lot of water to fill and it will lose a tremendous water due to evaporation. This is why people down steam hate when people upstream put in ponds, etc.

[@elguerotacopwr1124]

Nice

[@MrScotttraynor]

thanks fur the update on the "Big drain!" job ;)

[@craighanham8120]

You hate Hickory trees - but they make great shovel handles. Kinda ironic LOL

[@sunnyqzado3455]

no fair that Williams excavation crew advertising on your video.

[@ac283]

I hope my dentist never gets to see that Volvo in action!

[@jamesatkins2080]

U do good work, how many people u have working with u?

[@ArizVern]

Was I seeing right The 250 is a third bigger than the the 220? Saw that on aerial shot. At 72 gave my DJI Phantom 2 to my son, looking at DJI Mavic 2 Zoom, it's half the size, better video.