I'm a simple man. When I see a video about busting a dam, I click on it.
@AnnArbor3933 ай бұрын
Fr
@JGB4113 ай бұрын
👋🏻
@westcoast92853 ай бұрын
Dam right
@Legoguru4u3 ай бұрын
Gentlemen, we meet again..
@kiwigirl61353 ай бұрын
I’m a ‘simple gal’ and I concur 😊
@deplorable_20243 ай бұрын
You nailed it. They piled the clay over the topsoil. No wonder it won’t hold water. A good pond builder has to know much more than how to run machines! I had a new 2 1/2 acre pond built 2 yrs ago. They brought in 2 scrapers and separated all of the top soil around the pond and piled it up. They used the good clay below that to build the dam. They also made sure they had good clay lining in the bottom. Then they took the topsoil and regraded it around the pond. No leaks. Beautiful pond. Great fishing in just a couple of years.
@Bailey-y9b3 ай бұрын
I want to know more
@deplorable_20243 ай бұрын
@@Bailey-y9b. My pond build was in SW Iowa . My farm is hilly, not flat, which is typical for this area. Over decades of previous farming, the good black topsoil moved to the bottom of the hills, leaving only a thin layer over the clay base on the hilltops. When we built the pond we needed good solid clay for the dam, and to create a firm clay bottom in the pond. Clay holds water. Black dirt doesn’t. So. Using two large scrapers, my builder removed a thinning black topsoil layer from a nearby hilltop. He also used them the scrapers to remove the good black at the bottom of the hills where the pond was going. He went down over 30 ft where the dam was going to be built. All off this black dirt was stockpiled. The scrapers then began moving the good clay for the dam and pond bottom. Using the two scrapers and three large dozers and a large excavator, the dam and pond bottom were sculpted from solid clay. All of the good black dirt that had been stockpiled was spread on the hilltops where we took the clay. We also put about a 12” layer across the top of the dam, and on the face that slopes away from the pond. This created a nice layer of topsoil for seeding brome grass for permanent cover to stop erosion. Brome is very hardy, relatively fast growing, and creates a very deep and tough sod layer in just 2-3 years. This was all very carefully researched and planned. Also expensive. We used clean 4-6” rock to face the dam on the water side. And we built 3 silt basins in the waterways above the pond. And we tiled all the ground above the pond into those silt ponds. And all of that drains through more tile to feed the pond in a way that lets us control all the drainage from 260 acres that is the watershed feeding this 2 1/2 acre pond. Deep end is 28’. We built tow large spawning beds. Stocked with large mouth bass, bluegills and perch. Fish were stocked 18 months ago. I was fishing this evening. I tagged 4 bass. Smallest was 1 1/2 lbs. largest was 2 lbs. I’m also weighing and tagging bluegill. The oldest ones are already 3/4 lb. I caught and tagged one 15 oz.
@sneezing_panda3 ай бұрын
@@Bailey-y9b @bamabass did a "5 acre pond build" and you can see what they did there.
@me33333 ай бұрын
@@deplorable_2024 Thank you for the detailed explanation. I have always wondered how to properly build a pond. I have watched ponds being dug and built up but have never heard the details about what went into it. Very cool
@anthonyburnam34152 ай бұрын
Makes me wish I had more acreage to build a pond on. Thanks for posting it.
@JB-eg1tb3 ай бұрын
Watching this brings back my early childhood days of playing with mud, water and dams! Thank you for sharing.
@nelsonglass62 ай бұрын
You can’t cut a 2 foot wide to put back a 2 ft clay wall?
@JJfromPhilly67Ай бұрын
Me too!
@barryelizando45973 ай бұрын
So grateful you been posting regularly. Had surgery a few days ago to remove cancer. Nothing more calming and soothing than to hear the whine of hydraulics . Thanks
@Pavel-palavel3 ай бұрын
Get well soon, my unknown friend
@eaterofallchicken2 ай бұрын
Rest well, i would watch this too if i had cancer.
@Stosh126Ай бұрын
Best wishes for your recovery.
@rozmoran18403 ай бұрын
The low level photography of the water draining from the pond dam was brilliant. Thank you Chris.
@SilentKnight432 ай бұрын
Best shot of the vid.
@Vickie-Bligh3 ай бұрын
Yay, I've been looking forward to this pond rebuild. Can't wait to see what the future pond looks like. Thanks, Chris.
@Sandy_Marley2 ай бұрын
Please kiss me
@alpintourer3 ай бұрын
Chris... Some of the best camera placements I have seen in your videos. Well done!
@WatcherNine3 ай бұрын
I especially liked that 'down the rapids view'. Very artistic Chris! An artist with the excavator as well as the camera.
@steves99153 ай бұрын
This is Chris enjoying his day off running an excavator!
@bosshogg35483 ай бұрын
Great job 👍🏻 2:04 don’t fall down 4:38 love the green leaf in the dirt you squeezed with your hand 5:31 love how the tree fell down when you barely touched it 19:03 love the camera angle 20:27 love the camera angle and I didn’t know you fished I love to fish it’s my favorite thing to do been doing it since I was little 21:03 love how the stick rolled back in to the water 22:34 love how the chuck of dirt rolled back in to the pond
@hollywoodhiggins157614 күн бұрын
I’m sick as a dog and now been watching (busting dams open) videos for the past 2 hrs! I see another 6 hrs in my future! Keep up the good work!
@RGB060843 ай бұрын
Good for you Chris! Doing a job for yourself!
@stang96603 ай бұрын
That's gonna be quite the project! Hope you all made through the hurricane okay
@brianwheldon71773 ай бұрын
Been waiting for this project Chris Even with the issues found your the man with the expertise to resolve it, Im assuming you also have a fair amount of geological knowledge as you understand the all the different soils and clays. Thanks for taking the time to do the videos for us id hate to think how much go go juice gets burnt while your out placing your cameras for our enjoyment keep up the awesome work Chris and thank you. great camera work today buddy.
@robertmccullough48223 ай бұрын
19:20 and 20:37 water drainage footage: Chris, That is some of the best footage you have shown on draining a pond. Well Done Sir! It looked amazing!!!! Thanks for the view!
@gethinjones13483 ай бұрын
Another interesting video Chris, hope you're all safe after the hurricane 🙏
@chuckbrown27653 ай бұрын
Can’t wait to hear an update. Hope all is well
@Katie-fg8kc3 ай бұрын
If he is east of Asheville they are fine.
@121xc3 ай бұрын
Probably busy cleaning up the mess left behind.
@jrand26313 ай бұрын
According to Geoff (Bealy Good Farm) most of the storm and rain went Vest from their location, and they only got a couple of inches of rain, or so.
@johnnyholland87653 ай бұрын
@@jrand2631 Very lucky. I am in middle Ga where it came through my front door and out the back it seemed. Got 8 inches of rain in 24 hours and some pretty gusty winds. Last thurs night was pretty scary. I don't do hurricanes very well. Out of power for 3 days. Just got it back late today. Prayers to all those folks up north. Gonna be a hell of a mess to deal with for a time...
@s0wndman9493 ай бұрын
Some great camera work in this one. I enjoyed “floating” the river and it has been a while since we had a camera attached above the bucket shot.
@creedsixteen8913 ай бұрын
After a couple of really crappy days, the drain cam made me smile. Thanks Chris and looking forward to this job.
@gaelsolos191012 күн бұрын
Great fabulous camera work. I am mesmerized. Thank you
@scottburk40833 ай бұрын
No better time than the present to start the next farm project. Looking forward to seeing what you are going to do with this pond. Take care,stay dry and God Bless!!!❤😊🙏
@Nobody-did-it3 ай бұрын
Dudes everywhere had waves of unexplainable joy watching that water break through. I did too.
@popko123453 ай бұрын
its a big job chris have fun whit it
@dennis23763 ай бұрын
It has been a long time coming, but the home pond renovation has begun. Nice wet goopy mud. :)Thank you and have a great week.
@LeiYuanHong3 ай бұрын
Oh great I found another pond build channel! That was satisfying to watch. I look forward to seeing the whole process!
@bookworm67-hv7nm2 ай бұрын
T/S 19:00 that's the money shot right there weird how satisfying a bit of water brightens your day up good job guy
@spencer67643 ай бұрын
I've been waiting a long time for this pond video can't wait to see the final results. Awesome footage on this video well done Chris. Thanks for sharing 👍
@tangopaparomeo3382 ай бұрын
Great little video, mesmerizing! I could watch all day. Best of luck with your project ... and please keep us updated.
@robinparkes9883 ай бұрын
great video Chris. It’s good for someone like me, with no pond experience, to listen to your thought processes and how you intend going about the fix. 🇬🇧
@LesliePowell-o5p2 ай бұрын
I love it that you are so neat when placing the trees you removed.
@themorganator3 ай бұрын
Loving 'bucket cam' Chris!
@AbbyHagan042 ай бұрын
It's a Saturday night. Weather is amazing, life's good. But somehow I find myself watching this for a whole 25 mins. And it's totally worth it
@michaeldemaranville76453 ай бұрын
It is good to see you working on your own place and making more ground for a pond is a good idea. Nice work Sir.
@Iamdarthplague3 ай бұрын
Im not sure what kind of channel I have stumbled across but it is strangely mesmerizing.
@garymessina16093 ай бұрын
Great dam busting video very interesting thanks Chris
@kennethjones33373 ай бұрын
You are absolutely the smoothest operator I’ve ever seen. That’s going to look great when you get it all cleared of trees.
@timziegler93583 ай бұрын
I am looking forward to your working on this pond! I know that it will be great when done! Best wishes.
@curtisfrease9463 ай бұрын
Great stuff! Thanks Chris!!
@stevechapman70533 ай бұрын
Been waiting on this. This will be a great series of videos.
@Todd.Roberts3 ай бұрын
I remember you did a walk around that pond sometime last year .
@heatherlane92703 ай бұрын
At last this part of the dream has begun. It will be a large undertaking bye the looks of it. Love that grey mud - reminds of my yabbying (crayfishing) days as a kid.
@benloaded376516 күн бұрын
I enjoyed this for some reason. Just a man with a plan and willing to carry it out
@kens.37293 ай бұрын
Nice job, Chris! Can’t wait to see you work on this Project again over the Winter or next year. Keep up the Strong 💪 Efforts. 👍🙏
@gregw34323 ай бұрын
Great cinematographer with the low level ditch views and bucket POV. Makes it look very dramatic. Well done!
@donnamullins20893 ай бұрын
Chris I know you will make this area beautiful. Such a nice cozy area for a pond. I pray the hurricane doesn't hit your area of NC.
@SilentKnight432 ай бұрын
Love the variety of cam angles. Fun to watch.
@JP-rf7px3 ай бұрын
Nice to watch an operator who has become "one with the machine" he operates!
@richardcasey44392 ай бұрын
Nice restoration project
@dirtfarmer74723 ай бұрын
You said that this pond was built in the mid 1960s, I wonder what the technology of pond building will be like in the mid 2080s. Significantly different. Thank you Sir for this video of the farm.
@Bill-cg6oh3 ай бұрын
Cant wait to see this pond job get going in full swing. The thing is it is nice since it is your pond, make it as big as you want or deep as want. Keep up the video's really going to be good content with tree removal dirt hauling.
@nelsonannett54273 ай бұрын
small pond big project but will be a fun one. nothing like home chores. cheers.
@samuelrusso17083 ай бұрын
Can you recover the fish, maybe make a small temporary pool or leave a little water for the to survive while you repair the dam ?
@oldageisdumb3 ай бұрын
I’m having a hard time watching this because he clearly hasn’t taken any precautions for the wildlife
@lookingoverhell34483 ай бұрын
@@oldageisdumb today im going to destroy an eccosystem .hold my beer .
@oldageisdumb3 ай бұрын
@@STOK360 Man made pond that has been there for 60 years and become part of the land. I understand you don’t feel the same way but what an odd thing for you to tell someone to cry about something?
@Pavel-palavel3 ай бұрын
He probably hasn’t thought about that, I hadn’t thought about that either till I read your comment
@matt015063 ай бұрын
@oldageisdumb It would break my heart to do this to a 60 year old pond. There is a pool that i fish near me that mediaeval monks used for carp when they were part of the staple diet in Britain. It is absolutely stunning, and that was MAN MADE ! It doesn't look like a human hand has ever touched it now though.
@spamlessaccount3 ай бұрын
Hope all is well in your part of NC.
@CatMeow24-qr7uo3 ай бұрын
Busting a pond with the yellow mini excavator was one of my favorite videos 😊
@aileensochon75003 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed watching that. Very interesting. 👌☺️🏴
@michaelmcclure86733 ай бұрын
Chris I hope the storm passed you by . That pond work is going to be a good one .😊
@ubermo118214 күн бұрын
Very satisfying to watch.
@72chargerse723 ай бұрын
It is such a pleasure to watch you run a machine chris. You make it look so easy. It makes me want to try it, and discover no doubt that it isn't at all easy. But being a man who wouldn't want to run a machine for awhile?
@terryrogers10253 ай бұрын
Oh boy, that’s a project for the farm. I envision a good sized burn pile(s) and when you engage the pond that also means moving existing dirt aways to/from the new dam location, going to look sweet when you get it done though. Thanks for the update, looking forward to the build of the pond.
@jscottmaclean2263 ай бұрын
your footage going up the dam breach down low was incredible, nice job!
@mickbaker24833 ай бұрын
Hi Chris very interesting what you pulled out of the dam so far I'm looking forward to the series on this one there's going to be some almighty fires hear, hope everything is ok for you and all of your family from the hurricane.
@sasanjahanbakhsh77223 ай бұрын
you are THE MASTER of this escvatior. nice
@petewarby71582 ай бұрын
I'm a techno idiot that can barely operate my own toothbrush so watching you with that digger is like watching a surgeon at work. Great video.
@johnpyle80273 ай бұрын
I think the pond videos are my favorite. Imagining after you make it bigger and add all the clay, the next person shouldn't have to mess with it for more than a hundred years next time.
@rhodalphssanitorium50103 ай бұрын
Epic Chris. Kind of figured that was the problem all along. On to project Longpond then. Thanks. I was mostly interested in what might be found in this pond. But if it was created in '60, not so much.
@melissareynolds86913 ай бұрын
Will be a beautiful hidden pond! ❤❤❤
@morphast20903 ай бұрын
Looks like it would be a nice little bass pond when you get it finished
@edbug0073 ай бұрын
Super cool shot going up the waterfall
@charleswelch2493 ай бұрын
Great to see you made it through the hurricane in tact. You have been waiting for a few years now to work on this pond project. The 350 and everything else you have should make it interesting to watch.
@odd_Rea3 ай бұрын
love the personal project updates ~
@dan-o97463 ай бұрын
The bucket cam was pretty cool! Interesting point of view
@michigandogman30603 ай бұрын
You guys have been getting hammered, my friend lives near lake lure and although he just had a couple trees on the house, they made it out ok.
@johnhearn46223 ай бұрын
I think I can guess what you and your buds are doing today for your neighbors. God bless you guys!🎉
@BensHalloween3 ай бұрын
Nice jungle there! That Yanmar is a little beast.
@petenolte41923 ай бұрын
I agree that's why if I buy a mini excavator it will be this one
@ifyoutip2 ай бұрын
I run one like this but without the angle blade option sometimes. When the boss man told me he was going to buy a new one we thought Kubota. But after demo runs on both it was clear the yanmar was better. A real pleasure to run as it is a very capable machine.
@wavydavy9816Ай бұрын
I've been painting all day, and then I had to fix my ******* motorbike, so I am _more_ than happy to sit back, drink my coffee and watch some digging 🤗 I was gonna ask if there was any fish in there 😉👍
@troyledbetter65973 ай бұрын
This is going to be a large project! It would be cool to get a drone video of before and after!
@williammurfin63543 ай бұрын
The old pond is looking like one of those Christmas holiday projects. Oh, oh, oh!! You could get few You tubers together and do a collaboration set of videos on this pond rebuild.
@jeffweber82443 ай бұрын
That’s a lot of work. Nice video. I was told to not allow trees to grow on my lake dam since roots will cause leaks.
@mrLawson84Ай бұрын
Chris needs a brush haulin assistant lol As he pulls trees out and sets them to the side, someone could be tossing them onto the main burn pile. Would save him a lot of time trying to organize the brush and a good option for folk with a lot of friends.
@janetbent23393 ай бұрын
I find it interesting to watch your expanding repertoire of techniques to uproot/take down trees. The type/size of machine, the type/size of tree and where and with what it is growing and what it's growing in all play a part in how you deal with them. Almost endless combinations and never the same thing twice 🙂
@leonbradford56493 ай бұрын
Water flowing is very relaxing
@rufneksooner3 ай бұрын
Always an adventure with Chris.
@debcamp23593 ай бұрын
It's always an interesting video with Chris!
@hydraulic-hum3 ай бұрын
I have been looking forward to this project, since you took the dragline down there.. can't wait for your videos :)
@AndrewKamensky3 ай бұрын
you should count the rings when you remove the big trees
@bigears40143 ай бұрын
That doesn't work perfectly, as sometimes a tree can grow 2 rings
@mikefisher12313 ай бұрын
Hope all is well after the storm Chris
@drew-shourd26 күн бұрын
Good stuff here sir, thanx for making and sharing it...awesome p.o.v.'s btw....
@martindale755914 күн бұрын
Loved watching this, especially that bucket with the grab i have been driving a machine here in uk since 84 and have never seen one of those before 👍
@nocapyoulackn35942 ай бұрын
Cool watching a good operator.
@tap8202 ай бұрын
I love watching stuff like this.
@timharris48743 ай бұрын
Excellent camera action.
@CleetusKelley2 ай бұрын
That was every bit as satisfying as I thought it would be
@mankind21123 ай бұрын
Yeah baby, this is the pond I've been waiting for letsdig18 to start working on, let's get it!
@jenniferbutcher83933 ай бұрын
Most satisfying video of the day!!🎉 that was FUN!!
@shawnthomas3143 ай бұрын
Rumor has it you caused all that mess in Asheville by busting the dam lol . Glad your doing ok and dodged that nasty hurricane. Been watching your videos for ever always good.
@AquaPeet3 ай бұрын
Man you had some great shots in this one!! The rush of water through the trench, the bucket cam... I'm glad you had (or made) the time for this project!! The pond actually looks great and natural and all but yeah we can't have a leaky pond dam... Hope you can fix everything and bring the natural foresty look back! :)
@C10sRule3 ай бұрын
I bet he does very much like you wish. His other pond he recently did for the cabin on his farm is looking very nice & natural. To really get a full life out of the dam though, it’s better to no have any trees on it. Not as natural looking, but the dam will outlast all of us watching!! Hoping your day is going well, Eh! 😊
@bradh.6893 ай бұрын
The bucket cam was GREAT!!!
@haroldhawkins93703 ай бұрын
Nice video Chris.
@samc89003 ай бұрын
Looking forward to the video of you cleaning all the trees.
@bryanrandom63822 ай бұрын
There's just something about digging out trees with a hydraulic claw that my brain love's! Great video!