Pad Is Done Time To Fill The Hole!

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[@hydraulic-hum]

lovely job doing the pad, that dredged mud was a sticky mess.. enjoyed this video 5yrs later..

[@ninataylor6180]

That pad came up incredible. Chris seems to me everything you touch turns to gold WOOHOO!

[@buckburton7318]

I'm not an equipment operator but I've been around enough of it to know this guy is an artist on a piece of equipment.

[@Cicnaz]

Stumbled on your channel with my sons. Takes me back to when I would sit in the cab with my dad. If he was still around he’d love this and your channel. Keep it up.

[@robertrockwell7581]

nice work. filling the hole is easier than i thought it was going too be.

[@stevennanz358]

been watching every day for a year , retired old guy, that hole when completed would grow several rows of walnut or i guess in your area pecans , for the future iwould fence it from the deer and plant it get the trees from dnr thanks for all your hard video work especially after working all day

[@glennsparks8912]

9 qsq1 2tgl

[@vinmartinez3659]

Always impressed with your work and videos 18.

[@juniorraines1042]

Chris you awesome work enjoying your video very much thank you for sharing

[@bluetopazzz]

I enjoy watching you tremendously. You don't waste time. You always develop a plan. You clearly explain what you are going to do. You carry out that plan professionally and completely. Your projects always look exceptional. You enjoy what you do and you are so much fun..............and funny.

[@63256325N]

Well done! Thanks for the video.

[@briangolden5562]

I got hooked on watching your vids , can't stop watching. I don't even call your channel letsdigit, I call you the dirt whisperer cause of how effortless you make running all that equipment. I've learned alot watching your vids. Keep up the excellent work bud

[@MRKUE]

That close up of the bucket swinging is cool, mad me back up a little!

[@mischef18]

The pad look real good bro, the pond clearing is turning out to be fun when dumping in the borrow pit. Great video.

[@jodimiller7931]

holy cow that Pad came out beautiful! You guys do some great work.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Awesome shot under the haul truck very cool! That was quite the hole. Great job! 👍🏻

[@phillipjones3342]

That was cool good filming technique thanks for sharing

[@jimbeck6093]

Great video. Look forward to the next episode!

[@mojo6706]

That is some good video work. Cam on the dump, driving the dump over the cams, dozer in the the hole. Nice bro!

[@judethwright182]

:yeah this is one of letsdig 18's best.

[@SLCFarms]

My Grandfather used to run maypop tires on his cars. Always kept a couple spares. Pad looked good all done.

[@jeffmosher433]

Some fun camera angles! Great video!

[@davidjohnston330]

You have made me a much better operator by just watching you. Sometimes I say, “oh that’s how you do that” LOL👌👌👌

[@jbritt2549]

Wake county clay gets hard when dry sticky when wet! Good looking pad!

[@lesr5737]

Awesome video today Tim love every minute of it

[@cathiwim]

You can hear the “smik, smik,smik” of the mud on the dozer tracks. Kudos to the driver!

[@leol1682]

Like the angel of videos on truck ,dozer too .

[@tomhanks8662]

Make a super nice dirt track with that clay that leaves rubber marks with tracks...Any track would love to have a dirt call them with that on hand

[@furface9779]

at 18:58 there is a happy face just before the rear differential, nice shot

[@stefanaxelsson513]

Awsome work guys

[@1013redoak]

I love watching you dredge that lake and fill up that hole! I guess it doesn't take much to entertain me!

[@lilianamovileanu2122]

H6 bună ziua dmn bună bună dimineața 5473 și nu am primit un mail la adresa mea

[@lilianamovileanu2122]

💞💞💞💞💞💞💞⚄💞

[@johnstoffel5885]

As always, nice job young man

[@csnelling4]

Love the Dozer action in the hole Chris .

[@johndehoog5567]

That building pad sure looks purrdy! Would love to be the contractor setting the building on it . Would running the compactor in the borrow pit reduce future sinking? Or would the compactor just disappear into the muck. Greeting from Canada where it is currently 19 F with 2" of snow.

[@nerdgarage]

Is that blue clay coming out of the pond area ? [shudders] That stuff redefines "nasty" in all conditions and situations. When dry it makes concrete seem soft. When wet it makes quicksand seem friendly.

[@davidbrickey5925]

Beautiful job. 👍

[@williammatthews2948]

Looks good. Someone seems determined to turn the haul truck over on it's side. Lol.

[@briangardiner1015]

You have the perfect attitude for excavation, don't get too stressed out.

[@lilianamovileanu2122]

Hotel bună bună dimineața 5473 de pe site la un preț de la cabană până acum nu 🥰

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Your cowboy slang is awesome! :-)) Nice video like anytime before.

[@oldenslo4141]

I would like to see the dirt (soil) that was put in the pit about 10 years from now. I wonder what it will look like? Will it change because of the dirt around the pit?

[@rogert.winemiller40]

Love the videos. I live on a 5000 acre corn and soybean farm in sothern ohio. Bet that ground has some good yields next yr

[@772301184]

Coming out of that trench reminds me of the parting of the Red Sea.

[@jasonking2943]

Would have been some funny shit had you called the inspector and said I'm ready for the septic system to be inspected and showed him that hole!

[@chetthejet3896]

That would have been funny BUT best treat an inspector nice.

[@willcassius5917]

instablaster

[@regsparkes6507]

Man,.I sucked in air through clenched teeth, when the Hauler started to tip there, in the trench. Great looking pad, you've got built. Will we get video of when the building starts Chris?

[@thomask.8834]

Fantastic...!

[@hendersonlandworks6158]

Got any advice on grading with the dozer? I do okay but every now and again I’ll get whoops and half to start over

[@letsdig18]

Haha it happens to me, try to keep a half of a blade and it won't be so bouncy when finish grading. You can also angle the blade it makes the footprint longer and the machine more stable

[@johnscott2849]

Just asking . Have you tried a different air chuck on that tire? I know I have maybe 5 different air chucks and have found that on some valve stems that a particular chuck won't work but another one will.

[@letsdig18]

yeah I have

[@lw7212]

At 2:24 it seems that the back tire of the haul truck has a bit less air than the others

[@makingithappen9722]

About the tire. You have to agree that we keep track of your machines for you.

[@nerdgarage]

"... if he can make it to me ... ... so far so good ... " [one side sinks to the axel] "... thats it"

[@sterny4720]

From personal experience, laying over a haul truck bed is a bit nerve wracking when you're in the cab and the bed disappears from your mirrors. No big thing though, set it upright with the excavator and keep rolling

[@Mephiston]

Feels like that bit at 25:56 was meant to go before the previous sequence, but it was an interesting cut in a pulp fiction sort of way.

[@DIRT-BOSS]

That came out real nice 👌

[@kbschoonerbrady6896]

Great camera work Chris, hope it’s not affecting productivity setting up all the angles!

[@raeanker3078]

Thanks for the great video mate ,do you ever get a chance to sleep ,five days at work ,Saturday side cash job ,Sunday work on your farm ,and you still get time to edit everything from ten different camera positions ,into a thirty one minute video that is enjoyable and makes sense .Cheers from down under.

[@ken.outside]

Dozer work....is it not beneficial to back-drag when trying to level off a slope?

[@letsdig18]

Dozers are made to grade going forwards, back dragging should really only be used to lightly pull some material back and smooth out track marks

[@ROTTK9]

looking at the end results, it might for that part of the job, be faster to push than pull, but there is always more than one way to de-fur a feline so if back-dragging was done it just did not make it in the video.

[@TheVideoSteve]

Love to watch every video..

[@barryhansen6854]

I had a feeling you were going to have some issues with putting the pond diggings into that long and deep trench concerning the weight of the truck and load weight. Thankfully no truck over-turn.

[@CaptKirk1701]

Logger Wade should have some good used tires that will fit that lol

[@DC-1]

Man With A Plan exactly what I was thinking

[@CaptKirk1701]

D C good minds think alike lol

[@DC-1]

Man With A Plan 👍

[@walkthedogs240]

I'm curious about what turns that pond soil grey. Love your channel and I know bupkis about heavy machinery.

[@williamatkinson4324]

Is there a reason for the bump-outs on the right side in the barrow pit?

[@rharris5811]

There isn't room to get the machine sideways to cut the sides. He had to cut at a angle and that's what made the bumps.

[@alfadoofus]

great camera angles :)

[@CaptainKleeman]

"when it gets to the size of a watermelon then we'll worry about it" hahaha perfect

[@bobbaer869]

I liked you driving over the camera it was cool. I thought he was going to upset the truck

[@robfraley4210]

That coal strip mine in Indiana I ran a Bucyrus Erie Dragline at was just like that 1:05 It was red clay, when it was Dry it was hard as Concrete... BUT if it rained on it, you would Sink into it above your ankles... Then your boots 👢 would stick in the clay n only your foot 🦶 Would come out of the ground... Hatted that crap 💩😤🤬. Great camera angles 👍✅. 18:00 🕕 ++

[@numptyjames1]

years of practice makes your skill look so easy

[@originaldaveholmes6560]

Being a former operator, I, but a lot of people don’t realize how time consuming this work is. That’s why I’m developing a dozer with a 35 mph reverse.

[@Todd.Roberts]

It’s not real dredging until you have to break out the mats

[@marek7954]

🖐 good job 👏👌👍🍻

[@dustinkeith7641]

what makes you decide to use this over the 260 for this job?

[@TheHOOfan1]

Is the saw tooth on that hole left as some sort of stabilization method?

[@keithdunlap3666]

That was a Killer Shot , when ya put the camera on the ramp and backed in , and came out Chris !! lolol.... Getting pretty tricky with the camera .....lololol...Yeah, that 2nd. or 3rd. time there i thought he was gonna turn the Dump over in that Big Ass Hole...lololol....Got everything looking Good as Always !! Have a Great Evening !!! Til the Next....

[@marksullivan2333]

Nice camera angle I thought I was gonna get buried.

[@jimmystrain883]

What size tires is that on the truck

[@rangepro]

must have been a good paying job!

[@jdanderson351]

Oh wow, I just got rund over by a dump truck!!! COOL!!

[@augustreil]

Looking sweet !

[@nerdgarage]

Might want to remind the driver of that dump that you're supposed to dump the load off the back not the side. ;)

[@trbowlin]

Yep, it's a big ass hole, no pun intended... There's a billion clay pots

[@b.m.2738]

Just a little pucker factor there... Just about thought it was nap time!

[@xoxo2008oxox]

Great camera views changes, as always! I wonder, did you have to change yer drawers when the dump looked like she was gonna tip? :) You handled it like a pro!

[@rongreene1788]

Would have been a good hole to build a survival shelter.

[@bluemtnsman]

Around here that soil coming from the pond is called blue marl,,, it's just plain NASTY to work with. Keep things in balance and no dumping over the sideboards please.

[@rakeempeace2991]

That's a lot of dirt going in that hole

[@AquaPeet]

16:55 you forgot to beep at yourself, you're not supposed to drive off yet!

[@jamesjones5613]

Can you tell us what is going on this pad?

[@johnscott2849]

What brand are those tires? (I built those things for 30 years, started as General Tire, bought out by Continental then Titan.)

[@letsdig18]

id have to look it has 2 different brands on it

[@TrailTrackers]

What kind of building is going there? A damn hanger for a C5 Galixy? Shit that's gonna be a big building.

[@barrysteenerson4890]

# 12 ;/ I forgot ? your the pond master ,! i figured that pond would be 4 feet or more of pure muck ? & wow if dem tires are 4 k / each ,run it till it pops ? i just don't want to be close when that happens ? yha the pond master ,you are ! i love that dozer with the 4 way blade not like the D-6 il learnt on ,no power any thing , not anywhere as ajustable ,thank you for this video ,

[@shanesnouffer1977]

Hey Chris, I watched this video before but it popped up so I figured what the heck. Anyhow I'm wondering as your digging the mud out of the pond to fill in the ginormous hole the mud is white. What is the white stuff or I guess what causes the mud/dirt to turn white? Just a quick question hope ya have a wonderful day and keep the awesome content coming thanks boss.

[@AusJackal]

So was gonna ask.. why dig up the dirt then fill it with the pond dirt?

[@kelleycarter5648]

remember those stumps and trees you found buried on that housing lot sapose you will be back here in 25 years?

[@alwayshungry24]

nice response to my comment on the tire lol $4000 talk about wow i would run it till ya can see the rim at that price lol . great vid

[@trolling4dollars816]

What exactly is going on the pad?

[@TheSoloAsylum]

I've seen a rock truck tip over twice. Other than paint there was no damage but it looked like the drivers needed some new underwear.

[@videolabguy]

11:50 - May Pop Soon racing slicks? Did you bring that one back from Korea?

[@janvandenbos7085]

That must be a lot of dirt, to fill that hole 🤔⚠️

[@sighpocket5]

Nice!!!!

[@RetnuhWehttam9753]

Chris I have just one ☝️ question for you and that is how did you get Timy to lay still while you drove the haul truck over him for that footage of you going in and out of the pit.

[@randywilson6869]

I notice u don't use a box blade. Is there a reason.

[@tigernationusa5135]

Gumbo Have not heard that in a while

[@c.eric.holcomb3652]

That type of dirt is excellent for dirt track racing