Clearing Around A Pond

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[@thomassojka2704]

Being able to tag along and watch each project is a privilege. Chris does an excellent job with video and great explanation as he works through each project!

[@MickyDee67]

Couldn't put it better thanks Chris and poster.

[@mattheaton5912]

@17:12 that’s a great example of the strength of the machine and the talent of the operator! That was a good size tree and it seemed to not take much effort to uproot it. That’s why I enjoy your videos. You use the machine like it’s should be and to its potential! 💪🏻

[@mischef18]

Great to have a few plan B's to fall back on in your line of work bro. Looks a nice size pond too.

[@donnytucker]

I like the clearing jobs. I like to see something messy become clean. I also got hooked on pressure washing videos as well haha.

[@Dontworryboutit315]

One of the most underrated channels on KZbin

[@ameyers67]

I am constantly amazed at the incredible machines humans have created.

[@whatever5486]

You are a really good operator. Very smooth.

[@johnapel2856]

Wow, those trees sounded brittle. Didn't know that maple was that brittle. Snap, Crack! Always enjoy the pond and clearing videos. Well, actually, I enjoy all the videos, so... Thanks.

[@crkproductions5000]

Nice job. Aggressive clearing but it will increase the health of the Pond and access for the humans.

[@donbraden8533]

Now that is really going to look nice when your done I can already picture it nice job 😎👍👍

[@randycharest4507]

ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊

[@thomasdesmond2248]

He is the Chris of all trades. Chris is a dam fine damn builder. He is a logger. A gardener and a home remodeling contractor. Lol God bless

[@markfromtexas9810]

He also is a rancher in his spare time.

[@letsdig18]

and a busy youtuber!

[@thomasdesmond2248]

@@markfromtexas9810 well that's more of a hobby. Lol

[@jimbeck6093]

Thank you for your awesome videos. You’re doing what I’ve always wanted to do.

[@keithdunlap2701]

Oh , that's a must !! Gotta always cover your Ash !!! lololol Have a Good one Chris....

[@brianwebber7168]

Looks a hundred times better👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Nice! That really changed the look of that place! 👍🏻

[@thomasdesmond2248]

Ladies and gentlemen watch Chris's new gardening with an excavator video. Chris has a gentle touch with a bucket. Selectively ripping apart your hedge row. Lol God bless

[@TheBschroeder1]

When in doubt rip it out. When you get done the owners will go "wow, didn't know how nice a pond we had "

[@barryhansen6854]

Another quiet little job to fill the day in.

[@rppvt]

When I watch these at work, I have to shut off the sound and use Closed Captioning. The words the computer thinks he's saying are hilarious.

[@glenndolph]

The droning noise is annoying... volume down lo and CC on...

[@LandonHoward-wv8lk]

Chris you are going to have to start you another channel and call it "Chris Gaines the pond whisperer" lol Great job!

[@CrystalBUGS]

He's the "Bob Ross" of excavator operation.

[@brianwebber7168]

@@CrystalBUGS they aren't happy little trees when Chris gets done with most of them...

[@ajc7166]

I'll be glad when you get that screen fixed I am watching on my tablet this week as I am away from home and I keep thinking my screen is scratched

[@christophertoti6721]

Thank for posting a video today, good watching while i lay in this hospital bed!!😁

[@joncomans6369]

get well soon.

[@johnm.evangelis693]

Well Chris, I think they will be able to see the pond now!!!

[@johnnyholland8765]

Heck it looks better already! For ages the lowly excavator was destined to only dig holes until the advent of the mechanical thumb. It has now been transformed into so much more! It can rip fences out, tear down structures, pick up and place things with surgical precision, pluck wayward trees from a shoreline like pulling bad teeth and if the operator knows what he is doing it can really do amazing things. Yessir buddy the mechanical thumb can surely be a blessing in the hands of someone who knows how to use it. Thought I would throw that little parody in there. Were it me as the owner I would have marked the trees beforehand so you would know what to take out. Boy I wish I had you here in Georgia cause I could keep you busy for a while............

[@Todd.Roberts]

I’m ready to see some pond dredging

[@joshuasinger8385]

Oh awsome we r building a burn pile... always a favorite of mine

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Man, we removed fence like that by hand and it took hours what you did 60 seconds. So jealous. Love your vids. Thanks!

[@tylervanbooven5764]

It’s really amazing how much power these machines have

[@thatpeterbiltguy5639]

Tyler Van Booven I have one thats a bit bigger and the amount of work and clearing I can get done with it is amazing

[@lucyandjumper7558]

"Plenty a trees at the nursery,takem down!!"

[@davidwhite8168]

Another great video, thank you!

[@jameslecompte5100]

That bucket has plenty of toothpicks to pick its teeth with!

[@johnstone1086]

Looking good brother

[@j.b.maxwell8300]

Chris on the drain project , it seems to me it would be better to replace the whole system with new and not as deep as it is now surely it would be faster and cheaper to do that.

[@chris_mic]

Could you possibly do a compilation video of all your equipment? I know it gets sort of scattered on jobs but it seems like there is a lot of stuff

[@GBsPitstop]

at first i thought you were clearing to much but then i thought it would be good to clear it all and have them plant shade trees farther up the bank so the future canopy would cover more land than the water like those trees were.

[@dwightjones5826]

That looks good hope the rest turns out

[@danlarkin460]

Nice clean work the one thing I love is your not a cowboy beaten on your equipment

[@jrc9764]

I’m watching this while sitting in a 91’ Mack metro-liner getting loaded by an excavator lol

[@Big_John_C]

I watched it kicked back in my excavator while eating lunch lol.... you'd think we'd get our fill doing this stuff for a living

[@mikehornsby599]

Great job enjoyed that!!!

[@lawrenceaderneck7165]

look out ! here comes the 220

[@george8873]

Could have cut the cedar trees down, and section them up for fence posts for your farm.

[@kingslawn]

Hey Chris ever get to fish any of these ponds? Or is it all work no play? 😀🐟🐟

[@KPearce57]

You pulled a switch-er-roo from the 220 to the 160. Maple is like carbide tools.

[@skidmark7845]

Nope, just the broke windshield.

[@phillipbonner5215]

When using a machine with that much POWER most trees are brittle.

[@marksmith8163]

Do you think with the KZbin channel you can show customers of more of what the before and after looks they seem pleased knowing what they could see in the final product.

[@bigscout1584]

That's good advice for any job.....cover your Ash..😂😂

[@larryboynton3853]

Hi Chris. Just got my T-shirt. It is neat. Thank you. Keep up the great work!

[@letsdig18]

thanks Larry

[@scotty362100]

Just wondering, doesn't digging a burn pit, eventually leave a sink hole after you fill and grade it when all the stumps decompose?

[@letsdig18]

if done right it will never settle. just gotta pack it in real good. no oxygen itll never rot

[@vhostovich]

Being not in that line of work it seems you do a lot of work in one day Chris.

[@letsdig18]

When we go to work we work!

[@landonthurston2990]

Everything is brittle when going against an excavator😂

[@leol1682]

Like cleaning job Guy's

[@jerrybenoit5310]

That's exactly what I need done with my pond. What's a daily rate to have something like that done? Ball park....

[@joshuafuller3589]

You've prolly paid for your excavator several times over!! Great work brother keep it up!!

[@bobwebber8521]

Cracked wind screen? What gives? Good video.

[@walterjvonallmen6495]

Did a tree scare you as a baby. Every time I see your blog, you are taking them down. You toke down a maple, your going have the Canada, in revolt. 😂

[@TheHwnleatherguy]

geez, how positive of you.....

[@peterhaan9068]

Chris - Curious as to why you tore out the evergreen trees. Come winter that pond is going to become an ugly hole in the ground, filled with dirty water, surrounded by bunch of naked trees.

[@av8r3400]

I would still like to know how you handle all of the permitting process of working on and around all of these "wetlands". Does the property owner have to supply all of the permits or do you get involved with the DNR of your state?

[@MOzarkMike]

Wish I knew how he gets such great vid and sound & still gets work done. He must have 3 pairs of hands! My stuff sux compared to his!

[@letsdig18]

its hard!

[@dylanbartlett5509]

Can you come and clean out my room with that excavator

[@LibertyGarden]

I want a machine like that one.

[@rileylane937]

You like the Volvo’s

[@showcattle07]

Love it!

[@tilla455]

What would a job like this roughly cost? I’m looking for something just like this but have no idea on the cost.

[@jakeschisler7525]

Oh that was fun!

[@rodneycunningham360]

Need to have a video of the bomb fire and a few drinks with the owner

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Sup?

[@brianwebber7168]

Sup? Sup?

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Brian Webber well played sir

[@arkansas1336]

Interesting video and appreciated! Is it a law in your state that a hole (pit) must be used for burning?

[@jonschneck4559]

it is easier to clean up the ashes when it is done, just bury them

[@arkansas1336]

@@jonschneck4559..I didn't say "don't dig a pit" I just want to know if it is a law.

[@HotAxleBox]

I can see you buying a flail head for the skid steer ;)

[@letsdig18]

negative

[@MyOLD36chevy]

@@letsdig18 If you bought all the equipment you have been told you need you would have parking lot instead of a farm.

[@HotAxleBox]

@@letsdig18 suppose its a lot quicker to do what you do, keep up the good work.

[@stevelalondejr2183]

Maple it's a hardwood unless it's a soft maple tree..lol What kind of maple an do you cut the logs out of most of the big trees removed or shouldn't you cut them for lumber or pallet wood to help pay or offset who ever's cost ?

[@chrisgarland9381]

Hey Chris haven’t seen the 140 In a long time did I miss you getting rid of it? Or is it still in the fleet.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Chris 825 he sold it

[@nipnop67]

Were those cracks in the window already there?

[@PepeDeezNutz]

Cool

[@pharrellwilliams5930]

Why don’t you have a Volvo skid loader

[@redneckbmw1]

Pharrell Williams I thinks it’s due to the HP and capacity of the machine. I’m currently in the process of getting a new track loader and if memory serves right the biggest Volvo is about 73hp and the takeuchi has 110

[@sighpocket5]

Nice!!!

[@numptyjames1]

is there a fault with your windscreen frame as l see its cracked again

[@Big_John_C]

Timmy did it!

[@rileylane937]

I drive the Volvo excavator all the time

[@wi11y1960]

I gather the fence was to keep kidss from drowning in the pond?

[@shammi8133]

Let the boss know to quote with good concrete pipe or back to the original crap steel lmao sorry

[@shawnjerome8599]

IDK why you killed Maple tree's, and it's brittle because it's so hard if that makes any sense, depending on what type of a maple is it a Norwegian maple is it a hard maple red maple silver maple looks like a regular Norwegian maple to me but I can't tell by the video but Chris I think you took too many trees away from the pond but it looks good

[@leonardevans4194]

you love cedar trees as much as I do ….I hate cedar trees they take over everywhere that they grow.

[@TTThebookofsorrows]

What took someone probably a week to build you took out in a split second, lol.

[@thinkfirst6431]

Too bad about the glass. Did one of those trees bite you in the ass?

[@jeffprice8250]

Pondman

[@stephencicero]

You need a handheld flame thrower to start your fires. Look up the xm42.

[@mandy8211]

Harbor freight makes a propane weed burner for 30 bucks

[@FishFind3000]

ted coffman flame is t that long tho. He’d be better off with a super soaker with gasoline so he can get 20ft of gas then hit it with a match and run

[@Mr65gone]

Was watching the Mueller hearing and saw a man that reminded me of you. Rep. Doug Collins looks like an older version of you. Any relationship?

[@matspurs1629]

what damage would that claw do to somebodies head?

[@matthewrogers94mr]

Shake the tree

[@TedPollard]

Viewer# 2,256

[@JCourts2k23]

Do you have a mulcher attachment

[@JCourts2k23]

Seems like it would be a great tool for what you do

[@grahamsobieski2507]

Did you get a new excavator recently

[@pharrellwilliams5930]

Hi hi

[@jasonking2943]

That place looks snakey as shit

[@justinfournier3911]

# bûcherons

[@kingstonlau6505]

People do not like to see video with camera on back of the driver

[@TheHwnleatherguy]

its apparent you've not seen chris's video style. live aloha.... his style gets him hundreds of thousands of views & subscribers

[@randycharest4507]

ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊