Moving A Bunch Of Dirt To Reshape The Backyard!

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[@applianceman6194]

Chris...you are one impressive one man show. Your talents range way beyond sitting in heavy equipment....this is why we ( I hope I speak for all your fans) watch. Thanks again for the great content bud....we do appreciate it in this insane world we have today

[@Vickie-Bligh]

What a lovely site for a house, now. It was so forgotten in the midst of those trees and now looks so proud. Once again your wonderful ability to sculpt dirt shines. That front yard looks natural. It doesn't look like dirt was removed at all, can't wait to see the backyard as well. I can't believe a half-hour went by. This was fun, Chris and thanks for bringing us along.

[@vicentesanchez5141]

That's correct Chris,there's a Lot of people who don't know What happen behind the scene. Is not just sit in a machine and operate.

[@ronaldharmon9891]

Wow what a transformation, I thought I'd miss all the trees but to have a view the pastures, is GREAT.

[@chrislaarman7532]

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam...

[@ronaldharmon9891]

@@chrislaarman7532 🦬🤣

[@johnroberts8475]

What a major difference on this property Chris, pretty sure your client will be pleased with what you have done although he now has a major amount of grass to cut. 👋

[@ronaldheit196]

Well. There can't be any doubt that the owners of the property are tickled pink with the awesome job Chris has done clearing and grooming it. That house looks spectacular wide open like it is now.

[@scrolemodel]

Wouldn't mind seeing more video of the dirt work process, like the digging and grading. Love listening to the machine, so no need to always have to say something.

[@hydraulic-hum]

you sure did a lot of loads today, looking beautiful, will grow some nice grass with compost spread..

[@markburch7967]

Eye opening video Chris. Thanks for sharing. There is so much that goes into coordinating all the things that go into a job as an owner. Get it done wherever you can! And find time to edit and put out awesome videos👍.

[@thatdave86]

Agree with the owner wanting the front lower ,helps balance the look of the home ,it looked like it was in a hole,be even nicer if the front boards below that deck were boarded up fully and the soil raised up higher,giving it a flat front yard . You certainly have transformed the area and when it's all green again it will be even better.

[@roses0227]

Neat project! Thanks for sharing it! You make a good landscaper, too!

[@ryanhoward1013]

Chris, what beautiful job you did down there by the house. Cutting the front yard down really made the house pop right out of a hole that it looked like. You do amazing work. Your eyes for details are spot on. You see the finished version before you even start the job. Thanks for taking us along with you, and thanks for sharing, Chris. You are the man, Chris. God bless you, and have a great night

[@alive6517]

I quite enjoy your channel and appreciate the extra time and energy you give to make these videos on top off running a business. Impressive organizational skills and energy.

[@JD-zm4eh]

Your dedication to deliver videos for us to watch is much appreciated. As a long time subscriber clicking to subscribe button was so easy. You present videos with no bull and very little advertisement, Thank you. It's always a good day when the wind blows the right direction.

[@michaeldoss5860]

Looking very nice , would love to see it all when the new grass gets established

[@huggy1712]

Hi Chris my wife and I really like this job your on the property looks amazing

[@dirtfarmer7472]

An idea that might be interesting mount the camera on the truck while you are loading it so that we could get an idea of the rocking & rolling. That’d be fun. Thank you Sir for this video

[@terryrogers1025]

The 350 do make a big difference in loading Barney, seemed like your cycle times were a lot faster concerning the loading aspect. Oh, and the slicken em up job do look sweet with the motor grader in play. Thanks for the update, enjoyed watching.

[@dougmay8924]

Let's Dig 18,!!! Thanks again for sharing 👏 🙏 Stay Safe 😀 🙏 ❤️

[@chrissheathewoodguy]

I don't miss all the paperwork and permits extra. I do miss the fellow ship with many of my staff. your lucky in that regard as for having 30 employees to manage.. back then my wife did all the paper work and runing around getting permits. I did all the blue prints extra.. For years i did things like you, then demand kept growing..

[@rickhay9782]

Chris, every aspect of this job has been most enjoyable... Thank you for the awesome videos, mister.

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

Looking good. There's a lot of dirt. It'll be nice when it's all done. Good job!.👍👍🙂🇨🇦

[@markpashia7067]

Must be really nice to have a customer who has a vision and knows what he wants. And is even willing to pay what it takes to get that. Sounds like a great plan for the compost and discing. Giving the grass a proper start is always the way to go. Sounds like you need a lot of compost to cover all of that. About 10-15 loads? Does not have to be thick but still a lot of area.

[@doritleis2773]

Chris You Work much Days hard, with the Diverse Machine from Your Equipment. You to will the Areal round the old Abandoned House in a wonderful Country seat to Transform. Thanks for the Magnificent Videos from Your Work. 👌

[@pinwizz69]

That soil definitely needs a couple inches or more of compost tilled into it to grow grass. Anywhere that burn pile dust settled is definitely going to be thick and green.

[@davemccracken3457]

While watching you work is always fascinating (mesmerizing) I also love seeing glimpses of what you do to make your passion into a successful business.

[@donprater2754]

Man that looks nice and very professional.

[@mischef18]

Still enjoying your progress on this project bro and ya got to run the grader too. Safe travels. Ken.

[@LordPubeck]

I love the fact that the 'better' the YT blog, the 'better' the advertising - here in Europe we get Brad Pitt selling coffee, like an American knows what real coffee is! But props to Chris and his content! We're here to see a master at work.

[@daneclark3161]

Folgers

[@MATTYBOY10011]

I must say as a new owner/excavator operator I really appreciate your operator skills. Hope to get that smooth one day!

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Nice episode Chris. Have a nice weekend!

[@keithdunlap2701]

Got it shaping up nice Chris !! You can tell a Big difference in the front yard , where you cut it down some more !! looks Great Man !! Great as always , Have a Great Evening, And, On too the Next !!

[@martymclamb5750]

Get your done . Looks great.

[@arkansas1336]

Slight beginnings of a shine are starting to appear. Nice work!

[@leolarocque-h4e]

Love the video Chris man this place need Big Big work .

[@nickchannel5364]

The thumb on the 220 looks more aggressive than the grapple on the 350. The 220 is my favorite machine of Chris.

[@donpaine252]

Chris I have owned my own business for fifty years now since i left the Sheriff DEpt. my wife, who has watched you show till she passed this last year, juust really enjoy watching you, but it like you say, it is a never ending job, keeping up take ccare, and thank you for your wonderful show Don Paine

[@dennis2376]

Thank you and have a great day.

[@azlobo7]

You are a ONE man operation that does it all. It always amazes me how well you do your work. Nice job Chris!

[@BuckMasterNorm]

That a lot of work .Great job

[@artbaldoni]

Being from South Central PA, it just amazes me that you can dig a pit that size and have only dirt. Here you'd hit solid limestone, blue shale, or mountain stone. You've got it made!! 🤣

[@beckyumphrey2626]

This is red clay country.

[@Dbergson]

House looked big with the trees around it and now it looks small!

[@glennspreeman1634]

What a day's work! Balanced units!

[@hippyman9060]

You put it in good days work...Great Video Chris

[@nandi123]

Chris, Looks wonderful. Was nothing left of the big poplar stump? I'm surprised the owner didn't have you demo the outbuildings.

[@chrislaarman7532]

Regarding the dust and ashes: There is at least one stuff that you might consider using (spraying?) in situations like filling the burn pit. I don't know a name. It is used by open-air coal storage (at least in the port of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) to prevent coal dust from being blown away. - If it should turn out to cost less (applying included) than your loss of productivity...

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

One hell of a job sir making it look awesome.

[@woweeoi11]

Any potential for a follow up on the pond with the giant island behind that warehouse building?

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Half full.

[@dustinbrooks8610]

Man, watching you makes me wanna get into heavy equipment. I'm testing for cdl permit next week. Figured having cdls will give me a foot in the door of site work companies

[@raydeal5777]

That reminds me of mount saint helens whenna blow.Yes, yes, I was like.We have a log out of there driving on that stuff.Horrible horrible

[@joejohnson7097]

Don't even look like the same place as you started. Thanks for the video

[@bubbawubba2307]

We have a pretty good sized ash pile where when we burn trees etc we keep the ash and spread it after sitting a while. Makes the ground very fertile and dark

[@warrenjohnknight.9831]

Any young men or women wish to get into the earthmoving business, definitely watch every episode on Chris and his contracting business, he is absolutely a very well trained and experienced businessman. From very strong family backgrounds,

[@als8326]

Quite surprised by the lack of stones you have in your ground. Vermont has a lot of stones. I call them native hardheads 😂

[@beckyumphrey2626]

This down here is red clay country. From NC to LA. Very few rocks but when you hit them they are huge.

[@NeilMaclachlan]

Shifted a lot of soil there Chris.....Stay safe

[@markpashia7067]

Yup, the lead or general contractor on any job is a master juggler. One missed detail will delay every step afterwards. The key to any business is to watch the details while farming out the extraneous work like books and taxes. Just find good people who will speak up and offer advice on depreciation tables and tricks to limit taxes. I even understand your desire to farm out the mechanic work mostly. Do the work that puts the most in your pocket and let the other guy have some gravy too.

[@crypticchris8812]

I was wondering if you could add more of your daily stuff that you do like greasing machine’s when you first get there, and starting them up exe

[@phil10000]

Theirs more work dealing with the other stuff than actually doing the work it’s self

[@faelsinnes]

26:18 that 350 has really improved you productivity. 😅

[@davidnelson6893]

Yes you work hard Peace out

[@maxmacdonald7174]

Today's world is very different from just twenty years ago. You really do not need an office with staff anymore and you can be on sight most the time.

[@dankolar6066]

A contractor I know employs 5-6 guys, and his office is the smart phone in his pocket and a tablet computer in his shoulder pack. Between text and voice messaging, social media and a website, he doesn't need much more than a mail-drop and a storage unit. Twenty years ago, he needed an office staff of three.

[@roseannvolrath2271]

Good morning my friend 😅😊❤

[@charlessmyth]

The house was located well downslope

[@MichaelHolloway]

spread that clay-ash thin everywhere instead of top soil. 1/2 inch should support seed growth. mix it with equal parts clay perhaps.

[@glennspreeman1634]

Has to be really difficult to control ash dust plus there has to be little pieces of sticks that would be major pain to cleanup. Good nutrients but----.

[@haroldhawkins9370]

Nice video Chris.

[@bobferranti5222]

Chris, do let the dozer blade "float" when you are pushing dirt? You've done another amazing job on this property considering how overgrown it was. With the way your business has grown, it sounds like you need a secretary to help with the paperwork/ordering side lol.

[@prinzeugenvansovoyen732]

usually if we do a clearing burn clean up around here we just ask a farmer with a manure- vacuum trailer to get some water and douse it - no dust - then its tractor front loader to push it in

[@richwielechowski5191]

Guess all the crushed concrete from the pig barns has a new home on the new road

[@AndrewFroude]

Big day Chris. Great job.

[@jamesbreault5762]

Gotta feed all those trees in NC and SC.

[@kayenicholls5473]

111 good morning everyone I hope you all enjoyed your Saturday morning we have-1 degrees this morning everyone ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@chrisnelly2518]

91° here right now Fri evening lol

[@bishopcorva]

I would have liked to see how much deeper, if at all, that the 350 dug vs the 220. Because just from memory it looks like the 350 has an extra six feet of max depth that the 220 does. Which would make for a smaller width and length hole but certainly deeper if that was a goal. Clearly though, five to six scoops to fill Barney, makes a good contender for the 330 (if it's still around) for digging speed.

[@johnhenryNC]

Whatever happened to the video of you helping Justin set that bridge? It's been ages since Justin has appeared in one of your videos.

[@ryanhoward1013]

I believe the owners did not want it taped and published, so we will not be seeing that one

[@johnhenryNC]

@@ryanhoward1013 The last Chris talked about it, this bridge project was for a city there in NC, and he had to get approval from that city to show the footage.

[@thisthat7238]

You said everything is running great. i groaned. you just jinxed your self.

[@richardellis3141]

you are right about keeping everything going, never ends, nice work.

[@rustydismukes1422]

Give us an update on that big deep pond.

[@cullenmiller8170]

Yes the pleasures of owning a business. When everyone goes home you are only halfway done with your day. You have so many different hats to wear. People always want your income, but when they hear about the hours they change their minds quickly. 🤣🤣

[@thegreenerthemeaner]

Hopefully they won't want a Pool where you buried those ashes.🙄

[@AnomadAlaska]

Future comment, you are in for some dry conditions. It is dry and dusty on 6/14 around here. And 900 degrees centigrade, based on the amount of sweat I produced mowing today.

[@danreuther1446]

Behaves much like pyroclastic flows from a volcanic eruption

[@ronaldmcallister1966]

Need to bring the big bucket over for the 350!! And move closer to Florida lol

[@remiewatkins8032]

Awesome job Chris love your videos

[@JohnyLatelyCome]

Hey Chris, would you mind explaining how you go about pricing a job like this with so many odd and ends to deal with?

[@arkansas1336]

@JohnyLatelyCome...A lot of experience!

[@beckyumphrey2626]

$150 an hour....

[@gwenb4531]

The never ending job.

[@kielthalin9888]

Well, goodbye crushed concrete building the new driveway 😂

[@joedemers5480]

You keep mentioning the weight of various equipment when trying to compact things. The 350 has huge tracks, so it only has 7-8psi of ground pressure. The haul truck tire pressure is probably under 100psi. The tires just change shape with weight to match the tire pressure. I think the only way to actually compact soil is to use a compactor. If the trucks or equipment have the correct tires or tracks, it doesn’t matter how heavy the machine is when it comes to using it as a compactor. The tire pressure is what your soil pressure will be. Track things I’ve looked at all have less than 10 psi of ground pressure regardless of their weight, because they have the correct size tracks! Am I missing something???? I don’t think I am.

[@Manoffire260]

Those ashes are like squid ink.

[@denniswilliams3934]

Just what I suspected, You were sending off E-Mails when the dozer is "backing up" and occasionally balance your checking account.

[@MrLTDAus]

Feel like you could possibly get a bigger bucket on the 50t. Like those 349 cats run like 6/7t a bucket.

[@christopherleblanc9599]

master at his craft 🥸🤓

[@randybarber5308]

👍👍👍

[@markpashia7067]

Your machines say Volvo, but mine said Tonka about 65 years ago. Even though they are different, it looks like you are doing the same as I did all those years ago. Digging a hole to China. The deeper the better was always my thoughts.

[@jjMcCartan9686]

Gotta be a better way of dealing with ashes lol .Gonna need a good hose down .

[@Sean-i4r]

I could have sworn.You said it would take four buckets to fill that truck with your new three fifty excavator? I counted 6

[@thatdave86]

Five with that bucket,he has a bigger bucket to start using,that should be the four bucket thing ,the 220 from memory is seven buckets or even nine ,wasn't the big 550 three buckets ?

[@Sean-i4r]

@@thatdave86 I believe so

[@kenore4003]

That 550 was a cool machine but useless for Chris's operation. Way too big.

[@AndreyShuTV]

It was a a serene place in the woods now turned into a muddy desert…

[@Todd.Roberts]

Man that’s a lot of dirt has been moved around . What happened to the 330 ?

[@joshlane37]

Yes sir

[@Supertech-86]

Too much nice! Yes siree, too. much. nice.

[@roddraper9921]

Now that you have a bigger excavator, you need a bigger truck, oh and don't forget a bigger fuel cart.

[@melissareynolds8691]

❤❤❤

[@Mark-uw7cg]

Where in the world does he live? I swear, every single video he releases talks about the inch or two of rain they got the night before. Makes it seem like it rains 300 inches a year there.

[@cathiwim]

Just about! He’s in Eastern NC

[@dennis2376]

NC in the U.S. not on the Pacific Coast were it rains a lot more. :)

[@thewildlifer]

North Cackalackie…. Been clear for a week, but we were getting soaked for awhile

[@JohnyLatelyCome]

😂

[@timethedirtman]

It’s our wet season in the Carolinas aka hurricane season so it’s the wettest part of the year