Lighting Fires And Getting Stuck Raking

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[@delcasaleexcavating9508]

You're a 100% right about playing... that's how I feel every time I head out to the jobs... anyone that thinks of it as work should stay home ! Nothing better than running equipment no matter what day it is 😊

[@RGB06084]

Thank god it was just a spider, and not a CAT!

[@nathanscott7910]

Had my wife been in there with the spider the windshield would be gone and the door off the hinges.

[@dennisal1481]

😂

[@steveperry2314]

Lol! Never seen Chris move so fast when that cat jumped out….

[@RGB06084]

@@steveperry2314 Love your musc Steve! Just messin with ya!

[@steveperry2314]

@@RGB06084 lol. It’s all good man. I just wish I had his millions. Haha

[@craigwavra3495]

Amazing once those stumps bake a while, how much dirt you can still get out of them!! Always enjoy the burn videos!! Looks like more to come!

[@robertrockwell7581]

Looking good Chris now that all the piles are stacked with a couple of the burning down. you Robert and John stay safe.

[@Bman2020]

Pond is coming along great watch as always 👍👋🇨🇦

[@chrissheathewoodguy]

Chris you might have to continue the ditch up further to get that upper area to dry. there has to be a hard pan of clay 5 tor 6 feet under the area that's not letting it drain. long term it might need drain tie down to the pond to stay workable... looking good for the mess your dealling with..

[@donnamullins2089]

Chris I've been following you for years. I know you only have one way to work. The Chris Way is you treat every slice of land as if it were yours. You stump so you won't hit anything and harm your equipment. You rake to make it clean. You stack and burn and restack and burn so you don't have much to haul off or bury. Every land owner should be so glad to hire you. Efficient to the max and mild mannered. Plus I get aerials. See you next week.

[@carlvaneck2783]

Looking really good. More productive farm ground too.

[@tomswindler64]

Was amazed how many stumps came out of that area.great video.😎😎😎👍👍👍

[@ronbremer6314]

I love your videos and am always looking for the next one Great job Chris

[@darreni5917]

You are the pond making king!!

[@leegoldman7491]

I liked the way you showed that one aggravating stump it was not going to beat you, I just had to laugh because I have watched your determination many times and of course in the end you won out, always a pleasure to watch you early in the morning while I drink my coffee...

[@reese8752]

I hate it when I don’t bring enough fire to the job to light the other side of the pile 🤣

[@kenore4003]

Is that why you need a fire truck???😂

[@bigtarheelfan]

♪♪We didn't start the Fire, Chris is always burning since the world's been turning♪♪, lol. Another nice video!

[@Hucklongfin]

Thank you Billy Joel!

[@martymclamb5750]

Looking nice , ready to see some dirt moving on this pond

[@mikehunt3222]

That could be a new Olympic sport, stump chuckin with excavators. They’ve got tug of war and underwater hockey as an Olympic sport, why not?

[@kenlee5509]

Deer stand becomes a lifeguard tower! Film@11!

[@dennis2376]

Thank you and have a great day.

[@joejohnson7097]

That one area staying wet looks like it should have dried out some thanks for the video

[@wallbawden5511]

love burn day as it all cleaned up ready to start the Dam Cheers

[@MichaelBrown-qn9hi]

Chris, couldn't you ditch the head section, to connect to the other drainage ditch you have already done, it may help dry it some. Before and so far looks GREAT.

[@carlvaneck2783]

Thanks for the fire buzz fix.

[@stevebarnhart2090]

Have you explored having someone bring in a chipper and turn all the stumps, tops, etc into dump trucks for disposal? Instead of piling, pushing, tending brush fires.

[@letsdig18]

That sounds really expensive

[@maryschillinger2909]

Not cost effective

[@randytravis3998]

@@letsdig18 it would be nice if you had the shear head / cutter and split the stumps in half like they do at the land fill .. just a thought ,, don't know the cost of the cutter and if it would save you enough money each year too off set the cost ? like I said just a thought ,,

[@yvettessherpa]

I think the word you were looking for was leery.

[@ScottyStock]

just mount a hadle to the top of the dozerrs and pick them up like a roller ;) (yeah, i know, to heavy)

[@mrbakerskatz]

Skeered ,you ain’t skeered ! Maybe unconfident but never skeered !

[@cliff4695]

They make like 6'-8' rakes for excavator's. Always wondered why you didn't have one

[@wm3138]

Need your leaf blower to crank up those fires. Burn baby burn!

[@stevengrotte2987]

1:53 I BELIEVE THE WORD YOU WERE LOPOKING FOR IS LERRIE (MY SPELLING IS HORRIBLE)🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MrMush78]

I keep hearing you mention Robert in your videos but do not know him Is he the new hired help ?? Good work again Chris

[@metalartcustomsLLC]

Chris @letsdig18 do you have to have permits and inspections on ponds down there? Some instances up here you do

[@ranger5721]

wouldnt be a good idea to dig a deep trench to help drain off some of the water to help dig it out better so your not getting stuck all the time

[@leroyaultmon]

Good evening Chris 0:19

[@rodneywroten2994]

D6 starts up fast

[@rossnolan2883]

Super 😊😊😊

[@pinwizz69]

Well, I have to think herding stumps with a dozer is about as much fun as herding male cats with a femal cat in the opposite direction ya want them to go. No matter what, Chris is gonna win every time and those stumps are gonna burn.

[@michaelrambo4886]

Chris, Betty seems to push left under a load. have you noticed that?

[@robertthomas1061]

Fire fire love it

[@barryhayes3328]

I know it’s a stupid question but who is Robert is he a relative or just a friend 😊 ?????

[@hippie_james]

Well if you do get stuck u don't have to walk that far to get something to pull the dozer out

[@VALandClearing-Grading-Truckin]

That thumb you are running is awesome. What brand is that?

[@sharonmiller6436]

AMI /LD18

[@maryschillinger2909]

Chris designed it with AMI I believe

[@sharonmiller6436]

@@maryschillinger2909 Built by AMI to Chris's specifications - that' why the logos AMI and LD18 are visible on the bucket in the videos.

[@karenheartoriginal3783]

BURN DAY, YAY 🔥👍🔥

[@kensmith8832]

Is it time to hire a high school kid to pressure wash the stumps for the Summer? It is better than sending them out to look for a left handed screwdriver!

[@thomasleonard1846]

Did you bring hot dogs?

[@jjMcCartan9686]

Joro spider .

[@jackman6256]

Guess you need dig ditches everywhere to get water out of the Land not big ones just enough get water running out

[@keithphaneuf9146]

A non clanking bucket would be cool too 🙂

[@hakanfransson4228]

😀😀😀😀😀😀👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

i'd get fined for burning 5 gallons worth of leaves.

[@dogit1840]

Oh my god watching the Asian women they build like camps in the jungle their homes all their gardens start out in clay you wish you had it's like cement they raise chickens cattle pigs

[@curvebuster]

[@Vickie-Bligh]

I can't add to what I've said or others as well other than you are a true pleasure to watch. I got cynical listening to people only wanting to do the minimum they were paid for, not giving a full effort. I learned from my parents that you give your best, every day. I see the same work values in you and those that work with you. I appreciate you demonstrating that with all of your videos. Thank you.

[@rytime700]

Hey chris....a outside time-lapse of them bigger fires from start to finish would be kinda cool to watch.

[@terryrogers1025]

Hard to believe the top of that hill is still so wet that you can still bury a dozer in it, don’t think your going to have any problem filling this pond up. Looking nice, looks like there is a tremendous amount of brush for the area you have cleared though. Looks good, thanks for the update video sir.

[@tabortollefson]

I was surprised to see wheat out there. I grew up in Kansas so I've always seen it more of a great plains crop.

[@SPUDHOME]

It is a real pleasure watching you work, with your equipment. It shows how much you take care of equipment, if it’s clean it is probably very well maintained. That spills over to your work, you care, you do it right.

[@mischef18]

Well on the plus side at least the drone dose not get stuck bro. Made for great viewing too. Safe travels

[@maxmacdonald7174]

Good old-fashioned brush and stump burning video. Can't beat it.

[@KevinCoop1]

I’ve been watching your videos for years. Got stuck more on this site than all other videos combined!

[@garymessina1609]

Great rake and clean up good burn too still a lot of mud great video thanks Chris and Robert

[@donaldcason163]

Man Chris you're giving us some great videos! Between this pond and your farm pond, it's really good to watch and listen to you while you work! Take care my friend and I'll be looking for your next one.😎👍👍🇺🇲🙏❤️

[@jeffreyneihart1614]

Chris I could watch you run that old Cat equipment for hours!!!! Nothing against the new stuff but seeing that Cat equipment working is so sweet!! Thanks for taking us along!!

[@patrickcolahan7499]

Looking good. You don't have as much brush as you usually do. Makes it hard to burn those stumps. Thanks for sharing.

[@diggingwithdylan9092]

Awesome video as always ! Love watching your content ! You’ve been a big inspiration to me to start my channel! Love watching to always try and learn a little something new and see how others might operate a little different !

[@paullangjahr4071]

I watched a video about a week ago that you had posted I believe 11yrs ago. You were in full blown Andrew mode swapping buckets for your link belt. Oh my how far you have come, keep it up.

[@JD-zm4eh]

Wow some of those stumps looked like they hold a couple of 50 lb bags of sand.

[@Mtlmshr]

If you love what you do for a living you never work a day in your life (so it’s been said!) that has been the truth for me! Out of welding school I was fortunate enough to land a job on a top level professional Factory backed Race Team for Nissan and I’ve been working on race cars ever since. It’s been a dream come true for me for the last 40+ years! Chris it looks like your doing the same thing and I wish you all the best in your life as a operator!

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Nice clean up!

[@milosterwheeler2520]

I like the drone shots. I forget how much there is to burn until I see it from above.

[@havgdo4445]

Hi Chris, I really enjoy your videos. Thank you!😊

[@michaelmullins1290]

I suppose the pond will hold water. It's definitely laying in the ground. I know you're glad it wasn't the D6. Very good job retrieving the dozer.

[@davidmotoman4956]

Starting to take shape Now. As always MINT job well done. Never get sick of you throwing stumps off the Excavator, kinda reminds me of the Big Guys throwing the iron ball an chain through the Air :)

[@debbiewebber1582]

@letsdig18...i've heard it said that a man that loves his job will never work a day in his life. I thought of that when you said you wanted to play. The love of your job shows in everything you do. The world would be a better place, If everyone had your commitment to excellence.

[@gregwitkamp5583]

Thats going to be a very nice lake

[@dirkkelly9596]

Like watching Chris run the cat while sporting a Volvo cap 👍👍

[@garyzurasky7312]

Does anyone ever metal detect the areas after you have cleared the vegetation?

[@TinyHouseHomestead]

You're one "STUMP CHUCKIN DUDE"! 😱😝🤪🤣😁👍👍🇺🇲

[@chrissmith513]

Chris I don't know if you heard but up here in Alberta Canada they declared a province wide State of Emergency with all the wildfires this spring !!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@dennis2376]

Fire season is early even in BC.

[@lastguy8613]

Maybe Zip Ties will understand what Greta has been on about

[@keithdunlap2701]

Wonder if you extend the ditch on up into the head section, if it will drain on out to the bottom ?? just a thought, may help ?? cause like you said, that shit is just quick sand at this point and not getting any better... Going to have to try something !! But, you guys got the dam section looking pretty good, just those upper areas giving ya fits !! lolol... Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening, And, On too the next !! Don't know if it will make it to your end of the woods or not ?? But, it has been raining so hard here in Western Ky. today, I had to pull over driving into town earlier. And Haven't had to do that in a long time !! lolol... I mean pouring freaking rain....lolol... Have a good one Man !!

[@larryehrlich57]

If you put the stumps right at the base of the fire...they would not catch on fire and they would dry faster . Please put a couple of stumps by the base of the fire and give it a try!

[@erikcourtney1834]

I would have to figure a way to get movies to play on the new tablet/ 3d screen. Makes the day go by much faster if you can watch movies and perform work at the same time. I could watch 6 movies in a 12hr drive and wow the time flew by. Been doing it my whole 17 year career. Because driving across states gets real boring when your alone.

[@jimmyculberson5013]

Just admit the equipment does all the work, and you get to play with the equipment lol😂😂

[@ccccarriemchardy9216]

I am picking you are going to have to do a drainage ditch from the top area (in line with what you have already done) to be able to complete that wet area. There could there be a spring near there?

[@cliff4695]

You haven't been paying any attention have you 😂😂

[@colinratcliffe2454]

Chris, next dozer upgrade maybe get a D9 more power and wider curved blade for this type of work.

[@kenore4003]

I wonder if the additional costs to haul it would make it unecomical to move from job to job? Also Chris gets into enough marginal land the weight of it might make it sink out of sight although a video of rooting it out would be a dandy.

[@gantmj]

There's some clearing going on near me, and they don't care how dry it is, they've had a fire going 24/7 for months, even as brush fires occur in other parts of the county.

[@Flynn1639]

You don't realise how big the machines our on video compered to realife

[@jonstellmacher2410]

Thank u sir. Iam 70. Ran all ur great machines. Keep it goin

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

Two Burn Piles Burning - lets get these Stumps cooking ! Another two Delicate Rescues - well done ! More Progress Today and the Drone Shots are very Special ! Many Cheers from Australia !!!!

[@joedemers5480]

A walk behind leaf blower helps significantly with these sort of fires.

[@SpaceSailor-tu3vl]

Chris have you used the grade function yet , I notice the display has numbers changing on it I fallow you on you tube you may have said something about it on a different media just wondering. Enjoy your video’s

[@donnaflanagan6612]

Crazy how wet it still is in spots😊

[@dalecherry3892]

Chris, if you put some good silicone spray on the rubber of your window it will keep it from sticking to your lower window. I use a sponge to apply at so it doesn't get on my windows. 👍👍

[@LordPubeck]

Yay!! Burn day! 🔥🔥 "I wanna play! No! we're working, we're working!" 🤣

[@maryschillinger2909]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅

[@garryparkes9121]

There is something Primal about playing with Fire that one never grows out of

[@ianmurray9201]

I'm going to play, I mean WORK 🤣🤣🤣

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

Really a clean area for all the mess they left❤❤❤❤❤

[@HangerPilot1]

Question... So towards the beginning of the video Chris was worried about the amout of dirt left in the stomps. I was under the impression that the dirt would hangout with the stomp till it was burned to ash and then just fall. I get that dirt can smuther a fire. But the implacation seemed to be about the dirt pulling a Keyser Soze and be gone, or burnup and disappear. Is that a thing? I didn't think dirt would burnup. If anything I'd think the "fire dirt" ( which sounds super metal btw) would be full of nutrients to grow weed... Or hay if you will.

[@robertgeiger7026]

Dubious!

[@rockymatthews8643]

Hey Chris do you ever find yourself talking to yourself while working like your still recording video lol 😆

[@kennethstaszak9990]

Seems like it's time to dig a few more feeder ditches.

[@bobjoncas2814]

EXPERT ON DAMS AND BIGASS FIRES...LOL..KEEP SAFE AND WELL..