Mad Rush To Get Done Before The Big Storm

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[@richwielechowski5191]

5 inches of rain, I see a video coming of Chris’s new pond filling up! This one has turned out fantastic.

[@BJF17401]

Definitely want to see this one when it's full. Excellent job Chris.

[@leonardnicola7816]

Good lord Chris, all the hard work you do to keep us informed and to run your business... you truly deserve everything good you have acquired in your life. You've earned it!

[@TrevorDennis100]

I loved the flyover at the end. Who'd have thought that a pond dam could look so beautiful? We always love to see revisits after a project becomes established, but this is a particular case in point, and there is so much more to this project than just the pond dam.

[@davidepool5884]

The land owner couldn’t ask for a better job. Chris, you are a master of your trade, you are a true professional. The aerial view of the pond is fantastic.

[@rakhibhowmick448]

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[@rakhibhowmick448]

@@therasleys8268 ooóo

[@Mtlmshr]

Chris, the vision you have in your head before you start such a immense project like this is amazing. IDK if you have a actual drawing on paper of the pond before you start,that would be interesting to see. You constantly blow me away with what you’re able to accomplish and the vision you have!

[@chrislaarman7532]

I was about to say something similar. We viewers see the start situation, and then Chris changing it into the end situation, but he himself has to see the "what goes where" in his mind AND schedule it among his other jobs AND keep an eye on the weather forecast. (I'm in Europe, but I've come to watch Ryan Hall's secundary weather channel. Oh boy!) Oh yes: AND he must have his maintenance planning AND some fall-back plans AND know what help is available when.

[@Mtlmshr]

@@chrislaarman7532 well said and hello over there

[@jwdickinson643]

if any of the stumps float, you have a drag line to get it! 😂😂😂😂

[@craigwavra3495]

Pretty cool watching you build the road and the dozer work!! That pond is really coming, and can almost see the finish line. That drone footage is going to be cool once all is completed!!

[@dirtfarmer7472]

1 thing that I have noticed it seems like most of your customers can afford for you to do what needs to be done, with not to many restrictions on how you do it. It has taken a lot of time for you to build a reputation of good work. Thank you for the video. Thank you Sir

[@letsdig18]

It takes a lot of convincing sometimes too but I always tell them to just trust me lol

[@deanreinke1148]

Pond Master!

[@LordPubeck]

@@letsdig18 Bet it's easier for them to open their wallet when the grandkids come along! 😉

[@jjMcCartan9686]

​@@letsdig18chris what do you think is the deepest pond you've dug for a customer?

[@GregoryPritts]

@letsdig18 considering all of your previous projects for other customers, your work and the finished product speaks for itself. They'd be foolish NOT to have YOU doing the job for them. And yes, you ARE an absolute master. I've always been a fan of the notion that good work, quality work pays for itself and is worth the higher cost. You and your work epitomize that.

[@rozmoran1840]

Thank you for the time you took to include us into being apart of this pond dam building, plus the extra things you do and did. Your work is creative. The music you used for your drone footage is magic.

[@george8873]

Thanks for the drone shots. Was kind of difficult to picture what the pond will look like when done until you used the drone. Really liking the shape of this pond. Will be beautiful once filled and the vegetation grows in.

[@russellgilson4072]

Talented guy with the ability to see the completed project before it's completed. A skill set that not shared by everyone, nice job!

[@Vickie-Bligh]

That drone footage really showed the amount of work you've done. Needs a sign that says either: "Land sculpture done to perfection by LetsDig18" or "Chris Guins". This is a fun project and looking forward for the rest. Thanks for sharing, Chris.

[@Pegasus209]

Looking good, Chris! It's hard to tell how much it's progressing from a ground view, but the drone footage puts it into very clear perspective. Well done!!!

[@Tnpops]

The drone shot was incredible. I finally can see the exact layout of the pond.

[@jackdawg4579]

Many years ago we used to lightly spray the bed with diesel or detergent when working with sticky soil. Probably use detergent with the price of diesel these days!

[@taylorwatson9023]

i wish we could get rain here in Michigan☹️ its drier than a popcorn fart no rain in weeks

[@woodygall955]

Chris, having been a residential contractor for many years I know how difficult it is to stay on task. You are a master at staying to the task.

[@pinwizz69]

This series has to have been one of the best ones yet Chris has filmed given he did most of by himself. I can imagine his fuel bill cost would give most people an epiliptic fit. Lots of bragging rights for the owner of this farm / homestead. Chris definitely has a right to be proud of his work.

[@glennspreeman1634]

Was involved with a 100 acre dam and lake. Had lots of big old cottowoods,3-5 diameter stumps. We left 5-7 foot stumps and cabled the trees to them.

[@robmatthews7972]

If you get rain like we did here in N. Fla. the pond might go half full. I dumped 2.5 inches out of my rain gauge today June 22 from the past 24 hours. Good work Pond Master.

[@Justalittleoutoftown]

Good thing because we sure are getting the rain.

[@donnamullins2089]

Wish you had a helper today. Certainly accomplished a great deal of work. Love the pond. Thanks for the flyover.

[@jeffmaloney3181]

Looks so different than when you started digging stumps up. I like the way it lay around the valley, can't wait to see it full of water.

[@tammygreene4456]

We have been getting a lot of rain here in the upstate of South Carolina for a few days and nights good job Chris

[@terryrogers1025]

Thanks for truck tour of the driveway layout and the explanations on how it all comes together. Definitely a good series on pond dam builds. The drone fly over helped a lot, for some reason I couldn’t always connect dots so speak. Looks excellent sir!!

[@markehooker]

Thumbs up from Youngsville, NC

[@jackreed3445]

Great job Chris. Beating the rain storm and still doing wonderful work. A master. jack

[@equipment-enthusiast]

Good looking pond! That drone shot of the dam puts it in prospective the amount of clay you had to use to build it.

[@derrickpettit86]

That pond is gonna look beautiful when it's full, great work as always Chris, another master piece coming to a finish almost, thanks for sharing an I look forward to seeing the next video, 💪🇺🇲🤙✊👌

[@leemaggard8393]

Any chance of an update to the massive dredging project that you and John did last year i think it was. The one that required the tailgate on the haul truck.

[@volsonrockytop690]

Another great project in the Sandhills of North Carolina of eastern North Carolina!

[@jimlong527]

Chris your vision and knowledge gives your customers a product well worth the money spent. A review in the past two years showing your past pond dam accomplishments would be a good video.

[@hydraulic-hum]

loved tagging along on this pond job, you are certainly a hard working man Chris, the final drone view shows how much dirt has been moved, will look fantastic when it is full of water, waiting in anticipation for the basement dig on Bealy-Good's property.. take care!

[@pauldillinger2286]

5 inches of rain is going to make a big difference. Going to look good though. Nice work Chris.

[@mischef18]

Made a big difference from when it was trees bro, like the idea of the road swinging by the pond too. Safe travels. Ken Allen

[@tomswindler64]

Your talent continues showing at every stage of this build.great video as always,man and machine doing what needs to be done. Great job.kudos 😎😎😎👍👍👍👍

[@anthonybrown5213]

Rush , rush , rush !!!!

[@heatherlane9270]

Another great pond build - more are made for farming and less wet marshy area. Fleet are a neat looking group. Hard day's work.

[@rustysteel8714]

Just WOW! Trust me❗️....indeed. 😉 Your vision on contouring the land is impressive, Chris. 👏

[@stevenreeve4491]

Chris, you are the man. What a great job. It will be interesting to see when the water fills the pond.

[@rondastump8930]

Watching u manicure the soil on projects is never boring. Thank u for describing each design as u work. God's blessings and be careful!!

[@richardmiller5238]

Almost a lake! You do great work as always! Thanks for the drone footage! 👌👌

[@Manoffire260]

Don’t ya always wonder what the neighbors think? Always looks bad before it looks GREAT!

[@markpashia7067]

Looking real nice. I guess five or six inches of rain is not going to over top the dam with a small area of watershed or you would have been focused on the overflow. I know some areas that amount of rain would run off of square miles of area and end up with many feet of gain at the pond. It really is amazing how fast this came together from what it was at first before the logging began. Likely best that you did not get to seed and straw since that much rain could just wash it away. Better to get it down when soft and gentle rain comes.

[@gravelydon7072]

Heck, that much rain could change our creek in Ohio from 2 feet at the USGS gauge to 23ft. You know you have troubles with flooding when they put staff gauges along side of the State Highway to tell how deep the water is over the road. 5" here in S. Florida goes down into the ground quickly. But it would be a 25" rise in the groundwater level.

[@johnroberts8475]

The drone view really speaks for itself Chris, should be some setting when this pond is full and the home is built, nicely done.

[@darrenstewart7202]

I'm the same when I'm tired, but I also have no patience for stupid nonsense . They know you're coming they should have an empty easily available.

[@stevemartinez6757]

That's not a pond, it's a lake. As always, very nice work!

[@AquaPeet]

Dam is a great piece of work Chris, and love the wavy pond edge!

[@grumpyg9350]

Your time management is exceptional. 👍👍👏🏻👏🏻

[@bille294]

"If I had just one more week..." A familiar refrain...

[@stevendufresne9994]

Thanks Chris the Video is awesome!! Can't wait for you to put your Videos up each day!👍👍

[@kanenmoffett9539]

I watch every video. Miami Florida

[@keithdunlap2701]

Yeah, that sucks when ya have to rushed into getting something done !! I was looking at the radar ,I think yesterday may be?? i forget but, you was already getting the rain there in your neck of the woods !! We been getting some heavy showers here in Western Ky. for the last few days ourselves, where that front is spinning around training over and over the same places each day !! But, looks like you got it where it needed to be when it did start raining Chris... it has really come together this last week or so, going to be a nice pond/lake Chris !! Great as always Man, Have a Great Evening, And , On too the Next !!

[@jjMcCartan9686]

Between the lake ,the house pad & the new access road this is probably the biggest project since the bealy good pond & i know you're not done there yet .A one man army you are chris .

[@charlessmyth]

With so much of it the same colour and the gentle grades, it's easier to see the lie of the land with the drone :-)

[@donnaflanagan6612]

This is going to be another beauty, complete with beach🏖️ & you have done a lot of the work by yourself😊

[@MySORRELL]

THANKS!

[@ianmurray9201]

What a bleeping transformation!!!!!! You I bet your proud of your work, and rightfully so.

[@johnmarlin4661]

Lookn great from Phoenix Az where its 106 F !

[@jenkins2162]

Honestly, it's one of the best projects so far.

[@stanleymartin1613]

Looking pretty good. Enjoyed watching the progress ✌️😎

[@allanrobson7242]

Great to see the drone shots,puts things into perspective, that certainly is a substantial dam.

[@martymclamb5750]

That a look amazing when all the grass gets established

[@woodcrestwoodworkingnc]

You should get @DirtPerfect and his tile plow down there to put in the tile.

[@kenore4003]

He's close to 700 miles west of him.

[@woodcrestwoodworkingnc]

@@kenore4003 I know where they are both located. I was not serious.

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

One down and about five to go. 1.50 to the rescue!! Getting caught up tonight!!

[@michaelg6686]

Can't wait to see what the storm brings.

[@JD-zm4eh]

Nice to see all the tools gathered for mornin coffee I mean morning greeting.

[@metalartcustomsLLC]

Now we need an update on your pond from the rains Chris @letsdig18

[@shitloveaduck]

Yeahhhh,,,, that’s lookin pretty nice now!! I knew it would be a pretty pond and when there’s crop along the shorelines and the trees behind the dam, that’s gonna be a REALLY pretty looking pond!! Even your little pond that’s so wonderful, is thinking it’s got some real competition!! 😂😂. It’s still #1, but you keep getting some nice jobs out there Chris!! I remember that one seriously muddy bog you took two small ponds and kinda joined them up. That actually turned into one of my favourites as well. You were sculpting in PURE mud,,,,, MUD!! This one started out muddy, but you got that water table down enough to work safely & they even get some land recovered back as well!! Looking forward to the final product and maybe even an update if you can squeeze it into your schedule some time next year. This will be one to revisit for sure!!

[@KevinMartin-yx2li]

Doing a dam good job hope u are keeping track of all loads from day one

[@danduzenski3597]

Watching 20 minutes of dozer work lowers my blood pressure considerably. Easily drift off to dreamland with a good rerun video.

[@walterhiegel3020]

Well the dirt work looks good now we need to see the pond full to get a better understanding of what happened.

[@wallbawden5511]

that right there is looking good Chris it never ceases to amaze the forethought you put into these projects as it's not just a pond dam you have the road house pad come shed area and the small beach with the beach do you cart in some sand for this or use a gravel mix either way it will look the goods nice work Cheers

[@jamesd.hummell4391]

Chris, if you have time, a quick update regarding how the F450 and Thunder Creek trailer has been a game changer.

[@ronomdalen3186]

Chris you amaze me how hard you work to make us your videos and you get so much work done by your self in a day you are definitely a pro at what you do I would love to visit you sometime I have some experience on your type of work in my life time I spend hours watching your videos. Thank you.

[@metalartcustomsLLC]

Love the whole project @letsdig18 best part of course is the pond but love seeing the whole project as a lump. Makes for great content and for sure it should pay a few bills too which is always a plus

[@user-zr1ij2tm6u]

By golly you can handle all that plant machinery... its great to watch Thanks

[@dennis2376]

That was a lot of work that you did to get to this point. Thank you and have a good day.

[@allenbeaulieu7077]

Simply put, it looks incredible sir.

[@rockman531]

It's going to look REALLY nice, Chris!! Awesome job! Thumbs up! Stay safe! Don't forget your rowboat when you come back! Jim

[@alangraham4526]

WOW looking good Chris, experience shows in the planning and end results.

[@SirBoden]

If you drop sandy dirt from a height, it packs the dirt that it lands on, creates quite a dense pile. That might be the cause of your truck bed stickage

[@brucelowe5116]

For its size that little Komatsu is a workhorse.

[@robertcarney6259]

the time lapses of the dozer work is neat to watch.

[@mirekmarshall6113]

Those stumps would be better habitat if they floated. I always thought I would place tall stacks of bricks (the 8x8x16), in a pond if I ever had one built.

[@debbiewebber1582]

L❤️VED this video. Thanks for doing these videos. I can't wait til 3:30ish comes around, almost everyday.

[@fredporter]

Amazing, Just Amazing what you can do, just beautiful work!

[@rodneywroten2994]

Quicky done too, Looks awesome Chris

[@leol1682]

Can't wait to see it full ove water .

[@scottbamasime4338]

We had 15" of rain in 3 days here in South Alabama..

[@crandonborth]

We’ve haven’t had 1” of rain in Wisconsin since mid April. Everything is basically dead.

[@tommyhardin8720]

Been watching you from the start to finish great job.

[@miketomforde2640]

Pan the soil for gold..

[@MrWhitewater68]

I know it's a cost issue and just water flow management, but the cement overflows are way cooler looking and just seem a better way... But you are the Master Pond Builder..

[@kathyhelton2606]

CHRIS YOU ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB! I ENJOY WATCHING AND LISTENING YOU TALK AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING! THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD CONTENT!!

[@dennismalcolm6620]

Great job Chris 🎉

[@karenheartoriginal3783]

Yahoooo…it is looking GREAT!! 👏👏👏👏

[@kevinmurray7135]

Man that road around the pond the way you are going to have it will be a nice ride down to pond will be a picture that should stick in your head for a long time 👍😎🇺🇸NY

[@daniellemke5793]

Nice to have the tree stumps for the fish but what about tree trunks for the turtles sunbathing? The pond looks great, when do you stock the pond?

[@2high2flyfpv88]

You must have a hummingbird nest on your dozer. I noticed in the last video and this one, a hummer keeps buzzing you.