New House Lot Clearing And Basement Digging

[@davidcassidy6226]

LOVE the cup riding in the bucket. That reflection was spot on!

[@alfadoofus]

I think it gonna be a trademark

[@tangowhisky14]

That was one huge drink container

[@hotpeppaman]

Yeah, high-Larious. I thought it was a 5 gallon bucket with a funky lid at first.

[@Fix_It_Again_Tony]

I thought it was a plastic bucket at first.

[@derrillbalshaw1199]

Love the way he carries his X-Large morning coffee cup in the bucket just in case he spills it in the cup holder.

[@TheChunky2010]

I thought it was a bucket of diesel

[@Echozisle]

Lol, I actually came to the comments to see if anyone else thought the same as me. Every time I see it, it takes me a moment to realize it's a reflection.

[@Murphyslawfarm]

🤣😂👍

[@GARDENER42]

@@TheChunky2010 Aye - it gets me every time. 😁

[@keithburke8577]

I'd feel happier going to Chris to get a tooth pulled than my local dentist.!!!!😁😁😁😁

[@augustreil]

If I was a concrete guy, I would be thrilled to death to show up, see this and have to set up my footings on this lot. Beautiful work Chris ! Thumbs up.

[@vasiliydron]

Lol if you were a concrete guy you would show up and cry about something never met a concrete guy that didn't complain about anything and everything.

[@jameshockey6916]

I'm from the UK, it amazes me to see how we all do foundations so differently. Over here once thats dug to grade we would have to dig a minimum of 18" wide by 48" deep trenches solid filled with concrete.. even for a timber building. Poor soils, sand or gravel we have to go down 20'- 40' with piles!

[@vasiliydron]

@@jameshockey6916 yeah every country is different even different parts of the us are different I've built in Mexico and Ukraine both places very different from what we do in the us.

[@samsuttle5556]

I’ll bet the contractors really appreciate the extra attention you give on every job to make their job easier. You do it right the first time...enjoy the vids!!! Keep it up Chris!!!!

[@davidkettell5726]

i swear it is like watching someone write poetry, masterful manouvering Chris

[@alfadoofus]

You know its gonna be a good day of digging when he carries his sweet tea in the bucket

[@glen3257]

wow! What a property! That view is what I call heaven on earth! Even better is knowing you dug it to grade for a strong foundation! Just love your finesse and skill!

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

You take such care and pride in your work. All areas of it

[@cameronmcarthur9951]

I have been watching your videos for some time now. I am a retired furniture maker, worked as a joiner most of my 68 years. My son is a 360 driver with his own ground crew and he is never out of work and his crew goes where he does. He gets his crew the best pay deal he can but his bosses know he is the best 360 driver around these parts of the UK. and he usually gets what he wants for himself and his crew. He and his crew have a golden rule, never talk about work out of work hours, and they stick to this rule so ridgidly. This is how I came to watch and learn about what you do. When you tell us viewers how you get your grade and explain it, that is great knowing that. Now you using your Grading bucket on a basement cut would be great. You wouldn't be showing off, you would be showing the bosses you are good at your job and you are proud to do the very best you can which is usually top drawer stuff, it will keep you in a job you clearly love doing driving excavators. Keep on explaining about what you are doing and why. It's gold viewing on this channel for us viewers. Thank you so much for taking the time to read such a lengthy comment. Some of our spelling in the UK is different to you in the USA.

[@themister3865]

That is really cool how you set up the laser along with the receiver on your excavator boom to indicate to you when you have excavated to the correct grade! Nice.

[@fibersgalore]

Sure beats a shovel and a wheelbarrow. That's how I helped my friends with their basement 42 years ago.

[@timothybarney7257]

I still find it hard to believe, but the basement in my grandparent's house (now my mothers house) was dug out, by hand, by my grandfather, AFTER the house had been built. When built back in the 1920s, there was only enough dug out for the stairs, a small narrow path to where the furnace was, and space for the furnace itself.

[@-_James_-]

Sitting and watching it though, it's still a slow procedure, lift, turn, drop, turn, lift, turn, drop, turn... Some sort of cutter attached to a directed conveyor belt would be a lot faster in soil such as that.

[@huckstirred7112]

how kind you are .I carried concrete forms for 3 years there was always a 3-4 foot over dig for to set our forms .But the entire yard was covered in bloody dozer piles . We carried 85 pound concrete forms over 1- 3 foot dozer piles every day . You even moved the piles . WOW ! The concrete truck driver would pull shoots , And we would paddle concrete like rowing a boat for 3 hours . If I worked a site as smooth , as yours the whole crew would have kissed the man who dug that hole .! When I did flat work . After the house was built on top of the walls , is when we poured the basement . Not one operator cared about grade If he was a at plus or minus 12 inches to or from grade good enough . If you have to dig out a little dozer packed clay no big deal . Little low just wheel barrow rock in . 2 foot dozer pile in the middle well start digging , be done wheeling it out by lunch . Concrete truck will be here by 1:30

[@marvinlong4116]

I swear I've seen this video before or one very similar. I still like watching because of the way you operate the X.

[@marcryvon]

Yeah, me too, the kind of déjà vu ! 😳

[@jimshoe6828]

You must really like your coffee in the morning. First time I have seen a cup so big it needed to be carried in an excavator bucket😉. I'm impressed you got it all the way down there without spilling a drop.🤣

[@treefrog7795]

I enjoy seeing an awesome job done so right...wow...i love it Chris...Its so much fun sitting behind ya. when ya cant. Thanks

[@KPearce57]

I live in Texas and have one of few house's that has a basement, Cost about 60K more worth every penny I love it HVAC Electric panels, Water filter plus the master bedroom .

[@marcryvon]

In Québec, Canada, a basement is customary due to our cold winters. Residential slab base construction is used only where the water table is very high. A lot of trouble.

[@paulmurphy4277]

@@marcryvon Same thing here in Massachusetts, everyone has a basement.

[@liberalpatriot6650]

Yiu must live in a drier part of the state than I do. Here in Houston, a basement would just fill with water during every heavy rain.

[@michaelfawver7783]

YES! Finally, u said it, "Let's Dig" some more!!! 👍 U should always say it, that's YOU, that's what u DO!! Keep digging! Love the videos

[@craigr6763]

I work for a rental house, we weld a piece of flat stock to the cutting teeth. Then replace the teeth leaving the welded teeth on flat stock. Then when you need a smooth bucket we make it a smooth bucket by removing teeth and putting the teeth with flat stock on it. Saves money on buckets.

[@Brian-wq6oi]

You are a magician with that scoop. Always a blast watching a real pro.

[@markrathkamp7681]

I learn so much from you. Thanks. I really appreciate how understated you carry your excellence.

[@davetyson623]

Can't wait to see the next episode of Home North by Dawn and Trevor. Really enjoyed top ten tools. Who knew what you can use.

[@cuznjo1]

that leveling device is a really cool thing to have when your alone.

[@TiMneR-tx1ys]

sure puts a guy out of work and saves him money. win for him

[@strokiinyourmom]

Should see the systems they have that cost 30k to install on the equipment and is all gps. It’s crazy.

[@Sparkey]

letsdig18 : Better than most stuff on TV.

[@junkyardking6021]

I like the magnetic reciver setup you got on the stick, a magnetic sensor on the boom and stick for position would be sweet but that looks pretty good either way. Gave me some ideas for digging ditch with my slope laser without a helper.

[@bostedtap8399]

Smooth and efficient, making it look too easy Chris. Great vlog, thanks for sharing. Regards John.

[@keithdunlap2701]

Nice to be on a Job with no mud and slop , for a change !! Just knock a few trees out, and some easy diggin' !! Great as always Chris !!! Nicely Done... Have a Great Evening , and On too the Next !!

[@spookypen]

0:03 I've heard of big gulps but this is another level big.

[@dignation216]

I was kinda thinking the same thing 😂

[@cathiwim]

Thats a HUGE gulp! Lol

[@Nighthawke70]

Stripes sold a HUGE mug (64oz, 2 quarts!) we used to keep us hydrated during our outdoor stints. No way they would fit in your cup holders, mind you. I had to makeshift a holder out of boxes and tool boxes to keep it from falling over. Naturally, they quit selling it due to the COVID business, a shame too.

[@doubledarefan]

@@cathiwim Gigagulp!

[@TL64329]

Good to see you digging in clean, dry, rock-free dirt for a change. Good video.

[@billclark7815]

You are such a smooth operator at these jobs it appears as if the boom is an extension of your arms

[@donnac1279]

Chris, a youtube video came up on my feed...it was You! You were in NV..looked like a big equip show and they had you drive a monster bucket like own. One track elevated the other track on the ground for so many feet. I 😂😂 and thought oh chris has got this. The other people were like 5 mins +, it took you like less than 30 seconds! Makein NC proud!

[@wendymistak4501]

Going to be a beautiful view!

[@RadioactiveLobster]

Told my father about watching your videos, he's a fan of anything to do with machines but he always brings up/compares them to the drag he use to run at the mines (had a 70 yard bucket) and the 100 Ton rock trucks he drove.

[@scottfortune9016]

That is the nearest and cleanest foundation hole I have EVER seen.

[@augustreil]

Agree, crazy clean.

[@assassinlexx1993]

Chris you have left a lasting impression. Just lay the foundation on the ground. No need to shim them. Flat like the surface of a pond.

[@agoble123]

I love how the machine sounds with headphones...you can really hear it when you swing.

[@RumMonkeyable]

So glad to see home construction is still on-going , even with escalating material prices.

[@littlefinkle7757]

And they are still climbing! Being a contractor, it is scary high for sure.

[@andrewcarnes1726]

Big corporate lumber companies

[@jamesrobinson1022]

Volvo has a thing called dig assist that works in conjunction with the gps/laser/ reciever that displays in the machine.

[@USSBB62]

Took me a while to figure it out. Cup so big he had to carry it In the Buckett. Funny, really! Thanks guys !

[@wendipasa7109]

To me.it is SOO EXCITING I'm dreaming as I watch you prepare properties just plain kool

[@davidrobins4025]

You've done a great job on this dig. Very impressive.

[@ranger2316]

I mean this in the KINDEST possible way ... but that blue colored house makes me want to CLAW my eyes out! What were they thinking?

[@TiMneR-tx1ys]

karen doesnt think and the husband is probably to republican to argue with her.

[@valearl4693]

Its a pretty color. Whats your problem? All houses gotta be white or brown?

[@ranger2316]

@@valearl4693 Uh huh.

[@yvonnewesterveld2157]

I don`t dig, I don`t work with these kind of machines. But I do love watching you work on the big machines. Greetings from The Netherlands, Europe.

[@makingithappen5178]

Hi. Do you have a lot of snow there in The Netherlands? Greetings from northern Sweden.

[@yvonnewesterveld2157]

@@makingithappen5178 Hi. We normaly don`t have any snow at all. But now we have quite a lot. On some places up to 30cm. I know, its not a lot, but for us Dutch, a lot :-)

[@makingithappen5178]

@@yvonnewesterveld2157 I think 30 cm sounds quite a lot to be so far south. I was in The Netherlands in 1970 and I will never forget the beautiful fields of tulips. At that time you could buy a windmill for a guilder, but then you have to keep it in good condition.

[@yvonnewesterveld2157]

@@makingithappen5178 We think 30cm of snow is a lot too :-) Ahhh, the Tulips. It`s so beautiful to look at, even for the Dutch themselves. There are still many tourists who want to see the tulipfields. Great that you`ve been here :-) I didn`t know about a mill for a guilder. I think i was to young still.

[@makingithappen5178]

@@yvonnewesterveld2157 If you want to see a lot of snow, you can watch my video here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pl6ampVrpdqqptk

[@thecolonel4037]

Save those oak logs! Up here in Md, good fire wood is going for almost $200 a cord. 'Axe

[@josianrodriguez1249]

NICE JOB CHRIS ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO.

[@kevinchesnut8832]

Its crazy how far you move the dirt away from the cellar I've always just flattened it out and the concrete equipment drives on it nice and easy and the backfill is simple cause the dirt is handy

[@ryanolep1078]

I’ll take some sand around my foundation. No clay backfill please

[@kittty2005]

I would love to see you operate a feller/buncher has a grapple that rotates 180 degrees with a chain saw you grab the tree low cut it off swing it around lay it repeat 3 times , while doing this your helper is topping the trees then you grapple all and place on log truck, my simplest explanation, I'm sure you could deforest 80 acres a day.

[@juniorraines1042]

You do great work Chris enjoy your video thank you for sharing

[@keystonekid7451]

Chris is so good, he uses the bucket to stir up his cream and sugar!.

[@Bigjqrl]

As a concrete form guy I can say 3-4 feet on a few sides is ideal for when we put cages on the outside

[@makingithappen5178]

A nice place down by the lake.

[@tomkiser1418]

Must feel like a vacation compared to the "Rock Quarry" (Animal Hospital) even after they broke up a section...more was underneath!! Riding a Jack Hammer!!!

[@platinummace100]

I was like woah Chris got a big enough Pepsi in the bucket!!!

[@bige9055]

Now that’s what you call a BLUE house, Robin egg blue. Ever building there is blue. Wow

[@jimmystrain883]

Chris i love your videos the way you transform a place and make a pretty

[@edwardboyd9996]

I almost forgot that you did something besides ponds.

[@randycook4364]

He also makes mountains.

[@2badger2]

I was just asking about that leveling device attached to the arm. Good invention.

[@Jamieclarke88]

Nice job Chris 👍👍👍 that magnetic receiver sure is handy

[@jamesnull2734]

About as good looking a hole as you're gonna get. Don't know if viewers know how difficult that "cleaner" move is to learn on a shovel or how to move your shovel sideways. Nice skill...Also learned how to get my corners square. I got to a point where I actually lay a level on the floor to keep the tractor flat. I know machines have a screen for that, but the level is much simpler. Nice vid...😎😎

[@winsurfer123]

I expected the dog to lift it's leg on the tri-pod. We all know how excited you are to see the silt fence go up.

[@craigwavra3495]

Always enjoy watching you do a basement. Don’t know why, but it’s always been a cool part of excavation.

[@smokeymacpot76]

prob cus basements are tedious, the grades are a exact measure...there 1 of the harder things to excavate properly.

[@LLImprovement]

wifow makers are no joke, had a standing dead i pushed over as gently as i could but the top caught another tree on the way down and long story short. my machine needed a new winow and to straighten out a grab bar/return to dig kick out.

[@koreywilliams4570]

This is awesome. Some day I would love to build my own house on a small plot of land.

[@J2498]

Very smooth digging motion

[@timsr.6706]

Thanks for the great video ! Never get enough of them.

[@Herbybandit]

I'm really getting into this! I'm watching on a tablet and I've just noticed I'm shaking the tablet to help get the dirt off the stumps with Chris. 😂

[@rsmccary1]

I like your work man. I love a professional in action.

[@AndrewFroude]

Nice job (as always) Chris.

[@davidhood2046]

Thant’s a big cup of coffee at the start !!

[@kevinkenyon7045]

Chris great video. Thanks for sharing. Kevin

[@drewgardner81]

Those magnetic targets are handy. I love mine being a one man show.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Looks good and hey it’s not raining 😁

[@123suzukisamurai]

Damn impressive job Chris. Sure enjoy watching yr vids after work. Thanks for the effort u put into this

[@MrYAMAHA32177]

Now add concrete for a great cement pond.

[@odonnellsaussiehomestead8257]

Nice job Chris 🥰👍

[@DMPB-fi2ir]

all i could think of when he said basement was a full basement dug below grade like here dig pour foundation walls and basement floor and with the Georgia clay around outside, no place for water to drain away........... open cellar door private in ground swimming pool as water comes through basement walls

[@stevedoty5841]

Good Morning. Jan. 12, 2022 seeing this. LOL Boring video. Ha. Ha no mud, water issues, no stuck equipment. Still love your expertise in getting it Level and the way the customer wants it. Love your explanation of what you’re doing.

[@DarkSevariant]

31:17 I'm thinking that lot, used to be the neighborhood "dog park' Puppy is going to get a few more uses out of it.

[@RandomAmerican3000]

Says it posted 19 minutes ago, already three people have made the same comment I was about to.

[@augustreil]

What comment ? Thanks.

[@paddyici6629]

this dude moves stuff with that machine as if its his own hand, very skilled

[@coggins63]

Why only 5' here In MA basements are about 10' which makes it fit for storage plus the basement could be finished and the walkout can be a full door with access to the lake. On another note, I really have to thank you for giving me a heads up on your whether in NC. I was having a house built in Concord NC. by watching 95% of your videos and hearing you complain about every other day of rain I put a stop to the build and yes we have snow here in MA. but so do you in NC, yes it gets really cold here in the winter months, but it gets cold there as well and cold is cold. So I thank you again for me not making a 300,000 mistake

[@bosshogg6030]

great job buddy and great video as always 😎👊🏻👍🏻 love the camera 📷 angles

[@ryanwillett728]

I know absolutely nothing about HE. But for some reason watching this guy work is soothing.

[@marcwohlmayer7897]

Nice video Chris.😀

[@legrandebadger]

I wouldn't mind seeing some skid steer and chainsaw footage as well, probably interesting to watch too. It's so nice watching you work with such efficiency. You make it look effortless. Love the videos!

[@bknoblauch1076]

When the thumb is fully opened, how wide is the space between the bucket teeth and the tines on the thumb? When you get a grapple full of tree limbs and brush it seems like a lot of material.

[@joshuasteel2109]

Thank you for sharing another great video ☝🏻☝🏻

[@ko9446]

You are the master of hauling your drink in the bucket off-road.

[@yenerm114]

I always thought it would be a good idea to have a stick of like L metal and either weld a lil bracket to hold it or just clamp it on the bucket of the skiddy for finish grading when u don’t really need to cut much off to just lay ur bucket flat on the ground n make sure it’s on grade wout having to get out the machine... but I never see anyone with it like that on there skid steers

[@georgephillips1185]

Great footage

[@robbnorth2243]

Another well earned break from rocks and mud!!!

[@edwardwest2795]

I was thinking you could hold the tree in your bucket when you use the chain saw. I'd love to see you do that.

[@taramiller3833]

In California you would likely have to get a permit and pay a butt ton of money to take out those trees. :D

[@sadmoring]

I would love to get your comments .. blow by blow with what you're doing with your hands. I think I see boom movement with your left hand, and bucket with your right.. and track movement with your feet. That would be so kewl to watch and learn from you.

[@johnallright6847]

Just figured after watching about 20 of your videos that I better subscribe and like.... you do a good job man.

[@r1mein54]

Your lucky day,,easy trees to take down, sunshine and dry material to dig out and a fun little job with a lake view (except for the crap dog and nosy neighbor)

[@leol1682]

Like the video Chris and uncle J .

[@YomommasWildlands]

Man...thought you had a big drink in your bucket

[@TheWilloughby2]

Me too!😄

[@daviemaclean61]

me too ;-)

[@kentbremner7828]

Same, pretty funny honestly

[@donaldalexanderrichards4422]

That's what I thought until I noticed that Chris had his window closed

[@skagit58]

Awesome! 👍

[@martymclamb5750]

Nice job!!!

[@jwardcomo]

That's a big coffee cup in the bucket!

[@nicktharp342]

It would take a long time to dig that basement with a spade!