One Very Messy Jobsite!

Digging out a storm water pond, horrble access, and very wet mud!

[@markenda1]

Chris, You are living out every kids dream. Playing in the mud with big toys. Great videos. Thanks.

[@briangarrow448]

Brings back memories. Cleaned out ponds and ditches every year for over 20 years. And I hated tailgaters when I was driving the dumptruck full of the muck.

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

'Accidentally' have the gate latches fail when they're right behind you and they'll NEVER Tailgate a Dump Truck again...Just in case...

[@robbyditzler6017]

You got to be the best at what you do, and this is a learning video to of you doing these jobs, you are top-notch the best hands down, I feel like I can go out and do that now 😃

[@petelyczek5728]

You are skilled operator. No wasted moves. Fluid and determined motion. Pleasure to watch.

[@petersaunders4085]

Couple sheets of 3/4 plywood on the fence sloping down to your machine would help the clean up at the end of the wet messy job. Great job per usual chris

[@theguyguy3528]

Nice yeah! Im thinking some 6mil plastic if ya had it. Drapped over the fence.. It would ould rip at the top of the fence, but i think that's about it... Make a water slide too while your at it..

[@Rikvdham]

the guy guy hang it over the tailgate of the truck, keeps it clean, in the netherlands we also use that when we are dredging

[@nadacommie6235]

this explains why you are so happy with that fancy new grading bucket for the 220, would have been a snap with that in my opinion.

[@mikefredette8507]

WOW MAN ! That's CRAZY Work Right There ! Poor Tim ! He Has To Clean Your Tracks !!! And The Parking Lot !!!

[@ChakatNightspark]

Next time you do something Like this, and its messy and going over a fence, You could try putting a Tarp over the fence, just protects it from getting to dirty.

[@theguyguy3528]

Nice! Messy, but a satisfying accomplishment at the end of the job I bet.

[@swampratt36]

I know in Fl ,turkey buzzards we call em stick a fish ,one hole thru them fly off to another pond , then either leave the whole fish in shallow water ,and eggs escape after tearing into them . Ive learned in my 55 yrs nature will find a way !

[@UnitSe7en]

So, what you're saying is that _they move in herds?_

[@donnieporter7890]

I would bet u could flip quarters with that machine u make running that piece of equipment look easy real nice job thanks for the video

[@wildbill3224]

Was waiting to hear those famous words every time you work around water " big ole snappin turtle"

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

One thing you can do in a situation like this is to lift the dump bed about a foot to drain off much of the water as you load. Helps keep the streets cleaner.

[@rustyschackelford9645]

Hauling slop like this is a pain in the butt.... but kind of fun. When you flip the switch to open the tail gate it SHOOTS out before you even start to lift the bed. My brother and I were were hauling out of drainage ditches around a power plant in tri-axles. Coal ash is funny stuff when it is in water, it is a solid but it flows and moves with the water. The operator overloaded us and we had to go through town. My brother was in front and as he took off from the stop sign and I see his load start to slosh front to back. When he stops at the next stop sign a giant wave of rotten black slime,cat tails and coal ash comes crashing over the headache rack covering the windshield and the entire cab of the truck. It was a GIANT mess to say the least. Great video cool channel.

[@bobvincent4841]

Oh what a bad day if a guy accidentally hit the gate latch right in the middle of downtown....

[@billy-zx10r]

just letting you know a little fyi, If no one put the fish in there, (sometimes if it’s the right time of the year) Ducks land in a pond they swim around looking for fish eggs And they grab onto them with their feet And when they move to a different pond looking for fish eggs sometimes they drop some. hence when they hatch the fish multiply and then becomes fish in a pond.

[@billy-zx10r]

SWMO Fishing 2 not saying your not right or anything, but my uncle is a wildlife biologist and said ducks do a little part in spreading fish in different places. but and again it has to be the right time of year.

[@bobwhite825]

How do you think they got there. Its not a myth.@@calebwelch6762

[@hornetobiker]

Thanks Lizzy.

[@billrobbins5874]

Didn't know that!

[@williamlloyd3769]

Why wouldn’t the property management company want to dredge the storm water basin a bit deeper to discourage the growth of cattails ? Why not use a shredder to process the load into the truck, wouldn’t that be more efficient ?

[@ctg18158]

You are a talented operator.

[@billwilliams9527]

Chris, man you get the most difficult jobs, was watching one back in 2018 I think and you were in this freaking slime mud with pads, I do not know how you do it, scary stuff.

[@jh1867]

The new camera guy slash operator really adds to the videos. Nice work.

[@jasoncox7824]

When I use to do retention pond maintenance we would put strips of rug screwed to where the gate of the bed of truck would meet, helps to keep the muddy water from coming out so bad. (Retention pond service) out of wilmington

[@63256325N]

Nice job not getting that mud all over everything. Thanks for the video.

[@stevenwelch2759]

wow....... u sure have some interesting projects....That big wide thumb really helps alot on cattails

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Great job man! Looks like a completely different pond. You have to love those easy access jobs! 😂

[@theguyguy3528]

I've never been in mud even close to that. Nice tip.. Test the compaction with your bucket before tracking out. Thanks!

[@anthonythorp7291]

That's nothing. When you can't see the top of your tracks, you now your in deep. I've had mud up to the body and water in the cab. Not running anybody down just saying this vid is an easy day for me.

[@daveschuetrum576]

Good advertising for ole' Tim!

[@meikos7091]

I like the 2 pt. view.

[@WillaHerrera]

LOL the snake story 😆. I wish I was younger I would go work with you Chris.

[@rickhay9782]

I wonder if it's worth your while and time to find a worn out bucket and perforate it for jobs such as this ?

[@brentlouis1236]

I can’t explain,but, I sure do enjoy these videos.Interesting stuff.Extremely satisfying!Definitely better than the shit that is on tv these days.

[@AdamPetroffVideos]

That is one sweet quad dump truck!

[@kubota1100able]

Great job cleaning the mess up little bit of soap and water your dump truck will be new and clean again

[@cotontop3]

My phone about blew up last night when this video when live lol! Cool stuff!

[@jims.3987]

Really? It's an excavator digging up cat tails.... You city folks need to get out more.

[@jeffguimond9442]

Nice work in a tight messy situation.

[@jwdickinson643]

Chris, three years from now you are gonna be dredging out a HUGE pond with more mud than you can imagine…and you’ll be doing it with a custom made bucket and thumb that YOU helped design. 😁😁🤣🤣🤣

[@davidbrickey5925]

Muddy miss you got a clean looking job. Great work.👍☕️🍩

[@richardjellis9186]

A long reach boom arm thingy would have been a great thing to have on this job eh.!

[@jakeschisler7525]

Chris, you make it look easy. Driver is your uncle isn't he? Does he do most of the bidding on jobs?

[@geo52041]

I would like to know more about the business and who is involved . Can't imagine you doing all this by yourself . There must be a bookkeeper and job pricer a mechanic

[@henrymiller7743]

Any day you have work going on it’s a good day I do not like to sit around doing nothing then when I get home from work I watch your videos

[@ramjet7470]

Cramped quarters. Nice job!

[@garryreesetha3rd328]

I see that shirt Chris,I know Tim would be proud!!!

[@hillbillyb4u]

8:03 Saw the eel finally.

[@leol1682]

Like the video Chris , John have clean the truck , it's a Massy job but someone have to do it .

[@letsdig18]

he washed it that night

[@briangardiner1015]

That is a nice niche you guys have doing ponds. Does anyone else in your area do that?

[@dewainwoodard4840]

Great video Chris thanks for sharing have a great day

[@ckc3166]

Just playing in the mud. Lol nice job

[@johncolasanto605]

Looks good, I dont know if you would be able to use them in the basins like this.. but on our fire trucks we keep floating docks for our portable pumps & they work great..

[@kennethhume8628]

As the 20th century saying from Yorkshire , England goes “ Where there’s muck there’s brass “. Brass is slang for money . 🇬🇧

[@SledgeHammer43]

They should have ya'll come and dig both sections out to at least 6 foot of depth.

[@johncuervo3019]

Seems crazy they wouldn't want the plants in there. I would think they help filter the water and hold the mud from flowing into the stream

[@rppvt]

My ex-girlfriend's father asked me to clean the water moccasins out of a cattle pond (cattle were getting bit and dying). I guess he was trying to get rid of me. I came back with 14 of them draped over the tractor, having killed them with a sickle. Those things'll attack you. Keep the windows closed.

[@cliffjohnson2273]

Where I am at they use cattails as a final filter for waste water. to help remove nitrates and purify it.

[@jacobc5757]

Letsdig18 - Look at that! You got your new Volvo muddy! Now you gotta wash and wax it! 😂🤣😂🤣

[@landonthurston2990]

It’s not his new Volvo😂

[@jacobc5757]

Landon Thurston I wasn’t sure! 🤷‍♂️

[@smegee77]

Nice job. Sweet tshirt 😎

[@TheUserid82]

Have you thought about building a mobile conveyor belt on a skid steer base or even an old excavator base to be able to reach over fences and down into ponds for clean out jobs like this? A skid steer you might be able to get a 20 foot range but an excavator should be able to have an extending section to get 40-60 feet of distance centered on the base. A remote for start/stop on the belt you can have in the excavator would let you set it up then jump in the Volvo.

[@crmowing4852]

Hey the harbor freight pump! Did you buy another one?

[@capie44]

2:30 "I'm venturing out to the pond I'm kind of, stabbing around and feeling things; makin' sure nobody dug a" ... makin' sure there are no ex's buried in this mess. :-D

[@clintpeterson9028]

Very knowledgeable

[@Thea_MojaveOutliersWhipmakers]

"...sardines I just smeared into the mud..." hahahaha!

[@donburg5125]

You always like playing in the swampy areas, so you right at home

[@hohlsrenovations52]

Cottontop will be proud of you wearing that shirt.

[@bobferranti5222]

That my friends, is a very messy job! Where do you take that stuff to get rid of it? I'll bet it smelled too.

[@josephboley]

I see ya wearing the ole cotontop3 shirt 👌👌👍👍✌✌

[@janvandenbos7085]

What a messy Job Chris, nice cat tail Clearing Chris 👍👌😎

[@dougsmith1166]

Great video

[@marksmith8163]

Perfect habitat for water moccasins.

[@hydraulic-hum]

playing in the bog again.. your favourite- mud!

[@george8873]

So glad this video didn't come with Smell-O-Vision.

[@justastudentoftheworld3940]

I can almost smell that from here, OMG.

[@Neg_Ice]

Watched your channel grow since 2011, always interesting jobs you do, good stuff buddy.

[@Blazer02LS]

That style pump doesn't like mud that much. You might want to look at buying or making a floating strainer. Then just dig a couple bucketfuls out and drop those in.

[@khadijagwen]

I had thought that you were in Southern Washington. I'm surprised that they took the Cat Tails out, since it takes a lot of pollution out of the water.

[@larryshedd5734]

Good job I do that stuff with Gradall excavator and dragging bucket

[@BobL84]

I could see everything from fish, frogs, snakes and turtles running for their life after you destroyed their habitat !

[@robertrockwell7581]

pretty cool and messy job there.

[@thederrick1966]

that machine is going to need a bath after that

[@RMosher11]

This might be a dumb question but where exactly do you pump the water to?

[@letsdig18]

behind the dam to a catch basin

[@tommymann69]

You are doing a great job

[@8056443232]

Here in CA the county will come toss fish into standing water to eat Mosquito larvae. Whatever those fish are, they are tough! They can flop around in the mud as the water recedes, and last for days. I have gone and picked them up in a bucket and transferred them to my own pond, where they keep on doin' their job. With the drought right now, not so much...

[@atVVV1]

Im in CA too, the quito fish are indiscriminate killers. Theyll eat eggs and fry of other fish species also. Basically anything that moves. If their population grows too large theyll extinct the game fish. This is all info I read online whilst reseaching bass stocking for a private farm pond. The irrigation districts use the quito fish in the canals and so on....

[@marianoturnquest]

Great job and nice video. Where is Camren? Haven't seen him in a while

[@letsdig18]

he no longer works with us

[@autobots54389013]

The harbor freight pump still running strong? One of my favorite videos is your HF pump review. Even went out and got one myself after watching it haha

[@letsdig18]

runs like a champ, has sat outside since day one LOL

[@randytravis3998]

@@letsdig18 things you don't give a shit about leave out side last forever things you keep inside and take care of seam to break ,, whats with that ??

[@cliffjohnson2273]

To speed up moving water you may want to look a Jet siphon with your water pump. it may well triple the speed of that pump . all you need if hard suction line 6" 8" or maybe 10" pvc and venture valve to creat the vaccum.

[@ut000bs]

"For the number of different kinds of food it produces there is no plant, wild or domesticated, which tops the common cattail." - Euell Gibbons They are very good. Get them from cleaner water, not storm runoff. BTW, those cattails are cleaning the hell out of the water before it runs out. I understand and agree with the reason they're undesirable but from an environmental standpoint they should maybe be required. Maybe not that many, though. ;)

[@caseytebo7147]

What part of NC are you in/from? Ive been helping with the power restoration on Dominion's system.

[@micah_lee]

Never really knew he was from NC. Pretty cool

[@waynetharp]

Should have taken the eels home and thrown em on the smoker! Good stuff! Mmmm...

[@egomaniac247]

I c ouldn't find the first eel, not far into the video yet to see if there are more

[@johnwarren8621]

cattails looks like dinner to me LOL

[@kenbyers4049]

Hey what do you do with the finals after a job like that ? Do you have any undercarriage issues do to water entry?

[@letsdig18]

ive never had a problem with water getting into one

[@davidglaum2538]

About how much does a job like this cost and how and were do you get the mud dumped?

[@BornRandy62]

the retention ponds here are deliberately planted with grasses and cat tail. A natural filration system

[@fastsetinthewest]

Hey, I'm a environmental engineering specialist. Don't tell anybody. Did you see where the water got pumpéd. EPA regulations are very specific. That Cracker Barrel could still be heavily fined. Plus, Cracker Barrel is heavily tied into the CCP. FACT. Eaglegards...

[@mikeconnolly9933]

the shoots of cattail are edible very good

[@ToTheTopCrane]

What a mess! Someone is going to have some serious cleaning to do on that undercarriage.

[@johndowe7003]

chris of course :P

[@TheOtherBill]

Get cotontop3 to do it, in exchange for the free publicity Chris gave him putting that shirt into the video.

[@jims.3987]

Who cleans the undercarriage on an excavator?

[@johndowe7003]

@@jims.3987 not us xD

[@huckstirred7112]

I would love to have those cat tails and mud for my garden

[@Farmall450]

The cat tails looked good tbh

[@robfraley4210]

Where are you at ??? This looks just like most of NC... or even the north half of Florida... !!

[@Surtac100]

You do a lot of ponds, in general how often do they need to be cleaned out?

[@jameszilch]

fish are transfered from pond to pond by birds. They primarily transfer fish that are born from eggs. they unknowingly collect them in their belly feathers.

[@tommymann69]

I had to muck out a 15 acre pound with caterpillar track how. I was there nearly month.i made damn sure .I didn't leave no cattails. I even came back 2 months later to make damn sure none regrow in the pond.

[@tylermott677]

Your uncle's jorts kill me lol

[@gwenb4531]

Just think of all that mud as a spa treatment for the Volvo.

[@chris18228]

when birds land in the water the eggs of fish get stuck on them and they land in a different patch of water they transferred them

[@jacobblackburn6417]

Did anyone else see the buick trying to pull the uhaul trailer

[@jcsphotography9318]

Jacob Blackburn 😂 ive seen a prius pull a uhaul trailer in Tennessee headed to Gatlinburg.

[@fuhcue5223]

Mercury...