Pond Is Dredged And Borrow Pit Filled!

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[@matthewsharp6597]

Chris, would be pretty cool if you would go back and do 1 year updates on some of your projects. We never get to see the artist's masterpiece.

[@knowltonnorth9418]

Same here. would love to see an update on the 5 acre Pond they did.

[@georgeholden3415]

Chris I like the way you keep up with the equipment around you and the way you take care of not hitting anything with the excavator . I’m retired now but used to run backhoes and dozers. I enjoy watching someone who cares and is extremely talented at his trade

[@jaketd6262]

I’m about to get a 3 dollar raise tomorrow because I learned grading on an excavator, and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t learn anything from watching these videos. Thanks for taking the time to record shit like this!

[@letsdig18]

These are the comments I like to read!

[@lmcmullen3]

Good for you man! Keep progressing and expanding you “brand”...

[@jaketd6262]

letsdig18 hey man, I’ll be buying some of that merch with my new found wealth ;)

[@ArizVern]

I agree with you Jakey.

[@regsparkes6507]

Well done,...that'll come in handy , especially for this coming season!

[@theshadow1559]

When you first said that the mud in the pond had to be dugout, I thought that you would once again be laying down a pad and would be on the project an extra week or two, but I was wrong, guess the client did not want the whole pond cleaned and deepened. I would very much like to see both ground and aerial videos of the 10-acre lake with the bridge crossing once the bridge has been built and the water table has come up to normal. That was one helluva beautiful job you and your crew did on that one. I would kill to be young enough and rich enough to afford something even close to what you guys made for that client.

[@bigtxbullion]

There is something very calming about the steady hum of that volvo. Much more enjoyable than the clank of my tractor!

[@SuperIanjohnson]

Your comment about you making a boring video deserves a reply, Chris. I honestly don;t think you know how to make a boring video; your commentary is good enough/ funny enough to lift the most mundane video. You make this old man very happy . It's not very often that I can say that about a guy! Keep them coming, and I hope the winter is not as bad as you fear.!

[@george8873]

Too bad you didn't get that "Big Job" you were talking about. Would have loved seeing you dig another 5 acre pond. Your pond videos are my favorite. Anyway, this job will look nice once everything gets a chance to grow in. Won't be able to tell that borrow pit was even there once the ground gets disked in.

[@barryhansen6854]

Nothing like the saying rob Peter to pay back Paul you took the good dry dirt from the pond filled the hole in the field farmer can use straight away, the pond gets cleaned and deepened at one end and made larger win win for all concerned.

[@rougaroux2359]

@letsdig18 what would be the purpose in having a pond go gradually from two feet down to seven or eight feet? The last pond that I helped put in was about five feet down to about fifteen feet with a lot of structures for fish. Must be how folks out your way like there ponds I guess.

[@makingithappen9722]

But if you make the pond deeper on one side, the water surface tilts in that direction. Or? Seriously, you are a very good teem. The work flows well when you are a good teem.

[@SailorAllan]

well that was a very interesting project ! --thanks for taking us along to watch !

[@1013redoak]

You have the coolest job in the world! I know it's a lot of hard work but you get to do something different almost every day! This has been a great job to watch! I can't wait for the coming projects!

[@chrisskelhorn5727]

Great stuff! And it's always a joy to watch an expert do their job! Well done Chris! :-)

[@KevinCoop1]

Chris, You mentioned boring! I have the ability to play the video at 2X speed but can not bring myself to do it! I'm sure others are doing the same thing I do. I try to guess where the next scoop comes from, where it's going, or how many scoops and when to push the tree down. Sometimes I turn on your videos right after feeding my 3 month old grand daughter. She sits on the couch arm and we watch it together. She usually watches the whole video "very quietly"! Keep them coming! Respectfully, Kevin from Missouri.

[@84CSUn]

Kudos to the sound engineer getting the gloopiness of the mood as you were digging in the mud!

[@TonyGeneseo]

Looks awesome! Kinda wish you've gotten that big pond job but would've been messy with your rainy winters. Lol

[@billsmith5581]

Nice work....I bet that dirt stinks

[@mischef18]

At least with bailing mud there is no worries with strings breaking or knotters jamming up. Enjoyed all the videos from this job bro.

[@juniorraines1042]

Looks great Chris hope you have a great Friday

[@regsparkes6507]

Nice work, good job,...the site looks almost like you haven't been there at all. I'd like to see this from your drone's eye view now, and again, around next August or so.

[@MrDaniel3105]

The haul truck looks like it is fun to drive in mud

[@ninataylor6180]

Nothing You, Uncle John or Timmy do is ever boring to me because its never the same.

[@alansmith4595]

Looked like A good place for A mudmat scraper

[@stefpeters9855]

Chris, thanks for all the vids you're posted! For me, it is very relaxing to see you playing in the mud after another day in the office! What's the deal with all those ponds in your area anyways? Are those for saving the water for the summer? Keep those video's coming! Greets from the Netherlands

[@thejmd1971]

Chris, i love watching your videos. It helps me pass the time while i am at work lol. Would it be possible if you could give us estimates on how much does it cost to do the projects you do?

[@MrAaron5627]

Real curiosity question, why not use the dozer to move the silt in the pond?

[@winsurfer123]

Chris, love to see you playing in mud! Thanks for the vid's. Your work ethic is good for my soul.

[@robfraley4210]

After working on the Farm one summer in Mt Olive I started clearing land with a D-6 CAT 🐱 10:24 For a guy out of Fason, but by December it was to Wet to work anywhere, so I went back to Miami.

[@63256325N]

Nicely done. Thanks for the video.

[@davidbrickey5925]

Very good job done.Little bit muddy. but it come out good in the end. 👍☕️🍩

[@paulteirney3587]

Can I come and learn how to drift the dumper?

[@beardy4831]

You ever toss a stump or two on edge back into the pond at the end, for fish habitat?

[@kevin20044]

I dont think anything you do can get old cause the commentary is pretty good

[@augustreil]

Chris, what's the deepest pond you ever had to do and how big was it ? Thanks and thumbs up !

[@maineman11]

Should have just gone deeper with the pond and not wider to get the dirt needed for the pit. Would have saved time and money.

[@BrutalDigger]

Thanks for adding subtitless in the video, Chris

[@Dirtmonkey]

Nice vid, sorry you didn't get the job you wanted but glad things are staying busy

[@BigguyOO]

Chris you take mudpies to a different level. And thank goodness KZbin dose not have smellavision.

[@rogertallentire2961]

Good job. Man that bucket nearly popped out of my computer screen. Nice footage.

[@Elwould23]

I wonder if the crop over that borrow pit will yield any better than the rest of the field.

[@augustreil]

Talk about sub soiling !!

[@Todd.Roberts]

And in sure that’s why y’all have so many jobs is you leave a job in better shape then you found it always do a great job

[@Todd.Roberts]

Working in all mud and no spatter on the machine . That what I call taking care of you machines

[@neusac4590]

I must say that Volvo will need one heck of a wash after this job. How deep can that bucket dig? 🤔👍😉

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

9:36 love how you gracefully toss soil like that. Good video!

[@gordonverrall1477]

This dirt that your diggin out looks rather dryer than that big job you did some time ago.

[@Dave_9547]

I have wondered the same thing as "The Shadow" commented on below. Why do these farmers only deepen around the edges of a pond. Why not use a drag line and clean out the whole pond to an even depth?

[@clayboist]

Thanks for the video, I know they dont edit themselves!

[@nickbeam5432]

You did a good job of it and fast !

[@Jeff_MT09]

A lot of machinery cleanup after that job I reckon! I thought the bucket was gonna come through my screen at one stage. LOL. Greetings from Australia. Cheers. Jeff 👍😀

[@chrisroach6371]

So something that I enjoyed in this video was when you set up a camera up close to where you were digging. I am paralyzed and cant safely get up that close and watch. So thanks for that and the videos you put out

[@mojo6706]

not bad for a lever yanker!

[@briangardiner1015]

If you watch him work he uses his finger tips,which is what is different from years back.

[@brownwarrior6867]

If it ends up looking like you were never there then you know it’s a great finish. As always that goal has been achieved 👍🏼

[@Nunyabusiness007]

After frozen earth thaws it seems to be more greasy than just wet soil.

[@nerdgarage]

That's because there are still lots of ice crystals in the soil to make a sort of slush with the water, but not enough to be seen as solid bits of ice. Kinda like the roads this time of year covered in that sort of grainy snow that make the roads like driving on warm oil. That's because that grainy snow isn't really snowflakes, it's ice crystals (yes there's a difference).

[@briangunner8355]

No need to rake pond,, we did the edge of our farm pond and in one year the silt filled it back in

[@coryfrohwein3279]

I'm just thinking here but would tracks on the back tires of the dump truck help with traction when you are on slick ground

[@briangardiner1015]

I liked how you walked the machine forward to get the cam after the outside shot. I would have done the same thing. It might have been a good thing you didn't get the big job. Might have stretched you too thin.

[@sighpocket5]

Nice!!!!

[@joedorweiler7733]

Was just thinking about the big clearing job. Are you going to be back on that this winter?

[@trolling4dollars816]

Just wondering, is your farm profitable, or just a hobby?

[@rickster9993]

Chris It looks like you thrive on short term projects. If you had got that long term project you might have gone from a day or two off on occasion to a few weeks between projects. To each his own though. I look forward to your videos.

[@timjohnson8725]

Is a yard of dirt a 3x3x3 cube 27cubic feet???

[@barrysteenerson4890]

#10,,; HELLO THE POND MASTER ! YHA, I'M SURPRISED HOW THE POND DIRT IS NOT ULTRA MUCK ! YHA YOUR THE POND MASTER , I LOVE IT , THANK FOR THE FOLLOW UP , WELL A GOOD DIGGIN TO YHA , ,,BYE .

[@nancyjeanharvey7647]

You were showing removal of matts what are they used for? you were taking them out of a lake.

[@nickfast6370]

Yes!

[@malcdicko6727]

ok ok i know iam abit late for the party lol, always love watching your videos never boring , you are talking to us explaning what you are doing and thats the big difference if there was no talking it probebly would get a bit boring but you do a fantastic job in entertaining your viewers thank you.

[@12jeeplover]

Is he gonna pay you to dredge that pond out?

[@leol1682]

Like the video man, keep on Dig in .

[@tonybenjamin4670]

So when is the farmer gonna have you finish dredging the pond out

[@janvandenbos7085]

You must burn much fuel, with all that projects Chris 👍👌⚠️

[@colinkennedy8730]

Other top job

[@paulthesoundguy1]

Why do you not use a much larger bucket for simple dirt work.....the machine has enough power....correct?

[@donaldmends2244]

Chris what became of the job were you unstuck that emergency Rental Excavator , you thought you get the mud Clean up front that job.??

[@thomasdobrenick1549]

My add kicks in when you do to much stumping kinda like DP need fority

[@mhuntercorrell]

What was the purpose of digging that hole, then refilling it? Maybe I missed that in the videos. Awesome as always. Thx

[@briangardiner1015]

They use the dirt to build a building pad. It is what they call in earthmoving a Borrow Pit. The dirt from the pond isn't suitable to build a building on.

[@mhuntercorrell]

Thx, Brian

[@alansmith4595]

What do you have in equipment? 3 million or so?

[@papaw5405]

Well there goes my underground bunker! Or is it still there? We may never know!

[@raincoast2396]

And the diesel bill gets paid for another week.

[@ronalddavies2488]

Unfortunately the constant drone in the cab made it hard to hear what you were saying, apart from that it was another great video.👍🇬🇧

[@alwayshungry24]

man i need your job,play in the mud and get paid for it lol.i bet cleaning those machines after sucks. cool vid

[@gregkoontz4877]

How much fuel do go through on an average day on a project like this.

[@letsdig18]

About 100 gallons a day

[@rangepro]

lol>>> when do we go on vacation>>>>>😃

[@rakeempeace2991]

Working in the swamp and

[@donburg5125]

Your machine is gonna need a good wash job again cuz of all the slop you have been playing in

[@dogit1840]

Looking at Old video from three years ago let'sdig18 is not on the excavator does that mean you're working for somebody else??? Pond dredged and borrow pit is filled

[@user-kl7ye5oi4u]

👍👍👍👍😉

[@HILLBILLYSFIREWOOD]

Hey hey

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Hi!

[@augustreil]

How you doing ? Jk, hello !

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

august Sup? 😂 Hello!

[@DC-1]

Mrs. Elite Earthworks Hi! 😁

[@augustreil]

@@mrs.eliteearthworks, Lol, Not much.Thanks !

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

D C Hi! 😊

[@rickster9993]

Chris It looks like you thrive on short term projects. If you had got that long term project you might have gone from a day or two off on occasion to a few weeks between projects. To each his own though. I look forward to your videos.