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.
@knowltonnorth94184 жыл бұрын
Same here. would love to see an update on the 5 acre Pond they did.
@georgeholden34154 жыл бұрын
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
@jaketd62624 жыл бұрын
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!
@letsdig184 жыл бұрын
These are the comments I like to read!
@lmcmullen34 жыл бұрын
Good for you man! Keep progressing and expanding you “brand”...
@jaketd62624 жыл бұрын
letsdig18 hey man, I’ll be buying some of that merch with my new found wealth ;)
@ArizVern4 жыл бұрын
I agree with you Jakey.
@regsparkes65074 жыл бұрын
Well done,...that'll come in handy , especially for this coming season!
@theshadow15594 жыл бұрын
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.
@bigtxbullion4 жыл бұрын
There is something very calming about the steady hum of that volvo. Much more enjoyable than the clank of my tractor!
@SuperIanjohnson4 жыл бұрын
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.!
@george88734 жыл бұрын
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.
@barryhansen68544 жыл бұрын
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.
@rougaroux23594 жыл бұрын
@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.
@makingithappen97224 жыл бұрын
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.
@SailorAllan4 жыл бұрын
well that was a very interesting project ! --thanks for taking us along to watch !
@1013redoak4 жыл бұрын
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!
@chrisskelhorn57274 жыл бұрын
Great stuff! And it's always a joy to watch an expert do their job! Well done Chris! :-)
@KevinCoop14 жыл бұрын
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.
@84CSUn4 жыл бұрын
Kudos to the sound engineer getting the gloopiness of the mood as you were digging in the mud!
@TonyGeneseo4 жыл бұрын
Looks awesome! Kinda wish you've gotten that big pond job but would've been messy with your rainy winters. Lol
@billsmith55814 жыл бұрын
Nice work....I bet that dirt stinks
@mischef184 жыл бұрын
At least with bailing mud there is no worries with strings breaking or knotters jamming up. Enjoyed all the videos from this job bro.
@juniorraines10424 жыл бұрын
Looks great Chris hope you have a great Friday
@regsparkes65074 жыл бұрын
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.
@MrDaniel31054 жыл бұрын
The haul truck looks like it is fun to drive in mud
@ninataylor61804 жыл бұрын
Nothing You, Uncle John or Timmy do is ever boring to me because its never the same.
@alansmith45953 жыл бұрын
Looked like A good place for A mudmat scraper
@stefpeters98554 жыл бұрын
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
@thejmd19714 жыл бұрын
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?
@MrAaron56274 жыл бұрын
Real curiosity question, why not use the dozer to move the silt in the pond?
@winsurfer1234 жыл бұрын
Chris, love to see you playing in mud! Thanks for the vid's. Your work ethic is good for my soul.
@robfraley42104 жыл бұрын
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.
@63256325N4 жыл бұрын
Nicely done. Thanks for the video.
@davidbrickey59254 жыл бұрын
Very good job done.Little bit muddy. but it come out good in the end. 👍☕️🍩
@paulteirney35874 жыл бұрын
Can I come and learn how to drift the dumper?
@beardy48314 жыл бұрын
You ever toss a stump or two on edge back into the pond at the end, for fish habitat?
@kevin200444 жыл бұрын
I dont think anything you do can get old cause the commentary is pretty good
@augustreil4 жыл бұрын
Chris, what's the deepest pond you ever had to do and how big was it ? Thanks and thumbs up !
@maineman114 жыл бұрын
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.
@BrutalDigger4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for adding subtitless in the video, Chris
@Dirtmonkey4 жыл бұрын
Nice vid, sorry you didn't get the job you wanted but glad things are staying busy
@BigguyOO4 жыл бұрын
Chris you take mudpies to a different level. And thank goodness KZbin dose not have smellavision.
@rogertallentire29614 жыл бұрын
Good job. Man that bucket nearly popped out of my computer screen. Nice footage.
@Elwould234 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the crop over that borrow pit will yield any better than the rest of the field.
@augustreil4 жыл бұрын
Talk about sub soiling !!
@Todd.Roberts4 жыл бұрын
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.Roberts4 жыл бұрын
Working in all mud and no spatter on the machine . That what I call taking care of you machines
@neusac45904 жыл бұрын
I must say that Volvo will need one heck of a wash after this job. How deep can that bucket dig? 🤔👍😉
@WoodsTreeFarm4 жыл бұрын
9:36 love how you gracefully toss soil like that. Good video!
@gordonverrall14774 жыл бұрын
This dirt that your diggin out looks rather dryer than that big job you did some time ago.
@Dave_95474 жыл бұрын
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?
@clayboist4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video, I know they dont edit themselves!
@nickbeam54324 жыл бұрын
You did a good job of it and fast !
@Jeff_MT094 жыл бұрын
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 👍😀
@chrisroach63714 жыл бұрын
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
@mojo67064 жыл бұрын
not bad for a lever yanker!
@briangardiner10154 жыл бұрын
If you watch him work he uses his finger tips,which is what is different from years back.
@brownwarrior68674 жыл бұрын
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 👍🏼
@Nunyabusiness0074 жыл бұрын
After frozen earth thaws it seems to be more greasy than just wet soil.
@nerdgarage4 жыл бұрын
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).
@briangunner83554 жыл бұрын
No need to rake pond,, we did the edge of our farm pond and in one year the silt filled it back in
@coryfrohwein32794 жыл бұрын
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
@briangardiner10154 жыл бұрын
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.
@sighpocket54 жыл бұрын
Nice!!!!
@joedorweiler77334 жыл бұрын
Was just thinking about the big clearing job. Are you going to be back on that this winter?
@trolling4dollars8164 жыл бұрын
Just wondering, is your farm profitable, or just a hobby?
@rickster99934 жыл бұрын
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.
@timjohnson87254 жыл бұрын
Is a yard of dirt a 3x3x3 cube 27cubic feet???
@barrysteenerson48904 жыл бұрын
#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 .
@nancyjeanharvey76474 жыл бұрын
You were showing removal of matts what are they used for? you were taking them out of a lake.
@nickfast63704 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@malcdicko67273 жыл бұрын
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.
@12jeeplover4 жыл бұрын
Is he gonna pay you to dredge that pond out?
@leol16824 жыл бұрын
Like the video man, keep on Dig in .
@tonybenjamin46704 жыл бұрын
So when is the farmer gonna have you finish dredging the pond out
@janvandenbos70854 жыл бұрын
You must burn much fuel, with all that projects Chris 👍👌⚠️
@colinkennedy87304 жыл бұрын
Other top job
@paulthesoundguy14 жыл бұрын
Why do you not use a much larger bucket for simple dirt work.....the machine has enough power....correct?
@donaldmends22443 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
My add kicks in when you do to much stumping kinda like DP need fority
@mhuntercorrell4 жыл бұрын
What was the purpose of digging that hole, then refilling it? Maybe I missed that in the videos. Awesome as always. Thx
@briangardiner10154 жыл бұрын
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.
@mhuntercorrell4 жыл бұрын
Thx, Brian
@alansmith45953 жыл бұрын
What do you have in equipment? 3 million or so?
@papaw54054 жыл бұрын
Well there goes my underground bunker! Or is it still there? We may never know!
@raincoast23964 жыл бұрын
And the diesel bill gets paid for another week.
@ronalddavies24884 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately the constant drone in the cab made it hard to hear what you were saying, apart from that it was another great video.👍🇬🇧
@alwayshungry244 жыл бұрын
man i need your job,play in the mud and get paid for it lol.i bet cleaning those machines after sucks. cool vid
@gregkoontz48774 жыл бұрын
How much fuel do go through on an average day on a project like this.
@letsdig184 жыл бұрын
About 100 gallons a day
@rangepro4 жыл бұрын
lol>>> when do we go on vacation>>>>>😃
@rakeempeace29914 жыл бұрын
Working in the swamp and
@donburg51254 жыл бұрын
Your machine is gonna need a good wash job again cuz of all the slop you have been playing in
@dogit1840 Жыл бұрын
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-kl7ye5oi4u4 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍👍😉
@HILLBILLYSFIREWOOD4 жыл бұрын
Hey hey
@mrs.eliteearthworks4 жыл бұрын
Hi!
@augustreil4 жыл бұрын
How you doing ? Jk, hello !
@mrs.eliteearthworks4 жыл бұрын
august Sup? 😂 Hello!
@DC-14 жыл бұрын
Mrs. Elite Earthworks Hi! 😁
@augustreil4 жыл бұрын
@@mrs.eliteearthworks, Lol, Not much.Thanks !
@mrs.eliteearthworks4 жыл бұрын
D C Hi! 😊
@rickster99934 жыл бұрын
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.