Stuck, Cant Work, Sold The 290

[@tegoblue]

Funny to hear you pissin and moanin. I am an old lady in Vermont with no previous interest in excavators and now I am hooked. It is calming and satisfying to watch your progress, to hear you explain what others did wrong before you were called in, to survey the job with you before bringing machines in, to hear your southern accent, to see your consummate skill with the bucket/claw/biting thing, you make it an extension of you. You don't waste any motion. You get jobs done quickly. I watch before I go to sleep at night. Great job!

[@DMPB-fi2ir]

lol yup he better not come up to vermont our roads in winter are like driving on the, i told friends one time i was down south and they had a dusting of snow that we dont call it a storm until we measure in feet..... and about the same as driving on wet clay.... looks like someone owns swamp land lol

[@crustyolcoot6646]

You explained my sudden interest in a bloody great movey pickyup thingy extremely well old girl. Now retired and realised I missed the bus to the best job ever.

[@kenore4003]

Good old gumbo clay. A quarter inch deep and you are permanently stuck.

[@ClinttheGreat]

@Tegoblue Well said. The drone of the Volvo and Chris’s commentary are a soothing and entertaining.

[@bigtenfourrubberducky]

based old lady

[@michaelmcclure8673]

In all my years moving heavy equipment, your one of the the first I've seen clean the equipment before transporting it. Thumbs up to you and your crew sir.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@kapperoutdoors]

All the dip stick geniuses love to comment whenever I get a machine stuck in high-rain, all clay, hill country, (Most of which have probably never lived in a similar area) so I'm glad that you share the fact that the great letsdig18 even gets stuck every now and then! LOL, thanks man, I appreciate you keeping it real! Love your channel man.

[@kapperoutdoors]

Also loved the washing technique! Learned something new again :)

[@arneservatius8686]

You may not know what your doing, but your having fun and that is half the battle. “ Been there Done That” 74 yrs Michigan

[@barbaramccarley5803]

Thank you for making my day brighter. I thought my day was ruined because I too am stuck in muck. Thanks to you im not stuck in nothing but at home. At least I am at home where I have plenty of food and water and a warm bed. Thank you Jesus for getting me stuck in my driveway .Love your videos

[@nl1cat]

I think you can do magic with a leaf-blower on those burn-piles.

[@MrAaron5627]

Hey, if you get yourself a battery powered leaf blower you could knock those burn piles out pretty fast. Once you get a pile started, lay into it with the leaf blower (a few minutes? Depends how wet the pile is) and it will get the fire torching hot. The hotter you get the pile, the less it will smoke. Love your channel, been watching it for a couple years now.

[@letsdig18]

they really make a batter powered leak blower? lol

[@VC-Toronto]

I remember a quote I read when I was researching whether to get a 2WD or 4WD pickup truck some years back . (I'm north of the 49th) "A 4WD lets you get further off the main road before you need to call for a tow truck".

[@CPUDOCTHE1]

My sentiments exactly. I have never had a 4wd truck. I have other things for mud. My son would not have a 2wd truck.

[@throttlebottle5906]

exactly my thoughts on 4WD, it just gets most folks in deeper/bigger trouble :)

[@VC-Toronto]

I chatted with a tow truck driver once when my starter failed on me, and it was just after a major snowstorm, and he broke down the tows he was called out to into main 3 categories: 1 - people driving European cars with almost no tread on the tires, and they end up in the ditch 2 - people driving 4X4 SUV's with mega horsepower, ABS and all the bells and whistles, who think they are invincible because they can launch the vehicle in any condition, and end up driving too fast, and end up in the ditch 3 - regular people who end up in the ditch

[@stokespen700]

4WD is great as you can get yourself out but it only works if you have selectable 4WD and/or diff locks and save the use of them for when you get stuck, not to make progress.

[@brownwarrior6867]

Vern C Europeans build cars that can corner and we stay out of the ditches.

[@FiremanSVFD-cf1jn]

Should of mixed some of the oil from the tractor oil change. Should have plenty lol, adds a little heat. Get you some A/T tires for service truck and more skinny pedal to clean the the treads. And if all else fails hold it to the wood driver!

[@winovmc]

"Doesn't somebody need some water somewhere "? Yeah, California!

[@Bazza1973ify]

Must admit Chris, when I saw the video other day of both the 220 & 290 demolishing the house, it was pretty obvious how much better & more useful the 220 is for your type of work, in the meantime of the 290 trying to move & not get bogged down, the 220 had already done 75% of the work, it just goes to show that bigger isn't always better in all cases. Hope your new toy is more suited to your type of work & you can put it to work more to earn it's keep, they're not earning when they're parked up, great videos as always 👍

[@Everythingisgoingtobealright]

As soon as you said “if I make it through the gate” you jinxed yourself.

[@a10islife69]

Never seen a excavator give itself a bath like a elephant would before.

[@willowsverge3046]

Id love to see a bucket load of water drop onto a smart car! Would it buckle the roof or flip that sucker like a turtle on its back?

[@choelstad91]

Got to love the sound of a deleted 6.7, makes so unique sounds

[@tylerfrazzini8614]

Chris if you push the traction control button for a few seconds it’ll turn off traction control and advanced track and let you hammer down till its setting on the diff. The new trucks are a pain in the butt off road anymore

[@ptshyu2]

Tyler Frazzini thank you for sharing that I have a similar truck and traction control even when off doesn't seem to turn off fully

[@janvandenbos7085]

Very nice again Chris, 290 sold, about three weeks the new toy.......looking forward to it Chris 😲😉👌👍😊😂

[@milkman99100]

I’m glad to see someone with self control! I would have had that Ford red lined till something bad happened!

[@thegreatv8s]

“Hold on Padro it’s about to get real” “Jose Quervo” is looking pretty smart right now!

[@jasonbooth5182]

Come on down to south Alabama and Florida trying to push fire lanes constantly getting my D5 and D6 stuck. Once you hit the belly pan you ain't moving. Than you gotta track the 320 in to get them out. The best part of the day is lunch eating a sandwich and taking a nap before hitting it hard again. Thank God for enclosed cab with a/c and a heater to avoid getting swamped by yellow jackets.

[@CPUDOCTHE1]

Yep, tires and a quart of diesel used to be great to start brush piles. Now we have to use animal bedding/feed and lots of diesel.

[@cabbyhubby]

One of those weed burner propane torches work great for starting wet wood

[@koalakock3629]

To turn off traction control completely, you have to press and hold the traction control button for like 10 seconds or until you hear the beap and the light flashes and it only works until you exceed 35mph

[@JKheller19]

Traction Control is a pain on the Fords, Press and hold the traction control button (approx 5-10 seconds) to fully disengage the traction control, the first setting will still derate the motor. When you press and hold button its full blow donut settings.

[@aaronabney8924]

Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to have a set of tire chains and a winch

[@redfox5911]

That land is slicker than two eels f*cking in a 5 gallon bucket of snot!

[@aterack833]

How do I save a comment?

[@daic7274]

@@aterack833 apparently, humans have some mad grey stuff stuck in their heads that has the ability to store and recall vast amounts of information and stuff...and as if by magic, some humans have developed some equipment capable of also storing large quantities of information, I believe the technology is called "pen and paper".

[@aterack833]

@@daic7274 it’s a joke btw

[@davidquirk8097]

Waste oil is the best for fire starting on my experience. It burns longer than diesel although it takes a little more to get it started.

[@lastfanstanding999]

well damn what do ya expect ridin around with those city-slicker tires man... lol

[@nonnieshicoworld6537]

4x4?

[@UncleKennysPlace]

@@nonnieshicoworld6537 Still need tires.

[@armonwebb2577]

@@nonnieshicoworld6537 yess

[@methanbreather]

@@Wontreplyeverdontbother then get chains for the tires. Also... not using a car with an automatic transmission helps a lot.

[@Expedient_Mensch]

@@methanbreather autotrans is better for FWD-ing.

[@Moose_338]

Chris for the wet piles of wood like that you need a tiger tourch and bbg sized propane tank. See the looging guy in norther Canada use them of wet piles like what you have there. Light the torch stick it into the bottom of the pile and stand back for 10 mins and you have a nice hot spot.

[@radioace318la]

You have street tires, bro. get ya some mudders. that gets you even farther into nowhere before you get stuck. Cheers from Louisiana.

[@_sinisterglance_3386]

Ive got a dually crew cab long bed on factory rims I have cheap, but aggressive mud tires. They last a little over 3 years mostly highway but I got them if I need them.

[@shanepoole7645]

Yeah always nature giving us more than we need,! Yeah that field is soaked ,.! Which we have had some rain,!!

[@SethChase42]

everyone's always suggesting equipment purchases ... I recommend a heavy lift helicopter and a hovercraft. ;-)

[@HK______]

Seth Chase LOL

[@yorkshirepud3030]

I recommend getting out of the vehicle, have a walk and a look then decide!

[@velvetjones]

@@yorkshirepud3030 If your work is moving dirt and being offroad almost all the time you buy 4x4 vehicles and put AT or mud tires on them. That looked like a 2 wheel drive 1 ton with road tires on it. The fact that he even has 2 wheel drive work vehicles or any of his trucks with street tires on them absolutely blows my mind. His business is literally moving dirt and mud. My stock 19 year old 1/2 ton 4x4 with all terrain tires would have blown through that without thinking twice, I drive through worse than that regularly and it's hardly noticeable. Driving that truck through that is like cooking bacon in the nude, it just doesn't make any sense and was bound to be a bad time from the start.

[@spinningedge8790]

@@velvetjones Did you watch the video? Its 4x4 as he said in the video

[@traktorworks3200]

just curious but why is the 290 being sold?

[@johntabb2570]

You need to change your truck tires to Nitto Trail Grapplers. I did and it has made a world of difference off road and not too loud on the highway.

[@geoffcharlton2711]

just found your site gee your a funny guy & one good driver how anyone can watch your videos must be crazy driving a digger around all day well im crazy now just love em keep it up

[@2001yz250rider1]

Chris, coming from someone who runs a horizontal grinder on clearing jobs, i wish i could just light everything on fire like you do. Seems like some people dont get how much time and money is involved to chip or grind. Plus the logistics of getting the chips out. And they aren't even worth much around here.

[@letsdig18]

you are my new friend! could you imagine trying to get a chipper and van trailers on this site to even do that?

[@2001yz250rider1]

Haha well Im flattered! I wish i would have had a chance to get pictures of getting this fricken grinder into this job im finishing at now. 80,000 pound machine and had to drag it across a wet corn field with a Cat 963C. Thing is just a nightmare. Noisy, Dusty, and costs almost $20 a MINUTE to run. Plus the van trailers were getting stuck and had to get pulled to the road with the skidder. I could go on and on with this rant. Point is i really like the way you guys do everything. The Keyboard warriors need to stop telling you that "you need this, and you need that"

[@mattywho8485]

@@2001yz250rider1 Yeah, but "we need to stop burning fossil fuel and start burning renewables, like biomass chips" The thing these liberal idiots don't get is IT COSTS MORE IN DIESEL THAN IT'S WORTH !

[@teddyabearo1066]

The Master Equipment Operator gets stuck 30’ from a gate in a work truck wearing street casings... Hollywood couldn't even...🤪 🤟🏽🐻

[@cumminspoweredab7441]

ever thought about a burner .... we had one we'd set up blowin into a trench filled with brush at several sites I worked at helps alot with the smoke and a faster burn.

[@g.r.4853]

My dad taught me to have a light foot when stuck and always asked why drive down the same wet, slippery muddy path when it looks like next to that fence was higher and dryer ground. That was some 60 years ago and in snow and mud. Of course when the tire tread is full, you ain't going nowhere with mud on mud. One of the NY snow belt gives good practice, actually they all do.

[@scottfortune9016]

Can not lose hope. Hope is fading fast. Hilarious!

[@lonnieaspinwall3862]

What a sloppy wet mess. Gotta love that red clay mix with a whole lot of rain. You definitely need some decent A/T tires for the service truck so you don't get stuck on wet grass again..lol. We are having the same water issue here in FL....whole lotta rain over the past few weeks, and it's finally beginning to break up a touch.

[@shawnjerome8599]

Weather it's wrong or right,we use old tires to burn our brush,it will burn green brush,like it's dry,burns hot,little black smoke,but it works

[@tulsaman0871]

This was the first video i ever saw from letsdig18. 2 years later were breakin rocks and grading driveways!

[@tanatalus1]

What about covering up the burn piles with plastic tarps? Just stake them down so the wind doesn't blow them off. Then after it rains you can uncover the piles and you got dry material to ignite.

[@nonurbusiness4157]

lol you knew better than drive on 'thin ice' and weeeeeell..... This is why we bought a cheap 4wheeler and small cart off of craigslist. Put ag tires on it and ever since then we dont have any major problems like that getting through our field even after the spring thaw and heavy rains

[@arkansas1336]

For burning brush piles I bought a propane torch, turned it on with a hot fire out the end....laid it in the pile and went about doing other things, but I always would light them on 'high fire risk days'....lol. All joking aside, a torch is your go to tool for burning piles of brush. Just imagine a big splash of water like he throwed coming through an open front window, not fun, especially in early February....I was the ass that did it! ….13

[@tropicalpolarbear6939]

Back when I broke into the pipeline biz before the EPA got there nose into things we used brush burners it was a air boat Motor and fan with diesel sprayer attached

[@jimwesselman]

Go to Harbor Freight and get one of those propane torches and once you get it going take your Stihl leaf blower and put the air to it! It’s like a turbo in your truck more air, bigger fire. Leave the diesel fuel for the motor.

[@anthonyrobertson1787]

I see your playing in the mud Chris, and got yourself stuck.lol thank you for the video,that was perfect how he washed the excavator 👍

[@dewainwoodard4840]

Great video Chris thanks for sharing have a great day

[@grahamlongley8298]

When the truck is stuck do not ref the b..x off it. Put it in high gear & slip the clutch very gently so that the wheels turn very slowly & ease it forward. Rock it forward & reverse gradually larger cycles..

[@tomr2007]

Where I live in Western NY this amount water is just a typical summer day. Then we have snow the rest of the year. Its hard to get any work done.

[@shanepoole7645]

Oh yeah take u a garden bug sprayer, and put your diesel in it and pump it up and spray that hole pile ,! Just to help ya it works to keep from being so close to that flame when it’s so wet,!!

[@mrkthmn]

Having been born and raised in the desert, all this water seems like make-believe. Even in our monsoon season we dont have stuff like this. We may fill up a retention basin for a day but you could drive though it as soon as the water disappeared. This swamp you live in is just crazy!

[@chrisanderson9856]

I've never given a piece of equipment a bath like that. We used to hold a track off the ground with the bucket and spin the track. Unfortunately I still had to shovel anyway.

[@robertsinclair]

You need to hold the Traction control button down for like 10 seconds on those Fords. You need to turn Traction and Stability Control off when stuck

[@adriannettlefold9084]

Looks like you could do with some off road tyres mate. ;)

[@QUIX4U]

Now hear yea hear yea. Here's something YOU as a ditch digger SHOULD KNOW. Running your rear duals on RAILS gets your sorry stuck arse out of there. But no - before you climbed back inside at 1:38 .. YOU forgot the cardinal rule. IF YOU GET STUCK WHEN MOVING IN. How the hell do you hope on getting unstuck first try "getting out".. UNLESS RUNNING YOUR REAR duals - on rail LOGS. Especially as the fronts of your 4x4 - can also give steering plus some traction. It's simple really - especially with all that lovely tree-wood nearby. Slip a few logs inside your front wheel tracks and UNDER the gap between your rear duals. As soon as you "move" - that's when the rear duals GAP will ride up and along the tree-wood-rails. Instantly - becoming unstuck ..

[@80Ragincajun]

And Chippers always have some type of maintenance. Lol. Once you burn what happens then? Do you pack it down and cover? If so do you ever have trouble with sink holes?? Thanks

[@huckstirred7112]

Chris , What do you have against mud tires ? May I suggest 9-19-5 super swampers for your truck . 9*19*5 are the only ones that last . They are well worth the money as is a detroit tru trac locker

[@johnjames77]

I love watching you work the excavator . Maybe you need tires and dif lockers front and rear ? You don't deserve a peg leg truck.

[@MikeyDunn]

Dig a pond, that place looks like it'd still be wet if you dug a freakin LAKE, lol!

[@RebelontheCrick]

I feel your rain pain man. It's been a wet mess over here in Jacksonville NC. I think we're up to about 8 inches right now, with more on the way.

[@The_blindpizzaguy1300]

I actually have seen a chipper working in the pouring rain before so they could probably handle it. You just would have to pull it behind the A30.

[@brianwebber7168]

Did Copperheadmarine buy it?

[@tommymann69]

50%diesel. & 50% gas mixed works great to start fires fast

[@terriwebb5093]

I'm a logger and i know your struggle.. skidders don't do well in the wet either!!!

[@170turbo]

What made you sell the 290?

[@AlphaOne7777]

You have to hold the traction control button for 10 sec to turn off stabilitak as well. Then you can spin tires full speed.

[@skiqsr]

I always turned around and go in in reverse. Climbed out of construction pits that shocked the contractors. Retired Special Construction Inspector.

[@ralphstrucking]

It’s rained in Statesville Nc almost all day today. Flooding and mud slide on I 40 black mountain

[@houtchens48]

put some mud tires on

[@coronalight77]

Lol moron

[@pat36a]

Surprised to see steering tires all the way around..

[@redskiclayton]

TIRES, TIRES, TIRES! Those highway traction tires look like the bologna I had for lunch!

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Yep, alot of rain fell here in NC over the past month. More to come this week. Need the summer heat to dry us out, now!

[@krisflood5734]

You should invest 40 bucks in a Super Soaker water Canon. Spray those wet piles with precision and fuel will pennitrate deeper into the pile.

[@compcrawler1]

To turn the traction control off completely, hold the button down for like 15-20 seconds until the light comes on solid.

[@thisolesignguy2733]

I was curious why you sold the 290, but at the end of the video you said "you'll see the new toy in 3 more weeks" so now I understand. I'm excited now, can't wait to see what you got.

[@dwightjones5826]

Nice job washing what size is the new one

[@aterack833]

I wonder if you pulled a few deep buckets from the lowest point and set them somewhere if the water would drain towards them and have more head to push underground?

[@davecalvo6418]

Time for some tires on that ride Chris, or when its that wet maybe a different truck with 4-WD and a few 5 gal fuel tanks for the Volvo??

[@jimloreman9863]

You need to change your tires to Hankook Dynapro ATM2 .. i use them and they are one of the best tires for mud a snow..

[@hugginz3779]

MoooOOoOOOoveee Outtaaaaa theeee wayyyyyy, Sounded so funny

[@laurelherbert2879]

Send some of that rain over here to Australia we’re in drought

[@MrJblonde2012]

A decent set of tires gets you through that no problem. Look like highway tires on a job site service truck lol

[@GavinY]

Controlled burns use a mix of diesel and gasoline + junkyard hydraulic motor on a blower driven off auxiliary circuit

[@duaneclark9005]

Your commentary reminds me of the song Alice’s Restaurant, I keep waiting for the group W bench to appear on a job.

[@randomdude8381]

You need good AT tires man I know there expensive but there worth it

[@zytekfan]

Kolby Kamerick commercial traction tires would be better

[@Gen3tx]

Tsunauticus III the truck is on 19.5 wheels so there are no regular truck tire options

[@Boonandcrocket69]

Theres plenty of mud tires for 19.5 tires

[@Brandon_093]

Boonandcrocket69 you don’t exactly want mud tires on a service truck though...

[@TrustNotta]

You need some mud tires on that thing bubba. 👍🏼

[@teamidris]

Do you have Glass fibre walk way mats? Well worth carrying in the truck to chuck under the wheels like sand matts. Like a plastic waffle, but very strong and light.

[@danielbrand4624]

You should get some tires that have some tread on them or gravel the road. Chains for your tires would be a cheap fix.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

The way you offset a lack of traction is MOMENTUM! Lol. Turned those duals into a set of slicks. Also, you are technically only stuck when you can't get yourself out. Based on that rational, you used your own excavator to pull yourself out, so I wouldn't consider you stuck. 😉

[@JasonWorksAlot]

To The Top Crane ahhh loopholes:)

[@ToTheTopCrane]

JasonWorksAlot, Gotta love a loophole here and there. 😉

[@sandy1653]

By my figuring, if you can self-rescue, you aren't stuck. And going to get a trackhoe counts as self-rescue in my book.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Sandy, absolutely agree!

[@letsdig18]

i could still back up so not stuck on that count! just that wasnt the direction i was interested in going LOL

[@Kiwigd]

Burning is pollution.. while I admire your skill as a machinery operator, I do wish you’d avoid the burn-offs.

[@jimzivny1554]

Chris's Equipment Cleaning Service!! I can see a new channel coming soon LOL

[@Bowiiihowdy]

Some models and years of trucks dont matter if you turn the traction control off it automatically comes back on

[@aterack833]

The trick is to go faster than you want and slowly get up to that speed, once you know it’s wet and you could get stuck, conservation of energy and all that, momentum will power you through like Mario

[@tsmall07]

You can set a leaf blower up and it'll get the fire going really good.

[@KPearce57]

Traction control is the dumbest idea automakers have ever come up with for 4 WD trucks. Fire is mesmerising.

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

There's a button to turn it off though. And most people need it including you. Can't imagine what "you'd" do without abs.

[@13eckerlosmuerte]

When trying to get through a gate in the wet, reverse into the gate, your steering will dictate your direction better when you are free spinning with traction control off.

[@johannes7835]

The trees would have taken that water but I they are not here you have to make some drainage or you get some good old mudslingers on your service truck

[@chuckmac618]

Yeah we can use some of that water in Phoenix Arizona or just Arizona alone

[@stephengile530]

Ever notice when you can't go forward you are able to move in reverse. I've had to back into places that are muddy like this, don't always work but when it does it's great.