The Camera Caught It!!

Sometimes the camera is just on when things go south LOL

[@jjwork1000]

Thank you for your videos. They are therapy for me. I’m disabled now but this site work you do makes me feel like I’m there working with y’all. It’s what I’ve done most my life. I’ve drove dump trucks run dozer, loaders drove paddle wheel earth movers etc. thank you.

[@Skuba_13]

4:55 btw

[@TrevorDennis100]

The funniest moment in all the Letsdig18 videos I've seen to date. Knowing how Chris likes to keep his machines nice and clean, you have to give him credit for not cursing. [EDIT] I have to keep revisiting that moment. So is the other operator Chris' uncle?

[@TheCat92067]

Trevor Dennis ...Not Uncle John. That operator is Cameron (?) who was pre-Timmy

[@kapperoutdoors]

LOL, that mud splash looked like a Kapper move. Thanks for the learning curve! (yet again, learned something new!)

[@TheMetalButcher]

Next video Christ scratches his counterweight and begins to question life.

[@ArizVern]

You guys work good together. Good employees make all the difference in the world!

[@smldemolition]

I'm doing the same thing right now in Gainesville, TX. Good thing about it though is the owner said we don't have to burn it, just move it away from the house, put it down by the creek, and let nature have it's way with it. Kinda glad because it's gonna be 100 degrees here in Texas this week and I ain't trying to sit around a fire. I usually always have my window open so I would've been muddy as hell. Love the intro!!

[@stefanaxelsson513]

Your guys work like surgeons. I can see that you really care for your machines and want it go be clean.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Glad to see you kept that house smash as an intro. 👍 I wish we had some of that moisture up here. We are almost in a drought. @ 5:00... CLEAN UP ON ISLE 6! At least your windshield wasn't opened.

[@jimzivny1554]

To The Top Crane I could send some, its been one if the wettest springs so far here in NY. LOL

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Jim Zivny, we could use it for sure!

[@ordinarymiracles5959]

We had two main ways to burn , or process roots. The kids “liked “ roots since, unlike stones you only have to pick them once. We had to pick stones each Spring as the frost forced new stones to the surface each year. Roots were either burned in winnrows using an airplane prop on a stationary vehicle engine mounted on a trailer. The other way was to “rotobreak” using a 3406 Cat engine mounted on a flail drum and essentially grind the roots and small limbs. We then planted a legume crop for 2 years to get the right PH for the soil with the wood in it. We broke fields to Proof them up for purchase a quarter section at a time. In a good year we could do 320 acres ( half section ) from trees to ready to plant including a breaking plot , initially one 24 inch bottom and in later years 3 bottom breaking plows. Things have sure changed in the last 50 years since I started breaking land and farming.

[@ToxicwasteProductions]

I'm a operator myself. I want to say your very talented :) love your videos 😍 keep on digging.

[@gerin1946]

yes he is a SPECIALIST with no doubt , all his movements are so oily soft gentle !!!

[@claterpillar1]

I use a 9' wide stacking rake, from a 5 yard size wheel loader. I retrofitted it. So my excavator can pin grab it. It's a minimum 10 times faster. So I try not to use it on hourly jobs. Get a pump up garden sprayer, and a squeegee for the windows. Nice video!

[@canvids1]

Yes Chris a few laughs now and again does make the day go better even if you were the blunt of the laugh LOL

[@Theoperator326]

Yep DIRT don't burn!!!! You wouldn't believe how hard it is to get people to understand that.... that's why I prefer to do it myself!!! I hate tearing a burn pile apart and redoing it...

[@sambosomethin7844]

Atleast you had your windshield down. That wouldve been interesting....

[@jimwesselman]

I always had trouble with burn piles especially since I never had a thumb much less a track hoe. I use my leaf blower and make a turbo torch. It goes up like an inferno!

[@arkansas1336]

Now I loved this video!!!!!!!!! Your 4.56 event was a lot of fun. Had that happen to me while setting an excavator and 'slapped' a hole full of muddy water with the bottom of the bucket curled at angle toward me....at 8.30 in the morning....AND my window was open for the 20+ gallons of water in my face/body....and a super huge soaking! Per all employees (and there were 3 eye witnesses), I was the joker of the week...and later I had to admit seeing the humor in it. If you've operated an excavator for a few years it's very likely it's happened to you or IT WILL HAPPEN. Thanks for restoring one of my humorous memories. ….13

[@wires2115]

stick a car window washer on there , but mod it, use a 1/4 pipe with about 16 off 1 mm holes facing the window, downwards, so when this mud splash happen,,, no fuss just spray it down,like the vids, watching it from south africa, keep going Chris, Johan

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Thanks for sharing! I couldn’t stop laughing when that 50 lbs of mud hit the windshield! Keep your guard up!

[@thatpeterbiltguy5639]

Elite Earthworks LLC just imagine if he had the front window up and the mud went in side the cab

[@KevinJohnson-fx6wq]

That was funny with the stump, at least you took it well. And yes, definitely an art to building a good fire to get it to burn as fast and efficiently as possible. One thing I'd like to share with you and all the viewers. I recently had a friend who was doing some burning. He poured on an accelerant, not exactly sure what, but then walked away for a while. When he did return to light the fire, there were fumes and he got burnt pretty badly. Luckily, he had a pond close by, he jumped into and was ultimately airlifted to a burn facility. He was pretty lucky, it could have been so much worse. Just a word of caution to all. Thanks for sharing your adventures.

[@perstaffanlundgren]

What was built on that property? Type of houses, how many? Can you make a update video about it? Does it happen that they want the bruch stumps chipped instead of burned To use as ingredients for soil mix, for the project or something else.

[@williamhouk6880]

Ppl that never piled debris don't know how dirt acts like insulation between fire and the wood when your trying to burn. It's very important to remove all the dirt first or you'll be reburning those piles 2-3 more times and really wasting your operating capital. Great job Chris!

[@jasonblake6641]

Imagine if your front window was open lol

[@kennysalisbury2810]

That"s one of those OH SHIT moment"s ,just be glad the window was shut .

[@radioace318la]

4:55 You did it, bro. Sort of like dribbling spaghetti all over your shirt in a fancy Italian restaurant. you did it. pick it up, own it. lol

[@jimzivny1554]

Good video, I almost ducked when the mud came flying! The house demo intro is good. I'd keep it for awhile.

[@glen3257]

love it! "hindsight is 20 20" Glad the glare was not bad for your camera like in other videos where you raise the windshield for the video quality! Ok, that is a half-truth. After all I am an equipment operator and commercial truck driver. To quote a wise man " I don't care who you are that there is funny"! lol. As always great video Chris.

[@dennisleadbetter7721]

Chris, you really don't need to see what your doing. Now for the next accessory, mud washers! I must confess, I did get a laugh, just as well the windscreen was closed.

[@lidsman2221]

Those piles are going to be great houses for snakes this summer!

[@dougerrn]

My machine does not have a front windshield and I have blasted my self a couple of times. Also I start a fire with diesel fuel in a tire. Not before you say pollution, you must know that I also use a leaf blower with a metal tube extension to super heat the tire fire. It burns so hot that there is no more pollution than a car exhaust without a catalytic converter. No smoke at all, just like industrial plants which use ground up tire pellets for fuel for burning.

[@BlueLineLandWorks]

At least you had your windshield down.

[@bearpump]

Do you guys use the 2 week rule? That's what they do down here in AR. 14 days from when it's cut, light it on fire and it will burn. Sooner, no-way, later, nope.

[@jimpoteet1]

a deft touch on the controls...(excellent)

[@castnetman]

You should get a model of your Volvo excavator and put them mud splats on the windshield. You know just so you'll have a complete set of models.

[@glendahandley6266]

That was a good one Chris mud on window that was funny

[@gingercox6468]

My neighbor went to burn some burn piles. He used diesel. He explained it’s not like gas, it will ignite much slower.

[@michaelpoole1378]

Dang that looked like the old Poole place home stead down south ,. ? If u wouldn’t mind let me know cause I would like to know that Chris,.?

[@woodlandwonders6887]

If that was an adult entertainment video, it would be the money shot @ 4:55

[@dirtediggin]

I have done that with the windshield up, not fun

[@Moose_338]

thats what I was thinking at least the window was down

[@pidginmac]

Man! This genius figured out the complex process of how to pile up debris to burn in a pile. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!! 🤣😅

[@billy-zx10r]

I have seen people put a bunch of pine hearts on the bottom of the pile and once they get going it goes 🔥

[@HughzieTube]

Whats betting when that 290 goes you will get inundated with large dirt moving jobs. You know the phone is going to ring wanting a huge pond digging as soon as your mass excavator goes.

[@bohhica1]

Maybe 2-3 road flares would make a good starter fire, maybe ? 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@gwenb4531]

He is stacking like a boss!!

[@joeysfather2723]

Lol glad you caught it on camera. Great video.

[@gerin1946]

Hiiii Chris !!!at night when you are asleep, do you keep on talking ......? Poor wife ....As long as it is talking !!!! lucky (is she) if the hands are staying still !!!! best regards friend !

[@joaninga1]

I've done that, but the window was open. Such fun.

[@unclerob617]

Would love to see you use a tub grinder sometime??? I'm a firebug too so I understand... but I've seen so many of your videos where a grinder would have saved a lot of time.

[@michaellee4389]

My boss will go in and make the biggest mess you ever seen in just a few hours and then I have to go in and spend days getting it cleaned up.

[@maineman11]

That's what you would call a 'money shot'.

[@ngtflyer]

Hey, at least you didn't have the glass up, that'd have been a much worse day!

[@mattsbrute]

How in the world do you estimate projects that big? Id screw that all up.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

mattsbrute, he's probably charging an hourly rate.

[@mattsbrute]

Thanks. Yea ive wondered that because a couple un foreseen snags can throw your job off by days or even a week. That's a big deal. Telling the customer an hourly rate and maybe an estimate of where they should be when its done would be the safest way id guess.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

mattsbrute, that would definitely be the way I'd do it. Then everyone gets a fair deal in the end.

[@southerndirt9589]

I change by the acre

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Spradlin Excavation, I hadn't thought of that. That would be a good way to charge for a job like that.

[@michaelkoop6731]

At least u had it down. But that was a great one. I laughed hard as hell. Done it my self.

[@dirty_destinations_]

Well heck, now that you had that kind of day find something to rub the counter weight against and give it a scratch. LOL...

[@scarletbegonias2359]

I was thinking alligator, maybe?? Mud splash didn't seem so bad. Where are you located in the USA? Somewhere in GA?

[@56PapaBear56]

Well, at least you had the window down and it didn't break.

[@benjaminbrewer2569]

I guess somewhere there’s a dictionary with a picture of a 250 next to the definition of nimble

[@randyhobbs67]

It would be nice to have a tromal to shake the dirt off but I guess that's expensive and time consuming.

[@waynetharp]

Well it was good for a laugh and broke up the work day! Little mud never hurt anyone!

[@mrbluesky2050]

that depends on how fast it's travelling. . . .

[@randymaylowski2485]

Yeah that was partty funny...lmao😂.. lol but it happens when you at least expect it..lol so good video chris.:)

[@astonmartin2727]

Hi Chris as always i enjoy your videos. You should do a video on how to operate the excavator the controls and what they do. It will help others to learn some of your skills.

[@granthartley394]

I thought the mud was going to go in my eyes

[@caseyjones6197]

Well at least you had a window to stop it. I would have been wearing it.

[@dewainwoodard4840]

Great video Chris thanks for sharing have a great day

[@charleslambeth4358]

Wouldn't it be nice if it was dry enough to get one of those grinder machines in there and just make chips of all that crap instead of trying to find a dry spot to burn it.

[@anthonyrobertson1787]

😨 Woops !!! Chris What a Big mess 😁 thanks for the video 👍

[@robertryan3913]

Did you ever look into using a grinder when clearing brush,trees

[@gonzfwb1]

"Like making a cake" 12:06/17:15 The Master Operator Chris LD18 G.

[@lenny108]

15:55 wonder if they made a big fire with these piles of twigs and sticks?

[@jwdickinson643]

at least ya didn’t kick up a snake!

[@leol1682]

Thanks for the video , mud in your window saw that before .glade it not open .

[@J2498]

You don't want to see that video Chris 🤣

[@andywilliams7162]

Your a cool operator..like your videos..

[@indica3250]

Lol always in a good mood

[@tomh3652]

That was so funny. Good catch with the camera.

[@johnnelson8956]

A long piece of 2 in. Pipe connected to a leaf blower and slid into the pile at the bottom, will turn the wettest pile into a raging inferno in minutes.

[@c2admw1]

Couldn't help but laugh lol

[@swordsman27376]

I'm curious, what do y'all charge per acre to clear it?

[@roydawson4882]

Good job you had the window shut mud pack for free

[@brandoncreech8810]

that's going to be so real funn burning... might want to rent a helicopter to increase air flow

[@nicsanta1928]

Thank god the front window wasn’t open

[@oldfarmer4700]

You left out the best part of the video. Cleaning the windshield!!!!!

[@FiremanSVFD-cf1jn]

oldfarmer I think it was on the video before this one. He cleaned it with a drink bottle if I remember correctly.

[@bigscout1584]

Well...like they say....shit happens then it hits the windshield

[@btpearce]

Good thing you have a windshield lol

[@1995jug]

Hope the property owner got deep pockets he's going to need it.

[@carlreed4568]

At least you have a good sense of humor

[@mojo6524]

that would have been funnier if the windshield was open

[@NorthernThinker]

Good thing the window was closed!

[@BeesCantSwim]

It didn't fall out of the bucket, you released it out of the bucket. You made a mistake, admit it and live with it.

[@karlos9368]

Where is the flame ? I need to see more FIRE !!!!!!

[@martinruddell2682]

popped like a pimple

[@Aaronsmith-bk5vh]

i have had that happen to me before but i had the windshield up and i got covered in mud

[@budmiller3477]

I needed a laugh tx bub he he he he

[@DC-1]

Now thats funny.....at least you had glass or you’d be wearin a mud sandwich to the face.

[@rh5971]

4:55 Laughed SOOOOO hard!

[@parkerzimmermansadventures4517]

Can’t you dig a borrow pit and bury it? Like you said Justin goes down the road and gets the stumps maybe you could a the boss man have the Haul truck and follow Justin and he could loud the stumps in to the haul truck and boss man can bring them to you.

[@johnlothridge5899]

Now that was funny

[@sliderinc1]

Man can you put the camera toward the windshield it's a weird looking at your ear.

[@mrbluesky2050]

gone south ? looks like most if it went west in a spray. . . .

[@rickcooper9596]

Jabber, Jabber, Jabber! WOW!

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Oh SPLAT!!!