The Long Reach Has Arrived!

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[@Shane80085]

If that boom and stick were a touch longer, you could've worked from home! Great video as always!

[@17931793248650]

At that point, he might be able to work internationally.

[@thomashenden71]

Even safe for Covid! 😄

[@martinhagalen1705]

Well I can't believe that I'm watching this channel for last two days almost nonstop. It's somehow relaxing.

[@tombrey4611]

That's because unlike Washington, work is being done

[@hacpilot]

I agree with you!

[@ameunier41]

Maybe just go for a walk every once in a while 😎

[@ehinton4006]

@@tombrey4611 try getting out sometime. The world doesn’t revolve around politics

[@Ciotti675]

I completely agree. if you like this try kzbin.info/door/UujfNBK9uv3cIW-P5PX7vA Thats Andrew Camarata. smaller machines but just like this guys channel! I subscribe to both. Andrew has a play lsit of a shipping container house/shop he made. pretty epic!

[@gimiesome]

Your depth perception is absolutely amazing.

[@jamesfarnham1976]

This reminds of a saying, "Even a mosquito can eat an elephant one bite at a time." Great video and great work ethic. Jim.

[@triciap1874]

I'm a woman with a desk job. When did digging become so fascinating?!? 😳👍

[@phoephoe795]

Because everyone should spend a day driving a digger. You should get yourself a rental and do some landscaping.

[@PrinceWesterburg]

God bless you madam! I'm available for marriage

[@jrand2631]

I admire your patience with this kind of tedious jobs - it's like emptying a playground sand box with a friggin' teaspoon! I would be running away screaming! lol

[@makingithappen9722]

Oh well. Digging is what he does every day. Some jobs are interesting and others are boring. Well, that's how it is I guess.

[@adamluke1289]

I keep thinking there's got to be a better way to do it... looks painfully inefficient. I'm also puzzled at 'how does he know when to stop?'

[@SullyyBones]

Id love it! Paid by the hour!

[@FloHilux69]

In my company we dug a pool once, about 80 cubic meter (about 100 yards³) all by hand and wheelbarrow cause we couldnt get equipment to the site. This is nothing trust me.

[@kristoferdeleon4477]

Try digging in Florida

[@mikehotchkiss8975]

I'm in the business and appreciate watching a smooth operator. Now how about the other half million views? It is calming and we all need some of that I suppose

[@sal_e._mander5151]

I bet that empty pond smells lovely, especially while stirring it up.

[@georgiapatriot4575]

yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

[@bluegrallis]

Smelivision would drive quite a few away I'm afraid. Gotta STINK pretty bad.

[@ronaldpiper4812]

I bet the hydronic differences are wild. Lots movement little stick

[@CarolinaNightHunter]

Smell like money

[@endagigropen9319]

Driving a longreach is special but fun depending on what you're doing. Digging underwater making surface for pipes is special. Going 100% on feeling and gps, fun times 😊

[@73DiamondReo]

i rented a 329 like that a few years ago for a retention pond job. it was fun to run for a little bit. tough to grade a 1% slope with one though

[@markchidester9233]

Great video my grandson will be happy tomorrow when he gets home from school

[@ollylewin]

There's a pond near me that used to be run-off for a quarry. The quarry is spent so they no longer take care of the drainage. The problem is it has a brook (creek) feeding it and it's meant to slow the flow. Because it hasn't been dredged out for so long it is essentially a puddle and when it rains the water flows through fast. The dam footings are regularly washed out and they spend thousands building errosion defences to stop it, when in fact all they need to do is dredge the bloody pond!

[@rickster9993]

Mix that with some wood chips/saw dust and let set for a year. Mix it every now and then and you would have some good top soil. I would think.

[@augustreil]

Oh yeah !!

[@2009waterfall1]

i have been waiting for this episode to come out. After you almost lost your machine I want to see you get revenge on this pond!

[@adamluke1289]

Lol

[@makingithappen9722]

It seems to be a little drier now than when you were there and taught the digger to swim.

[@Sicktrickintuner]

Making it Happend It’s just a bit more frozen, just as sloppy

[@kinglewi_1005]

42:35 looks like scooping up cow manure and dumping it in truck lol

[@gilbertvaldez5585]

Looks like dinosaur droppings.

[@AccessDude61]

As a 49 year operator of heavy equipment, this is one of my favorite channels.

[@leeharwell7896]

So you've been running heavy equipment for 49 years?? Bruh you don't look a day over 45 😂😂🤦🤦

[@sethdenman5338]

I loved the boom mounted camera. It helps ya realize just how wet that mess is.

[@jonathanmurr3829]

I rented a Doosan dx300 long reach back in the summer to dredge my pond. I never drove out into the lake because hard bottom was down 6 feet in places so I worked from the bank that had maybe a 15 degree slope not much but when reaching out 60 feet with a full bucket and feeling the excavator tilt forward will make the seat of your pants pucker up! I enjoyed running the machine after I got a feel for it!

[@almostanengineer]

There’s just something about the combination of the sound of an excavator and the squelch of wet mud ☺️

[@lisadorroh1973]

Thank you ... for all the trouble you go thru just so i can enjoy your videos. I’d suggest anyone can watch yours from 1-100.

[@Rickimusic]

Nice and fast swing on that machine. I can hear every word you say in there as well. Nice going so far, Chris.

[@csnelling4]

Back to the wet sloppy muuuud instead of the wet sloppy sand Chris 👍👏👏👏🇬🇧🙂

[@andyyokley2274]

Ya we don't have a Volvo dealer in the piedmont area. Should have told cat you needed pontoons. They just had a few up here from a big dredging job last year south of here. Hope you have a good week.

[@scruffy6151]

No matter what people say its your job do it as you want. Nice job operator moving mud and keeping the machine out of the pit. Boom shoot was nice to watch and good job all the way around stay safe.

[@gangesexcavating]

Looks good Chris, that’s the right tool for that job. Right bucket too, nice rent. Just time and patience and fuel, you can connect the rest of the dots. Nice

[@DJ2CM]

Hi Chris , it's good everything lined up no powerline to screw with the Longreach. I always enjoy listening to what you have to say about what you're doing and or going to do .thanks for bringing us along 😀 like everyone else was looking forward to seeing this. Have a great one.👍 🇨🇦 Craig

[@scruffy6151]

I agree

[@pamhodges6673]

As a Caterpillar employee it is good to see the Cat. 😊

[@davidmays5231]

Those fence posts looked like domino's toppling....lol. You showed alot of patience on this Chris. Some of the best loading of mud I've seen. Not much spillage at all. Great job!

[@bluerider0988]

Lol, there is something satisfying about the consistency of that mud jiggling in the bucket.

[@clydeacor1911]

Liked it so much didn't even seem like 47 minutes! You know Jeff isn't going to let you let this down! Does seem like a really smooth operating machine!

[@morgansword]

Don't know why but this reminded me of building a very large rodent trap. I built a very tight chicken wire fence on the backside of a dumpster and filled on the inside of it so these poles i leaned against it were on a easy angle. These poles had rods on the the ends that spin really easy. I didn't want to catch cats or dogs, pets in the dumpster so I let it fill about a third of the way with fresh guts from the slaughterhouse. The dumpster had smooth steel walls. We lived out a ways from town and the mice population had got real bad and it was coming up on winter where they come in houses. You could watch those mice and rats coming for the feed! Out on the poles and plop,in the dumpster for days. I wouldn't go near it after they started coming but you could hear them squealing and making noise. We had huge dumpster trucks. It worked so good that I did it back to back and the dump called me, they were mad! both live and dead rodents came out of the truck when they dumped as they were sealed good and the mice couldn't get out of there. They figured out by the drivers where they come from. They had to poison and burn the mess and I found out from them and they were not kidding, thousands of mice by the second dumping and they were headed out so they herded them to the burner and he said it smelled so bad that he had to let men go home sick from the smell but you know what, it was worth it as the population was next to nil. I drove to the dump and he was not lying to me, it really smelled bad while all that mess got cleaned up. I went in front of the judge with the fine and pleaded my case as ignorance and he cut the fine to a third and it was still hundreds of dollars but there wasn't any mice on our hill for a long time. I have dug sand with a backhoe and that is futile so finished with a excavator. To go down a foot you had to dig the trench four feet (approx) wide. And when we hit a water line that sand filled up everything it could reach. A real mess and I am still trying to figure out that pond. It has to have hard pan down under forthewater to stay as it would run through all that sand. So why, what, and where did it come from????

[@anthonyfoglio8749]

Now you got yourself a real machine....kitty cat power for life!!!!...lol..be safe

[@547Rick]

I have one question. Why would a 72 year old man be fascinated by 47 minutes of watching another man transfer mud from a pond into a dump truck? I don't know why but please keep the videos coming. I want to continue to be fascinated!

[@jackbaker5284]

Who needs national television when we have Chris and others...That's entertainment!!!....Jack

[@RKHarm24]

Me Too Pops, just a few behind you. Reliving My Tonka Toys days in a sand box I guess.

[@briangarrow448]

Well I am retired now and I'm watching these and enjoying the heck out of them also. I used to do this type of work when I worked for a small town public works department. The difference is instead of getting up and spending all day in a machine or a truck, I get to watch this from my phone, drinking coffee on my porch and showing my 6 year old grandson what his grandpa did for a living. Life is beautiful.

[@ke6gwf]

Probably the same reason a 42 year old man is interested lol

[@MakenSawDust]

Rick, never grow up brother.

[@stephenbutz2621]

WOW I got to ride on the boom of a long reach loading out mud !!! Thanks great video !!!

[@louisianadirt2188]

One thing you don’t have to worry about is mud splashing on the front window, dang that a long one. Nice job on figuring it out. Stay safe Dwayne

[@paulbruto4897]

Giday from Australia I remember these long reach excavators I got to operate the first one on the east coast of my home town Wollongong NSW Australia back in 1989 they are amazing to sit in one place and load out without moving much what i found was if you get into a tight situation they don't have the power to pull out of bog holes such as this one I'm glad you didn't sink your Volvo into the mud yeah its not worth it I do remember putting a small 215 cat excavator into a creek and the engine fan was pushing mud it would not come out and it was a nightmare's getting it out with a heavy haulage tow truck ! Cheers love the videos

[@alansmith4734]

Wow! Alaska called, that machine should be digging for gold in the Bering Sea.

[@stevemcvay2220]

Would love to see a time laps of some of this being done! 😃👍🏼

[@philvictor5537]

What i hope people understand is that even with a long reach putting a lot of weigh out that far can't be to much or it can tip over.

[@Alpa6c]

What if all people don't understand?

[@Cragified]

@Dhamah Tajwīd You can only counterweight so much before you hit the limits of what the chassis can take when the bucket is empty and the arm is tucked in.

[@anderleof]

This cat is a LOT quieter than the volvos. You can almost hear him clearly in the cab.

[@3000gtalex]

B Harmon cat cabs are silent

[@tonyhargrove2869]

Saw your video of you cleaning a canal with a long reach 11 years ago. Got me hooked watching Let’s Dig. Looking forward to more videos of you operating it. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@Excavating320]

Every time I see a long reach I remember the ass backwards controls lol 😂 good video bud!

[@motercycles6]

that was one of my favorite videos i laughed so hard at that

[@rise-amorph8178]

The only reason it has ass backwards controls is if you used to operate a backhoe all excavators are normally on standard

[@snowblowerman5115]

@@rise-amorph8178 chris runs excavator controls on excavator and backhoe controls on backhoes. Gotta give to him I could never switch back and forth unfourtanley I learned on backhoe controls so that's the only controls I could use decently.

[@rise-amorph8178]

@@snowblowerman5115 I learned on a backhoe and can't run a backhoe at all but can run an excavator perfectly fine I don't know why but I can't go back to how a backhoe runs at all

[@rise-amorph8178]

@@snowblowerman5115 and that excavator should be a standard excavator position unless they change the hoses out on it

[@davelodge5972]

Already looking forward to the next part of this cleanup!

[@av8tore71]

When I was 18 years old I used to work for Caterpillar and Montgomery Illinois in building k bending tubes for excavators and wheel loaders fun times!!

[@shitloveaduck]

This machine seems pretty quiet, especially inside the cab. Maybe it’s just a different tone. Years and years ago we went from the big Versatile articulated steer 4wds on the ranch and switched over to John Deere. Had to open the window to make sure the tractor was actually wide open! They were so dang quiet in comparison. A lot better on fuel as well! Live and learn.

[@broc212]

The new Versatile Delta Tracks are pretty nice. No one has visibility like they do in cab. Plus the QSX Cummins is just a powerhouse.

[@shitloveaduck]

broc212 - I haven’t owned anything Versatile since the 80s. Once we went green we stuck with them, I also found the big John Deere was more than we needed when I switched over to lease cattle, mostly Angus, versus being a small feedlot, no more need to make sileage where we used the 8850 with a dozer blade to shape and pack the pile. I suspect Versatile remained pretty competitive over the years, I never really looked around. It has been best in our area to go with some of the big Front assist tractors. Further east where there are some really big tracts of land minus any trees, they get into the really big stuff. I’m retired now and when I sold out they took almost everything but a 2019 F350 PowerStroke. They took the new F150s we had, but they were all Ram and the Cummins in their HD trucks. They did keep the F550, just for its size and it was already matched to a stock trailer. Maybe an Ag Show would be fun this spring!! See what I was missing by being stubborn and green!! Haha. Last two field tractors were a 2013 - 8360 and a 7200 and really the 7200 was enough tractor for the place when I left. We also had 2 x JCB zoom booms as well as an old Case W14 feedlot special. We did a lot of hay and very little other work with crops I put all the land back to pasture and hay fields. Easy work!! Except the cattle. Lived in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

[@KevinJohnson-fx6wq]

Gives playing in the mud a whole new meaning. Always helps having the right tool for the job, lol. Was thinking, when you were cleaning out around the valve a camera would have been helpful as you had it on the boom at the end but would also have to have a screen to watch. Alas, hindsight. Thanks for sharing.

[@yoski203]

Very nice operating, but I think you could have put some poly mats down over the lawn to drive the trucks over so you didn't have to re-pick the mud, but that's a bigger operation ;-)

[@raymondsyphers4239]

Cris I just wanted to say than you for making your videos and thanks for explaining the job. Other channels that don’t are boring. Ray from Oregon

[@jessetiano2037]

Might not work for this but maybe you should make a super stick like dirt perfect, think it will help for your pond jobs

[@TrevorDennis100]

Yes, that would save all that machine rental cost, but not the sort of fabrication work that Chris would be interested in, and it's Uncle John who calls the shots.

[@CaptainKleeman]

who's dirt perfect? his channel any good?

[@NZDIRT]

Not long enough

[@TrevorDennis100]

@@CaptainKleeman LOL. Next time you are out in a lake within reach of Mike and his 'big stick', you might want to be wearing a life jacket. 😉 💦🚣‍♂️

[@christinakirby2518]

They have small bucks cause the machine can't take that much of a load with such of a long reach . Either tip over or break something. My husband did pond clean outs with a long reach for 10 years. He would dig out muck as deep as 22ft .

[@lennartschmutzer5625]

The art is to get to know the machine you are working with, and you do it incredibly well thanks again for superb video

[@robertordewald8678]

I was a contract computer programmer for about a million years. Whenever I was given a boring project or I had to work for someone who would not listen to any suggestions I had to maraschino that worked really well. The 1st was 'Rate time hours' The 2nd was 'Hurt me make me make more money .' This applies to Chris' work here, sometimes you just gotta suck it up and do the job. My maraschino help!

[@vhostovich]

Exactly what we subscribers have been waiting for. Thanks!!!

[@gman8260]

HOA Board to the residents--We have good news and bad news. The good news is the pond is dredged and once it fills back up, we will have a park like area. The bad news is your monthly HOA dues will be going up $500 to pay for the dredging job!!!

[@mes9260]

That's exactly how I approached my lady's peach cobbler she just made... Used the long reach for the soupy middle and the smaller bucket for the corners!! Wait for it to cool a little first... Vanilla ice cream is KEY!!!

[@fsj197811]

Awwww you're no fun! I was looking forward to more 'aw crap, I almost sunk the excavator' moments! Thanks for sharing your time with us and congrats for getting the center of the mud monster cleaned out.

[@alistairpowers8129]

You would struggle to see the Bucket on a foggy morning! :-)

[@castle-bravo4305]

This takes me back to that old video of yours with the long reach that had frikking john deere pattern controls and how frustrated you got with it

[@throngcleaver]

I love the cam-on-the-stick view! I think that same view, with the camera mounted farther up the stick, close to the stick-boom pivot, would be great when you're knocking down trees.

[@pjexc5500]

You got the right machine for the job Catapillar No.1

[@andacochran8703]

I just hold my breath, but Chris is a master.Why is watching this so mesmerizing?

[@delcasaleexcavating9508]

Excellent narration ! I could watch you all day long... Can't wait to see the end result.

[@juniorraines1042]

Good video Chris thank you for sharing

[@commoncents456]

So nice to see real professionals. Thank you

[@macsloan58]

HOA’s blow. Every one of them oversteps their authority. Plus, the biggest pains in the ass members make their own rules and use the HOA as a shield for their actions. Also, the president of the HOA is always named Karen or Richard.

[@rem45acp]

the rSlash channel has some great stories from reddit on HOAs, usually in the revenge categories LOL.

[@123suzukisamurai]

Even with a long reach like that which exaggerates every movement mostly for the bad , u still make this machine run smooth as silk. Nice job chris

[@Jodokus_Rendentanz]

You can use the Volvo + John to load the trucks. Until you work with the long-reach bringing the material to that loading spot.

[@ArizonaCowboys]

we have been waiting for you to return to this site

[@richardmckinney4963]

At my former job at a limestone quarry I saw a D10 dozer get stuck in some overburden that was mostly clay and sand after about three days of rain.

[@activeal]

The calm voice of the operator (Chris?) and the smooth hum of the machine makes this relaxing to watch. Chris' demeanor makes him immediately likable. I'm a new subscriber to the channel, and liking it! Thanks!

[@radioace318la]

30:49 "discretion is the better part of valor" Excellent Call My Man! 43:23 Show of hands. How many people recognize that sound the next morning after a long night of drinking dat moonshine. lol

[@neb4x4]

That dump truck is dumping the air 2-3 times per bucket load. It either has a decent air leak, or a malfunctioning air governor. Possibly bad head on air compressor...

[@neb4x4]

William Davis or that.

[@colinkennedy8730]

Another great video Chris, lot of people don't understand the basic lever principles of the longer the arm the less you can pick up, maybe a concrete pump lol !!

[@8386hj]

Last time I seen you on a long reach was when you cleared the pond of the Lilly pads.

[@robertfrauenberger3776]

Loaded 740 Cat trucks with a cat 352 for a few years. Pretty cool.

[@kennethhume8628]

They should have removed the fence in the first instance . Fencing renewal is far cheaper per hour than excavator plus operator . Still I expect the Association concerned have learned a valuable lesson from this experience .

[@johnpierce1251]

A bigger bucket with a lot less holes be awesome on that cat

[@Patrick-kc5ur]

Chis you have "the touch, man!" I'd put a catch tarp on the ground next to the dump, however careful and good you are, some will spill off.

[@KutWrite]

He has finesse.

[@williamuskoski1385]

Need one of these with the swamp tracks lol 😂

[@turtlehopper81]

any idea how my years it took for this pond to get this bad?

[@johncampbell6382]

You know watching them scoops at the end go into the truck really puts you off your dinner but great job it’s starting to take shape and with you doing it Chris it will.

[@Lordsblazer]

We just used a long teach 324 d clean out a pond and restoration and extend. It handles excellent and the guy who operated it had little experience and he adapted quick and well

[@AuditRecon]

Hell Of A view with the GoPro on the boom. Sounds funny when you dump too.

[@brandonmason5822]

Done a few boom and long arm stick swaps with PC1200 down in South Florida, between some of the quarries, everglades and other major setups we stayed busy.

[@willblair8922]

Now U got a real machine. Cat is the way to go

[@michaelslinn3266]

where the sweep of your reach goes over the grass put a layer of dry sand it makes cleaning up afterwards easier.

[@Jacob-64]

These types of jobs are sometimes the most challenging but also the the most rewarding and satisfying. Great muck management Chris ,jobs like this need a good head .

[@jeffd6540]

Oh Yeah...Here we go! The Long Reach saves the day.

[@WesleyAPEX]

It reaches so far that you can’t use a big bucket or the weight of it could flip ya.

[@gregshearer423]

WesleyAPEX aw really

[@Skorpychan]

@@gregshearer423 Leverage is a bitch sometimes.

[@anthonythorp7291]

Company I worked for has a 375 cat with 70 ft of reach (84 worth of steel).They build a cradle that hooks/bolts to the counnterwieght and holds two large crusher jaws and 2 small ones. It can only handle a 3 yd bucket.

[@wynottgivemore9274]

@@anthonythorp7291 only,my 16 ' flat bed trailer with two 5000 lb Axel's can only handle one yard safely. And I wouldn't even get that much for hauling further than the one end of town to the other. That is at maybe 20 kms an hour if that...pee gravel anyway... I hauled way more in top soil ...

[@itptires]

@@wynottgivemore9274 I'm not sure what that has to do with this video, but crushed rock weighs about 3,000 lb per yard so your 10K flatbed can definitely handle two yards. I have put a yard of gravel in a half ton truck, and in numerous 3500 lb single axle trailers.

[@racerroy1]

You would have thought that by now a big suction machine would get rid of mud quicker than a bucket on the end of a pogo stick...lol

[@jaystone3730]

Camera on the boom was awesome!

[@schmidt60410]

I don't think the bucket is actually that small. It just looks that way when you're sitting in the next county operating it.

[@davidroberts2404]

I've always been taught to load from door side. That way its not going over a cab or anything else

[@bradhauser8619]

just caught this vid. and if you just jumped that machine and are that smooth YOU R 1 HELL OF AN OPERATOR..

[@farmerbob4554]

Between having to rent the long reach and the long cycle time on the truck I hope this job was cost plus!

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

The bucket looks hilariously small on the end of that super long boom 😂

[@JasonWorksAlot]

Mrs. Elite Earthworks well it was cold outside so...😢😢😢😩

[@Gen3tx]

JasonWorksAlot he was in the pool!

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

JasonWorksAlot on the positive side, it WAS an impressively long boom 😁

[@JasonWorksAlot]

Mrs. Elite Earthworks for realsies or are you just looking to make it feel better?

[@JasonWorksAlot]

Gen3tx yes! That too!

[@gnoski100]

Nice. A long handled "CAT." teaspoon.

[@tomwold5366]

Jpaydirt would be proud of you running a Cat.. !!

[@geo752]

Hire in a pulveriser to break up the stone and use it for sub before finishing stone for roads