The Monsters Fall To Make Way For The New Pond

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[@barbatosthewatcher6028]

It’s awesome how much you don’t forget to record cause any working person knows it’s not easy to stop progress to take a picture or play with a camera so thanks for taking us along so well

[@craigwavra3495]

Always enjoy when you show the scale of those stumps. Those are massive. Camera doesn’t do the justice.

[@richardparnell8235]

But we need to know how tall @letsdig18 is? I'm guessing 6ft.

[@SuperIanjohnson]

I think Chris enjoyed himself on this job. His commentary was so chilled and humorous-he made me laugh out loud a few times. Brilliant entertainment. Thank you for sharing this with us all !

[@robertforrest7956]

Like I said, he's having Entirely to much Fun to call it work! 😅

[@stephenkeefer3436]

@@robertforrest7956 especially when he’s sitting in a machine that can crush a 🚗 car. It’s a biggun!

[@MrVinor44]

I like watching you take down trees with the 250. About a year ago I purchased a tractor with a front loader with a bucket and a backhoe. I've learned so much from you with the different ways you use your bucket. I'm practicing trying to do things more delicately with the backhoe. I'll never come close to what you do, but I like to learn.

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

Brilliant Job taking all those Trees down and cutting them up ! Its looking Good indeed ! Great Video and many Cheers from us in Australia !!!!

[@raymondheckard234]

Nice white oak crotch log that out of the woods would loved to have sawn up with live edge. While the logs are worthless to a big sawmill, the smaller sawmills that deal in large slabs for tables love the crotch logs to make furniture.

[@planeiron241]

I said the same thing in a comment above, it's a perfect crotch

[@tmscheum]

Chris has addressed this before. He simply doesn’t have the time to waste fooling with stuff like that. He’s been there and done that, just like viewers who tell him he needs a bigger bucket, should use a cement pump when dredging, and mulch all the brush instead of burning it.

[@mula2626]

@@tmscheum are you his personal spokesperson?

[@patzeuner8385]

Yes, it is too bad that someone that is into a smaller wood mill hasn't got together with Chris. But most would probably want the log to be delivered. I've done something like getting wood from a small logger. They brought it down and I did the cutting and hauling from the site. Worked out they would text the location of where and when and the type of wood they were cutting and if it was within my schedule. I could pick out what I liked, they did help with their equipment to load onto my vehicle/trailer.

[@planeiron241]

@@tmscheum chumchiqa chumchaga chimchim choblew

[@jamesbreault5762]

Looking good Chris those were some damn big trees love to see them fall.👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@rccalhoun]

i dug out a stump so large that a 963 CAT could barely get it to rock. took two track loaders to shimmy it out where it could be dealt with. had 15 foot cuts into the side of the hill (for the new building) to eventually get the entire stump exposed and still struggled to move it.

[@cyrilhudak4568]

Getting a saw stuck is only embarrassing if you haven't planned a way to get it out. The Volvo trumps all that. 😀

[@davidrobins4025]

Doing the video takes a lot of time. Thanks for showing us all you are able to show of the work you are doing. It's amazing how great a job you do with the machine.

[@heatherlane9270]

Huge trees fall with great beauty - so graceful. Chainsaw stick happens to the best of 'em.

[@johnnyholland8765]

When I hauled logs in the mid eighties the company I worked for had a couple older fellows who would cut up the really big logs on the yard. One had an old Homelite "Super 55 " bow saw. This thing was massive and weighed a ton. He wouldn't run any of the new saws. Finally had to cause we couldn't get parts to fix it with. He had ran it for many years. Boss gave it to him. Boy that 250 has some power...

[@Mtlmshr]

Holy CRAP! That root was huge! The video from inside the cab absolutely does not do that Justice until you walked out and stood by it🤯😳

[@walterkucharski4790]

Seeing you cut white oak for firewood makes me weep. I'm a furniture maker in Canada where it does not grow and it costs a fortune about $9.00 bf. Sniff!

[@buzzycrawford9020]

Brown-Forman Co. weeps too, because they use white oak to make whiskey barrels for Jack Daniels. I'm told they pay big money for them.

[@annlaurie1484]

Wow, when you stood next to that stump 🤩😮

[@vinnyhern]

Safety first, cover them eye ball at all times! 😎I find it fascinating how many different colors of soil are just around one tree.

[@glynngrauer3962]

Gees I look forward to LETSDIG18 EVERY MORNING wishing they went longer I could watch LETSDIG18 all day

[@Goostradamus81]

When a customer ask for a pond, do you do a soil assessment before you agree? How much or how little clay they have? or the quality of their clay layer?

[@scrappy7571]

I always wonder how Chris figures out the dirt quality and quantity.

[@snappingbear]

Of course he does. He even has things like rock clauses in the contract.

[@jonnooney7102]

When I first started in business struggling with only skid steers. I agreed to dig a stump for a friend. He watched me dig and dig and dig. Got the big yellow pine loose like a tooth but the tap root wouldn't give. He finally walked out of the house with an M1 Garand rifle. I thought he was really unhappy with my work at this point ! He put a magazine worth of rounds through the tap root snd it rolled over in the hole loose ! I'll take a win any way it comes sometimes !

[@williamhenderson9535]

Had to laugh - you missed "timber" - we didn't. Lol. Loved the view when you stood in front of the stump!

[@donnaflanagan6612]

Holy Guacamole😱 That tree was huge Chris. It didn’t look that big until you stood next to the root ball. Take care & cheers🐨🦘🥰

[@smjhobbies4527]

To get the oak so it's actually dry the proper dryness to burn in a wood stove, here in Vermont it takes 2 years to dry it naturally. You can put it in a kiln but I'm not a fan of Kiln drawing firewood. So naturally drying it takes 2 years that's how hard that s*** is

[@jrhendershot1936]

That was awesome seeing how massive the root base was and watching it fall epic video thanks for sharing your day 😀

[@talibirkmanis5727]

Another great video , you don't realise how big those trees are from the cabin view , but seeing them felled from a distance , you can see the size compared to the excavator and mini mee Chris , WOW !!!

[@oldschoolhoosier]

Chris operates that bucket and arm like he’s spreading butter on toast…lol. That’s says years of operation. Great video while enjoying my morning coffee. 🇺🇸👍🏻 Chris, You need to pay Mike a visit one weekend and check the brand new 210 Demo.

[@robinredman5192]

Never can get enough of the "Timberrrrrr" Thanks Chris. John here, from the back-roads of Northeastern Tennessee.

[@michaelmullins1290]

Right again. I was very surprised how big the root ball was. Nice to have the 250 to convince the tree to the ground! Lol!

[@kozz1963]

30.15 in that root ball.. WOW !!!

[@dennis2376]

Interesting soil that is at the site and that grey soil almost looks like ash. Thank you and have a great day.

[@robmatthews7972]

It must be Monday back out on Uncle Jon`s pond dig job. Anyone who has used a chain saw has gotten it stuck - at least once. Amazing, a Volvo 250 stump splitter.

[@edwardbarnes2910]

If you want really tough side boards, there some place down in the southeas there wher you can get rough sawn live oak, the wood old Ironsides was planked with. If cannonballs bounce off it's tough.

[@davidpritch718]

I use plastic wedges when cutting large trees up and that keeps my chainsaw from getting stuck, I'm able to go all the way through them.

[@planeiron241]

the white oak crotch a woodworker would love that, has some beautiful grain in it, make a nice table. Great Vid👍👍👍👍🦆🦆😎😎

[@7b69nt8]

Chris using a couple of wedges would save you a lot headache when cutting up large trees..worth their weight in gold (almost) lol

[@magnoliascreens7469]

In case you don't know already, there may be a market (albeit a small one) for those curved trunks/logs/trees. Locate some reasonably close wooden boat builders and reach out to see what interest they'd have - and what their specs would be. And if there aren't any such boat builders close by, surely there are artisan wood crafters near by that could make great use of them.

[@46rambo49]

nice saw, used to run an 075 AV with a 4 ft bar of .404 skip tooth chain. need yourself a Spencer tape, biggest I ever cut was 6'7" at the base

[@darrenharlow8947]

That is amazing the size of that stump

[@tedc7714]

Try out a carbide chisel chain.. Stay sharp a long time. Sharpen with a diamond stone. Good for yard trees full of wire nails and bullets. Even glass insulators.

[@robertforrest7956]

You're having Entirely to much Fun to be calling it Work Chris!!! 😁👍🏻 😎

[@Grandpa-Chris]

It’s an incredible thing to watch… a machine capable of tearing down a mountain without blinking an eye, delicate enough to sweep a carpet… in the hands of a master operator … thanks for helping me to start my day Chris.

[@grahamgosper5023]

Hi Crris My name is Graham from Australian an adive watcher of your channel I a 72 year old retired excavator operator through to have been a good operator in my day but not as good as you. Boy I wish throbs were around in my day had to do things the hard way like you would have done in your early days. I have a suggestion ( tell me to go to he'll if you like ) in this video you were dropping large trees on a dam site , you mentioned how one tree fell with such force it snapped all of the head out of it My suggestion what I used to do was as a good operator you can push down a tree exactly where you want it well what I used to do was place 3 logs in a pyramid Below were I thought the head of the tree wound land then push the tree across the pyramid of logs it would snap all of the top to pieces makes clean up a lot easier give it a try . Keep up the good videos. Cheers Graham

[@hank5655]

Chris just a note that some serious wood you cutting!! One thing a lot of folk don't realize you never force a Chain Saw to cut just let it cut on its own and if that saw blade touches dirt, stop and resharpen the chain it will save you from burning the clutch up GREAT VIDEO Thanks!!

[@buck3409]

Hard to tell the size of those trees videoed from the cab but not when you are standing by them with the chainsaw

[@jbro427]

I like how you make everything look so easy. One day I hope to get to play on a big excavator. See how the big toy works.

[@formhubfar]

I had a go in a 300 and its not easy, one lever controls the up and down and another controls the in and out.., takes alot of skill to drag it over the ground.

[@mischef18]

Nice tree dropping bro, looking forward to the pond build to see what you come up with. Safe travels.

[@terrypomatto907]

Those trees don't look near as big when you are dropping them but when you and the chainsaw are in the picture the tree gets a lot larger!!!

[@pinwizz69]

This one definitely made a nice post dinner vid to watch. Watching Chrsmooth out a gravel driveway is like watching a Master Baking Chef spreading icing on a thousand dollar cake. I kinda wish he'd show us more chainsaw video.

[@Todd.Roberts]

From one pond to another pond . I beat you dream about digging ponds

[@terryrogers1025]

You are into some big timber young man, you are right, the camera never does it justice. Looks like you can harvest some decent logs out of some of those trees,fun to watch them come down. Thanks for the ride along sir.

[@100mphClub]

30:08 Wow! That really helped put things into perspective. 😳

[@BillW-NJ]

It was hard to see how big the trees and stumps were but also how big that bucket is until you brought it near the dump truck!

[@timothysweeting9918]

In case that you might go thru all of your comments hello I watch your content pretty much everyday. The teeth on your bucket should have a different shape with carbide inserts think wide at the face of the cut and narrow towards the head of the blade. For pulling trees it would be worth the time it takes to modify the bucket.

[@JCrook1028]

How much do you have to worry about breaking the truck when packing down brush? Blow a tire? Break a suspension part? I imagine more with the 250 but how about the 220 also?

[@ox2design]

@10:00 that white oak with the fork in it would be ideal material for boatbuilders though.

[@jenniferbutcher8393]

Oh my goodness! Those are massive!!! Can't believe you are tackling those with that chainsaw....add Lumberjack to you career description!!

[@jbonegw]

The size of that bucket really gets put into scale when you’re loading the limbs into the dump truck.

[@albertbusscher4270]

The way you split up that stump was just fantastic, it shows your mastering of the Volvo

[@frankpristov9745]

Chris I am most impressed by the way you split that stump into manageable peices

[@PhiLBilly_PhilRodgers]

That oak log looks just like the boards you get from the box stores.

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

Yeah this job's trying to look good. That was one hell of a tree. Big holy looking good. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦🌳🌲

[@GlobalistJuice]

I enjoy watching the two-fiddy manhandle those big trees! 👍

[@edbenedicto]

Wranglerstar has a trick for bucking logs. When cutting upwards on the last cut, offset the curf about a quarter/ half inch. A couple years ago he had a video showing his son how to do it. Cheerio

[@deconteesawyer5758]

Watched few but the last time I saw that bone head he was showing his sister his method of splitting wood with an a axe that left her with a split lip and a busted tooth on the way to get medical attention. Cheerio. Hope his kid survives.

[@ohiomoto]

Cool to see you bucking logs. Always wondered if you use tape on those logs.

[@joycerninor]

Just love the 2 camera perspective 👌 😍

[@andrewfrance1047]

I was very impressed by how tall the root was. I though Chris had been miniaturized.

[@justinfufun5483]

Letsdig 18"

[@marcryvon]

@@justinfufun5483 🤣

[@DeweyCheatumNHoweLLC]

Chris, you just might be able to get some new side boards sawn for the dump truck out of that stuff. Good sized trees there

[@davidjohnston330]

That ole tree was as crooked as a politician! 🤣😂🤣😂

[@Mike-vn7ys]

Never realized you were that vertically challenged before. Must have 6x6” blocks on them pedals. Amazing what a camera will do to shrink that stump.

[@jamiewindsor7874]

When your cutting with the chainsaw go halfway into the tree and then go get you some wedges and a skip jack hammer and hammer the wedges down into your cut from the top of the and then proceed to go through it the log and that wedge ing it will also keep you from hitting the ground with your saw and breaking your saw another is to come up from the bottom of the tree there’s those ways and you can pick it up with the excavator and hold it up off the ground and cut up the tree

[@Ironhorse41]

That is a good sized root base - it makes the 250 look small ;) great watching the process from the outside rather than being the one doing the felling work 🍻

[@Ironhorse41]

@p!nned by- Letsdig18• Will do Chris, just under the pump work wise, touch bases shortly cheers Martin

[@Knot222]

@@Ironhorse41 I may be a little late in replying, but that is NOT Chris and whatever you do PLEASE DO NOT give them any personal information as it's a scammer.

[@Ironhorse41]

@@Knot222 Hey Rob, thank you for the response, I figured it was given the questions asked - much appreciated cheers

[@dagwood1327]

The tree did look huge when you were standing by it. What really showed the scale was when you were shooting from the top and it showed the tree beside the excavator.

[@burtoncummins8970]

Sorry I haven't been posting anything I had a toothache and they are going to pull them on September 7th. I do miss the work you do have a blessed day and prayers for your family and all the animals.

[@MichaelBrown-qn9hi]

Chris, did I see somewhat decent clay for the dam, don't apologize for the saw usage, trees shift when you cut them. I noticed alot negativity, all I have to say is " There's other Heavy Equipment videos on KZbin, find 1 that's OSHA approves, and watch it 😉.

[@matteogomez3678]

Wow those are some big ole trees, some of those will be great saw logs. Nice work 👍

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

awesome work Chris on the monster stumps.

[@paddy20111000]

30.15 wow , it looked so much smaller without you there for scale .

[@timgiven3826]

Hell of a great job chris, those MS 500 I Saws are pretty good, there is a web page that you can get HD teeth for is they'll stab in the tree an cab use it one handed. Also it's so cool to hear the 250 crush trees. Great job

[@olduhfguy]

Hard to tell from the video since you make it look so easy, but using the bucket for grading takes a lot of finesse and familiarity with his equipment. I wonder how long it would take you to get used to hydraulics in an unfamiliar machine ? I was waiting for you to pinch the bar in that big tree :-)

[@davidbillings615]

Chris that was an incredible magic trick. Getting smaller and smaller as you go from the excavator to the tree stump!😱🤭🤪👏👏👏👍

[@Vickie-Bligh]

Nicely done, sir. That root spread is about 14-15 ft in diameter. Woof. Is the owner going to move those logs or do you need to? How suitable is that ground for a pond? It looks really sandy but then I've seen you work on sandy ponds before as well. Looking forward to tomorrow.

[@elliskev2]

WOW!! so true you don't get the scale of the project.

[@marksaunders2500]

Hi from uk Chris 👋👍 boi you know the trees are big when you gotta up your chainsaw and bar size and fuel injection rather than carb but always nice when stuffs shiney 👌 and you missed a few """tiiiimmmbers""" chrisssss🤔🧐 lol good job tho as always and topping few on the way down eh lol thanks for your time be safe and see you soon 👍👋

[@alfadoofus]

Is that the approved By Cottontop and Logger Wade method of log cutting ? asking for a friend 😁Great external camera placing on the two dropped trees the second you could feel the wind.

[@larryconley9438]

Chris that was a monster tree ball, great job getting it down. Great videos keep up the great work

[@AxxcessDeclined69]

Chris, are you able to take all the brush and stumps to the landfill? Cost? or do you have somewhere else that takes that stuff and grinds it for mulch?

[@bubbawubba2307]

I've read if you put a bark box on that 500i it really wakes it up.

[@donnamullins2089]

Dang Chris the price of that chainsaw should have come with its own operator. Massive trees. Almost ready to complete another pond. Send Texas some rain. Take care and have a good evening.

[@dougmartin590]

You are amazing on that machine. Who needs a bull dozer?

[@cindiberg7718]

Chris you should wear safety glasses when chain sawing. Protect yourself.

[@antoniomoniz9780]

I have been watching your videos for 2 years now and love to watch them. I was wondering would the 250 be more useful at your other pond build with the amount of material you are moving?

[@Blazer02LS]

Might be, but the 250 is a company machine, not his, so would need to pay John to use it. Plus with only one haul truck the 220 does good, if anything he could use the second truck at Beally Good.

[@oleran4569]

Isn't the 250 a "company" machine? Chris is using his personal equipment on the Bealy pond.

[@Blazer02LS]

@@oleran4569 Yep. He could use it but would need to pay John for those hours.

[@antoniomoniz9780]

Alright that’s what I misunderstood I didn’t know he needed to pay John I must of missed this I’m sorry thank you!

[@Blazer02LS]

@@antoniomoniz9780 Yeah they have an agreement, He pays John to use company equipment on his jobs and John pays him to use his equipment on company jobs.

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

If fire wood he wanted he called the right man. GD those are some huge a&& trees! Hope the pond is worth it.

[@p.d.nickthielen6600]

damn I know a guy here in Minnesota that has a saw mill that would make a great live edge table from that white oak

[@jasoncorreal8810]

Yea and it would only cost 10K to deliver there

[@p.d.nickthielen6600]

@@jasoncorreal8810 an likely violate wood pest transport rules... But damn what a slab that would be

[@kasnitch]

Those 500i like to rev high and cut deadly with Oregon square ground chain . Would love to see you cut some big oak with a saw from Tinman or Donny Walker . Their hotrods are impressive . I know its hot there, but at least chaps . You only make a bad mistake once, and we all like you healthy Chris .

[@deernutOO]

Good chainsaw you have there. From what I hear, they are the best available. At least until that day when only battery powered chainsaws are allowed (by the Gov't). And all chainsaws can get stuck.

[@JCrook1028]

It's personal choice really between Stihl and Husqavarna. Both have excellent professional models and home models as well.

[@andyphillips7435]

@@JCrook1028 Husqavarna, ear muffs and face chip guard😌

[@kevinkenyon7045]

Chris looking good! Great video! Thanks for sharing! Kevin

[@arthurjennings5202]

Man, I couldn't spread that gravel with a maintainer, and you can just shovel it out with an excavator. I really enjoy watching someone who knows what they are doing. Great content, as always. As far as the trees are concerned, where I live, we don't get trees that big. Hurricanes blow them over or tornados break them up. The 225 looks like a toy when you are felling them. Hate to see something so beautiful, be in the way. But that's life.

[@genegustafson1665]

That's a huge tree!!! Wow

[@agipesr]

Congrats on the purchase of the 500I !

[@marcryvon]

30:16 What's to say ? Holy shit ! Simply humongous ! 😱

[@smjhobbies4527]

The secret to Vermont's world famous best in the world syrup I'm going to tell you what it is. It has to do with shallow roots of the maple tree. You see a lot of them in this state of Vermont grow on ledges, or slate Rock, and when the sun's out that slate Rock really eats up and it allows the sap to flow a lot better it breaks a lot quicker in other words it unfreezes quicker as thaws out quicker it runs more and there's always a lot of Springs and stuff like that around all Ledges up here in Vermont so the maple trees get really good natural spring water and also yeah that's why

[@babsyred9710]

Always busy busy busy Chris.That tree was huge