Time To Start Logging The Pond Site

[@CraigGrant-sh3in]

In the early 80's I was working on a housing development. They were logging a wooded section. They used log skidder that had jaws on it. It had another jaw type thing that held the tree. The machines literally bit the trees off. They were taken to an on site chipper that had along table. The chipper had a crane cab with a boom with a grabber like your excavator . The operator would pull the tree into the chipper. The chips went int open top semi trailers. They were hauled to a Homasote plant 40 miles away. The chipper could take up to a 24 inch tree. The most amazing part of the whole system was the chipper ran on two twin diesels . When they chut them down at lunch time ,they would still be winding down when lunch was over a half hour later.

[@randyschneider6086]

They used sniper type bunchers here years then had to switch to saw head bunchers because the OSB mill can’t use wood that is cracked or shattered when it is snipped in very cold weather.

[@greggd3351]

Watching these clearing vids, I'm constantly reminded what a lone homesteader could accomplish with just an ax and a mule.

[@erikcourtney1834]

That’s when men was men. And didn’t know any different. We got spoiled with machines

[@redeyedmongoose2963]

@@erikcourtney1834 The machines possibly made it ‘too’quick N easy to change so much !

[@KHWindham]

I recall You working with Kevin at the Bealy farm. What stayed with me since was the unspoken teamwork you two pulled off. Thank you for allowing me to witness this again. 😁

[@donnamullins2089]

Oh Chris I'm in heaven with the aerial intro. Had to go back and watch it again. Thank you. Another beautiful piece of land. Will the pond connect the fields? Wow that will be perfect.

[@robertwease1656]

I believe that when Chris looks at the drones view of the beginning of project like this he can with his mind-eye see the finished pond. Always a great job !

[@pinwizz69]

Looks kinda like the Bealy Good pond build. Chris is going to help the loggets clear the pond area before he can actually begin diggin' dirt. Should be a fun series to watch. Thanks Chris for a nice late Saturday afternoon episode to watch.

[@steveschritz1823]

I’m having flashbacks, I’m sure Chris is too lol maybe it’ll be an excuse to get a better stumper

[@rickillam]

That grapple skidder is much better than the old Timberjack 225 cable skidder I had the luck of using 30 years ago. Thanks for posting another addictive video Chris.

[@randyschneider6086]

Yes I don’t miss climbing up on my old C5 treefarmer 100+ times a day and pulling mainline but if I was healthy enough I’d do it again

[@allanwirkkala5689]

I've been a shovel logger,and lots of other machines, for most of my life,I will say buddy,your a great operator,and seem to be a nice guy,keep on keeping on bud,loved the video of the TD 31s. Stay safe

[@redbloodedamerican7130]

That aerial view looks awesome man 👌. Green green green.

[@jacquesb8927]

Beautiful! Would working there be considered work?

[@MrGoesBoom]

1:17 man, all that green already! Plants are only just starting to come back to life here in New England. As I type it's cold, wet, and grey outside right now.

[@terryrogers1025]

Good start, the grapple along with the cutter makes for a pretty nice clearing operation. Thanks for the update sir.

[@kirk467]

Seems like the grapple should have some kind of teeth on the inside of the grabber claws for nonslip grappling! 🤷🏼 ole Kevin is going to town on the trees, stacking them up! He’s pretty fast on his cutter! I’ve seen you do your share on the skidder before Chris, a few times!

[@mastinfowler8225]

Beautiful piece of property Chris!..the pond will add to it 👍..can’t wait to see the results

[@hartex57]

The glass in your cab is spotless. It’s a beautiful day to cut the wood.

[@mischef18]

Great you have the right attachment to help get the trees out bro. Look forward to the next video from this project. Safe travels

[@garymessina1609]

Cutting clearing and logging great video thanks Chris and Kevin

[@kirk467]

Beautiful property Chris from the drone view! Thanks for sharing it! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻Kevin and his new excavator and I like that tree cutter, it’s cool! That’s a big tree to hook on to Chris! WOW Kevin should break her in on this job Chris! lol 😂 Now you can put your grabber to use brother!

[@TrevorDennis100]

Yes, the drone footage added a lot of value to the video. We need Chris to get into Photoshop, or similar, so he could overlay an outline of the pond and show the dam location.

[@daleallen7634]

​@@TrevorDennis100 : You mean you don't believe that Chris "has enough on his plate"?!?! 😮

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

Tree Cutting Attachment worked soooooooooooooo very well - it was FUN to watch and lots of Progress ! Many Cheers from Australia !!!!

[@seanpierce7673]

Nice ! See your getting the handle on using your grapple chris! Hey you can use your thumb on this machine with the grapple right? If you can grab further back on the logs and drop your thumb on them and we'll give you more control on them chirs! Give it a try. That kind of what out here we call a logging shovel it well help you pick them up and move them in to piles!

[@dandevlin185]

Great to see you brought the drone this time Chris, let the work begin

[@FSEAirboss]

Man, those power heads are awesome. Just need an automatic stumper on it too! 😁

[@patrickcolahan7499]

Making some real good headway with you teaming with the cutters. Thanks for sharing.

[@jandances1687]

I'm hooked on this one, great team too...glad your truck will give you a relaxing drive these days too..here's to the next video UK out.

[@maxmacdonald7174]

Mice and snakes oh my, however the cat jumping out of the cab is my favorite.

[@crandonborth]

You have convinced me over the years of watching that the 220 is the best machine to buy. I see why you keep buying them they are truly interchangeable with grapple, bucket or feller head.

[@printer1105]

So is a lot of the pond development for stockpile purpose for farming? Im no farmer but it makes sense to have a personal reserviour. The more ponds is more insurance for crops. Just wondering if thats part of some of these ponds. I make mention of this in light of current drought conditions in other parts of the country. That bunch of trees sure looked nice out there.

[@craigwavra3495]

Interesting on how you start the process. Enjoyed seeing the logging equipment.

[@heatherlane9270]

Trees are falling and hopefully the stumps are not 'too' in the ground - seems to be wet enough that they will be easy enough to extract. Loving the Volvo army.

[@zerocontent3171]

In my neck of the woods unless the mud is 4 foot deep or better the skidder drivers go for it and rarely ever have a problem.

[@xray606]

I always have mixed feelings because it looks so nice the way it is. Very nice property.

[@maxmacdonald7174]

I was thinking that as well.

[@sharonmiller6436]

The only reason the trees were allowed to grow is that it was too wet to get machinery in there to prepare and seed the land. This way, with the pond they will be able to irrigate in dry times, and thee crops will have full sun all day.

[@Wildbill980]

Man, that f450 sure is a good looking truck

[@johntmcguirejr8526]

Well you have come onto a job without " MUD ". Lol. I did hear you state that it was a bit soft in places. This should only get better as you said that summer is on the way. Good to see you get some good use with the grappling hook. Best of luck on this pond dig.

[@NFSGamerful]

Hey Chris, with a grab like that, just find yourself a nice piece of tree, grab it and you can use it as a rough grading beam. I work in demolition with sorting grabs and we use steel H beams to level out massive area's very quickly. Also remember the rolling over the grab on piles of brush, you'll pick up a lot more

[@NFSGamerful]

I'm also fairly certain looking at this that the grapple doesn't get enough oil pressure, it should hold way better on the end of the tooth

[@Dontworryboutit315]

He tried that around the 25 minute mark, it overpowers the rotate on the grapple and turns but I agree with you, doesn’t seem like it has much pressure

[@NFSGamerful]

@@Dontworryboutit315 ye noticed it later as well, the trick is in the angle you hold it, but it's probably a single rotation motor grab, so it'll pull through it a lot easier. I'm used to the Zijtveld sorting grabs, they're amazing tbh

[@MichaelBrown-qn9hi]

Great Start, after you said you had to wait awhile, I had hoped you would have started stumping with the stumper, at least pop them up but that's another awesome video.

[@keithdunlap2701]

Always seems like those hurry up and wait kinda things huh ?? Getting a good start !! Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening, And On too the Next !!

[@michaelweatherhead9470]

Thanks for the video Chris 👍✅ All good 👍 nice work you guys are getting it done. Take care of yourself and Winston and be Blessed ❤️❤️❤️ it.

[@allenbeaulieu7077]

Good start to the pond sir.

[@Fatamus]

Wow the grass is getting tall.👍😁

[@pauldillinger2286]

I dont know if yall have ever worked together but looks like a well oiled machine. Nice project..

[@davidcarberry3547]

nice piece of property, 6 trees one stump that will be fun

[@jacquesb8927]

That grapple/saw invention is pure genius!

[@kirk467]

Thanks for sharing Chris, y’all stay safe brother! Kirk from Louisiana! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@gazza116]

loved the drone shots with all the different shades of green.

[@CK-yi6pc]

You’ve come a long way since busting beaver dams,,,,, enjoy your success! 🇺🇸🇨🇱

[@kirk467]

Too much to adjust too, I guess! But you got this brother! Good video and good job here!

[@smileywilson9972]

Cotton top be proud of you lol you can run. Anything and learn it quick ❤nice video

[@terrygander7960]

Even though you say that the wood in those trees is not very goo; it will still burn and can be processed into fire wood. You don't have that business, but you could find someone who does and sell the trees to them. That way you won't have the trouble of burning them and cleaning up the unburnt stuff.

[@villageearthwright]

If you had a Steelwrist quickoil coupler with that grapple you could lose the thumb and gain some weight savings. Also, then you would be able to pull stumps with the right tool and still easily switch to the grapple when needed. That indeco grapple looks like a great heavy duty tool!

[@letsdig18]

I'll keep my bucket and thumb over anything for clearing and stacking. Way more efficient

[@HughzieTube]

Steelwrist will be well fecked when he gets a good sloppy pond dredging job to do. The pond silt will mess them quickoil fittings up in no time.

[@villageearthwright]

@@letsdig18 I get that it's a good setup, used to run it myself but i'm pretty partial to the rotating grapple now. There is definitely a great versatility to the bucket/thumb combo.

[@hydraulic-hum]

great video, nice stacking of logs for the skidder

[@adamsherm29]

Should Weld some rakers onto the main frame of the claw to allow it to grip the logs better Chris.

[@yellowlab5624]

That 450 is awesome!! Big Blue Oval for the Win!!

[@nashneubauer9016]

Love your new truck! Much better than a F250

[@francisdelaney2228]

That's a good size farm,

[@BigDan7114]

I’ve been running my family’s dx35z and granted I’m like an elephant riding a tricycle in it size wise but I’m amazed at what it handles. A Volvo 220. Holy cow the power and speed must be a money maker for sure. Especially with such diverse attachments.

[@onryboy2264]

I used to watch a show called swamp logger's and the skidder would go to where they were cutting the trees without a problem, as long as the skidder operator could keep it on the haul road of trees that has been dropped.

[@donnaflanagan6612]

Great to see the grapple in action😊

[@michaelmullins1290]

It's a Volvo party. Yall made pretty quick work. He's very good with the cutter head.

[@oldjarhead1125]

I can see one of these tree cutter attachment in the future for Chris. Greetings from that Old Jarhead in WNC

[@TrevorDennis100]

Where Kevin pushes over the reluctant tree @7:32 put me in mind of an elephant doing the same thing in some far off jungle. He's pretty good with that cutting head.

[@warrenjohnknight.9831]

I always knew eventually Chris would've become a forestry contractor, processing head is definitely the bee's knee's 😂😮😊.

[@doritleis2773]

A wonderful Video begin with Drohne Picture, to the better understanding. The Work the great Tree's to cut, and then Stumping You have the Planing this and have by the Areal a better view. A Interesting Work. I gladden my of the Continuation.

[@burnleystarman2294]

Impressive work. Robin Hood would be looking for new digs with you lot about.

[@BrokenanklesFPV]

that 220 with the cutter head on it makes quick work of them trees

[@tedc7714]

The mill used to save hollow trees to use as crossing drains. For skidders.

[@jeffwisemiller3590]

Waiting patiently for the first sighting of a shiny silver orb. Don't be scratching that nice paint on the new machine. Like the counterweight on the back, usually the first thing to get it. Chris likes to keep his healthy and rejuvenated with the occasional mud pack.

[@chrissmith513]

Sure looks neat from your drone 😇😇😇

[@pamelabowling7959]

Love watching you work you are a absolute pro great work

[@Vickie-Bligh]

What kind of pond is this gonna be? Irrigation, fish, or ? Thanks for bringing us along.

[@johncanody5456]

Look like you will have a lot of topsoil for sure in the woods.

[@mattshell7753]

Very cool video I look forward to the rest of them thanks

[@norbista1]

This is work for the winter. Then no birds breed and there are no leaves on the trees. The ground is frozen. Anything better for the environment even if your country is huge, it makes sense

[@genesispuredeaf2390]

I was thinking that you would go put your stumper on (to stay productive) but I like the idea of watching Kevin for a bit then heading to another site too

[@davidpook5778]

Dang, the wheat is heading out already. Here in sw Idaho fall wheat is 12" tall.

[@stevendufresne9994]

Great Video Chris Thanks!!👍👍

[@delcasaleexcavating9508]

Those are some big ass white pines !

[@ZackGoodman-o3w]

When you do your drone overview on new projects can you draw out where the pond is going to be.

[@mattmalone2876]

Great video. Really enjoyed.

[@clivehorridge]

In previous videos I see you burning brush and trees. It grieves me somewhat, firewood here in Romania is the equivalent of $85 / m3 Love this plot though and all your videos ❤️🇷🇴

[@davidianero5528]

Man your getting really good with the grapple almost having fun actually

[@ktcarroll4723]

The first scratch 😅. I remember my brand new car I was so careful and one day sitting in traffic boom I get knocked about 3 feet forwards and a guy with a rental runs right in the back bumper 😡

[@johnroberts8475]

The drone footage sure show's why your removing that stand of tree's, you should end up with a really nice looking field once your done.

[@tranquilitybase6417]

Now THIS is what I need up at my property in Idaho!!!

[@lindacolaprete7324]

Chris, Love music you play during the drone flights. Wish I knew what it is.

[@Manoffire260]

And everyone says window screens, cab guards and limb risers are useless add ons - first tree and “bang”! - case proven

[@dixiebourne752]

Chris you got a lot of stumps to get out .

[@gene5022]

Love the intro,music fantastic, had to play again.😊

[@jwdickinson643]

that first group of trees is gonna a stump that is gonna be a BEAR to take out!

[@wallbawden5511]

i don't know much but that grapple does not seam to have a lot of holding power unlike your bucket and thumb set up thanks for the video exultant as usual Cheers

[@scotabot7826]

Those cutter heads are so awesome!! How long before Chris orders one??

[@rasruhmann4463]

Always like ur videos keep up the good videos sir 💯🔥🤙🤙🤙

[@rayevans2052]

Use those brush tops to fill in the wet areas so the skidder can drive across them.

[@letsdig18]

Then I had a muddy pile of sticks to try to burn.

[@matthewbailey5956]

I have seen people use the logs to stack accross the ditch and when done with skidder work pick them back out and throw on a log truck and off to the mill they go.

[@bushpilot4853]

Hey Chris. It's not mice & snakes you need to worry about. It's them darn killer cats!

[@ramtuff2007]

good pond video

[@jeff-hk8yk]

Sounds like Kevin is your new partner in business with you which makes sense because you have to do a large amount of clearing in your business.

[@kevinmurray7135]

I hear ya looks like they grow extra trees in one that makes a good mess and not very easy to get threw 🤔😎🇺🇸NY

[@dennis2376]

Thank you and have a great Sunday. :)

[@Lou-f]

Grapple makes sense now 👍

[@stanleymartin1613]

Cool video. Enjoyed watching ✌️ 😎

[@toddreynolds8875]

Good vid lets dig ! Coming down your way soon

[@michealolsen1344]

I apologize upfront. I am not knowledgeable about this industry. I really do want to understand the process. Please accept this as a serious question. With all the property already cleared, why take down more trees to build a pond when there is already so much open land? If it is elevation related, you are really good at digging holes and moving dirt. Always great videos Chris!!