What A Mess!

Cleaning Up a 3 year old log landing

[@trickydicky78s3]

as much as a shame as it is that people leave such a mess it keeps you fed with work chris! keep on keeping on bud

[@weldscientist]

Can’t even imagine having to run a fixed thumb for that job! This has pro link or grapple written all over it🤘🏽

[@thespook9808]

Eye crossing, mind numbingly boring work, but it beats machines sitting still NOT working. I feel your pain, brother . . . ! Always happy to see what you're up to.

[@andrewjenkins9252]

Has anybody had trouble with this video loading and having a hard time watching it? I think it's just my tablet messing up. Great video chris!!!

[@adriancarter825]

What a pile of crap left for you to come in and clear up , dig a huge pit Chris and bury it all job done .

[@GoBlue79]

ho hum .. yawn .. oh, is it over? 290 needs a Red Bull! Great video: in a mind-numbing kind of way.

[@terrycannon570]

I would think the speed would be determined by volume of fluid instead of pressure. Pressure is the resistance to flow. Flow into and out of the cylinders are what causes movement. Therefore volume could be the problem and not pressure.

[@JasonWorksAlot]

terry cannon yes, you are 100% correct. Down to things as small as line size can have an effect on hydraulics speeds. Pressure is related to force, flow is speed.

[@regsparkes6507]

Pretty well same as volts, watts and amperage!!

[@CumminsDslPwr]

Chris, don't you have a root rake for your little dozer? Seems to me that would be a lot quicker.

[@letsdig18]

i have one but it wont work because of all the stumps in the ground below it

[@CumminsDslPwr]

10-4 buddy, I thought you were already done stumping and were just getting the debris left behind from the loggers piled up off the line for the fence. It is an impressive mess you are stuck cleaning up there.

[@nicholbr72]

Why not sort and stack the big burnables.... then bury the rest?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

That does look like an aggravating tedious job! Do you think the 290 is just slower do to the size of the machine and the cylinders or should it be a little quicker? Thanks for sharing!

[@kevinsteen739]

What's up with buffering every scoop?

[@CJE2007.5]

I was reading up on this machine on the "Heavy Equipment" forums and there seems to be alot of complaints about how slow it is. They say on some you can go in and change the speed of the boom without plugging into it but not sure if you can on your machine. That definitely looks like a boring job that you're working on but i definitely would still enjoy it. I miss running equipment should've never got out of it. Of course I never got to run anything as new as you equipment.

[@arthurbuckyelksjr7918]

I am about to finish up a 1.5 acre tract where the loggers did just what you doing in this video. It has been a tough job and all this rain even in sand has been very wet

[@jrbpa5775]

Looks like Cottonwood has been there.. lol

[@Cumminsmaniac16]

I know the Volvo's are great machines but just curious why you prefer Volvo over CAT?

[@dannysowell9071]

That kind of job makes you look forward to 5pm.

[@bosshogg6030]

Slow and steady wins the race lol 😄🤣😆😝😅

[@danachappell3861]

What a mess indeed. Too bad you didn't have someone in the community that could use those wood blocks for winter wood, and didn't mind a bit of mud on it. Make it a one-time deal for someone, and make their winter. Let them take whatever they find in those messy piles, as long as the owner agreed. Charity could be as easy as that if all agree. Just an idea to think about. Saves you burning time for some of it.. lol

[@JohnSebeny]

it's moments like that, where i just say "this is bullshit!" and order what i need to get the job done. i'd be on the phone getting that hydraulic thumb :)

[@racerroy1]

Plays OK for me, and I went into the settings and increased the playback speed to x2 which gets through the video quicker and makes for an amusing video. The setting tab is located in the bottom right of the video while it in playback mode.

[@bluemtnsman]

I could see a drum chipper being of benefit in this case.

[@randymaylowski2485]

+Letsdig18 idk if it's just me or not? but why don't they use the cut off black for firewood? Or don't you guys use wood stoves in houses? Where yer form. Cuz what I was ganna say, that wouldove been good firewood. depends on the type of trees.

[@sheldonbertram2206]

Have you seen the root rakes for the excavator.

[@jeffreylewis145]

Bummer about the manual thumb. We have a 30 ton machine with a progressive link thumb which allows the thumb to have as much rotation as the bucket. The thumb can contact the bucket with the bucket fully open. We just took delivery of a 5.5 ton machine with a direct cylinder thumb that has the typical rotation. It's usable but frustrating. Cat does not offer progressive link below their 8 ton machines, according to my salesman.

[@46rambo49]

last mess like that I had I was glad I had a rake bucket,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..... and a hydraulic thumb.

[@aldimore]

I love a hydraulic thumb. Manual is nice, but hydraulic is better imo.

[@regsparkes6507]

Now there's an application for a rotating tub grinder. Somebody could benefit from this crap by turning it, wood and dirt and all, into mulch, wouldn't you think? Morbark 1300, anybody?

[@davidgenthnerjr4995]

Can't believe that there is no one in that state who wouldn't have a grinder for such things. Another youtuber who had land cleared in same state said there is no one with a large drum grinder to do this so he had to pay to have 30+ acres cleared and deal with brush piles which one almost set his neighbor's woods on fire.

[@regsparkes6507]

Well then, it looks like Chris here has an opportunity awaiting him.. That's is amazing though, David.

[@rajbeekie7124]

I am sure if it was cost-effective for Chris he would have done it. The market for the finished product is probably not strong in his area.

[@finessfishing8125]

Umm the cost of one of those is enormous in cost, they have a burnt one for sale right now for 70,000 dollars, it looks ruined and I'm in sc the state next to him

[@kepplec]

I've talked with Chris about this before. I sold my company a couple years ago and had grinders, trucks, and all the equipment that went with the recycling operation. Its is VERY expensive to run grinders. That material we could grind, but the product looks like it would be very contaminated with the amount of dirt in the pile to be sold as mulch. That would only be good for a composting operation that needed bulking materials. There has to be an outlet for the material to make it economically feasible to run a grinder. We would charge around $500-$600 an hour for the machine and excavator to load it, with the contactor supplying the other equipment to move the material. If the material was clean enough to resell then I would bring in other equipment to load out 100 yard walking floors to move the material offsite to either our yard for more processing, or if we were lucky straight to the customers facility.

[@augustreil]

Just curious, why didn't anyone try and burn at least some of that pile ?

[@spukduk5632]

No hydraulic thumb on that machine?

[@craignicholson505]

Has any one else having trouble watching this vigeo

[@hmort55]

Anybody else having trouble viewing this video? I can't get it to play no matter what I do. Haven't had a problem with any other videos either from Chris or anybody else. But this one won't play for me.

[@jaypeso2043]

hmort55 I'm having problems also it keeps buffering every 20 seconds, I can't enjoy the video it's been playing for over 2 hrs I'm no more than a couple minutes in😟

[@JohnDeere50d]

Same here, buffering

[@jimwesselman]

Well, you know that CT3 was not there. Tim would never leave a mess like that! Wouldn’t you agree Chris? Skid Steer with a rock bucket,leave the dirt pick up the big stuff? Being retired I love to be Sunday quarterback!

[@Graveltrucking]

That's why your paid the big bucks. Who ever says a mechanical thumb is just as good as a hydraulic thumb doesn't know what they are talking about.

[@stevenwalls8034]

Was logger wade there

[@gwenb4531]

Bon fire material.

[@stephencicero]

You need a flame thrower. Look into the xm-42. That would light that pile on fire with no problem.

[@OnGotlandia]

Would it be a faster way to use the dozer with a rake on

[@HughzieTube]

Looks like you need a 250 size to go halfway between the 290 and the 220. That way you get a bit more capacity but keeping most of the speed and agility of the 220, And a hydraulic thumb is a must.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

That is definitely a mess. One piece at a time.

[@FishFind3000]

“Logger wade was here” sign should be somewhere in there.

[@KyleHaley864]

Man I pitty the operators running manual thumbs in that stuff. You do very well with that thing Chris! I'd lose my patience quick haha

[@muddlersworkshop]

Whats that on your top lip... Remains of your breakfast????

[@donbraden8533]

that wood looked old ur right what a mess hope it didn't stress you out to much nice video Chris 😎

[@barryhansen6854]

It's a bummer when you have to come in behind someone that has rape/pilaged a place for profit then left a garbage heap for someone else to clean up and the owner to pay extra for cheers NZ

[@adriancarter825]

Can tell you are far from happy on this job Chris and I don’t blame you .CHRIS BURY IT .

[@johnwarren-649]

That would drive me nuts with no hydraulic thumb. Can't you put one on that machine so you'd have the hydraulic thumb??

[@63256325N]

What a mess! Is that machine plumbed for a hydraulic thumb? Maybe if you dropped the thumb a notch it would help? Good luck and thanks for the video. Oh, one more thing, hose that pile down with diesel and let it soak in, it'll burn.

[@markkopf7526]

You'll be able to send some good smoke signals with that fire.

[@lidsman2221]

Are you going to get a hydraulic thumb put on? Thanks for the video.

[@nellermann]

Doesn't look like a fun or even worthy job of your talents! How does it work? Do you quote the job or charge a daily rate for you and the specific equipment?

[@jacobblackburn6417]

Oh logger Wade, seems like everyone has too clean up his messes.

[@strongrivercattle2643]

Why won't this video play for me?

[@thomasdobrenick1549]

Which is worse this or stumping the 5 acre pound . That was mind numbing times ten

[@strongrivercattle2643]

Can't get video to play, but just reading comments, it sounds a lot like the mess I have.

[@AJmx2702001]

have to take the crap jobs with the good ones just part of business

[@h20dad1]

Crap, that was painful to watch. Its almost like trying to dig a fence post hole, in rocky soil, using a manual post hole digger.

[@markpowell4701]

Sir, you are never bore. Later Tater !

[@billh1471]

Is there something different about this video, it keeps pausing on me. Had to quit watching. All other KZbin videos working fine.

[@fox13z400]

Did you all test run this machine on a job site before you signed for it? If so, was it that slow at the time?

[@leol1682]

Like the video but its like picking up one stick a the time .

[@afberglund2764]

Why not a bulldozer?

[@zbudda]

Mr Letsdig18, is there any chance of some times doing a time lapse shot away from inside the excavator, showing you doing the job from start to finish. Would be greatly appreciated for a different pov, and you have the option to add a voice over, music or subtitles in the back ground? (Please ignore, if editing footage this way, will take you away from making money or home life, Thanks.)

[@matthewchurch1320]

i think if you look back at his older vid's there some time lapse vid's

[@zbudda]

matthew church yes, I enjoyed watching them too. Unfortunately Letsdig18 doesn't have a full time editing and production team, so I'll just enjoy what I can get for now. Thanks.

[@chadder19k]

You say they checked the pump in it for the hydraulics just like they scratched and did the wrong idler wheel!!! Hahahahahaha if you know where I’m going with that!! 😂

[@andyyokley2274]

I know your pain on moving logger piles. That makes a long tedious game of pick up sticks. Look at the sides of your thumb, it looks like the one I had on a cat 325. If the pin on side is between the peaks of the teeth on the thumb (meaning between teeth where the is not that much metal to it) weld a plate to it and reinforce it. I say this because I snapped it in half. (No lie the whole end from the small pivot pins to the tip if the thumb fell in the dump truck) when they made that set up it would have made more sense to put it where it would be at the peaks of the point.

[@MrBoiler09]

WA WA WA!!!!!!!!!!

[@northmanlogging2769]

definitely get a vid of starting this pile, should be hilarious

[@northmanlogging2769]

also as a logger, that pile of long butts is unacceptable, especially on the east coast where they give us west coast cutters hell for all the tall stumps, only to then cut off what we leave in the ground

[@ngnmech]

Northman logging, you bring up a good point, I have always wondered why they cut the trees off at ground level, and then cut the butt off at the landing before loading onto the trucks. Why not just cut the tree higher to start with. May have to do with the different type of logging equipment used. IDN.

[@northmanlogging2769]

it has a lot to do with processors, to get an accurate length they need to slice the end off, a good operator can get it pretty close, but a lazy one just lobs off what ever. Granted some of it is defect or junky bits in the middle, but most of it is long butts and there is no excuse for that.

[@hillbillydualsport]

cant watch the video?

[@anthonyrobertson1787]

Thank You Chris 👍

[@The250wtf]

Better get a grinder

[@jamessween]

With out that thumb, you would be screwed. Also this particular video will not play on my big screen tv, I can only play it on my computer. Very strange. It's almost to bad you can't just put that shit though a tub grinder, you would have it done in just 123. but I now it's muddy and it would be hard to get one to the site. Because in Wisconsin we just lease them. and wile your leasing them your making money to pay the lease back. You should check into it as much as you guys burn. You could be stockpiling compost and mixing it with dirt and selling it. In Wisconsin we even collect leaves and mulch them and mix them with the dirt and sell that to the customer. It's all about making money. Right?

[@matthewchurch1320]

it's seem's like a size smaller like 250 would work better for you and you would get more use out of it the 290

[@orkidknog4920]

bigger is not always best. that thing is so slow it unreal. why did you buy it being that slow???

[@vasiliydron]

orkid knog 5 yard bucket. Don't Got a be fast if you can load a 40 ton in 5/6 buckets.

[@josephiwema9510]

Cant always have good days now can you chris

[@17snooker]

What do you do if someone does not pay you after doing a shitty job like this?

[@Ramdodge582]

get a tub grinder in there!

[@Ramdodge582]

looks like i wasn't the first to say that

[@josephboley]

yes Sir that's a fine mess ya got there.lol.be safe and take care of yourself.✌️🇺🇸✌️🇺🇸✌️🇺🇸✌️🇺🇸

[@jakeschisler7525]

Sell the darn thing! To do that job, I would rather put a stick in my eye

[@arkansas1336]

Yep, that is a hard day, a looooonnnnngggggg day! ....13

[@garydodson6737]

Tub grinder

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Gary Dodson I was wondering why this scrap wasn’t chipped up.. All this good for is air pollution.. ( burned ) ... chipped scrap wood has value as mulch or can be degraded in compost.

[@gasworksend4blues]

I think he has pointed out before in an older vid there don't seem to have a market for chipped wood were he is.

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Dig Byck Yikes! thats a lot of $$$, can totally understand why to burn

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Dig Byck Thanks for the info!

[@jklandclearing4348]

dam ct3

[@ceadeses]

I hope you priced it accordingly if so quit whining ! Your sitting on your ass and the machine is doing the work. Maybe you should have said no thanks I don't like the looks of this one problem solved.

[@94jeep75]

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