Widening The Pond Dam And Building A Gentle Back Slope

[@glennspreeman1634]

So lucky to have good clay on your projects! Al the best for 2024, everyone!

[@abstract_jeff]

I watch because I love seeing your experience shine through. The way you can foresee what you're going to be up against, down to the steps you're going to have to take to do the job... It's just a sight to see a master of his trade at work. When it comes out the way you had been explaining it the whole time and I finally get to go "ahh, I see what you're talking about now" happens all too often.

[@rickallen9382]

I like the restoration projects. You make a ugly neglected pond look brand new. Chris is a master pond artist

[@randysmith9636]

After watching the last build with the 330 and that bucket size you can really appreciate how much bigger it is.

[@floydstrong3035]

That is so beautiful the way the clouds are reflecting on the water before you went to start the truck to

[@markpashia7067]

Until I started watching all these videos of Chris it never crossed my mind that these modern machines all run off hydraulic force with a power plant just to run the pumps. So much was mechanical drives and cable drives back in my day that it just did not sink in. That little Kamatsu engine rattling along just does not fit my vision of power but with it being hydraulic it works.Just grew up with the Cat diesel growl and still expect it.

[@MichaelBrown-qn9hi]

I love the way you make sure all of your customers get the same professional treatment. That's why you are your the BEST.

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

Happy 2024 Chris. Love the reflection of all the clouds in the pond. Was so pretty. thus far with what you have done, looks good.

[@doritleis2773]

Perfect Idea, with the Dozer to cleared out You the last Roots from the Shrub. And with the new Earth make You the Dam broad. Excellent Idea from You by this Repair Work. The Video and Your to Explanation first Class. Thanks. 👌

[@dinsdalepiranah1189]

The sheer beauty of the sky reflecting in the water in the opening shots contrasted with the silhouette of the trees in the back ground. Amazing, nature at its best.

[@Vickie-Bligh]

It IS looking good. That makes so much difference and once you finish dredging the shoreline, wow. It's gonna be pretty. Thanks for sharing, Chris. A perfect start to the year.

[@EdwardMurray06]

That Komatzu dozer is my favorite piece of equipment you have. It’s the perfect size for most jobs, is plenty powerful, looks pretty slick and the tracks sound frikken awesome 😎

[@HootakaBJ]

And unlike his two old Cats… the D39 has the magic heat button on those cold mornings❤

[@heatherlane9270]

Good to find plenty of nice dry clay and back slope is looking neat. Congrats on the Bealy Good venture.

[@chrissmith513]

Happy New Year's ☃️☃️☃️ Everyone ❄❄❄

[@craigwavra3495]

Always enjoy the pond repair projects that you do. Simple fixes are the best!! Quite the difference in dam heights between this and the last project!!

[@hjemison]

The perfect reflection of the clouds on the water at the beginning of the video is beautiful! Nice shot!

[@dougmay8924]

Let's Dig 18. Again and again, Thank you AGAIN for all you do for us 👍 ❤️

[@steveperry2314]

….making ponds great again! Disclaimer: “No White Chevy Pickups were destroyed in the making of this video” lol. Great video. Thanks Chris!

[@rodneystewart8958]

No trucks were destroyed in this video noooo

[@brucelowe5116]

@@rodneystewart8958

[@blondelizard5453]

He Need to destroy a electric car 😂

[@gt3jacoby]

@@blondelizard5453why?

[@blondelizard5453]

@@gt3jacoby so he can have a big fire

[@terryrogers1025]

And we’re on the 2024 year of rip and tear so you can make it look beautimus, off to a good start, looks good. Thanks for the update.

[@dougmay8924]

Pond Reflection from the Sky and trees is Beautiful, A Puzzel,,,? I would love it! What a beautiful Picture you made ❤️.

[@ronaldheit196]

Absolutely awesome finding a new Letsdig18 episode in my feed on New Years day. Always like watching Chris rescue a neglected pond. From junk to treasure for the property owner.

[@Poppa_Prepper]

Avid watcher of your videos. Love your attention to every detail as you should. Your expertise in using all your equipment amazes me. What was your wildest/scariest ride in one of your pieces of equipment. Keep up the amazing work. Happy 2024

[@joejohnson7097]

With your touch, it doesn't take long. You can see a big difference. Making it better and better to maintain. Thanks for the video

[@michaelmullins1290]

Looking very good. A few hours, fresh dirt, excellent operator, no problem. Great start to the new year

[@Bearsgypsy1]

☘️🇮🇪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 afternoon Chris Congratulations on the 90 acres!! Very exciting & very wise advise!! - that comforting sound of reliable machinery chugging to life makes the 🌎ok. You Chris can conquer anything with your calm ability to find even small humor . The job is ( as always) looking well planned out , thank you for being patient enough to explain it all to us. Blessings upon you🌹🙏🏼

[@tomswindler64]

I’m amazed how much you have accomplished on redoing this dam in really a short time,I’m sure your quite happy with the progress. I believe it is going to be a good looking area for the customer.just continue on.great video 👍👍👍😎😎😎

[@henkweurding3339]

That guy cleaning your equipment did a great job, Barney still looks like she's came out of the paint shop. Best wishes for 2024.

[@garymessina1609]

Awesome pond repair start up great video thanks Chris

[@kirk467]

Looks great Chris, nice job! Take care brother, Kirk sending prayers and positive energy to you and yours! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@2badger2]

Happy New Year Chris and everybody watching these videos ... 😃

[@alisciamarotta3888]

Happy New Year 👍👍🍻

[@nickchannel5364]

I'm liking the smaller jobs so far. But it is exciting when you have alot of different machines and the setting is always the same for weeks on end.

[@jcadult101]

Happy New Year!

[@geotell3399]

Great job and happy new year

[@MarkORoth-fu2cy]

So Good to hear that the State is going to work with Jeff on letting him be able to do that.

[@Todd.Roberts]

Starting to look better already.

[@Hitch94]

Happy New Year!!

[@maxmacdonald7174]

That Komatsu dozer looks perfect for this job.

[@TyroneBootlace]

As you said Chris ...... Looking Good !!

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Looks great. Beally struck gold on that land splitup. Nothing like a 300% return in 12 months.. :)

[@thomasbrown9047]

Happy New Year ! Hope you have a great year and as always Love the videos and keep up the great work !

[@pauldillinger2286]

As always pond is shaping up well.

[@scottburk4083]

Happy New Year Chris!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@MarkORoth-fu2cy]

Oh by the way Chris. Thanks for introducing Us to the Bealy Good Farm.

[@rockman531]

Looking damn good, Chris!! Thumbs up! Stay well! Jim

[@rolliekindvall7720]

Happy New Year , Chris ! It is very relaxing to watch you work, keep it up !!

[@donnamullins2089]

Nice pond. I know you will make it beautiful in a day or two. Happy New Year 2024.

[@BuddyCastille]

Before and After... I like... very nice

[@robmatthews7972]

The Pond Master is back to improving an old pond.

[@raystormont]

The improvement is stunning this will take considerably less effort to maintain and look vastly more attractive. Ray

[@dennis2376]

Thank you and have a wonderful day.

[@bosshogg3548]

Great job 👍🏻 happy new year 🎆

[@darkrevenger04]

Winter puts the W in wet season for you guys which makes for happy letsdig18 pocketbook

[@mischef18]

Making for great viewing too bro, Barney is sure real handy on jobs like this. Safe travels. Ken.

[@thedaddy1945]

Looking good 👍👍👍👍

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

Looking really good. Be nice when it's done. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦

[@wayupnort6271]

Don’t forget to add that tractor recovery to your first bill back at Geoff’s place! 😆😂👍👍

[@BuckMasterNorm]

Good start on the facelift the pond

[@patrickholt8508]

Happy New Year Chris

[@alpeterson-j3x]

Oh my, the grading bucket on the 220 is marvelous

[@davidcarberry3547]

theres nothing better that a good starting machine

[@markpashia7067]

Chris creating a "combine trap" for the future. A hole full of mud is not great for driving heavy equipment over the top of. DP filled a few ponds for Farmer Chris up there in Indiana over the years and since then Farmer Chris has to be careful around them during wet seasons. DP has had to do a few wrecker trips to retrieve some stuff that was stuck and they have a running joke about it. It all works until someone forgets and drives off into it. Still it is an affordable way to do a job like this.

[@dennis2376]

Those holes that Farmer Chris found where not caused by DP. Chris work is not doing anything to the original dam so there will not be a combine problem. The slopes where wide for the harvest head and maintainability. The combine will not be driving on them.

[@JohnShalamskas]

@@dennis2376 OP is referring to the borrow pit with 25 feet of pond mud in it. One might "sink out of sight" in it.

[@dennis2376]

@@JohnShalamskas Oh. My apologies then to him. Thank you.

[@markpashia7067]

@@dennis2376 Thank you. And yes, DP and Farmer Chris wanted to fill some old ponds and make straight rows for field work in a few places. Those ended up being fine until rainy season then they got soft deeper than the surrounding ground. Farmer Chris stuck machines in them more than once but DP brought out the 160 to pull him out and get him back on solid ground. Those will eventually dry and harden but it takes time to compact the deep soil after filling in those holes. Now FC just works around them when they are soft, but he is still ahead of the game with more crops and less time working them.

[@1TEDSong]

I'm looking forward to the Chris and Jeff show in the spring!

[@JimMead-x8g]

Have a great new year’s.

[@mikeembrey9176]

Looking great all ready 👍🏻🇺🇲

[@jcullipher01]

Happy new year, another great video!

[@richardellis3141]

very nice work

[@briand.3552]

The 350 should make quick work of the new pond!!

[@HootakaBJ]

He has Volvo 220’s and a Hyundai 330… is that what you meant?

[@keithdunlap2701]

Oh Yeah, That's going to look and be 100% better !! Going to have a hell of a mud hole, once ya start filling the borrow pit back in !! lolol.... Looking good Man !! Great as always Chris, Have a Great Evening, And, On to the Next for the first time in 2024 !! lolol....

[@tomthompson489]

Chris, I want you to know that man that’s Does good work like you and has pride in what he does deserves to be successful like you are. I admire you. Thank. Wow fun fun fun

[@MySORRELL]

THANKS!

[@fredrickugarner8278]

Hey Chris Happy New Year and I hope 2024 is A great year For you

[@Thesages507]

Hey Chris i know you like to have just have the camera with you, but would you consider getting a wireless mic. Its hard to hear you over the equipment when you're in the cab. Just a suggestion, love your videos.

[@pacodelapena]

Number one. Happy 2024 to evry one.

[@56PapaBear56]

Happy New Year Chris.

[@exotictones1054]

Just movin dirt.that's your day.enjoy.

[@bishopcorva]

Make sure you give the farmer a heads up about the spot you're cutting out the clay of. Because I suspect that they'll forget that the hole was there and filled back with muddy topsoil. Then they'll drive a tractor or harvester across it and bury it up to the differential. At least until it dries out. I just got reminded of one job you surveyed a while back of a pond dam repair. That the overflow pipe failed at some point in the past and had washed out maybe a 1/10th or so of a mile channel some forty to sixty feet deep. Did you ever get to that one or did the task get passed on for logistics and such?

[@arkansas1336]

A nice beginning

[@robertdonaldson6584]

Barney has nice rubber, looks like.

[@roseannvolrath2271]

Good. Morning Chris my friend. ❤🎉😊

[@bryanlloyd1099]

Awesome job!

[@tatmanco]

Thank You! Glitter Rainbow Emote

[@cathiwim]

I gotta tell ya- I shared the truck vid with my hubby, and the first words out of his mouth were- “ what a waste! That was a perfectly good truck” Boy didnt know the backstory- i remember when you BOuGHT that truck, I think! Lol

[@SmartTech4K]

amazing video

[@KB-gs8zi]

Hey Chris!!! Good to see that you are gona have plenty of projects for the 1st part of 2024 !! 😂🙂🙃 Geoff is eager to get his 90 acre pond going too !! 🤔🙄😬 ""HAPPY NEW YEAR "" & keep the videos going !! HAHA 👍👍👍👍👍

[@carolinemo1]

Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit. Loving the job

[@cathiwim]

Gaelic, perhaps? Happy New Year from East TN

[@LarryBunch-q7j]

Looking gooe!

[@jonbeecroft4912]

well Chris with all that Bealy work you will be glade you have the big iron now. next will be a bigger roller and maybe a bigger dump truck?

[@ramtuff2007]

good pond dam video

[@waltk9067]

Happy New Year

[@kayenicholls5473]

Good morning everyone ❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@brian7327]

Oh yeah what Chris just said with Beally Goode text was he sees another new to him piece of equipment coming in for the pond job or we can be expecting to See the behemoth Hyundai dumb truck back on the pond build

[@RumMonkeyable]

Finessing the mud. 😁😘😜😊

[@thomasstrout1738]

very nice

[@ivanbrennand280]

Happy new year Cris Just wanted to ask have u stopped working for your uncle these days?

[@tommy2camaro]

Well I made it 10,000 shovel fulls watched on your channel, historic record

[@HootakaBJ]

I was trying to see the hours on you older Volvo…. When you changed oil last week before this project…. I can’t remember if you said or not.

[@raycollington4310]

When you dig a borrow put do you check to make sure there are no pipelines anywhere near?

[@mattwisniewski4896]

Another year for chris to make more ponds

[@jamescheever7982]

Ok dumb question but why not wind row it from the top after notching?

[@DanBlanck-e4c]

Happy new year Cris from one supporter from Sweden Dan is my name