That's kind of a neat old secluded pond! A house would look cool sitting overlooking it!

“Gonna be a pretty good size burn pile over there”. You can hear the excitement in Chris’s voice. :)

It’s always good when you help your friends and they help you. Your work is always impeccable. I enjoy watching you adapt and improvise.

❤ these pond projects, Chris! This will be a beautiful site for a home when you're done...GUARANTEED!

one positive thing the machine wont rust with that oil bath

This pond is already beautiful!!! In its own way. It definitely needs work, but the far end from the dam is pretty as it is! Looking forward to this one, like everyone else!!

When you do the burn, you dub on 'Smoke on the Water'.

I love the old pond it is going to look awesome. A house over the pond would be spectacular. ❤🇨🇦

There is a valuable lesson you showed us today. It does pay to shop local. These folks know how to change things up so that your up and running again quickly. Big shout out to Kevin and his friend for making time on a holiday weekend to help a neighbor out.

There's something satisfying hearing the crunch of those trees. I don't know why but everytime he shakes a tree to get the dirt off the roots I shake my phone. Lol

I really do enjoy your pond projects. Either new or renovation. Always like the before and after.

Broken hydraulic lines and tree clearing go hand in hand Atleast it doesn’t happen often!

Get by with a little help from ma friends, ya know you could just about make a song out of that bro. Always good to see you making a sows ear into a silk purse. Enjoying this project so far too. Safe travels

I realised today that I watch the channels that are cleaning up the country. Scrappers cleaning out old farms, a guy rehabbing deer habitat, guys taking down dangerous structures, brush hogging kudzu and vines making pasture again. And you Chris, making valuable water management and fish ponds out of lost and overgrown ponds. All this making me more hopeful for agriculture and food stability. Water and food are the basics for everything else.

It's always a pleasure watching you and your machines. You perform one hell of a ballet.

Man, 2020 and 2021 has been horrible years for everyone, love these pond renovation jobs.

Yes! I love these pond restoration jobs! Thanks for bringing us along for this one! 😊

Oh, Ya, that a nice piece of property, just needs a great log cabin home a little distance from a beautiful pond like that, make this'ol man pretty happy.

One thing we all know is that when Chris gets done with that pretty little pond it's gonna look absolutely beautiful. Now we subs get to sit ack and enjoy the show Thanks Chris.

Love the pond shape and it would be a dream to have it as a personal BASS pond . :-)

At least this fix is pretty simple this time. Pretty cool to have viewers who are so willing to help you out Chris. Also, hopefully those who have been asking you to show the siphoning process will be satisfied now that you showed it. 😊 Seen a few as I've read comments asking to see it.

Cool looking old pond cant wait to see it afterwards. Nice work getting that sunken tree out of the pond.

Pretty little pond. Pirtek hydraulic and hoses love me. I rip out old timber bridges and replace them with concrete bridges. It's amazing how many lines and fittings get broken, burst and squashed. Shit just happens

This is what I like to see you do and I like to hear the breaking of the trees when you grab onto them and I’m sorry you broke the hose but was glad to see you did get it fixed enough to finish the job

Chris, I now keep a 50' length of hydraulic hose, and field replaceable fittings in my tool box. I lost a hose, and was up and running in less than an hour. Everything I could find said that the field replaceable hose ends are as reliable as the swage ends. Way cheaper than $700 site service. Even if you don't trust them for the long term, they would, at the very least, get you up an running for the immediate future, until you could conveniently get to the hydraulic shop. My only advice, based upon experience, is make sure you put some hydraulic oil on the fitting before you tighten it into the hose. Otherwise you can bind them up to a point where they will self destruct. FYI

Almost time to start playing in the mud again :) Good to have some buddies nearby who can help you out with hydraulics issues like that. Nothing ruins a day like having to wait until the next week to get a line fixed. And on the bright side, the cab's inside probably hasn't been this clean in years :)

Love the video on this pond .

You have quite the knack for showing off the potential of your projects after just an hour or so of work! The area is cleaning up nice, looking forward to see the finished work.

It seems like you could use one of those Fecon grinding mulchers in your arsenal like Upstate Brush control has would make quick work of a lot of the branches and leave the big stuff for burning or firewood.

Pond renovations/construction are definitely my favourite videos, followed by the complex stuff like the veterinary hospital project & Mr Beale's property.

thats a nice looking pond there,i like the idea of a half circle island along the left side of the ponds edge,you took down a pine tree tho although u said ur gonna leave the pine trees stand there.the fix on the hose there ,that was a hillbilly style fix,sure aint lookin pretty lol.at least the boom is working again to continue to work.lucky that the hydraulic fluid didnt spray everything into the cab,that would have been an oily mess.did anyone notice the bee inside chris,s cab lol.prolly wanting check the digger out lol. stay safe

What a lovely pond, even before Chris started work.

"I am trying to figure out where I am going to burn at" < yay, a good-size fire in the future, especially with all of those trees...

New pond, double burn pile, siphon installed! Doesn’t get any better than this,

The pond look so nice even before you touch it....

Bamabass will have same problem with his metal drain pipe a few years from now metal and water No Bueno

U need to lube all your muffler bearings. That will stop the squeaky noises. Great video 👍👍

So clever that you do much of the fix ups yourself and with friends. Interesting job and recovery! Thanks for the videos!

Seems like you'd be better served by getting some custom hard lines made for that thumb attachment.

I like the pond videos Very interesting to see the transformation take place and for you to see it ahead of time

Glad someone is fixing up the old pond

Pretty, pretty setting to say the least. It looks mucho bettero than it did at 7:30 that morning. Gotta love jobs that show that right away, instant gratification and motivation ftw. You may want to look into getting an internal pipe wrench for when fittings get snapped off inside, they work much easier than an ez-out and zero chance of tearing up the block/femal fitting.

Man, I just hate it when the trees take revenge for digging up their neighbors. You gotta have some pump up sprayers, one for degreaser - one for clear water. I would just clean the cab for now and then spray degreaser on the outside just before a good rain storm. That will make a good view for a new house. I would dig out pipes and leave a swale spillway.

The pond gunna clean up real nice.

Trees make such a satisfying crunch between the bucket and the thumb ..

SNAKES! You had us at burn it! That syphon is way cool! I know why they wanted the maintenance and clearing done, but that was one pretty little pond when you started.

A D10 Cat would make fast work of the overgrown ponds

You’re a “DAM” master at fixing overgrown ponds. Appreciate you and your video’s.

Upstate Brush Control could take care of that small stuff which wouldn't need burned leave you to the big stuff; you need a machine like theirs rather than the new unit you have on the mini.

My wife wanted to ask me a question, I said just a minute. Her reply. "I bet your on the edge of your seat, wondering, will he knock the tree to the left, or to the right?". Lol

Chris, with you talking about squeaky tracks. Your idea of using hydraulic fluid was messy. Good buddy really came through. But the change to the pond is already great. I guess it is something to think about getting hydraulic hose repair machine. For yourself?

dirt boss had a pressure hose go on him with dump box in the air. had to clean his many times. thats messy stuff. like the new pond job. cheers mate.

You’ve always talked about taking care not to rip a hose off and now I know why that is such a pain! I learn something new every video.

Looks pretty good the way it is to me. Why does everyone always want to sanitize the crap out of their ponds.

Dip your bucket in the pond and splash your tractor gets some of it off stay safe!

Trees should be very scared when Chris is around with the excavator.

I was twisting up my feet trying to help you keep the root of that tree up on the bank! LOL

Are you planning on cleaning up the back side of the dam,or just leave it,nice looking pond like way it curves and be natural looking,good video as always.👍👍👍😎😎😎

I am enthralled with the ingenuity and efficiency of your siphon.

It's good to have connections, but friends will come help you. Im glad it wasn't a bigger accident. You do take down alot of trees.

Wildlife is fighting back. It's good you have nabours that muck in and help when you have a problem. Youall have to get the milatery to armour plate your 220. Thank for the video.

Ponds are always my "favies" . Nice long upload and I just love the surroundings.

Beats shoveling dirt loads all day. Trees and a pond to beautify take it any day.

Hey Chris !! Dang it ,, You washed ALL the Oil off those squeaky tracks !! HAHA Anyhows ,, Glad your Friends had the time & Tools to fix the hose !! Is he the 1 who has ALL those piles to burn on the pasture ?? Have a good week & Thanks for videoing & sharing !! ""KEEP IT SAFE ""!!

Glad you're saving some of the trees; wish you were able to save even more.

Chris the Pond whisperer, Looking good as always

Nice pond. Nothing spraying but you are praying. :)

You can in cross the hoses on the thumb and swap the connectors on the hydraulic solenoids to get the thumb directional controls the way you like them. Way less mess than swapping the hoses.

Watch out for those Copper Moccasins slithering out of pipe in your parts of North Carolina. 😬👍

The water seems pretty still! Clean up around it and put in some fish!

Thanks for the video…I don’t feel so bad now knocking a hose of the thumb on rental mini last week….LOL

I would love that property! Good fixing skills, friends are great in a bind. Living in Raleigh, I love to watch you work!

Saving Maple trees. 🇨🇦. Thanks !

You always seem so cool when things go wrong! If that line break had happened to me I'd still be swearing a week later. Good video as always.

That "Oh God" at 41:47.... I've been there so many times and can relate.

I think a pond looks more realistic when it has trees and other vegetation around it. Rather than a water hole in the middle of a bare field.

I'd say two new over flow pipes are in order. glad you got fixed back up.

_"As you can tell, it's not very big now"_ ~ funnyman Chris In the Netherlands, this amount of space would be thirty plus free-standing houses, _with_ gardens. The sheer scope of this parcel of land is absolutely mindblowing to me. It's practically an airport!

Chris, you are like a pilot in a plane, your eyes are constantly roving. I would enjoy hearing you describe what you are seeing,doing, looking for as you “pilot “ your ship

I`m glad it wasn`t more serious. When i drove logging truck with/loader, i would be miles and miles from extra fittings or tools or hose. So the answer was to have enough tools, fittings and possibly adapters, and extra hose long enough to replace the longest one on the rig. If it had to be used on a short line it could be coiled up. Anything to get through the day and then take the truck back to the shop. I had the log rack starting to break one day and i swung into the shop to weld it up real quick thinking it wouldn`t make it all day. I didn`t go very far out of my route to go to the shop and fix it. However the boss heard me come back and got all bent out of shape! lol He was a hot head and spit chewing tobacco out as he yelled. lol I got some welds on there and took off. His wife thought it was a good idea to fix it before it failed completely and ? Injuries? Lawsuit? Take care

Seems as your hydraulic hose helper can be a voluntary fireman with all gears in his belt. When we employs them we see as a bonus long waist circumference! Haha! As a fire officer I have this too and it gets longer every year because of all the new electronics we have to carry on standby duty! ;D

I’m surprised Chris doesn’t have a few of those fittings in his tool box with all the trees and demolition that he doesn’t break more of them

Need to get “Kevin” some of your “letsdig18” wearables since he Likes 👍 Watching your Channel.

I am impressed by the way you fixed that hydraulic leak Chris, so sequential

Wow Chris just from what you got done is so much different the fun parts are still to come

You operate machinery in trees, it's just a matter of time before you break hoses and couplings, knock tracks off, lose pins...You end up getting pretty good at replacing hoses and filling reservoirs!

Chris, As I was watching this I had the feeling I had been here before. I watched the videos out of order. Do you need all kinds of permits to do this type of work? I'm in Maine. If someone wanted to clean up a pond, wet land, here we would need all kids of state approvals and permits. I know of someone who had a commercial property that had a wet land on it. It was a hole that was dig during a land clearing about 20 years ago for the dirt. It was never filled back in. The owner had proof to show the state. Because it had been wet for a certain number of years, it became a wet land and therefor couldn't be touched. The area 100 feet around it couldn't be disturbed either.

Still a beautiful pond even though over grown!

Instead of burning vegetation, you might consider chipping it. The remains could be spread on fields, meadows or in forest edges or perhaps even sell it as wood chips.

I tell you what Chris, I really like that bucket and thumb combination you picked out for that trackhoe. I like the reach that the thumb has going forward. 👍

Chris, You also used to drag the roots forward and back to get the dirt out.

Breakdowns really suck. And things were going so well. But you're doing a heck of a job Chris. Looks real nice so far.

At least you had an adjustable wrench and not a West Virginia socket set (Vise Grips)!

Always wondered why there’s not a PTO driven pressure sprayer or petrol mounted one on the machine with a jerrycan of water to clean the machine

Good to have friends with "stuff" that can help out in a pinch...

You and crew do awesome work .. i would definitely hire you guys if you were close to jackson, Tennessee.

I have got to say I preferred how it looked before you started but hey that’s me ,

Chris looks like another great job ! Thanks for sharing. Kevin

#pondnerd is happy ! And yet another old saying comes true. It’s not what ya know it’s who ya know ! Friends will always get you back on the track you wanted to stay on !! 😀

Overgrown ponds equal better fishing as fish need cover.