Came here to say the same thing. According to Roy Underhill, it is the best wood for steam bending, the berries are edible but have almost no flesh on them.
@seanpierce7673Ай бұрын
Wow ty gor the info! Im from the pnw and a former foresty worker , my dad was a log scsler and my.grandad was a forester trained in collage! Ive never seen one untill now
@Wildbill980Ай бұрын
Hackberry trees are bad news, they will crash down in the smallest breeze
@Thrash155Ай бұрын
Just about the say that.. I have a few on my property...
@34base34ballАй бұрын
Or beech tree
@patsaunders6035Ай бұрын
I miss these kind of videos!!! This is exactly the kind of video I first saw of you on KZfaq 5 years ago and haven't stopped watching
@richwielechowski5191Ай бұрын
Pond sure is turning out beautiful. My vote is a hackberry tree.
@Dave_9547Ай бұрын
a Hackberry tree has rather narrow leaves and the bark is rough, but not usually that bumpy. They also have an aggressive root system with large major roots.
@marionstorm9004Ай бұрын
By summer, hackberry leaves will be covered in green "warty" galls.
@middletnpyroАй бұрын
@@Dave_9547mature Hackberry trees have very bumpy bark, like Chris said looks like warts
@miker1448Ай бұрын
You sure made that pond look nicer. Thanks for carrying the viewers along with you. If never gets boring watching you when your sprucing up an overgrown and neglected site.
@patrickcolahan7499Ай бұрын
I am constantly amazed at the finesse that Chris shows in working large equipment. Thanks for sharing.
@dav1dsm1thАй бұрын
The opening shot with the mist over the water was beautiful. Thanks for the videos.
@davidepool5884Ай бұрын
I didn’t think you were going to have a video for us today but you were just running late. You’ve done a great job clearing around that pond. It’s looking so much better now.
@bosshogg3548Ай бұрын
Same
@scottburk4083Ай бұрын
Some people say they have to clear their schedule,your schedule is clearing!!!😂😂😂 Have a good one Chris,take care and God Bless!!!❤😊
@bailey2046Ай бұрын
Love watching you work and explaining your thought process along the way!
@jraltwiesАй бұрын
Those carpet roots happen when the soil is saturated and oxygen is low. Same happens with shallow bedrock. Its called a limiting layer. Trees that require deeper roots typically die in saturated soils.
@donnamullins2089Ай бұрын
Pond already looks so much better. Good view. Looks like a Hackberry tree? Menace but makes a dense fence row. We have them all over Texas. Thanks Chris. Have a great week.
@precisionputtinАй бұрын
Head of the pond looks like a spot I was cleaning up last summer. Found out about halfway through that I was riding on a crust about 2' thick when all of the sudden it broke like ice. Next thing I knew I was floorboard deep the muck 😮😮😂😂😂. Finally got it out 7 hours later. I was just about ready to call you for help. Thanks for all the instruction and wisdom!!
@jjMcCartan9686Ай бұрын
Far nicer surroundings than piles of concrete. Never get tired of the sound of cracking branches in the countryside.
@Vickie-BlighАй бұрын
What a difference you've made here. You do some of the finest work and are a joy to watch. Thanks for sharing, Chris. This was fun.
@doreestone4487Ай бұрын
Enjoy your videos very much. Your work is always beautifully done. Whatever happened to John? Haven’t seen him working with you in a long time. When did you stop working for your uncle and go full time self employed? I appreciate the time you put into posting this content. Thank you.
@hydraulic-humАй бұрын
Chris hasn't worked with his uncle John's business for quite some time.. he did use John's truck to deliver some gravel a while ago while John was on holidays..
@petenolte4192Ай бұрын
Chris you need to clean your windows 😆 🤣 😂 Great video can't wait to see the upgrades you do to the 330
@madelinelambert605Ай бұрын
Making a cute little pond a very beautiful pond, love watching!!!😊
@ronaldheit196Ай бұрын
Mango Bango that's going to be one beautiful pond once Chris has finished his magic on it. Especially once he expands it and makes the damn taller.
@matthewayrton2786Ай бұрын
@34:17 "evedently were into our solar eclipse right now ... " < LETSDIG18> reflection has it's own mini eclipse against the cab reflection right to left - right on cue commentary 😂❤
@projectturbocoupe4897Ай бұрын
Can’t wait to see a fish smack the windshield some day. 😂
@jerrydelyea5820Ай бұрын
Haha, Chris, I was just thinking the windows would be getting on your nerves 😂😂. No sooner I thought it and you mentioned it. Always enjoy your vids over supper after work. ✌️🇨🇦
@rogerdaleboneАй бұрын
Enjoy your commentary as you work Chris.
@MrCoxmicАй бұрын
without a better view of the "warty" tree, my guess is a hackberry tree
@donaldethredge1512Ай бұрын
It's amazing watching you work with your machine. It's like an extension to your hands.
@jrehtil1494Ай бұрын
Great work Chris.
@charleswelch249Ай бұрын
Hopefully the owner will just let you make a nice little pond out of that mess. It looks like it was intended to just be a water hole for cattle. It's shallow and no steep sides to make a cow get cought and drown. Great job again Chris.
@bushpilot4853Ай бұрын
It's a dogwood tree. You can tell by it's bark! 😃
@cathiwimАй бұрын
Bada bum!
@BillW-NJАй бұрын
Results are looking good!
@Stratos53100Ай бұрын
Looking really good so far, landowner has to be thrilled w that progress
@paulirving4151Ай бұрын
I love watching your videos, keep these coming Chris. You really know your stuff in the excavation business.
@dburto13Ай бұрын
Mulberry? Great job Chris! Looks nice. I’ve seen Mulberry trees with fruit and without, it looks like what I always called a male tree.
@user-zr1ij2tm6uАй бұрын
Getting all around the pond now Chris....I think its a Hackberry tree.....Stay safe and see you on the next one
@harrykeel8557Ай бұрын
Nice little pond now. Can't for the mother of all brush piles!
@heatherlane9270Ай бұрын
Peaceful and beautiful morning - way out in the bush = heaven. Surprise that it isn't muddy - easier to clear though. Simple way to wash the windows - well practiced and it works. Opened up the area significantly.
@hydraulic-humАй бұрын
awesome dozer work, love watching your videos..
@joejohnson7097Ай бұрын
Pond looking better getting the tree and bushes off the edges. Some those tree roots blankets, you could keep warm in the winter if you had to. Thanks for the video
@garydillon3960Ай бұрын
Very entertaining video Chris. Pond is looking great. God Bless.
@terryrogers1025Ай бұрын
You’re doing a good job on the pond perimeter, it is looking good, thank you for the update, enjoyed watching.
@charlesrausch3945Ай бұрын
I really like the sound of the trees crunching.
@GlobalistJuiceАй бұрын
I could watch your clearing videos for hours on end ... and I'm well retired with all the time in the world to do it too! 👍
@domangst8232Ай бұрын
Almost looks like a Hackberry tree
@tonyaustin4472Ай бұрын
My guess is that there was always a pond there and at some point it was enlarged by damming up the bank on the lowest side, hence the reason it has that beauty and natural character…I’d have left more trees :-) especially the hackleberry! It was a fine specimen and considering how old, tall and majestic it can grow, would have enhanced the site. I’m glad you and the owner do talk about what trees to keep though :-)
@assassinlexx1993Ай бұрын
This customer knows a skilled operator with a eye for perfection.
@chrispy104kАй бұрын
From a google search: Celtis occidentalis (American Hackberry, Beaverwood, Common Hackberry, False Elm, Hackberry, Nettle Tree, Northern Hackberry). Similar to or the same as European hackberry. It is native to the Mediterranean region including parts of southern Europe, northern Africa and western Asia. In Australia it is know as Celtis australis. It is a deciduous tree with a wide spreading crown. It competes with native plants and forms dense stands along waterways.
@debcamp2359Ай бұрын
I ❤ the transformation. It's thoroughly satisfying. Thx for sharing your wisdom and knowledge.
@stevenlatham4397Ай бұрын
If it wasn’t so difficult to transport, this would be a fun and awesome place to setup the dragline. Here in Kansas we have so many of those Hackberry trees. They get huge. (3-5 foot diameter trunks.) They are excellent firewood. One unique thing is in the winter you can cut them and easily burn them the same day.
@papabearcamaroАй бұрын
Dredge that and expand and it will be a beautiful pond.
@brandonringwald8545Ай бұрын
Definitely a Hackberry. Come up to Cincinnati area if you want a bunch.
@tomswindler64Ай бұрын
Nice job,great video,that was some serious roots on the majority of those trees.can’t wait till you complete the transformation on the pond,I know it’s gonna be a while but I’m sure will be worth the wait.beautiful land.continue doing what you do best 😎😎😎👍👍👍
@randybarber5308Ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@paulcooper9135Ай бұрын
Looking outstanding! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
@pauldillinger2286Ай бұрын
Pond is looking great.
@terrydees5998Ай бұрын
The hackberry tree makes wonderful firewood.
@jasonlechler577Ай бұрын
It kinda looks like a hackberry,here in Texas we have them and considered trash trees
@philwalters1848Ай бұрын
Dog wood, you can tell from its distinctive bark, boom boom, here all week.
@randycharest4507Ай бұрын
I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊
@michaelmullins1290Ай бұрын
Well this is quickly shaping up very nice. I also heard the word, dredging! The big bucket on the 330 will work nice.
@jimmyculberson5013Ай бұрын
The pond area is looking great 👍
@scottcawiezell6154Ай бұрын
Found myself shaking my screen to help get dirt off of rootballs,love the power of hydraulics👍
@wallbawden5511Ай бұрын
The transformation of that pond is nothing short of amazing it is really a or going to be a pitcher for sure Chris has transformed it and not even finished yet cheers
@garymessina1609Ай бұрын
The clearing is turning out excellently great video thanks Chris
@garydelp2714Ай бұрын
Just got into NC for a camping trip from MI and saw a tree that matched the wart bark. Looked it up on line and it may be a flowering dogwood.
@Wildbill980Ай бұрын
Gonna be a beautiful pond when it is dredged and shaped up
@haroldhawkins9370Ай бұрын
Nice video Chris, the pond is looking much better.
@astonmartin2727Ай бұрын
Coming along nicely. A drone shot of a few minutes will give us a nice view thus far. Before burning and after burning as well.
@EnricoMarangonJuniorАй бұрын
Great job !
@Olddognewtricks435Ай бұрын
I'm from NZ and I think it looks like what we call a Poplar. Only watching on my phone so it's a little hard to see. Love the window cleaning technique
@karenheartoriginal3783Ай бұрын
Agree with Hackberry. Really hard wood. Took down two of them in the back yard recently & dulled the chain several times!! Your way is faster. Looking good Chris. 👏👏👏💯💯👏👏👏
@rockman531Ай бұрын
Great work! Thumbs up! Jim
@TheNathan343Ай бұрын
Chris that's looking great you can take that pond that didn't look like much and turn it into something beautiful to look at and enjoy
@stanleymartin1613Ай бұрын
Cool video. That tree with the warts looked like a burn pile tree. Enjoyed watching ✌️ 😎
@franklinforrest8464Ай бұрын
Oval leaves and warty bark - Hackberry
@scottfortune9016Ай бұрын
Sure seems to fit the bill for a cottonwood. All the characteristics you mentioned match a cottonwood, including loving to grow where there is water.
@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441Ай бұрын
Yeah it's turning out really nice. Be nice spot when she get it done. Looking forward to those big burns. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
@jerrylarsen8329Ай бұрын
When I was younger we liked to call those warty trees as nettle trees. I guess they are more commonly called Hackberry trees.
@badmonkey3669Ай бұрын
That is a nice looking pond now that you can see it
@rickster9993Ай бұрын
That is a hack-berry tree. A very clean hot burning wood. Here in Oklahoma it is real common.
@josephsmith7849Ай бұрын
What’s up Chris🤙. Great Job looking good as always. Take care🇺🇸👌
@BuckMasterNormАй бұрын
Now you you cleaned up around that pond it look good.
@user-ji1nh4wh1jАй бұрын
Love to see you work,smooth as silk
@keithdunlap2701Ай бұрын
Got it looking a 1000% better Chris !! I just cut down a couple of those trees myself, and I was asking myself the same thing ?? lolol... Don't know what they are either...lolol... Here in Western Ky. where We live , I think the Eclipse was only like 96% totality but, just 40 mi. or so North to Evansville IN. they went 100% Dark !! Still looked pretty cool here though !! But, got the old pond coming on a long man !! Huge difference already, looks like a nice little pond, just needs to be dug out some, didn't ya say, it is pretty shallow ?? But, Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Day !! Don't know how I missed the video yesterday ?? But, Have a Good one Today !! And, On too the Next !!
@MichaelHollowayАй бұрын
like carpet - I think half of that is the fungus network intertwined and symbiotic with the tree. :) made my day!
@jamesmelton37KSАй бұрын
Looks like either a Hackberry or a Elm, Elm is really brittle like that and have a kind of a oval shaped leaf that has a point on the end with a center vein and smaller veins that come off it to the outer edges of the leaf
@bobbentley8908Ай бұрын
Ponds starting to look good.
@tonybalm1513Ай бұрын
That's a knackered tree!!!
@nelsonannett5427Ай бұрын
love the pond clearing job relaxing fun. cheers buddy.
@oldcdawg1Ай бұрын
The rough bark is a Hackberry
@doritleis2773Ай бұрын
Slow it's to see how You have Planing this Pond a new Face to give. A Interesting Idea. Thanks for this Video, and I gladden my of the next from this Work. 👌🤗
@davidjohnston2902Ай бұрын
The bark on that tree immediately had me thinking Hackberry.
@corysneath2831Ай бұрын
I believe that's a hackberry.
@pamelabowling7959Ай бұрын
Love your work and videos working your magic 😊😊
@leocornett3428Ай бұрын
Looks like a great spot for a large pond
@dennismalcolm6620Ай бұрын
CHRIS I TELL YOU WHAT. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THAT LITTLE DOZER IS ONE OF YOUR BEST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT...IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU LOVE IT..🎉😮
@lomax3216Ай бұрын
The tree looks like a hackberry
@eddyedwardsАй бұрын
Man I would have been scared as hell working with the door open, after that huge bee nest you dug up. 👍🏻
@ramtuff2007Ай бұрын
good pond video
@AdirondackCampingAdventuresАй бұрын
Looking great
@SebastianGrabowsАй бұрын
Powodzenia w pracy. Polonia ogląda..
@fsj197811Ай бұрын
Oh that's neat with the fog. Thanks for sharing.
@johnF1958Ай бұрын
Yup that WAS a Hackberry tree. We have a lot of them here in Western Kentucky. I have taken out a buch of them from fence rows and wood lines here on the farm
@arkansas1336Ай бұрын
@25:12....that is a hackberry tree. I built a small jewerly cabinet with hackberry once upon a time. Not very good wood, but cabinet looked better than expected.
@dirtguy6537Ай бұрын
When Chris shows up on a job and there's trees the tree's get nervous and start to shake.