Hello 👋🏼 I’m a retired lady in the UK and love watching your skills in ‘rearranging’ soil to create beautiful ponds and surroundings. Your mum must be super proud of you - I would be 🤩 I have 4 lovely sons I’m proud of 🤗 I call what you do Art with a Digger 😍

Picking up those mats with stretch is like a giraffe trying to pick up a dime. Well done Chris, I enjoy your videos.🦒🦒🦒

From hill side soils to silt in ponds to mud mountains on golf courses - always a use for dirt! Long reach certainly comes into its own on these type of projects - finish looks great

It was a muddy pond clean out but I love the fact it was your first pond and you expressed so much pride in the rock wall and the beauty of the Old Mill Pond. Thanks for showing us your memory. Merry Christmas to you Chris.

Rupturing a sewer line in a Golf course pond is a perfect set-up for a “Caddyshack” sequel!

Another quality video young man, I appreciate every video you put out there to the nether and beyond...We have no silt, topsoil runoff going into our landlocked 2900+ acre (depending on the rise from winters melt in spring) deep gorge lake. We are a high altitude thin ribbon body lake of water completely surrounded by 4100+ to 6200+ foot high split fingered foothill range, here in our neck of the wood Alaska! Our foothills have NO topsoil due to natural erosion. We had to blast through one of our foothills just so we could drain water to our other homesteaders, 6 decades ago and still provide water for our brave firefighters during any fire arising within 100 miles of us. All our soil for our planting came from our homesteader neighbors (and in-laws) for use of our PURE mountain water. Our water feeds 6 other 20+ acre man made "ponds" for their use. We are a 5th generation homestead with 3 generations below me, and we have built EVERYTHING ourselves, just like most other generational homesteads throughout the United States! I am 74 as will the wife be, here this coming Feb. Its always good to see the younger folk showing others what their life is like working on their own homesteads. This was why I started watching you a few years back (your 4th year I believe). It took me a bit to catch up on your past video's. Some were informative on situations we don't have up here, while others we see and deal with the same spirit you show! So bravo young man!

Dang I love that new long reach! You guys are kicking ass and taking names now for sure!! Great videos Chris. Jim.

Mats in some mud (not lots thankfully) and no thumb❓Amazing. It's all started looking a bit tidy now Chris.😀 Nice job and thanks for the ride.👍 Be well.😉

Just a quick thank you for all the entertainment you have given me this year and have a Merry Christmas and a hard-working New Year

Thank you for the update and all the great videos you put out this year Chris, and Merry Christmas to you sir.

Another project looking good. You do well with the long reach! Thank u so much for video. Stay safe and warm. God's blessings!

Nice work on the dredging looking much nicer than it did and good teamwork going on there but you and John do some really nice work on what ever you’re doing 👍 I always like watching till the finish of the shows 7:19pm from the North Country NY 😎🇺🇸

Chris has a lot of wisdom for someone so young.

I much prefer these dirt moving videos compared to the clearing, stumping and burning ones, but work is work and thanks for sharing it all.

Well, I guess I'm a hard core fan of Cris's channel since I got a notice that he'd posted a new episode in the middle of episode 1 season 3 of Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime and I immediately switched over. I'll watch the rest later after this one finishes.

You & John do such lovely work. I hope you will show it filled back up (not that you don't have other things on your plate). As I've watched you over the past 2 years (and have watched your old videos), I am amazed at your work ethic. Yeah, you don't work, you don't eat but that's true for all of us. I have only had the pleasure of seeing this in a few people: my dad, a coworker, and you. What I like so much is that you don't neglect yourself. You go have fun (even if it's playing with excavators in other states!🤣). Thanks for bringing us along for the ride, Chris. I hope you have a happy Christmas, a joyous New Year and 2023 brings you the happiness you want & deserve.

Looks like another fine (but cold) day at the golf course. Nice job of picking up the mats.

It's such a joy to watch a master at his craft 😍......so fun !!!

Evening all. I just spent 12 hrs on the motorway in wall to wall trucks wet gloomy weather and wideboy racers, just to get up to see my old mum for Christmas. Happy Christmas all from the not so sunny Scottish Borders.

Another great video Chris. I’m wondering if you would include in a video of you loading the long reach on the trailer for transport.

Going to enjoy seeing the long reach on other dredging jobs. Merry Christmas !!

Looks like a beautiful day there,you mean no one playing golf,what’s it to cold,to hit a little white ball all over and go chasing after it .while you and John are working out there in this weather. Great video as always,y’all accomplished a lot on this day.keep doing what your doing and have a wonderful week ahead.😎😎😎👍👍👍

That is a lot of mud. With the reach on that excavator, 2 yards of very wet material is definitely bringing the load to the limits. I know that once you get in the groove it is easy to judge distance, but going from short to long reach, John's jobs and yours, it must take some change over time. Or maybe the jobs are farther apart than the videos make them seem. Thanks very much for sharing.

Great job Chris & John. Merry Christmas to you both & your families🎄 Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰

That long reach is as handy as a pocket on a shirt. Merry Christmas Chris.

For the final section it was handy to have the pit just close enough to sling the mud into :-)

The constant whining of the machine really helps with my tinnitus - very soothing and hypnotic.

Wow, I am really surprised at how much dirt and mud that bucket holds with one scoop!

Evening, all. Its amazing how much silt flows into a pond over time, but guess its just part of maintenance.

I wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a good and healthy start into the New Year

You are so smooth and professional in the way ýou work chriss.you make other youtubers look like amateurs. 😊

It's amazing how much material can be washed into a pond by rain.

Thanks for the entertainment/ knowledge. Love the videos and as always keep up the great work!! Merry Christmas to you and Uncle John!😊

Another Great job. They should have put some flags on That string for ya.

That long reach really does cut your time down on that job that will pay for itself in due time with the amount of ponds you and john do nice job done by Letsdig18 crew 👍👍😎 from ohio where the wind chill is -24 🎅

If you’re just getting back in the groove with the long reach, I can only imagine how smooth you are with a couple days under your belt 😂

I live in Pennsylvania and need a pond dug. I wish you didn’t live so far away. You are definitely a craftsman with that bucket. I will make sure that whoever I find to dig my pond will watch some of you projects before they stick a shove in the ground. Merry Christmas.

Right tool for the right job! A real $ saver in the long run!

excellently planned and even better executed.

This is a nice project Chris ,it will look great when it’s all finished 👌🥂🍺🍺😊

Surgical precision around that sewer line. No bad days!!!

I remember when we 1st got a cab on our farm tractor it was very noisy. This machine is relatively quiet, maybe not as quiet as your new one, but it’s quiet, in comparison to the farm tractors of my experience.

I imagine that would make beautiful top soil, sandy with plenty of organic material and nutrients. Sounds like the long reach was having a good workout with a full bucket.

Enjoy Christmas Chris, you and your family

Quite the mountain of mud ! Don’t hit the doody pipe lol 😂 👍🏼

Merry Christmas Chris to you and your family always enjoy your videos

I like that machine more and more after seeing you operate it.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 🎄🎅🧑‍🎄 From Finland 🇫🇮

Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!

I do have to say that the long reach is pretty awesome!

That was a lot of mud in that pond. Marry Christmas and hope you have a safe new year.

That go go gadget long reach sure is a winner for this project bro and so far a great asset for John. Safe travels

It’s hard to believe that this pond silted in that much in just 10 years. It should be good for another 10 years or so.

Done and Done !! Time to clean up a bit , and move on... That was perfect, that last section was able to reach it from where you sit, And saved the Dump from making more ruts !! Yeah, that Long Reach does look like it gets a hella scoop !Well, Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening Man !!, And, On too the Next... Gonna go watch the weather go downhill !! It just turned over to all Snow here in Western Ky., And the wind is already starting to pick up too... Going to be a COLD S.O.B. here in a few more hours, already dropping pretty quick, was in the mid 40's, already down to 35 in less than 30 min !! Be safe out there Chris !!

CHRIS YOU DONT DO SMALL SCOUPS DO YOU???.SMILE. ONE DAY THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A SCOUP THAT WILL BE ABLE TO CLEAN THE POND IN ONE GO!!!!!.THIS MACHINE IS VERY EFFICIENT NOT HAVING TO MOVE THE SAME MUD TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE THE TRUCK...YOU ARE THE BEST AT WHAT YOU DO 😀 😉 😄. MERRY CHRISTMAS MAN 🎅.

Stay warm this weekend Chris! Keep them cows fed up

that reach is great, hard to imagine that its possible!

Excellent JOB and Great Skills. Have A Very Merry Christmas.You have deserved it!

I realize you have a lot of work scheduled, but please take a few days off for quality Chris-time…you’ve more than earned it! Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and a happy new year Chris

We all-dig-letsdig18! Merry Christmas Chris!!!

🇺🇸🇵🇷🇵🇪😎 🌲🎊 Merry Christmas happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for all the videos🌟

Merry Christmas mate all the best you and yours from Australia

Merry Christmas to you and your family from Australia

Merry Christmas to you and your family

Neat stuff. Enjoyed watching ✌️😎

Great job buddy and great video as always buddy 😎👊🏻👍🏻 love how you said tada at 3:14

MERRY CHRISTMAS chris good pond video

A nice day to be working on the pond you and john working hard

That is a lot of of sediment you and John took out! Nice job picking up the mats with no thumb. :) Thank you and have a good day.

Great pickam up great video thanks Chris

Merry Christmas LD18

Hi Chris Mark and baby Logan just texting to say hope u have a great Christmas and New year to you all and please keep up the great work

Well thank goodness for the tailgate on the truck . If not that would be a mess .

Hey Chris good evening bro excellent work today keep up the great work 👌👌👌👍👍👍💯💯💯❤️😊.

Just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas 🎄⛄❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

I was thinking in your last video from this job how the long reach saves time moving the same mud multiple times, and great reduces the need of mats which slow the job down, but I am now thinking that it also helps keep the mud from getting so wet and sloppy, and might even reduce some volume. It would sure help keeping the weight down, and that must be significant with what is still a reasonably big bucket so far out from the slew pivot. I don't know if you have mentioned if the counterweight is bigger than would fitted to a non long-reach machine of that size?

Have a Merry Christmas.

Goodmorning Afternoon evening and good night all

Good afternoon from snowy & chilly Mn... -7f

Have you considered partnering with a saw mill to build matts? Seems like you could easily provide lots of oak for someone to build and sell matts. Keep the burning to a minimum.

Not to change the subject but, you remember a couple years ago when you were doin that driveway. You were just knockin down some more trees when that Karen called the cops on ya for just doin your job. I remember they basically told her to leave you alone. You have came a long way since then.

Long -reach comes handy

'Let's dig' that groove ft biggy scoops 😅

I have always wondered , have y'all ever dug up dino bones ? what would be the process if you did?

It just occurred to me that all that playing in the mud was really early training for making a living later in life.

That's fantastic. Dirt. So satisfying. Of course I watch it at high speed. Like shit just needs fixing. And that's what y'all do. Fantastic content.

Good evening Chris I just Amgen y'all are going to have some pretty Cold weather don't feel bad I live in north West Florida and it's supposed to be 17 the best of luck to you and merry Christmas to you and your family

Whenever I see a dredging like this it amazes me just how much crap can flow into and clog up a pond. How long did it take to get this bad?

How much time do you actually think was shaved off by having the Long Reach and not having to transfer that mud at least two maybe three times with the regular excavator

Is the Long reach sitting on a standard 220 chassis with extra wide tracks or is it on a standard 250 chassis?

It’s cold in Louisiana. Look out North Carolina.

Clark !! Shitter's full !

I have a question, how large are your big mats? I was considering having a sawmill cut some fresh cants out of white oak and shipped to you. Kind of like diy mats. Not even to that point yet though.

How much does that full bucket weigh do ya think? Its on a long arm so its definately wanna keep swinging once she starts.

Dark rich fertile soil coming out that pond

How many golf balls did you find? Hope you have a blessed Christmas.

11:45-12:00 “big scoops” biiig time lol

You need to sell tickets for a ride on the back of the excavator for more counter weight ... 🤣🤣🤣

Those must be new mats cause on the last job we saw them being used they were falling apart. Come on Chris... what great KZfaq content it would make if you accidently busted the sewer pipe... 🤣🤣🤣 It would be a hit on your reputation though.