Hey,I think you need to buy an old excavator and sink it in the mud every couple weeks and recover it. Yesterday’s video was a hit!!

I like the way you talk, just like we're in the cab with you. Thanks for taking us along.

My children say I might be a little too much into "LetsDig18" as I got questioned about making a pond with my mashed potatoes and gravy at supper. Maybe the excavator noises I was making with my fork might have had something to do with it.

Be careful about going out into the pond. I remember seeing an excavator a day or so ago up to the doors in the mud. Best I remember, it took an expert and his uncle to get it out.

It's so funny how this lady hired Chris. I'll bet she didn't even know how great of a job he would do. She just trusted him. That's what makes is so bad when people trust guys that rip them off. It's great when people like you, Dirtperfect and several others. Come through for these people. God bless

As you showed the other day, it is better to be digging out the pond than to be getting dug out of the pond.

This is the most relaxing content I’ve watched in a long time.

It might look like a disaster now but by the time you're done it will look like a shiny gem. You're work always does. 😎👍

Don't know how on earth I ended up here, but loving the videos.

"I gotta take those three trees down" *Points at 17 trees*

Nice little frog pond... it will be singing so sweetly in the spring... ❤

Watching you dig out this pond is so satisfying don’t ask me why but it’s relaxing. I’m proud to say that you are building a bigger and better pond for your neighbor love this😊🥰. You do such an awesome job!!!

This is such a cool series, I’m hooked on watching you finish this little pond for some reason. As a fellow heavy equipment operator, you sir, are very proficient!

After breaking my back for 50 years with pick axes shovels and wheel barrows, I find this !😳

I love watching you burn stuff. You make really great videos and you explain everything so everyone can understand what you doing.

Muddy ? Not as bad as yesterday, I had mud up to my joy sticks, enjoyed the video so much, I watched it again today, awesome recovery Chris.

I do enjoy your pond building/restoration videos Chris you have done a fine job on this one so far it will make a nice wildlife pond now your digging it deeper hopefully you will keep us all updated as nature takes it over when you have finished

Singing, "Sunshine on a forest looks so lovely. Sunshine on the mudhole not so much. Sunshine on the burnpile means its burnin'. Sunshine on the Volvo makes Chris smile "

Wife: What cha watching Hon? Me: a guy dig a hole Wife: How long you been watching? Me: oh about 35 minutes......

I am waiting for the final outcome. looks like a fun job for a person that likes to organize dirt. I hate using a shovel but I think I would realy enjoy doing your job.

On behalf of turtles everywhere we say THANK YOU

Chris. You are one smooth machina operator and you have a great eye and brain get the most out of your machina. It is great to ride along with you to your job sights. Please Take Care of your self Plus Be Very Careful around all big equipment it can put a big hurt on you.

So relaxing to watch this.

Well this is incredibly satisfying and relaxing...

I liked in the past you used a log or a mat to squeegee the mud to make it real purdy before it flooded. Another fun video Thanks and take care

Why is it so fun watching him move dirt, been watching since the big lake dredging and still find it entertaining. And how can the neighbor to you not have the best pond ever?

This is so therapeutic, thanks.

It almost looks like the original pond had lime or gunite put in the bottom to make sure it did not leak.

Awesome job, can't wait to see the colverts put in. When you first walked around it telling what the plan was it was hard to picture because of the trees and over growth. Heck, I couldn't really see the pond. But now it all makes sense. Funny how they say you can't see the forest for the trees. I couldn't see the pond for the trees. Awesome job so far.

Man that bottom is SOLID!! I would not have a problem bringing the Dozer in an pushing the banks out... Nice nice digging

Great job done and you made a good watering hole for wildlife and I’m sure they will appreciate it. Thanks 😊

Well Chris it's looking a whole lot better already you're really doing a fine job with this it may not hold fish but it will be a good place for all the nature to come and get a drink while it holds water thanks for the great video enjoy watching very relaxing beside that I love heavy equipment

Just got off my tractor Digging a farm pond the hard way.

That's it!!! I am hooked to 'letsdig18', why can't I stop watching??? I'm about to dig outside the door of my apartment. LMAO

I now know why you have so many pond jobs. It never stops raining.

Sir, Your personality, calmness, word choices that lead to a giggle, remind me of the owner of Midwestern Towing. Both of you are kind folks, as well as sound alike.

I love to watch you run the excavator, so smooth and presice

Well Chris from my advantage point the under side of the 220 looks pretty clean. Thanks for sharing

Washing isn’t a waste it makes your machine look good and your self it shows pride in your work

Oh, I do enjoy that pond digging. Thanks, Letsdig18

If you put a fan on your burn piles, they would burn quickly, with little to no smoke. I have cleared many properties, piled the stumps and brush, and burned that same day/night, with a fan. The next morning was just ashes. It keeps the neighbors happier also.

Why am I enjoying this so much? I don’t have a pond and I don’t know anything about the equipment.

You wash it off because you have pride! Just like the boys wash and shine their trucks before going mudding. You got to show it off.

Did they give you the contract to finish the pond from yesterdays video? These videos bring back a flood of memories of when I was a kid 50 years ago. In school breaks and weekends, I used to go to work with my father who was a heavy plant diesel fitter. Quite often he would get a phone call asking for help with a bit of stuck machinery. He was a dab-hand at operating the heavy plant as well as repairing them. Me, my small Lurcher and my Jack Russel terrier would sit for hours watching him work from his Land Rover. Most of the drivers would let me sit with them and show me their machines often letting me have a go. If they were too busy or I was a hindrance they would tell me to go catch some rabbits with my dogs so I was happy either way.😀

Your talent just always gets me. Nice job. Stay safe

Four feet of depth is the "golden number" for keeping weed growth in ponds to a minimum. Six feet guarantees it.

Good work chris👍🏽

I rented my first backhoe a few days ago. I figured i have watched enough of Chris’s videos that I was qualified. Lol the machine would not dig into the ground. All I could do was paw at it and scrape the surface. I could not figure it out! I finally called the rental company and they sent a repairman. The issue was they had just replaced a bypass valve and never set the pressure. So when the bucket encountered resistance the hydraulic pressure was just getting bypassed back to the tank. He turned the pressure up to where it would actually work and I was home free. Talk about making someone feel stupid!

Never seen anyone playing in the mud like you!

I've been waiting all week for this!

I missed this video!!! How did I miss this video! Must be a senior moment!!

I do this everyday and here I am watching it 😩well sir you do a good job we could work a job and not haft to talk

A joy to watch you do your work..If I can't work myself I'll watch someone else 😂 hello from Ireland in Full lock down 😷

It's like being a grown up kid! This seems like a fun job.

Another great job as usual keep it up bud ..you show it .I learn it and now I'm watch more and learn more .godbless

Volvo ftw! Running a l180 wheel loader at work. Also got a V70 -13 and Xc70 -16. Cheers from SWEEEDEN!

I just discovered your channel today. Of course it's been a binge watching session. I enjoy your first person view much more than watching you dig from afar. It's funny how I can see your mindset in how you run your machine by watching you work. Btw you have another subscriber. Keep up the good work.

It’s good to have a job that you can sit back and make it into art work when finished and done...Art in the making,,

bentonite clay . neat stuff . It will barely grow grass , rather difficult to incorporate manure and compost into it . They mine the stuff on my friends farm . Pits every were . One is the size of a car and 100 foot deep . No shore line just a 2 foot drop and no bottom . The biggest is 5 acres and 100 foot deep . the deepest hole is 300 foot deep . There has to be at least fifty holes filled with water

Hey love the video from Ireland

Not sure if you’re aware but to release the pressure on your auxiliary piping turn machine off, key onto accessory with the safety lever up & toggle the tilt bucket switch - it will send pressure back to tank. If your thumb runs off same circuit turn the cut off valves first as they’ll be pressurised by the weight of the thumb

Making a nice home for the turtles Chris good job!!

this is like hypnotizing to just watch this.

I know it's just a fact of the job, but I couldn't help but feel bad for the turtle at 17:03 . That quick burst of red on the bottom right of the claw.

Smooth and quick operator brother! 👍🏻👍🏻

With digging it deeper and making it easier for the groundwater to get in from the bottom, it might help dry out the immediate surrounding areas.

The dirt looks like caliche rock, a soft stone we use for road material in Texas. Don't worry about it getting wet, when it dries, it turns back into rock.

Is that lime stone under there? South Texas might call that a “turtle relocation” job, just to keep the folks in Austin happy....

Look at that shiny volvo in the background!❤

Coming on nice . A bit safer to dig this pond out 👍👍

Well Chris you damn sure won’t have to worry about it holding water because it’s hot as that bottom is there won’t be no water seeping through it and another thing you’re right about that duck weed if you don’t get every bit of that out of there when it fills back up it won’t take but a week and the whole top of that pond will be solid green from that duck weed but anyway brother you and John and your family y’all stay safe and keep the videos coming man

My family had a pond just like that with the same "sand" bottom that held water all year round. It was used to wash of dozer tracks back in the days when a TD25C was a new machine. My Grandfather and I tried to pump it out once pretty much to see how our fish were growing, but we couldn't keep up with the ground water flowing in.and that was with a big sludge pump designed to empty ponds.

..let the fire begin....lol...stay safe and warm..

Just started enjoying your videos , thanks for the effort . There is a dead lake near me that is about 55 acres with a creek running into and out of it . For over 30 years I thought how nice it would be to be able to buy it and clear it out and give it some depth . My first thought was going to an auction and buying a drag line to clear the swamp out . Due to wetlands protections I do not think the county and state would let a person . The amount of masquitoes that come out must just drive the people that live near the edges crazy most of the year .

Yes another amazing episode of letsdig18,

All I can is is ''SKILLED''. I'm not sure why I can't stop watching you're videos, but I can't. You would certainly win the gold in the Excavator games.

Nice view of you operating with the door open.

Turtles are trying to Agree on which one of them gets to try High Dive first. Mr. Snapper Wins!👍

When you get a project like that doing a little extra turns into a little more extra then more so you might as well go ahead and give it a good ol letsdig18 makeover...

The back end is still clean!!

What you could use is a coffer dam - shop made - that can be put in one at a time and interlocked - and dig behind - then run a cable though holes in each and loop back. Once the back is dug out - pull the cable and all of the dam out and the pond grows. Work around the pond that way. Give it a thought it might help on ponds and streams.

Duck weed is an interesting thing. We have ducks, geese, and chickens. Mom couldn't get duck weed growing no matter how much she tried. The birds kept eating it. Lol

What a satisfying video I wish I had something like this to work on

Getting it done , awesome job. 🐸👍🇺🇲

I also meant to add I like it better when the camera is in the cab with you it gives you a better view and better satisfaction of the video in my opinion. Either way I love watching you😊

Product placement! Hopefully Volvo appreciates the advertising that you give them on this channel. $$$

Hey Chris, I’ve come to realise watching you in the machine that’s it’s never completely still. You’ve found the very best & most efficient use of it. Still = dead time. Keep up the great work mate. 🍻🇦🇺👍🏻🏝👍🏻

Andrew Camarata and this channel are the best!

Always mesmerized by heavy equipment being operated!

People here in Jacksonville, Florida when they dig a pond they sell the dirt and they almost get enough money to pay for their house it's amazing some people would dig two ponds on their property

Yes, we have that duckweed even here in Florida, covering the whole of a pond, what a Pain.!! 17:20 🕠. Good idea 😎👍✅

That looks like a nice place for a pair of wood ducks to make a pit stop. Need to put up a nest box. They love little water holes like that.

Looking forward to the before and after aerial shots!

Pretty sure you get the "Best Neighbor Ever" award.

A clean machine is a happy machine Chriss

Man, I wanted to see you "jump" the ditch. I envisioned the Dukes of Hazard and you yelling "woooo whoooooo!" 🤣

Hey Chris, The stuff you're digging up looks like crushed limestone. Have a good one!!

Love watching your expertise with the digger great work

That grey sand with a touch of clay is just about eighty percent of the way to becoming sandstone from the looks of it. It is so compressed and hard that another thousand years would finish the job I would think. Good thing you are digging that bowl out before the blasters are needed. Has to be nice knowing that it is the limit you will sink in it though.

Nice great job. I'm first this time. That doesn't happen very much. Love it when u work an the damn damns. It's looking great Chris keep up the awesome job.