i dont know what the hell is so interesting about a pond draining. but it is haha

Ok who didn't do this as a kid in their back yard, obviously in a much smaller scale but still

5:07 is the moment you’re here for.

“The water was turning the frogs gay “

You are lucky where you live, the digging always looks so good. Up here in New England it's always rocks and ledge laced with boulders the size of a 57 Buick lol. Tough on the teeth, buckets, bushings, pins and bearings all day long.

Some armadillo taking a nap is about to wake up in a wetland.

As an operator, you are masterful.

I don't know why, but it's something so calming about watching these kind of vids. :)

You can get several dozen hogs, once the pond is a lot lower they will seal the pond, the old timers use to do.

Watching water flow is as hypnotic as watching a fire. It just feels right.

Wow! Really know how to handle that backhoe! Nice to watch someone that skilled.

With that pine being so close to the house I would definitely look into doing a geothermal heating and cooling system. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

You're a real piece of work buddy!

Water is floating out, so you can find the leak Chris, nice job !

Enjoy your videos. Probably the best excavator operator I've ever seen. Smooth as can be. I'm still amazed at what all can be done with an ex.

I really enjoy watching your videos . I actually had no interest or really hadn't given thought to this type of work until I started watching your videos . keep up the good work !

man if I had that pond I would stock that baby up with some bass, and never leave the house.

Something in me finds this enjoyable

I wanted to see it all drained disappointed

Awesome video Chris,Thanks!!!

Me: come on you have lots to do. KZfaq: Hey, watch this guy dig a ditch. Me: m'kay :-(

Nice handling of that machine. Seems like somthing fun to do. Dam you got it easy with that dirt. Here in Hawaii would have been hammering three blue rock to drain that. Nice video man inspiring makes me wanna vid some of my D9 work! ALOHA

One man Army Corp of Engineers, great work!

Interesting video! How much bentonite would you use to try and seal the leak?

I never knew a pond could be so much trouble. My pond is spring fed, and and in 10 years has never been below the top of the standpipe. In fact the only issue I have ever had, was a dead swan plugged up the standpipe, and caused the pond to over top the dam.

Good luck with all the rain we our self have had a nice of it up in central pennsylvania Lycoming we are getting reaty for the snow soon

That was some of the nicest blue water I’ve ever seen

What a beautiful place to rest - healthy trees and nice coloured whater :)

Good job and video.Thanks a lot.

should have said "he's building a nice house up here and he'd prefer to have a nice mosquito breeding pond here" :))

Good job getting all the “wooder” to drain! 😂

Youve been doin this for awhile love the straight lines of your ditch

I would really like to see how you do this hole project.

Really fascinating to see this process, thank you! Dredging a pond can be some serious and costly work ... it's a lot easier in the long run to use preventative strategies to avoid the accumulation of bottom muck in your pond. Hydro-raking and mechanical harvesting can keep a pond healthy and beautiful. Watching hydro-raking videos can also be really satisfying to watch xD

Similar reconstruction work in America and Europe. Good work!

I heard him say "Drain off into the woods" about 30 times

God damnit Bobby! Awesome video, keep up the good work! 🤙

I LOVE this stuff. Must be the little boy in me. He was real chewy with small bones but I got him down.

From past experiences I have had to go in and cut the tree's off the back side of dams cause they will make the pond or lakes leak. And had really good luck doing that. But I also ground a few stumps to. Which helped to.

Might as well add a drain pipe while you have it like that

You’re pretty damn good with that little excavator

that's awsome. Are you using a gopro or a gopro session if you don't mind me asking .Your videos are clear as hell buddy and you do a awsome job at your work and recording.Thank you for sharing

Did you ever find out how/where it was leaking from? And did you have to line the bottom after all?

I love running mini excavators they are fun little machines!!!👍🏻

Fascinating 😀😀😀👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

Trees on a pond dam will make them leak

I remember one of the first vids of yours I ever watched was you draining a pond. The one where you had the mats and you worked your way in and drained it down! haha

That's no ditch. That's the new Panama Canal! :)

I was thinking dam thats coolest looking pond water ever. Then he said the guy dyed it lmao. That explains it

im a equipment operator for tha last six years and i love it i also do renovations on homes on tha side to would not give up my operating seat for nothing in tha world

Hey! So that color is "pond dye"? I live in Florida, between Tallahassee and Pensacola. Closer to Pensacola. How can I get pond water to be clear as possible? Is it possible? Thanks!

yessss! I love these videos hahah

Watching a pond drain is like watching paint dry. Lol.

Great video bud!

Great job with the excavator!

Boa noite amigo. Posta depois como ficou.? Top gosto demais destes vídeos. Uberlândia MG. Fique com Deus.

As an operator I fucking love jobs in the woods/ middle of nowhere it's so zen haha

You should put a net across it. See if you can catch your supper! Haha

You should give us an update on this pond!! Does it still leak?

Is this your Yanmar, Chris ? Nice job, I hope too that you'll show us more of this job, especially if you've found where it's leaking from .

Dude got bars on that little excavator Makin that shit look easy. My first time running a kobuta that size I almost flipped it on a slight hill trying to dig a stump. That arm will save your life lmao.

How much deeper did you have to dig the channel to completely drain the pond? It doesn't appear to be deep enough at this point .

I have no idea about this type of stuff, but was wondering would it be easier to use a large gas powered pump and hose to get rid of the water ?

That water looks like it’s been dyed!! Btw you remove the retaining area of soil after you have finished your channel, it’s a lot less messy that way

After you cut the trench to let the water out. How would you recommend filling that trench back in without it washing out later

I like the vio 55 they are a good well balanced machine

I don't know why this was recommended for me, but I'm glad it was.

Cara você esta destruindo um ambiente lindo

Go to an asphalt plant and they will give you for free the -200 grit silt which is a extra byproduct from asphalt production, perfect for bedding ponds , it’s basically fine silt almost clay , I ran a plant for 7 years and we wish we could find someone to take it , it makes awesome pond bedding , put 6” on bottom of anything you want to hold water lol , and it helps PH

Nice little pond .

Those little yanmar's are hard to beat!

Congrats on your new bog

You did a fine job

The operator of this excavator is like a conductor, using the machine to create beautiful works of engineering

Bootiful.

Great video. How expensive is it to do one of the farm ponds as I am getting ready to build a homestead here in my area and once I can get some farm grants to buy the acreage needed for the bigger animals and such would love to have a farm pond for watering the animals and crops?

What did you find out was wrong with the pond and how did you fix it

when you dig a trench like that do you fill it in afterwards

I dug a pond up at my work in florida, and the water was blue like the color of the pond in the video, except it was natural

When I was around 10 me and my friends wanted to always have an excavator or bulldozer to clear a path in the weeds and make a fort. Never happened but it would’ve been fun

Fuerza al Chuky Lozano y a Raúl Jiménez

As my Geologist friend would say "There be some copper under dat pond"

That water has a nice color

Something very therapeutic about watching it drain

That ditch is a nice straight line; obviously I was NOT the operator. With my eyesight and lack of coordination all you would see is a corkscrew! Thanks for the video. Sometimes I wonder why folks don't take out the beaver lodge as well - if you can find it. Of course you need a big machine to do that or some dynamite. Beaver may be beautiful animals but like feral hogs they do a lot of damage.

That pond water is clearer than oceans in CT.

Where is this? Not specifically “his” house but the state/city? Scenery is perfect.

Love me a good ol pond drain

Great job

6:13 "That will drain out through the woods. I don't know where it goes but it is a long way 'til it gets to anything." How many acre-feet of water will be coming out of the lake? Will the water get to some other person's property? Will the water kill any of the trees?

How many yellow jackets nest you dug up?Thats always been my problem with a open cab

how do like your job I mean it is truely amazing

You need to make longer videos. You leave us hanging all the time.

I gotta git me one of those!

For the cost of that house and pond and work done, you could buy an average single family home 10 years old here in lower mainland BC.

Cool Video, Good Job Sir.

Nice work 👍🍺

Wow a video worth watching in my sub box

Your good on any excavator big or small!!! How do you you like those Yanmars??? We got a Vermeer dealer that sells them here in Indiana!!!

that was awesome! did you see any fish get drained out?