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3 жыл бұрын

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@AustinSlacker 3 жыл бұрын

You know, this channel is so educational. (especially for someone who'll never operate equipment). I'm 43, and right up until I started watching this channel several years ago.. (about the time you had to change the track on the linkbelt) I always thought of excavators as being digging machines. They dig holes. They fill holes in. they go dig more holes. You continually prove these machines are capable of, and do MANY more things if you have the right operator behind the controls. Sure.. ultimately all still related to earth moving.. but you sculpt landscapes with the one machine. It's pretty magical to watch.

@Simonsimps 3 жыл бұрын

Always appreciate an hour of letsdig18, no better way of ending the weekend. Cheers.

@hardydavis8973 3 жыл бұрын

Q q

@IR-nq4qv 3 жыл бұрын

I gotta say, the joy sticks that I added to my office chair are working out just great, this culvert job only took me an hour , I'm really getting the hang of this Volvo and smoothing bucket, the farmer is happy.., the horses are happy, I'm happy...,time for a lunch...."I wonder if the wife is delivering to the job site today....I can hear her phone ringing in the living room but she's not answering... Thanks for helping out Chris, see you on the next job👍👍👍

@SSArt98 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@leeharris3061 3 жыл бұрын

Clever comment!!😁👍

@crandonborth 2 жыл бұрын

Love the sense of humor at 58:59... “fueled up for the night” Lol

@michaelpage9883 3 жыл бұрын

A 1 hour video and have a night shift to watch it! This is awesome! Glad I brought some popcorn for tonight.

@rescueray911 3 жыл бұрын

Those horses aren’t gonna know what to do when they see it for the first time. Btw kuddos to the driver of the toys. Lol.

@davidrobins4025 3 жыл бұрын

What a huge improvement this will make to the brook crossing - nice addition of the "watering hole" for the animals. Another satisfying job completed.

@stevenphare5455 3 жыл бұрын

I love watching you operate. It's like you just think what you want, and it happens. Your mind. Hands and machine are all one! Must be a great feeling! You make it look simple.😎

@kevinkenyon7045 3 жыл бұрын

You’re amazing at the talent you have, the controls are just an extension of your fingers, it’s like you’re picking it up with your hands . Kevin

@polarlab113 3 жыл бұрын

What the hell it’s a digger monkeys could do it thousands of guys and girls operate these things every day.it’s not rocket science toppling trees and digging in the dirt.

@timgiven3826 3 жыл бұрын

It's so cool to see the old kenworth still rolling down the road, great little project. Have a great day

@mslorry3420 3 жыл бұрын

That came out awesome. I can see the owner and family truly enjoying the little pond and sparkling brook next summer!

@bobferranti5222 3 жыл бұрын

I see a fire in your future lol. It's kind of funny, when you get finished any job, the results are how they should have been done in the first place, kudo's to you my friend!

@yenerm114 3 жыл бұрын

Great job as always Chris, love the hour long video watching an awesome operator operate 👍👌👌👏🏼

@larryweaver5667 3 жыл бұрын

I love watching Chris work. Of course I love watching anyone work! If I ever need any driveway work done, he'd darn sure be the guy I'd call.

@michaelcarlson1528 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome job Chris! That really made a huge difference! Thank you for sharing!!

@craigwavra3495 3 жыл бұрын

Love your weekend projects. This one turned out really good.

@chickenbiskit5509 3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing that you and the machine become one when you sit in the seat... Really amazing..

@richardrice3137 2 жыл бұрын

love to watch you work. It reminds me of my second stepdad who was a crane operator. he worked for Erie Forge and Steel that rebuilt ship engine crankshafts which weighed as much as 50-100 tons each and could maneuver them around like a popsicle stick using an overhead crane capable of picking up to 250 tons.

@Namaste3004 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Chris, you did a great job again and I enjoyed watching you! 😊👍

@DigginLife21 3 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥 ALWAYS SUPER SATISFYING TO SEE WATER FLOW THROUGH A FRESH PIPE INSTALL 🎉🎉🎉 FINE JOB SEÑOR DIG👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@mikec-hamilton 3 жыл бұрын

Cant believe I watched hours of you working that machine today. You pros make it look easy. If I was on site I would have watched too. Thanks for this.

@marlondeere3039R 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job. Still not long enough 😊 but you made my evening. Love to watch. Thanks keep them coming. Be safe Chris.

@christopherforster6555 3 жыл бұрын

Love watching you do your work thanks.

@ronthacker211 3 жыл бұрын

Great project. Like how it turned out. Good job.

@korton3665 3 жыл бұрын

I love those awesome one hour videos

@grumpygus9942 3 жыл бұрын

A pleasure watching a true professional at his craft.

@marcwohlmayer7897 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job Chris.looks awesome now that its all slicked Up.no more water flooding now with the New culverts in place.brilliant. stay safe chris😀

@RKHarm24 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice finished job. Make a mud hole look like a park with a wadding pool. And the TIMMY on the job parked the equipment just right. Good Job to Mr Donnie for a clean ride as usual.

@shadowbanned69 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job chris...the horses will be happy

@dudestuff3352 3 жыл бұрын

I seen you showing off, picking up that little rock in front of those two guys just to lay it in that crack...

@bourbonthebiscuit 3 жыл бұрын

Love watching your channel think I've watched everything you've posted, great work looking awesome as usual 👍

@utubota5522 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I could take trees down that easily with my tractor. I use your techniques, it just takes a lot longer. Thanks Chris.

@bradstubbings9871 3 жыл бұрын

I love the way the bucket can rotate a little. That makes it easier.

@lindajoyce1808 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing the separation of truck cab from trailer alway wonder how the big machine got on, never seen before

@imthdj2u 3 жыл бұрын

would love to see some of your projects months later after grass grows on looks like its been there forever

@imthdj2u 3 жыл бұрын

@@shitloveaduck I appriciate the reply and i definitely will ....i only subbed like 2 months ago now i watch every day

@ravvaktheannihilator69 3 жыл бұрын

He does that sometimes. It's hard getting back to something you've completed months ago on a busy schedule.

@77TAK 3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@spencer6764 2 жыл бұрын

Yet another AMAZING JOB. WELL DONE SIR CHRIS

@Skynet-1 3 жыл бұрын

I was hoping for the Grand Finally, setting the brush on fire.... Nice job Chris! 👍 👍 👍

@dirknc 3 жыл бұрын

Looks good, much better accessibility to that shed / other side of the creek

@gatoreye2000 3 жыл бұрын

Donnie's rig is AWESOME!

@csnelling4 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris , nice project 👏👏👏👏👍🇬🇧

@greghatfieldjr2658 3 жыл бұрын

I live in the same area as the truck driver, Donnie Driver is his name. Went to school with his son

@spideybrent 3 жыл бұрын

Hello from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Thanks for sharing your great video’s

@gold-diggersanonymous1085 3 жыл бұрын

Thank God you don't live in the Amazones.. you'd clear it by midweek...! Great Video, keep them coming!!!

@innertubemac 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a great video , I enjoyed it , and it was a lovely day .

@jasondonald2028 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE that paint scheme on his truck!

@makingithappen5178 3 жыл бұрын

That old truck is really nice.

@Bryanb28 3 жыл бұрын

gotta love that A model, engine sounds good and the exterior is in great shape

@thunderace3584 3 жыл бұрын

sweden power...

@knackers1974 3 жыл бұрын

It a hammer. It's a shovel. NO! It's a axe-cavator 🤣🥰

@robnewell6123 3 жыл бұрын

Good little one day project - nice job

@evilbrat5376 3 жыл бұрын

From what was to what is - good job. The use of rock in area and the old pipe was a nice touch to keep erosion to a minimum. The owner kept an eye on your work, he should. He got to watch a pro doing what had to be done the right way! That calls for an "Atta-a-boy" there for ya.

@MySynthDungeon 3 жыл бұрын

Nicely done ..all tucked in !!Cheers!;-)!!

@dennis2376 Жыл бұрын

Another one that I watched twice. Thank you.

@donbraden8533 3 жыл бұрын

That looks nice Chris does have nice flow my brother got his problem solved with his driveway getting washed out remember the shipping containers concrete is down with 4 35 foot steel beams and 9" of concrete will email you pics of finished job site 😎👍👍

@terrychambers952 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see a professional at work👌👌

@alfadoofus 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job , used available materials , you always that nice touch with the watering hole . i liked the camera angle showing the damn release

@bradplumb64 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work! That young fella sure got his equipment set up for the mornin! on to the next he says! :)

@josianrodriguez1249 3 жыл бұрын

NICE JOB CHRIS WELL DONE LIKE ALWAYS.

@tucobenedicto109 3 жыл бұрын

Buy one get one free 🌲. Nice using the creek clean out for it's own backfill.

@terrychambers952 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos dude everything you do I do exactly the same and I am not a licensed machine driver but love driving them Terry UK keep the Vince coming brother

@GlobalistJuice 3 жыл бұрын

Little boy gonna come hit you up for a job in about 12yrs (ha!). Love seeing kids mimic stuff that fascinates them.

@thedissidentcitizen 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't we all, who watch this type of content, play with Matchboxes and Tonka's when we were kids (long ago) ? I had some pretty fantastic cities built in many sandboxes since I can first remember anything. I ended up being in it and around it most of my working life. Nothing quite like the smell of fresh turned earth. Spent a lot of time on a '74 JD850 - that was one earth turnin' mother man ! Way too much fun ! Killin' that dirty dirt ! (lol).

@nickmastroianni5557 2 жыл бұрын

You did a nice job of cleaning it up and I would like to see what nature does a year later to add its final touches.

@stephenkeefer3436 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a satisfying sound to hear that 220 eat trees. Every time I hear it, I know something else is going to look better.

@thedissidentcitizen 2 жыл бұрын

There IS no other sound so pleasing to me than a good tree cracking so loudly like they do when that 220 eats them for lunch ! My personal favorite to operate is a really good sized bulldozer D8, D9, JD 750, 850; D10 and bigger need a pretty extreme purpose. I've seen a LOT, and I mean A LOT, of excavator operators in my day (40+ years in the biz (off and on, here and there) and Chris (right? Chris ?); I haven't heard him say his name - that I can recall - I'm too mesmerized by watching his skills) and he is by far the best excavator "pilot" that I have ever seen ! Judging from these videos, he is a master, apparently, in any piece of equipment that he operates - awesome, with oodles of forethought given to the overall goal of each project from planning to completion. No, or very, very few, wasted movements at all; every movement of every control is with full intent and precision execution from a jackhammer deathblow to a tree or concrete pipe down to a feather touch on a plastic drain tile.

@greghoffstadt667 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job Chris as always. See you on the next!

@jamjames1971 3 жыл бұрын

I'm in awww of how shallow the trees are considering how many hurricanes go through there

@thomasbrown9850 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job Chris on the quick job🚧🚜👷

@talion_willbe 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect understanding of what needs to be done ...

@kittty2005 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the looong video, I have 2 more weeks to recuperate from surgery.

@timmyfrierson2684 3 жыл бұрын

The legend Mr. Donnie I can’t get over how good that truck looks to be that damn old. But anyway Chris great video man stay safe and keep them coming

@LLImprovement 3 жыл бұрын

nice thing about excavators, you'll always drive forward onto the float and drive forward off haha no backing up.

@brownsrvlifecampground9322 2 жыл бұрын

You did a very nice job keep up the good hard work 🙏❤️🙏

@leighcowley9869 3 жыл бұрын

I have been working with the government on cattle watering access. They call them hardened access. You dig into the stream half way across and six inches deep. You do that for 40 feet to get the angle. Then you put fabric down. That is hard when the water is flowing. Then you put 4inch gravel over it. The first year we were digging it back out of the creek. I scratch me head and think “Sometimes”.

@eliteearthworksllc 3 жыл бұрын

Love Mr. Donnie he’s a trip! Hope your brought your wallet this time 😁 Looks like my sticker is barely hanging on 👍🏻

@lindajoyce1808 3 жыл бұрын

What a improvement, kids toys was precious.

@kens.3729 3 жыл бұрын

As you well know, Time is Big Money💰and Conscientious folks ALL around us help us Succeed.👍

@danielhylton4675 Жыл бұрын

A sweet little job ya did. Very nice~!

@knowltek 3 жыл бұрын

Nice finishing bucket action..making slick n up easy peezee...an side grade n a thing of the past...way easier on the boom too...I miss the 160 Volvo I used to operate...cheers

@paulrose3542 3 жыл бұрын

That looks fantastic now.....

@ntomnia585 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if santa left the little boy a model excavator. :D

@allanholiday1617 3 жыл бұрын

Looks exceptional! Very well done. Lots of common sense.

@KG-yn9qi 3 жыл бұрын

Looks good as always!

@DirtBrute 3 жыл бұрын

Mr. Donnie’s got a nice ride

@ax1e 3 жыл бұрын

He needs a channel of his own. Like to see what he moves.

@DirtBrute 3 жыл бұрын

@@ax1e that would be cool !

@kellysegraves2524 3 жыл бұрын

Nic ... xss

@mischef18 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video bro I enjoyed every bit of it.

@petermarshall7753 3 жыл бұрын

More fun watching grass grow

@johntenhave1 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely work!

@egg101 3 жыл бұрын

Watched some videos now but it's the first time I see you using a rototilt, awesome. I understand it's fairly rare in the states.

@alansmith4734 3 жыл бұрын

A Volvo Excavator Simulator would be more fun than the new Sony PS5! All you'd need is a cup holder.

@dannyhyatt4924 3 жыл бұрын

I noticed you reinstalled the concrete pipe with the "bell" upstream !!

@kens.3729 3 жыл бұрын

Very Nice placement with the Camera when the Dam was Broke Open upstream in the creek. 👍

@martywoodrow131 3 жыл бұрын

That Volvo makes short work of those trees.Backhoes have come along way from the time I started

@jamescooley5483 3 жыл бұрын

Good thing no one saw you hit your head lol. Love Mr Donnie hard worker

@sharkeyist 3 жыл бұрын

I did! Did he crack his head or just nearly loose his sunnys? Did any1 spot the car getting pulled by a cop at 4:30ish onward???

@jamescooley5483 3 жыл бұрын

@@sharkeyist i think it barely got his glasses but he played it off so smoothly, yes I saw the cop car too. Another great job Chris

@thedissidentcitizen 2 жыл бұрын

I thought I saw that. And, I wouldn't swear too it, but I'm pretty sure that I saw him exit the skid-steer TWICE in one episode - WHILE it was running - to connect the hyd. lines to a switched to bucket - leaned out through the opening - bucket down - while it was running - TWICE - Cardinal sin BUB ! Had a good friend many years ago, 18 years old, did that, bumped a control, boom came up, cut him in half. Watch that !!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Kanamit. 3 жыл бұрын

*Fantastic job.*

@bakerboy4581 3 жыл бұрын

Man you do good work brother!

@johnnyholland8765 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to have a "Mr Donnie" around when you need to move. Bring the marshmellows that is gonna be one heck of a bonfire. Think I would have taken that tree out in front of the shed. It is so in the way.

@sharkeyist 3 жыл бұрын

You wanna get some miniature ld18 stickers done up n tag the kids fleet, and merch um of course, On a side thought from prev vid, ebay your old teeth off for 6 different charitys, spread the love wide n all that. 👍🇬🇧👍

@maineman11 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful piece of property. The new pipe diameter was a bit overkill, but looks good none the less.

@terrychambers952 3 жыл бұрын

Dropped a couple of trees in my time using a 1.7 ton Hitachi very interesting

@leol1682 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed the video Chris .

@rodneywroten2994 3 жыл бұрын

No thought as to what you will be doing when you are way past your prime, because you love this to much and that machine in your right hand. Very carful at what you do Chris